Political statement

Political statement

The term political statement is usually used to refer to any act or non verbal form of communication that is intended to influence a decision to be made for or by a group.

A political statement can vary from a mass demonstration to the wearing of a badge with a political slogan on. It was a term popularised in the 1960s but still has some currency.


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