Organized Protests as a Strategy for Winning Support for a Group's

question 1

Multiple Choice

Organized protests as a strategy for winning support for a group's policy positions

• A)are generally not protected as free speech because of inherent dangers in protests.
• B)create a sense of community and raise the consciousness of people outside the protest.
• C)have no record of success in the United States,though they have been used successfully elsewhere.
• D)are effective for unions but are not effective for other groups.
• E)tend to work for Democrats but not for Republicans.

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