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In contemporary use, "activism" tends to be a word associated with the actions and ideologies of those on the political left. However, the activism industry includes organizations of many orientations.

There are many different forms of activism; a select list follows.

Animal rights activism

Anticonsumerist activism

Anti-corporate activism

Anti-racist activism

Civil and social disobedience

Civil disobedience

Culture jamming

Demonstrations

Economic activism

Environmental activism

Fair trade

Guerrilla communication

Hacktivism

Libertarian socialism

Nationalist activism

Nonviolence

Student activism

Tactical Frivolity

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Youth activismYouth activism is best summarized as youth-led community organizing for social change. Around the world young people are engaged as activism planners, researchers, teachers, evaluators, decision-makers, advocates and leading actors in the environmental mo

See also

• Direct actionDirect action is a method and a theory of stopping objectionable practices or creating more favorable conditions using immediately available means, such as strikes, boycotts, workplace occupations, sit-ins, or sabotage, and less oppositional methods such