5 Great Examples of Humanitarianism “Love and compassion are necessities‚ not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” - Dalai Lama If human beings didn’t have the compassion to help one another‚ do you think the human race would still exist now with all the wars‚ diseases‚ poverty‚ and natural catastrophes that exist? Most likely we could have been wiped out. Thankfully‚ we have the ability to feel compassion and show resiliency in the most difficult times. We have the capability of
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civil rights movement here in America and Nelson Mandela used Gandhi’s non-violent methods to help end apartheid in South Africa. These weren’t the only situations where non-violence succeeded either‚ Khan Abdule Ghaffar Khan‚ Steve Biko‚ Aung San Suu Kyi and Benigno Aquino‚ Jr. used Gandhi’s non-violent tactics to win out over their enemies. Aquino even succeeded in freeing his Philippine people from the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. All of these victorious situations show us that non-violence
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(“A Month and a Day”; 318) and never giving up is what made the big difference. Even though he didi’n get to finish what he started he achieved really important things and motivated others to continue what he started. Just like Saro-Wiwa‚ Aung San Suu Kyi spoke out and made a difference‚ she returned to her native Burma and put herself through everything in order to gain the autonomy for the citizens of her beloved country. She “founded” (“Icon of Hope”; 445) the National League for Democracy and was
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Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by civil groups to challenge a particular power‚ force‚ policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary‚ pressure and coercion: it can involve systematic attempts to undermine the adversary’s sources of power‚ both domestic and international. Forms of action have included demonstrations‚ vigils and petitions; strikes‚ go-slows‚ boycotts and emigration movements; and sit-ins‚ occupations
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GRC – Oatley Module B Assessment Dec 2011 ‘Great speeches are the product of style substance and impact’ How have the views of speech writer Graham Freudenberg and your critical study of the speeches informed your understanding of the value of these speeches? In your response evaluate the ideas‚ structure and rhetorical/language techniques of at least two speeches: • Develop a thesis‚ address the question and refer to the listening component throughout • Demonstrate effective
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Yeoh was born to a Malaysian Chinese family in Ipoh‚ Malaysia. Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Geik‚ a lawyer and MCA politician.[2] She is a Hokkien.[6] She was keen on dance from an early age‚ beginning ballet at the age of four. At the age of 15‚ she moved with her parents to England‚ where she was enrolled in a boarding school. Yeoh later studied at the Royal Academy of Dance in London‚ majoring in ballet. However‚ a spinal injury prevented her from becoming a professional ballet dancer
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HISTORY OF MILITARY COUP VIOLATING DEMOCRACY Military coup of 1973 - CHILE Salvador Allende (pronounced Ayen-they). He was then the President of Chile‚ a country in South America. Allende was the founder leader of the Socialist Party of Chile. In 1970‚ after being elected the President‚ Allende had taken several policy decisions to help the poor and the workers. These included reform of the educational system‚ free milk for children and redistribution of land to the landless farmers. He was
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Orwell. A good quote to show one of the many themes of this book is “It is not power that corrupts‚ but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it‚ and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it”-Aung San Suu Kyi. In this book Napoleon and Snowball represent actual historical figures of Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. They had started as allies at the beginning of the Russian Revolution‚ like how Napoleon and Snowball were friends when Old Major was alive
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oppose the foreigners is a common example of a pacifist. Aung San Suu Kyi‚ a non-violent pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myannmar was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a repressive military dictatorship. Later on‚ she was put under house arrest but even though she was allowed freedom if she fled the country‚ she refused. Up till now‚ Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest and is currently on a starvation protest
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MYANMAR(BURMA) Introduction Myanmar well known us Burma. Myanmar sits at the crossroads of Asia’s great civilisations of India and China‚ and looks out onto the vast Indian Ocean next to Thailand. One of South East Asia’s largest and most diverse countries‚ Myanmar stretches from the sparkling islands of the Andaman Sea in the south right up into the Eastern Himalayan mountain range. To this day Myanmar remains one of the most mysterious and undiscovered destinations in the world. A land of
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