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Don’t Forget the Meaning of Labor Day
REAL PEOPLE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR LABOR RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY In 1877 workers for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shut down the rails to protest multiple pay cuts and exploitative working conditions. Their anger spread throughout the nation, as far away as San Francisco. The militias of ten states were called in to break Read more
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American Meat Production and Democratic Surveillance
CHRISTOPHE HAUBURSIN OF VOX.COM EXPLORES UNDERCOVER REVELATIONS ABOUT AMERICAN MEAT PRODUCTION Other Featured Voices Include: https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/elizabeth-warren-on-planned-parenthood/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/ezra-klein-interviews-bernie-sanders/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/act-out-from-occupy-com/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/jon-stewart-has-no-more-jokes-on-gun-violence/ https://madsociologistblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/chris-hayes-on-the-problems-of-white-culture/ Read more
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On ISIS and Anomie
WHY IS EXTREMISM SO ATTRACTIVE TO SOME? I recently viewed some videos published by the New York Times addressing the motivations of young people, living otherwise normal lives by western standards, who nevertheless opt to join ISIL in their jihad against infidels and their mission to establish a new caliphate. The videos were very revealing, perhaps Read more
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A Good Rule of Thumb Before Posting Memes
I’D LIKE TO CALL IT THE “MAMA RULE” The social media universe is unique in the history of man. It’s speed of light interactions and push-button communication influences the rules of interaction within that particular sphere of influence. How much this translates to actual person-person interaction is not yet clear. However, the innovations resulting from Read more
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Elizabeth Warren on Planned Parenthood
NO, THEY DID NOT HIT THEIR HEADS. THEY’VE ALWAYS HATED WOMEN’S INDEPENDENCE Read more
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Deference, Self-Defense and the Death of Sam Dubose
ON CONFLICT CYCLES AND THE POLICE/SUBJECT INTERACTIONS In the last year I’ve offered an explanation of police brutality and community conflicts that, I believe, transcends the simple “racist cop/deserving subject” paradigm (here, here and here). My goal is to try to understand the complex nature of what I see as a conflict cycle existing between Read more
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