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national liberation movements

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  1. Movements that arise in developing nations to expel colonialist powers (see colonialism), often by means of guerrilla warfare.


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“The Declaration in an Age of Revolutions” outlines the document’s 18th- and 19th-century impacts abroad, including on the French Revolution and national liberation movements in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Steeped in thinkers such as Frantz Fanon and Régis Debray, they expressed solidarity with national liberation movements in Algeria, Cuba, Palestine and Vietnam.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018

Despite its many shortcomings, the accord represented a historic compromise between the Jewish and the Palestinian national liberation movements, and it was clinched with a hesitant handshake between the two leaders.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2018

His latest book, “The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions,” examines the history and trajectory of national liberation movements in Israel, India and Algeria.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2015

Consistent with this policy, it pledged to render assistance to these countries, especially where there were national liberation movements involved in active resistance to the established regimes.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.

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