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- 1211: Gandhi
- ... to him, this was to become an exceedingly lengthy stay, and altogether Gandhi was to stay in South Africa for over twenty years. The Indians who had been living in South Africa were without political rights, and were generally known by the derogatory name of 'coolies'. Gandhi himself came to an awareness of the frightening force and fury of European racism, and how far Indians were from being considered full human ... their common bonding and humanity: as he recognized, freedom is only freedom when it is indivisible. In his book, Satyagraha in South Africa he was to detail the struggles of the Indians to claim their rights, and their resistance to oppressive legislation and executive measures, such as the imposition of a poll tax on them, or the declaration by the government that all non-Christian marriages were to be construed as ... of trusteeship was too important to be left to the precarious goodwill of the rich, and suggested that it could be enforced by organised social pressure and even by law. Gandhi advocated heavy taxes, limited rights of inheritance, state ownership of land and heavy industry, and nationalisation without compensation as a way of creating a just and equal society. Leadership to Independence In 1930 he proclaimed a new campaign of ...
- 1212: Policy Profile of Senator Richard Lugar
- ... of the chairmanship and did not voluntarily leave. (101st Congress, 486) Lugar has four principle premises for good foreign policy. They are as follows: * " To defend and advance the cause of democracy, freedom, and human rights throughout the world." * "To promote prosperity and social progress through a free, open, and expanding market-oriented global economy." * "To work diplomatically to help resolve dangerous regional conflicts." * "To work to reduce and eventually eliminate ... agreed on by the House and the Senate, and has also gotten the nod from President Clinton. The new measure calls for cuts in the amounts of subsidies, but not nearly as drastic. The new bill calls for $13.4 billion in cuts over the next seven years in the area of farm subsidies. It would also prevent the Department of Agriculture from adopting a rule requiring a ban on 'fresh ...
- 1213: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
- ... patient's new found savior McMurphy, and the evil Nurse Ratched who rules their wing of the hospital with an iron fist. McMurphy fights to change the system to try to win back the patients' rights and in the process gain more privileges for the patients and himself. McMurphy also seems to get pleasure out of fighting the system. His motives are simple, he wants to help out his fellow patients ... very inspirational speaker and during the regularly occurring meetings between the patients and the doctors he would rally the patients to fight against Nurse Ratched. Thus he was able to win back some of their rights. McMurphy also uses his cunning wit and his skills as a con man to persuade the doctors into giving the patients more rights and activities. McMurphy is able to con Dr. Spivey to get a room where he and a bunch of other patients can go to play cards without the loud music coming over the intercom. ...
- 1214: Chief Seattle
- ... hunting, digging clams, constructing bird weirs, picking berries, fishing, and building canoes. Even though the government was getting the best part of the treaty, they were not satisfied with progress. In 1871 the Indian Appropriation Bill was passed which stated "hereafter no Indian nation or tribe within the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe or power with which the U.S. may contract by treaty ... mother's house. I remember riding my bike there as a child. This paper has brought new insight about the way I think not only about people of Indian descent, but about reservations and Indian rights. I cannot begin to describe the number of encounters I have had with this subject while growing up. While living in Monroe as a boy I remember playing little league baseball against two teams from ...
- 1215: The French Revolution
- ... a hardworking life. This Estate was the minority of the people in France, having approximately 1 to 2 per cent of the population. The Second Estate in French life was the nobility. They enjoyed extensive rights and privileges. They made up less than 2 percent of the population. They, like the First Estate, paid hardly any taxes. Economically, the nobility was characterized by great land wealth. Nobles were generally the richest ... estates met together. He ordered the other two estates to join the Third Estate in the National Assembly. Although now the three estates met together, there were divisions among them. Some wanted to protect their rights, while others wanted to establish a limited, constitutional monarchy. This sparked some change in the French people. Immediately after the National Assembly secretly began working on a constitution, the peasants and workers expected relief from ... Louis to summon the National Assembly on August 4th. They people discussed possible reforms. On this day, the National Assembly ended serfdom. Towards the end of August, the National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It stated that democratic principles would be the basis for French government. The job of turning these ideas into a constitution still remained. While the constitution was in the process of being ...
- 1216: Homeless What Has Been Done To
- ... I look at what the government has done with regard to the homeless problem, I have to doubt that everything is being done to eradicate it. The United Nations implemented a universal declaration of human rights. Article 25 Section 1 of this declaration states: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and ... security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not enough. These rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the country who decides to obey these universal rights. How much is "adequate"? The government, both at the federal and municipal levels, is currently working on new spending cuts. These cuts also include spending on welfare, unemployment and social services that are geared ...
- 1217: Britain And America Revolution
- ... a result of this, additional troops were sent to the colonies to enforce British laws. Later, when the Quartering Act was passed, Americans complained against not only the taxation, but also an infringement on their rights of property. Before the conflict between Britain and France over the Ohio Valley and Canada, America was given practically free reign over its political liberties too. It set up colonial legislatures and citizenship by the ... their British mother . If the damage was repaired earlier than war may have been avoided but the course was set, it could not be turned. Parliamentary Acts, such as the Quartering Act, infringed on the rights of the Americans. Their traditional, English rights had been ignored. Americans and their supporters were enraged and showed their anger through violence. The parliament, in turn, taxed the colonies heavily for money the Americans did not have. This infuriated the Americans ...
- 1218: What is Legislation
- ... men, of a right to subject all other men to their will and their service. It is an assumption by one man, or body of men, of a right to abolish outright all the natural rights, all the natural liberty of all other men; to make all other men their slaves; to arbitrarily dictate to all other men what they may, and may not do; what they may, and may not, have; what they may, and may not, be. It is, in short, the assumption of a right to banish the principle of human rights, the principle of justice itself, from off the earth, and set up their own personal will, pleasure, and interest in its place. All this, and nothing less, is involved in the very idea that there ... be any such thing as legislation that is obligatory upon those upon whom it is imposed. From: Lysander Spooner's "Natural Law, or the Science of Justice: A Treatise on Natural Law, Natural Justice, Natural Rights, Natural Liberty, and Natural Society; Showing that All Legislation Whatsoever is an Absurdity, a Usurpation, and a Crime. Part First."
- 1219: Anti-Social Personality Disorder
- ... lack of remorse · lack of empathy · be impulsive · be irresponsible · be easily angered or frustrated · have serious problems as a child or teenager · shows callous unconcern from other's feelings · disregard social norms or the rights of other people · be unable to maintain enduring relationships · be incapable of experiencing guilt · blame others or rationalize antisocial behavior · be constantly irritable The antisocial tends to have short lasting relationships if they are capable ... very difficult and has to meet several criteria in order to get that diagnoses. Diagnoses as explained in Caring for the Mind is based on " a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since the age of fifteen, as indicated by at least three of the following, 1. failure to conform to the social norms for lawful behavior, as indicated by repeatedly performing illegal acts ... a disorder called Borderline that is often misdiagnosed as Anti-Social Personality Disorder which is quite similar to it. Borderline Disorder is a little bit more aggressive than Antisocial. Characteristics of Borderline Disorder · Violating the rights of others and age appropriate societal norms or rules with at least three of the following in the past 6 months and one in the last 12 Aggression to People and Animals 1. often ...
- 1220: Women’s Role in Today’s Society
- ... are capable of doing. This led them to believe that they can be just like men. Flore Tristam, French feminist, once proposed her idea of the future of women. She said: “The declaration of the rights of women will soon pass into custom, from custom into law, and before twenty-five years pass you will then see inscribed in front of the book of laws: The Absolute Equality of man and woman” ( Boxer 38). These ideas together with many others, motivated women to fight for their rights in the society in order to achieve equality. The woman in the story, is a perfect example of the feminist movement that started in the early nineteenth-century in Europe and North America. The movement ... to live my life without it, just as I have learned to accommodate other subtractions” it’s really saying something important about the development of the feminist movement. For so long women lived without certain rights and options and the heroine has learned to live without a man, without the support and comfort of parents, without a family of her own, without the invitation to the accountants party which would ...
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