This was the background for the more immediate problems that Italy faced after the war. ... After the war, these groups formed the base of Mussolini's fascist movement. ... On October 28, an army of about 50,000 fascist militia, in black-shirted uniforms, marched into Rome and occupied the capital. ... Without firing a shot the Black Shirts had gained control of the Italian government. ... He began to reorganize the economy and labor, taking away the power of the country's labor movement. ...

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(Grapes 9) In layman's terms, it tries to give everyone a fair chance, regardless of his or her background and status. Even as many individuals maintain that affirmative action is traceable back to the Civil War, the civil rights movement pushed affirmative action into the American media and governmental issues beginning in the 1950's. ... This practice of "turning the other cheek" was put to the test during the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 60's. ... Since many of the minorities and women come from either poor backgrounds or centuries of bias, the search for ...

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They buying and selling of humans were seen as mere transactions in the eyes of those with power. ... The Africans were never slaves but despite that the people of our country still treated them as if they were, simply because they were black. ... Black women were viewed as sex symbols; they were believed to promote promiscuity and were forced to sexually please their owners. ... Black males are pulled over often, along with Mexicans and minorities alike, by law enforcement for simply being a person of color. ... When we start to believe in a hierarchy of races and decide to set ourselves at ...

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Cain's decedents became known as the People of Canaan; blackness came upon all their children and they were despised among all people3. ... This thesis explains that the Church felt the need to project anti-black views to placate slaveholders. ... Church leaders for the first time began to speak out publicly about their practice of black priesthood denial. Elders further affirmed the subordinate position of Blacks by barring them from any Temple visitation rights. ... As a new generation of Mormons took the helm of the Church black priesthood denial perpetuated. ...

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The early punk movement in the US was centered in New York City where in the mid-to-late 1970's people were dealing with intense frustration with the lies of the government, the cold war, and economic depression. ... The New York City art scene magnanimously supported and embraced the punk rock movement because of the new and original aspects of creativity. ... "We remember, in particular, one middle-aged lady from Westchester who almost blew her cookies when she was confronted by one of the clothes pin fetishists: a muscular, shirtless young man wearing smoked goggles, a leather aviator&...

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(Microsoft Encarta 2002) The creation of the Board of Education attempts to improve the standard of living for people of poorer backgrounds; educating them is their step into a brighter future. ... (Letts, 2001) In contrast to the functionalist theory, Marxism took a new perspective on the school environment; who argued that education is a function in which to maintain class inequalities in wealth and power. ... Hence "the instrument of communication" (Bourdieu and Passeron, 1997: 73) is considered greater among those from middle class origins, than those of poorer linguistic backgrounds; whic...

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I will then discuss how they were received both publicly and critically, and what effect this had on the movement itself. ... This led to the emergence of several rival gangs who would battle each other and the authorities, for a share of the black market bootleg industry. ... Many were first or second generation immigrants from working class backgrounds who were seen by the public to be fighting against the unfair restraints placed upon the people by the establishment. ... It has also been argued that this restricted, repetitive method of film-making, may have given the movement a unique, s...

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Betye Saar Betye Irene Saar was born in 1926 in Los Angeles, she is an American artist known for her part in the black arts movement in the 1970s, in her work she challenged negative myths and stereotypes existing of African Americans (Hillstrom, 1999: 581). ... It depicts a doll made to look like a "typical" or stereotypical American black woman, but strangely carrying a broom in one hand and a shotgun in the other. ... Betye Saar inspects her roots by looking at popular representations of the black female in America and incorporates her own ideas by turning the woman (Aunt Jamaim...

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This paper will be formatted in a way that starts with a brief background of the situation and details of what is currently happening, to explaining why this crisis escalated by examining the Western foreign policy from a neoliberalism point of view, and examining Russia's foreign policy through a realist point of view. ... The crisis in Ukraine can be traced back decades in history with the relationship of Russia and Ukraine, however this background will mainly focus on the months prior to rise of the revolution. ... President Vladimir Putin defended this movement of troops as a way to p...

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His works are characterised by intense emotional power and horrifying figures such as mutilated bodies and war scenes. ... Painting 1977 shows a pale man with red eyes walking down a path in a harsh environment, the mountains and buildings in the background smothered in scorching red and orange flames. ... A sense of movement is present within Painting 1977, with the use of swirled lines giving the effect of smoke and darkness drifting aimlessly throughout the disrupted city. ... The disfiguration of her face by the pigskin symbolises notions of violence and repression, with the colour of the ...

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The current issue we can compare mob violence to is the recent events in Ferguson Missouri over the Michael Brown killing, and In New York over the Eric Garner incident or better known as the I can't breathe movement. ... It is power that is not clearly stated in the United States Constitution but is used by most presidents. ... Tennessee Representative Diane Black believes that "the Obama presidency has been a disaster and that it can't end soon enough. But in the meantime, I will work with my colleagues in congress to fight the presidents unconstitutional power grab" (Wa...

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Art leapt from viewable understanding straight into the Modern movement where theory became art, and to understand it, one must know the theory it is based upon. ... They do this around the 1920's and 1930's more and more simply because the art work of the Modern movement is becoming so odd. ... The artwork of the Abstract Expressionist is the best example of art gone mad by theory-not because it is the worse of the Modern movement, but rather because it is the best of the maddened arts. ...

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It was a time where one discovered complicated links between material conditions, ideology and power. ... The Hudson River artists were men, who believed in the glory of nature, which they thought was an evidence of God's power. Westward movement, which often involved the violent displacement of native people, was stimulated by the concept of Manifest Destiny, the divine right of white Americans to settle the whole North American continent. ... Their paintings were made to illustrate their admiration for this power, but also to celebrate the importance of the rising nation. ... In the b...

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Perhaps the most difficult aspect, however, of the Court's creation would be the reality that this Constitution in no way implied what the true "power" of the Court was outside of being capable of reversing or affirming state court decisions denying rights granted by treaties, laws, or the Constitution itself. ... Georgia were upheld, the members of the Court still realized that the Constitution itself did not explicitly give to them the power that they desired. ... Here, he declared what no one would dispute: "Georgia cannot be viewed as a single, unconnected sovereign power, on whos...

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There has been a decline for all races in juvenile arrest since it peaked in the mid 90's, however blacks remain the dominant group of more juvenile arrest compare to whites. ... Token Economy is classified as Secondary Reinforcements where a stimulus gains its reinforcement power through with a Primary Reinforcement. ...

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Most small states attempt to devise strategic doctrines based on a mix of external and internal balancing in order to maximize military power and the freedom to use it. ... They similarly understood that military power was critical to the country's ability to survive, and as a result, Israel invested heavily in developing a strong military machine. ... Though cognizant of the limitations inherent in a small state predicament, Israel hoped to achieve a capacity to respond unilaterally to any emerging security challenges and to establish a deterrent power. ... Historical Background: The...

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