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    What makes a war just?

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    guideline is just cause. A just cause for going to war is defense against a tyrant or an aggressor. This is the cause of many wars and should always be considered a just cause. Many times God told the Israelites to go to war because they were being oppressed. The cause of the First Crusade was to defend Christians against an aggressor‚ the Turks. The Turks had been forcing the Christians‚ who were on pilgrimages to Jerusalem‚ a fee to go to the city. Along with this‚ they were attacking the Christians

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    unity of muslims

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    UNITY OF MUSLIMS & MUSLIM COUNTRIES‚ Islam is Peace . Islam condemns killing the innocents . Islam forbids killing the women & children even in the battle field. Islam says to be just & kind with the war prisoners . So‚ No terrorism in the name of Islam . Again‚ No killing innocents in the name of terrorism. Islam is all about peace ‚ love & justice and all about defending them . So defend the innocents & resist the occupation‚ the killers & oppressors All together.  And whosoever does not rule

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    Racism in North America

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    Introduction Racism in the United States has been a major issue ever since the colonial era and the slave era. Nowadays‚ people in the U.S. continue to have some prejudices against other races. Imagine being hated‚ discriminated against or harassed just because of your skin colour‚ race‚ religion‚ culture or nationality. You may not think this is racism‚ but it is. My hope is that by the end of this speech you will try to put an end to racism when you hear it and when you see it. You see racism

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    Freire gained a better understanding of the factors that kept these “oppressed” individuals weak. According to Freire this group was immersed in what he called a “culture of silence: accepting their situation as part of the natural order and lacking a voice to speak out against the injustices which dominated their daily lives (Flanagan‚ 2005).” After his experiences with the downtrodden‚ Friere worked to free the oppressed from their mental constraints. Flanagan (2005) summarizes his contributions

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    Oppressed people cannot simply ask their oppressors for them to stop murdering and persecuting them. Historically oppressed groups have always had to participate in civil disobedience or commit violent acts if they want to gain their freedom or establish legal protection under the law. When looking at other revolutions

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    Oscar Romero

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    hero. The upper hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America was firmly allied with the economic and political elite. But Archbishop Romero emerged as the "voice of the oppressed" in El Salvador after he reached the pinnacle of that hierarchy. His remarkable transformation into a defender of the poor and oppressed when he had reached such a privileged professional and institutional status marks him as one of the most extraordinary figures in history.

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    “Working men of all countries‚ unite!” This conclusion to one of the most notable pieces of critical literature written‚ the Communist Manifesto‚ a philosophy of where the working class was no longer the oppressed‚ and sought to bring workers of all nations together and revolt against the system in place. At the time‚ it was obvious that those who were working hard‚ were also those who were not moving anywhere in the social order class system that was in place when Marx had written the Manifesto

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    suffered at their own hands. Furthermore‚ they had no intention of fulfilling the things they had promised‚ and were ready to send those who had displayed a huge amount of patriotism back to slavery. Africans could be said to have been the most oppressed during America’s burgeoning years because of their enslavement and the exploitation even after they were

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    the Battle of Bach Dang in 939 and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 are examples of how the conflict theory brought change to Vietnamese society and culture. For centuries Vietnam had been under Chinese rule. The Vietnamese people were an oppressed society and were exploited by the Chinese. Forced labour was brought upon the Vietnamese people‚ and there were many tyrannical Chinese governers along with constant demands of tribute for the Chinese rulers. There had been many revolts by the Vietnamese

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    Houseboy: Novel Essay

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    French colonization of Cameroon‚ explores this mis-identity within the cruel system of colonization. Although being a coming-of-age novel‚ Oyono sharply criticizes the ironies of colonial societies through the relationship between the oppressor and oppressed. Houseboy is a great example of an anti-colonialist novel that focuses on mis-identity within colonial societies. Oyono could not have summarized it better when he said "What are we Blackmen who are called French?". He focuses on the issues of assimilation

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