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Uprisings have a time and place, but not when they’re a trap you willingly run into.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Pardis Mahdavi is provost of the University of Montana and the author of “Passionate Uprisings: Iran’s Sexual Revolution.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

Uprisings, Covid-19, world order changing, more Covid-19 and that Ruby Tui interview; external-link 2021 was never dull.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2022

Uprisings were aided by the ability of people to rapidly organise, often on smartphones and readily accessible web applications which easily defeated state security structures.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2020

Uprisings, alliances and campaigns by the hitherto beaten nations followed.

From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton