resister
noun
re·sist·er
ri-ˈzi-stər 
: one that resists
especially
: one who actively opposes the policies of a government
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Many of these resisters were born after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and have never known any kind of freedom of speech.
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
Prosecutions, convictions and prison sentences for draft resisters declined sharply in the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Ford’s postwar clemency board concluded in an exhaustive study of the Vietnam War era.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
It was later estimated that more than 570,000 sought deferments through deception — the draft dodgers — or openly repudiated the draft — the resisters.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
His expression was again lightly sardonic: a Jewish wiseass, a natural resister and conspirator, one maybe even handicapped in that role by looking too much the part.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
Prosecutions, convictions and prison sentences for draft resisters declined sharply in the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Ford’s postwar clemency board concluded in an exhaustive study of the Vietnam War era.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
It was later estimated that more than 570,000 sought deferments through deception — the draft dodgers — or openly repudiated the draft — the resisters.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
His expression was again lightly sardonic: a Jewish wiseass, a natural resister and conspirator, one maybe even handicapped in that role by looking too much the part.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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resister
noun
re·sist·er
-ˈzis-tər
: one that resists
especially
: one who actively opposes the policies of a government
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