Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
Social Justice 2
Social Justice
Terms
Protest: "an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid" (Protest).
Agitation: "persistent urging of a political or social cause or theory before the public" (Agitation).
Activism: "the doctrine or practice of vigorous action or involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals, sometimes by demonstrations, protests, etc." (Activism).
Mass protest: "civilian anti-government protests, regardless of size, and excluding riots and protests against non-state entities"(Political Protests).
Statistics
Stats
In the 19th century, if a protest had 1,000 participants it had a 50% success rate, where as violence had only a 25% success rate.
2000-2010: 60-70% of non-violent protests were successful
2010-2019: 30% were successful, compared to 10% of violent protests.
(Wright, Robin and Masha Gessen)
Mass Protests
It is said that mass protests have increased by 11.5% per year since 2009. (Political Protests)
Mass Protests
Resource
https://carnegieendowment.org/publications/interactive/protest-tracker
Resources
Works Cited
Works Cited
“Activism.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/
`browse/activism?s=t.
“Agitation.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/
browse/agitation?s=t.
“Political Protests Have Become More Widespread and More
Frequent.” The Economist, The Economist Newspaper,
www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/03/10/political-
protests-have-become-more-widespread-and-more-frequent.
“Protest.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/
browse/protest.
Wright, Robin, and Masha Gessen. “The Story of 2019: Protests in
Every Corner of the Globe.” The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019,
www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-story-of-2019-
protests-in-every-corner-of-the-globe.