civil disobedience

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Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.

From BBC

“These are people who were, out of conscience, making a decision to engage in an act of civil disobedience,” she told the judge.

From Los Angeles Times

The letter, addressed to white clergymen critical of King’s anti-segregation protests, defended nonviolent civil disobedience as a tactic in the fight for racial justice.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s in the tradition of this country to protest for justice, to engage in acts of civil disobedience,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

After Fonda and Turner divorced, she worked with Tomlin on raising the minimum wage in Michigan and then launched Fire Drill Fridays — acts of civil disobedience — with Greenpeace in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times