Points of Rebellion

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book person

Points of Rebellion is a 1969 book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas that critiques social and political injustices in America and warns of rising civil unrest if reforms are not made.

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Label	Occurrences
Points of Rebellion canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1539198 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Points of Rebellion
Context triple: [William O. Douglas, wrote, Points of Rebellion]

A. High Water Mark of the Rebellion
The High Water Mark of the Rebellion is a landmark on the Gettysburg battlefield marking the farthest advance of Confederate forces during Pickett’s Charge and symbolizing the turning point of the American Civil War.
B. Day of Revolt
Day of Revolt refers to the mass nationwide protests that erupted in Egypt on January 25, 2011, marking the dramatic beginning of the Egyptian Revolution against President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
C. The Rebellion
The Rebellion is an organized supporters’ group known for passionately backing the New England Revolution Major League Soccer team.
D. Chronicles of the Great Rebellion
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion is a historical work by American publisher and author George Palmer Putnam that recounts events of the American Civil War.
E. Counterrevolution and Revolt
Counterrevolution and Revolt is a 1972 political-philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes the failures of revolutionary movements of the 1960s and critiques advanced industrial society’s mechanisms of domination and social control.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Points of Rebellion
Target entity description: Points of Rebellion is a 1969 book by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas that critiques social and political injustices in America and warns of rising civil unrest if reforms are not made.

A. High Water Mark of the Rebellion
The High Water Mark of the Rebellion is a landmark on the Gettysburg battlefield marking the farthest advance of Confederate forces during Pickett’s Charge and symbolizing the turning point of the American Civil War.
B. Day of Revolt
Day of Revolt refers to the mass nationwide protests that erupted in Egypt on January 25, 2011, marking the dramatic beginning of the Egyptian Revolution against President Hosni Mubarak’s regime.
C. The Rebellion
The Rebellion is an organized supporters’ group known for passionately backing the New England Revolution Major League Soccer team.
D. Chronicles of the Great Rebellion
Chronicles of the Great Rebellion is a historical work by American publisher and author George Palmer Putnam that recounts events of the American Civil War.
E. Counterrevolution and Revolt
Counterrevolution and Revolt is a 1972 political-philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that analyzes the failures of revolutionary movements of the 1960s and critiques advanced industrial society’s mechanisms of domination and social control.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ person ⓘ
advocatesFor	greater individual freedom ⓘ protection of civil liberties ⓘ reform of governmental institutions ⓘ
author	William O. Douglas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	American political institutions ⓘ American social institutions ⓘ concentration of power ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ racial injustice ⓘ
genre	political non-fiction ⓘ social criticism ⓘ
hasAuthor	William O. Douglas ⓘ
hasAuthorOccupation	Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
hasPerspective	critical of the status quo in late 1960s America ⓘ
historicalContext	United States social unrest in the 1960s ⓘ Vietnam War era ⓘ civil rights movement era ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	civil unrest in the United States ⓘ need for social and political reform ⓘ political injustice in the United States ⓘ social injustice in the United States ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	being written by a sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justice ⓘ controversial political commentary by a Supreme Court Justice ⓘ
notableWork	Points of Rebellion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
occupation	Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ author ⓘ
proposes	reforms to address political injustice ⓘ reforms to address social injustice ⓘ
publicationYear	1969 ⓘ
relatedTo	civil disobedience ⓘ constitutional rights ⓘ youth protest movements ⓘ
warnsAbout	potential rebellion if reforms are not made ⓘ rising civil unrest ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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Justice William O. Douglas (in part and dissenting in part) → wrote → Points of Rebellion ⓘ

subject surface form: William O. Douglas

Points of Rebellion → notableWork → Points of Rebellion self-linksurface differs ⓘ