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List of active separatist movements recognized by intergovernmental organizations. List of political parties campaigning for self-government. List of active rebel groups. List of inactive rebel groups. List of rebel groups that control territory. List of anarchist communities. List of anarchist organizations. Stateless society.
The African independence movements took place in the 20th century, when a wave of struggles for independence in European-ruled African territories were witnessed. Notable independence movements took place: Algeria (former French Algeria), see Algerian War. Angola (former Portuguese Angola), see Portuguese Colonial War.
Wars of national liberation. Wars of national liberation, also called wars of independence or wars of liberation, are conflicts fought by nations to gain independence. The term is used in conjunction with wars against foreign powers (or at least those perceived as foreign) to establish separate sovereign states for the rebelling nationality.
The decolonization of the Americas occurred over several centuries as most of the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule. The American Revolution was the first in the Americas, and the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was a victory against a great power, aided by France and Spain, Britain's enemies.
political party (regionalist): Asturian Renewal Union. political party (separatist): Andecha Astur. Autonomist movements. Cartagena. Proposed: extended autonomy for Cartagena within Region of Murcia. Political party: Movimiento Ciudadano de Cartagena. León. People: Leonese. Proposed autonomous area: Leonese region.
Indigenous decolonization. Indigenous decolonization describes ongoing theoretical and political processes whose goal is to contest and reframe narratives about indigenous community histories and the effects of colonial expansion, cultural assimilation, exploitative Western research, and often though not inherent, genocide. [1] Indigenous ...
Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, constructive program, or other methods, while refraining from violence and the threat of violence. [ 1 ]
Kenneth Kaunda, a leading Zambian independence activist, pictured at a political rally in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1960.. African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a group of political ideologies in West, Central, East and Southern Africa, which are based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states. [1]