Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. This action is in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial argument.

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.

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AIDS activism Activists Annual Activist Events Anti-Iraq War groups

A Anti-Vietnam War groups Anti-cult terms and concepts Anti-neo-Nazi activism C Civil disobedience Culture jamming

L LGBT civil rights LGBT rights opposition P Protests

Articles in category "Activism"

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A Quaker Action Group Activism Activist shareholder AdBusters Advocacy Affiliated Media Foundation Movement Affinity group Affirmative action bake sale Alternative Transportation Movement Animal Liberation Anti-Capitalist Convergence Anti-corporate activism Anti-cult movement Anti-globalization Artivist C Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict Christian Institute Civil and social disobedience Civil libertarian Coalition to Save Preserves Craftivism Culture jamming Cyberactivism D Democrats for Life Demonstration Detournement

D cont. Direct action Downhill Battle E Ecodefense Economic activism Ecotage Electronic civil disobedience European Social Forum F Free Speech Movement Frontism G Gay rights Glamourbomb H Hacktivism Hacktivismo Hasbara Human shield Human shield action to Iraq I Institute for Global Communications International Solidarity Movement J James Miller (filmmaker) Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs L List of boycotts M Monkeywrenching Movement for a New Society N Nationalist activism New Revolutionary Alternative Nonviolence O Orange Revolution

O cont. Outing P PABAAH Peacefire People & Planet Peter Benenson Peterloo massacre Protest R Rachel Corrie S Satyagraha Section 28 Student activism T Tactical frivolity Tom Hurndall Tree pinning Tree sitting Tree spiking Trident Ploughshares U UBK V VDARE Vietnam Veterans Against the War Vivisection W WOMBLES Winter Soldier Investigation Y The Yes Men Young Lords Youth activism