Rallies and Marches Aren’t the Only Way to Protest

Many successful moments of activism have happened off the streets

The United States has always been a protest nation. Long before it was a country, collective action was how political demands were made visible. The Boston Tea Party wasn’t a riot; it was a coordinated act of economic disruption aimed at a distant governing authority. The Declaration of Independence itself was, at heart, a formalized protest letter — an…