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    Anthem Setting The setting of Anthem is set in a very distant future. As the main characters grow in the story, they learn that the society that they knew was not a utopia but a dystopia. The characters live in a society, a countryside, where they have no individuality and refer to themselves as We. The setting is a post-apocalyptic one because by the time the story began, our civilization as we know it has already ended. Symbols “We” Light/electricity Unchanted forest Allusions Science is

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    dispute whether the roots of terrorism date back to the 1st century and the Sicarii Zealots to the 11th century and the Al-Hashshashin to the 19th century and the Fenian Brotherhood and Narodnaya Volya or to other eras. The Sicarii and the Hashshashin are described below while the Fenian Brotherhood and Narodnaya Volya are discussed in the 19th Century sub-section. Other control of Terror historical events sometimes associated with terrorism contain the Gunpowder Plot an attempt to destroy the English

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    Defining Terrorism The United Nations does not have a standard definition of terrorism. In 1994, the UN General Assembly condemned terrorism, as “criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstance unjustifiable…” Nearly a decade later, UN Security Council Resolution 1566 (2004), defined terrorism as “criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to

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    Whereas the French Revolution first popularized the words ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism’, its contemporary understanding differs from its revolutionary meaning in 1794. The serious economic difficulties, the threat of foreign invasions and the social structure of the French government are some of the causes that led to the fall of the monarchy in August 1792. Left without a constitution for almost three years and at the hands of a revolutionary government, the reign of terror suggests an example to

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    as an act against existing political groups. The term “terrorism” began to be associated with non-governmental groups during the mid-19th century when terrorist attacks came in the form of anarchism and nationalism. One of such group is the “Narodnaya Volya” or “People's Will” in Russia. They were the first terrorist group to use dynamites and succeeded in killing Tsar Alexander II through a suicide dynamite

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    Spilled Blood is the building is the largest monument of Russian mosaic art. It stands on the shores of the Neva River on the site where on March 1, 1881 Tsar-Liberator Alexander II was mortally wounded by Nikolai Rysakov, a young member of the Narodnaya Volya ("People's Will") movement. Upon Tsar’s death, Russia suffered a devastating blow to the rapid advancing economical and social foundations and sent Russia back to the days of blood and Dark Age. Russian people not only lost their beloved Tsar

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    Russia’s Revolutionary Fabric: Lenin Lenin believed in a distinctly violent revolutionary ideology. Lenin claimed that he strictly followed Marxism, yet his policies and actions did not reflect it. One need only to read Lenin’s What is to be Done? and contrast it with Marx’s The Manifesto of the Communist Party to note the stark differences between their ideologies. Lenin believed that the working class could not reach class consciousness – the realization that capitalism exploits the working class

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    1881 Russian Pogroms

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    pogroms immediately followed the assassination of Czar Alexander II. Due to industrialization, the Russian government plunged into turmoil, and the masses were living impoverished and discontented lives. The assassins were a radical group called Narodnaya Volya, consisting entirely of Atheists, only one who was born Jewish. Anti-Semitic groups claimed the Jews were the ones who killed Czar Alexander II. Riots ensued: Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed, and people were killed and injured. Historians

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    As we enter the post 9/11 era experts feel we are entering a new era in terrorism. New terrorism is terrorist activity committed by individuals or groups who may or may not be formally connected to a loose, cell based organizational structure, with religious motivations using asymmetrical tactics to achieve ideological goals often linked to promoting Islamic ideology. Recently in society a lot of individuals have considered Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization. Everyone have stated opinions

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    Causes of Terrorism

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    Causes Of Global Terrorism Article 1 Research literature on causational factors and diverse goals that drives people to resort to carry out terrorist acts is inconclusive. How these two are connected can be a matter of debate: are researched causes derived from terrorists' manifestos, implicitly or explicitly worded goals, or are living conditions perceived as unjust and not decent and therefore its goals may be inferred, or a mere conjecture? Multiple reasons are listed here, of which some seem

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