Fascism In The Spanish Republic

Congress did not deem it necessary to arrange for a pension for former Presidents. Kennedy also had money. Johnson, too, had money, so they never thought it was necessary. Even though he was the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman left office in 1953 and did not have a pension. I’m not even sure that he was entitled to social security as a federal employee. There was a pension bill, but, for some reason it stagnated. Truman moved to Missouri into the home of his in-laws.

While the book Unearthing Franco’s Legacy had a diverse field of intellectuals, Embodying Memory in Contemporary Spain dealt with Spanish memory and the subjectivity behind it. Alison Ribeiro de Menezes, a Hispanic studies and cultural memory expert in Spain and Portugal, purpose for this book was to “…explore ways in which Spain’s memory debates crystallize important elements of this new focus on memory as quite literally embodied rather than emplaced, and on the ways in which memory is today approached through imaginative and emotional investments in the past rather than cognitive rationalizations.” In Spain, memory and emotions was the key to the understanding of the public discourse. It would be impossible to have memory and rational objective analysis without the constant memorializing of one side over the other. Furthermore, she argued that, “The field of cultural memory teaches us that the past will …always be contested—frequently in a politicized manner—from the perspective of the present.” De Menezes understood that cultural memory, analyzed in the present, can be easily politicized

The Lakeland art Museum is the focal point of my report, where I enjoyed many paintings, photographs, and sculptures of many artists both renowned and local. Examples of such would be Pablo Picasso, Francisco De Goya, Hung Liu, and many more. Although the first to catch my eye was that of Liu’s work Working Woman: Millstone 1999, an etching with soft colors, varnish, as well as paint. It depicts two work-worn older Chinese woman operating a millstone the image was then layered over with red kanji fruit and a bird. Furthermore while absorbing the impact of the piece I came to realize that one woman was much older than the other and overseeing the younger ones work, they were wearing similar clothes and seemed to be in an outdoor setting. Concluding that it maybe possible The image depicted a mother and daughter as well as their family practice of milling grain. Due to it obviously not being factory setting meaning the mill must be close to a home, similarities between the women could possibly mean relation, and practice of stone milling could have been passed down thorough their generations.

Two political cartoon images that will be analyzed include a pro imperialism depiction, “Uncle Sam’s New Class in the Art of Self-Government”, (Harper’s Weekly, 1898) and an anti-imperialism depiction, “Fun for the Boys”, (Life, 1900) that both demonstrated this debate. While many Americans denounced the act of imperialism, many others advocated it. The focal point of these images was to capture viewers’ attention in which the artist’s main objective was to get viewers to agree with their outlook of imperialism.

The Spanish Empire was one of the largest empires in world history and one of the first of global extent. The military, political and the economical power all reached its peak between the 16th and 17th century. The 16th and 17th century had a nickname, called "the Golden Age of Spain.” Its greatest territorial extent under the Bourbons was during the 17th century when it was the largest empire in the world. The empire was so big that they were the first empire to be called, “the empire on which the sun never sets.” The saying means that the sun is always touching one part of the empire so the sun could never set completely in that empire. The Spanish empire had conquered about 13% of the entire world in its peak. The Spanish empire managed

To what extent did the Spanish Civil War represent a microcosm of the polarization of European politics between the Right and the Left?

The Spanish civil war of 1936-1939 was an important conflict in Spain’s history. This war was initiated by a military revolt led by General Francisco Franco on the 17 July 1936 and ended with Franco’s victory on the 1 April, 1939. This victory resulted in the replacement of the Second Spanish Republic with the conservative dictatorship of Franco. This conflict triggered the clash of the various cultures and ideologies within Spain. One important example of an ideological clash was that of Communism versus Fascism. This clash was so important that, based on an analysis of the level of involvement of Fascist and Communist factions in said clash, one must concede that the conflict between Communism and Fascism was represented to a great

How accurate would it be to describe the Republican and Nationalist forces as being evenly balanced at the outbreak of Civil War in 1936?

The aftermath of this event caused the country of Mexico to be in a state of restoration. The public had to focus on rebuilding what was demolished. Mexico’s secretary of public education, Jose Vasconcelos, was issued a challenge by his president. “How to succeed in educating the people of a country in which the overwhelming majority were illiterate?” (Edsitement) Vasconcelos proposed the idea of having art representing the Mexican Revolution and culture surrounding the public, to the artists of Mexico. Now with the audience not being able to read or write, it is interesting to notice whether the individuals comprehend the tales that the art is conveying. Additionally, the individuals that were part of the art movement might have not shared

The twentieth century saw more proxy wars than any time in human history; great powers would flex their martial muscles in smaller theatres of conflict in order to test their own strengths and weaknesses without risking their international reputation as an aggressive nation. The Spanish Civil War served as a significant proxy for the totalitarian European powers in the interwar period; Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany would support the right-wing nationalists while the Soviet Union and various International Brigades would back the alliance of the Republican government and Anarcho-communist organizations. Spain would serve as a testing ground for the armed forces of the European totalitarian states in which major military and ideological support would be given to the Spanish belligerents. In spite of initial setbacks in the initial military coup, Francisco Franco would eventually crush the Republican-Anarchist opposition and maintain authoritarian control of Spain for decades. His success was due in large part to the interests of Hitler and Mussolini in creating a friendly state in the Iberian Peninsula. Through contributions of manpower, military advisors and materiel from the Nazis and Fascists, Nationalist Spain was able to take advantage of the less-organized and squabbling Republican government forces.

The Spanish Civil war can be seen as another example where aggressive fascism triumphs over collective security. As Spain underwent turmoil after King Alfonso abdicated, two rival groups emerged as potential ruling parties. The struggle between the Republic and and Nationalists led to a full-scale civil war. General Franco, leader of the Nationalists soon received the support of the dictators Hitler and Mussolini. As a potential third nationalists/ fascist dictator, international fascism was on the rise. Ultimately, the support of Hitker and Mussolini proved decisive and the Nationalists came out on top. The league’s call for peace were ignored and the strong-arm and aggressive tactics of Fascism were proving to be more effective than collective

Francisco Franco directs a successful military rebian to remove Spain’s democratic republic during the Spanish civil war from (1936-1939). His vicious dictatorship had controlled the country for a very long time.He was a soldier who becomes powerful in the mid-1930s. When social and economic of Spain to fell down. A civil war happened because Franco did not get any help from other democratic governments, he got some help from Soviet Russia and also from a large number of foreign volunteers. Franco’s nationalist got a lot more military assistance from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. After while Franco’s crew won the civil war and he becomes the new head of state and dictator. Hitler helped him rise to power; he probably could not have done it

The fascinating and beautiful country of Spain is one of the largest countries in Europe. The history that Spain has had has left great stories to tell and remarkable landmarks to visit. Spain is located in the south west corner of Europe, with its neighboring countries, Portugal and France. It has a population of forty million plus people, but almost one-third of the nation’s population is foreigners that reside in its territory. One of the most important facts about Spain is that its economy is one of the largest in the world. Spain is currently in a recession, with low employment rates and poverty.

This manifesto is an outline of the goals of the Partido para la Mejora y el Avance de España, or the PMAE, to help create a new, more advanced Spain. The PMAE feels that significant change is necessary to help Spain move forward following the collapse of the Franco regime. PMAE is a liberal political party, with the aim of regenerating Spain, economically, politically and socially. The PMAE is looking to create reforms in many areas of Spanish society, but is focused on four main issues - 1) the improvement of the economy, especially following the devastating oil crisis; 2) improving foreign relations, especially in regards to joining the EU and NATO; 3) immigration, emigration, and equal rights for those in Spain - both

The Iberian Peninsula on the European continent has experienced its fair share of political turmoil throughout history. This region of the planet has experienced the reign of kingdoms, conquest, civil war, and world wars. During the 15th century, various explorers, among those, Christopher Columbus, voyaged from the peninsula to discover new routes around the world. In present day, Iberia consists of two nations, Spain and Portugal, and his home to historical cities such as Madrid, Lisbon, Granada, and Barcelona. The latter is an extremely popular cite for tourists and business; however, it is also the capital of the rising state of Catalonia, a region in the northeast of Spain trying to secede from the Spanish government and become a sovereign state. Catalonia, over the course of history, has not shared an equal nor identifiable history with Spain, and has always been dominated by the European Union member. Currently, there is high tension among the governments of Catalonia and Spain, as Spain has declared the acts of secession as unconstitutional. Such acts include the referendum which was scheduled for 1 October 2017, which was met with violence by Spanish police and officials in Catalonia. Just recently, the Catalonian government has declared independence, prompting the Spanish government to implement an aspect of the constitution, Article 155, allowing them to disband the autonomy of Catalonia. This is unprecedented in the history of Spain under