The primary goal of this movement was being to make the economic structure and power relations in society fairer. Although all the teams talked about this movement in different cities, all agree that all this started because the people were dissatisfied with how the country was being run and want fundamental, lasting changes of many kinds. These people who support occupy called for reforming Wall Street and removing special interest government. There wasn’t one single issue or demand that summarizes the movement, among the causes were the economic inequality, racism, sexism and corporate influence over government. Their goals are the freedom, justice, democracy and others.
The freedom that is offer in America seems so endless because it has so many. The first freedom that comes to mind is the freedom to speech; America can freely express what inside without the worries of getting in trouble with the government. The citizens can go out and strike for better pay and the government wouldn’t arrest anyone. Furthermore American has the freedom of petition; citizen of America can call forth any cause and bring it up to the government and it will be discussed to find the best option for both parties; as for Vietnam the government doesn’t listen to the citizens. Government has the last say to everything what has been issue will not be change.
"Freedom for all" has always only ever come with the footnote, "some restrictions may apply." Hughes protested on how America made of, it was still controlled by the strong and rich, while the minority suffers. The immigrants came to grasp the ‘American dream’ but They ended up in the same old evil chain and found that their dream almost died. They cannot enjoy the freedom and the opportunity that this country had even though they did the big job of building America. However, we could see that the people told in the poem did not want to give up.
Anderson adopts a patriotic tone in an effort to appeal to readers that may disagree with her argument. Anderson begins her piece by stating, “First I am not a member of the N.R.A, nor am I politically affiliated with any left or right wing side. I am simply a very concerned American.” Right away it’s evident that the writer is making the article non-biased and clearing any thoughts of such beforehand, thus using the appeal of ethos as a method of declaring her identity. Anderson further goes on to say that, “The Government and the media expect the public to be too ignorant to have the common sense to know, the more gun control laws for the law abiding citizens will create the law abiding public to be lambs to the slaughter.” In this piece, the writer speaks in a vexed tone expressing her annoyance and directs questions to the reader by asking, “What criminal will be worried about the gun control laws?”
Krikorian presents a good argument and has done his homework. The author seems to respect patriotism and feels we have a greater obligation to our citizens than foreigners. Krikorian speaks of a country we once were when our grandparents came to America but not that same country now. He argues our immigration laws need to be shaped to improve the United States along with the government enforcing more stringent immigration laws. This would shrink the illegal population and life for American workers would improve.
Its impact was to demonstrate that an oppressed, relatively powerless and unrepresented group can generate social change through the widespread use of social protest in eliminating laws of racial segregation and discrimination (Morris). It also evoked the idea that human oppression is not inevitable and that collective action can generate change (Morris). There existed no ambiguity for what this movement was aiming towards, which means that minimal internal conflict existed between supporters. The final piece of evidence supporting the claim that the civil rights movement was a “just action” is because the principles of the movement affected many social, political, and academic institutions in the U.S. and across the world. Scholars of social movements have increasingly come to recognize the pivotal role that the civil rights movement has played in generating movements in America and abroad (Morris).
They got their messages out through public announcements, protests, and newspapers. They were a very unique movement in the sense that they did not have a very “hands on” approach causing riots and damaging the country, instead they formed meaningful meetings, staged charismatic protests, and published their beliefs in newspapers, journals, and books. The Abolitionist Movement gained more supporters year after year because, more and more people began to understand how wrong slavery really was, and that it was against the very principles of the United States constitution. One major reason why the movement was able to be so successful was because of their wise tactics. The movement’s most effective tactic was public speeches.
The United States fought of the oppression over the colonies in the late 1700’s by first peacefully protesting the unjust taxes waged against them. Slowing building into a common belief that the people in the colonies had the same rights as those of Britain, and asking for the same rights. After the government chose to ignore their rights, and tax more or in and out of the colonies did the American raise arms to separate from the tyrant rule of Britain. We still find certain laws unjust and willingly break them to bring forth the point of wrongdoing, and that issues need to be addressed in today’s society for the betterment of our children. We have people that chose to not wear their seatbelt in their vehicle.
Andrew Avalos P.5 Boyd The 1st Amendment The first Amendment clearly states that “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech”. I am going to be explaining the issues on the Occupy Wall Street, restricting the sale on violent video games, burning of the American flag and how they conflict with the freedom of speech. Occupy Wall street is an organization that is fighting back against the richest 1% of nation. Protesters have been fighting the battle since September 17,2011, and since then has opened thousands of peoples eyes that we need to do more to build a better world. Protesters have the right to “freedom of speech” and have not been restricted of that.
Protestors meeting site locations are parks in the metropolitan areas of Manhattan, N.Y. and in various other sites throughout the country. Protestors have made frequent appearances and gathered support from their cause saying to President Obama during a speech, “There is a profound sense of frustration that the essence of the American Dream- which is if you work hard, if you stick to it, that you can make it--feel like that’s slipping away. And it’s not the way things are supposed to be ("Occupy Wall Street," 2012, p. 1).” OWS movement is hoping Congress, the President, and other lawmakers will come up with better economic solutions of how to reduce the deficit instead of ignoring the issue by increasing taxes on lower socio-economic class people and exporting jobs overseas. The moral and economic implication involving the movement is imperative to can bring about a positive and