Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards
What’s political terrorism?
A symbolic act designed to influence political behavior based on extra normal means, entailing the use or threat of violence
What’s political ideology?
The set of beliefs about the proper order of society and how that order can be achieved
What does left wing mean
A political designation that encompasses ideologies more radical in nature, including anarchism and Marxism
What is Marxism
The economic and sociological theories of Karl Marx and fried rich engels that encompasses a revolutionary view of social change
What’s proletariat
A Marxist concept that describes the working class, peasants, or oppressed people
Who’s Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French philosopher who was the first person to declare himself an anarchist; instrumental in sparking French revolutionary activities in 1848
Define propaganda by the deed
An ideology that advocates acts of violence as a principal means of revolution.
Define bourgeoisie
The weather upperclass, those that were property owners
Define capitalism
Economics that focus on competition in a free market enterprise, valuing the ownership of private property to determine wealth
Communism
The ideal utopian state as proposed by Karl Marx, characterized by the total elimination of privately held property and government
Define socialism
A Marxist perspective of a transitory and revolutionary period between capitalism and communism wherein the ruling class is purged from the land, all people are equal and the government owns everything; the period is marked by violence
Define vanguard
A concept that advocates a method of arousing a level of political consciousness among proletarians in order to foster the belief among them that revolution and any changes it brings are far preferable to the status quo
Who’s Ernesto “Che” Guevara
An iconic, revolutionary figure in Latin America during he 1950s and 60; he symbolizes discontent with capitalism and colonization in the world, and believed that revolution was sparked by those most oppressed In a country - poor farmers living in rural areas
Define egalitarian democracy
The political concept that all humans are equal in fundamental political, economic and social worth; hence social economic divisions or classes of people as well as centralized power should be diminished
Who’s Carlos marighella
A Brazilian revolutionary who expressed the concept of guerrilla movements stemming from urban areas. His book the mini manual of the urban guerrilla, was influential to Latin American Leroy movements
What’s colonialism?
A practice of domination, involving political and economic control of a territory
What is the Balfour declaration?
A formal letter from British foreign secretary Alfred b Balfour in 1976 signaling British support for the development of a new sovereign Jewish state in the Middle East
Mandate system
The system of colonization after world war 1 dividing areas in Middle East, primarily between Great Britain, France, and Italy
Who’s frantz fanon
A black revolutionary writer and medical doctor serving in the French army in Algeria. His writing sparked national liberation movements throughout the Middle East as well as the rest of the world
Who are the Palestinians
People of Arab descent tracing their cultural heritage to an area known as Palestine, now occupied by the country or Israel
Who are the zionists
People sympathetic to the creation of a Jewish state in the middle eastern area of Palestine
Who’s Ahmad shuqayri
The first head of the Palestinian congress in 1964
Who’s yassir Arafat
The leader of the al-fatah Palestinian group and later head of the Palestinian liberation organization (PLO)
George habash
A Christian Marxist physician that led the popular front for the liberation of Palestine (plfp)
Who’s wadi haddad
A Christian Marxist physician that directed the military and guerrilla actions of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine (pflp) creditors for developing the modern day hijacking of airliners as a methodology and tactic of terrorism
Who’s Israeli mossad
The intelligence and secret service unit of the country or Israel; responsible for carrying out extensive covert operations throughout the Middle East and the rest of the world
Who’s sabri al banna?
A highly entrepreneurial revolutionary and mercenary who headed the abu nodal organization
What’s levant
A geographic and cultural area in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, composed primarily of modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel.
