How To Organize A Peaceful Protest

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What is a Peaceful Protest?

A peaceful protest is a way for like-minded people to gather together to gain a feeling of personal empowerment. Political groups and communities hold peaceful protests in the form of vigils, marches, rallies, and protest demonstrations to bring attention to issues and causes that they feel passionately about.

How To Plan a Peaceful Protest

The key to a peaceful protest is keeping it peaceful. The last thing that you want is for your protest to turn violent. There are a few steps that you can take to plan a peaceful protest, and to get your thoughts, feelings, and ideas across.

The first thing that you need to do is choose a date and location for your protest. You want to make sure that is someplace relevant to your cause. For example, if you are protesting new housing laws, you would want to protest near the housing authority’s headquarters. It is important to make sure that the place that you choose to protest is legal. You also need to set the date. You should plan it on a day where most people would be able to attend, and also where the people you are protesting against will see it.

It is important to determine whether or not you will need a permit to hold your protest. If so, there will be fees to pay. Your local, state, or federal government officials will be able to give you all the information that you need. You want to make sure that your protest is being done by the book and that it is all legal. This way, the police do not have the right to break it up.

Before the protest, make signs. They should convey your message and they should be legible and large enough so that they get maximum exposure and attention.

Having T-shirts made is a great idea for your protest. When the protesters are wearing like clothing, it can create a feeling of solidarity. Also, if you sell your shirts at the protest, you can earn some money for your cause.

It is extremely important to make sure that everyone attending the protest understands that it is a peaceful one. Let them know that violence and belligerence will not be tolerated. Keep the swearing down to a minimum, as it can lead to confrontations. If you have time in advance, hold a workshop for those who plan to attend. Do some role playing exercises to help the group understand what they can expect from counter-protesters and observers.

The best way to spread the word about your peaceful protest, you need to do some marketing. You can use social networking, email, web pages, or the local media to spread the word. You can also contact other well developed groups that share your ideas to guarantee a good turn out.

Why Is Proper Planning Necessary?

If you plan your peaceful protect carefully, you can be sure that you will have a good turn out and that your message will be heard. Proper planning will also help keeps things peaceful, rather than turning violent.

5 Famous Protests That Led To Violence

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In recent years, many countries around the world have seen rising numbers of protest. Majority of this protests are due to poor electoral processes, that have seen the affected countries plunge into political upheavals. These have led to shake ups in the governance of countries, notably throughout the Middle East, parts of Africa and Europe.

 

To begin with, citizens in affected countries felt that there existed low levels of political systems of representation in their countries. Fueled by lack of a democratic election process, corruption and failure from the legal system in administering justice to citizens increased tension in political scenes. Low levels of transparency and accountability led to political violence.

In addition to this, basic rights and freedoms of the citizens were being sidelined. Rights and freedoms such as assembly or press, religious issues and deep rooted ethnicity led to rise in protests. Politicians neglected rule of laws on labor rights.

Economic meltdown and anti-austerity issues saw uprising in different countries. Citizens were subjected to low living standards due to poor governance, sky rocketing food and fuel prices, weakening of their currencies are some of the economic reasons for uprisings. On top of this, the ever rising inflation and poor fiscal measures to curb it necessitated electoral violence.

Whitehall Protests In Britain, 2015

Anti-government protestors took it to the streets, questioning the shocking results of a win by the Conservative party, who seemed to have a right to remain in power, after Tory’s victory. Dubbed the anti-austerity protest, fifteen people were arrested as they clashed with police close to Downing Street. However, there were no reported injuries by any of the protesters.

Disputed Kenyan Elections Of 2007-2008

It erupted after the incumbent president Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the December 2007 elections. The opposition cited cases of massive electoral manipulation, which was confirmed by international observers. Casualties of this post-election violence were over thousand, while more than five hundred thousand people were internally displaced.

Russia Elections of 2011

This goes down in history as one of the greatest protests in Russia’s history after the fall of the Soviet Union. More than fifty thousand people gathered in Kremlin, to condemn the fraudulent election marred by massive ballot rigging in the parliamentary elections. Other noticeable small rallies took place in St. Petersburg. However, there were more than a thousand arrests, while anti-corruption figures such as Alexei Navalny were put to jail.

Green Wave Revolution-Iran Elections Of 2009-2011

The protests began in June 2009, after the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner with over sixty percent of the total cast votes. The elections were fraudulent, as declared by the Green movement leaders citing cases of irregularities. Thousands of opposition protestors were arrested, raping of women, men and children by the Iranian Revolutionary guards was done in the Iranian prisons. Total number of deaths reported more than hundred.

Thailand Elections Of 2010

These protests came after the then Prime Minister Abhisist, stood down from power. Protesters were against hisrule since hedid not come to power legitimately. It is reported that there were more than two thousand injuries nationwide. However, he called for elections in the country.

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3 Tips For Keeping Protests Peaceful

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In a democracy the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly are very important. You should however not abuse this rights and freedoms since the consequences are diverse. It is thus important that you keep protests peaceful in order to protect life and property and also prevent ending up in jail for something you had control over. There are various tips that you need to follow in order to help you keep protests peaceful. We have discussed 3 key tips that if you follow you will certainly express your needs and exercise your rights without being hurt or hurting others.

Key tips during protests

  • Know Your Right First, you need to know your rights. This is the most powerful weapon for you during protests. It helps you to know how to deal with the police. In order to know your rights you need to do a thorough research so as to be able to distinguish between the rights you have and those that you do not have. It will also help you to know how those rights are limited so as to avoid being on the wrong side of the law. However when exercising those rights you need to remember that you will be dealing with the police. Always comply with their directions unless you want to end up being arrested. Do not insult or engage in violence with the police. They are there to maintain law, peace and order and they will do anything in performance of their duty.

    In as much as you would want to express your rights remember to comply with police directions first then later you can argue about your rights. More so choose your words carefully and remember to always advocate for peace.

  • Be Reasonable Common sense should be applied at all the times not excluding during protests. Always be smart, ensure you do your preparations well and always do the right thing at the right time. Know when to obey the police, when to stay at the protest and when to leave. Avoid throwing insults at others especially those who will disagree with you. More so, be respectful even to those who you are protesting against. You should also keep off from inciting others to violence.

    Ensure you put on protective attire. Put on clothes that are comfortable so that in case of anything you can easily run to safety. Lastly, you should also remember to carry first aid kits in case of an emergency so as to prevent deaths and damage that could not have happened.

  • Comply with the law Before you protest, ensure you get the necessary permits. This will help you to ensure that your protest is legal. Conduct enough research to know what legal documents you need and how you can get them. It is also important to make your protest public. Try to get the attention of both the people and the media. This can be done by making flyers about the protests around your town. Contact local newspaper s and media and ask them to publicize information about your protest.
  • Keep protests peaceful and avoid problems As you enjoy your right to protest, always keep in mind that you might face the law in case you misbehave. Your goal should be to maintain peace at all times. Ensure you protect yourself defensively and as you hope for the best prepare for the worst. Follow the above tips and I hope your voice will be heard without you or other people getting hurt.