Socialist Party of America

The wealthy students, that live at home, are getting a premium bonus. While at the same time, the underprivileged students, that have to move to be closer to the university, have a harder time with expenses, and end up taking out loans (Schrager). America 's current university system allows families to pay tuition based on income; which means the…

“Tracefossilim” of Melodramatic Cuba There has been a resurgence of melodrama in Cuban film since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Indeed, two of Cuba’s most prominent and historically significant filmmakers, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Humberto Solás, have produced highly melodramatic films in the almost two decades since the Soviet collapse, a time known in Cuba as the special period. 1 While there are certainly melodramatic tendencies in other post-revolutionary Cuban films, melodrama has…

to reduce inequality. Additionally, there’s historical precedence for a decline in inequality. Mexico’s Gini coefficient, which measures the income inequality of a nation, declined a percent from 2000 to 2006 (Lopez-Calva). Mexico didn’t instill socialist reforms to intentionally achieve this, to the contrary actually moving towards market-oriented reforms in the decade prior. While Mexico’s Gini coefficient was 54.3 in 1994, it stands today at 48.21 (World Bank). By blending capitalism with…

Conservative Jew… observed Jewish laws…”. Margaret Lambert said, “... never made a difference if you were a Jew or a non-Jew.” These quotes elaborate on the fact that Jews were quite normal citizens before 1933, before the reign of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazis. Drawing a conclusion, from quotes said by the survivors, many may say that Holocaust just appeared with the reign of Adolf Hitler, without any real preparation. However, those people are completely wrong, as…

revolution that took place in China from 1966 until 1976. Chairman Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese communists started the cultural revolution so that he can regain his position in the government. This revolution was a campaign to eliminate the communist party of its opponents and to implant profound values in the younger generations. Many people were…

Communism is a system in which a nation’s economic and social activity is inhibited by a perpetual political party (Dhar, 2014). Equality is valued upon a communist nation as it is believed that every civilian, regardless of their demographic, should be given uniformed opportunities (Dhar, 2014).. Moreover, in the ideology of communists, it is believed that economic inequality is the cause of social strain and can only be eliminated through the nationalization of private property and businesses…

receive more sympathy and media coverage than the actual victims. For example, when child murderer Charles Warner was executed by lethal injection the media left reported that Warner was “chemically tortured to death” (Blades, 2014). Champagne socialists began protesting expressing their outrage of the violation of Warner’s Eighth Amendment rights. What about the rights of the real victim, 11 month old Adrianna, who was tortured, beaten, raped, and sodomized (Spinwall, 2014)! Where are these…

believed were not effectively performing their responsibilities (Schultz 2014, 339). Furthermore, Progressive governors such as Robert La Follette took steps in order to end corruption in state governments, eventually succeeding in enacting direct party primaries, which ensured that voters and not political bosses and the like selected political candidates. Such political outcry was so extensive that constitutional amendments were ratified to enlarge the governments role, specifically the 16th…

and General Primo de Rivera forced Alfonso to step in 1923. Rivera was a dictator for six years, and then Alfonso returned as king in 1929. In 1931, Republicans and Socialists obtained authority in parliamentary elections and forced Alfonso to step down once again. Spain’s second republic was then formed. In the 1930’s, political parties began to become extreme. In the 1936 election, Spain’s government is a parliamentary monarchy, which means the king or queen acts as the head of state.…

Since mid-18th centuries, the Industrial Revolution started in Britain and later spread quickly toward other European countries and America. At the beginning, due to the discovery of America, it provided a lot of foods which satisfied the food problem of British. This resulted in the population growth and supplied many labour. In addition, coals and irons were found that lead the operation of machine became possible. These core factors coupled with other various element made the Industrial…