Liberation movement

For the music group, see Liberation Movement (music group).

A liberation movement is an organization or political movement leading a rebellion, or a non-violent social movement, against a colonial power or national government, often seeking independence based on a nationalist identity and an anti-imperialist outlook.

Notable liberation movements

• Gay liberation, a movement that urged lesbians and gay men to engage in direct action, and to be proud of their sexuality.
• Goa liberation movement, a movement which fought to end Portuguese colonial rule in Goa, India.
• Russian Liberation Movement, a movement within the Soviet Union that sought to create an anti-communist armed force during World War II.
• Women's liberation movement, a movement of women who proposed that economic, psychological, and social freedom were necessary for women to be equal.
• Men's liberation movement, a social movement critical of the restraints which society imposes on men.
• Prison abolition movement, which seeks to reduce and eliminate incarceration through practices like transformative justice and decarceration.
• Animal liberation movement, a movement to stop killing animals for human needs.
• Free software movement, a movement to liberate users ability to run, study, modify and redistribute software source code.
• Free-culture movement, a movement promoting free and open access to distribute and modify content and culture.

See also

• Anti-imperialism
• Civil disobedience
• List of active autonomist and secessionist movements
• List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements
• Wars of national liberation
• List of national liberation movements recognized by intergovernmental organizations
• Buryat liberation movement
• Bashkir liberation movement
• Non-state actor