counter-imperialism
Opposing foreign domination
Counter-imperialism is opposition to imperial power and colonial domination.
The term describes movements, policies, or ideologies that resist one nation's control over another's territory or people.
It may involve armed resistance, political organizing, or diplomatic pressure against imperial expansion: The conference united counter-imperialism movements from across the colonized world.
Counter-imperialism sometimes becomes a justification for rival powers seeking their own spheres of influence.
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- national liberationFreedom from foreign domination
decolonization · unshackling · liberator · deliverance · enfranchisement · self-rule · home rule · freedom fighter
Control over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
- neocolonialismIndirect foreign domination
- cultural revivalRestoration of heritage practices
repatriation · restitution · anti-colonial · cultural hegemony · ancestral heritage · land back · reparations · indigenous rights
Organized economic protest
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
sabotage · solidarity · struggle · opposition · rebellion · dissent · subversion · civil disobedience
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
pan-Africanism · Global South · non-alignment · anti-globalization · internationalism · solidarity
Pleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- solidarityUnity among allies
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
awareness · petition · coalition · mobilization · organizing · pamphlet · propaganda · consciousness-raising
freedom
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
national liberation · decolonization · unshackling · liberator · deliverance · enfranchisement · self-rule · home rule · freedom fighter · revolutionary
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
- neocolonialismIndirect foreign domination
cultural revival · repatriation · restitution · anti-colonial · cultural hegemony · ancestral heritage · land back · reparations · indigenous rights · trusteeship
boycott
Organized economic protest
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
guerrilla · sabotage · solidarity · struggle · opposition · rebellion · dissent · subversion · civil disobedience · revolt
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
Maoism · pan-Africanism · Global South · non-alignment · anti-globalization · internationalism · solidarity
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- solidarityUnity among allies
campaign · awareness · petition · coalition · mobilization · organizing · pamphlet · propaganda · consciousness-raising · teach-in
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Extending dominion over others
colonialism · expansionism · neo-colonialism · empire-building · colonial rule
counter-imperialisminterventionism
Policy of deliberate involvement
militarism · jingoism · manifest destiny · gunboat diplomacy · white man's burden
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