Industrial capitalism is an efficient , impersonal slaughtering machine that sacrifices its workers. ... Love's Pilgrimage (1911) attempted to move away from the more political-social style, but in 1913 Sinclair began to investigate the great Colorado coal strike and the methods used by the Rockefeller to suppress it; as a result of the publicity he brought to the owners? ... By this time, he had moved to California, where he began a lifelong career of political activism and journalism devoted to exposing the evils of greed and materialism: Between 1917 and 1927 he wrote a series of pam...

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But to the hippies themselves, being a hippie was a matter of accepting a universal belief system that transcended the social, political and moral norms of any established structure. ... The Astrology of the Hippy Movement "The deeper, more subtle, changes that the Hippy Movement generated are still being integrated into our social and political structures as well as our collective psyche. ...

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A suburbanite's nightmare. This was the Bronx. Adversity can lead to futility, or spawn creativity. As history has always shown, society's oppressed adapt, and make the best out of the worst situations. MCing, Grafitti, D-Jaying, and B-boying, were all created in the Bronx. ...

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Such items as dishwashers, microwaves, washers and dryers, personal computers, fax machines, and modems have allowed us to save valuable time, but it does not come without a cost. ... As a result, they gained more knowledge then they had before of economic and social politics. Political ideas by advocates of "Black Power" had no barring because the ideas could not be put into context. ...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun ca...

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