Revolutionary groups and movements

In 1974 the Greek colonels ousted the Greek-Cypriot leader of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, and Turkey retaliated by invading and seizing a third of the island.

The wave of anti-authoritarian political activity associated with the term 1968 can by no means be confined under the rubric of protest, understood narrowly in terms of street marches and other reactions to state initiatives.

Walter Benjamin comparó las revoluciones con la fisión nuclear: un estallido capaz de liberar y multiplicar las energías contenidas en el pasado.

In Popular Movements and State Formation in Revolutionary Mexico Jennie Purnell reconsiders peasant partisanship in the cristiada of 1926-29, one episode in the broader Mexican Revolution and the last major popular rebellion in Mexican history.

In 1888 a group of armed and masked Democrats stole a ballot box from a small town in Conway County, Arkansas.

The Worm in the Wheat is a compelling tale of political intrigue, violence, shifting allegiances, extreme poverty, and the recalcitrance of one woman.

In 1994 the Zapatista rebellion brought international attention to the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.

In this work Alan Forrest brings together some of the recent research on the Revolutionary army that has been undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic by younger historians, many of whom look to the influential work of Braudel for a model.

What Is the Third Estate?

Latin America experienced an epochal cycle of revolutionary upheavals and insurgencies during the twentieth century, from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 through the mobilizations and terror in Central America, the Southern Cone, and the Andes during the 1970s and 1980s.

Ernesto "e;Che"e; Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the early 1950s.

A Revolution for Our Rights is a critical reassessment of the causes and significance of the Bolivian Revolution of 1952.

Subcommander Marcos made his debut on the world stage on January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect.

With their collection In Search of the Black Panther Party, Yohuru Williams and Jama Lazerow provided a broad analysis of the Black Panther Party and its legacy.

In Rural Resistance in the Land of Zapata, Tanalis Padilla shows that the period from 1940 to 1968, generally viewed as a time of social and political stability in Mexico, actually saw numerous instances of popular discontent and widespread state repression.

Why did a millenarian movement erupt in the Brazilian interior in 1912?

On the night of November 9, 1989, an electrified world watched as the Berlin Wall came down.

"e;A must-read for anyone interested in Nicaragua-or in the overall issue of social change.

Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevara by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall.

In this sweeping social history Dorceta E.

Reknowned historian Roger Chartier, one of the most brilliant and productive of the younger generation of French writers and scholars now at work refashioning the Annales tradition, attempts in this book to analyze the causes of the French revolution not simply by investigating its "e;cultural origins"e; but by pinpointing the conditions that "e;made is possible because conceivable.

In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C.

This two-volume set explores in-depth the economic origins and repercussions of the Arab Spring revolts.

The dilemma felt by Arab youth was captured in Tunisia by the selfimmolation in 2010 of Mohamed Bouazizi, who was frustrated by restrictions on his small street-vending business.

The story of an influential Black Panther member who has lived in exile in Africa for 55 yearsFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for General NonfictionIn the tumultuous year after Martin Luther King Jr.

The story of an influential Black Panther member who has lived in exile in Africa for 55 yearsFlorida Book Awards, Silver Medal for General NonfictionIn the tumultuous year after Martin Luther King Jr.

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What do Mexico's Zapatistas, the French National Front, Slow Food, rave subculture, and al-Qaeda all have in common?

The violent operations performed in the 1970s by West German urban guerrillas - such as the Red Army Faction (RAF) - were so vivid and incomprehensible that it seemed to be more urgent to produce spectacle than to be politically successful.

The violent operations performed in the 1970s by West German urban guerrillas - such as the Red Army Faction (RAF) - were so vivid and incomprehensible that it seemed to be more urgent to produce spectacle than to be politically successful.

Using innovative methods to analyze both advanced democracies and developing countries, Jason Sorens shows how central governments can alleviate or increase ethnic minority demands for regional autonomy.

Using innovative methods to analyze both advanced democracies and developing countries, Jason Sorens shows how central governments can alleviate or increase ethnic minority demands for regional autonomy.

Dark Age recounts the turbulent political career of recently deceased Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the flamboyant president-for-life and later emperor of the Central African Republic/Empire.

Marc helped Le Corbusier launch Plans, imported the existential philosophy of Husserl and Heidegger to France, helped Mounier start Esprit, and was an important force in revitalizing traditional French Catholic political culture.

Malaspina arrived in Spain with a scientific background and an ardent interest in the philosophy of the Enlightenment.

On the State of Nature and On the Sovereignty of the People are Maistre's most comprehensive treatment of Rousseau's ideas and his most sustained critique of the ideological foundations of the revolution.

The jeunesse doree, or "e;gilded youth,"e; were a parallel militia recruited from the ranks of minor officials and small shopkeepers.

Azmi Bishara's seminal study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution chronicles in granular detail the lead up to the momentous uprisings and the subsequent transition and coup.

Azmi Bishara's seminal study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution chronicles in granular detail the lead up to the momentous uprisings and the subsequent transition and coup.

The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt's nation state.

The 1919 Egyptian revolution was the founding event for modern Egypt's nation state.

What we understand by the 'Middle East' has changed over time and across space.

What we understand by the 'Middle East' has changed over time and across space.

For over a decade, Al Jazeera (Arabic) occupied an unprecedented position among Arab audiences and families.

For over a decade, Al Jazeera (Arabic) occupied an unprecedented position among Arab audiences and families.

Egypt's film industry is the largest in the Middle East, with an output that spreads across the region and the world.

Egypt's film industry is the largest in the Middle East, with an output that spreads across the region and the world.

Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society's 2021 Book of the Year PrizeShortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society 2021 Book PrizeAfter the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011, Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized power.

Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society's 2021 Book of the Year PrizeShortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society 2021 Book PrizeAfter the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011, Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized power.

This incisive book provides a critical history and analysis of community organizing, the tradition of bringing groups together to build power and forge grassroots leadership for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice.