Essays on Protest

The world is running on its power to produce goods that facilitate the lives and existence of the humans across the world society. The society has come a long way after the industrial revolution that took the world by a storm. The entire foundation of the society is based on the labor relations and the intertwined relationship between the labors and the bourgeoisie. While the bourgeoisie invests huge amounts to run factories, industries and production houses, the labors are the most important part of the production structure who toil hard day in and day out for the sake of production. As ...

A few years after the Arab Spring began numerous protests from Middle East countries emerged. Many protests have failed to challenge their political leaders. However, in spite of these disenchantments, a golden opportunity is provided by the Arab Spring. Unrests in Arab countries have been endless and the revolution of Arab culture has been gradual. The presence of oil wealth and monarchism has reduced the likelihood of an uprising through the establishment of barriers to protest escalation. Tunisia and Egypt have had protests against bad leaders. These actions have played a significant part in determining the survival of their regimes. On ...

The event depicted in the film took place on the Tiananmen Square on Chang’an Avenue. It involved a protestor who was tired of the ongoing massacre by the government after the students in country went on the streets to protest against the harsh ruling of the government. The person is seen to go in front a convoy of war tanks, stopping them for a couple of minutes before other protestors emerged. The man is famously known as the Tank Man, his identity has never been known to date. The event emerged after the students of the Republic of China went on ...

When social inequality prevails in the society then stratification arises. Stratification paves the way to the unequal power, authority and rewards. Poverty is the biggest cause of stratification, and it arises because of the class system prevailing in the society that paves the way to the ascribed and achieved statuses. On the ascribed status, the individual does not have any control. Examples are the race and sex. The achieved status is acquired by an individual on the basis of efforts, abilities and ...

It was a legislation that was supposed to limit the immigration numbers from other areas of the world, and maintain the ideal of American homogeneity. The Immigration Act of 1924 was introduced by Congressman Albert Johnson in the House of Representatives and David Reed in the senate, purposely to regulate the influx of immigrants to the United States. It was also known as the Johnson-Reid Act, enacted with the aim of restricting immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, and the complete barring of Japanese from entering the American soil. It was signed into law on May 26 1924; it was ...

- The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the third institution that completed the “The Bretton Woods Trio” formed by the victorious nations after WWII. Its main function was to focus on the trade side of the international economic cooperation that was already established by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. It is responsible for dealing with the rules of trade between nations which they themselves negotiated and agreed on. However, people power groups protesting against globalization argue that WTO is mainly controlled and has become the platform of multi-national corporations in maximizing their profits at the ...

The First Amendment is designed to protect individuals expressing unpopular opinions. In 1989, the Supreme Court’s decision on the case of Texas v. Johnson designated flag burning as a form of protected symbolic speech. The case applied only Texas’ law banning flag burning but the next year, in 1990, in the case of the United States v. Eichmann, the Supreme Court ruled that flag burning was a federally protected form of speech and that those burning a flag in peaceful protest could not be prosecuted (“First Amendment: Free Speech and Flag Burning”). This ruling is controversial because many people consider the ...

Riots that broke out in Hong Kong, set a difficult choice before the Communist Party of China. Violent suppression of protests in the 7.2-million-autonomy may deter investors from it and harm the economy, while mild reaction would encourage dissidents and separatists on the mainland with a 1.3 billion population. The unrest in the heart of Hong Kong began on September 26. Organization that gathered demonstrators "Occupy Central with love and peace" was planning to organize a movement by the scenario that broke out in New York in September 2011 "Occupy Wall Street", which provides blocking important administrative buildings (Campbell). This ...

The first amendment gives the citizens the freedom of expressions, assembly, religions, and the right to petition the government at any level. It also prevents the congress from promotion of any religion over the others and restricting any person from religious practices. It also holds that the congress ought to promote media rights and as such shall not restrict the press or an individual from speaking freely. It is imperative that the first amendment gives the citizens blanket protection from many issues that affect the people direct. Interpretation of the first amendment has proved to be controversial. As ...

This paper is aimed at discussing the history of labor unions in United States during World War-I period while presenting the situation after World War-I. The post-World War-I era of labor unions has been briefly touched upon right after the introduction of the paper. Various tactics used by employers as well as government to reduce unionization among labor is also briefed in this paper. The tactics mentioned in this paper include union busting, brute force against unions, strike breaking by students, and labor spies by the employers. The paper in ended by a concise conclusion while summarizing the main points ...

United Farm Workers of America, also known as UFWA was a result of the coming together of two lesser labor unions. These labor unions were led by two people, Cesar Chavez and Larry Itilong. Larry Itilong was the founder and organizer of Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, also known as AWOC whilst Cesar Chavez was the founder and organizer of National Farm Workers Association, also known as NFWA.

The grand labor union was formed on the 22nd of August 1966 after the NFWA joined AWOC’s protest in Delano, California. Even though there had been a previous strike on the 8th ...

The rise of the Spring Revolution in Egypt marked a new discussion of the role that social media has played in creating political and social mobilization. Until then, the use of social media was entirely described as bringing people from different parts of the world together to socialize and update one another on the various cultural and social activities around them. Social media is the current social trend that almost every person is using to get keep up with the current events and also interact with friends and families. However, after the 2011 protests in most Middle East and ...

This submission is confronted with two main questions. First, whether members of the Irish Republican Army, Hamas and various protest movements in the Arab world are terrorists or freedom fighters? Secondly, at what point does a political contest or method cross the ethical line between legitimate or illegitimate? The submission shall answer both questions consecutively in the ensuing discussion.

The IRA, Hamas and various protest movements in the Arab world may have nuances that easily qualify them as freedom fighters. However, by the nature of the aggression and attacks they engage in, the organizations and their members squarely fall within ...

[Title of Course] Before the beginning of Civil War (1861-1865), organizations in the US started to oppose the alcohol consumption. The opposition started with the demand of voluntary abstinence from alcohol which later turned into enforcement of law by which alcohol should be banned. Due to the Civil War, the focus was diverted to matters that required urgent attention and people lost interest in the movement. The movement for prohibiting alcohol usage reemerged again and started to prosper following the War. This movement had large number of female participants as their prime focus was on the family protection ...

The weather underground is a documentary that outlines the violent protest aimed at overthrowing the United States government. The general set up of the documentary is up to standards. It vividly shows the brutal violence of the protestors opposing the injustices performed by the government. The document is very informative on matters touching on the Vietnam War and how the weatherman got frustrated from the SDA (students for a democratic society). After I did deep review of the subject matter of the movie it is clear that it has captured the important elements of the Vietnam War and the factors that ...

The Progressive Era gains its name dating back to the era of the Progressive party in 1912–1924. The concept of progressive era is also rooted to the general feeling witnessed at the period and in successive histories which the early years of the 20th century were fixated on a comprehensible body of reforms on democracy which brought about tremendous changes on the American political system. The Progressive Era has experienced numerous changes in its interpretations. Early histories and autobiographies emphasized the return to prevalent control over partisan actions and the regular shift from local authority to state and finally ...

The FAR Part 15 is perceived as a tool that provides the policies, guidelines and the procedures that are used for negotiating the government contracts, either by the government organizations or by the non-governmental (private) organizations. The procedures and guidelines aim at protecting and safeguarding these organizations which submits their proposals for contemplation and consideration regardless of whether it is a competitive or non-competitive proposal.

This is aided by filling of the bid protests with the GAO (Government Accountability Office) which is responsible for hearing protests with inclusion of the contracting agencies and the Court of Federal Claims. GAO is responsible ...

Idle No More is – according to Welch (January 12, 2013) – “an indigenous resistance movement that has taken hold in centres across Canada.” In his article, published by Global Research News Hour and based on his radio programme, he provides information about the movement, which is the subject of this research paper. Some of that further detail is included in the following paragraphs, which explain more about Idle No More (INM), including its origins and aims, its impact on Canada, and the Canadian government’s response.

A report by CBC News Canada (Jan 5th, 2013) entitled “9 questions about Idle ...

Childhood was a markedly different experience during the Romantic period than it is today. Whereas there are myriad laws in place to keep children safe from abuse inside and outside the home, and free from the burden of work, in the time of the Romantics, children were simply seen as little adults, with much higher expectations on them. For example, when Charles Dickens was twelve years old, his father, mother, and younger siblings were all thrown into prison because of debts that Dickens’ father had incurred. Dickens was not imprisoned, because it was his responsibility to earn the money that ...

The forensic mental health field of study enables specialization pertaining to issues that have ethical practical implications. The discipline stretches across boundaries practicing as psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed counselors or social workers. There are diversity of areas encompassing this practice. Forensic mental health practitioners’ function can extend towards examining persons classified as criminals to determine whether they are capable of standing trial. They also work with mentally ill people in their institutional setting to enhance receptivity of care. In following pages of this document a case study along with a number of scenarios will be explored as a means of evaluating the ability ...

The article pertains to the problems faced by the Chinese company due to the decisions made by the management which run contrary to the interest of the Chinese labor class. Strong protest has been shown by the workers against the companies, who are planning to move out production plant, don’t pay overtime to workers, cutting on bonus money, and carry out downsizing and other undesirable practices. The consequent of such inappropriate strategies result in strong aggressive protest and workers halted the production process .Chinese leadership does not want such social unrest among the masses but the fact is youngster ...

This topical article written by Matthew Chance and Oliver Joy – two London-based British CNN journalists – covers one of the latest manifestations of the extensive unrest and disquiet evidenced in more than one European country. This is because of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Eurozone, which comprizes those European countries having the Euro as their currency. Greece is the worst affected, with the most critical national debt situation, although other countries such as Italy and Spain also have a major debt problem, and may – like Greece – have to request a “bailout”. The article reads as though the readership is ...

In Ellen Baker's book On Strike and On Film: Mexican American Families and Blacklisted Filmmakers in Cold War America, the author discusses attributes of racial and gender inequality that existed within the 1950s, as well as leftist attempts to combat these developments. During the 1951 miner's strike of Hanover, New Mexico, union leaders collaborated between blacklisted Hollywood filmmakers to create a film called Salt of the Earth, a controversial yet highly effective film that provided a filmic representation of leftist desire and calls for equality, for both women and minorities. Baker provides a detailed account of the circumstances leading up to the creation ...

Civil-rights refer to the freedoms and rights that an individual is entitled to as member of a society or country. These rights include freedom of association, of speech, of religion, to education and press. It refers to the right to equal and fair treatment from public authority and government. These rights are usually granted by a country’s constitution or other laws and statutes while the courts are mandated with determining whether the rights of an individual have been violated (Graham 14). The United States of America has clearly defined the right of individuals in its constitution as well as ...