Left-wing resistance groups (mostly communists, with a smaller number of socialists) dominated, but conservative resisters (mainly Christian Socialists and monarchists) were active as well.
Slovakia's goal is to unite its populace in a widespread respect for taxes – an ambition that may be out of reach for America, which is far more sprawling and harbors dedicated tax resisters.
The government insists that voices in favour of infrastructure matter as much as those of the resisters.
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The book took aim at the Gaullist myth that dominated the post-war years, according to which France was a nation of resisters.
But some at least of the "defiers" are comparatively well to do, educated people like Mrs Nompie Njongwe, the wife of one of the African National Congress leaders.Mass Police RaidsAfricans always crowd into court when resisters come up for sentence.
Many employers are reluctant to sack resisters: they are already half won over to sympathy with their cause.
Direct talks with the rank and file reduced the resisters to a handful.
If it does, the Taiwanese may prove pretty determined resisters; and, in an exchange of missiles, they could hurt the booming cities of the eastern seaboard.
These governments hope for Hamas's defeat; the resisters hope, if not for an unlikely Hamas victory, then at least for Gaza's rulers to survive, as proof that Israel cannot simply smash all its enemies into submission.
In her telling, as tech companies like Apple and Google gobble up more and more of the world, luxury companies stand out as doughty resisters, defending what is corporeal, natural and sensual.
