direct action

action intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue
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direct action

Summary

direct action is a political concept[1]. It draws 533 Wikipedia views per month (political_concept category, ranking #10 of 86).[2]

Key Facts

  • direct action's instance of is recorded as political concept[3].
  • direct action's instance of is recorded as philosophical schools and traditions[4].
  • direct action's GND ID is recorded as 4150122-6[5].
  • direct action's subclass of is recorded as protest[6].
  • direct action's subclass of is recorded as activism[7].
  • direct action's Commons category is recorded as Direct action[8].
  • direct action's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0qklp[9].
  • direct action's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Direct action[10].
  • direct action's PSH ID is recorded as 8586[11].
  • direct action's different from is recorded as Direkte Aktion[12].
  • direct action's different from is recorded as Direct Action[13].
  • direct action's different from is recorded as Action Directe[14].
  • direct action's different from is recorded as Direkte Aktion[15].
  • direct action's uses is recorded as agency[16].
  • direct action's has list is recorded as list of direct action groups[17].
  • direct action's significant person is recorded as José Ortega y Gasset[18].
  • direct action's Quora topic ID is recorded as Direct-Action[19].
  • direct action's Quora topic ID is recorded as Nonviolent-Direct-Action[20].
  • direct action's Quora topic ID is recorded as Non-Violent-Direct-Action[21].
  • direct action's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779204367[22].
  • direct action's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/590[23].
  • direct action's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Direct_action[24].
  • direct action's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Fascism#Direct_action[25].
  • direct action's Lex ID is recorded as direkte_aktion[26].
  • direct action's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2779204367[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for direct action include Action Directe[28], an armed organization[29], founded in 1979[30].

Why It Matters

direct action draws 533 Wikipedia views per month (political_concept category, ranking #10 of 86).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Action Directe[28], an armed organization[29], founded in 1979[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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