Category:Activism

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Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. This action is in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial argument.

In contemporary use, "activism" tends to be a word associated with the actions and ideologies of those on the political left. However, the activism industry includes organizations of many orientations.

For more information, see the main article about Activism.

Subcategories

There are 14 subcategories to this category.

A AIDS activism Activists Annual Activist Events Anti-Iraq War groups

A cont. Anti-Vietnam War groups Anti-cult terms and concepts Anti-globalization Anti-neo-Nazi activism C Civil disobedience

C cont. Culture jamming L LGBT civil rights LGBT rights opposition M Musical advocacy groups P Protests

Articles in category "Activism"

There are 110 articles in this category.

Dissent (network) A A Quaker Action Group Activism Activist shareholder Advocacy Affiliated Media Foundation Movement Affinity group Affirmative action bake sale Alternative Transportation Movement Americans For Medical Advancement Animal Liberation Anti-Capitalist Convergence Anti-corporate activism Anti-globalization Artivist Atrocity story Axis of Justice B Billboarding C Cacerolazo Californians Aware Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict Christian Institute Civil and social disobedience Civil libertarian Craftivism Culture jamming Cyberactivism D Debeaking Democrats for Life Demonstration Detournement Die-in Direct action Downhill Battle E Ecodefense Economic activism

E cont. Ecotage Electronic civil disobedience F Free Speech Movement Frontism G Gay rights Ginger group Glamourbomb H Hacktivism Hacktivismo Hasbara Human shield Human shield action to Iraq I Independent Media Center Institute for Global Communications International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology International Solidarity Movement Interstate 695 (Massachusetts) J James Miller (filmmaker) Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Judicial activism M Media activism Mindfreedom.org Monkeywrenching Movement for a New Society N National Alliance for Autism Research Nationalist activism New Revolutionary Alternative Nonviolence O Opposition to cults and new religious movements Orange Revolution Outing P PABAAH Peacefire People & Planet Peter Benenson Peterloo massacre Protest

P cont. Publixtheatre Caravan R RTmark Rachel Corrie Radium Girls Recuperation Rent strike Republicans for Choice Revolutionary Knitting Circle Rhythms of resistance S Sabotage Safe Minds Satyagraha Section 28 Sitdown strike Slacktivism Society for Individual Freedom Student activism T TV turnoff Tactical frivolity Tax resistance Tree pinning Tree sitting Tree spiking Trident Ploughshares U UBK V VDARE Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Veterans for Common Sense Vietnam Veterans Against the War Vivisection W WOMBLES Whirl-Mart Winter Soldier Investigation Y The Yes Men Young Lords Youth activism Youth council

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