Militant

Segregation was the mainstream view for thousands years, but Malcolm X fought against the racism with his militant background and powerful voice (“Bio.com”).Malcolm was a civil rights leader (Rummel). He helped those less fortunate than him even when he didn’t have much (Rummel).Malcolm’s education in prison also made him an unmatched orator (Rummel). From being a major leader in the Nation of Islam, helping poor youth find faith, and changing ideas with speeches, Malcolm X was able begin a…

Malcolm X was a revolutionary leader with many followers behind him. Malcolm X influenced/inspired many African Americans to stand up for themselves and do whatever is necessary for their rights as human beings. But with enough motivation Huey Newton and Bobby Seale took Malcolm's words and brought them to action by creating the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The Black Panther Party was based on ideas such as black nationalism, a…

When US troops moved out of Iraq, there was a power vacuum. There was a dissolved Iraqi army. ISIS is the descendent of Al Qaeda. It’s a “jihadist” extremist militant group trying to create an Islamic state. It is comprised of Sunni Arabs from Iraq and Syria. ISIS, which stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has a goal to create an Islamic empire and fight the United States. When the group changed its focus to Syria it rebranded itself ISIS. Graeme Wood talks about the group’s goal: to…

The partisan model of law refers to a fervent and almost militant fanatic supporter of a political party or cause that places the advantage of the law solely towards the party above public interest. A good example of the partisan model of law is the legislature that most democratic countries boast to have. Legislative attitudes are partisan attitudes so long as there is strict party discipline in parliament. All legislative decisions will be taken on the basis of the ideology of the leadership…

Emmeline Pankhurst was a soldier and a convict who helped women win the right to vote. She was a British political activist, born in 1858 in Manchester, England and died in 1928. She headed a militant women’s suffrage movement in England ten years before she died where women over thirty gained the right to vote. Also, she fought for women’s right to vote in America, women gained the same voting rights as men in 1920 with the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Pankhurst already acquainted…

of extracting data due to national security or simply deny these civilians their legal rights.(Hunt, 2014) The Patriot Act, was established as an anti-terrorist tool, but quickly added to the nationalist tool box in militant response to civil opposition. The utilization of this militant tool to impede civilians committing peaceful protests, civil disobedience or even speaking against their nation would result in an oppression of their civil liberties to freedom speech and freedom of…

"But … she's on ABC" (Staff 2016). Beyoncé’s “Formation” song, video and Super Bowl performance not only awoke her racial formation and Black radicalism, but also awoke the racial consciousness of White America as they call Black groups with guns “militants”, as with The Black Panthers and White groups with guns are called “militia.” The Saturday Night Live video "The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” shows how fundamental color blindness is to White America’s structural racism and the hypocrisy of…

Mahatma Gandhi were very different men who led very different lives. These men both had a large impact on the world in such dissimilar ways. Mahatma Gandhi was a pacifist and a supporter of peace and compassion; Osama Bin Laden was an extreme militant and an advocate for war and intolerance. Gandhi was the primary leader in India’s independence movement. He was a small man that had a great heart, and when people saw this they felt the need to follow his aspirations. Gandhi led…

In January of 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new campaign strategy on the war against terror. The surge was a way forward to a more unified, democratic federation that can sustain, govern, and defend itself in future generations. His plan involved the deployment of 28,000 additional U.S. troops to the Anbar Province and Baghdad Area of Influence (AOI). The AOI strategy was based on six essential elements that derived from a proposal meeting with senior Iraqi officials; let…

past and present must be understood beyond simple and violent religious motivations. While King delineates early-Islamic iconoclasm and discusses its relation to Christianity, Flood extends his argument to the present-day, seeking to answer the role militant groups and museums play…