Socialist Party of America

To be introduced; the viewpoints of the life events of Mary Harris (Mother) Jones perceived by Simon Cordery in the biography “Mother Jones; Raising Cain and Consciousness,” and by Dale Fetherling in his biography “Mother Jones; The Miners’ Angel.” Each biography makes the argument that Mother Jones was a passionate woman. Cordery introduces her timeline by starting with her death. It is clear he felt the need to establish her legacy and level of importance to history before going into depth…

lower class which he believed was due to the oppression of big businesses on their employees. Upton Sinclair was a voice for the working poor in the newly forming industrial America. “The contempt he had developed for the upper class as a youth had led Sinclair to socialism in 1903, and in 1904 he was sent to Chicago by the socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason to write an exposé on the mistreatment of workers in the meatpacking industry.”(A&E) In his renowned novel, The Jungle, Sinclair depicted…

When some imagine a world dominated by The National Socialist party of Germany, they imagine a horrible dystopian future split into three tripartite factions by the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis. In this imaginary world, all resistance to the Nazi regime has been quelled and replaced with Hitler 's Dystopia, where all non-aryans have been eradicated or enslaved and The Third Reich now reigns supreme. The reality of an Axis victory is far more complex. While this alternate fascist dominated world would…

Ohio, James. M Cox, with 404 to 127 electoral votes. The other losing tickets included Eugene Debs and running mate Seymour Stedman of the Socialist Party, although they won no electoral votes, they secured 3.41% of the popular vote. Parley Christiansen and Maximilian Hayes of the Farmer-Labor party had received 0.99% of the popular vote. The Prohibition Party, represented by Aaron Watkins and his Vice President choice, David Colvin had won 0.71% of the popular vote. In total 49.20% of the…

On August 29, 1949, at 0100 Greenwich Mean Time, the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb, named First Lightening. Five days later, a U.S. weather reconnaissance plane, equipped with special filters that could pick up radiological particles in the air, made a routine flight from an airbase in Japan to an air base in Alaska. Upon landing, technicians detected radioactive traces in the filters. After more flights, analysis, and consultations, the U.S. determined that the USSR had indeed…

some truth to that – at least in America –. The very fact that it 's this widely understood notion that teens do not even question it says something about its depth in American history. So, it’s time to understand Communism and its impact on American society and politics. However, since Communism has a fairly long history, we are going to mainly focus on the 1920s Red Scare. The 1920s Red Scare was – in the most basic terms – the fear of Communism in 1920s America. What caused this fear? The…

Vietnam is located in the Southeastern Asia and borders the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia. It is a one-party Communist state. Vietnam has a rich and interesting story as any other country. The name Vietnam originated in 1803 and was two separate words at first. According to everyculture.com, “When envoys from the newly founded Nguyen dynasty traveled to Beijing, the new emperor had chosen that name for his kingdom.” The Chinese chose…

The Tea Party’s main goal is to advocate awareness to any issue, which may challenge the security and jurisdiction of the United States of America. TEA is a backronym that stands for ‘Taxed Enough Already’. This movement is known for its modest positions and overall role in the Republican Party. One of their main goals is to bring awareness to the public in terms of not spending more money than what it takes in and live under the constitution. This particular movement advocates for reduced U.S.…

Adolf Hitler’s mass execution and persecution of the Jewish race and the enslavement of blacks in America both operate on the same principle: dehumanization of others based on their culture and race. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am In, a small town in modern day Austria. He was born to Alois Hitler and Karla Polzl. His father was emotionally abusive and rejected Adolf’s interest in a career in art, which lead to him becoming detached and reclusive, with a resentful attitude…

nism (Pieper) and neoliberal capitalism (Thornton). In an effort to curb the spread the spread of communism in Latin America, the US supported brutal dictatorships that opposed socialist and communist values. The US was afraid of a Latin American communist state emerging so close to US borders (McConnell). Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba is the quintessential example of US’s fears on Latin American communism. After Fulgencio Batista’s pro-American dictatorship was disposed by Castro, Cuba was…