Possible Clues:

• What film-makers do as a form of protest?
• Hitchcock, say, would do this kind of political manoeuvre
• General strikes and such
• Protest speech about damaged crate
• React violently, in a manner of speaking, in protests
• Terrible time in plants dealing with strikes, say
• Plain suit is striking, say
• Use of strikes, demos, etc, to achieve demands
• Order prosecution for sabotage?