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And as much as Bread & Roses deals with stories of loss and oppression, the film is also about resilience and hope.

From BBC

This is the third year in a row a country hosting the climate summit has been accused of oppression and curtailing the legal right to protest.

From BBC

They saw these mandates as bound up in the oppressions of feudalism and what Jefferson described as "artificial aristocracy."

From Salon

I can only imagine how Black women, who have to deal with double oppression, felt.

From Salon

Soraya Chemaly, author of the appropriately named "Rage Becomes Her," pointed out to me that other forms of oppression, like racism and homophobia, rely on marginalization.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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