Direct action

Direct action is a method and a theory of stopping objectionable practices or creating more favorable conditions using immediately available means, such as strikes, boycotts, workplace occupations, sit-ins, intimidation, harassment or sabotage, and less oppositional methods such as establishing radical social centres, although these are often squatted. Direct actions are often (but not always) a form of civil disobedience, and may be illegal. Those employing direct action aim to either:

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Strikes - Boycotts - Workplace occupation - Sit-ins - Intimidation - Harassment - Sabotage - Radical social centres - Squatted - Civil disobedience - Illegal

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• obstruct another agent or organization from performing some practice they object to
• act with whatever resources and methods are within their power, either on their own or as part of a group, in order to solve problems

This method and theory is direct in that it seeks immediate remedy for perceived ills, as opposed to indirect tactics such as electing representatives who promise to provide remedy at some later date.

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