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52 Examples of Activism

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Activism is the practice of promoting, impeding or directly intervening to promote social, political, economic or environmental change. This is often aimed at generating creative tension, awareness and support for change. Activism is a basic type of political participation that can give all people a voice. It also has a negative side. For example, it can be used to promote commercial and entrenched interests, virtue signal or to engage in political subterfuge such as trying to divide people who have common interests. The following are common examples of activism.
Astroturfing
Awareness Campaigns
Boycotts
Brand Activism
Career Activists
Civil Disobedience / Civil Resistance
Conspicuous Conservation (e.g. using ethical consumerism as a form of social status)
Counterculture
Culture Jamming
Debate
Disinvestment
Dollar Voting
Economic Activism (e.g. Ethical Consumerism)
Fundraising
Grassroots Movements
Hunger Strikes
Internet Activism
Letter-writing Campaigns
Malicious Compliance
Mass Mobilization
Media Activism (e.g. news motivated by agenda as opposed to objective journalism)
Misinformation / Disinformation
Nonviolent Direct Action
Nonviolent Resistance
Op-eds
Open Letters
Pamphlets / Small Press
Petitions
Picketing
Political Advocacy
Political Demonstrations
Political Messages in Film / Fiction / Music / Entertainment (e.g. protest songs)
Political Satire
Protests
Public Speaking
Radical Chic
Rallies
Rebellions
Revolutions
Shareholder Activism
Sit-ins
Slacktivism (uncommitted virtue signalling)
Social Media Campaigns
Social Movements
Speculative Design
Street Art /Art Activism
Street Marches
Street Media / Posters / Stickers / Banners
Strikes
Tactical Urbanism
Vigils
Whistleblowing‎
Astroturfing is the poor practice of pretending that an effort sponsored by an elite is a grassroots community effort.
Dollar voting is the process of considering the impact of your spending.
Speculative design is the use of design thinking to imaging how the world might be different.
Overview: Activism
Type
Definition
The practice of promoting, impeding or directly intervening to promote social, political, economic or environmental change.
A Type of
Political Participation
Democratic Process
Based On
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Movement
Right to Political Participation
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