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rebellion

organized resistance or opposition to a government or other authority

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Absalom

conspires to overthrow father, David. [O.T.: II Samuel 15:10–18:33]

Bastille Day

celebration of day Paris mob stormed prison; first outbreak of French Revolution (1789). [Fr. Hist.: EB, I: 866]

Beer Hall Putsch

early, aborted Nazi coup (1923). [Ger. Hist.: Hitler, 198–241]

Boston Tea Party

irate colonists, dressed as Indians, pillage three British ships (1773). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 58, 495]

Boxer Rebellion

xenophobic Chinese Taoist faction rebelled against foreign intruders (1900). [Chinese Hist.: Parrinder, 50]

Caine Mutiny, The

sailors seize command from the pathological and incompetent Capt. Queeg. [Am. Lit.: Wouk The Caine Mutiny in Benét, 157]

Christian, Fletcher

(fl. late 18th century) leader of mutinous sailors against Captain Bligh (1789). [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty]

Easter Rising

unsuccessful Irish revolt against British (1916). [Irish Hist.: EB, III: 760–761]

Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes’s aborted plan to blow up British House of Commons (1605). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 1165]

Harpers Ferry

scene of Brown’s aborted slave uprising. [Am. Hist.: John Jameson, 220]

Hungarian Revolt

iron-curtain country futilely resisted Soviet domination (1956). [Eur. Hist.: Van Doren, 553]

Jacquerie French

peasant revolt, brutally carried out and suppressed (1358). [Fr. Hist.: Bishop, 372–373]

Jeroboam

with God’s sanction, establishes hegemony over ten tribes of Israel. [O.T.: I Kings 11:31–35]

Korah

rose up against Moses; slain by Jehovah. [O.T.: Numbers 16:1–3]

Kralich, Ivan

fugitive from Turkish law; firebrand for Bulgarian independence of Ottoman rule. [Bulgarian Lit.: Under the Yoke]

Mutiny on the Bounty

activities of mutineers, Captain Bligh, island wanderings (1789). [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty]

Peasants’ Revolt,

the English villeins’ attempt to improve their lot (1381). [Br. Hist.: Bishop, 220–221, 373–374]

Pilot,

the Mr. Gray successfully carries out many assignments for the rebels and thwarts the British [Am. Lit.: Cooper The Pilot]

Sepoy Rebellion Indian

soldiers’ uprising against British rule in India (1857–1858). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 1328]

Sheba

led an aborted revolt against King David. [O.T.: II Samuel 20: 1–2]

Spina, Pietro

returns from exile disguised as a priest and engages in antifascist activities. [Ital. Lit.: Bread and Wine]

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No references found	They said social unrest last seen in the Thatcherite 1980s could return. RIOT FEAR OVER TORY CUTS PLAN; Unions warn of chaos if key services ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) China will train its judges on handling a rising tide of social unrest across the country, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest sign of official unease over the issue. China to train judges on social unrest: state media by AFP / AFP Asian Edition ISLAMABAD, August 18, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Scientists have warned Asian countries that they face chronic food shortages and likely social unrest if they do not improve water management. Water crisis to hit Asian food by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)	Social Prestige Social Protest social psychiatry Social Psychology Social Realism Social Register Social Relations social releaser Social Revolution Social Role social science social science number social search engine Social Security Social Security Act Social Security Agreement social service social settlement social software Social Statistics Social Status social steganography Social Stratification Social Stratum Social Structure Social unrest Social War Social Wasp Social Web social welfare social work Social-Cultural and Housing Fund Social-Production Management System Socialism Socialist Accumulation Socialist Accumulation, Law of Socialist Alliance of the Working People of Yugoslavia Socialist Collective Socialist Competition Socialist Economic Integration Socialist Economic System Socialist Federalists Socialist International Socialist Jewish Labor Party Socialist Labor Party Socialist Labor Party of Finland Socialist League Socialist Obligations Socialist Ownership Socialist parties Socialist Parties of Argentina	Social Support and Family Health Study social support groups Social Support Inventory Social Support Inventory for Stroke Survivors Social Support Network Inventory Social Support Networking Alliance social support programs Social Support Questionnaire for Transactions Social Survey Research Information Co., Ltd. social system social system social system social system Social systems Social systems Social Systems Evaluation and Survey Research social theories of aging Social Theory and Social Structure Social Thought and Political Economy Program Social Tonics Association of New Zealand Social Transmission of Food Preference Social tyranny Social tyranny Social tyranny Social Union Framework Agreement social unit Social Unit for Community Health and Improvement social units Social unrest Social Uplift through Rural Action Social Uprising, Resistance and Grassroots Encouragement Social value Social value Social Venture Capital Foundation Social Venture Network Social Venture Network Europe Social Venture Partners Social Venture Partners Boston Social Venture Partners Calgary Social Venture Partners Greater Tucson Social Venture Partners International Social Venture Partners of Rhode Island Social Venture Partners Portland Social Visit Pass Social War Social War (disambiguation) Social Wasp Social Weather Station Social Web Social Web and Knowledge Management Social Web Search and Mining social welfare social welfare social welfare social welfare social welfare Social welfare (disambiguation) Social welfare (disambiguation) Social welfare (disambiguation)

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They said social unrest last seen in the Thatcherite 1980s could return.

RIOT FEAR OVER TORY CUTS PLAN; Unions warn of chaos if key services ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

China will train its judges on handling a rising tide of social unrest across the country, state media reported Wednesday, in the latest sign of official unease over the issue.

China to train judges on social unrest: state media by AFP / AFP Asian Edition

ISLAMABAD, August 18, 2009 (Balochistan Times): Scientists have warned Asian countries that they face chronic food shortages and likely social unrest if they do not improve water management.

Water crisis to hit Asian food by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)