The Importance Of Protest In The United States

The Latinos had had enough and at 10:00am the doors opened and the students rushed out, quickly drawing national attention by marching. I can only imagine the spectacle: over 1,000 students began their protest, thus causing race riots. However, the fearful police entered and attempted to control the crowed. After a week of protests, the demands were met: more Hispanic and Latino teachers, bilingual instructors, and equal learning opportunities. The Chicanos, as

Last week's nationwide "Day Without Immigrants" protests were aimed at highlighting the impact immigrants have on the U.S. economy. Pro-immigrant protests continued throughout the weekend, with a Free the People Immigration March in Los Angeles on Friday and President's Day Weekend March and Rally in support of immigrants and refugees in Dallas on

African-Americans have been oppressed since their arrival in America in 1619. Due to their differences in physical characteristics, Whites considered them an inferior race and therefore treated them as property, disregarding their human rights. After many years of exploitation and abuse, in 1791, slaves on the small island of Hispaniola revolted against French rule and successfully gained their freedom in 1804. It gave hope to African American slaves who, in turn, decided to stand against their masters and gain their freedom. Every one of those rebellions was extremely violent. They were so passionate about the cause and have been oppressed for so long that they targeted

On Thursday word was passed around about the so called “Day Without Immigrants” protest. Immigrants were told to stay at home or go protest with the rest of the people who decided to speak up about their importance to America. Anyone who was undocumented was told to support this cause by staying at home, not go to work, and that the kids of undocumented parents should not attend school. Every undocumented citizen decided that this was something that needed to be done because they want to show

Are protests an effective way to create change? An Argumentative Essay by Yee Tay Protesting is publicly demonstrating strong objection to a policy or course of action adopted by those in authority. Some people may think that protesting isn’t an effective way to change things. However, as a person who lives in a protesting nation, and has seen how effective some of these protests are, I believe protests are an effective way to create change.

In the past few months, the American people have witnessed violence that has steamed from difference of opinions; mainly, how certain races are treated due to officer involved shootings and the presidential election. Many Americans have stayed up late to watch the news, seeing other Americans make a choice of protests, either violent or silent. Many of us have come to the same conclusion, “What exactly will violent protests solve” and “do these people not have jobs”?

The threat presented by extra-parliamentary protest in the years 1815-20 was plagued by weak and divided leadership which limited it from driving results that met its full potential. However, there were also other factors that served to undermine progress such as the actions of the government in repressing dissenters and the low level of available logistical resources .

Through the use of peaceful protests, a country can unite under one belief in a positive way, inspiring each other to continue fighting for

There are reports of students and leaders of organization, who support the reforms, are missing and some are reportedly last seen being detained by Iranian police under Ahmadinejad. Even though to the outside world, it seems all is well in Iran, there are “riot police and Islamic militias armed with tear gas and batons clash with the demonstrators in the area of Tehran University campus” weeks after the Eighteenth of Tir incident. Clashes and violent demonstrations predominantly happen in Vali-ye-Asr Square. The “tug of war” between the students and government are even more frequent (Sahimi). The July 9th incident acted as a spark to ignite more frequent and violent fights in sociopolitical spectrum of Iran. Reform policies and a crackdown on reformist followed after the riot. A new law was passed with “any violent or peaceful act by a person or group against the regime” which included speech and criticism about the dictatorship of Iran (“Students”). Because of the huge significance of the Iranian Student Protest of July 9th, 1999, anniversaries are held every around the world to support the reforms in Iran. Due to the law against media, the students and reformist in Iran have no voice, therefore the supporters outside of Iran are their voice. The fight

in order to maintain the peace and unity. But in Turkey, citizens’ rights were violated

I personally think that arresting and the use of force on people who are protesting in Standing Rock, is a necessary procedure if it is a reaction to unlawful situations. Reason being, just because individuals are protesting does not mean that they are above the law. It was stated in the New York Times article, that protesters have “set fire to wooden boards and signs and held off the line of officers over many hours; officers have also said that protesters had attacked them with firebombs, logs, feces and debris. The police force has acknowledged using pepper spray and beanbag rounds against the protesters, as well as a high-pitched sound device meant to disperse crowds (Tension Between Police and Standing Rock Protesters Boiling Point),”

Fifty-Three people dead, over 3000 injured, and over 8000 people arrested. One of America’s most famous cities is crumbling right in front of the country’s eyes (Newkirk, 1). Cars line the street, engulfed in flames. Store windows and doors, completely smashed, covering the sidewalks with dangerous shards of glass, people running on top of it, as if they did not notice it digging into their feet. Angry mobs blocked intersections in South Los Angeles, tearing drivers from their cars and beating them (Banks, 1). Over one billion of the city’s dollars lost to arson and looting (Newkirk 1). The LA riots are some of the most iconic and deadly violent protests in United States’ history. Protests-when they go berserk-cause an immense amount of destruction and loss of both money and lives. Even though protests are protected under the First Amendment Right as the freedom to assemble, safety should always come before freedom.

All this does is help demonstrations spread. At this point, foreign coverage of the demonstrations is commonplace, but Party members cannot agree on how to handle the situation. With students going back to their classes, the protesters didn’t have any real leadership. Different factions did different things.

The first march didn't work out and got sent back to the bridge. The second march was when they were crossing the bridge, the police officers attacked them with stick, teargas, clubs, arrested innocent people, guns were fired, knocked people to the ground, whips, rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire was a weapon that the police officers whipped at the marchers. The third time they went to march, they won Federal Protection and they successfully marched for their cause. The National Guard helped them on the last march. No police officers could turn them back, and they couldn't beat them in front of the National Guard. These innocent, peacefully protesting people were injured and one was shot and killed. Jimmy Lee Jackson was a 20 year old who was protecting his grandma and mom. He was struck by a club, then shot with a gun. Over 50 people were injured and hospitalized. A couple people died months later because of their injuries. These marchers were not interrupting anybody or bothering anything and the police officers had to take action. They were on the sidewalk of the highway and away from the officers and others. The officers thought they were going to do something bad so they took

Rules are meant to be broken. Is this true? For Thoreau, Gandhi, and King, it is true, for they all had reasons to break the rules and laws of the government. Each speaker kindled a movement that resisted injustice, and sparked change forever, through the use of logos, ethos, and pathos, the most powerful persuasive techniques. These three techniques are called the rhetorical triangle because they work so well together. Logic, ethics, and emotions are all accounted for when these devices are used correctly, which is evident in each author’s speech to push change in society through peaceful resistance. Thoreau, Gandhi, and King, speakers from different times, enforce the belief that civil disobedience is a valuable trait to promote social progress through uniting their audiences and revealing the injustices that need to be fixed.