Sowing the Seeds of the Revolution

 "In a revolution, one triumphs or dies."    http://www.hey-che.com/archives/famous-quotes-from-el-che-guevara/

       Whether it’s revolutionaries of the 1770’s, 1950’s or the new millennium one thing we have learned is that when growing societies around the world have something to say they voice it, and in a big way. First it was America, then France, Russia, China and the Philippines. It was called the events of 1776 and according to the world known to stand alone.  To be a revolutionary you must require the elements of passion, intelligence, skill, and a vision.




http://pattyebenson.org/2012/02/22/the-revolution-in-chester-county-technology-helps-shed-new-light-on-local-history/

         In 1763 the British had defeated the French and gained rule over North America and India. This not only did not sit well with the Americans, but began a long lasting battle with the French. This victory dismissed the French from American territories. This was an event in history that led advocates, such as Sam Adams and other Boston men to create works such as “The Journal of Occurrences”.  This was a series of newspaper articles published  
from 1768-1769 in the New York Journal recounting the acts in Boston done by the   British troops. This led to the verbal response of the Boston Massacre, which made a way for Thomas Paine to publish “Common Sense.”Now do not make the mistake of thinking that the American Revolution was just powerful words being thrown around by some inspiring powerful men. There was blood, gore, and a fight to be won as well. All These events led to what we like to call the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  

http://clevawords.blogspot.com/2011/02/what-is-your-revolution.html

     Let’s all take a look at Sam Adams. He was not only known to be cousin of John Adams who would years later organize the Boston Tea party, but one of the most outspoken voices of the revolution. He basically ignited a fire with his controversial writings.  He was the most noticeable voice of the Boston Gazette and his message was spread like wildfire throughout
the colonies. According to Streitmatter's "Mightier than a Sword," to this day he is known to have started America’s first systematic gathering and distribution of news. Sam Adams once said, “Where there is a Spark of patriotic fire, we will enkindle it (Streitmatter),” and he lived by this rule.  

Adams journalistic style seemed to have brought out the worst in the British soldiers, and as the soldiers abused those in Boston Adams would report on it. There however was one writer Thomas Hutchinson who counteracted every claim to be said about the British soldiers, calling them false and grossly misrepresented. All of these occurring events in a sense contributed to the psyche of the community and the Boston Massacre, which was said, “to wash the ground with profusion of innocent blood” All killed by the barbarian, cruel, infamously mean British soldiers with their loaded guns, well according to Sam Adams in "Mightier than a Sword" that is.  This would go down in history as a horrible massacre, The Boston Massacre!

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After this horrid scene Thomas Paine comes along like a Knight in shining armor at first being a Quaker writing for the Pennsylvania magazine and making a name for himself.  One that says he fights against the norm. He was said to be an insightful commentator. He fought for things like women’s education or the abolishment of slavery and frowned upon the recklessness of the British colonies. According to streitmatter, in his publication “Common Sense” he referred to King George III as the brute of Great Britain, and fought for colonial independence. In the summer of 1776 he joined the army to fight in the French and American Revolution for the independence from Britain, he greatly discussed in “Common Sense.”

Without the works of Thomas Paine, and Sam Adams we would still be under British rule and furthermore not have some of the first publications of printed rebellious literature. Without Thomas Paine, John Adams, Sam Adams, and the several other men who made this rebellion come to life we would not have other revolutionaries that stood up for what they believed in like Ernesto Che Guevara of the 1950’s revolutions or the revolutions of the 21^st century.  As Thomas Paine once said,   “These are the times that try men’s souls.” As Ernesto Che Guevara once said, “I would rather die standing up, then live life on my knees.”

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A Bit of Reading: Anarchism, Or The Revolutionary Movement Of The Twenty-first Century

http://www.zcommunications.org/anarchism-or-the-revolutionary-movement-of-the-twenty-first-century-by-david-graeber

A story you might want to check out about a recent revolution:"Revolutionary Brotherhood"--21st Century Socialist Revolution

http://www.cfr.org/nicaragua/revolutionary-brotherhood--21st-century-socialist-revolution/p23155

As mentioned in the Blog: (Journal of Occurrences)
http://history.jburroughs.org/cfront/us11/readings_us11/journofocc.pdf

REVOLUTION!!!
http://peaceloveandrevolution.com/2011/12/27/whats-my-age-again/

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