Nevertheless, while few people say they expect a repeat of the mayhem of 1968, the events of the past week suggest that there will be disruptive demonstrations.
As the police and federal agents and scores of protest groups prepare for disruptive demonstrations outside the World Economic Forum, both sides are taking up positions on another potential battleground - the Internet.
You could argue that the play accurately reflects society's fractured uncertainty over how to tackle climate change: through political negotiation, disruptive demonstrations or myriad individual gestures.
In Miami, Alex Penelas, the mayor of Miami-Dade County, who has sided with the relatives, said today that the local police would not allow violent or disruptive demonstrations.
However, some massive, disruptive and sometimes aggressive demonstrations and street marches were held each night, particularly at weekends.
The book, which predicts the imminent collapse of capitalist culture, was inspired by disruptive demonstrations that took place over the last few years in France and Greece.
Parsons had organized several of the most disruptive demonstrations in the past year, including a thirty-four-day sit-in at the gates of the Willham power plant on Long Island.
Plans for accommodating peaceful protesters were paired with plans for mitigating disruptive demonstrations.
The shooting led to a non-violent but disruptive demonstration by approximately seventy-five protesters inside the Civic Center and 16th Street Stations on July 11.
"You would shock me if you told me that the agency was not orchestrating people to have disruptive demonstrations," said Mr. Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat.