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1 Causes

Self-expression can, in theory, in practice or in appearance, be restricted by governmental policy, economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly. When such restrictions happen, grumbles or interior opposition may spill over into other areas such as culture, the streets or emigration.

2 Historical Examples

Unaddressed protest may grow and foster dissent, activism, riots, insurgency, revolts, and political and/or social revolution, as in:

• Northern Europe in the early 16th century (see Protestant Reformation)
• North America in the 1770s (see American Revolution)
• France in 1789 (see French Revolution)
• United States of America in the late 20th-century (see for example Stonewall riotsThe Stonewall riots were a series of violent conflicts between homosexuals and police officers in New York City. The first night of rioting began on Friday, June 27, 1969 not long after 1:20 a. when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich)
• SerbiaRepublika Srbija ( In detail) ( In detail) Official language Serbian1 Unofficial national motto Samo sloga Srbina spasava (Only Unity Saves the Serbs) Capital Belgrade Area Total % water88,361 km²n/a Population Total ( 1998) Density11,206,847126. 83/km² E in 2000.

3 Forms of Protest

Canonical forms of protest include:

• parts of the Anti-globalization movement
• boycottThis page is about boycott as a form of protest. For other uses of the word boycott see Boycott (disambiguation). A boycott is a refusal to buy, sell, or otherwise trade with an individual or business who is generally believed by the participants in the bs
• civil disobedienceThe term civil disobedience characterises the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence. Civil disobedience has been used in struggles in India in the fight ag
• some cases of culture jammingCulture Jamming or sniggling, is the act of using existing mass media to comment on those very media themselves, using the original medium's communication method. It is based on the idea that advertising is little more than propaganda for established inte and graffitiSee also Graffiti (PalmOS) for the PalmOS handwriting system. Gainesville, Florida, has been set aside for use by graffiti artists and passerby. The term graffiti in its modern day use, refers to deliberate human markings on property. Graffiti can take th
• demonstrationA demonstration is the public display of the common opinion of a activist group, often economically, political, or socially, by gathering in a crowd, usually at a symbolic place or date, associated with that opinion. The purpose of a demonstration is to ss
• flag desecration
• non-violent protest
• occupation
• picketing
• protest marches
• protest songs
• certain classes of publicity stunt
• samizdat and zines
• self-immolation
• sit-ins
• die-ins
• strike action
• formation of a Tent City

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