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Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social change, political change, economic justice, or environmental wellbeing. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument. The word "activism" is often used synonymously with protest or dissent, but activism can stem from any number of political orientations and take a wide range of forms, from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism (such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing preferred businesses), rallies, blogging and street marches, strikes, both work stoppages and hunger strikes, or even guerrilla tactics. In some cases, activism has nothing to do with protest or confrontation: for instance, some religious, feminist or vegetarian/vegan activists try to persuade people to change their behavior directly, rather than persuade governments to change laws. The cooperative movement seeks to build new institutions which conform to cooperative principles, and generally does not lobby or protest politically. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gloria Steinem Cesar ChavezFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  greenpeace.org 286px x 430px | 80.50kB [source page] No War one year later Chilean activists call for peace  greenpeace.org 430px x 277px | 51.30kB [source page] Greenpeace activists gather at the 5th Avenue Apple store in Manhattan shining green light on the emerging problem of electronic waste or e waste E waste is the fastest growing source of  greenpeace.org 287px x 430px | 56.70kB [source page] Activists at Sydney s Darling Harbour protest the uranium deal between Russia and Australia From Yahoo Image Search: "Activists"  momsforlife.blogspot.com (Moms For Life) hu, 09 Jul 2009 12:42:00 GM But Brian Williams hailed 12 hard-left Greenpeace . activists. illegally hanging a banner at Mount Rushmore on Wednesday's Nightly News and showed their banner on screen for a full 15 seconds. Williams announced: ...  connectmidmissouri.com unknown hu, 09 Jul 2009 19:32:04 GM Social welfare . activists. are calling for Missouri and Congress to spend more on summer food and child nutrition programs.  globalwarming.change.org Mike Gaworecki Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:47:00 GM Additonally, other . activists. peacefully blocked access to the site while the banner was being deployed. Take action now, sign Greenpeace's petition on Change.org calling on President Obama to be a leader on global warming, ... From Google Blog Search: "Activists"  news.google.com Calcutta Telegraph Apart from having contributed to various national and international publications through essays on social causes, she has also worked under activists like ... news.google.com Wilkes Barre Times-Leader On Thursday at the Beer Deli in Forty Fort anti-abortion activist Randall A. Terry spoke to a small group of local activists . Terry, the 50-year-old founder ... and more » news.google.com Washington Post But watching tens of thousands of Iranians take to the streets of Tehran this month, the 27-year-old pro-democracy activist has grown disillusioned. ... and more » From Google News Search: "Activists" Animal rights activists: would you choose the lives of 100 endangered animals over your own child? Q. I'd like to know why you animal rights activists insist on making animals out to be the equivalents. I'm not saying all of you do this, but the more radical among you do. I firmly believe that as the dominant species we have an obligation and responsibility to protect, preserve, and respect our fellow living beings. But an entire lesser species would never equate to a single human life. So... really, which would you choose: the lives of 100 animals or that of your own child's? Asked by Questionable Mark? - Wed Jun 3 15:53:43 2009 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments A. Of course they wouldn't...most of them are searching for a way to justify their own existence, so they take up a cause and become passionate about it...animal testing is 'terrible', but I've never heard one animal rights activist complain when the doctor knew the correct medication to give them or a family member as a result of animal testing...common sense, protect species if you can, but don't be loopy about it Answered by American Gigolo - Wed Jun 3 16:00:36 2009 If you heard animal activists raided a mink ranch what would you say? Q. These activists raided a ranch and in the process animals were killed. I need to write 2 essays on this. 1 for the activists and 1 against. I need more reasons why they shouldn't have done the raid and why they shouldn't feel so strongly in protecting animals.. even though they are not necessarily being hurt. like milking a cow for instance. Asked by PRiNCESS - Mon Feb 23 23:16:17 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. where the heck are these massive mink killing enterprises? i dont have a problem w/ fur but if a person is stupid enough to wear a mink coat, they get doused w/blood. nobody wears fur coats anymore so what would be protested against. this sounds like something an activist might be doing in the 60s Answered by BIGGLES FORGOT HIS GOAT LEGGINGS - Mon Feb 23 23:28:38 2009 Who are some current activists striving for change in our society?
Q. I have a sociology paper and i have to discuss some current activists who are attempting to elicit change in our society. help? lol Asked by kelcey_poo_180 - Tue Jun 9 01:25:36 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. There are a lot of activists striving for change. On the left, there are environmentalists, anti-capitalists, anarchists/communists/soc ialists, feminists, anti-colonialists/imperia lists, animal rights, anti-racists, gay rights and many many more. A list of many of these groups can be found at: Alternatively look up each key word individually. Answered by Kuba - Tue Jun 9 04:32:42 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Activists" SubcategoriesThis category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. AFPages in category "Activists"The following 196 pages are in this category, out of 277 total. A
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