Nationalization

What is democracy? Democracy to me means freedom. Freedom to pick and choose the lifestyle I want to lead in life. The freedom to be able to follow any religion I please and marry whoever I choose. Also the freedom to own property and choose where to live. Democracy to me also means I get to elect my own officials and I have a vote to choose who leads this great country for the next four years. Some countries are run by a dictatorship where you have no right and no votes. You are forced to live…

Che Guevara had the confidence that communism would save the disadvantaged people of Latin America in the Cuban Revolution in 1956-1959, and continued to be a guerrilla leader in South America. Since his execution by the Bolivian army in 1967, he has been considered a legendary political figure and an icon of radicalism and anti-imperialism because he exemplifies the core characteristics of what it takes to be a leader (Besancenot, Lowy, & Membrez). According to Warren Bennis, an American…

The Road of Rejuvenation exhibition transmitted from the Museum of Chinese Revolution separated into 5 parts, 17 sessions in total. This exhibition talks about the story from 17 century “China as an abyss of semi-imperial and semi-feudal society” to the “Road of socialism with Chinese characteristic” in the People's Republic of China. First few sessions of the exhibition meant to emphasis particularly on the history of the Communist Party of China’s fight for the people’s liberation and…

Upon the announcement of President Nasser’s nationalization of the Suez Canal, the British and the French were extremely angry. They had owned, controlled, and managed the canal since 1869. President Nasser had offered an extremely generous sum of money for the Suez Canal Company. Nasser’s goal was for…

During the elections for the new president, the Wall Street Stock Market crashed which led the country into the Great Depression. President Truman was campaigning for his second term. However, the people felt that Truman hadn’t done enough to help them, so they elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Franklin D. Roosevelt started to take immediate action to help the economy and its people. He started the New Deal which had policies and programs that helped millions of people.…

the American public centered their concerns on the awful conditions that meat was processed and how unsanitary, contaminated, and rotten meat was making their way to American stores. Sinclair was a true believer in socialism‘s basic idea of the nationalization of natural resources and utilities along with state ownership and an even distribution of wealth. More importantly, he believed in socialism’s classless society of people. His view of capitalism was…

A company is recognized as a separate legal entity and yet in reality, it is an association of persons who are in fact beneficiaries of the corporate property. It is therefore understood that corporate personality of the company can be used as a medium of committing fraud or illegal acts. Now, there is arises a paradoxical problem pertaining to the important legal question : Who accords for the liability? Who can be held responsible? The notion of corporate personality does not obviously…

western and eastern aesthetics. In general, western art focuses on objective and established facts. However, eastern art pays more attention to mood. Wu shows both aspects in his work. Furthermore, Wu explored how to make oil paintings fit Chinese nationalization and the modernization of Chinese Painting. To answer these two questions, Wu created a unique style of painting, which used dots, lines and planes to create his artistic voice. Abstract Expressionism, Expressionism, Color Field…

Fidel Castro is revered as one of the most prominent communist leaders of the last century. On August 13, 1926 Fidel Castro was born in Birán, Cuba to his parents Angel Castro y Agrgiz and Lina Ruz Gonzalez. Fidel had six siblings consisting of four sisters and two brothers. His brothers were Raul and Ramon Castro, and his sisters went by the names of Juanita, Angelita, Enma, and Augustina Castro. His dad was a Spanish immigrant who made a fortune constructing railroad systems with the means of…

As we know about the Supreme Court, The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices, coming from varied religious and ethnic backgrounds with six males and three females. Presidents nominate Justices for life tenure and they must be confirmed by majority vote of the Senate. According to NY Times article that has the title” Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide”, on June 27th, the US Supreme Court decided 5-4 that same-sex couples have a ‘fundamental’ right to marry, and…