direct action

Noun
  1. A protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands (synset 101170859)
    is a type of: dissent, objection, protest - the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
    subtypes:
    • civil disobedience - a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
    • job action - a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands
    • nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
    • recusancy - refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

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