In an especially notorious punitive expedition against Benin (in modern-day Nigeria) in 1897, the British not only plundered the kingdom's treasures but sold them to foreign collectors to defray their operational expenses (ie, the oppressed were required to finance the cost of their oppression).
Iranian media affiliated to the Islamic regime have been accused of using library images from different times and locations in Britain and other parts of the world to portray the UK riots as "the uprising of the oppressed against the British monarchy".
People who are systematically oppressed do have to work harder than those who are privileged, and the positive spin is often that it builds character.
Indigenisation followed the principles formulated by Lenin in quite unambiguous terms: The proletariat cannot but fight against the forcible retention of the oppressed nations within the boundaries of a given state, and this is exactly what the struggle for the right of self-determination means.
My lovely Guardian Australia colleague Jess Reed hasn't yet had quite enough downunder time to understand that we are used to being oppressed by the northern hemisphere, crushed by their indifference to our needs – and therefore have to reset our expectations.
Students in Greek organizations aren't actually oppressed, or even inconvenienced, by the apparent perception that they only wear Ralph Lauren, or by misconceptions about what fraternity dues are for.
MS. DRIVER: And it's a measure in which the question of discrimination is determined not just by by power, by who has privilege in this society, and those minorities that are oppressed, be they religious or racial, need protection from a more privileged majority.
Political Islamists of the Sunni strain, frequently marginalised, oppressed or manipulated by authoritarian rulers, do not yet have any comparable landmark.Salafis, Sunnis who take their name and inspiration from the salaf, the Prophet's original followers, have played on these grievances.
The army had mercilessly oppressed protests such as the aborted "saffron revolution" in 2007, led by monks, and the pro-democracy uprising in 1988 that had first propelled Miss Suu Kyi to national prominence.
He has oppressed his own people, sponsored terrorism and spread conflict in Africa.
