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- 891: Ernesto Che Guevara
- ... Guevara resigned his position and disappeared from public site. He had gone to help the struggle against imperialism around the world. First he went to Congo, now know as Zaire, to help with a guerrilla revolution going on in that country. After just eight months he left the Congo, unsuccessful, and returned to Cuba. A few months later he left for Bolivia to try and start a revolution in the heart of South America, hoping that the revolution would then spread across the entire continent. Che even had hopes that the United States would join the fight so that he could start his own South American Vietnam. In Bolivia, though, his forces ...
- 892: Labor And Unions In America
- The Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years ... they were reduced to the status of common laborers. In bad times they could lose their jobs. Then they might be replaced by workers who would accept lower wages. To skilled craft workers, the Industrial Revolution meant degradation rather than progress. As the factory system grew, many workers began to form labor unions to protect their interests. The first union to hold regular meetings and collect dues was organized by Philadelphia ... that restricted immigration to the United States. Unions believed that a scarcity of labor would keep wages high. But events that took place in Europe were already threatening labor's gains. In 1917, a communist revolution overthrew the government of Russia. Communists also attempted revolutions in Germany, Hungary and Finland. Immigrants entering the United States at this time were primarily from southern and eastern Europe. Many of them, in response ...
- 893: Communism And Socialism In Ani
- ... were happy and treated as equals to high ranking government officials. There has been a time in Animal Farm when all animals were treated equal, but that was only in the start of the post-revolution. In the end of the book however, there is a different story. The motif of the book is that any attempt to achieve the goals of a communist and socialist society would be a continuous ... and benefits will be given based on the needs. In Animal Farm all the animals work and all the types of animals get the type of food they need. The animals felt better after the revolution even though they were underfed because they knew they were doing this for themselves. Napoleon and his other pigs were the government and let their power get to them. They said that all the animals ... is that the production and distribution of products is maintained by the community. In Animal Farm , the animals were put in even more smaller communities by species. There was groups made during the early post-revolution like the Egg Production Committee, the Clean Tails League and the Whiter Wool Movement. Also all political actions are done by the community. There was the Meeting every Sunday where all the animals met ...
- 894: Alfred Nobel
- ... of the world. Even so, he never gave up his Swedish citizenship. By virtue of the education he received in many countries, Nobel read, spoke and wrote fluently in five European languages: Swedish, Russian, English, French and German. His numerous handwritten letters demonstrate his remarkable proficiency in all of them. He perfected his French when sent to Paris by his father in his late teens to study chemistry. His letters in French are particularly elegant. Those in English sometimes bear traces of the early nineteenth-century style generally associated with Byron and Shelley (his two favourite poets) and are remarkably free of grammatical and idiomatic errors. ...
- 895: James Watt Affected The Economic Growth Of Our Nation
- James Watt made many contributions to this country during the Industrial Revolution. He made numerous improvements on the Newcome steam engine, invented the term horse power, and designed the Sun and Planet wheel. He contributed most of his life to make others’ lives easier and for them ... attached to the shaft. The outer disk was formed with a cross shaped part to receive a similar pull on the end of a connection rod. The contributions Watt made to America during the Industrial Revolution were essential in starting it. For example, when Watt was wandering through Glasgow Green he came upon the idea of using less energy to create more power, and this marked the starting point of the revolution. His inventions created a need for steam engines because he made them faster, safer, cleaner, and more economically efficient. And in doing so made the revolution of industry grow tremendously because with a faster ...
- 896: Hard Times And The Nineteenth Century
- ... of his time." Charles Dickens was an author during this period and his novel Hard Times reflects a number of different themes. The novel focuses on educational and economic systems of Victorian England, the industrial revolution, which spawned how industrial relations were viewed during the 1850's, and utilitarianism. I have chosen the two major themes of industrial relations and educational system during this period. Although, you can not discuss labor ... called Household Words, each issue dealt with a different social problem of the period. Hard Times began as a serialization in this weekly publication. In Hard Times Dickens writes about the horrors of the industrial revolution and was sparked by what he had seen first hand in Manchester, England fifteen years prior to writing Hard Times and the present goings on of a labor strike in Preston, England while he was ... the biblical passage, "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap"(Galatians 6:7). Book the Third, "Garnering," describes in a broad way the results of what industrialization did to Victorian England. The industrialization revolution brought many problems to Victorian England in the 1850's. Industrial towns such as Manchester and Preston sprung up in northern England. Prosperity came to those who owned the factories or mills, while despair ...
- 897: Alchemy
- ... by Avicenna, Mesna and Rhasis, and in France by Alain of Lisle, Arnold de Villanova and Jean de Meung the troubadour; in England by Roger Bacon and in Spain itself by Raymond Lully. Later, in French alchemy the most illustrious names are those of Flamel (b. ca. 1330), and Bernard Trevisan (b. ca. 1460) after which the center of of interest changes to Germany and in some measure to England, in ... be no doubt. M. figuier in his "L'Alchimie et les Alchimistes", dealing with the subject of modern alchemy, as expressed by the initiates of the first half of the nineteenth century, states that many French alchemists of his time regarded the discoveries of modern science as merely so many evidences of the truth of the doctrines they embraced. Throughout Europe, he says, the positive alchemical doctrine had many adherents at ... 1819, under the name of the "Hermetic Society". In 1837, an alchemist of Thuringia presented to the Societe Industrielle of Weimar a tincture which he averred would effect metallic transmutation. About the same time several French journals announced a public course of lectures on hermetic philosophy by a professor of the University of Munich. He further states that many Honoverian and Bavarian families pursued in common the search for the ...
- 898: Animal Farm
- ... a utopia it will eventually fail because there are leaders who, if given the opportunity, will likely abuse their power. Animal Farm has usually been interpreted, as a satire on the betrayal of the Russian revolution and the rise of Stalin (Greenblatt). They have seen that Old Major, the older pig and mentor, clearly portrays Marx and Lenin. Napoleon, the dominant ruler after Old Majors death, is Stalin. Snowball, the opposing ... a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky started which can parallel to the struggle between Snowball and Napoleon. Snowball introduced the idea of the windmill to supply electricity, which can be compared to the industrial revolution in Russia. The growth of factory and industry in Russia was very depressing but depended on the obligatory labor of serfs, which can be compared to the never-ending labor of Boxer in Animal Farm ... with Framer Jones even though it was actually much better with him. Now even though the animals are trying to hold on to there past they are actually losing it. The animals history is their revolution and revolutionary feelings of striving for freedom and equality of all animals. However, what actually turned out was an inequality of the animals and no hope for any future with equality (Smyer). The theme ...
- 899: Mp3 Argument
- Mp3 argument The Next Revolution in Music Technology: Make or Break? Throughout life I have encountered several different mediums of music including eight-track recordings, vinyl records, cassette tapes, mini-discs, digital audio tapes (DAT), and compact discs. I have ... the aspiring musician. If any legislation passed, it should only ban the distribution of copyrighted material. The emergence of MP3 has tremendously excited unsigned musical artists. Many believe this is the beginning of a musical revolution where the “little guys” are going to conquer the “big guys.” ZDNet, an online magazine, recently interviewed Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3.com which is an web site devoted to the distribution of MP3 files created by independent/unsigned musicians. “People keep asking me, ‘When are you going to sign Madonna, When are you going to sign Michael Jackson?’ said Robertson. “But this is a bottoms-up revolution. When you’re leading a revolution, you don’t grab the king and say, ‘I’ve got a good idea, let’s overthrow the kingdom.’” (Orr 1999). In doing research for this essay, I ...
- 900: History Of Philippine Cinema
- ... by new and independent producers who soon made up the rest of the film industry. The decade also saw the emergence of the youth revolt best represented by the Beatles and the rock and roll revolution. They embodied the wanting to rebel against adult institutions and establishments. Certain new film genres were conceived just to cater to this “revolt”. Fan movies such as those of the “Tita and Pancho” and “Nida and Nestor” romantic pairings of the 50s were the forerunners of a new kind of revolution – the “teen love team” revolution. “Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos, along with Tirso Cruz III and Eddie Mortiz as their respective screen sweethearts, were callow performers during the heyday of fan movies. Young audiences made up of vociferous partisans ...
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