anti-war movement

demonstration

Public display of opinion

• marchRhythmic group walk
• rallyGathering for a cause
• vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness

sit-in · picketing · boycott · banner · placard · chant · petition · blockade · occupation · leaflet

dissent

Disagreement with authority

• civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
• defianceOpen resistance to authority
• oppositionActive resistance or dissent

noncompliance · draft resistance · underground · desertion · refusal · insubordination · war crimes tribunal · whistleblower · Chelsea Manning · Pentagon Papers

conscientious objector

One refusing military service morally

• draft dodgerOne who avoids compulsory enlistment
• disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
• nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force

Quaker · dove · noncombatant · pacifist · satyagraha · ahimsa · Gandhi · King · Thoreau · alternative service

ceasefire

Agreed halt to fighting

• armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
• negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
• detenteRelaxation of strained relations

treaty · de-escalation · dialogue · reconciliation · mediation · peace talks · accord · conciliation · coexistence · rapprochement

grassroots

Common people as political base

• coalitionTemporary alliance for action
• mobilizationOrganizing for action
• consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness

solidarity · advocacy · lobbying · teach-in · petition drive · canvassing · network

• resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
• social movementswomen's liberation, abolition, feminism, disability rights, LGBT rights
• Political Movementsfeminism, environmentalism, conservatism, liberalism, populism
• Sixties Activismcampus protests, counterculture, draft resistance, protest marches, student protests
• peacemakingnegotiation, mediation, peace agreement, mediate, pacifying
• baby boomersbaby boomers, post-war generation, me generation, retirees, retirement age