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putsch

a violent and sudden uprising; political revolt, esp a coup d'état
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Putsch

 

an adventuristic attempt by a small group of conspirators to carry out a coup d’etat (for instance, the Kapp Putsch of 1920).

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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And there is the option of partial democracy whose garment is designed at the putschist's size, and perhaps Islamists will be allowed artificial representation after cutting their wings.
This is why it dealt with Morsi's election as an opportunity that cannot be missed to hold on to power, just like all the putschists who come to power by force.
What is undeniable in the Middle East is the gradual demise of an entire mode of legitimacy, one born in the 1950s and 1960s -- a legitimacy that relied on the ancient discourse of radical and exclusive Arab nationalism, on verbal steadfastness and struggle against imperialism and Western pro-Israeli sentiment, on a blend of centralized socialism, corporatism and crony-capitalism, and on a power structure captured and monopolized by putschist militaries and their epigones.
NEW YORK, Muharram 29, 1440, October 09, 2018, SPA -- Yemen's Ambassador to Washington and permanent representative to UN Ahmed Awadh bin Mubark demanded International community to mount pressure upon Houthi putschist militia to comply with the International Security Council resolutions, namely 2216 so that political process can be resumed and Yemen moves to the phase of reconstruction and development.
On the political front, the putschist regime dissolved the parliament, political parties and their representatives, who were members of it and imposed emergency laws all over the Sudan, and seized the banks and they by virtue of a deterrent decreed penalty included lynching for every person who owned hard foreign currencies such as the US dollar, British Pound after the forfeiture and the confiscation of the amount.
"Germany's decision to grant asylum to putschist soldiers is an important development that will add more tension to our relations," he said, in comments broadcast live on television.
ADEN, Muharram 26, 1440, October 06, 2018, SPA -- Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Dr Ebtihaj Al-Kamal strongly condemned and incriminated Houthi putschist militia for kidnapping 15 women from Sana'a University, physically assaulting them and jailing them, describing this incident a flagrant violation of woman's rights and International and Humanitarian Laws.
On the political front, the putschist regime dissolved the parliament, political parties and their representatives, who were members of it and imposed emergency laws all over the Sudan, and seized the banks and they by virtue of a deterrent decreed penalty included lunching for every person who owned hard foreign currencies such as the US dollar, British Pound after the forfeiture and the confiscation of the amount.
"The putschist traitors, of the military, the judiciary, the police, the media and others, are mistaken if they think these repressive measures could kill the revolution or weaken its selfless patriotic men and women.
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