Anti-bending Revolution

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- I will not rest until the entire city achieves equality!

The Equalist revolt is an ongoing anti-bendering protests currently occurring in Republic City as of 170 ASC.

History
When a masked man named Amon rose to power by exploiting the absence of the Avatar as well as growing tensions between non-benders and benders, he, together with his rank-and-file of Equalists, orchestrated a revolt against all benders alike. They fought benders with chi blocking, and a variety of equipment such as tasers to counter-act bending and held resentment towards the current Avatar, Korra.

The Equalists' main revolt was in Republic City, a large metropolis populated with people from all four nations.

Eventually, when the news of Amon's ability to remove bending surfaced in the city, Councilman Tarrlok set up a task force in order to combat the Equalist threat. After recruiting Avatar Korra to the team, the force raided a chi blocking training school, defeating and capturing all the Equalists there.

Trivia

 * The Equalist revolt seems to represent the political revolutions set during the 1920s, mainly the Russian Revolution. It also seems similar to the equal rights movements during the 1920s and the 1960s. Furthermore, the Equalist revolt also shares several similar traits with Mao's Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China and his Communist take over of the Republic of China in 1949. Nonetheless, the revolt stresses equality and the leveling of society in the monetary and status sense.