Union organizer

boycotts, and diplomacies in order to bring attention to the bigotry that Chicano workers often witness. Eventually, the organization’s efforts “…persuaded the largest grower of table grapes, John Guimara Sr., to only hire workers represented by the union,” earning many Mexicans stable jobs (“Chicano Movement”). Oftentimes, the strikes conducted by the group concluded in terrible manners. For example, in 1973, a series of walkouts began to occur in separate areas of California, and,…

gain much momentum in equality. The resurgence of the KKK resulted in the continual racism of white Americans at the time. Pro KKK propaganda such as the film “Birth of a Nation” was popular among many and helped broaden the Klan as a patriotic organizer as seen in the large parade depicted in Doc A. The Klan gained most of its support amongst white Protestants in small cities and by 1925 had up to five million members across the country. Because of this, the KKK was a tremendous political…

The Day the Cowboys Quit is mainly about the rise and need for a strike that was led by the cowboys in the Texas Panhandle. The book revolves a lot around what is now considered the labor movement and the idea that profits are not the only important thing. The book brings up the cowboys’ demand for livable wages and their demand for respect. Cattle ranching was an enormous success during the time The Day the Cowboys Quit took place. The ranches were family owned so many family values were in…

Stalin left a lasting mark on Russia’s history. He was one of the most terrifying leaders in the world’s history, killing millions of people during his rule. His reign lasted from 1929 to 1953. His time as Russia’s leader is sometimes referred to as the “Reign of Terror”, which tells you exactly what kind of leader Stalin was. He was a paranoid, violent man which led to large scale purges to cleanse the Communist Party. He engineered a fake famine in Ukraine and created labor camps. Stalin…

This is most prevalent, again, in Russia or Soviet Union. In 1905 Russo – Japanese war takes place. Russia suffers a devastating loss against a much smaller Japan. From 1914-1917 Russia loses another very important war, World War I. In 1917 Russia is very weak because they are agrarian and feudal, meaning…

This paper addresses a trial which took place in March of 1938 in the Soviet Union. The defendants are Grigorii Petrovich Neposedov and Fyodor Mochulsky, who were accused of being enemies of the people. The trial occurs as part of the Great Purge. Neposedov was the director of a factory that processed lumber. According to the prosecution, he deliberately broke all sort of laws, stole from the state, embezzled funds, and made shady deals in order to meet his production quota. In 1937 he was…

It’s been years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the world has been the target for global organized crimes and criminal activities from Russia and other Soviet countries such as Ukraine. Solntsevskaya Brava the organized criminal group that is based in Solntsevo, located in southwest of Moscow in Russia. This group was founded by Sergei Mikhailov “Mikhas”. Mikhas was born 1958 in Russia. He liked to call himself “businessman instead of thief Mikhas”. Following his time in prison for…

Skilled workers were more important to industry and some could secure safe assignments at home. Unskilled young males and junior officers paid with their lives the most. The generation conflict was also widened by the war as Veterens' disillusionment fed off of anger towards the older generation for sending them to the trenches.<br><br>Governments took on many new powers in order to fight the total war. War governments fought opposition by increasing police power. Authoritatian…

animals into what he called Animal Committees. He was indefatigable at this” (Orwell 39). For example, Snowball was quick to discern the needs of the farm and organize a committee to take care of it. Also, Trotsky was recognized as an efficient organizer of the Red Army during the victory campaign of the civil war of 1918-1920 (Martin par. 4). This added to his reputation of being able to innovate and…

For average Americans during the early postwar era, the shadow of the Soviet Union and communism loomed as a threat to their way of life, causing paranoia over the threat of communist infiltration, which gave rise to the “Red Scare”. This mass hysteria led Americans to become fearful of communist agents attempting to infiltrate their society, and to undermine it from within. Studies of this era of US culture tend to focus on McCarthyism, the term used to describe the mass communist “witch hunt”…