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demonstration  Women demonstrate in New York, USA, against working conditions in 1913. | Public show of support for, or opposition to, a particular political or social issue, typically by a group of people holding a rally, displaying placards, and making speeches. They usually seek some change in official policy by drawing attention to their cause with a media-worthy event. |
| Demonstrations can be static or take the form of elementary street theatre or processions. A specialized type of demonstration is the picket, in which striking or dismissed workers try to dissuade others from using or working in the premises of the employer. |
| In the US, pickets are closely regulated. Violence and intimidation are beyond the protections of the First Amendment and are illegal. |
| The Supreme Court has also held (1957) that picketing for the purpose of coercing employers as part of a union-organizing campaign is not protected as free speech. |
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