Projects with Clear Short-Term Goals

These projects all have short-term goals. Ideally each contributes to a campaign with a clear, well-defined path to a goal. Ideally, there are targets—people, institutions—that the project (and/or campaign) pressures and which, if pressured, can help achieve the goal.
Thousands protest in South Korea in support for truckers
Practitioner:
South Koreans
Date:
Dec 3 2022

In Seoul, thousands of protestors who represent organized labor marched in Seoul on Saturday denouncing the governments attempt to force thousands of striking truckers back to work after they all walked out over a dispute in the price of freight.

Riot Employees walk out on Sexist Culture
Practitioner:
Riot Games Employees
Date:
May 6 2019

Over 150 Riot Games Employees walked out of the League of Legends office in Los Angeles in order to protest against Riot Games stance on forced arbitration. They stood out in front of the company's parking lot holding picket signs and gave speeches. The employees asked for forced arbitration to be ended for all past, current, and future Riot employees which includes contractors and in current litigation.

Three Pro-Hong Kong gamers protest into an international storm
Practitioner:
Gamers
Date:
Feb 27 2020

Blizzard Entertainnment an American gaming company that has created some of the world's most beloved games has permantly banned Blitzchung, a professional Hearthstone player from Hong Kong who shouted after a livestreamed game, "Liberate Hong Kong! The revolution of our age!" After the professional player shouted that out, Blizzard banned the pro gamer from playing Hearthstone for a year and reclaimed his prize money from the tournament.

Students protest gender-based violence in Latin America
Practitioner:
Brandeis University
Date:
Mar 21 2023

For some, International Women’s Day is a day for the celebration of the social, cultural, and professional achievements of women. Many others, on the other hand, believe that we are not yet at the point of celebration, arguing that with gender inequality and gender-based violence rampant worldwide, celebrations are not what International Women’s Day should be about.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release Two Live Albums For Australian Wildfire Benefit
Practitioner:
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Date:
Jan 10 2020

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a pair of live albums to benefit relief efforts in response to devastating wildfires in their native Australia.

How a 57-hour Donkey Kong game struck a blow against online toxicity
Practitioner:
Hbomberguy
Date:
Jan 20 2019

One of the defining features of politics in the 21st century has been the way online cultural phenomena can cross over into the “real” world.

Unfortunately, perhaps because the internet seems to bring out the worst in people, those phenomena have largely been, well, awful.

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