Popular Struggles and Movements Test - 5

As in the case of interest groups, the groups involved with movements also include a very wide variety.

In 1984, the Karnataka government set up a company called Karnataka Pulpwood Limited. About 30,000 hectares of land was given virtually free to this company for 40 years. Much of this land was used by local farmers as grazing land for their cattle.

SPA or the Seven Party Alliance in Nepal included some big parties that had some members in the Parliament.The SPA was the organisation behind the mass upsurge

The communists who believe in the ideology of Mao, the leader of the Chinese Revolution. They seek to overthrow the government through an armed revolution so as to establish the rule of the peasants and workers.

The struggle involved many organizations other than political parties. All the major labour unions and their federations joined this movement. Many other organizations like the organization of the indigenous people, teachers, lawyers and human rights groups extended support to the movement.

The protest against water privatization in Bolivia was not led by any political party. It was led by an organization called FEDECOR.

The movement was supported by the Socialist Party. In 2006, this party came to power in Bolivia.

pressure groups may not have the desire, the need or the skills to take part in direct political activity other than voting.

All India Trade Union Congress is not movement but union.

While interest groups and movements do not directly engage in party politics, they seek to exert influence on political parties. Most of the movement groups take a political stance without being a party