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    Immigration Protest

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    Introduction: A day without immigrants protest was one that spread an ideal ology throughout businesses and labor force. The goal of this protest was to unite as immigrants and show what kind of hit the economy and labor force would take if immigrants weren’t there to fuel it. This has taken place twice in recent history, once on May 1, 2006 and recently on February 21, 2017. One could argue whether they are successful in their efforts to show how important immigration is to the American economy

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    Gay Protests

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    Protest: a statement or action that expresses disapproval of, or objection to something (Dictionary.com). Protests occur frequently; it is impossible to have all humans on the same page about everything. Everyone is different, yet differences are not easily accepted in society. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is very familiar with this unacceptance. LGBT activists feel that they are being mistreated as a community. There have been/are anti-gay protests, which are usually

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    Pipeline Protest

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    issues in order to provoke changes in legislation, but others think that by doing so people only create disruption and violence. Protesting can get media coverage which helps spread awareness on an issue and get the public informed. Pipeline protest in Dakota. Protest arose

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    Nonviolent Protests

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    We cannot turn on our televisions or get on social media without hearing about recent protests. Some peaceful and some violent, but what difference do the two make? We all have seen riots and we’ve seen how they can end: a spray of rubber bullets, dogs digging their teeth into screaming people’s legs, and the trashing of public places. We’ve seen the sit-ins and marches filled with people that have no fear in holding their signs high and proud. To some violence seems like the only answer, but the

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    Evolution Of Protest

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    Nonetheless, we are experiencing an evolution of protest, where protesters seem to oblivious to or simply don’t care about positive effective protesting. Conversely, protest organizer who normally leads the protest usually have a plan, such as the right time for the protest, proper location, and making sure the message of the protest is not being distorted. On the other hand, the government officials or city government who issues the protest permit need to have a plan also. For example, a

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    Nonviolent Protest

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    Peaceful protest, the respectable act of standing up for what one believes is right. Creating a nonviolent resistance is the most concrete way to persuade the opposing side to listen to the issue at hand. Society can only benefit from civil disobedience, for it is healthy to have a dialogue between the government and its people. The positive influence of a dialogue between the government and its people is a must, however more times than not, in recent months, it seems that the dialogue has been

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    Peaceful Protest

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    Protests throughout history have sparked controversy in both their subject matter and execution, calling into question the true value they impart. Peaceful resistance is a key element in the development of a free society as it facilitates a wide breadth of actions from the raising of awareness and the greater dissemination of ideas all the way to active change in laws and government. Wide dissemination of ideas and changes to the law were products of the gay rights movement. In the 1960’s gay

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    NFL Protests

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    Whether it’s protests all over the country ranging from racial discrimination, or players of the National Football League (NFL), nobody can just throw their issues aside and appreciate that they are living in the greatest country in the world and there are countries around the globe that live worse than us. Every country will have issues between the citizens within the country, but every person can do their part to help alleviate those problems. We must unite together to end the protests against the

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    Right To Protest

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    What comes to mind when you think of a protest? Maybe your mind conjures up images of the Scottish people protesting in the streets for their independence just this year. Is the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s when African Americans took to lunch counters and Mississippi streets? Perhaps it drifts all the way back to 1773 when Colonist protested 13 years of increasing British taxation. The ability to protest is an act that has historically has been allowed; or disallowed; by the people in power

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    Knee Protests

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    back up my point with looking at the reasoning for how this protest began and what it is exactly protesting. I will also go over the backlash the athletes receive for their peaceful protest and why they have the right to do so. Then we will see how the president reacted to the protest compared the other incidents that are going on in America. The protest of taking a knee began the football player named Colin Kaepernick, he started this protest originally sitting down during the national anthem. He did

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