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Defensive democracy is a term referring to the collection of laws, delegated legislation, and court rulings which limit certain rights and freedoms in a democratic society in order to protect the existence of the state, its democratic character and institutions, minority rights, or other aspects of the democratic system.
Military democracy, a war-based society that practices democracy. With an elected and removable general as supreme chief, a council of elders and a popular assembly . This article about a constitutional law topic is a stub .
The Militant faction was an organized grouping of Marxists in the Socialist Party of America (SPA) who sought to steer that organization from its orientation towards electoral politics and towards direct action and revolutionary socialism. The faction emerged during 1930 and 1931 and achieved practical control of the organization in 1934.
Name Location Ref. 1st Mechanical Kansas Militia: Kansas [35]Citizens for Constitutional Freedom: New Mexico: Connecticut White Wolves Connecticut [36]Gadsden Minutemen
This should be done with a view toward development of a civil and military structure for exploitation in the event the Colombian internal security system deteriorates further. This structure should be used to pressure toward reforms known to be needed, perform counter-agent and counter-propaganda functions and as necessary execute paramilitary ...
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is a union of wage workers which was formed in Chicago in 1905 by militant unionists and their supporters due to anger over the conservatism, philosophy, and craft-based structure of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
The group calls itself a “mudroots” organization because of its approach. “We say ‘mudroot,’ because we get under the grass, we get into the mud, we get into the community, we get into ...
Examples include the movements arising during the Arab Spring of 2011. Religious groups commonly engage in political affairs at an international level. For example, the Quakers, as a historic peace church, operate offices at the United Nations. [3] [4] Another example is the Taliban, which is a religious group as well as a violent non-state actor.