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

• Animal liberation movement, a movement to stop killing animals for human needs.

• Free-culture movement, a movement promoting free and open access to distribute and modify content and culture.

• Free software movement, a movement to liberate users ability to run, study, modify, and redistribute software source code.

• 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.

• 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.

• Russian Liberation Movement, a movement within the Soviet Union created by Nazi Germany that sought to create a fascist and 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 to men.

See also

• Bashkir liberation movement

• Buryat liberation movement

• Civil disobedience

• List of active autonomist and secessionist movements

• List of historical autonomist and secessionist movements

• List of national liberation movements recognized by intergovernmental organizations

• Non-state actor

• Wars of national liberation

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