Wars of national liberation
Wars of national liberation or national liberation revolutions are conflicts fought by nationalities to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least...
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4th Of July: Nine Myths Debunked
Many stories of U.S. independence turn out to be more 4th of July fiction than fact—and "National Treasure" isn't the only culprit.
What A Toilet Shows About Life During The American Revolution
The finds from an 18th-century Philadelphia privy have researchers flush with excitement. This punchbowl, found in a privy pit behind an illegal tavern, celebrates the vessel Tryphena. In 1765, the sh...
Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral
Thousands attend the funeral in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Amine Badreddine, who was killed in Syria.
Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Beirut Suicide Bombings That Kill Dozens
Twin suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State killed dozens of people and wounded more than 200 in Beirut on Thursday, raising fears of intensified attempts by the radical Sunni group to undermin...
IDF playing war games, but with real Palestinians
GOC Central Command Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon concluded nearly a decade in the West Bank this week. He had served in the territories since 2005, apart from a two-year break in which he established the int...
Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech, 240 Years Ago
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry sounded one of the most famous calls to arms in American history. During a meeting of the Second Virginia Convention at St. John’s Church in Richmond, the 38-year-old...
4th Of July: Nine Myths Debunked
Many stories of U.S. independence turn out to be more 4th of July fiction than fact—and "National Treasure" isn't the only culprit.
Continuity Irish Republican Army
The Continuity Irish Republican Army or Continuity IRA (CIRA) is an Irish republican paramilitary group that aims to bring about a united Ireland. It emerged from a split in the Provisional IRA in 198...
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Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of patriots that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight the abuses of ...
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Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral
Thousands attend the funeral in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Amine Badreddine, who was killed in Syria.
FRELIMO
The Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) ([fɾeˈlimu]), from the Portuguese Frente de Libertação de Moçambique was a liberation movement which was founded in 1962 to fight for the independence of the ...
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Dark Harvest Commando
The Dark Harvest Commando of the Scottish Citizen Army was a militant group which in 1981 demanded that the British government decontaminate Gruinard Island, a site which had been used for anthrax wea...
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Frau Solf Tea Party
The Solf Circle (German: Solf-Kreis) was an informal gathering of German intellectuals involved in the resistance against Nazi Germany. Most members were arrested and executed after attending a te...
Zionism
Zionism (Hebrew: צִיּוֹנוּת, translit. Tziyonut, after Zion) is a nationalist and political movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the reestablishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory ...
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Funding of Hezbollah
The funding of Hezbollah partly occurs through donations. Lebanese Shias often make zakat contributions directly after prayers, leaving change in the two-handed Hezbollah collection tins. Also Hezboll...
South African Congress of Democrats
The South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) was a radical, left, white, anti-apartheid organization founded in South Africa in late 1953 as part of the multi-racial Congress Alliance. The establis...
Angolan War of Independence
The Angolan War of Independence (1961–1974) began as an uprising against forced cotton cultivation, and became a multi-faction struggle for the control of Portugal's Overseas Province of Angola amo...
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Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
The Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Portuguese: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda; French: Mouvement de Libération de l'Enclave du Cabinda; MLEC) is a defu...
Battaglione Azad Hindoustan
Battaglione Azad Hindoustan (Italian: "Free India Battalion") was a foreign legion unit formed in Fascist Italy under the Raggruppamento Centri Militari in July 1942. The unit, raised initially as Cen...
Kigeli V of Rwanda
Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (born June 29, 1936) was the ruling last King (Mwami) of Rwanda from 25 July 1959 until 28 Jan 1961. He was born in Kamembe, Rwanda. His Christian name is Jean-Baptiste Ndahindur...
Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions
This is a timeline of actions by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group. Most of these actions took place as part of its 1975–1998 campaign during ...
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Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Portuguese: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda, FLEC) is a guerrilla and political movement fighting for the independence of the...
Swedish Resistance Movement
The Swedish Resistance Movement (Swedish: Svenska Motståndsrörelsen), also known as the SMR, is a Swedish, militant neo-nazi organisation that exists in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Linköping...
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List of active rebel groups
This is a list of active rebel groups around the world whose domains may be subnational, transnational or international. A "rebel group" is defined here as a political group that uses armed conflict i...
Primeira Linha
Primeira Linha (First Line in Galician language) is a communist organization which is part of the Galician Movement of National Liberation, which seeks, "to overcome the concrete national and social o...
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Loita Armada Revolucionaria
Loita Armada Revolucionaria (English: Revolutionary Armed Struggle) was an armed Galician nationalist and left-wing independentist organisation. Linked to the political party Galician Party of the...
Singing Revolution
The Singing Revolution is a commonly used name for events between 1987 and 1991 that led to the restoration of the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The term was coined by an Estonian act...
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