Activism by method

It’s a clear October night, temperatures are hovering around 63 degrees, you crack open the window and snuggle into the comfort and familiarity of your own bed, you are lulled to sleep by the fresh, crisp, Autumn breeze, totally unaware of the bad dream you have a date with once asleep. It’s a horrible, horrible dream yet so common you’ve personally experienced it, once, twice maybe even a dozen times, or you know people who have, or seen this kind of nightmare played out in a movie. There you…

evolution of technique has provided to those that use terror as a method to attain their goals, new weapons with a potential that is not fully quantified. The database, the measures of protection and security, the equipments meant to reassure our safety are exposed to those new types of weapons, the traditional methods of fight becoming impractical. The cyber-crimes are a supplement for cyber-terrorism in what concerns the methods used although the motivations are different from each person.…

had the privilege of being one of the many valuable speakers for the ESPYS, an awards show for hundreds of famous athletes in a variety of sports ranging from football to water polo. In his speech, he thoroughly and carefully spoke against social activism and racial discrimination. Immediately following his message, the audience of thousands in front of him had risen and applauded as if the president had just spoken. In contrast, there’s Colin Kaepernick. Before his acts of protest, you may have…

Social Problem: Mass Shooting One of the problem that has been occurring in the 21st century was the increase of the mass shooting that has been occurring worldwide. This is known to be one of the major social problem that the world is currently facing right now. This social problem gave many people an insight of the hatred that has been occurring in the world. This social problem is linked to many of the suffering and pain that majority of the world is still facing. To solve the…

Can activist, more specifically community activists, successfully transition to a politician? – holding community interest over self interest and ensure the community is the creator and not object of policy. In the New York Times: Room for debate opinion section Bob Kerry, former governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator, defines both terms activist and politician. “An activist is someone who organizes and acts for the purpose of changing a public policy or law. A politician is someone who seeks…

In the United States, one must be at least eighteen years old to vote in any public elections. This right is protected by the twenty-sixth amendment of the United State’s Constitution which states that any United States citizen over the age of eighteen cannot be denied the right to vote. Although this amendment allows young-adults to vote, it is argued that the teenage demographic does not register to vote nor do they voice their opinion during public elections. Some say that this is because…

The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) is one of good intentions, but a variety of flaws. The execution of BLM tends to be one that is counter-productive. The creators of the movement state that it is one that “…is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression” (Black Lives Matter,…

‘For the Tropicália movement, music was a form of politics.’ Discuss. The music of Tropicália brought a subtle political message of unity and social activism to Brazil in a time of heavy repression. It developed in 1967, following the psychedelic rock movements of USA and UK, but was quickly restricted the following year when its founding members, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, were exiled as threats to society. Its music applied a mixture of musical styles, from Brazilian traditional dance…

The 1960s is known as a turbulent political decade in the United States. The advent of the Vietnam War gave rise to the wave of anti-war protests that challenged policies of the President Johnson administration and opposed a mandatory draft instituted at the time. The anti-war protests, in turn, fueled the student movement with teachers and students alike staging “teach-ins” to show their opposition to the war. At the same time, this decade saw the emergence of the civil rights movement with…

The Oxford Dictionary defines freedom of speech as “The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint.” In the U.S, the right to free speech is projected under the First Amendment of the American Constitution, with the exception of obscenities, threats, and words that incite law breaking. According to the late associate justice of the supreme court William O. Douglas ““Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American…