Pacifism

Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India in October 2, 1869, and he was assassinated in January 30, 1869 in New Delhi, India. Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. His ideals of pacifism and nonviolent protests are the reasons why people started to called him Mahatma which means great soul. Sadly, in Mexico, most of the nonviolent protest became violent by people who are corrupted by the…

Between World War I and World War II, the United States changed its views on involvement in world affairs. The change can be largely attributed to how Americans viewed freedom. Americans held that the world should be free and that communism did not provide that freedom. The United States expressed its desire for democracy through its trade with other countries before officially entering the war following Japan’s attack on American soil. During World War I, the United States involved itself in…

Louisa Thomas’ book Conscience detailing the lives of her relatives leading up to and during World War I is a tale which reveals the effects that war and a changing era have on faith, loyalty, and a person’s conscience. While the plot is told in relation to the life of Norman Thomas, a man who began the war as a minister and ended it as a socialist and pacifist, the other characters are integral in relaying the central themes. Throughout the book, the reader can follow Norman Thomas’ changing…

step, let alone equality. King explained his understanding of nonviolence, which seeks to win an opponent to friendship, rather than to humiliate or defeat him. Making more friends than enemies is what the U.S. should lust for. Martin’s teaching of pacifism changed the outlook of America and how we operated. Without his death, that legacy wouldn’t have been fought for…

An African American abolitionist and women’s right activist, Sojourner Truth. Sojourner Truth’s real name is Isabella Baumfree. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York. Truth escaped with her daughter out of slavery in 1826 and 2 years later in 1828 she went to court to get her son. Truth became the first black woman to win such a case against a white person. Truth was one of 10 or 12 children. When she was nine she got sold for $100 at an auction with a flock of…

ethnicity added to Hitler’s opinions (“Adolph Hitler,” Am. Dec. n.p.). His extensive reading and role model influences shaped his opinions later in life. Hitler became a Bildungsoffizier after World War I; these officers had to “combat dangerous ideas-- pacifism, socialism, democracy” (Shirer 35). As Hitler extended his reach into the realm of politics, he made his Jewish Question known. He strongly believed that Jews were a disease to mankind and that the government should segregate them from…

a lecturer to talk to those who have disabilities and inspired them to overcome their disabilities and be a better person. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Keller tackled social and political issues, including women’s suffrage, pacifism and birth control. She testified before Congress, strongly advocating to improve the welfare of blind…

There is many differences between today’s generation and the sixties generation. David Pichaske’s book titled Generation in Motion: Popular Music and Culture in the Sixties, outline the views of the sixties and how they voiced those views. In the sixties music was the expression of the generation, today I can say that hasn’t changed much. Music today also expresses the political events and views, but also social media is very popular for expression of political views. Today our culture…

This presentation will examine a new approach to reading the social history of the Middle East through examining the use, and abuse, of soldiers’ narratives during WWI. The Great War on the Eastern Front, looked at from the passage of one century, led to major transformations in the way in which the people of the region – from the Ottoman capital of Istanbul to the Arab provinces of the Empire - looked at themselves and at the world. What I propose to do is to see how the war and the fighting…

Should Students be allowed to Carry Guns on Campus? About twelve states allow concealed guns on campus either in the pocket or in a locked car on the parking lot beside the fact that a number of people get killed in different colleges. Just recently, on October 1, 2015, nine innocent lives were killed and another nine wounded on Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR. Campus should be a safe place for students, and they should feel safe when they are going to get an education. However many…