Before the Great Recession of 2007-08, both the United States and the global economy were tied to an economic system that eventually, in 2007, broke down. In their chapter on the Great Recession, Jonathan Levy talks about how the economic system used broadly in economic circles had a major flaw of liquefied assets that manyContinue reading “Liquid and Illiquid Assets: The Bane of Banks”
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Southern Faith meets Politics
During the Cold War era, military spending and the creation of jobs helped many working-class people become more financially stable with the increase in defence-based companies. In the article Jerry Falwell’s Sunbelt Politics: The Regional Origins of the Moral Majority, the Christian Right is composed of southern evangelical working-class people that see their faith andContinue reading “Southern Faith meets Politics”
Labor and Economic Issues in America
Before the late 1970s and even earlier in the mid 1960s, a mass amount of working class laborers were working in technical or trade industries. With most placing their bets on a stable livable wage, what soon occurred to one specific industry decimated those plans. A main part of the plight that working-class citizens, specificallyContinue reading “Labor and Economic Issues in America”
Politics, class issues, and the Vietnam War
As with all conflicts, the Vietnam War had groups of people that either didn’t support it or wanted it to continue. This divide between the anti-war protesters and the war propagators led to certain stereotypes emerging for both sides that were used to either benefit or destroy political constituents and parties. During the late 1960s,Continue reading “Politics, class issues, and the Vietnam War”
Not only at home. Soldiers also Unhappy with the War they fought in.
The Vietnam War, fought from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s, was an unpopular war at the end but had many people from around the country enlisted to fight. Christian Appy argues that Vietnam was a “working-class war” as a good portion of those who fought in the war were part of the working-classContinue reading “Not only at home. Soldiers also Unhappy with the War they fought in.”
Segregation in the North? No, Only seen in the south
Historically, there were Civil Rights Movement activists in the north that fought for the same equality that colored people in the south wanted, but today only the southern activist struggles are remembered and praised. This is due to people in the north (and other parts of the country) wanting to get rid of segregation inContinue reading “Segregation in the North? No, Only seen in the south”
Forgotten History of the Cold War: SD Minutemen
During the Cold War, Dwight Eisenhower developed the idea of a “military-industrial complex” where the government, some corporations, and the military work together to further military technological advancements by providing each other with different things such as money, jobs, and support. This became an issue since the idea of a “military-industrial complex” didn’t include orContinue reading “Forgotten History of the Cold War: SD Minutemen”
Domestic Cold War: Hidden Communists and their ties to sexuality
During the Cold War, the “Lavender Scare” was when anyone who was a suspected homosexual, were found, detained, and dismissed from any government, political, or military job (Friedman). While the “Lavender Scare” was about finding homosexuals in the government and the “Red Scare” was about finding communists, they both compared how a homosexual or communistContinue reading “Domestic Cold War: Hidden Communists and their ties to sexuality”
Is National Security about the people or the government?
The national security state is when secret bureaucracies within a government go after both real and perceived threats on the basis of protecting the nation’s security from external and internal threats. This ‘protection’ of the nations security within the United States (US) led to mass loyalty checks toward members of the public such as figuresContinue reading “Is National Security about the people or the government?”
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