Anti-fascists

Oppression as Explained in Animal Farm "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed” –Steven Biko (Oppression Quotes). Oppression is the “cruel and unfair treatment of people, especially by not giving them the same freedom, rights, etc. as other people” (Oxford). One of the most renowned literary works pertaining to oppression is Animal Farm by George Orwell. Animal Farm allegorizes the events of the Russian Revolution and Stalin era. Using this source one can attempt to better understand the inner workings of oppression, more specifically: what in human nature allows some to become oppressors and why do others allow the oppression to exist. The three figures in the relationship of oppression are the oppressors, the oppressed, and the bystanders. By examining the characteristics of each group one can understand what in human nature allows oppression to exist. The role of the oppressor is to play leader to the oppressed. Oppressors connive their way up to the top of the ladder where they then secure their power using a variety of tactics. This was the case of Joseph Stalin who had every intentions of controlling Russia from the start, a fact which is paralleled in Animal Farm. In Fact Vladimir Lenin warned of this before passing away: “Stalin is too rude and this defect, although quite tolerable in our midst and in dealing among us Communists, becomes intolerable in a Secretary-General. That is why I suggest that the comrades think…

Marshall Plan It was a recovery plan by the United States that offered $13 billion to rebuild the Western Europe economics after the end of the World War II. Spielvogel noted the speech of C. Marshall that “Our policy is not directed against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos” (870). This plan has accelerated the division of Europe and the opposition of two super powers. It should be studied today because it reconstruct the western economic order based on…

The British Union of Fascists, or alternatively the BUF, was a far-right political party active in Britain from its formation in 1932 until it was proscribed by the British government in 1940. It was founded by Sir Oswald Mosley, who became convinced of fascism after he visited Mussolini’s Italy. In truth, the party, while enjoying some moderate success, ended up as a failure. Stanley Payne described it as a ‘political oxymoron’, being developed in a nation where ‘there was neither space nor…

Think about this situation, you are at school and suddenly there is an earthquake tornado or some other natural disaster. Sadly most of the students are killed, later the parents are called in to help identify some of the remains. How are these parents going to figure out if this corpse is their child? Hmmm… maybe by what they saw their child walk out of the house in that morning, so uniforms actually could cause a problem instead of help fix them.      School uniforms…

policies implemented after the sanctions ultimately made Italy less reliant on imports and gave Mussolini a license to push harder for autarky. Italy was ultimately successful in the war an annexed Ethiopia in 1939. Whether or not Italy would have been able to withstand the sanctions without these policies in place is difficult to answer but the fact is that Italy had already taken an increasingly protectionist stance and as such was able to resist foreign pressures. This inquiry has sought to…

Haile Selassie, who wrote Appeal to the League of Nations, was the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Both Ethiopia and Italy were members of the League of Nations. Italy was the founding member in 1920, and then Ethiopia joined in 1923. Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician, the leader of the National Fascist Party, and he ruled Italy as the Prime Minister from 1922 until 1943. Haile Selassie wrote Appeal to the League of Nations to get justice for his people and his country, making…

Antifa is a contraction of the phrase anti-fascist and refers to a loosely organized movement that utilizes violence and direct action against far-right and white supremacist groups. While they are associated with and mainly comprised of far-left wing activists, like communists and anarchists, they place more of an emphasis on fighting fascism and far-right extremism than advancing left-wing ideologies, according to BBC News and the New York Times. Many Antifa activists wear black hoods (hence…

embarrassed. The battle of Caporetto cost many Italian troops their life, and devastated Italy as a nation. After the war, Italy was in great financial debt and they did not receive the land they had been promised from Britain and France. This made the Italian government feel like they were being disregarded, and so when Benito Mussolini formed his fascist party the people of Italy supported him greatly. After the war had ended in 1918 many Italians had lost their trust in the current Liberal…

After Mussolini, What? By William David Moffat and the Going Toward the People by Achille Starace. These documents are from Marla Stone’s collection: Fascism Documents. There is a blurred line between the distinction of the fascist ideal between style and actual substance. Mussolini prospered on the attention to aspects of Italian life that was more formal with aesthetic and stylistic elements. The authors of the Origins and Doctrine of Fascism: With Selections From Other Works were Benito…

Final EXAM Part II: C Antifederalists vs Federalists Debate Tyranny and the New Constitution Antifederalists like George Mason’s objected to the new Constitution based upon their fear that the National Government would hold too much power and become tyrannical. The main objection that most Antifederalists shared was the Constitution’s lack of a bill of rights to protect the rights of citizens. Mason argued that since the national laws held supremacy to that of the State laws the…