The author must be pretty young if they believe disruptive activism just started in 2009.
Disruptive activism has been going on for <human history timeline> in one form or another.
Disruptive activism has been going on for <human history timeline> in one form or another.
the UK saw nationwide anti-immigration riots in which cars were flipped over and buildings set aflame.
This is a part of the world with literal centuries of troubles, unrest, civil wars, cross border fighting, wreckers destroying looms in protest, soldiers on horseback charging public crowds and killing civilians, etc.