Rather than empowering all, consumer and shareholder activism gives greatest voice to those with the most money in their pockets, those who can switch from seller to seller with relative ease. Consumer and shareholder activism is a form of protest that favours the middle classes, an outpouring of the dissatisfaction of the bourgeoisie.
Cabinet members may disagree and even resign in protest, but, ultimately, they must obey the order of the Commander-in-Chief.
Our country was founded on protest. Otherwise, we would still be a colony of England.
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.
After the first International Days of Protest in October, 1965, Senator Mansfield criticized the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators.
There is a legend. And to protest is daft.
When developing countries go to the WTO and register their protest over things, they should be heard. Their views should be considered by the rich countries.
Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
In 1985, I was arrested, along with my mother and brother, Martin III, in a protest against apartheid at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C.
It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.
Protest is best used when it's part of a strategy that involves escalating tactics that build pressure on targets.
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.
The Gospel of Judas is a kind of protest literature. It's challenging leaders of the church.
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Dada was an extreme protest against the physical side of painting. It was a metaphysical attitude.
It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.
I'm like a one-woman protest machine.
In the late 19th century, the Populists - a protest movement of mainly disaffected farmers and workers - threatened to overturn established authority.
