#resistance  group action in opposition to those in power
  supertype:  #group_action__groupaction  action taken by a group of people
  subtype:  #confrontation.resistance__opposition  the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
     subtype:  #strikebreaking  confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers
  subtype:  #sales_resistance__salesresistance  resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices
  subtype:  #defiance.resistance  a defiant act
  subtype:  #contravention__dispute  coming into conflict with
  subtype:  #obstructionism  deliberate interference
  subtype:  #protest.resistance__objection__dissent  the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
     subtype:  #boycott  a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
     subtype:  #direct_action  a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands
        subtype:  #civil_disobedience__civildisobedience  a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination); "Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"
           subtype:  #sit-in__sitin  a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move
           subtype:  #protest_march__protestmarch  occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license
              subtype:  #peace_march  a protest march against (a particular) war and in favor of peace
        subtype:  #go-slow  (British) a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers
        subtype:  #passive_resistance__passiveresistance__nonviolent_resistance__nonviolence  peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate
           subtype:  #Satyagraha  the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
        subtype:  #recusancy  refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
        subtype:  #work_stoppage__strike  a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"
           subtype:  #sit-down_strike__sit-down__sitdown  a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
           subtype:  #sympathy_strike__sympathetic_strike__sympatheticstrike  a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer
           subtype:  #walkout  a strike in which the worker walk out
           subtype:  #wildcat_strike__wildcatstrike  a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union
     subtype:  #demonstration.protest  a public display of group feelings; "there were violent demonstrations against the war"
        subtype:  #Boston_Tea_Party  (American history) demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
        subtype:  #work-in  occasion when workers continue to work as a protest against e.g. proposed dismissal or closure of the factory
        subtype:  #protest_march__protestmarch  occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license
  subtype:  #rebellion  refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"
  subtype:  #insubordination__rebelliousness  an insubordinate act
     subtype:  #contumacy  obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority
     subtype:  #noncompliance__disobedience  the failure to obey
        subtype:  #contempt  a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
           subtype:  #contempt_of_Congress  deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch
           subtype:  #contempt_of_court  disrespect for the rules of a court of law
              subtype:  #civil_contempt__civilcontempt  a failure to follow a court order that benefits someone else
              subtype:  #criminal_contempt  n act of disrespect that impedes the administration of justice
        subtype:  #contumacy.noncompliance  willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court

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