dissidence

• They are sent all over, whenever local dissidence or rebellion gets out of hand. —  BEN BOVA Editor
• My object has throughout been this: I have seen so much of what may be called the dissidence of religious thought and religious organization among those of my own generation at the Universities, and the unhappy results of such a separation, that I felt bound to contribute what I could to a settlement of this division, existing so much more in word than in fact—a point which you helped me very greatly to grasp. —  Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge
• It was not a universe that tended to treat kindly any dissidence, difference, or any novelty that didn't immediately throw itself at the Empire's feet. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
• Black Oak Media, based in Cherry Valley, IL, is a worthy example of cultural dissidence which has been publishing quarterly since winter 2007. —  1. MajorityRights.com (main blog)
• Note that all my sources for what follows come from US military sources, not the peace movement. • 25\% of US soldiers participated in "dissidence," (expressing opposition to the war), and 25\% participated in "disobedience" (refusing orders, going AWOL, sabotage, attacking officers). 37\% of all soldiers participated in one of the two, and 32\% did so more than once. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

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