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The White Rose

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�� In the musical, �The Sound of Music� one of the songs, �Edelweiss� stirs your feelings. The musical is based on the Von Trapp family and their escape from the Nazis. Edelweiss is a white, mountain flower of Europe which in German means noble white. There is another story about a white flower that comes from this period of history.

�� The White Rose was the n [...]

The Haymarket Massacre

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The Haymarket Massacre

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�� Today, May 1st is considered a holiday around the world. May Day has been celebrated since early pagan days in Europe. It was celebrated as the first day of summer. Today May Day is connected more with the labor movement. The connection started with the Haymarket riot of Chicago in 1886.

�� What was and what caused the Haymarket massacre? In the 1870�s Chicago was a leading center for labor. By 1886 union [...]

Destruction of Churches

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Destruction of Churches

You don�t hear much in the news about it anymore. It still has many unsolved problems and we still have troops there. The place is Kosovo. The conflict between Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo has not been resolved. The UN and NATO still have a presence in the region but that is not entirely what this article is about.

It is about the destruction of churches that has taken place in Kosov [...]

Freedom

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Freedom and liberty what do those words mean? Are there universally understood and excepted meanings for these words? The dictionary defines freedom as the condition of being free from restraints and the capacity to exercise free choice. Liberty is defined as the right and power to act, believe, and express oneself in the manner of their own choosing. It is also being physically and legally free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor. Liberty is joined with freedom to also mean being wit [...]

Human Trafficking

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Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining, by any means, any person for labor or services involving forced labor, slavery or servitude in any industry, such as forced or coerced participation in agriculture, prostitution, manufacturing, or other industries or in domestic service or marriage.
- From Global Rights

Trafficking is widespread and growing faster than people realize. Historically international law has largely defined tr [...]

Impossible dream

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The book Don Quixote was written in the 1600's by Miguel de Cervantes. In more recent times it became a musical called Man of La Mancha. It is a comic tragedy of a man and his struggle against all odds. Quixote is an knight errant during the Spanish Inquistion. In prison as he tells his story he is dubbed the knight of woeful countenance. From Quixote we derived the word quixotic, meaning extravagantly chivalrous and romantically idealistic.{mosloadposition adsense}

The story h [...]