Compared to other political forms‚ democratic government is the fairest and just way to govern the citizens within a society. This can be showcased through the differences between fascism‚ and democracy‚ an example being Hitler’s fascist Germany back in 1933‚ compared to modern democracies of today. Democracy advocates and protects all individuals within a society‚ the same cannot be said for fascism societies‚ where elitism and hatred are ingrained within the ideology. Within the Third Reich‚ Hitler
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Can the Subaltern Speak? An understanding of contemporary relations of power‚ and of the Western intellectual’s role within them‚ requires an examination of the intersection of a theory of representation and the political economy of global capitalism. A theory of representation points‚ on the one hand‚ to the domain of ideology‚ meaning‚ and subjectivity‚ and‚ on the other hand‚ to the domain of politics‚ the state‚ and the law. The original title of this paper was
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whole. Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state‚ typically through elected representatives. Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. Maoism: The communist doctrines of Mao Zedong as formerly practiced in China‚ having as a central idea permanent revolution and stressing the importance of the peasantry‚ of small-scale industry‚ and of agricultural collectivization. Nazism: a form of socialism
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Introduction The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a ten-year political campaign which aimed at rekindling revolutionary fervour and purifying the party. After several national policy failures‚ especially the Great Leap Forward‚ Mao Zedong regained public prestige and control of the Communist Party of China (CCP). On 16 May‚ 1966‚ he announced that the Party and Chinese society were permeated with liberal bourgeois elements who meant to restore capitalism to China‚ and that said people could
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Iran says it has enriched uranium. Hosni Mubarak is claiming that Shia in Sunni states are traitors to their countries. The French are in political and economic gridlock. With all these urgent things going on‚ it seems to us that it is time to talk of something important‚ something that has driven and divided American politics for centuries and will continue to do so: the argument between those who have been called idealists and those who have been labeled realists in U.S. foreign policy. When
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Six years back‚ when on November 4‚ 2004‚ the Prime Minister proclaimed Left Wing Extremism as the biggest threat confronting the nation that had to be dealt at ‘war footing’‚ it had a ring of resolve of a freshly elected government to take the bull by its horns. However‚ when he repeats the same now‚ it carries an air of helpless lamentation. The efforts at war footing notwithstanding‚ during the last six years‚ the area under Naxal influence has nearly doubled extending to nearly 203 districts
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Karl Marx * NAME: Karl Marx * OCCUPATION: Historian‚ Economist‚ Journalist * BIRTH DATE: May 05‚ 1818 * DEATH DATE: March 14‚ 1883 * EDUCATION: University of Bonn‚ University of Berlin * PLACE OF BIRTH: Trier‚ Germany * PLACE OF DEATH: London‚ England * Full Name: Karl Heinrich Marx Best Known For German philosopher and revolutionary socialist Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital‚ anticapitalist works that form the basis of Marxism
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INTRODUCTION “Mao’s beginnings were commonplace‚ his education episodic‚ his talents unexceptional: yet he possessed a relentless energy and a ruthless self-confidence that led him to become one of the world’s most powerful rulers”. Mao Zedong was the icon of the communist revolution and the founding father of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ which he governed as Chairman of the Communist party of China (CPC) from its establishment to his death. His influence is still a force to contend with
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right-wing terrorist groups (Steven & Gunaratna 8). The goal of the left-wing group is to overthrow existing regimes and establish communist and socialist states (Steven & Gunaratna 8). Left-wing terrorist groups are motivated by Marxism‚ Leninism‚ and Maoism to establish their objectives (Steven & Gunaratna 8). Right-wing groups are mostly racist‚ neo-Nazi‚ neofascist‚ and anti-Semitic. The racist part of the right-wing groups in ruled by skinheads and mainly attack immigrants from the Middle East and
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DongHyeon Kang(Kevin) Dr. Talbott 4th Block Ch.36 Study Guide INDIA 1. Indianan National Congress- founded in 1885‚ which enlisted the support of many prominent Hindu and Muslims‚ at first stressed collaboration with the British to bring self-rule to India‚ but after the Great War the congress pursued this goal in opposition to the British. 2. Muslim League- established in 1906 with the encouragement of the British government‚ added a new current into the movement for national liberation
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