What forms of civil society protests emerged from the 1950s and 1970s? (1) Flashcards
Who organised protests against social injustice?
BETWEEN THE 1950s and 1970s, large-scale protest movements against social injustice were held. These protests were organized by ordinary members of the public (i.e. civil society).
What did these protests show governments?
Although the protests varied in their goals and methods, they all showed governments that public opinion mattered and could bring about significant changes.
What were the protests that emerged from the 1950s and 1970s? (5)
- The women’s movement against gender discrimination
- the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements against racial discrimination
- protests against the war that the US government waged in Vietnam [and many of these protests were led by students and the youth]
- Peace campaigns against the use of nuclear weapons and movements for women’s rights spread throughout the Western world.
- Youth were critical of their parents’ generation and a counter-culture started to emerge.
In 1968, _____ protesters demanded social change on every continent, although not always successfully.
students
In South Africa, women played a major role in the protest movements against _____. South African women were also standing up for their rights as women, although divisions of ___ and ___ meant that not all women had the same aims and used the same tactics.
apartheid
race
class
What had The Second World War fought for?
The Second World War (1939–45) had been fought for freedom and human rights, but in the decades after the war many people in Western countries felt that there was no true democracy and equality in their own societies.
What led to the growth of mass protests by ordinary people which gained in strength in the 1960s?
People in Western countries felt that there was no true democracy and equality in their own societies.
