Freedom movement

A freedom movement is any organized effort within a society to promote, or attain, liberation or independence, based on social, political, economic, religious, or other ideological grounds.

Not to be confused with freedom of movement.

The term freedom movement may refer to:

• Civil Rights Movement (United States)
  • Chicago Freedom Movement, an effort during the broader Civil Rights Movement, aimed at housing and economic rights for black residents of Chicago.
• The modern libertarian effort to reduce government authority, particularly in the United States.
• health freedom movement (alternative medicine)
• Indian independence movement (India)
• Pakistan Movement (Pakistan)
• Goa liberation movement (India)

Organizations

• Bahrain Freedom Movement (Islamic group based in London)
• Fascism and Freedom Movement (Italy)
• Freedom Movement (New Zealand), a 1999 political party
• Freedom Movement of Iran
• Isatabu Freedom Movement (Guadalcanal)
• Language Freedom Movement (Republic of Ireland)
• Lakota Freedom Movement (American Indian Movement)
• National Socialist Freedom Movement (Germany)
• Palestinian Freedom Movement
• People's Freedom Movement (Jamaica)
• Tavisupleba (country of Georgia).