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Flower Power

Practitioner:
civilian

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Flower power was a slogan used during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and nonviolence. It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. The expression was coined by the American Beat…

No Poisonous Pigs

Practitioner:
the Taiwan Anti-ractopamine Union

Date:
Oct 21 1967

President of Taiwan, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party（DDP）, Tsai Ing-wen, at a press conference with no early forecast on August 28, 2020, announcing that from January 1, 2021, American pigs containing ractopamine (Ractopamine) will be opened for those over…

Retirement dinner turned into hilarious protest

Practitioner:
UK Uncut

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Activists gate-crashed a retirement dinner for outgoing HMRC boss Dave Hartnett in Oxford, presenting him with flowers and a fake award for allowing large companies to avoid paying tax. The protesters, who accuse Hartnett of allowing corporations such as Vodafone…

Carlos Slim Laugh Machine

Practitioner:
new yorkers, The Yes Men

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Inspired by the Laughing Farmers of Karnataka, protesters in New York make Carlos Slim’s visit to New York uncomfortable while he appears on a “Live From NYPL” program. This excellent video summarizes the action. As Salon wrote: An event at…

Dude Protests with a Sign

Practitioner:
Seth Phillips

Date:
Oct 21 1967

From an article in BoredPanda: “If you’ve ever felt like your voice and opinion doesn’t matter in the vast world, then Seth is here to prove you wrong. This New Yorker runs the ‘Dude With Sign’ Instagram account where he…

Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOP

Practitioner:
BG Kumbi

Date:
Oct 21 1967

The internet has reshaped the ways we learn and communicate. Information becomes heuristic, concomitantly – knowledge becomes protean. If you dedicate enough time to any particular platform, you are likely to acquire a community with congenial individuals. Social media’s proliferation…

Stop Being Serious, This Protest is a Laughing Matter

Practitioner:
Farmers

Date:
Oct 21 1967

From the Australian, 27 September 1992. Some forms of nonviolent protest are uniquely Indian. Take the ‘gherao’, for instance. A factory owner emerges from his limousine and is mobbed by angry workers. They don’t hurt him: they just surround and…

In Burma, dogs ridicule the regime

Practitioner:
Burmese dissidents

Date:
Oct 21 1967

Dogs featured in one ruse to ridicule the regime—pictures of dictator Than Shwe were hung around the necks of the stray dogs that roam the streets of Rangoon. The pictures, which rapidly found their way onto the Internet, are the…

Freedom riders

Practitioner:
Hundreds

Date:
Oct 21 1967

The first legislative victory of the Civil Rights era was obtained by hundreds of people going where they weren’t invited. In 1961, Black and white Freedom Riders, well trained by SNCC in nonviolent action, rode Greyhound buses from Washington DC…

Mother’s Power

Practitioner:
Moms

Date:
Oct 21 1967

When mothers take to the streets — particularly those from privileged groups — governments take note. The “wall of moms” in Portland has taken up the cause against police violence. Wearing matching shades of white or yellow, the women of…