peace marches
Rallies against conflict
Peace marches are organized public walks protesting war or advocating for nonviolent conflict resolution.
Participants march through streets, often carrying signs and chanting slogans, to demonstrate opposition to military action or nuclear weapons: Thousands joined the peace marches against the Vietnam War.
The term typically appears in plural, referring to the phenomenon or multiple events.
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
demonstration · conscientious objection · flower power · rally · candlelight vigil · hand in hand · disarmament · nuclear freeze · passive resistance · grassroots movement · banners · placards · Vietnam War protests · olive branch · MLK · human rights activism · civil rights · chants
- Historic Marchescivil rights marches, freedom marches, solidarity marches, protest marches
- peacepeaceful, peacefully, dove, dove release, olive branch
- peace events
- countercultureflower power, flower children, free love, hippie communes, Summer of Love
- Peaceful Protestnonviolence, civil disobedience, peaceful protest, passive resistance, peaceful resistance
- Buddhist servicedana, almsgiving, alms giving, alms, meditation aid
peace marchesmilitary parades
Ceremonial armed forces processions
victory parades · war drums · saber-rattling · recruitment drives · calls to arms
peace marchesriots
Violent public disturbances
warfare · combat · battles · military engagements · civil war
peace marchesriots
Violent public disturbances
insurrection · armed uprising · terrorism · guerrilla warfare · military coups