Those seeking to change the world, even modestly, will look for methods that can help achieve their objective. The sociologist Charles Tilly saw a repertoire of contention from petitions and public meeting to strikes and revolutions.
Most will look at the minimum form of protest that will achieve the maximum impact.
Of course authority views some forms of protest as legitimate- petitions for example-and others- various forms of direct action as at best questionable. The draconianian sentences currently being given to some climate protesters underlines the point.
The Times in an Editorial (22nd April 2023) provided a guide to what protest at sporting events is OK and what is not.
Disrupting the Grand National is OK, but protesting at the snooker or London Marathon is not. Protests at football are a grey area.
Those seeking change may wonder if a paper with a long history of defending the status quo is the best judge of such things
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