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Which leader fought against racial oppression in South Africa?

oppression

[uh-presh-uhn] / əˈprɛʃ ən /


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Lenkinski is an Israeli American who has spent more than two decades working against Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and helping lead organizations that pushed for democracy and equality there.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Researchers believe those lower estimates were influenced by the widespread population losses caused by disease, frontier violence, and systemic oppression before the earliest Australian censuses were conducted.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Anwar said Myanmar had to "guarantee proper treatment to their own people so that there is no abuse, oppression and violation of human rights".

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Her speech was measured, her tone was mellow — even when calling out the most outrageous hypocrisies, the most sinister forms of oppression, she rarely if ever raised it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

It will be the working base for an action program designed to eliminate the political oppression, the economic exploitation, and the social degradation suffered daily by twenty-two million Afro-Americans.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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