A day of activism is being launched in memory of businesswoman and campaigner Dame Anita Roddick. Here are 10 key moments in activism over the past 100 years.
1930
:: Mahatma Gandhi leads thousands of followers on a 400km protest march against the imposition of unfair taxes on the poor.
1936
:: The Jarrow Crusade sees 200 men walk from the northern town of Jarrow to Parliament in a protest against unemployment and extreme poverty.
1963
:: Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a dream" speech at the steps of the Lincoln memorial in front of 200,000 civil rights activists.
1979
:: Mother Teresa wins the Nobel Peace Prize for more than 40 years of humanitarian work, looking after poor, sick and orphaned children in India.
1985
:: Bob Geldof focuses global attention on famine in Africa, with millions of music fans across the world tuning in for the Live Aid concert.
1989
:: Student activists lead Tiananmen Square protests. The image of a lone protester facing down a line of tanks becomes one of the defining images of the 20th century.
1990
:: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize while detained under house arrest.
1990
:: Nelson Mandela released from prison after nearly three decades behind bars.
1997
:: Diana, Princess of Wales, sparks a political row after calling for an international ban on landmines. She also tours an Angolan minefield in a ballistics helmet and flak jacket to raise awareness of the issue.
2003
:: Millions of people around the world participate in demonstrations against the war in Iraq. In London as many as two million protesters took to the stree
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You forgot the 'Ta Ta Toris' rally by Cymdeithas in 1996 in Cardiff, with over 1000 protesters. I was there. ;)
with over 1000 protesters
...apparently. I didn't count them myself ;)
Hey may be we should do our own list of days
I remeber the cardiff to greenham march
In September 1981, the Women for Life on Earth march reached Greenham Common to protest about NATO's decision to site 96 cruise missiles at Greenham Common in Berkshire, England.
They had marched from Cardiff and upon arrival delivered a letter to the Base Commander, which among other things stated ‘We fear for the future of all our children and for the future of the living world which is the basis of
'Hey may be we should do our own list of days'
good point Valleys Mam, maybe the Western Mail, Daily Post and the
BBC Wales could take that up
22 Sept 2002 London. Countryside Alliance.
400,000 people march to protest about Nu Labour's decision to prevent them carrying on with their traditional way of life.
The government ignore them and imposes their urban and class based ideals on to a law abiding rural population.
well said v, at least that Countryside march was about liberty, the anti-war demo was basically about denying the people of Iraq the freedom we take for granted.
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