I want you to take the time and think, why are we fighting in this war, what is the guerrilla fighter fighting for today? A guerrilla fighter fights against the disgrace and misery that all his unarmed brothers have been placed in due to the oppressive forces of Batista. A guerrilla fighter needs to have a good knowledge of the surrounding land, paths of entry and paths of escape, good hiding places and also must count on the support of the people. We must all be revolutionaries of the land. "The fundamental principle of guerrilla warfare is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won...There must be qualities of secretiveness, treachery and of surprise that is obviously an essential element of guerrilla warfare" Ernesto Guevara A guerrilla fighter is one who shares with the people, the hope for liberation, and until peaceful means are exhausted, continues to struggle.
The United States got involved in the Vietnam War from 1954 -1964 to prevent and contain communism. In Vietnam, an independence movement under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh rose to challenge French rule. The United States helped France by giving financial and military aid. The US had moral and ethical reasons to stand up and face unethical leaders that oppressed other weaker people and to contain the spread of communism. Communism is horrible because the government controls every move you make and you have no say in what happens in your life.
All three of them had originally landed in Spain for curiosity, to see how a social revolution was being brought up while a civil war was occurring.. The authors fought in the front lines, as well as submerged themselves in ideologies, critiquing and agreeing to different ones. Some were in it for the experience, but others really felt the need of fighting with these people. When Dos Passos’ translator and friend, Jose Robles, was killed
Texas argues that the Mexican General Santa Anna made late changes in the government and overturned the constitution that both states originally had agreed upon. His changes included forcing citizens to “either abandon their homes or submit to the most intolerable of all tyranny.” (117) In order to stop the Mexican government from taking away all the sacred rights of citizens, Texas petitioned for the establishment of a separate state government, but got rejected. In Texas’s argument for independence, Texas shares some of the actions performed by the Mexican Nation. The following is an example, “it has invaded our country both my sea and by land, with the intent to lay waste on our territory, and drive us from our homes; and has now a large mercenary army advancing, to carry on against us a war of extermination.” (118) On the other side of the argument, Mexico replies to Texas’s declaration of independence by stating that the “Texans were invited and admitted subject to the observance of a contract by which assurances were given to maintain one written constitution; but once this was annulled, all their obligations ceased.” (119) I feel the Texas Declaration of Independence provides the most convincing arguments
Surviving Mexico’s Dirty War After reading “Surviving Mexico’s Dirty War” a prisoner’s memoir by Alberto Ulloa Bornemann it seemed clear why guerrilla movement failed in the mid 1970’s. Even while he describes the struggles of Mexico in this time period I had to ask myself when Mexico did not struggle. It seems to be an on going battle in this country, to try to change a government that continually is corrupt. The story points out that during this time period in Mexico History that there happens to be several issues and factors that lead to the failure of a revolution that was to be or try to be a carbon copy of Cuban revolution lead by Castro and his guerillas. It was a failure; do to the lack of organization, leadership, and the ability to transport arms and secret information to those in the same organization and to those of different organizations.
Through analyses of the characters in the novel, narrative techniques and animal imagery used throughout the novel and even Azuela himself, this essay will explore to what effect the author was able to successfully portray the Mexican Revolution in this light. As a leader of a rebel army in the Revolution, one would expect the character to have the ambition of changing his country for the better, ridding the nation of oppressive forces and liberating the lower class people. In Demetrio Macias, however, this characterisation is not found. Instead, the leader is portrayed as uneducated, deluded and confused about his own role and purpose in the revolution. The important point here is not whether or not he possesses these qualities; it is the manner in which the author has managed to convey this idea to the reader and what effect it has on the reading of the novel.
Mexican War of Independence An article written by Jesus F. de la Teja, "MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE," Handbook of Texas Online depicts the series of events that took place to end the Spanish rule in Mexico. There are many causes of the revolution of Mexico, some of the causes being the lack of political stability and economic reasons. Another cause of the Mexican revolution was the exploitation and mistreatment of the poor. The middle class unable to own land due to not having any wealth contributed to the political instability. Father Michael Hidalgo is considered an important figure in the history of Mexican Independence as he is the one to begin the rebellion against bad government and Spaniards.
Martin Luther King Jr. states “Oppressed People cannot remain oppressed forever.” (Cahn, 2009 p. 387) As we have seen throughout history, this is a true statement. Oppression is not something that sits well with any type of person that is under the oppression. To resist the oppression, one must carefully chose those laws that they fill are unjust and oppresses them, and once they are chosen then one can make a stand against the oppression. Oppression is unjust law that limits the power of the people that are oppressed into feeling powerless. The United States fought of the oppression over the colonies in the late 1700’s by first peacefully protesting the unjust taxes waged against them.
The pressure of the revolution on the autocracy made the Tsar take drastic political action to appease the revolting classes. He had started of with the October Manifesto, a legislation which consisted of a number of points of reform drawn up under Weete, promising the people Civil liberties, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of assembly, and the promise that no laws were to be introduced without the agreement of the Duma. However, it was not necessary that the Duma should introduce legislation. Stolypin’s reforms create huge debate between historians arguing whether they were successful or just a show of democracy and really did nothing and Russia continued to be an autocratic state that repressed its lower classes. Stolypin heavily focused reforms on stamping out radicalism, just after the failure of the 1905 revolution the Tsarist state feared that the failure of the revolution, would just fuel the
The paper concerns the principles presupposed in political protest against the totalitarian regime. In contrast to the utilitarian view of participating in political protest (K.D.Opp, M. Taylor) the author tries to suggest the moral model of political protest. According to this model, the main reason and motif for challenging the regime is the transgression of the limits of concession, which jeopardizes the spiritual identity and essential qualities of the individuals and all groups (i.e., Church, family, nation). The participants of the protest do not calculate in terms of egoistic or private interests and utilities but in terms of moral values. They consider what action is morally "good" and "bad" or morally "better" or "worse" in this situation, disregarding their personal profits and happiness.