Political resistance movements
Resistance to colonial rule
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Resistance to authoritarian regimes
Civil rights and racial justice movements
The American civil rights movement
Anti-apartheid movement in South Africa
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Indigenous peoples' movements
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Social and cultural resistance
The global feminist movement
Student and youth movements
Environmental movements
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Resistance to economic inequality
Labor movements
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Peasant and agrarian movements
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Anti-globalization movements
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Religious and ideological resistance
Islamic movements
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Liberation theology
Primary sources
Martin Luther King Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963)
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
Vaclav Havel, "The Power of the Powerless" (1978)
Key figures
Key events summary
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