Street party
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In its conventional sense, a street party is just what it says: a party taking place on a road. In Britain, these are usually held to comemmorate momentous events, such as VE Day or the Silver Jubilee. These are usually jovial, jelly-and-icecream community affairs.
As a form of activism street parties are festive and/or artistic efforts to reclaim public space by large groups of people. They were made known in Western Europe and North America by the actions of Reclaim the Streets, a widespread "dis-organization" dedicated to reclaiming public space from automobiles and consumerism. In a somewhat different context, Poland's Orange Alternative staged festive protests to break the Communist government's monopoly on public life.
See also
External links
- [RTS] - Reclaim the Streets
- [street party]
- [Streets Alive]
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