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Revolutionary socialism
Revolutionary socialism is the strand of socialism holding that capitalism must be overthrown, not reformed, rooted in Marx and Engels' 1848 Communist Manifesto, the First International of 1864, and realized by the Bolsheviks in 1917, opposed by reformist social democracy.
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Indian left party founded March 1940 by ex-Anushilan Samiti, Jugantar and HSRA revolutionaries; anti-Stalinist Marxist-Leninist; Left Front in West Bengal and Tripura, UDF in Kerala since 2014; one Lok Sabha seat, Kollam.
Revolutionary Ukrainian Party
The Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (Революційна українська партія, abbreviated RUP) was the first political party on Ukrainian lands within the Russian Empire, founded in Kharkiv in 1900.
Revolutionary United Front
Revolutionary United Front (RUF), Sierra Leone rebel group founded by Foday Sankoh with Charles Taylor's support; launched the 1991 civil war, committed the largest share of atrocities, and was defeated by 2002.
Revolutions of 1848
Revolutions of 1848, also called the Springtime of Nations (Völkerfrühling): a Europe-wide wave of liberal, nationalist, and worker uprisings from January 1848 to 1849, sparked by crop failures and opposition to the post-1815 conservative order; most failed by 1849 but left lasting social and nationalist legacies.
Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
The Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire were liberal and nationalist uprisings against Habsburg rule, centered on Vienna, Prague, and Budapest, and suppressed by the imperial army by 1849.
Revolutions of 1917–1923
Revolutions of 1917–1923: post-World War I revolutionary wave from the Russian February and October revolutions through the Comintern's failed Soviet republics in Germany and Hungary, the 1920 Polish campaign, and the German October of 1923, ending with varied revolutionary and counter-revolutionary outcomes across Europe.
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989: the collapse of communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe, from Poland's Round Table to the Berlin Wall's fall, the Velvet Revolution, and Romania's violent exception.
Revolver cannon
A revolver cannon is a single-barrel autocannon in which a multi-chamber revolving cylinder loads and fires rounds, reaching full rate instantly and in service for over 70 years.
Revue de métaphysique et de morale
Revue de métaphysique et de morale (RMM), French philosophy quarterly founded in Paris in 1893 by Xavier Léon, Élie Halévy, and Léon Brunschvicg; published by PUF under the Société française de philosophie, ISSN 0035-1571.
Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger
Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger: oldest French philosophy journal, founded 1876 by Théodule Ribot with Hippolyte Taine, published quarterly by PUF; introduced scientific psychology to France like Mind.
Revvity, Inc.
Revvity, Inc. is an American health sciences company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, formed in 2023 from PerkinElmer's Life Sciences and Diagnostics business after its services arm was sold.
Rewa State
Rewa State (रीवा रियासत) was a princely state of the Baghela dynasty in Baghelkhand, in modern Madhya Pradesh, India, a British protected state from 1812 until 1947.
Reward Gateway
Reward Gateway, also known as Reward Gateway Edenred, is a British employee engagement software company founded in 2006 and headquartered in London, acquired by Edenred in 2023 for £1.15 billion.
REWE Group
REWE Group is a German retail and travel cooperative group headquartered in Cologne, founded in 1927, operating REWE supermarkets, PENNY discount stores, toom DIY stores, and DERTOUR travel agencies.
Rewi Maniapoto
Rewi Maniapoto was a Ngāti Maniapoto chief who led Māori King movement forces in the Waikato War of 1863–64, remembered for his defiance at Ōrākau.
Rewind TV (British TV channel)
Rewind TV is a British free-to-air nostalgia channel launched on Sky in May 2024 by Rewind TV Ltd of Sheffield, airing ATV/ITC and ITV archive classics on Freeview 81, Sky 182, Freely 141 and Freesat 164, distinct from Nexstar's US Rewind TV.
Rex 84
Rex 84 (Readiness Exercise 1984), also REX-84 ALPHA, was a classified 1984 FEMA civil readiness exercise with 32 federal agencies and companion military exercise NIGHT TRAIN, later publicized via the Spotlight and 1987 Iran-Contra hearings and a basis of FEMA-camps conspiracy theories.
Rex Richardson
Rex Richardson is an American politician serving as the 29th mayor of Long Beach, California, first elected in 2022 as the city's first African American mayor and reelected in 2026.
Rexel
Rexel is a French business-to-business distributor of electrical products, buying from manufacturers and selling to installers and professionals in 19 countries, with €19.3 billion of 2024 sales.
Rexism
Rexism: Belgian authoritarian right-wing movement Rex, founded by Léon Degrelle from Christus Rex publishing; Catholic, nationalist, monarchist; 11.5 percent and 21 seats in 1936, then Nazi collaboration via the Walloon Legion.
Rexist Party
Rexist Party (Rex), Belgian authoritarian Catholic movement led by Léon Degrelle; broke through with 11.5% and 21 seats in the 1936 elections, declined after 1937, and collaborated with Nazi Germany through the Walloon Legion and the SS until 1944.
Rexurdimento
Rexurdimento, meaning "revival" in Galician, is the nineteenth-century cultural and literary movement that restored the Galician language to literature, beginning with Rosalía de Castro's Cantares Gallegos in 1863.
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), also called the AVLT, is a neuropsychological test in which a person recalls a 15-word list over five learning trials, a delay, and recognition.
Reykjavík Summit
Reykjavík Summit: October 11–12, 1986 Reagan–Gorbachev meeting at Hofdi House, Iceland. Nearly agreed on eliminating nuclear weapons and 6,000-warhead START limits; collapsed over SDI testing, yet led to the 1987 INF Treaty.
Reyna Walters-Morgan
Reyna Walters-Morgan is an American attorney and voting rights advocate elected Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation of the Democratic National Committee in February 2025.
Reynard the Fox
Reynard the Fox (Renart, Reinaert) is the trickster fox of the medieval beast-epic cycle, from the Roman de Renart and Ysengrimus to Van den vos Reynaerde, Caxton's 1481 translation, Goethe, and children's adaptations.
Reynhard Sinaga
Reynhard Sinaga, Indonesian serial rapist and Britain's most prolific convicted rapist, drugged and raped men in Manchester 2015-2017; life sentence, 40-year minimum since 2020 appeal.
Reynolds American
Reynolds American Inc. is the American tobacco holding company owned by British American Tobacco and based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, home to Camel, Newport, and Vuse.
Reynolds v. United States
Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1879), the first Supreme Court Free Exercise Clause ruling, unanimously upheld George Reynolds's Mormon polygamy conviction, holding religious belief cannot excuse criminal conduct under generally applicable law.