Similar actions were taken by the FLN in their campaign of violence against the population. Due to the FLN's nationalist approach they began a campaign of us verses them in regards to the French with no concept of neutrality on the matter and any Muslim who collaborated with the French would be murdered to bring allegiance and obedience aimed at cleansing and purifying the city of Algiers.1 The strategy was to remove all social and political parasites that made up any competing forces in light of La Pegre, a similar organization who worked under the French secret police as informants, so in order to covert more members and remove the threat they waged a war of intimidation.2 The FLN began its violence against the French settlers in Algeria …show more content…
The Shining Path began initiating quotas set towards the targeting of random citizens, along with the order to not be afraid to sacrifice their own lives in order to raise the number of casualties.13 Such actions undermined the groups objectives on two fronts: it did nothing to further the groups Marxist message of the working class joining together, and it also caused the people to get tired of the Shining Path's indiscriminate killing and bombing of schools and the increase in missing persons.1415 This is where the Shining Path and the FLN differ. The FLN based its targets on the concept of nationalism and targeting those who sided with the French in their quest for independence from France. This made their attacks symbolic of a larger cause and a clear enemy upon which to fight against.The racial divide within Algeria bewteen the French and Muslim communities made it simpler for the FLN to transmitt a message of an armed struggle only against the French settlers and any of their lackeys, making it simpler for Algerians to identify who would be a target.16 The same could not be said for the people in Peru. The Shining Path began to kill almost indiscriminately anyone who might be against their communist message, while not being afraid of dying themselves, giving them a cult like image to others. The FLN …show more content…
The structure of the FLN gave it an anvantage when it came to maintaining the organizational requirements of the group as well as a clear political objective. The FLN division of Algeria into zones with different factions heading different endeavors with a resemblance of a hierarchical structure aided in organizational stability.18 The FLN had developed a clear political objective for their movement that was supported my the historical moment and their willingness to have political discussions. This was seen when the FLN met in the Soummam proceeding when they developed a military structure that aided in the organization requirements of the group.19 The same could not be said of the Shining Path, who all answered to one leader. Both groups also differed in their political objectives. While both the Shining Path and the FLN were working towards a revolution within their countries through violence, their preperation for after the fighting led one to
The Puritans were a religious group of early American settlers. ISIS, or the Islamic State, ISIL, or the Daesh, is a militant group of religious extremists in Iraq and Syria. It may seem odd to compare the Puritans to the Islamic State, but both shared religious ideologies that led to horrible atrocities committed in the name of their respective god. Both the Islamic State and the Puritans are groups that use or used their divine status as an excuse to dehumanizing, torture, and kill innocent people without emotion or regret. This paper will show that both groups shared similar behaviors that ultimately led to great atrocities being committed by the groups as a whole and by their members.
The play, These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich can be summed up just as the main character, Catherine entails. It is “not a fairy tale, though it starts like one, and it is not a tragedy, though it ends like one” (Scene 1, p. 9). Truly, this is an accurate depiction of what the author intended to convey to her audience. It is remarkable how the author was able to twist and spins the words to form the messages she desired. Be that as it may, not everything is splayed across the ink bound pages as precisely as the stars littering the night sky.
In 1962 France met with the FLN and they all agreed that Algeria should decide their own rights. Although, Algeria’s formal independence day is recognized as 5 July 1962. When the French left Algeria did not have a leader, so they appointed Ahmed Ben Bella who became the republic's first president in 1963. Algerian government then took over businesses, farms, and banks. Ahmed Ben Bella then personally controlled the army and the government. Bella was overthrown shortly after he aligned Algeria with the soviet union. They replaced him with Houard Bournediene who focused on reforming Algeria by hiring skilled workers and restarting the economy (golbalEDGE), (The World
They were angered and tired with Robespierre who recently said “Terror is nothing more than quick and strict justice, and we apply it only to protect our country’s most urgent needs”. He is advising the people that terror and violence is the correct way to do things and also the fastest. He was also saying things like “I say no mercy for the innocent! Mercy for the weak! Mercy for the unfortunate! Mercy for humanity! Society owes protection only to peaceful citizens.” This is a prime example of what a power hungy tyrant is.
Initially popularized during the French Revolution, the term “terrorism,” at its inception, was a distinctly positive word; from the rubble of the first revolts in 1789, stemmed the regime de la terreur, an instrument of governance meant to further propel the success of the revolutionaries through the intimidation of those loyal to the dictatorial regime which governed France for much of the eighteenth century (Hoffman 3). Ironically, given the modern interpretation of terrorism, the revolutionaries who would ultimately constitute the regime de la terreur were advocating for virtue and democracy––in fact, one of the figureheads of the revolutionary movement Maximilien Robespierre was renowned for having said: “virtue, without which terror is
By forming the International African Association, King Leopold II took one step forward. He succeeded in convincing his would be competitors that his intention in the Congo was completely selfless. Although the International African Association met the following year, as per agreement, the ...
For bourgeoisie eventually became a necessity not only partial removal of the obstacles, but removal the colonial system in general. The earlier expression of resistance against the colonizers were a huge Indian uprisings. These mostly spontaneous explosions occurred almost throughout the period of Spanish colonial rule. The main causes of an Indian uprising can be considered fight for land, violent requiring work responsibilities and Indian farmers clash with Spanish. In the second half of the 18th century, increasingly there were actions led by creoles. Creoles dissatisfied with limiting their economic and political opportunities. There was a rampant conspiracy occurred repeatedly on various conspiracy. Secretly circulated writings of french
The characteristics of a group are determined by its elements. The mob that stormed the Bastille on July 14th, 1789 was a group of citizens that were fierce, enraged, and blood-thirsty. To the people of Paris, the Bastille was a symbol of brutality and totalitarian power. It was hated because of the many stories that had emerged from its walls of horrible torture and brutality. To the people of Paris who stormed the Bastille, the prison which was the symbol of the absolute monarchy which France had been suffering under for so long. They were tired of being treated unfairly and not having a voice in most of the political affairs during the time period. They wanted "life, liberty, fraternity" and were determined to fulfill their wishes of a fair ruling system by means of force or agreement. Unfortunately, citizens had to resort to the use of force to gain what the felt lacked.
In James Martin’s book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, he outlines the different paths through religion that people can take. In the chapter, “The Six Paths”, he outlines each path, describing how they work, and what the benefits and pitfalls to each are. The six paths are: belief, independence, disbelief, return, exploration, and confusion. I tend to view myself more closely aligned with disbelief, with a dash of confusion and exploration thrown in. Through my experiences in life, I end up finding the most disagreement, personally, with the Path of Belief, and Disbelief. I find the pitfalls heavily outweigh the benefits of those paths, and in such I have commonly found a non-welcoming, elitist environment among people on those paths of religion. Before explaining my positions on
Insurgency is defined as a rebellion against an indigenous government or a foreign occupier. In an asymmetric war there are two sides a strong and a weak side which have two strategies each. The French, who were the “stronger” side used “direct attack” which aimed at destroying the weak actor’s (Algeria) armed forces and thereby their capacity to offer violent resistance. During the seco...
La Rafle is a movie about the truth, a truth that doesn’t want to be noticed. We often mistake ourselves by thinking that the dehumanization of Jews was only present in Germany. “The 1942 operation, known as the Vel d'Hiv, was carried out not by the SS or Nazi storm troopers but by the Paris police. “ (Huffington). In July 1942, over 13,000 Jews were rounded up by French authorities and forcibly taken to a stadium in Paris, where they were held with little to no food and absolutely no information as to their fate. Throughout this movie we learn that the hatred towards Jews begins to build up. In the beginning they were made to wear stars on all of their clothing, signs were being put up on parks that Jews were not allowed, neighbors started turning their heads, and the Jews felt unwelcomed. Although France was one of the more liberal countries in welcoming Jewish immigrants, the SS was in control and they “forced” French collaborators to commit such crimes. In the end it is simply the betrayal by the Vichy government towards the Jews that lived in France. The Round Up shows one of the many ways that the Jewish population were to be e...
As the Reign of Terror in France grew and invoked fear the internal threats became more radical and deadly. The French Revolution began in 1789 as an attempt to create a new and fair government. (Doc A) As year four of freedom lurched the thirst for power in Maximilien Robespierre stirred and the hunger for more blood provoked him urging him to create the Reign of Terror. 1793, the first year of the Reign of Terror, Robespierre grasped on to his new power and as the revolution spun out of control the Jacobins Club established a new way to “fight enemies” by constructing a Committee of Public Safety and a Tribunal Court. (Doc A) This new government was working swell it contained counterrevolutionaries in the Vendée Region, and it smothered and ferreted the internal threats. (Docs A, C, G) The counterrevolutionaries adopted a name that meant trouble – the rabble. (Doc D) In a letter written by a city official of the Town of Niort a...
Shepard, Todd. The Invention of Decolonization: the Algerian War and the Remaking of France. Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2006.
The Golden Path is not a modern culture. For our American standards this community is third world. The citizens of The Golden Path had the opportunity to have all of the technology of the modern age. However, they turned it down after seeing the corruption of the American people that had such technology. They did decided to keep guns and learned to make ammunition.
The only way to know for sure if a path is right for you is to take and follow the path all the way to the end. Unfortunately life can only allow so many misdirection plays and crossing of paths. There are many paths to choose from and every decision everyday of one’s life can lead further down a path or force you to back up. Many people believe in one path and stick with it while others try to follow every path they get a hint of. Only one person can make this decision of a single or multiple path life and that person is you. There are many paths, but in specific four distinct groups. Every event in life can be placed on one of these four paths.