Resistance movement
ORGANIZED EFFORT TO WITHSTAND A GOVERNMENT OR AN OCCUPYING POWER
Freedom fighter; Underground resistance movement; Resistance movements; Freedom Fighter; Resistance group; Resistance organization; Resistance fighter; Liberation armies; Khaadku; List of resistance movements; Liberation group; Muqawamah; Movement of resistance
A resistance movement is an organized effort by least portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives through either the use of nonviolent resistance (sometimes called civil resistance), or the use of force, whether armed or unarmed.