civil disobedience
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They are trained in the tenets of the First Amendment, the right to protest and civil disobedience.
That summer, 1960, Jackson came home and led a sit-in at the library, his arrest a first taste of civil disobedience.
From Los Angeles Times
Other groups are providing nonviolent civil disobedience training, for example, which organizers describe as calling attention to the injustice of the current policy.
From Salon
"Glasgow's long history of civil disobedience and meaningful change has been a barometer throughout the making of this film," he said.
From BBC
They knew civil disobedience must be civil, peaceful resistance peaceful.
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