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- 1921: Labor Issues
- ... s. The IWW invited the unskilled and semiskilled workers that the AFL had denied and was a success from 1910 to 1915 (Encyclopedia, 1996). The results of this had decreased the AFL membership for a short period of time, but they fought back by bringing unskilled workers into the craft unions (Encyclopedia, 1996). The IWW had disappeared by the middle of World War I. During World War I, membership of unions ... federal, public jobs (Frum, 1993). Organized labor had its hopes up when a democratic president took office. Democrats are typically known for “embracing organized labor” unlike republicans (Wojcik, 1992, p. 25). Clinton’s promises fell short; however, likely due to his largely republican Congress. Furthermore, under the Clinton administration, the 1994 North American Free Trade agreement was passed which will progressively remove tariffs off of auto and auto part imports (Smith ...
- 1922: Josef Mengele
- By: Colin Price THE ANGEL OF DEATH: JOSEF MENGELE "Right, left", what man could send people to their death with a flick of a cane, without batting an eye? Josef Mengele. The stories and pictures of Auschwitz tell a gruesome tale of death and torture. Stories of the abused, used, and killed, the tales of the torturees have been told, but what about the torturers? The SS, the "doctors", the ones who carried out the deeds, what was their life like ...
- 1923: INTERNET ADDICTION
- ... the chat rooms, play a significant role in the (4) development of the addiction. Research is not, however, the only evidence that a problem exists. As the Internet continues to expand, the number of horror stories increases. In Cincinnati, a mother was arrested for neglecting her three young children because she was spending too much time on the Internet. 7 It was reported that she was spending 12 hours a day ... her kids were locked in a room in a filthy apartment. In addition to this case, all one has to do is browse the Internet addiction sites to find many other people and their individual stories. Now you will probably ask, If there really is an addiction, what are the symptoms and is help available? The list of Internet Addiction symptoms is long. Most Researchers in this area stated that any ...
- 1924: Gandhi
- ... imposition of a poll tax on them, or the declaration by the government that all non-Christian marriages were to be construed as invalid. In 1909, on a trip back to India, Gandhi authored a short treatise entitled Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, where he all but initiated the critique, not only of industrial civilization, but of modernity in all its aspects. Early Career After an undistinguished performance in a ... in 1919, Gandhi led a nation-wide campaign of passive non-cooperation with the government of British India, including the boycott of British goods. He was never to leave the country again except for a short trip that took him to Europe in 1931. Though he was not completely unknown in India, Gandhi followed the advice of his political mentor, Gokhale, and took it upon himself to acquire a familiarity with ...
- 1925: Agreeing To Disobey
- ... to a heightened understanding of its surroundings. As conscious individuals, humans acknowledge the fact that not everyone holds the same opinion, and therefore, not everyone is governed by the same rules. In Erich Fromm's short essay entitled, Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem he explains that there exist two forms of conscience. The first form being the authoritarian conscience (the authority society aims to please and avoids displeasing, also ... is undeniable- everyone has a choice. The choices to either disobey or obey occur simultaneously, because when a person obeys a higher authority, (such as the government), he/she often disobeys his/her morality. In short, obedience and therefore disobedience will never singularly exist. If a person obeys a higher authority, he/she often disobeys the unacknowledged higher authority known as ones conscience. Henry David Thoreau supported this claim when he ...
- 1926: Violence And Pornography
- ... rape is that they frequently have a need to call attention to themselves. 3. Any healthy woman can successfully resist a rapist if she really wants to. 4. When women go around braless or wearing short skirts and tight tops, they are just asking for trouble. 5. In the majority or rapes, the victim is promiscuous or has a bad reputation. 6. If a girl engages in necking or petting and ... of attractive women in pornographic material lends to a view of women being desirable, she inadvertently excludes women that don’t fit society’s mold of the model physical female, (i.e. overweight, small breasted, short, etc.). Most of the arguments similar to White’s follow the same line of reasoning, and are easily broken down in the same manner as hers. In regards to pornogrpahy perpetuating violent acts toward women ...
- 1927: The Detrimental Effects In Cha
- ... buy more than landlords need to sell. If the renter does not get a place to live, he is on the street. If the landlord has no tenant, he just has an empty apartment. In short, there is a mismatch of power in the rental market. The laws of supply and demand are unfairly applied against the buyer. Thus controls came into being precisely because the market does not work. Lifting ... the Tenant Complaint Office.7 Leach also plans to create a quasi-judicial tribunal. Complaints would be diverted from courts to the tribunal for everything from increases to evictions. Both parties would be given a short time to present evidence and make their case. Shortly after, a judgment would be made. Since there are no appeals, both parties would be expected to abide by the decision. If one party complains that ...
- 1928: Preferred Hiring Practices
- ... humiliation through jokes made at his expense, has destroyed his self-esteem. This has caused him to accept as fact the notion that he will never be able to reach his goals. Few "Bill" success stories exist, only further plummeting his self-confidence. This example sounds strikingly similar to a common argument for preferential hiring. I have been discriminated against, which has caused my self esteem to fall, and now I ... not bury the issue of race? Discrimination is waning. It has become a crime to discriminate. Soon blacks and women will become full members of the job world. There are plenty of role model success stories available. There is no reason to believe that anyone, in today's society, cannot achieve whatever they wish. Hard work and diligence will pay off and eventually race and sex will no longer be issues ...
- 1929: Internet Addiction
- ... the chat rooms, play a significant role in the (4) development of the addiction. Research is not, however, the only evidence that a problem exists. As the Internet continues to expand, the number of horror stories increases. In Cincinnati, a mother was arrested for neglecting her three young children because she was spending too much time on the Internet. 7 It was reported that she was spending 12 hours a day ... her kids were locked in a room in a filthy apartment. In addition to this case, all one has to do is browse the Internet addiction sites to find many other people and their individual stories. Now you will probably ask, If there really is an addiction, what are the symptoms and is help available? The list of Internet Addiction symptoms is long. Most Researchers in this area stated that any ...
- 1930: International Law
- ... When aggression occurs, the members of the Council may decide politically - but are not obliged legally - to undertake collective action that will have sanctioning result. In instances of threats to or breaches of the peace short of war, they may decide politically to take anticipatory action short of force. Moreover, it is for the members of the Security Council to determine when a threat to peace, a breach of peace, or an act of aggression has occured. Even thi determination is made ...
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