It is often used as a term for popular resistance to oppression.

This plan, however, did meet with some popular resistance, and Ferry himself was removed from office twice over colonial disputes.

It is a popular resistance fighting for the independence of Iraq.

It is also an example of successful popular resistance to the armed forces.

What the authorities in Bogota did not expect, though, was the popular resistance that has emerged.

Though it was eventually overcome, there was some measure of popular resistance.

The British, however, made no claim to any rights to the land, a circumstance that probably explains the absence of popular resistance.

The Soviet leader last year backed away from price hikes on consumer goods because of strong popular resistance.

The popular resistance to the government was not just a pardo thing and reached to all levels of society.

He and his older siblings were involved in the popular resistance.