The right to protest is a fundamental human right endorsed by the Constitutions of most countries. Collective protest is also a safeguard for representative democracy and an important tool through which people can remind elected representatives of their will. In extreme cases, protest is the way people reclaim the power from authoritarian regimes or sovereignty/ independence from empires. All citizens should be keenly aware of this right and its power and should be ready to exert it when their collective interests or fundamental values are disregarded. Browse through the samples of papers provided below to find essays on protest. Note the language, style, and content of each essay as well as its structure, with a distinct introduction, conclusion, main body.
Since time in memorial, social injustices have been prevalent which forced our forefathers into activism. Fast forward to the modern day, social injustices are still persistent and continue to compromise our societies. Social conflicts can take many forms. At the same time it is interesting...
On December 28, 2017, protests erupted throughout several cities in Iran. Initially, protesters showed their dissatisfaction toward rising prices, unemployment, and economic discrimination. They blamed the economic policies of President Hassan Rouhani’s government. However, after spreading dissent throughout the country, public discontent grew beyond economic...
There has been a great deal of controversy over which protest strategies are the most successful in creating change. While many think that violent protests are the most successful as they garner more attention in the media due to their violent nature, nonviolent and peaceful...
The year is 1963. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators congregate at the steps of the Washington Monument to advocate for Black rights, both civil and economic. The year is 2014. Hundreds of activists participate in a protest in Ferguson, Missouri to call attention to the...
At first President Wilson was not very responsive to the women’s protest. At points he even seemed amused with it by tipping his hat and smiling. It was said that at one point Wilson even invited them in for coffee. At other points in time,...
The dimple-girl of the bollywood industry Deepika Padukone is going through shocking protests due to her new release Padmavat. National Parties, political groups and various royal groups are demanding for Padmawati’s ban. This whole dram began in JAIPUR when Sanjay Leela Bansali started the film’s...
In early 2011, a wave of civil unrest swept across many Arab countries in northern Africa and southwest Asia. Long-held tensions surfaced once Mohamed Bouazizi sparked the Tunisian revolution by burning himsel¬¬f in protest of government corruption (Abouzeid). The Tunisian revolution acted as the impetus...
BSA Student Protest at American University The Black Student Alliance (BSA), along with other student groups, partnered together and held a protest on the steps of the campus’s central building, Mary Graydon Center. Consisting of 200 people, the protest was done to capture exposure of...
People who are kneeling during the national anthem are actually being supported by our troops. This protest that is happening across the country is actually legal, and should be supported in the United States because vets are supporting it. My first reason why citizens should...
In the article, “It’s actually very strange for sports games to begin with the national anthem,” written by Beauchamp, he talks about the protest going on between NFL players kneeling or sitting during the national anthem and President Trump. This protest started when NFL player,...
Ferguson Ruling Protest in Cincinnati I literally stumbled upon this protest by chance while I was home in Cincinnati on Thanksgiving break. I am glad I did, though, because it was, far and away, the most passionate protest I have ever seen. The day after...
Protest Poetry Essay The power of protest poetry is its ability to appeal to, and even influence the emotions of humans through the narration of people’s experiences. It is able to bring the attention of an audience to the faults of humanity and crimes it...
Although Algeria saw some uprisings in the early 2011, the scale and the outcome of these uprisings were not like those in Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt. The fact that the regime didnot change in Algeria during the Arab Spring of 2011 has made many think...
On the afternoon of Sunday the 30th of January 1972 soldiers from the British Parachute Regiment, one of the fearsome UK militia units fighting the battle in the north of Ireland, attacked a civil rights march in the town of Derry, killing or fatally wounding...
“The intimate revelations of young men … are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.” The Great Gatsby To whom it may concern, In response to a recent news article, the following is a position in favor of Christine Pelton, a teacher protesting the school...
Negritude was both a literary and ideological movement led by French speaking black writer’s intellectuals from France colonies in Africa and the Caribbean. The movement is marked by its rejection of European colonization and its rule in the African diaspora, pride in ‘blackness’ and traditional...
