Adrien Arcand Adrien Arcand was one of the earliest and most influential fascists in the 1920s and 30s. He founded and led The Canadian National Social Christian Party [1]. He was a journalist from Quebec who created several anti-Semitist newspapers [7]. Adrien Arcand was born in Quebec City in 1899 [1]. He was the fourth of twelve children and the son of Narcisse Arcand and Anne Marie Mathieu, married on October 6, 1896[4]. His father, Narcisse Arcand was an active trade unionist and a member of
Activist, have you ever heard of a word or a person “activist”? For many years, lots of people did a wonderful job and helped their country or others. Some might give some money to help their country or some might change the wrong things to good things with their speaking power. Also some might be a great mentor for others. Maybe, some can fight for the freedom. Usually we think that activist is an person who helps or helped for their country. These are all actually right facts. Also there are some
social and political spectrums. For youth, modern discourses surrounding activism lacks the differentiation between “citizen” and “activist.” As a result, the many underlying reasons for political participation become almost invisible. In the book, Jacqueline Kennelly explores the importance of what it means to be a certain kind of youth citizen in the twenty-first century (p. 3). Furthermore, she explores how youth activism
contemporary social/historical context, they are arguably applicable in the sense that today’s activists and revolutionaries can learn from the successes and failures of the groups we’ve studied in class. It is then from this informed understanding of how activism is conducted and the ways that our government has historically responded to such actions that we may be able to realize viable sources of leveraging power in 2016. We need to keep searching– the solution is out there– it exists. We just need to find
Tactful, attentive, and ambitious are all words that describe teen activists. Teen activists are young adults that stand up for what they believe in. They are not selfish, but instead want to raise awareness and benefit others. Malala Yousafzai, Alex Lin, and Iqbal Masih are all remarkable examples of why we need teen activists. Teenagers similar to them are always trying there best to help others. Nevertheless, when people doubted them, these teenagers continued to pursue their goal in life to make
Politics is a bloodsport, one big game of corruption, muckraking, prostitution, and defilement, which is played by the politicians, the media, and the seemingly innocent public that tends to forget that politicians are humans also, no better than the masses except for one thing, the ability to play the game. Primary Colors by Anonymous portrays this fraudulent game perfectly, exhibiting all of the dark aspects of a political campaign: from the vicious media in their pursuit of scandals, to the traitorousness
within his cultural context of Latin America in the mid 20th century. J C's late Victorian novella HOD shares G's discovery of inequality and injustice, because f the differing historical contexts, Conrad is unable to discover the power of political activism and
A revolutionary threshold is the notion of when an individual is willing to participate (if at all) within a protest based on the amount of people already involved. An individual’s revolutionary threshold may decrease or increase based on a variety of reasons. Clark, Golder, and Golder explained, “As you might expect, people’s thresholds are likely to depend on many different factors, such as whether they have benefitted or suffered under the regime, whether they have much to lose from participating
the Arbi Harnet movement then smuggles these newspapers to the outside world and keep the Eritrean diaspora informed about what is happening in the country. This form of social activism is vital in countries like Eritrea and North Korea where human rights issues can’t be investigated. It’s a form of grassroots social activism that uses the media and community uprising in the form of news sharing to protest against a brutal dictator and his repressive
youth, such as young adults, protested mostly about government corruption such as repression of civil liberties and rights. Both these protests were spurred and carried on mainly by passionate youth activists. While the characteristics for youth activism in both America and Tunisia are similar in that they both included violent protests and arson,