teach-in
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- An extended session of lectures, debates or discussions on a matter of public interest, usually social or political, as a form of protest. [from 1965]
- 1965 April 9, “Pickets and Bomb Threats Disrupt Michigan Teach-In”, in The New York Times, page 65:
- Bomb threats and pickets disrupted an all-night "teach-in" tonight at Michigan State University.
- 1980, George A. Kourvetaris, Betty A. Dobratz, Political Sociology: Readings in Research and Theory[1], →ISBN, page 332:
- A more direct example of linkages between elite dissent and mass protest is the "Teach-In" movement which began in March 1965 at the University of Michigan (Menashe and Radosh, 1967).
- 2006, Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, HarperCollins, page 95:
- He was a cohost of our Johannesburg teach-in and helped orchestrate a conclusion to the teach-in that was even more memorable than its beginning.
References
[edit]- “teach-in, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “teach-in”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.