The activism industry is composed of organizations and individuals who make a living from activism, involvement in action to bring about change. The number of organizations who employ people to perform this work is sufficiently large that Activism is now a job classification. Movements across the political spectrum can be described as activist in nature. Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ...

Many organizations whose primary activity is activism are defined as being nonprofit organizations. Some are non-governmental organizations. Most activist organisations do no manufacturing of goods. A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an organization that is not part of a government and was not founded by states. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The specific activist tactic of persuading politicians to create laws is called lobbying. Many groups have staff assigned to do lobbying. A U.S. organization which is officially created only to do lobbying is called a political action committee. Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ... In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ...

Fields in the activism industry include:

• Anarchism
• Animal rights organizations
• Anti-globalization movement
• Capitalism
• Civil rights movement
• Demonstrations
• Ecology activism
  • Alternative Transportation Movement
  • Ecology movement
  • Environmental movement
  • Environmental organizations
  • Green movement
  • Organizations based upon Green economics
• Fund raising
  • United Way organization
• Gun politics organizations
• Human rights organizations
• Labor movement organizations
• Libertarianism
• Nationalist activism
• Peace movement
• Racist and anti-racist movements
• Religious activism
  • Evangelicalism - Promoting religious views, hoping others will be interested.
  • Proselytism - Attempting to convert religious or other views.
  • Some religions encourage their adherents to take part in other forms of activism
    • Alms
    • Christian left
    • Christian right
    • Social Gospel
    • Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Senior Citizens
• Social work
• Welfare state

Anarchism derives from the Greek αναρχία (without archons (rulers)). Thus anarchism, in its most general meaning, is the belief that rulers, hierarchal organization, and systems of coersion are unnecessary and should be abolished. ... The Great Ape Project is campaigning for a Declaration on Great Apes. ... Anti-WEF grafiti in Lausanne. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Capitalism The page is about the economic system. ... Civil Rights Movement in the United States, political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for African American and to achieve racial equality. ... This page is about protests. ... The Alternative Transportation Movement is a type of environmental movement that challenges the widespread use of private automobiles and single occupant vehicles or SOVs, mostly in North America, where urban sprawl and automobile use are very widespread. ... The global ecology movement is one of several new social movements that emerged at the end of the sixties; its growth has been stimulated by a widespread acknowledgement of an ecological crisis of our planet. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. ... The Green movement encompasses the Green parties of various countries, and rely on the ideals of the larger ecology movement, peace movement, conservation movement, environmental movement and general trend towards environmentalism. ... Green economics loosely defines a theory of economics by which an economy is considered to be component of the ecosystem in which it resides. ... The United Way of America is a coalition of charitable organizations that has traditionally pooled efforts in fund raising. ... The phrase Gun politics refers to the views of different people within a particular country as to what degree of freedom or restriction (more gun rights or more gun control) should be enforced upon the private ownership and usage of firearms, and to what extent ownership influences crime and the... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... The labor movement (or labour movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... Libertarianism is a political philosophy that supports individual rights, private property rights, and free market capitalism. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... This article is in need of attention. ... 1. ... Anti-racism, like other general social attitudes, ideas and movements, has many variations and faces. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a tendency in diverse branches of Protestantism, typified by an emphasis on evangelism, a personal experience of conversion, biblically-oriented faith, and a belief in the relevance of Christian faith to cultural issues. ... The English language word proselytism is derived ultimately from the Greek language prefix pros (towards) and the verb erchomai (to come). ... Alms Bag taken from some Tapestry in Orleans, Fifteenth Century. ... The Christian Left encompasses those who hold a strong Christian belief and share left-wing or socialist ideals. ... Christian Right is a term collectively referring to a spectrum of conservative Christian political and social movements and organizations characterized by their strong support of social values they deem traditional in the United States and other western countries. ... The Social Gospel movement is a Protestant movement that was most prominent in the late 19th and early to mid-20th century. ... The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC, first known as Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration) is a civil rights organization founded in January 1957. ... AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) is a United States-based non-profit organization dedicated to the interests of persons over the age of 50. ... Social Work is a helping profession focused on psychosocial problems, and largely (though not exclusively) concerned with populations that face special obstacles or disadvantages, such as persons with low incomes, persons with disabilities, elders, and persons diagnosed with mental illness. ... There are three main interpretations of the idea of a welfare state: the provision of welfare services by the state. ...

Activism in capitalist societies

In capitalist societies, when civil liberties are present, full-time activists are employed on wages. Volunteer activists usually support themselves by working full-time or part-time. In some areas of activism and some societies volunteer activists' investment of time may result in tax benefits, this is particularly true for religious charities. Governments are often able to influence which activist causes are supported, by declaring some political causes to be charitable or religious, and denying the same benefits to other causes. In particular, the labour movement is usually highly regulated by governments in capitalist societies, due to the perception that a successful labour movement would threaten the future of capitalism. In economics, a capitalist is someone who owns capital, presumably within the economic system of capitalism. ... Civil liberties are protections from the power of governments. ... A wage is the amount of money paid for some specified quantity of labour. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... The origins of the word religion have been debated for centuries. ... Allegorical personification of Charity as a mother with three infants by Anthony van Dyck Charity is a term that refers to giving. ... The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ...

Forced Activism

In all contemporary societies it is often the case that governments, corporations and other social institutions often organise activism in the interests of the ruling group. However, where civil liberties exist, the penalty for failing to comply with forced activism is often merely unemployment rather than imprisonment for political crimes as is often the case in contemporary societies lacking in civil liberties. A number of techniques are commonly used: Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California during the Great Depression. ... A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ... In the standard sense of the phrase, a political crime is an action deemed illegal by a government in order to control real or imagined threats to its survival, at the expense of a range of human rights and freedoms. ...

• Paid or obligatory attendance on work time at rallies. Often the size of the crowd is claimed to indicate support of policies. This technique was recently used by the Tasmanian logging industry in the 2004 Australian Federal election.
• Promotion or continued employment being dependent upon voluntary attendance on holidays at certain functions or rallies.
• Compulsory unpaid overtime for the benefit of particular political causes or charities.
• Requests by government officials or corporate managers that a body of people support a public letter of support for a particular cause.
• Requirements for students to undertake politically motivated employment during semester breaks.
• Calling public meetings with the sole purpose of criticising an individual at the meeting who is believed to hold unacceptable views. This technique of criticism / self-criticism at mass meetings was commonly used in the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution.
• Compulsory or heavily suggested financial or time contributions to causes or organizations. Peace loans in the Warsaw Pact countries in the 1950s operated on this basis. Similarly, some workplace charity drives in the West approach this level of compulsion.

Restrictions by governments can create what are state-controlled activism industries (just as some states control other industries), grant monopolies to organizations, or divert government resources to influence change. Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... (Logging sometimes also refers to a technique used in the oilfield business to measure geological parameters of an oil or gas well. ... Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours; these may be determined in several ways, by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society), by practices of a given trade or profession, by legislation, or by agreement between employers and workers or their representatives. ... A poster during the Cultural Revolution. ... Seal of the Warsaw Pact Distinguish from the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement among airlines about financial liability. ... The term Western world or the West can have multiple meanings depending on its context. ...

See also

• Earth Day
• World Ocean Day
• World Water Day

Earth flag Earth Day is a name used by two different observances held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earths fragile environment. ... World Ocean Day began on 8 June 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. ... World Water Day or the World Day for Water occurs each year on March 22, as designated by United Nations General Assembly resolution. ...

External links

• EnviroLink Network - large list of environmental organizations
• Peoples' Global Action - antiglobalization network
• ECO.org career links
• Environmental Career Opportunities - subscription job service
• Fund for Public Interest Research (FFPIR) - national USA activism outsourcer
  • Campaign to Save the Environment - summer job project of the FFPIR
• The Center for the Advancement of Capitalism
• National Rifle Association
• Reason Foundation
• The ACTivist Magazine - dedicated to advancing the art of activism