Definition of direct action Direct action
di•rect ac•tion
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What does direct action mean?
WordNet
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| direct action - a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands | ||
| dissent, protest, objection a difference of opinion | ||
| civil disobedience a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience" | ||
| job action a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands | ||
| nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate | ||
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- direct action (Noun)
A form of political activism, in which participants act directly, ignoring established political procedures. This is often but not always accomplished by means of strikes, workplace occupations , sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare , demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti.
