Direct Action

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Political_concept
gptkbp:contrastsWith Indirect action
gptkbp:defines A form of political activism which seeks immediate or direct results through protest, demonstration, or intervention, rather than through indirect methods such as negotiation or legislation.
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Sabotage
gptkb:Sit-ins
Strikes
Blockades
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Occupy_Wall_Street
gptkb:Greenpeace_direct_actions
gptkb:The_1912_Lawrence_textile_strike
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Direct_Action:_An_Ethnography_by_David_Graeber
gptkb:Direct_Action_(journal)
Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism by L.A. Kauffman
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:protest
gptkb:Civil_disobedience
gptkb:Nonviolent_resistance
Activism
gptkbp:usedBy Anarchist movements
Environmental activists
Labor movements
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sidney_J._Furie
gptkb:Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Direct Action