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Unrest, also called disaffection, is a sociological phenomenon, including:
Notable historical instances of unrest
[edit]- 19th century Luddites[1]
- 1978–79 Winter of Discontent (UK)[2]
- 1989 Purple Rain Revolt (South Africa)
- 2003 Maldives civil unrest
- 2004 Unrest in Kosovo
- 2005 Belize unrest
- May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan
- Arab Spring
- Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–14)
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- 2022 Kazakh unrest
References
[edit]Look up unrest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- ↑ "Why did the Luddites protest?". The National Archives. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ Harry Freedman (9 October 2009). ""Now is the winter of discontent"". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
The opening words of Shakespeare's Richard III, "Now is the winter of our discontent," were used to describe the profound industrial unrest that took place in 1978–9 in the UK.