Denmark. Estonia received financial aid and supplies also from France and the USA. With the military actions retreating from Estonian territory, the elections for the Estonian Constituent Assembly took place in April 1919 with the participation of 10 parties and political groupings. The majority in the 120-member Constituent Assembly, formed according to the principles of proportional representation, was gained by the leftist parties. The first plenipotentiary legislative body in the history of Estonian national statehood adopted a declaration of Estonian statehood, explaining to the world the historical reasons for Estonia's split from Russia. On 4 June, the temporary authority of Estonia's government was legalised. On 10 October 1919, the Land Reform Act was passed which abolished the land ownership of the Baltic German overlords.
and club cultures Jeff Noon, Jeanette Winterson-shifting perceptions of identity, new medias of virutal selves, computer-gaming, Internet Major historical events and their influence on cultural climate. 1989-fall of Berlin Wall. Fall of Communist regime and the Soviet Union-totalitarian culture. Victory of capitalism, democracy, US · Francis Fukuyama. The End of History and the Last Man (1992) · West and US-domination ideological forces · Fear of leftist tendencies 2001-9/11 collapse of Twin Towers of World Trade Center in NY Collapse of WTC.Symbolic collapse of capitalism. Subsequent 'war of terror','resurrection of history'.Shift of ideological and symbolic hostility of the West-new enemy: not Marxism but Islam.Effects on British Society: · Consensus politics-Tony Blair 1997 · First labour PM in 20 y. Responses of different ethnic groups · Monica Ali. Brick Lane (2003)
In the 1930's the great depression. Melodrama emerged but in a new form. Lillian Hellman, who's plays are different because these don't have a happy ending always. Introduces realisting settings, fairly believable, sensational. Psyhcological complex characters. She's hinting this trouble between good and evil behind the dynamic of human social order. The 1930's saw the new type of play, this was called Agitprop. Russian revolution 1917. Agitation propaganda. It was used by the leftist in the label movement to rally support for their couse. It contains type characters and simple situations, songs-make it remoramble, slogans and direct challenges to the audience to get their reaction, to make them involved. Perhaps one of the best agitation plays was written by Cliffor Odets called ,,Waiting for Leftie". Group of workers, labour meeting, work has a waiting for their representative, never comes, has been murdered. Things change dramatically after the second world war
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