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the militancy of the radical organization gave the authorities cause for concern
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This kind of militancy is no longer beneath the surface, and it is aimed at fellow Americans and at fellow Christians who do not toe the line.
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John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
The twining of white victimhood and labor militancy created conflicts within the working class that would persist for decades.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Sébastien Bourdon, a French journalist with Le Monde’s video investigations unit who authored a forthcoming book on that country’s far-right, says Active Clubs are the fastest-expanding facet of far-right militancy in France.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
But key architects of the British and American working classes ignored efforts to fuse the labor and abolitionist movements and instead linked labor militancy to white suffering.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
The twining of white victimhood and labor militancy created conflicts within the working class that would persist for decades.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
Sébastien Bourdon, a French journalist with Le Monde’s video investigations unit who authored a forthcoming book on that country’s far-right, says Active Clubs are the fastest-expanding facet of far-right militancy in France.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
But key architects of the British and American working classes ignored efforts to fuse the labor and abolitionist movements and instead linked labor militancy to white suffering.
—Gunther Peck / Made By History, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Militancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/militancy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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militancy
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mil·i·tan·cy
ˈmil-ə-tən-sē 
: the quality or state of being militant
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