Sit-in
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A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. The protestors gather conspicu
FAMU student Benjamin Cowins during a 1961 sit-in at McCrory's lunch counter in Tallahassee, during Jim Crow
A sit-in for climate action in Melbourne, Australia
Sit in protesters pepper sprayed during the 1999 Seattle WTO protests
2009 sit-in against homophobia, Milan, Italy
Direct action
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Direct action is a form of activism in which participants use economic power or political power to achieve their goals. Direct action aims to either obstruct a certain practice such as a government's
Sit-in
…A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change. The protestors gather…
Depiction of the Belgian general strike of 1893. A general strike is an example of direct action.
Anarchists Against the Wall destroying fences at the Gaza–Israel barrier in 2007
Removing ballast from a train track to protest transport of nuclear waste by rail
Gandhi, Salt March 1930