Civil unrest

Civil unrest unrest link (Disaster, civil disobedience)

Civil unrest is generally understood to include violent and non-violent group acts such as riots, protest, isolated and sporadic acts of violence and part of disaster planning and preparation.

Preparations

Full article: Civil unrest/Preparation

Extensive and often secret preparations are made to tackle civil unrest. Protests were often purposefully escalated to foster emergency legislation and to put an end to peace movements accusing them of threatening the social order, aka spreading civil unrest.

Further Examples

• 1960 US-Japan Security Treaty Uprising
• 1968 peace protests (Vietnam War)
• 1980 LA riots
• 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China
• 2004 Paris riots

Examples include results from Social movement.