Terminology to Protest!
March 26, 2018
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23/3/18 Terminology to Protest!
- Demonstration
a public meeting or march protesting against something or expressing views on a political issue.
- Protest
a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.
- Sit-in
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises.
an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
- March
walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread.
So when we refer to an event such as 24M when the people walk to Plaza de Mayo to say Nunca Mas/Never Again and fight for MEMORY, TRUTH, AND JUSTICE, that is a demonstration and not a march (false friend = marcha).
