resistance movement

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"This is the first time we have an image from inside the shooting range at the moment of the execution...a major moment of the Greek resistance movement," historian Menelaos Haralambidis told state TV ERT.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Our civil resistance movement is strong, and it is growing.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

The futility and frustration of dieting has in recent years ignited a resistance movement of sorts, encouraging women, especially, to reject social pressures to maintain a slender form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

"Amandla" means power in the Zulu language and was a well-known slogan in the resistance movement against white-minority apartheid rule.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

While this circumstance is horribly unfortunate for them, it does create important opportunities for a multiracial, bottom-up resistance movement, one in which people of all races can claim a clear stake.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander