Activism

Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change, or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society and to correct social injustice. Forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or to politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, and hunger strikes. One can also express activism through different forms of art. Daily acts of protest such as not buying clothes from a certain clothing company because they ...more

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
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182 books — 41 voters

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