Rebel Alliance

the Kurdish fight for autonomy in both Iraq and elsewhere, has changed the Middle East’s landscape. This includes subnational or internal fracturing of Kurdish parties, national barriers, and newfound international relations as well as political alliances with historical rivals. Gareth Stansfield illustrates this point when he uses Kurdish history in Iraq as and cites economic and political relations with Turkey as signaling a potential Kurdish state, “By embracing this agenda, Ankara is…

during the Northern Expedition, he urged others in the rural villages of Hunan to protest and rebel against the warlords. Unlike the majority of CCP leaders, Mao sought after the belief that peasants can play an active part in the Chinese revolution with the addition that peasants deserved land reforms. Even the superior CCP leaders feared Mao’s motives because they did not want to endanger the alliance with the Nationalists due to the radical policies for…

gave up attempts to assimilate and live peacefully with the native people. Before the Pilgrims' arrival, sickness wiped out the majority of the New England Indians called the Wampanoag. Several survivors befriended and assisted the colonists. The alliance between the two ended in 1636 when the Massachusetts Bay Puritans declared war on the Pequot Tribe and Plymouth was in the middle of the…

January 10, 1776, the pamphlet Common Sense was published and written by the Englishman, Thomas Paine. The publication of Common Sense changed American Revolution. Paine’s pamphlet used persuasive arguments to convince the colonists of the need to rebel against Britain. He urged for the American colonists to declare its independence and makes modest proposals for a new form of government. Paine outlines the problems in the idea of a hereditary monarchy, the advisability of separation, society,…

Born in c. 1028, William the Conqueror’s sovereignty began as he was crowned the Duke of Normandy around the young age of 8 years old, but his influence did not stop in France. After allegedly being promised the English throne by Edward the Confessor, William fought for the throne against Harold Godwinson and won, becoming the first Norman king of England. William proved to be incredibly significant during both reigns as the Duke of Normandy and King of England. William the Conqueror was the…

and his aspirations of asserting Iraq as the pre-eminent Arab state. Within this framework, blame for the conflict rests with the Ba’athist ruled Republic of Iraq. Prior the war, Iraq enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence in the Arab world. In alliance with Syria, Iraq was building a military front against Israel, and in so doing, aligning its foreign policies to the popular interests of pan-Arab nationalists. Furthermore its economy was experiencing unprecedented growth with record oil…

Political: The Governmental consequences in the USA caused due to the warfare in Africa, diamonds begin to run by the destroyed area of Angola and Sierra and Russia which compromised control of DeBeers over mines, are among the significant troubles. The rebel forces in these countries used to finance their armed conflicts through forbidden trade of diamond caused prohibition of DeBeers business in the US market; 2. Economic: Production of Diamond in the world shows and upward trend which…

collected from the arena. This was edited so as to further reaffirm that Katniss did not rebel but acted only out of love for Peeta. Broadcasting rebellious acts on live television can be harmful for the government and weaken the oppressing system at the same time, thus editing out certain events of the Hunger Games becomes necessary. Early on in the 74th Hunger Games Katniss forms an alliance with Rue, the tribute from District 11, however, Rue is later murdered. To demonstrate that the Games…

Thomas Paine’s Influenced Paradigm shift of American colonist People have trouble grasping the real reason behind the Americans claiming their freedom from the British. Little known to popular contrary belief a majority of the people that came to America actually wanted to remain British citizens, even when the British refused to let them be represented in Parliament, which is where the term loyalist comes from in the first place. Arguably one of the most interesting men from this time period…

the reinsertion of plantations. Although there is no mention of his people losing faith in his leadership. Knight also highlights that Louvertures turned to other countries such as Britain and the United States for help in feeding his people. This alliance was not touched upon in the film. These small differences in recounts of history exemplify Trouillots idea of historical silences. This is the idea that history has different accounts combing to create fact. He explains how even with very…