Anarchism

Section I.2. Social Movements Expansion Over the history of United States, multiples movements saw rise in order to protect and demand common goods, security and other issues that seems to be controlled by the society and federal government. Here we take a look at four of these movements and we analyze how they have changed our everyday lives and transformed society over the past decades: 1. Reconstruction (1865-1877) Reconstruction was a rough time in the story of American freedom,…

Throughout history, people of color have struggled due to prevailing and repressive conditions. History has shown many groups were willing to challenge governmental ideologies and laws because it when against the idea of democracy that the west has created for the rest of the world. Groups like the students activist were willing to risk their lives in order to challenge and question the same government that was established to protect them. The idea of democratic government that was established…

As discussed previously, JFK started an awareness of Civil Rights, his actions in Birmingham, coupled with the media coverage; however, it was LBJ’s ability to use his connections in Congress to pass laws that changed the face of voting and civil right throughout the United States. As far as the leadership at the grassroots level Dr. Martin Luther King is the most famous, due to the nonviolent protests and boycotts; however, Rosa Parks, Aurelia Browder, and Louise Keys, were the catalysis for…

While recognizing the importance of these pre-1960s historians, we usually associate the rise of women’s history with the late 1960s-1970s, inspired from the ferment of the long sixties political movement. In the context of these works, Canadian women sought greater recognition of the social, economic, legal, and political positions in society. Feminists, newly aware of forms of contemporary oppression that never before had been ‘named’, were understandably interested in explanations for…

Individualism and collectivism are complex cross-cultural constructs and have both been defined in numerous ways by previous researchers (e.g. Hofstede, 2001; Kagitçibasi, 1997; Oyserman et al., 2002). Typical attributes associated with individualism are usually independence, autonomy, self-reliance, competition and uniqueness. Individuals are educated to have control over and taking responsibilities for their actions. Collectivism, on the other hand, emphasizes on a sense of duty within groups,…

In Emma Goldman’s Anarchism: What it Really Stands For she assert that under no circumstances are we morally obligated to obey the laws of the state since they are enforced through violence and that the government should be overthrown. Emma Goldman advocates that “Anarchism: The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary.”(p. 3). In other…

When talking to my friends and family about classes, they are interested in that one class that stands out the most, Women’s Studies. Then the conversation gets deeper into what the class has learned so far, what feminism is and our opposing or similar views on the subject. Specifically this time I asked certain questions such as “how they defined feminism? “, “What they thought Women’s Studies was?” and “How have they experienced power, privilege or oppression in their life?” The official…

“What is the Grounding for the Law’s Jurisdiction Over Us?” Imagine a house fire starting and your neighbor having to watch all of his memories, possessions, and his house burn down because there are no laws existing to provide services and responders. There would be no taxes collected to fund fire departments, police departments or hospitals. There would be no help. This anarchy would exist because the citizens would not accept the law’s jurisdiction over them. To have peace and prosperity we…

In the 1960’s many social movements came about which included the Civil Rights Movement, the Student Movement, the Gay Rights Movement and the Women’s Movement. Contrary to what many believe, the Civil Rights Movement did not end in 1968 but shifted into a new phase of ideologies which laid the foundation for feminism. Both the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement had similar goals in mind which were to create opportunities for their minority groups that were just as equal and…

Jonathan Edwards, one of the most influential leaders for the puritan religion, delivered a speech on July 8th, 1741 titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” which informed his audience that God is the only thing holding them up over the pits of Hell. While on the other hand, Martin Luther King Jr, an American civil rights activist and author, writes a letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” while held prisoner in Birmingham City Jail addressing eight Clergyman who condemned his protests…