protest camp
Demonstrators' temporary settlement
A protest camp is a temporary encampment established by demonstrators to maintain a sustained presence at or near the site of their grievance.
Protesters pitch tents and occupy public spaces—parks, plazas, or land slated for development—sometimes for weeks or months.
The camps serve as visible symbols of resistance and bases for organizing: The protest camp outside the pipeline route grew to several hundred people.
Famous examples include Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park encampment and the Standing Rock camps opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
- occupyFill or dwell in
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- barricadeObstacle blocking a path
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
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- campstent, tents, shelters, campsite, campground
- protestdemonstration, walkout, picket, sit-in, candlelight vigil
- temporary settlementstent city, emergency shelter
protest campofficial ceremony
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