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    Folk singer Pete Seeger was born in New York‚ New York in 1919. His father was a musical man and taught at the University of California in Berkeley‚ as well as Julliard. His mother taught violin at Julliard as well‚ although she would have preferred to be a traveling violinist if she did not have a family to care for. Seeger’s brother and sister became musicians as well. It seems Seeger was destined to be a musician himself. However‚ his parents did not agree on how to educate Seeger about music

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    meanings which are about an extraordinary philosophy‚ Rastafarianism and political messages mostly about colonialism and corruption in governments. Reggae music which is evolved before the end of 1960s in Jamaica‚ has been used as an efficient form of protest against slavery‚ poverty and corruptions in government; and Bob Marley‚ the legend of reggae‚ had very important role in spreading the ideology of Rastafarianism and giving humanitarian messages to the world. Reggae is a style of popular music which

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    HP Headquarter Protest One sunny day in November‚ about 200 people just fell down laying on the ground on the park and in front of buildings with signs next to or on them. These people were laying down at Hewlett Packard headquarter which is also known as HP as a sign of protest. This protest showed the importance and effectiveness of peaceful protest which is happening very often in modern days. People have different opinions on this particular protest because the reason of pretest has

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    War Protests and Modern Music The 1960s were years of war and social unrest in the United States due to the Vietnam War. It was also a time of rebellion‚ free love and radicalism. Musicians and the counterculture they created became a catalyst of opposition to the Vietnam War. With a war similar in diplomatic motivation and unbalanced power engrossing the United States again‚ modern musicians are faced with the same dilemmas and opportunities of musicians in the Vietnam era. The problem facing

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    This is a book about Tiananmen Square protests. The author is Feng Congde and the publishing house is Green Field Bookstore. This book likes a dairy of Feng. He recorded the events which happened between 15th April to 4th June. The author wrote this book because he hopes that people can know more about Tiananmen Square protests. There are many versions of story of Tiananmen Square protests in the world. The author had experienced this event so he wants to tell the people the truth. This book begins

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    animal testing was not addressed as an issue until 1876 when Cruelty of Animals began to stand up for animals by expressing disapproval. One of the organization who protest nowadays is PETA. PETA protest by doing demonstrations with signs‚ they protest peacefully so that their message has a bigger impact to their audience. PETA protest because they believe that animals are being mistreated and abused. One of PETA research

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    X to Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King‚ in the pivotal year of 1968. It was decade when the sexual revolution swept the country and when women proclaimed their liberation from male dominance. The totality of this period will be explored‚ from protests to songs‚ literature to leisure and civil defense to civil rights. You will examine music‚ especially the transition from music about love and relationships to the more society-focused music at the end of the decade. In addition to writing critical

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    used to try to stop violence. Gandhi was one of the most successful in using non violence to resolve a conflict. A very unsuccessful protest was Tiananmen Square. There are many different determining factors in order to have a non violent protest succeed or not work. Mohandas K. Gandhi is one of the most famous nonviolent peaceful protesters. Gandhi led protest against economical and political restrictions. He fought for national independence and taught his followers how to use his methods

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    history. Peaceful protests continue to effectively spark change in law. Famous leaders Mahatma Gandhi‚ Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela have demonstrated that peaceful resistance against laws can positively impact a free society. Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most‚ if not the most‚ famous civil rights leader the world has ever seen. Gandhi was known for organizing boycotts against the British institutions in India. One of the most famous was the Salt march which was a protest against Britain’s

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    The woman with the alabaster Jar - reply to the editor SC208 Women in the New Testament Kim Stephen-Pope The following is a critical study of a story of the woman with the alabaster jar. I intend to look at this story in the gospel with a new fresh microscope‚ a new vision of analysis that has been emerging over the last thirty years. Putting aside the historical-critical approach I am looking at this story through a reader-response or narrative criticism focus. I realize that approachs of

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