counter-power

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Examining movements from Zimbabwe to Burma and Palestine, the contributors assess various forms of solidarity, arguing that a central role of solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression.

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  • Their clandestine efforts, for all their power, suggested the existence of a formidable counter-power. —  Kajira Of Gor
  • That counter-power, I suppose, for want of a better name, might be referred to as that of Priest-Kings. —  Kajira Of Gor
  • Examining movements from Zimbabwe to Burma and Palestine, the contributors assess various forms of solidarity, arguing that a central role of solidarity is to strengthen the counter-power of those resisting domination and oppression. —  Expecting Rain
 

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