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'''Protest camps''' are physical [[Campsite|camp]]s that are set up by [[activist]]s, to either provide a base for [[protest]], or to delay, obstruct or prevent the focus of their protest by physically blocking it with the camp. Protest camps may also have a symbolic or reproductive component where 'protest campers' try and recreate their desired worlds through the enactment of protest camp infrastructures (such as communal kitchens, child care, environmentally friendly [[composting toilet]] or use of [[grey water]] systems) or through the modes of organising and governance (e.g. direct democracy).
Camping on and/or occupying land has a long history which can be traced back to nomadic cultures as well as the 17th century [[Diggers]]. However, the use of protest camps as a contemporary form of protest can be linked back to the US [[civil rights movement]] of the 1960s and, specifically, "Resurrection City", a protest camp held in May 1968 in [[Washington, D.C.]] as part of the [[Poor People's Campaign]]. In the [[United Kingdom
==See also==
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== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.protestcamps.com Protest Camps research project]
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