The Matrix Revolutions

What Do We Want? America’s Cultural Revolution! When Do We Want It? The 1960s! The United States of America (and in fact, the whole world) has a long history of protest. From Nat Turner’s slave rebellion, to the trans-Atlantic Shakespearean rivalry that sparked the Astor Place Riot, to every workers’ strike from 1877 onwards; history can at times simply look like a long line of people taking action to right what they see as wrong. And yet there is one prevailing period of which the definitive…

*Rachel Maddow 's “Drift” is about America and how we have dealt with ars and the price tag they hold. “Drift” also gives insight into what these wars have done to the countries stricken with death and violence. Maddow 's has many sound arguments in her book, and has provided facts to back up her opinions. The most important argument I believe she brought up was, how the life of soldiers and civilians in war-torn countries has been effected and how that has changed over the century. *In…

The time of King James II of England was short. It began in February 1685 and ended in December 1688 with its forced "abdication", which we know as the glorious revolution. When he took office, James promised "to preserve this government in both the Church and the State, as now stated in the law." He was, however, a zealous Catholic, who wished to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church in England, and in his office he undertook every possible effort to promote the cause of Rome. James was the first…

were reading the book, they were shortly pushed to the side of the revolution. Even though Thomas Paine wrote the book in America, for Americans, it played a huge role in the French Revolution as well The French found common factors from the story with the events they were currently facing as a country. It doesn’t take a whole lot of thought to come to terms with the fact that Thomas Paine played a huge role in the American Revolution. It is also extremely easy to realize that without Paine’s…

Luddism began in early 19th century Britain, at the beginning of the progression into the industrial revolution. During this time, machine production and integration was expanding exponentially to meet the growing demands of capitalism and trade, mainly facilitated by the expansive supply of iron and coal. However, the increased use in machinery brought the replacement of many skilled artisans and textile workers. Concurrently to this increase in structural unemployment, depressed trade due to…

The Mexican Revolution was a time period that lasted from 1910 to 1920 and called for social, political, and economic change. This powerful rebellion is considered as the first major revolution of the 20th century that began the expression of nationalism. One of the revolutionary leaders during this era of revolt was Francisco “Pancho” Villa. Social justice can be defined as the fight against unfair and uneven opportunities in order to achieve equality among the lower masses and the wealthy…

Revolutions will not exist without consequences. There are always reasons for revolutions and the American Revolution was no different. These people sought out changes that would benefit the lives of themselves and their children. The benefits of these changes came with a cost that greatly impacted lives. Some of these consequences were towards the social and political aspects of life. The American Revolution sought out changes that may have bettered the lives of many people and brought on…

Who was the man named Deng Xiaoping, standing at a mere 4 feet 11 inches, gifted bridge player, spittoon spitting, chain smoking, visionary who disliked idol chit chat and was a get right to the point leader. Deng Xiansheng was born August 22, 1904 to a well-to-do landowner and one of six siblings. He was an incredibly intelligent man even though he went to college for only one year. Deng joined the Communist Party while in High School where he adopted the last name of Xiaoping meaning…

Industrialization, is a starting point for many of the technologies and factories around us today, the beneficial people absorbed from this revolution is indescribable, for example, because of the industrialization workers are more efficient producing goods and products, also industrialization helped many people walked out of the countryside, broaden their own view… For many countries, industrialization is a volunteer movement within the country, but as an exception, China’s industrialization is…

The Islamic Revolution began in the year of 1979. The Revolution caused many of bad changes in Iran such as, no freedom, closing of bilingual schools, segregation by gender in schools, and women were expected to wear a veil. Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. The novel gives readers an inside on her life as a child during the Islamic Revolution. In Persepolis, Marji is a ten year old and girl that is realizing how difficult life is when your country is going through a…