History of political protest

The different forms of protest - 

Rally: A rally is a mass meeting of people who come together to make a political protest  or show up, giving support for a cause and something they stand for. 

Whilst at a rally, the people generally listen to the same political beliefs of that of a speaker, they also enjoy music whilst there. An example of a rally would be the Republican candidate for the Senate seat in the state of Minnesota holds a rally in America.

March: A protest march is a demonstration or street protest done by a massive group or collection of groups of people who are in favour of a political cause they all share. Given the name, the people involved generally take part in a big march formation from one point to another whilst speakers speak out their beliefs.

Recently, a protest march went on in London where three major unions joined thousands of steelworkers to march and protest against the UK Government in order to try and ensure the responsible sale of Tata Steel's UK assets.

Striking: Striking is where people from a workplace or political party band together to protest and in some cases stop doing their job because they feel they are either treated unfairly or not paid enough. A strike usually consists of signs created in which people will hold up as well as speakers with megaphones in which people will bring attention to their issue and problems.

On a recent note, this has been seen through the Junior doctors incident where doctors from the UK striked and protested against working.

Throughout history, protesting for a political reason has been done time and time again and originally started in 1517 beginning with The Protestant Reformation where as it began with the most orderly and single quietest protest but ultimately ended in a bloodbath. This particular protest of the protestants vs catholics is one of the most known and famous political protests which in spawned a lot of different films on it.

Other notable historical protests include the storming of the bastille where the medieval fortress and prison was protested against as part of the french revolution. On top of this, it is also worthy noting the Berlin Wall protests where east and west Berlin for 28 years was separated. The public protests occurred throughout Germany to the point where the pressure took down the wall.

Moving onto today, it feels like the word protest has not essentially lost its meaning but has become a lot more loose and lenient. Protests now happen every other day across the world and recently in the news, stories have been dominated by them, such as the strike with the junior doctors.

Don't get me wrong though, there still are very important political protests which go on today but it just seems as if people will complain about anything these days.