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    A Revolution of the Distressed Essay

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    A Revolution of the Distressed      The world today is faced with many obstacles concerning all the peoples of the world. The issues range from globalization to the state of the environment with every political, economic, and human interest lying in between. It is these human interests that will be brought to light by examining the revolutions of the Incan indigenous beginning in the early part of the twentieth century. Running parallel to their North American neighbors, the native peoples of

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    The Mao Family System

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    a. The Mao family system consisted of taking away the youths from their parents so that they could be re-educated without them. Mao wanted people in the villages to feel like they were family. This would help bond people together and work harder. It was looking at the group collectively to try and getter the whole instead of an individual. They also believed that everyone was equal and had the same class. They thought there was no class system. a. Mao found the intellectuals to be useless and

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    I had read a story long time ago in which the main character, attacked by someone at night, wonders about who might have assaulted him even though he had no enemy but concludes that everyone around him could have reason to hurt him. The UCPN (Maoist) finds itself in that character’s predicament after the recent election debacle. But there is a major difference between the story character and Maoist leaders: The former quietly pondered while the latter have been making hue and cry about domestic

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    ideology, and propaganda all his life, falling headlong into a story of awakening desire, passion, impulsive action, love, of all the subjects that had, until then, been hidden from me” (57). His eyes were hidden due to the ideals of Communism and Maoism, and they are opened by stories of adventure

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    Effects of the Civil War on Nepal Nepal is considered one of the poorest countries in the world. It suffers in many aspects due to its immense state of poverty and political violence. The civil war in Nepal, stimulated by the Communist Party against the Nepalese State, stretched over the course of 10 years lasting from 1996 to 2006. This war, also known as the “Peoples War”, was launched because the Communist Party believed that there was an insufficiency in ensuring freedom, justice and welfare

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    The Memoir Spider Eaters by Rae Yang is her personal account of her life during the Maoist revolution. In addition, she reminisces about her trials and tribulations during her active participation in the culture revolution and the great North Wilderness. Her family also had various misfortunes due to these changing ideological beliefs spread by the revolution. This memoir illustrates in great detail what Yang experienced under communist rule. Spider Eaters opened up a door to a young girl and her

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    Chinese Communist Party leader Mao Zedong initiated a social-political movement in China that is known as “The Proletarian Cultural Revolution”, also called the Cultural Revolution. The main purpose was to perpetuate communist beliefs with a twist of Maoism (Mao’s own way) in China. Traditional Chinese values, capitalism perspectives, and other ideologies were demolished by Mao and other party leaders. Consequently, China was deteriorated economically, socially, and politically by the Cultural Revolution

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    his side to influence the people of China. With this execution, he also sparked the intellectuals and art that were not displaying Maoism as a threat, or in other words as the enemy. He enlightened the fresh, young minds of China and crossed out any form individuality and attempted to tie the bonds of the people and the government to fight against the enemies of Maoism. As a result, the suppression that the artists were conformed to were released after the death of Mao, stemming in much provocative

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    rule and the relationship with the Comintern. A fundamental principle of Maoism is peasant revolt and following the mass line which emphasises and embodies the perspective of the peasantry. The development of guerrilla tactics and precise military organisation were significantly important for implementing Mao’s policies. Mao instituted three specific reforms, namely political, and social and economic, in the development of Maoism. Under these principles citizens were included in the state’s affairs

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    Censorship In China

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    an object of reverence; subsequently Mao urged society to be immersed in Maoist thought to the degree in which Maoism could be considered a faith. His philosophy was evident in the treatment toward those who deviated from party policy or strayed from the party values. Self-criticism campaigns were formed with aims to convince people of their errors in their opinions or behaviors. Maoism cultivated a sentiment of traditional ideas of the emperor as a religious figure, and it is very evident throughout

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