Bolshevik American Revolution

The division of society into bourgeoisie and proletariat in Russian revolution brings conflicts and disputes among the classes .The bourgeoisie annihilated fundamental rights of the

History has a tendency to repeat itself.  One of humanity’s most popular ways of getting its point across is through violence.  When words are no longer enough to argue a point, human casualties not only directly solve the problem, but symbolically send a message to all those affected as well.  Just as the American colonies fought against the British for Freedom when their voice was no longer heard, and just as the Islamic extremists used terrorism to send an evil message to America, both V and Chancellor Sutler used violence to gain a voice in a world of chaos.

From the initial seizure of power in 1917 until 1924, the Bolsheviks were confronted with a series of crises that threatened their ability to control and govern in Russia. The response and resolutions to these crises included Initial Reforms, Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Civil War, Red terror, War Communism and the NEP. Under the leadership of Lenin, the execution of these responses were made possible and the Bolsheviks were able to maintain and expand their power. The Civil War however was the direct consequence of the Bolshevik’s actions as they tried to maintain their grasp on power. The victory in the Civil War was extremely pivotal for the Bolshevik consolidation of power as it brought control and power but more importantly it eliminated

Violence is an unavoidable terror that has played one of the, if not the most, important roles in all of history. Without violence, lands wouldn’t be conquered, empires wouldn’t fall, and people wouldn’t have any limits or restrictions. The French Revolution is one example of a violent uprising because the people of France revolted against the rule of King Louis XVI by raiding, storming, and slaughtering for their natural equal rights. The revolution marked the end of a government ruled by monarchy and the start of the Republic of France. One important reason of why the revolution was successful in bringing political change was because it was violent.

In order to discuss the modes of violence inherent in any symbolic order, a discussion of violence must precede its effects. It is easy to observe what I will call ‘subjective’ violence; however, doing so taints an ‘objective’ assessment. By subjective violence, I mean acts that we can describe as breaking the status quo or utterly unacceptable; spewing a spit ball, punching a friend, engaging in armed conflict, and so on. Objective violence is the status quo, or systemic acts maintaining the existing order; profit schemes enabling the last recession, government institutions that motivate resistance, etc. For the sake of brevity, I only wish to note that I am conceptualizing the notion of violence in an operative sense, as, I believe, it is the only way to provide an effective critique of

These people wanted a complete and radical change and wanted to get rid of the Tsar. = == == ==

In 1936, General Francisco Franco, staged a coup d'état on the Republican rule. The Basque nationalists sided with the republicans against Franco’s forces. As a punishment, Franco had Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy bomb the Basque city of Guernica. It is predicted that hundreds died from this bombing.

It should not be unforeseen that the Bolsheviks worked hard to safeguard that any person potentially antagonistic to them did not retain arms. The first Soviet gun controls were enacted during the Russian Civil War, as Czarists, Western troops, and national independence movements fought the central Red regime. Firearm registration was instituted on April 1, 1918. In October 1918, the Council of People's Commissars (the government) ordered the renunciation of all firearms, ammunition, and sabers. As has been the case in nearly every nation where firearms registration has been introduced, registration proved a preamble to confiscation. Excused from the confiscation order, however, were affiliates of the Communist Party. A 1920 decree imposed a obligatory minimum penalty of six months in prison for non-Communist possession of a firearm, even where there was no felonious intent. After the Red triumph in the Civil War, the firearm laws were consolidated in a Criminal Code, which if broken, unauthorized possession of a firearm would be punishable by rigid labor. A 1925 law made unauthorized possession of a firearm punishable by three months of hard labor, plus a fine of 300 rubles (equal to about four months' wages for a highly-paid construction worker). Stalin apparently found little need to alternate the weapons control structure he had inherited. This chapter of Lethal Laws summarizes the genocide perpetrated by Stalin from 1929 to 1953, starting with his efforts to collectivize farming by destroying the class of property-owning farmers. Altogether, about twenty million people were murdered, worked to death in slave labor camps, or deliberately starved to death by Stalin's government. Stalin's successful campaign of genocide against the Kulaks and against dissident Communists served as a model for

At first, the heavy repression undertaken by the Franco government boosted ETA’s support not only in the Basque country but also internationally. The main strategies of ETA were

A group known as the Basques are a small, homogeneous people located in the Andorran mountains in northern Spain and southern France. This group is the only group in the world that speaks the language of Euskera. They have been isolated in the Andorran region for thousands of years and haven’t diffused to any other part of the world. However, scientists have found evidence that shows a link between Euskera and an extinct language in the Middle East. The separation of the Basque group started during the reign of the fascist dictator Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War because of his harsh policies against them. After Franco’s death in 1975, the Basques demanded self-government within Spain. The Basque group used violent techniques such

The ETA developed from the idea that the Basque culture was not being appreciated by the Spanish and their anger towards the Spanish government that was taking advantage of them. In the 1940s, Spain was a country that was struggling, both economically and to get back on its feet after the Spanish Civil War that had taken millions of lives. In an effort to help the country, they attempted to put the burden of growth upon areas of the country that were already developed, the Basques being one of them. They then invest that money into other areas of the country to speed up growth, which allowed for Spain to have the fastest growing economy in Europe by 1960. It also caused it to have problems that would ultimately lead for the creation of the ETA.

From 1956 to 1975 there was a state of emergency five years in the Basque Country in which thousands of people were indiscriminately detained and interrogated, torture was no exception. The defendants, real or supposed, were condemned to death or to life imprisonment. Because of such excessive retaliation Franco's repression strategy action- action it was ETA success. For the Basque population oppression meant a shame collective undeserved and as a result the people still bent more to protect the ETA against the authorities. (Visser 1982:

For more than 25 years in the late 20th century and into the 21st, the island nation of Sri Lanka tore itself apart in a brutal civil war.  At the most basic level, the conflict arose from ethnic tension between Sinhalese and Tamil citizens.  Of course, in reality the causes are more complex, and arise in large part from Sri Lanka 's colonial legacy.

The purpose of my major work is to dissect and examine the causes of the Sri Lankan civil war and its consequent ramifications on the mindscape and morale of the nation. It holds personal significance to me as my family members had lived through the harrowing conditions of the conflict. The intended target audience includes those who take an interest in understanding the nature of human experience - the duality of its universality and idiosyncrasy, and how the human condition is stressed and subverted in the context of war. The audience could also extend to the intellectual and educated groups who have a passion for history and politics, and those who are open to diverse perspectives of war.

Historians, political science scholars Richardson, Stokke and others have located different reasons for the civil strife in Sri Lanka to understand why and how simmering ethnic differences escalated into a full scale insurgency