Union Nationale

often resulted from a patriarchal led society. To overcome these difficult conditions, Latin American’s in the workforce were influenced by transnational and local traditions, which resulted in organized mutual aid societies, reading clubs, labor unions, and larger labor confederations (Vergara Lecture, 2/13). Labor confederations such as the Seamstresses’ Association led by working-class seamstress…

News, reports, importance in history and America itself, it all comes down to the news and radio broadcasting. Edward Roscoe Murrow, also known as Ed Murrow, was an American broadcaster and reporter. Murrow started at Columbia Broadcasting System as a reporter. The Columbia Broadcasting System, otherwise known as CBS, is a commercial broadcast television network. Soon to be a journalist, as a reporter one of his many greatest addresses was the bombing of London during World War II. He was…

What follows Chapter 3 is an analysis of the youth acceptance of contemporary heroic literature represented by The Youth Guard. The protagonists in this novel were widely welcomed because of their devotion to the motherland and their shared background with the majority of readers. Although the state planned to use this novel to create the image of perfect Soviet heroes, the youths were more interested in the romance among the major figures. The state was also alerted to the importance of private…

place and saw the opportunity to speak the truth. Both authors used their characters to promote change and voice their concern over corruption. Based on the corruption taking place in the Soviet Union, Orwell created the pig, Napoleon, to represent Joseph Stalin, who was the dictator of the Soviet Union at the time. “Napoleon was a large, rather fierce looking Berkshire…

After reading Churchill’s speech I conclude that he thought the Soviet Union was trying to spread communism throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world which could possible lead to a third world war. From what I understood Churchill’s method to stop this threat of war from happening was to rely on the United Nations Organization, because he believed the organization be vastly improved compared to the League of Nations and more efficient. To begin the definition of self-determination is…

While George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and Peter Weir’s The Truman Show may be very different texts, they both look into three particular themes: The good life, a good society, and the justification of power and control. While they may not agree on all of the themes, they both look into them quite deeply, and have some interesting thoughts and views on the three topics. What is the good life for an Individual: In the Truman Show, the concept of the good life is one where the individual is free.…

“War. Terrible War.” In the movie, the Hunger Games, the man, President Snow makes a speech in which that statement is made. War is basically systematized & pre-planned conflicts organized by head of states, a war either happens between two or more countries, with in a country, or against a specific group, such as wars against terrorism. There are ten main reasons for war, both within countries boarders, a civil war, as well as conflicts between two or more countries; unavailability of rights,…

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s actions in regards to the foreign policy had effective outcomes as well as ineffective outcomes. In his opinion his decisions were based on the protection of America, essentially ignoring other countries in need at the time. Roosevelt passed many neutrality Acts in order to avoid being dragged into another world war. He bypassed the chance to ally with countries fighting against supreme powers, such as Germany, Italy, and Japan. While Roosevelt’s New Deal was a…

"The Prince" was written in 1513 but no published until 1532, and it outlined the ideal leader. The author, Machiavelli was an educated aristocrat. Putin was a lieutenant office in the KGB before retiring and joining politics. He was previously prime minister from 1999-200 and 2009-2012. Putin was the president of Russia from 2000-2009 and again since May 7, 2012. Putin is a good example that shows Machiavelli's "The Prince" is still relevant even after five hundred years of its publication for…

In the continent of Europe, I chose the country of Germany to research. Germany’s largest city, which also happens to be the largest city is Berlin. The country is also the most populous state in Europe, with 81 million inhabitants and is the second most popular migration destination in the world. In Germany, most of the people are very engaging when it comes to the topic of sports. In Germany, group activities, team sports, and competitions take place regularly. Playing with neighbors and…