21st Century Revolution: The Rise of Anti-Government Rebellion

Citizens might rebel against the government mostly because of injustice. Justice and equality is a universal aspiration. Rebellion is generally used in the sense of revolt. Rebellion often results in war. On the other hand, revolution does not result in war. Revolution leads to solving problems and economic problems. Personally I wouldn't start in a rebellion because it can lead to war and other problems. I would be part of a revolution because their is only one person who starts it off first and it doesn't cause as much of a problem, the fact that it does not lead to

Rebellion is not only caused by a restless revolutionary riot, but it can also be caused by small simple actions that

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Throughout the years, society’s way of rebelling has changed. Rebellion went from being quiet and subtle, not really talked about, to something loud and obscene. However, even the way society has viewed rebellion has changed. It used to be ignored but quickly grew to be detested as people became more obnoxious, but in recent years, rebellion has become popular and respected.

First, the article goes into discussing how non-violent civil resistance movements are twice as likely to succeed because it tracks a wide range of diverse individuals and this in fact can put strain on the regime and may result in change before a complete

Currently, civil war is far more common and frequent than international war. Most outbreaks of armed conflicts occur within the boundaries of sovereign states and provoke the one or more groups against current government to challenge the government’s sovereignty. Both civil war and rebellions are similar in terms of motive and opportunity. (Understanding Civil War, 2005. p, 3) According to Collier, the economic conditions are also linked to profitability of rebellion or civil conflict. Public perceptions may recognize rebellion as protest, which is motivated by extreme grievance and fighting against injustice. He indicates, to an economist, rebellion is a form of a criminal organization that has developed the discourse of grievance in order to function. (Leashing The Dogs of War, 2007, p.198) Moreover, Collier carefully weighed the motive of a rebel organization. Often the greed reward of joining a rebellion are greater than not joining, and there is often grievance that urge people to rebel over issues of identity such as ethnicity, religion rather than over economics. It has been accepted, at least war cannot be fought just on hopes or hatred, greed has some influence in the development of conflict. Rebel groups may even have organized the fights in attempting to take main powers by becoming

“More than 250,000 Syrians have lost their lives in four-and-a-half years of armed conflict.” (Syria: The Story of the Conflict). These horrific killings began when the anti-government protestors. After a short while, civil protesting became a full

According to Henry Louis Mencken, “It does not make a majority a rebellion; but it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound case”. For years people fight for territory, natural sources and unconditional power. The aspiration to rule and dominate has born tyranny which can be considered as the worst form of regulation. In spite of all negative features tyranny was proved as working and reliable system. It is true that rebellion does not need a majority; what it really need is several “sparks” that provoke fire. The history shows that impactful leaders can create the “movement of resistance”; moreover, they suggest an idea of different version of the future and offer rebellious ways of getting freedom. A few sparks are enough to burn a whole forest. In other words,

This revolution caused many countries with authoritarian governments become less self-assured. Despite our inability to conclude definitively that this is going to be the start of yet another global democratic process – these events have shown us that the Arab world is not as obdurate towards democracy as we might have previously believed. In light of this information, we can see the importance of violence as a means of striving towards democracy. The violence in the case of the Arab revolts is seen as a positive stride towards capitalist development. This, in turn, will lead to a freer society by way of disbanding the authoritarian government which rules these

The ‘inflammation’ explanation displays civil war as emerging when prejudicial government policies and repression stimulates dissidents to increase their rebellious efforts .In this explanation, prior-repressive activity outrages citizens who posteriorly increase dissident behavior to the level of civil war. Gurr (1970, 2000) stated that, repression increases people’s "from psychological to physical" sense of political, economic, and social deprivations and thence it increases dissident activity. Gurr and Moore( 1997) also proposed that levels of repression and levels of mobilization affect each other and in turn such tit-for-tat interactions raise the prospect of large-scale rebellion by an ethno political group . Sambanis and Zinn (2006)

Throughout history many societies have, and will likely continue to have revolutions as we as humans strive towards a utopian society. Each and every one of these revolution follows some pattern, a pattern that most often includes a great number of civilian casualties. But what is it that pushes such revolutions forward? Why have people risked and given their lives fighting against their own leadership? Looking at both the French Revolution and the Arab Spring can help uncover the answer to these questions, as for people to willingly risk their lives, they must have been living in destitute situations. Both of these societies did indeed have many social and economic problems, as well as a poor quality of life, specifically for the bottom class, or in the case of the French Revolution, the Third Estate. It is because of these issues that the people stood up to their leaders and demanded a better life, overtaking the government in the process.

Obedience is an age old expectation that rulers, priests, and government officials have required for years from their subjects. Most of the time individuals follow their leaders without question. This is the case because the population from which obedience is required believes that they continue to have a choice. When, for whatever reason this belief is lost, some individuals will begin to exhibit an increasing disobedience to the requirement. This often increases to the point of violence or, the case of a country, war. While there are all types of disobedience, this paper will discuss civil disobedience and the social pressure often associated with it.

Other literature, such as Saxton’s article testing Gurr’s Model of Ethnopolitical Rebellion, shows that the results of repression of ethnic minorities can lead to grievances, rebellion, mass mobilization, and possibly more repression. The problem here is that the article looks at the repressed’s actions in the face of repression, much like White and Hewitt. While Saxton differs in scope, as his testing of Gurr’s model can provide a way of identifying possible results of repression on an ethnic minority through a theoretical model not relying on case studies, it is a model that would most likely only work with longer term cases of

Throughout the years there have been many Occupy Movements; Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Central in Hong Kong and Occupy Nigeria are just a few that were inspired by the Arab Spring. Looking at the Arab Spring in terms of ideas of power is a useful framework because it enables us to gain information which could be useful for future occupy movements as well as giving us a different interpretation to that of the social norm. We will then be able to connect that newly analysed idea of power with obedience and disobedience within the Arab Spring.

Your prediction during this call is as best as am, “nobody will be willing to face the gun”, but I was proven wrong as the citizenry marched out promptly occupying major squares and some confronting the juntas and over-power them. I concluded that this is epic and not ordinary, as it is unprecedented in the history of the world that citizens put an end to a coup, hence prompting this study of