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- 1261: International Relations Of Asia
- ... a status-quo power, the United States has become something of a revolutionary state, seeking to transform the others and mould them in its own image ( exemplified by the stress on democracy, economic liberalization, human rights ). We also witness the reversal of Japan's and Russia's post war roles, with Russia now being the one buffeted in the goings-on between China and Japan. Furthermore, the continental landmass of Asia ... cornerstone of its foreign policy; Japan's policy of ‘expanding equilibrium.' Today's US-Japan-China triangle also reveals Japan's increasingly independent stance from the US, the US's stress on democracy and human rights, the reversal of the roles of China and the US, greater China-Japan bilateralism. The game of power - the attempts at gaining military , and more importantly economic leverage for oneself and controlling that of the ... to the US. At the same time "China looms all the more important for Japan as US interest, presence and influence in Asia seem to diminish." This means America's differences with China over human rights issues could also drive a wedge between US-Japan relations, since Japan would not join the US in imposing trade sanctions on China, owing to its own bilateral stakes. However, "in the long run ...
- 1262: To Kill A Mockingbird: Injustice
- ... also a form of religious injustice. The white people don't respect the blacks rite to worship in a church that they "purchased" just because of there color of skin. The first addmendment to the Bill Of Rights declares that all men shall have freedom of religion, yet the white's spend endless hours gambling and sinning on "holy land." Once again, the blacks do not strike out or rebel, but let the ...
- 1263: Following A Dream Toward Freedom
- ... still is the dream of every American. Freedom is defined as the liberty of choice or action, self-determination of rational beings, the right to enjoy privileges of membership or citizenship, and independence. The natural rights of all men have been stated as "life, liberty, and the puruit of happiness." In order for freedom to exist, people must take on the responsibility to pursue and maintain their dream. The dream of ... towns present to this day. The officers and soldiers of our great country followed their dream toward freedom by fighting and sacrificing their lives for the freedoms which are enjoyed and greatly appreciated today. Civil rights and women's rights leaders followed their dream toward freedom by achieving equality among all american citizens. As President Frankin D. Roosevelt stated in 1941, these four freedoms are still essential today. Not just in our country, "but ...
- 1264: Miller
- ... going especially within the past ten to fifteen years our republic is not being kept very well. The founding fathers of our country developed the Declaration of Independence, which paved the way for the future rights of the people who live within the United States of America. Rights, which protected the people from a tyranny, like what they had in Britain at the time. Even though America has the title of a democracy the restraints that it puts amongst the people treats it ... a tyranny, and essentially we are not keeping our republic. More and more crime has developed over the years as the United States has become more and more paranoid and punitive toward crime and basic rights of the people. The Miller Essay has summed up our loss of a republic and transformation into a semi-tyranny perfectly. Pre-paid gas stations and hassles at department stores are good examples of ...
- 1265: An Anaysis Of Sexism Against The Female In Athletics
- ... to report data on men and women’s athletics. The Federal law took effect April 1, 1997. To ensure that A college is in compliance with Title IX, The Department of Education office for Civil Rights, uses a three-pronged test to decide. A school is in compliance if it passes a single prong. One prong asks its school to show a history of continuing expansion of women’s athletics programs ... The Athletic Footwear Association sponsors the video. (Walter, p. A-8) In my opinion there has been an ongoing effort to advance women in sports. Much of this has to do with so-called Civil Rights, or giving U.S. citizens equal opportunities. Civil Rights, Affirmative Action etc., has been the tradition over the past 20 or 30 years, and fortunately for women in sports, it has served as a factor in advancing women in sports. Recently, Timer Incorporated ...
- 1266: 1984 7
- ... with no fear of being vapourized or the fear of the consequences the community of Oceania has to face. Today, people will protest against the government for what they believe in. For example, teachers protested Bill 160 in the streets against the government. There would never be public protests against the government in Oceania. History is important for one to know of what has happened in the past and learn from ... anything the government says. For example, one day they can be at war with Eurasia, and the next minute they are at war with Eastasia. The people of Oceania, are not living with any human rights. Without freedom, they are no better then a caged animal. There are just puppets that the government controls. Everyone should be entitled to freedom in order to live a happy and full life.
- 1267: The Sixties - Years of Hope, Days of Rage
- ... by the whites. The white people threw stones, bottles, stench bombs, and fire bombs throughout the crowd and inside the church windows” (Gitlin,138). Although the freedom riders left the Kennedy administration fearful that civil rights hotheads would set the south to boiling again. More confrontation would mean more bloodshed, more racial polarization, further jeopardizing Kennedy’s standing in the south. As soon as the Freedom Ride process would quell, therefore, Robert Kennedy went to work persuading the major civil rights groups to shift from the direct action to voter registration. It was a tempting proposition, this alliance of convenience—the Kennedy Democrats stood to gain, but so did civil rights; on his own, Martin Luther King had already been thinking along the same lines. The administration officials proceeded to line up funds from their friends in the liberal foundations. “The utopia that swooped into ...
- 1268: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... Gandhi was many things. He was a son, a husband, a lawyer, but he was admired worldwide as a great social reformer, political leader, and thinker. Through a unique method of nonviolence, he won civic rights and eventually independence for India s people. Mahatma was born Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1869 in Porbandar, India. He lived there until 1888, when he left to study law at University College in London. In ... legal advisor in its office in Durban. This changed his life. In South Africa, Gandhi was treated as a member of an inferior race. He was disgusted at the lack of civic liberties and political rights available to Indian immigrants to South Africa. He then committed himself to the struggle for elementary rights for Indians. Gandhi remained in South Africa for twenty years, suffering imprisonment at times. In 1896, after being attacked and beaten by a mob of white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a policy ...
- 1269: Events Leading To The French R
- ... usually lived ahardworking 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 enjoyedextensive rights and privileges. They made up less than 2 percent of thepopulation. They, like the First Estate, paid hardly any taxes.Economically, the nobility was characterized by great land wealth. Nobleswere generally the richest members of ... the three estates met together. He ordered the other twoestates to join the Third Estate in the National Assembly. Although now the three estates met together, there were divisionsamong them. Some wanted to protect their rights, while others wanted toestablish a limited, constitutional monarchy. This sparked some change inthe French people. Immediately after the National Assembly secretly began working on aconstitution, the peasants and workers expected relief from taxes and otherdues ... These events forced Louis to summon the National Assembly on August4th. They people discussed possible reforms. On this day, the NationalAssembly ended serfdom. Towards the end of August, the National Assemblyadopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. It stated that democratic principles would be the basis for French government. The job of turningthese ideas into a constitution still remained. While the constitution was in the process of being made, ...
- 1270: Pro Choice: Letter to the Editor
- ... that we make, it is no longer a government. It becomes something that goes against every single principle and idea that this country was founded upon. It becomes a vacuum of freedom, slowly sucking our rights away until we are nothing but a mindless mass, devoid of ideas and a soul. These lives that we live are not yours, nor are they the governments. We have the choice to live and ... this right, you take our lives.. And with it, our freedom. Explanation This letter to the editor is liberal in style. The idea of giving a woman a choice to an abortion is protecting the rights of an individual is liberal. Also, if we use the idea of pregnant women being a minority, this letter also protects the rights of the minority, which is a liberal idea as well.
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