"Anarchists often note that there is a difference between protest and direct action:
Protest is an appeal to the authorities to behave differently; direct action, whether it’s a matter of a community building a well, trying to shut down a meeting, or occupying a factory, it is a matter of acting as if the existing structure of power does not even exist.
Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free." - David Graeber
