The case for prison abolition is no longer an abstract utopian academic ideal. The prison abolition movement is real and picking up more and more support. I could begin to address the immorality of practices like solitary confinement‚ companies using prison labor with inadequate compensation to the workers‚ or the existence of privately owned prisons. I won’t even begin to argue the morality of those practices; instead‚ I will argue the morality of our prison industrial complex. I will first lay
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Good morning X. I’m Bryan Chia from EALD 2. Sorry for interrupting you but can you kindly spare some time to answer a few inquiries on the topic of gender issues? Good morning Bryan. No problem‚ I’ll try to answer as much as I know. I’m glad that you’re willing to do so. First and foremost‚ what do you understand on the topic of gender issues? Gender inequality refers to biased treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender
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Shooting of Malala Yousafzai On October 9th 2012‚ during a regular Monday morning‚ 14-year-old student and children’s activist Malala Yousafzai was severely wounded when an un-identified man ordered students to point out Malala and when they did‚ the man open fired on her causing bullets to penetrate her skull and neck. The attempted assassination‚ which was later identified to be the work of Taliban members‚ has sparked an outrage inside Pakistan and around the world. Malala being recently and
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(TCO 1) Historical research involves four main tasks. Analyze refers to the task of (Points : 2) locating primary sources to learn the facts. asking questions like "Who created the source and why?" analyzing all the available primary sources and judging which is the most accurate. distributing the new findings to the world. 2. (TCO 2) What event marked the beginning of World War II? (Points : 2) The Nazi-Soviet Pact. The German invasion of Poland
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However‚ the manner in which the authority is exercised is different in both types of state‚ and each type of state has different degrees of freedom for the people. For each type of authoritarian rule‚ there is a representative regime. For religious fundamentalism‚ there is‚ of course the Taliban regime in Afghanistan‚ an Islamic fundamentalist regime that was eradicated very recently by an extensive bombing campaign from the USA. For Fascism‚ the example that immediately springs to mind is Nazi Germany
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secular‚ democratic republic which gives equal treatment and tolerance of all religions‚ which enshrines the right to practice‚ preach and propagate any religion and which says right to freedom of religion is a fundamental right. Why still religious fundamentalism based on ‘Hindutva’ ideology? HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS TRADITION IN INDIA In India‚ religion becomes part and parcel of every common man. Religion forms part of the very culture of India. Large number of its citizens associates themselves with a
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Part 6 The Most Recent Century 1900-2010 Chapter 21 The Collapse and Recovery of Europe 1900-1970s Chapter Learning Objectives • To examine the history of Europe between 1910 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts • To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan • To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars • To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century
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The contemporary debate on the term "gender justice" has various dimensions. There have been philosophical discussions on rights and responsibilities‚ human agency and autonomy; political discussions on democratization and right to vote; legal discussions on the access to justice. Typically‚ the term is used to denote mechanisms to promote women ’s position in society and their access to social parameters like health‚ literacy‚ education‚ occupation and economic independence. While the conventional
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Role of Women in Persepolis In the book‚ “The Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi every woman had a prescribed role. The role of Marji’s maid was to show that social class differences do exist and to show what happens within these social class differences. Marji’s mother’s role was to support Marji and make sure that she was well off‚ while her grandmother’s role was also to support her and give her words of wisdom. Her school teachers’ role was to make sure that the female children
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How did Doegyal gain Immense Popularity? Je Pabongka composed the Shugden´s life-entrustment ritual on the insistence by Shugden himself. Pabongka conferred the Shugden Life-Entrustment practice for the first time in 1921. However‚ in 1935‚ he went to meet his teacher Takpo Dorjechang Pema Benza in the hope of obtaining a reliable source of the practice‚ which he needed desperately. The pro-Shugden followers say that the Life-Entrustment practice originated from the pure vision of Takpo Dorjeechang
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