Anti-Apartheid Movement

of thought contend,” this quote was the onset of his Hundred Flowers Campaign . Mao’s campaign sought to encourage intellectuals to freely express their opinions and criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Mao’s move towards a more liberal movement while in a communist government portrayed a different side of him, to the shock of many. Through the initiation of this campaign Mao’s newly obtained image displayed him as a petitioner among the Chinese people. This empathetic side of Mao appealed

Gail Dines is a sociology and woman studies professor at Wheelock College. She specializes in the area of pornography. Dines is a self proclaimed anti-porn feminist. She is the author of the book Pornland. In this book Dine’s discusses the rise of porn into mainstream media, the rise of business industry of porn, the shift to harder and harder porn, the damages of porn, and how the porn culture is sexualizing children. Dine’s begins the book by explaining the rise of porn into the mainstream media

The Philip Morris Anti Smoking Campaign Traditionally, many advertisements released by cigarette brands under the Philip Morris label have depicted happy people joined together in friendship (supposedly due to their common habit). Other advertisements attempted to associate cigarettes with sleek mystical figures, sometimes even sexually desirable ones. All this has changed, however, due to recent legal developments in which the cigarette giant was pressured to offer anti-smoking ads, in addition

Nelson Mandela’s contribution to the destruction of apartheid in South Africa is unparalleled. He dedicated every action of his life to unify a sectioned South Africa that showed no signs of reformation. One of the major characteristics of Mandela’s movement in particular was the notion of unification through nonviolence. Throughout South Africa, the apartheid system was strict and unforgiving. The origins of apartheid lied within denying blacks any political power, or any participation in government

to shift the political power from the white minority to the black majority. Even so, the apartheid system ultimately collapsed due to the economic burden the apartheid imposed on the South African economy, the continued resistance that criticized the apartheid, and the end of the communist threat that allowed the South African government to shift their focuses to make extensive political changes. The apartheid state had already begun to decline by 1978, the economic boom South Africa experienced

for the spread of communism. The U.S. attempted to do this by sponsoring anti-communist groups in countries that were leaning towards communism. The USSR sought to spread communism by supporting the national liberation struggles of countries under imperialistic rule. During the height of this war, the white minority group, the National Party, controlled South Africa. The National Party introduced a policy of racial apartheid, a policy that kept the black majority in poverty and under

Music in the apartheid era of South Africa was a very important tool and weapon for the majority, whom were those people that were oppressed. Songs of freedom consolation and resistance were extremely popular among the civil population. They were incredibly significant because they gave the majority a new sense of hope and courage, these songs keep the faith among the majority alive and grants them a radiant hope especially in their most trying times. (Stewart, 2013) The majority used music as a

the unequal treatments that African Americans faced such as the “black and white water fountains” in the South. Dating back to the beginning of the 1910s, Apartheid has done its share in racial segregation .It as an immense conflict that was yet concluded by the people who collaborated to form the Anti-Apartheid movement. Resistance to apartheid within South Africa took many forms over the years, from non-violent demonstrations, protests and strikes to political action and eventually to armed resistance

corresponded to the apartheid. The apartheid movement was implementing segregation, keeping the white South Africans from interacting with the black South Africans1. In 1959, the Boycott Movement came into play in South Africa, which was later renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement. This led to other countries in the world putting pressure on South Africa economically to end this racial discrimination. In the late 1960’s, South Africa began to see some opposition against the apartheid and black South Africans

art uniting people to think, engage, and act to resolve international conflicts. One of the most profound examples was music’s role in the movement to end apartheid. Not only did music unite South African blacks during a time of tremendous hardship, it drew the attention and support of the international community and brought an end to the oppression. Apartheid officially began with the election of the Nationalist Party in 1948. The group immediately put into effect racist policies, instituting a white