The Shah’s eventual removal of power in 1979 sparked a wholesale revolution in Iran, one which can find its roots in the anger and disgust most Iranians felt when learning of the true details of the fall of Mossadegh. Mossadegh’s legacy still lives on today, in demonstrations and protests around the country.
Election History articles on Democracy Chronicles
Here we cover how democracy has progressed through time in our highly suggested global election history coverage. Modern systems of democracy largely arose out of the Europe through the period at the end of the Middle Ages into the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the American and French Revolutions. However in reality, democratic decision making is an even more ancient invention and in many ways a fixture of nature . Also check out our section on World Democracy.
Funny and Shocking Political Cartoons From 1700s England
Shocking political cartoons created today, especially in large media outlets, lack some of the edginess and vitriol of cartoons from American Revolution-era English artists
Should Australia Keep Queen as Head of State?
They have England’s Queen as its head of state in symbolic role but should Australia keep Queen?
Putin Dictatorship Rewriting Russia’s History Textbooks
Control of history education is key for any country and dictatorship under Putin plans centralized (and de-sanitized) rewriting Russia’s history textbooks
What’s Going On? Marco Polo, Orwell and Income Equality
Our society is so far removed from the idea of empathy. We always put profits over people. Equality is empty rhetoric to the CEOs & policymakers of our land. Working 80 hours per week doesn’t even guarantee you a place in the middle class.
For South America, Monroe Doctrine Officially Dead
Latin America breathes more freely with long due news that Monroe Doctrine officially dead after guiding American policy for the last two hundred years
Each Will Know His Own
Things would progress faster and further if we would question: WHY do we classify people? Let’s enable, expect and encourage multiplicity while simultaneously acknowledging the marvelous singularity of life.
VIDEO: Freedom Songs of Civil Right Era
Political change was aided by litany of Freedom Songs written to demand rights and voting access during momentus 1960s era of songs of Civil Right Era
Copyright Law and Democracy in America
Copyright in America goes back to country’s founders who worried of government overreach – On Copyright Law and Democracy in American History
Modern Times: Actions SPEAK Louder Than Words
The growing demands at the workplace mean human beings, who are not machines, have less time for themselves, for their psychological well-being.