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In its conventional sense, a
street party is just what it
says: a party taking place on a
road.
As a form of
activism street parties
are festive and/or artistic
efforts to reclaim public space by
large groups of people. They were
made known in Western Europe and
North America by the actions of
Reclaim the Streets, a
widespread "dis-organization"
dedicated to reclaiming public
space from automobiles and
consumerism. In a somewhat
different context,
Poland's
Orange Alternative staged
festive protests to break the
Communist
government's monopoly on
public life.
