Socialist Party of America

This past political election for president of the United States of America has caused a lot of conflict and has polarized our country. America has two political parties, democrat and republican. Democrats tend to be more liberal and sometimes socialistic in their thinking. Some of the democrats think the government should be responsible for its citizens and provide for their needs, such as a job, insurance, and social programs that help with a variety of resources. And they seem to believe…

At the height of the Cold War, Latin America became a bastion of ideological conflict that saw the CIA back multiple military juntas overthrowing left-leaning governments throughout the region. During this period, the CIA played a significant role in Chile before and after September 11th, 1973, by destabilizing Salvador Allende’s government while propping up a military government under the rule of General Augusto Pinochet. In order to identify the reasons behind the CIA’s motivation in engineer…

a junior senator from Vermont, began his political career as an officer at the University of Chicago’s chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. In 1981 he was elected Mayor of Burlington, Vermont by a mere 10 votes. Sanders, a self-proclaimed Socialist Democrat, has views that are completely unlike those of Vladimir Putin or Raul Castro. For example, he believes in leveling the playing field when it comes to large companies paying their fair share of taxes, so that our government can pay…

governments that favored the wealthy elite of Latin America. We asked three major questions: What was the populist movement? What was the revolutionary movement? And how did they relate? The populist movement in Latin America began in the 1930s and 1940s. Although different by case, populism across Latin America had overarching similarities. Populist platforms across Latin America were built on the working class. Populist parties in Latin America supported higher worker wages, job security,…

thousands of people without warrants and federal authorities deported many arrested immigrants. Some of the prisoners were beaten and mistreated while in captivity. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer determined that the “Reds” were a threat to America. Though not well defined, the term “Reds” generally meant those on the far political left, especially anarchists and communists, as well as sympathizers with these movements. And, because of the communist Bolsheviks taking power in Russia only…

election wears on in the United States of America, members of the Democratic party have become split between the two running candidates. On one side lies pragmaticism heralded by candidate Hillary Clinton. Clinton is very much the establishment candidate in the race, favoring compromise with the opposing party to create slow, non-risky change. On the other hand, however, is Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist who believes that the democratic party needs to fight for change and…

Revolution and Its Impact in Cuba Introduction Cuban revolution is the first revolution in Latin America. The first cause of the Cuban revolution was when Cuba was led by a former military President named Filguenco Batista y Zaldivar. He could gain his power after taking power from the previous President and he began to rule in Cuba in 1934. He managed to get the influence of the United State of America. During his reign Batista acts as a dictator so that the natural wealth possessed by Cuba…

Germans without jobs. Unemployment rates were very high. More than 33% of the labor force was with a job in 1932. Banks in America began calling in the loans that had issued to Germany. With bankruptcy, suicide, and crime rates increasing, both the Nazi Party and the Communist Party positioned themselves to take over when the Weimar Republic collapsed in 1933. With the two parties battling,…

rewards according to merits (merits judged socially) or rewards judged according to need”. During the course of the nineteenth century, the socialist movement had come into existence, and growing at a rapid pace. Thus, resulting in the establishment of socialist parties throughout Europe. During the early years of the nineteenth century the socialist parties remained divided on whether or not to work with reform politicians from the left and was a question that would continue on into the…

tells the story of a group of Lithuanian immigrants who have been lured to America from their old-world villages with the promise of high wages” (1192-1193). Jurgis eventually begins to see that “The American Dream” is something mock, “…[character] having begun to see at last how those might be right to laugh at him for his faith in America”, he realizes that he and his family came all the way over to the United States of America because of “The American Dream” and yet it has failed them…