Activism
These goos are from the Activism category, people famous for political action, protests, demonstrations, or other forms of social change. Browse another way.
Abbie Hoffman
Steal this goo. Go »
Al Sharpton
This activist has been a sharp critic of police treatment of African Americans, particularly in his native New York City. Go »
Alexei Navalny
This anti-corruption activist may be the man most feared by Vladimir Putin. Not even poison seems to stop him. Go »
Alice Paul
Half of Americans can vote today thanks to the efforts of activists like this Jersey-born Quaker who looked like Hilary Swank. Go »
Andrei Sakharov
His tiny apartment became the core of peace. Go »
Anthony Comstock
Several suicide notes blamed this Christian moralist for abusing his authority over the mail to arrest anyone using birth control, anatomy textbooks, misquoted Bible passages, or anything else that he deemed obscene. Go »
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
This tri-continental writer and parliamentarian could no longer submit to Islam after 9/11. Go »
Barry Horne
He was a vegetarian, in alignment with his personal cause, but he didn't do much eating anyway prior to his 2001 death. Go »
Ben Rattray
Want to kick the rats out of office? It's going to take more than some extra cash. Go »
Betty Friedan
She sparked a revolution in feminism with her 1960s book about women's Mystique. Go »
Bobby Seale
this seal became one tough cat in 1966 Go »
Brent Bozell
This media watchdog and researcher has been the center of controversy himself over expressions of opinion that were not his own. Go »
Carrie Nation
All nations were welcomed at Moses's bar, except her (and her hatchet). Go »
Chelsea Manning
American. Expatriate. Soldier. Activist. Criminal. Woman. Candidate. Go »
Cindy Sheehan
If you want an audience with the president... just walk up and ask. Go »
César Chávez
lived to see the fruits of his labor Go »
Dan Mathews
Is it any surprise that an outspoken animal rights activist is so misanthropic? Go »
Daniel Berrigan
It's not every day that a priest makes the FBI's most wanted list for using homemade napalm to advocate for peace. Go »
David Hogg
Depending on who you ask, this porcine teenager is either an activist determined to stop more school shootings like the one he survived, or an actor being paid to participate in conspiracies to undermine gun rights. Go »
DeRay Mckesson
He quit his job as a school administrator to become a full-time activist with the Black Lives Matter movement, launching WeTheProtestors.org and lecturing at Yale. Go »
Dorothy Day
She was a Bohemian who became a Catholic, a suffragist who became an anarchist, a pacifist who became an arrestee, and a journalist who might one day become a saint. Go »
Emily Davison
This derby crasher was trampled by a royal's horse. Go »
Fannie Lou Hamer
This Mississippian's voter advocacy made her a target of racists and police throughout the 1960s, particularly during her Freedom Summer. Go »
Fred Hampton
He rose to influence in a black party and founded a colorful coalition, but his assassination at merely 21 cut short a life full of promise to do much more. Go »
Germaine Greer
Sometimes being a desperate housewife means enduring flashes of controversy. Go »
Gloria Steinem
Ever since this pro-choice, anti-pornography activist became a icon, you could call her Ms. Feminism. Go »
Greta Thunberg
For teenagers around the imperiled world, this Swede has created a climate of demanding change. Go »
Helen Prejean
If you wonder whether her famous book had any success abolishing the death penalty, or whether she has any specific job titles, the answer to both is none. Go »
Huey P. Newton
Oakland police had an unlucky streak after this black cat crossed their path. Go »
Irshad Manji
Islam meets feminism. Go »
James O'Keefe
Videos of real acorns would not have gotten as much attention as this veritable muckraker's controversial recordings. Go »
Jason Russell
This director is best known for exposing the once powerful. Go »
Jerry Rubin
One of the founding Yippies had a flair for the dramatic in his protests, one of which landed him on trial in Chicago, but he later became a successful stockbroker and nutritional drink marketer. Go »
Jesse Jackson
He spent the 1960s fighting for civil rights (starting in his native Greenville), the 1970s running a colorful non-profit, the 1980s running twice for president, the 1990s representing the District of Columbia in the Senate (sort of), the 2000s helping Barack Obama and his son run for office, and the 2010s supporting his son through his imprisonment. Go »
Jim Gilchrist
It only takes a minute to shoot an immigrant. Go »
Jim Gilchrist
You have less than a minute to run back over the border when you see this activist's men coming for you. Go »
Julia Butterfly Hill
When you're fighting to save a life, don't miss the forest for the tree. Go »
Julia Butterfly Hill
This Missouri-born activist never made a guest appearance in One Tree Hill. Go »
Kate Kelly
More men in power cost this Mormon her power. Go »
Koko Kondo
Pearl Buck and Ralph Edwards have this hibakusha in common. Go »
Lenore Skenazy
She wants kids to be free to grow up on their own. Is she the worst mother or what? Go »
Lucy Stone
You'll be wrong if you guess Lucy Blackwell. Go »
Malala Yousafzai
She may not live long enough to be thanked by a generation of Pakistani girls who were able to go to school because of her. Go »
Malcolm X
This guy was a racial x-factor in the sixties. Go »
Manal al-Sharif
is four-wheeled mobility a right for all? not in Saudi Arabia Go »
Marcus Garvey
Declaring himself the president of Africa did not pan out, but the president of the United States really did commute his sentence for mail fraud. Go »
Marilyn Katz
Conspiracy theorists believe this anti-war protestor is more than just another cool cat Barack Obama used to hang with. Go »
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Long before her name became synonymous with a mass shooting, she supported women's suffrage and became a leading activist for preserving the Everglades. Go »
Marsha P. Johnson
Fifty years ago, when homosexual bar-goers had their backs against the wall, she got her civil rights and sparked a movement that helped everyone else get theirs. Go »
Michael Tate Reed
Maybe this vehicular protester (motester?) just doesn't like enumerated commands. Go »
Mohamed Bouazizi
set the world afire Go »
Neda Agha-Soltan
Her death gave the opposition a voice. Go »
Olympe de Gouges
Droits de la femme?! Quelle révolution! Go »
Pat King
'Cause we got a freedom convoyRockin' Ottawa
Yeah, we got arrested, Facebook
Answer me, Who is the king? Go »
Peace Pilgrim
Walking any distance the day after a Thanksgiving feast can feel like tens of thousands of miles. Go »
Peter Staley
This AIDS activist spent the 1980s learning how to survive the kind of widespread health crisis that we all face today. Go »
Phyllis Schlafly
Although she took her husband's name and famously said she cancelled speeches when he wanted her home, her tireless political activism, particularly against the Equal Rights Amendment, meant that her real marriage partner was America. Go »
Piper Kerman
Since trading in her black professional attire for an orange jumpsuit, she has written a book, inspired a TV series, and advocated for justice reform. Go »
Richard Oakes
His occupation of Alcatraz by several hundred Native Americans ended 50 years ago today and changed both federal policy and Native activism, though he didn't live long afterwards to see its effects. Go »
Rick Stoddard
This smoking-hot super activist added a new generation to the middle aged. Go »
Ron Kovic
This born patriot has taken a stand against war ever since war left him unable to stand. Go »
Rosa Parks
When she parks her butt on a bus, it stays on the bus, in Montgomery or otherwise. Go »
Ruby Bridges
This civil rights activist has been trying to bridge the racial divide in America ever since the incident in her life that was immortalized by Norman Rockwell. Go »
Russell Means
The last of his tribe, he inhabited a land where white men fear to tread. Go »
Sacheen Littlefeather
Shortly before her recent passing, the Academy apologized to this one-time Alcatraz occupier for the criticism that she had to endure on behalf of Marlon Brando Go »
Saul Alinsky
This Chicagoan radical taught the poor and the president alike how to wield power. Go »
Shawn Brant
This man's Mohawk activism has less to do with hair and more to do with Native American rights. Go »
Sojourner Truth
This abolitionist would do anything for her kids: She escaped with her daughter from slavery, and helped her son escape through the courts, becoming the first black woman to sue a white man successfully in the United States. Go »
Stacey Abrams
This lawyer and politician turned Georgia blue for Biden, though she didn't accomplish it in her own gubernatorial campaign in 2018. Go »
Stephen Gough
I'd tell you all about this public-nudism activist's long, naked walks across England with his girlfriend Melanie, but I don't want to ramble. Go »
Theresa Sparks
If her own sex toy begins shooting sparks, will she have herself arrested? Go »
Thích Quang Ðúc
Don't go igniting a riot in protest if you fail to guess this goo before time is up. Go »
Tommie Smith
This athlete who raised his fist was accused of politicizing the Olympic Games. He was honored by his Alma Mater with the Presidential Award for Activism. Go »
Vincent Bethell
Being yourself has never been free, as demonstrated by all the jail time this protester has served for our right to live clothes-free. Go »
