Essays on Protest

Whether protests should be regulated or not Whether protests should be regulated or not has remained to be a controversial subject. A section of the population believes that protests gets into the freeways and obstructs public spaces. Therefore, it makes the movement of other people who are not protesting difficult. Others...

Protests in American sports over issues of civil rights are deeply-rooted into the culture of the society. From the four gold medals of Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson entry into baseball to the recent NFL National Anthem protests, the protests have taken different shapes over the history of sporting activities in...

This paper examines the role of social media in the Iranian protests which took place after the disputed presidential elections on the 29th of June, 2009. The prime-minister, Mousavi, claimed he had won the elections called on his supporters to start celebrations for his victory. The official results released by...

On Saturday, January 21 thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Washington, DC, in opposition to the newly inaugurated president, Donald Trump. In the meantime, sister demonstrations were conducted by millions of Americans in each of the country s fifty states. In addition to these demonstrations, millions of additional people...

Whether trespassing on a military installation to express civic disapproval is justified by the protection of necessity Question: Whether trespassing on a military installation to stage a demonstration is acceptable under the defense of necessity. 1. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1382 (West) 2. Importance: According to 18 U.S.C. 1382(West), anyone caught trespassing on a...

Numerous East Los Angeles high school pupils left class in protest of the subpar educational system in March 1968. Throughout the following few days, hundreds more students from fifteen various schools join them. Students' frustrations with the educational system in the public schools they attend, which are almost entirely attended...

Via editorial and op-ed writings in newspapers, NFL players protest by kneeling during the national anthem has elicited equal amounts of sympathy and condemnation from opinion shapers and the general public. Those who oppose kneeling argue that the players are not patriotic enough and do not respect the flag....

Protests began in Egypt in early 2011, with a large number of people taking to the streets to protest the prolonged rule of then-embarrassed President Hosni Mubarak. The protests were a continuation of a wave of protests that had swept over most of northern Africa, including Tunisia, before spreading to...

There is clearly violence in Myanmar that preceded the 2012 waves of deadly violence in Rakhine state's western regions. There have recently been numerous reports of sexual violence, which have been followed by extensive local disputes throughout the region. Riots, arguments, killings, and allegations have all been reported in the...

Martin Luther: The German Protestant (1483-1543)Martin Luther, a Christian monk, was the main character of the German protest (1483-1543). Luther criticized the church's practices of selling "indulgences" in 95 theses he penned in 1517, among other corruptions. Self-gratification was originally a gift given to the church by sinners who had...

Bigots Get a Boost from the Bully Pulpit After Charlottesville, according to the post. Scherer and Altman (2017) condemned Donald Trump's conduct and statements defending the neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, and white nationalists that wreaked havoc in Charlottesville, Virginia. Prior to this release, President Trump defended the Charlottesville demonstrations, referencing the...

The Moratorium Committee organized what is thought to be the first antiwar demonstration in the United States. About 500,000 people are expected to attend in Washington, DC. The demonstration was also held in some cities and towns around the country, but with a limited number of participants (New York Times,...