Even if the government had strained its popularity, it still had the power to foil a developing public protest.
At the time, as Roberts and Klibanoff point out, "the black press was at the center of a developing Negro protest in the United States.
Xie's call came as some of the world's smallest developing countries protested against what they see as intransigence by some of the world's biggest economies.
Shepard Fairey, the street artist whose OBEY logo is one of the most ubiquitous and best known guerrilla art projects, blends socialist realism with other retro design conceits and has developed his protest style into a branded business, which he uses to critique the commercial and political system.
Representatives of nongovernmental organizations that promote access to affordable medicines in developing countries organized protest demonstrations and assailed the group for failing to produce concrete commitments.
But if the student movement is left to develop, scattered protests could coalesce into a much broader anti-government campaign that even Mr Suharto, despite the political mastery brought by 32 years in dictatorial power, might find hard to control.
In both cities, people organizing protests have criticized the areas as being too far from the action, too restrictive and not conducive for expressing opinion to the people attending the convention, although city officials say the areas and the permitting process meet legal standards for such public expression developed after protests in other cities.
How are protests developing and changing after the US election, and because of the Black Lives Matter movement and greater emphasis on LGBTQ rights?
Protests in both developed and developing countries, from Ireland to Senegal, are starting to occur.
Nationwide, a protest is developing against Thanksgiving Day sales.
