Earth Liberation Army

In the poem, Captivity by Louise Erdrich, a deeper meaning of the hardships and liberation of captivity are shown. The overall meaning of the poem the author is expressing to the reader is that one should follow the word of god while being held in captivity, but to not limit themselves to being narrow minded and limited in terms of thinking. The narrator of the poem is expressing to the audience that the experience of her capture was eventually an eye opener to her. It is a unique experience…

Frederick Douglass Education allows us to see the world in a new light and gives us opportunities to better ourselves. To be educated can mean many things but in many ways becoming educated can liberate us. It can liberate us from socio-comic strains or simply from our own stubborn opinions. Through the process of becoming “educated” we can learn to see things from a whole different perspective. For Frederick Douglass, education allowed him to become aware of the cruelty and disgusting truth…

Throughout the 20th century, the great clash of ideologies occurred, being known as democracy versus communism. More specifically, many ideologies that had emerged from this era revolve around the idea of socialism. Ideologies such as Marxism-Leninism in Russia or Maoism in China crop up and create new foes of democracy. Many of these socialist ideologies hold their appeal to groups in the Global south due to their high levels of poverty. Many of these people are stricken economically and find…

There are approaches that go beyond the framework of the NSMs, mainly by saying that there are even newer formations of movements. Much of this idea comes from the fact that NSM theory does not actually encompass all modern social movements (Day 722) and yet is the predominant theory for the categorizing modern movements. This idea of an alternative framework for modern social movements that was produced by from Richard Day. He laid out the problems with the NSM theory such as how most NSMs are…

be stripped of their land or have their land be repurposed to harvest certain crops. The people of Mexico formed rebellions in order to fight off this agreement. On January 1st 1994, a primarily indigenous rebel group, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN, declared war on the Mexican government. The EZLN discussed demands amongst their people and the Mexican government, demands that included fair democratic elections, subsidization of Chiapas for all of its resources and a revision of…

As a movement, the main driving power of ISIS has been the physical force, and how this has created an uprising. But throughout this movement putting aside the destruction, ISIS has attempted to create credibility and sought to be seen as a legitimate state. ISIS has had a clear message, and that has led to recruitment of a large military force, and the intimidation of enemy forces, and the global media. In recent times there has been various factors in the lead up to this type of movement,…

Armando Navarro’s path to social service, as told by him, began with serving in the US Army for 8 years beginning in 1960. Navarro aspired to become an officer in the military and by 1967 when he was to be promoted to Captain, he quit after becoming aware of the contradictions of our foreign policy and his disapproval with the war on Vietnam…

The uprising of the Zapatistas has brought global attention to the social inequalities within Mexico. Barry states, "The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) let it be known that the plight of the peasantry could not be ignored… Don 't forget us, the rebels were saying, you depend on us for your political and economic stability” (Barry 1995, 3). A form of revolution: tierra o muerte, a more aggressive violent confrontation against neoliberal reforms, which means land or death. The agrarian…

On January 1, 1994 the Zapatista uprising took place in Chiapas, Mexico. The Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) had been organizing long before 1994, but the New Year’s Day uprising is very significant to their beginnings as it propelled them onto a national and international spotlight. Rooted in their cause was anti-neoliberalism as it related to the indigenous struggle. The date of the revolution was not random, but chosen because it was the day that the North American Free Trade…

wonder, why there is so much suffering on the poor if there is a God who is on their side? The answer is faith. During the 20th century, Gustavo Gutiérrez started a movement called liberation theology in which he defines in his book A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation as, “The theology of liberation attempts to reflect on the experience and meaning of the faith based on the commitment to abolish injustice and to build a new society” (174). He started a revolution in Latin…