anti-war protests
Rallies opposing conflict
Anti-war protests are public demonstrations opposing military conflict or intervention.
Protesters march, rally, or organize to pressure governments against starting, continuing, or escalating wars: The Vietnam era saw massive anti-war protests across American campuses.
The term covers organized movements and spontaneous gatherings alike, from candlelight vigils to large-scale marches on capitals.
- sit-insStationary protest tactics
- marchesCoordinated rhythmic walking
- peace movementCampaign advocating nonviolent resolution
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
conscientious objection · Kent State · peace signs · teach-ins · counterculture · moratorium · Vietnam War · rallies · nonviolence · hippies · vigils · candlelight vigil · human rights advocacy · olive branches · civil rights movement · petitions · boycotts · die-ins
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK
- peace movementspacifism, nonviolence, peace activism, peace activist, peace activists
- Peaceful Protestnonviolence, civil disobedience, passive resistance, peaceful resistance, sit-in
- Sixties Activismcampus protests, counterculture, draft resistance, peace movement, student activism
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- protestsdemonstration, demonstrations, rallies, street protests, sit-in
anti-war protestsmilitary parades
Ceremonial armed forces processions
war drums · saber-rattling · war fever · calls to arms · victory parades
anti-war protestswar bond drives
Campaigns selling government securities