Donuvin's Global Blog

Nelson Mandella

2010-05-12T08:12:00.000-07:00

When Nelson Mandela walked out of prison on Feb. 11, 1990, South Africa's future walked with him. If Mandela had raised a clenched fist and said, "We must purge this land with blood," an uprising would have surely ensued, and South Africa would have disappeared into the sea of anarchy that has engulfed so many other African nations. A lesser man would have felt justified in calling for a violent upheaval to bring down the white supremacist government. Anger is a powerful emotion and Mandela had reason to call for revenge. He had spent 27 years in prison, 18 of them on Robben Island, an inhospitable chunk of rock sitting in the cold Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Town. In his autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom," Mandela reflected on his years in prison: "It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their own humanity.

The Collapse of Communism

2010-05-12T08:02:00.000-07:00

A stunning series of events between 1989 and 1991 that led to the fall of communist regimes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Faced with massive popular opposition and the unwillingness of President Mikhail Gorbachev to send Soviet troops to their rescue, communist governments lost power, first in Poland, where the communists agreed to free elections that swept into power candidates endorsed by Solidarity in June 1989. Demands for reform spread across East Germany in the fall of 1989 and led to the end of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany. In November 1989 the communist government of Czechoslovakia resigned, and in December a violent revolution led to the overthrow and execution of Romania's communist boss, Nicolae Ceausescu.

Mikhail Gorbahebv

2010-05-07T08:09:00.000-07:00

Mikhail Gorbahebv is the president of russia. He was the youngest president to be in office at the age of 54. When Gorbahebv came in office he wanted a complete stop to communism. He had great political skills and was soon elected Leader. When stalin was in office Mikhail was nothing more then a child.

African Independence

2010-04-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

Between the two world wars, an educated middle class had begun

to emerge in African cities. Young men went abroad for college

and graduate studies. They listened to American jazz musicians

and read literature of the Harlem Renaissance. They were influ-

enced by African Americans such as W. E. B. Du Bois as well as by

such older Africans as Blaise Diagne, who organized Pan-African

(all-African) congresses in 1919 and 1921. The british soon after started to come to africa. Kwame Nkrumah led the first major rebelion against the british.

Film Lesson: The Right Stuff

2010-04-14T07:53:00.000-07:00

The Film "The Right Stuff" was about how The Russians were starting to get ahead of the americans by being the first to send a satellite into space. When the americans heard about it they were scared because they thought that who ever controlled space could control the world. They immediately started testing test pilots with college degrees to be the first man in space. While they got their space programs fired up they started getting there space crafts built. Over 6 months there was nothing but failures and lift offs that ended in shear disaster. However after months of training and planning they finally did it. They created a space ship that had 0 failures. The first american in space was a monkey. They sent up a monkey first for a test flight to insure that everything was o.k and good to go. The americans were the first to break the sound barrier at M.O.C.K 1 however 2 months later Russians beat them at M.O.C.K 2, totally destroying our record.

NATO and the Warsaw pact

2010-04-12T07:59:00.000-07:00

The NATO is a treaty that was created and signed a long time ago back to when North America & Russia(Soviet Union) were in serious dispute. A dispute so serious that it seemed like a war was inevitable. NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The countries that agreed to and signed the NATO consist mostly of all the atlantic bordering countries.

The Warsaw Pact was a treaty between all of the countries that bordered the Soviet Union. The Warsaw pact was similar to the NATO but just for the Soviet Union. When North America and its allies found out about the WarSaw pact they knew that action would have to be take to avoid another World War.

Night and Fog

2010-03-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

Night and fog was a documentary primarily describing the holocaust and all the horoific things that happened at the time. During the holocaust hitler pretty much wanted all the jews dead. So he had built concentration camps to put them all in. NIght and fog also involved "Schindlers list. For instance when Schindlers Female workers were sent to Auchwitsz they arrived on a foggy and misty night. Night and Fog was basically the beginning of the holocaust when Hitler decided to move all the jews into the ghettos.

"Schindler's List"

2010-03-24T08:02:00.000-07:00

Schindlers list consisted of a vas amount of workers to a factory. This factory was used for the making of guns and other tools of destruction used in war. The people who worked for Schindler were all jews and worked for free. However the people who worked for shindler were protected. Schindler considered all of his workers valuable and indispensible no matter what there age. Oscar Schindler was one of the few Nazi's who actually had a heart and soul. His works respected him not just because he was a Nazi and could have them killed at any moment but because he was kind and sincere to them. Oscar Schindler stood up for his workers when half of them were accidentaly sent to Aushwitsz by a paper work error.

Treaty of Versailles

2010-02-25T07:57:00.000-08:00

The Treaty of Versailles meant the ending of world war one. This treaty not only blamed the germans for starting the war it blamed them for all the damage that was caused, all the lives that were lost, all the money that was spent. They were ordered to pay back all the damage. In my opinion the Germans may have started the war and lost but the treaty of versailles was not fair. The germans lost more then half of their land and then had to pay a big "fine" to britan because of the war. This wasn't fair. The treaty of versailles soon led to World War II.

Mustafa Kemal (aka: Ataturk) modernized Turkey

2010-02-24T07:59:00.000-08:00

Turkey was modernized because of their ruler named Ataturk. Ataturk was a very wise muslim but he thought turkey was lacking modern culture. He reformed all of islam he banned their fiz and replaced it with caps or european hats. He made them ware a pants, jacket, formal shirt and tie. He did this because he wanted to help islam evolve on not stay in the prehistoric ages.

THE Russian Revolution

2010-01-13T10:29:00.000-08:00

The Russian Revolution of 1917 centers around two primary events: the February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution, which removed Tsar Nicholas IIfrom power, developed spontaneously out of a series of increasingly violent demonstrations and riots on the streets ofPetrograd (present-day St. Petersburg), during a time when the tsar was away from the capital visiting troops on the World War I front. The Russian revolution was a great turning point in all of russian history. The people wanted their demands met or they where going to fight for their rights. Sound familiar? They swore blood would be shed unless all of their demands were met.

Causes of WW1

2010-01-11T09:55:00.000-08:00

The main causes of WW1 was militarism and the fail of the alliance system. It was also caused by the grown hatred toward other countries which supported the rising of nationalism in European countries. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of war amongst the countries. Another reason why WW1 broke out was because of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Opium wars Imperialism of China

2009-12-18T10:22:00.000-08:00

The "opium wars" was between Great Britain and China. The Chinese went to war with the Britain's because they would not stop sending opium to china. The people of china became addicted to the drug and pretty much was there downfall. Britain was making a fortune off of china because of this addicting drug. The chinese demanded that they stop sending opium to their country and they refused to stop because of the money. So, China stopped trading tea too Great Britain and went to war with them. This war was called the "Opium wars".

Many people died in china because the opium. The drug was so powerful and addictive that even some children and people over the age of 80 were addicted to this drug.

Film Lesson: Mountains Of The Moon

2009-12-10T10:29:00.000-08:00

The film: Mountains of the moon was about two explorers named John Speke and Richard Bucton. These two men were in the royal geographic society. They both went on a 6 month trip into africa to discover the source of the nile river. In about 6 months and 20 days they found it and named it after their queen and was called Lake Victoria. This was quite weird at first because most explorers name there discoveries after themselves or a loved one.

Karl Marx's and communism

2009-11-19T10:43:00.000-08:00

karl Marx's was a communist. He preffered that the wealth people got richer rather then the poor people get any money to feed themselves. He liked to see the wealth people get richer and prosper even more and see the middle class suffer and die of starvation. In my opinion Karl Marx's is evil for not helping the people who need the most help during the industrial revolution. To me he obviously supported the fact that children under the age of 10 HAD! to work in these big factories.

Karl Marxs & industrial revolution

2009-11-17T10:51:00.000-08:00

The industrial Revolution made a great difference in the world. The industrial revolution had made children who's ages were as little at 5-6 years old. This revolution brought many factories and pollution. How ever there was a benefit from the industrIAL revolution. The benefit was that many new goods were imported and exported so a lot of money was gained during this time. Karl Marx's was a communist.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

2009-10-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

Nationalism can be expressed by a majority of things. For instance culture, language and religion are some ways u can express nationalism. In my country we have our own language which is English. We have our history of past wars won,wars lost etc. We have our own land and are independent from any one else. We have our own military and our own weapons and our own set of laws. These are some of the main things that give us the ability to say that we live in a Nationalist Country. Italians earned the ability to say they live in a nationalist country because decade's after decade's they fought for their own independent country. They eventually prevailed and became their own with their own customs, their own currency etc. The Italians fought with there lives at steak and knew that they had their freedom and lives to loose but they still fought because they were tired of being ruled over by the spanish and their ruler, Napoleon.

Simon Bolivar and the Latin American Revolution

2009-10-22T10:32:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolivar was known as a hero for his brave idea and provincial influence on the Latin Americans. He like most of the other Latin's were tired of being ruled by the Spanish and they wanted democracy and independence from Spain. Simon Bolivar led his troops when numbered in the thousands to northern part of south America to reclaim it from the Spanish. He wanted his fellow Latin's to free of Spanish rule not only because they were treated extremely unfair by the Spanish but also because they were tired of not having any free speech, so they rebelled and demanded freedom.

John Locke and The Enlightenment

2009-10-01T10:21:00.000-07:00

John Locke was a very big enlightenment thinker. He inspired many people to follow him because of his thoughts. John was probably the most famous Enlightenment thinker. His ideas heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the U.S Constitution. John Locke influenced many people including modern democracy. If it wasn't for John Locke the french would have probably not been given fair rights until maybe a decade later. He is the most idolized enlightenment thinker.

Scientific Revolution: Heliocentrism and Geocentric

2009-09-18T10:34:00.000-07:00

The Geocentric theory expressed that the Earth was in the center of the universe. It also states that the sun is not in the center of the universe, and that it revolves around the earth. This like the first theory is wrong. The earth is not in the center of the universe and the sun never moves from its position in space. The earth revolves around the sun and the moon thus giving us a night and day time. This revolving cannot be controlled by man it is done and done only my earths gravitational pull along the sun's and moons atmosphere.

The Geocentric theory of the sun is extremely similar to that of the Heliocentric theory. The only difference is that, in the heliocentric theory the sun is in the center of the universe and spins in place while all the other planets revolve around it.

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

2009-09-17T10:36:00.000-07:00

The scientific method in an idea a group of scientist came up. The scientific revolution became a new way of thinking to all scientist. It became the era in which many people/scientist had many ideas, many theory's. For some even, they even had a new crazy theory about a new way of life. For instance aristotle's theory was that heavier objects feel faster then lighter objects. For that to be proven correct took a couple of years.

Evolution Vs. Creation

2009-09-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

Evolution was the point in time in which monkeys evolved into "man" today. It was the period of time that always made people wonder and think, did "man" come from god or did "man come from monkey? Many people were "stumped" by this theory. Others chose not to believe in it for that God is the true creator of "man". Some states in the west made it illegal to discuss and or teach about Darwin's theory of evolution and creation.

Creation states that man was simply a creation of god. Many people believe in Creation over Evolution because of the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible. The main people who believe in Evolution of Creation are mainly scientist or people who have a logic type of view to how man came about on earth.