I usually think of an insurrection as involving armed warfare, as with the FARC in Colombia, but I guess mass movements that want to overthrow currently-established governments would count too. But it's just a matter of definition (i.e. convention) and it's usually not worth arguing about definitions. According to some web definitions:
Insurrection is: "The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government" [http://www.google.com/url?&q=http://doe.sd.gov/contentstandards/social/docs/SS_Glossery05-15-06.rtf] or The "organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another" [http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insurrection]. The Wikipedia sees "insurrection" as the same as "rebellion," which is "is a refusal of obedience. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors from civil disobedience and mass nonviolent resistance, to violent and organized attempts to destroy an established authority such as the government. Those who participate in rebellions are known as 'rebels.' A rebel is distinguished from an outsider. An outsider is one who is excluded from a group whereas a rebel goes against it." me: >> insurrections? where? Julio: > In Latin America: Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, > Brazil, Paraguay, Honduras, etc. -- Jim Devine / "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
