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167 matches to Right Opposition
Right Opposition. 1928-29. Communists opponents of Stalin within Central Committee.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.
African National Congress. ANC. 1912-. Organization for black rights in South Africa outlawed to 1990. 1994- Ruling party. Mandela.
Akkerman, Convention. 1826. Russia-Turkey. Serbia autonomous. Russian shipping rights in Turkey.
Albee, Edward. 1928-. US playwright. Pulitzer-Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1962.
Algeciras, Conference. 1906. French retain rights over Morocco.
Alvarez Quintero, Joaquin. 1873-1944, + Serafin 1871-1938. Spanish playwrights.
Amboise Peace. 1563. Gave limited rights of worship to French Huguenots.
American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.
Amnesty International. 1961. Human rights watchdog NGO fighting for political prisoners and victims of torture. MacBride.
Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.
Archer, William. 1856-1924. Scottish critic, playwright. Translated Ibsen.
Ariosto, Ludovico. 1474-1533. Italian Renaissence poet, playwright: Orlando Furioso 1516.
Arkwright, Richard. 1732-92. Invented power spinning machine, 1769.
Batista, Fulgencio. 1901-73. Authoritarian Cuban right-wing dictator 1933-4, 52-8. Toppled by Castro.
Bering Sea Dispute. 1886-91. US/Canada re sealing rights.
Bloomer, Amelia. 1818-94. US temperance, women’s rights activist. Wore bloomers.
Brezhnev Doctrine. 1968. Justified Czech invasion by Soviet right to defend Socialism worldwide.
Bright, John. 1811-89. English Quaker MP: Free Trade Movement. Cobden. Anti-Corn Law.
Buisson, Ferdinand. 1841-1932. French educator. Founded League of Human Rights 1898.
Capek, Karel. 1890-1938. Czech playwright. Rossum’s Universal Robots. -coined term 1920.
Cartwright, Alexander. “Father of American baseball”. Established rules for modern game.
Cartwright, Edmund. 1743-1823. Power loom 1785.
Cartwright, John. 1740-1824. English reformer for universal male suffrage, abolition of slavery.
Chapman, George. c1559-1634. English poet, playwright: Bussy d’Ambois 1607. Translated Homer.