Migrants as activist citizens in Italy Published on openDemocracy (http://www.opendemocracy.net) Migrants as activist citizens in Italy In 2010 and 2011 migrants behaved like activist citizens throughout Italy‚ initiating a new cycle of struggles in the crisis of neoliberalism. Their contestation of an exclusionary‚ racialized and competitive model of society could become a goal shared by migrants and nationals alike. ‘We will be remembered’; whoever wrote this on the wall of an abandoned
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The Progressive Era was a period that showed the goals and contradictions found in American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Theodore Roosevelt summed up the Progressive/Reform feeling in his "Square Deal" speech - that it was all about morals‚ not economics. His goal was the "moral regeneration of the business world." He preached that it was wrong for some people to get ahead in business and politics by tricks and schemes‚ while others were cheated out of the opportunity
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Will Agbots Take Over? How likely is it that robots will take agriculture jobs in the Yakima Valley? There are a lot of people who say that robots will take our jobs based on new facts and how fast technology is evolving. There are others that say no our jobs won’t be taken over because robots still have years to improve on their skill in agriculture. There are many reasons as to why they will take over agriculture such as they can do a lot of the heavy lifting‚ Improve the quality and economy of
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In the argument that capitalism was the gift of European colonialism in the Americas in 1492: The Debate on Colonialism‚ Eurocenterism‚ and history we determine that before 1492‚ Africa and Asia were equally as advanced and progressive as Europe. Also that the development of Europe beginning in 1492 and subsequently resulted from colonialism and the quality of capitalizing contributions. With enlightenment of the argument that Capitalism was the gift of European Colonialism in the Americas‚ Blaut
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Exploitation of illegal female immigrants in American agriculture Introduction There is a major issue in the US regarding the employment of illegal or undocumented immigrants‚ most of whom are working in low-skilled jobs in sectors of the economy most Americans don’t want to fill. Reports estimate that 48% of persons employed in US farms and other work places within agriculture are undocumented. Of these‚ almost half a million are likely to be women. (Pew Hispanic Center‚ 2010) These women
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Organophosphate Pesticides: Toxic Effects On Our Environment and Us. Laura DeMerchant‚ Victoria Dennis‚ Sam Demone‚ Bryden Tate‚ Dominic Talbot‚ Hayley Cable Group #11 Earth Science 274 March 14th‚ 2014 Organophosphate Pesticides In this rapidly developing world‚ people are continually exposed to numerous environmental pollutants such as industrial waste‚ polluted air and pesticides. The majority of pollutants are potentially toxic for organisms‚ some being connected to disease development
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AGRARIAN REFORM 1987 Philippine Constitution Article II‚ Sec. 21 “The State shall promote comprehensive rural development and agrarian reform.” Republic Act No. 6657 - it is the present agrarian reform law implemented nationwide. - known as The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform. - signed into law by the former President Corazon C. Aquino on June 10‚ 1988. - it was implemented the government program known as Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. HISTORY OF AGRARIAN REFORM (From precolonial
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state shall promote industrialization and full employment based on sound agricultural development and agrarian reform. Art. XIII Sec. 4‚5‚6‚7‚8 – The state shall: - undertake an agrarian reform program founded on the right of farmers and regular farmworkers who are landless‚ to own directly or collectively lands.. - recognize the right of the farmers‚ farm owners‚ landowners‚ etc. - apply the principles of agrarian reform - provide
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Market failure occurs when markets fail to deliver an efficient allocation of resource. The agricultural sector in South Africa has gone through some major changes in recent times; one of the main highlights being the increase of minimum wages for farmworkers set by government. This raise in minimum wage follows industrial strike action that took place from November through till February 2013‚ some of which were violent. (2) This decision to increase minimum wages to R105 was announced by labour minister
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“Where justice is denied‚ where poverty is enforced‚ where ignorance prevails‚ and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress‚ rob and degrade them‚ neither persons nor property will be safe‚” said by Frederick Douglass. What is class? Class in today’s society can mean anything. Class is something one can have‚ one can be a part of or one can be limited to. Class as a whole isn’t just about where you stand financially but it is where you’re placed in society
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