Collectivist anarchism

Imagine this, you are just walking down the street holding hands with your significant other and all of a sudden a police car shows up and and an officer jumps out. The officer starts beating and abusing you because you are in love with someone of your same gender. In the 60s being LGBT was not excepted by society, which includes the police. Many people were harassed and abused by police. The people who were suposed to keep them safe were harming them for being themselves. The gay rights movement

Decision-making skill is a top priority in management as it creates a culture of clarity by allowing one to determine the problem and come to a resolution that is beneficial to the staff and organization. This skill was of vital importance in the Mount Everest simulation. During the simulation, our team was clueless and unaware that we would face harsh weather condition during the climb that would cause major health issues. As a result, our teams were faced with unexpected events causing crises that

Throughout history, leaders of political and social movements have designed slogans and catchphrases to mobilize ordinary citizens into political and social activists. Historically, activists such as Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and countless others have, in their speeches and writings, created a perfect pairing of words that persists in the mind of the listener. Two such activists of the Twentieth Century were Margaret Sanger and Betty Friedan. Friedan

America has been shaped in many different ways and continues be shaped daily. America is constantly changing and facing new challenges. However, authors of By the People have four ideas liberty, self-rule, limited government, and equality that they believe are the leading factors in how America is shaped. These ideas help elaborate on what makes America a strong and withstanding country. These ideas are the base of America’s politics and what makes us a unique country. These four ideas are constantly

An enlightened and benevolent anarchism, such as expressed by the terms, "anarcho-pacifism" / "anarcho-socialism," is, in my view, the only anarchism that can ever work. To arrive at an anarcho-pacifist / anarcho-socialist society, we as a global community must undergo great psychological transformation. Only then can anarchism become a practical ideology for the world. However, we as individuals need not wait for

You Mean Anarchism Isn’t All About Chaos? Social activist Lucy Parsons once said, “Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, "Freedom." Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to develop, to live naturally and fully." Anarchism then, is being able to live and not be ruled by a government, but instead to live by one’s own means in order to increase the good for oneself and others who share the common belief. Human beings are capable of making the decisions. Instead of being ruled by

Small Change What determines a movement? Malcolm Gladwell defines what pushes a movement to make a difference. He analyzes the concept of “strong ties” and “weak ties” and how these relationships affect an individual’s willpower and determination to help a cause. Gregory Orr puts these ideas into context in his memoir, “Return to Hayneville”, in which he recounts his experience and involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Malcolm Gladwell’s “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will

The United States was founded with the vision for freedom. Oppression had been experienced by our founding fathers and they knew it was absolutely necessary to provide structure to prevent oppressive governments in the future. The solution was a limited government that bordered the edge of anarchy, yet just enough structure to have order and civility. The design was to stay far from elitism so no government could control the people and allow the people to control the government. Today’s current political

Bill McKibben in “The Environmental Issue from Hell” and Rachel Carson in “The Obligation to Endure” both believe that environmental issues are some of the most important issues facing mankind today. In “The Environmental Issue from Hell,” McKibben argues that Americans need to take a moral approach to solving the global warming problem. He is passionate about the problems associated with global warming, but he fails to provide concrete support. Carson argues in “The Obligation to Endure” that

nationalism were the dominating norms. Therefore, the group had to overcome many obstacles put in place by Spanish society to prove themselves as both a women’s rights and an anarchist organization. Mujeres Libres used this unique intersection between anarchism and women’s rights to bring a distinctive and specialized approach to equality that proved to be effective for giving a voice to silenced anarchist women. Though political fluctuation was abundant in early 1900s Spain, one constant within the society