Should Street Gangs be Considered Terrorist Organizations? Terror‚ violence‚ and death are the common denominators in our society nowadays. Why? Because of street gang fights. Innocent people have been killed as a result of street gangs. These groups of criminals use violence against societies and band together for mutual protection and profit. Street gangs are gangsters controlling‚ attacking‚ and killing people on the streets‚ as a result‚ they are one of the biggest social problems around the
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TOPIC: ACTIVITIES OF TRADE UNIONS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY For several years white settlers were able to sabotage all efforts of permiting the growth of trade unions.The colonial government attitude towards thetrade unions in kenya was for sometime very hostile because of the belief that trade union activities meant violence‚rioting and communism.Until 1955‚the kenya government was fighting against the building of a trade union and only in that year
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SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY: 1919-1945 Soviet foreign policy throughout the period from 1919 to 1945 is confusing and often contradictory. By the 1920’s the Bolshevik communists found themselves the leaders of a former Great Power which was pulled by conflicting tendencies. On the one hand‚ communist ideology preached a world-wide “worker’s revolution” whose goal was the dissolution of all nation-states. On the other hand‚ Russia needed the support of other nations in order to rebuild its political
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and Soviet Union after World War two. Suspicion and mistrust had defined the US and the Soviet Union relations for decades. Although Cold War was called a “war”‚ it didn’t really use weapons to fight with each other. Both superpowers threatened each other with nuclear annihilation and participated frequently in supporting allied nations‚ which had violent wars‚ like Korea‚ Vietnam‚ and Angola. The most important underlying causes were the ideology and economic. The USA and the Soviet Union represented
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causes a Terrorist to be labeled a Revolutionist or a Revolutionist labeled a Terrorist. Today’s society usually uses the terms interchangeably; when one begins to talk of revolution‚ they are normally labeled as a terrorist. A terrorist is normally labeled a terrorist by their enemy‚ but a hero by the people they fight for. Is it possible that a person who has been labeled as a Terrorist to actually have good intentions for those he fights for? Is it possible they are labeled a Terrorist only due
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LYNDA DUBE (YEAR 10 SAFARAT) EXPLAIN WHY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE USA CHANGED WITHIN THE YEARS? (1957-69) *Arms Race *Prague Spring During the war the Soviet Union and the USA formed a close alliance due to the shared aim of the defeat of Germany. The Soviet Union became a lot more powerful due to Stalin’s five year plans‚ and became a contender with the USA for the world’s largest superpower. This sparked conflict between the two nations and a race to see who would be the most
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There are several Foreign Terrorist Organizations that make the United States their enemy. For the most part‚ it is the United States culture and ideology that terrorists abhor. Of these foreign terrorist organizations‚ there is the Lashkar-e Tayyiba‚ a Pakistani organization. Lashkar-e Tayyiba is known as the Army of the Pure or Army of the Righteous. It was founded around 1990 as a military arm of the Pakistani Islamist Organization‚ until they split off. Their main mission was to drive away
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During the Cold War‚ the United States resolved to take a shot at the Soviet Union by siding with Afghanistan and taking great measures to stop Soviet influence and communist ideology. In 1979‚ the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to expand its influence in the Middle East with the absence of American influence. At this point in the Cold War the United States and Soviet Union were more or less at the climax of their dilemma‚ so the U.S. therefore decided to get involved by fortifying
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Tensions between the US and the Soviet Union after World War II The United States and the Soviet Union were never in a completely stable relationship. World War II had both nations working together‚ but partly only because Germany was a common enemy of them both. Roosevelt did not agree with communism‚ but would work alongside Stalin in order to stop a bigger issue‚ the Nazis. By helping each other out‚ they became part of the Big Three along with Britain. However‚ even working together
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Why The Soviets Invaded Afghanistan There were several reasons for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan‚ which were given by both by the communist party to its Soviet citizens‚ and ones not disclosed to the public. Soviets were told that the invasion was about the liberation of the Afghan communists‚ and it was imperative to generate more communist states. The Russian government also began to portray the war as a war against Islamic fundamentalism. They had a real fear of having an extremist
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