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Demonstration (protest)
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A demonstration or protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause.
Quotes
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
United States Constitution, First Amendment
Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 20
See also
Activism
Civil disobedience
Dissent
Nonviolent resistance
Rebellion
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