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    The creators of Salt of the Earth “had a consciousness of radical activism” (Aptheker 2015). Paul Jarrico, Michael Wilson, and Herbert J. Biberman made connections between the Cold War anti-union sentiment and what was happening in the lives of the community at Hanover, New Mexico (Balthasar 353). "Salt fuses the antiracist, anti imperialist sensibility...with the central popular front icon and narrative form- the strike tale. In this sense Salt is not simply an expansion of a 1930s political aesthetic;

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    They believe that they have the truth and that you must be a member of their church to be saved. There known for their protests against homosexuality and anything/anyone they feel support homosexuality. The Westboro Baptist Church is well known for picketing places and events they see support homosexuality or Jews. This includes actual gay and lesbian events, churches and organizations they feel don’t refuse to accept homosexuality sufficiently and the funerals of soldiers. They picket soldier’s funerals

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    population. Therefore, we must take action. As a church, we have collectively decided that God has waited too long to take a course of action, as the world has escalated into pure madness, and will do His work with our hands. We have spent much too long picketing soldiers and fags funerals, and must move into the second phase of our ultimate goal; to see every last one of you burn in hell. No longer will we just make you incredibly uncomfortable while you’re mourning your loved ones deaths, we will actually

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    Contemporary Canadian Business Law: Principles and Cases Tenth Edition Chapter 15: Case 9 Case 9 deals with a homeowner (the principle) who lists her property for sale and enters into an agreement with an agent to facilitate a sale with a third party. Over the course of the agency agreement a prospective buyer inspected the property but didn’t make an offer before the agency agreement expired. The legal issue that arises comes after the agency agreement expires. The prospective buyer later

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    In 2006, Matthew Snyder, a Marine Corporal was killed during combat in Iraq. Snyder’s family had made funeral arrangements at a Catholic church in their hometown of Westminster, Maryland. The time and location of this service was made public by local newspapers, thus being easily accessible by the public. Fred Phelps, the founder of Westboro Baptist Church located in Topeka, Kansas, was made aware of this service and chose to travel to Maryland to picket it with his two daughters and four grandchildren

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    The Tex-Son Women’s Strike: Setting Race Aside and the Focus on Motherhood The historical Chicano women’s strike of Tex-Son in San Antonio, Texas, began in 1959. Tex-Son was a company that specialized in the production of children’s clothing. Tex-Son employed women and immigrants for cheap labor. The working conditions at Tex-Son were not up to par – filthy ventilation systems and unsanitary work areas made labor dangerous. Wages differed between women and men; women were paid by the piece, while

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    Westboro Baptist Church is a Church full of many people who protest at many military funerals. There are many people like the people in Westboro Baptist Church, those are the type of people who hate America. In the year 2013, Westboro Baptist Church was counter-protested at a military funeral. People who hate America and the people who fought for them, should be removed from this country. Westboro Baptist Church is one of the many people who protest at military funerals, there are many more who hate

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    Strikes is an occurrence in which workers stop working and demand or protest against their employers regulations or working conditions imposed. Strikes are aimed for the employers to forcedly fulfill the workers demand. Strikes often happen in various different places. Often, a strike would comprise of simply not showing up a work at protesting on the streets however do get brutal. Strikes also vary in sizes depending of the protestors as sometimes there may be hundreds of thousands of people or

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    The novel, Bread and Roses Too, is a story written by Katherine Paterson in 2006. This book takes you through the hard life of a young child, named Rosa, during the Bread and Roses strike of the mill workers of 1912. This story took place in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and displays the different hardships that had to be overcome the Bread and Roses Strike. Rosa is a young child who is living through the highest peaks of the strike of the mill workers, and she is not sure what to think of it. Confused

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    The meaning of social justice is relating to the terms of the distribution of opportunities, wealth, and privileges within the society. As Catholics we must help build society in a justified and peaceful manner. Trying to work for social justice as Catholics can be difficult because some political leaders and laws support what Catholics find to be morally wrong. As Catholics we are also suppose to share the light of the Gospel with society to help make it a better place and grow closer to God

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