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Overthrow may refer to: Overthrow, a change in government, often achieved by force or through a coup d'état . The 5th October Overthrow , or Bulldozer Revolution, the events of 2000 that led to the downfall of Slobodan Milošević in the former Yugoslavia
In political philosophy, the right of revolution or right of rebellion is the right or duty of a people to "alter or abolish" a government that acts against their common interests or threatens the safety of the people without justifiable cause.
Subversion (from Latin subvertere 'overthrow') refers to a process by which the values and principles of a system in place are contradicted or reversed in an attempt to sabotage the established social order and its structures of power, authority, tradition, hierarchy, and social norms. Subversion can be described as an attack on the public ...
The word was limited then to mean the revolving motion of celestial bodies. "Revolution" in the sense of abrupt change in a social order was first recorded in the mid-15th century. [6] [7] By 1688, the political meaning of the word was familiar enough that the replacement of James II with William III was termed the "Glorious Revolution". [8]
A palace coup or palace revolution is a coup in which one faction within the ruling group displaces another faction within a ruling group. [32] Along with popular protests, palace coups are a major threat to dictators. [ 33 ]
Regime change may occur through domestic processes, such as revolution, coup, or reconstruction of government following state failure or civil war. [1] It can also be imposed on a country by foreign actors through invasion, overt or covert interventions , or coercive diplomacy .
Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech or organization, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or insurrection against, established authority.
In the United States, seditious conspiracy is codified at 18 U.S.C. § 2384: . If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or ...