“The Impact of Protest On Animal Advocacy” by Björn 🔹

In the latest edition of my Tactics In Practice (TIPs) series, I analyzed the research behind protest in the animal protest movement! The full resource is well worth reading for any activist who uses street demonstrations — check out the full thing here: Tactics In Practice: The Science Of Protests And Demonstrations.

Key Highlights:

• Protest groups tend to have three main goals, shown below. I wasn't able to find empirical evidence on Goal 3 (positive or negative), but anecdotal conversations lead me to believe that protests can serve as good cultivation tools for other activists. But I was able to find more information on the other two goals.

• Protests can’t change people's diets; we need to pursue other targets. (That doesn't mean protest is a bad tactic! Just that it's ineffective if we apply it to the wrong target)
• All protest has some [...]

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First published:
June 16th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/wjEbP9YHbTxDudwCT/the-impact-of-protest-on-animal-advocacy

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