stage
demonstration
Environmentalists staged a demonstration at the plant in a bid to stop the departure of a train.
Students across the region staged demonstrations demanding tougher action.
His supporters staged peaceful demonstrations in several cities across the country on Friday.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Activism & pressure groups
active citizen
active citizenship
active resistance
activism
activist
circulator
citizen advocacy
clicktivism
clicktivist
counter-demonstrate
identity politics
insurgency
insurrection
interest group
lobbyist
social entrepreneur
special interest group
super-lobbyist
super-militant
take a kneeidiom