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But it isn’t what’s holding back the putschists in the barracks from launching a democratic rebellion.

First, American planters grew afraid of Black rebellion in America.

Black communities in Darfur have long been angry about years of marginalization by the Arab-dominated governments in Khartoum, resulting in a series of rebellions.

There a medieval caste system has bred, not surprisingly, rebellion and the suspicion that all is not what it seems above ground.

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But, despite his best efforts not to dwell on the stakes of his work, the noun “rebellion” was never far from his mind.

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