Rebellion, Right of
Mark Rigstad
Abstract In the primary, full‐blooded sense of term, political “rebellion” is forceful internal resistance to a ruling order. Its etymology rooted in Latin rebellio , which refers renewal warfare that disrupts an established peace. The methods force employed rebellions are various. They may include, for example, military coup d’état, clandestine or open assassination, guerilla warfare, terrorist violence, sabotage infrastructure, destruction public and private property, violent mob riots, whether armed unarmed. presence such distinguishes rebellion from civil disobedience peaceful dissent. Protest gatherings, labor strikes, acts self‐immolation, other pacific dissent spark rebellion, but they do not themselves constitute it.
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