In 2008 negotiation on building four additional reactors at the site began Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in march 2011 Protest against the plant fearing a Fukushima like disaster. In March 2012‚ police said they had arrested nearly 200 anti-nuclear protesters On‚ February 24‚ 2012‚ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blamed American and Scandinavian NGOs for fuelling protests at the power plant. Three of the NGOs were later found to have used foreign funds received for social and religious
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Section One: Jenny McCarthy (301 words) One of the main characters‚ Jenny McCarthy‚ is a celebrity and anti-vaccine activist in Paul A. Offit’s book that can be directly connected to the field of public health. This character serves to describe the kind of social and behavioral activities involved in the influencing of public hysteria surrounding the anti-vaccine movement. Jenny McCarthy‚ a well-known Chicago native‚ was born on November 1‚ 1972. She attended college to study nursing at Southern
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The anti-gun violence movement is a prime example of a social movement trying to bring social change. Social change by definition is any shift in previously existing social structures‚ institutions‚ value systems‚ or rules of behavior. A cause of social change is the desire by some people to address a problem in society‚ like injustice or inequality. The anti-gun violence movement has a goal of reducing gun violence due to the effects of gun violence on peoples lives and communities. People bring
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The anti-war movement of the late 1960s is often credited as having positive outcomes such as 18-year-olds being granted the right to vote and the end of the draft‚ and is glorified for its role in bringing people together along with shaping activism to this day. However‚ as with any movement‚ there are unintended consequences‚ which have shaped important events and values within American society in the decades since the war and at present. This paper will explore some of these unintended consequences
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DBQ Project Final Draft Women in the late 1700s had practically no rights. In 18th century America‚ the men represented the family. Women couldn’t do practically anything without consulting their fathers‚ or if they were married‚ their husbands. Then‚ in the early 19th century‚ Republican Motherhood began to take a stronger place in American society. Republican Motherhood reinforced the idea that women‚ in their domestic sphere‚ were much separate from the public world of men‚ but also encouraged
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Anti-war marches and other protests‚ such as the ones organized by students for a Democratic Society‚ attracted a widening base of support over the years‚ which peaked in early 1968 after the successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese troops proved that war’s end was nowhere in sight. The protests began from the movement of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War from peace activists. In addition‚ the U.S started bombing North Vietnam‚ which also sparked protesters. The anti-war movement grew
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To what extent did Mao Zedong’s leadership bring change to China in the years 1960-69? Mao Zedong’s leadership‚ from 1960 to 1969‚ brought a great extent of change to all aspects of peoples lives. His leadership greatly changed women’s role in China. In 1950‚ he was determines to change old attitudes to women and make them be equal to men‚ and not be seen as second-class citizens. So‚ Mao introduced the Marriage Law‚ which placed women legally on an equal basis with men and broke the power of
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events that were occurring to force people to protest and fight for their own rights. Since this time period was right after World War II there were many movements occurring in America and in Europe to protest against war in fear for another one. Not only did Europe fight against future wars there were many groups of anti environmentalist and anti nuclear protests in fight for their health effects. Many young adults living across America were protesting with frustration against president Nixon’s because
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to use any slavery produced products. (Wikipedia‚ 2013) With her husband’s support and help. She became a Quaker minister and traveled giving sermons emphasizing the Quaker inward light or the divine within every individual. In 1833 once Mott was an established abolitionist and minister she was the only woman to speak at the convention in Philadelphia. In 1833 Mott and her husband also founded the American Anti-Slavery Association. In June 1840 Mott attended the General Anti-Slavery Convention‚
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