Resistance movement

into internment and concentration camps, and slaughtered. The horror that came from the deaths of millions of innocent Jews left people outraged that such a tragedy could happen, and the monsters that caused it didn’t pay enough. Most people were too scared to fight back, but not everyone; some were eager to rise up to the occasion. Resistance groups were determined to stop at nothing until they punished the former Nazis that inflicted so much pain. Nakam, a Jewish partisan resistance movement from Palestine, was one of these groups. They had one ultimate goal: to avenge the lives lost during the Holocaust. It was Nakam’s incentive for their actions that drove their extreme efforts of…

live and prosper- in short, the American dream that caused the influx of many new citizens even at the advent of the country. When questioned, many can supply information, no matter how scant, about the civil rights movements that swept the nation in the late 1950s and '60s. Many remember the Montgomery bus boycotts (slightly before the movement, in general, got kicked into high gear, but important nonetheless) and Rosa Parks and her weary refusals that spurred thousands. These are prime…

African resistance movements were usually unsuccessful for a couple of reasons. An African resistance movement is where the Africans tried to resist the European’ attempts to colonize their country. Their power was never equal because of how the Europeans’ had the superior arms. That didn't stop the Africans from trying to fight them with their military force. It was a surprise to the Europeans’ but it still was no match for them. Africans tried to resist Europe through religious and active…

like the liberation movement of Palestine against Israel, are seen as Islamic radicalism because misguided individuals perpetrate acts of terrorism. The movie Paradise Now, by director Hany Abu-Assad, shows the ordeals of two friends, Khaled and Said, who enlist in a Palestinian resistance group to coordinate suicide attacks on Tel Aviv, Israel. Abu-Assad attempts…

of communist rule caused significant deterioration in the lives of the Poles, which created a unified Polish resistance movement early on. As the Soviet Union tried to hasten its gaining of control in Poland, it was met with much resistance (Curtis 42). Regardless, the state collectivized Polish agriculture, and claimed state control of most Polish businesses, leaving only family-run shops to the private section (and even those were constantly harassed by bureaucratic demands). Many Poles…

Social concerns of humanity in Bicycle Thief The most significant events in cinema and art in the early 1940s were the emergence and rapid development of the Italian neorealism. Moreover, it was one of the most striking and perhaps the first major artistic phenomenon of the post-war years, not only in Italy but also all over the world. Neorealism as a movement, which arose in post-war time, offered a close look into the everyday life of ordinary people. Originating in the wake of the resistance…

Satyagraha is the name of a nonviolent resistance movement involving protests that are not passive, but rather an active “clinging to the truth” (“Satyagraha,” para 1). Gandhi once described it as “Truth (Satya) implies Love, and Firmness (Agraha) engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force … that is to say, the Force which is born of Truth and Love or Non-violence” (Graham, para 4). Examples of Gandhi’s use of Satyagraha to resist British imperial rule include a boycott of British…

Hamas — Islamic Resistance Movement Hama is a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist organization of Palestinian nationality. The group was founded in 1987, and it’s original goal was to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the occupied Israeli territory of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Hamas’s headquarter is located in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. The group formed as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas is known for being the first…

problem that the U.S. and other countries want to put under control. Many kids after war are physically and very emotionally scarred. Children are being abducted by Joseph Kony and forces them to fight. There has been lots of controversy on if children that have been in war, should be punished or if they should be given amnesty. Many children have been abducted by Joseph Kony, “It is assumed that he has abducted about 60,000 children. Upon abduction, Kony brainwashes the boys to fight for him.…

the Second World War there were two major movements in The Netherlands, the Nazi movement by the NSB (Nationaal Socialistische Beweging) and the Resistance movement. The NSB was a Fascist party and was often referred to as the Nazi party of The Netherlands, it was established in 1931 by Anton Adriaan Mussert, a Dutch Nationalist. By 1936 the Party had gained eight percent of the election votes(Vashem). When Germany occupied The Netherlands in 1940 (Delpher 1940). Many of the NSB supporters and…