His idea of an alternative culture was taken on by many in the dissident movement to create their own vision of an alternative to the status quo.

He once mused that his scientific and political interests had much in common, with physics and the dissident movement trying to identify the ideal balance between anarchy and order.

A defense lawyer, he entered the dissident movement when he began to defend political prisoners in the late 1980s.

Second, the less well-known leaders of a dissident movement are identified and given severe jail sentences.

Part of the dissident movement was engaged in protection of civil rights.