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de les comparer et de montrer à quel point les trajectoires égyptiennes et tunisiennes étaient différentes. Abstract The Internet's potential to overthrow authoritarian regimes has been a popular hypothesis already long before the current uprisings, and it reappears with the fall of Presidents of Tunisia and Egypt in early 2011. Even though it is certain that technology is not the root cause of the rebellions, it allowed young Tunisians and Egyptians to discuss politics in the context of sealed

social issues. Beauvoir – an icon of feminism, a socially committed writer – had a major impact on the mentality of the second half of the 20th century. The main problems addressed by the author are colonization, war in Algeria, the 1968 student uprising, and the women’s liberation movement. Her keen observation of the socioeconomic relations reveals the mechanisms of action of state institutions; she rebels against social inequalities, downgrading of women, and the bourgeois value system. Duras

ce que les français appellent la « révolte des Cipayes » 1.1.4 La révolte des cipayes En anglais on parle: de « Sepoy Rebellion », de « Sepoy Mutiny », de « Indian Rebellion », de « Indian Mutiny of 1857 », ou simplement « The Revolt », the « Uprising of 1857 » et plus significativement « The Great Rebellion » et même du point de vue indien « India First War of Independance ». En français, le mot « cipaye » vient du persan « sipahi » et est donc en quelque sorte synonyme de « spahi ». A l’origine

travail. LA revolution est un concept-clé qui unit tous les penseurs messianiques: Whether they believed in revolutionary violence as a means of a sudden break-through, and therefore fonned secret societies and initiated coups and uprisings; whether they eschewed these methods as futile and put aIl their trust in mutual help and in gradual undermining of the existing system; or whether they expected the laws of history and economics to drop the ripe pear

ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity spark discontent in the slave colonies. 1790 William Wilberforce presents the first abolition bill to the House of Commons, but it does not pass. [pic]Toussaint L'Ouverture. Repro ID E9974 1791-1804 A slave uprising in St Domingue in 1791 starts off the Haitian Revolution, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture with an army of ex-slaves. The revolution eventually leads to St Domingue becoming independent Haiti in 1804. 1792 House of Commons votes in favour of the abolition

now resorted to violence, equipping their political party (Sinn Fein : “us alone”, founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905) with a military wing called the Irish Republican Army (IRA), led by Michael Collins. In 1916, the IRA launched the famous Easter Uprising in Dublin. Though suppressed, the movement embarked on a campaign of terror to which the British responded with the notorious “Black and Tans”, paramilitary volunteers (“auxiliaries”) recruited for their anti-Catholicism and their ruthlessness. Hundreds

Anselme well knows the name but doubts that Valère is telling the truth. Valère says he can prove what he says. Anselme then recalls that d'Alburci perished in a shipwreck with his wife and children when Don Thomas was attempting to save them during uprisings against nobility. .......Valère says there was indeed a shipwreck but that he, then seven, and a servant were rescued by a Spanish vessel. The captain of the ship took him in and raised him as his own son. “The profession of arms has been my occupation

pause. Impasse (négociations). Contrepartie Takeoff Décollage (avion) Touchdown Atterrissage (navette, engin spatial) Trade-in Reprise (véhicule) Turnout Nombre de personnes présentes Turnover Chiffre d'affaires, roulement, chausson (aux pommes...) Uprising/Uphea Soulèvement val Uptake To be slow on the uptake = être long à la détente (aussi slow on the draw) © Thierry Kakouridis 14 II.5. VERBES À PARTICULES ET COMPLÉMENT PRÉPOSITIONNEL L'association particule + préposition, bien que déroutante

Proper Marriage" and "A Ripple From the Storm." In 1962, she released "The Golden Notebook," her most famous and influential work, the story of a writer's divided selves _ political, literary, sexual _ that sold millions of copies and anticipated the uprising to come with its declaration that "every time one opens a door one is greeted by a shrill, desperate and inaudible scream." "It's a touchstone book for my generation, and for a lot of women of every generation," says Kate Millett, the 72-year-old

Place the following words in the grid next to their definitions. an activist • a demo(nstration) • go on the rampage • go on strike • loot(ing) • a mob • a picket • a riot • riot police • riot shields • a taser • tear gas • a truncheon • unrest • an uprising public dissatisfaction and agitation rush about in a wild or agitated manner a public display of group feelings towards a person or a cause collective violent behaviour in a public place a substance which when dispersed into the atmosphere results