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    not violence is the solution to every problem. Specifically looking at Mohandas Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Frantz Fanon’s chapter titled “Concerning Violence” from his novel The Wretched of the Earth, and Benito Mussolini’s “The Doctrine of Fascism”, we gain a clear understanding whether or not they supported the use of violence and what their objectives were within their time period. Although Gandhi, Fanon, and Mussolini acknowledge violence as a widely used force to deal with political, social, and economic

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    weapons and force. Boehmer’s Analysis: The Anti-Apartheid mission and Mandela imitated a Gandhi style protest for the various boycotts, Progamme of Action, and the Defiance Campaign. Eventually, the ANC and Mandela believed the Algerian analyst Frantz Fanon armed struggle was a more effective model against colonization. Mandela solidified his new creed in a speech to the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA) named “A Land Ruled By the Gun”, where Mandela hoped to establish

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    X is attempting to provoke the minds of the poor and oppressed people of color by drawing attention to the history of racist intuitions of the United States. Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist and philosopher, reminds his readers that becoming aware and understanding isn’t enough, but “what matters is not to know the world but to change it” (Fanon

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    place from the 1600s through the 1900s. Frantz Fanon, who witnessed the colonization of Algeria firsthand, wrote a book called Wretched of the Earth about colonialism, claiming that it is a violent act which aims to destroy native cultures and make the natives feel inferior. Because of the severity of colonialism, decolonization must require violence as well. His theories on colonialism were somewhat true for the British colonization of India. Frantz Fanon argues that, between the natives and the

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    The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon, exposed how social, economic and political situation, the destruction of people’s physical and psychological influence the long term colonization according to African society. Thus, he pointed out that even thou people get independence during the decolonization, they still have to face the problem of economics and social problems. Independence does not mean the true liberation and freedom after colony gains independence. Fanon spent a lot of time talking

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    The following essay will begin by describing this notion of othering and how then it becomes a great catalyst in the formation of binary oppositions. The essay will further explore this phenomenon of othering using Frantz Fanons book The Fact of Blackness, giving a clear understanding of the concept and how it is presented in relation to the book mentioned above. Using various scholars such as Gcina Mhlope (Life an an Orange) and Zakes Mda (When People Play People) the essay will continue to use

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    Struggles Against Racism

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    interactive panel discussion talking about the history of the Black Lives Matter movement. Admission to this event is free and refreshments will be served. Also Why Frantz Fanon Matters for Today’s Struggles Against Racism will be occurring at 2 pm tomorrow on the Des Plaines Campus this event will consist of a reflection of Franz Fanon who is well known for his criticism of racism and race.

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    Puerto Rico Imperialism

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    Established in 1961, the Special Committee of Decolonization is a body of the United Nations, an international bureaucratic agency, working towards the just treatment and interaction of Non-Self-Governing individuals. This body still operates in the present day. The Special Committee of Decolonization defines Non-Self-Governing Territories “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government”. (United Nations 2017) In essence, a nation where foreign, commonly colonial powers dictate

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    independence movements of European colonies. This process towards independence fueled influential individuals who wished to reform their countries by eliminating Western ideas and influences. As the Senegalese soldiers, Mahatma Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh, and Frantz Fanon argue, we are able to understand that the colonies’ negative views concerning colonization coupled with their vigorous nationalistic drive caused the breakdown of Europe-centered world. In the interview, Memories of Senegalese Soldiers, the soldiers

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    Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon examines this issue by discussing how the objectification of the

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