Social Welfare Institutions

The link below is to this article I found very interesting.  It actually deals with what we were discussing in class about how democracy might be a good system, but it isn’t implemented as should be.  Being a possible cause as to why democracy does not work.  Also this article highlights the issue of privatization…I would like to […]

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I was thinking about what we talked about in class today about reforms and I was wondering, are reforms just Band-Aids for the broken ”system”?  Reforms fix the problem for now but they don’t help the “root” cause of the problem that the system has like a revolution (possibly because revolutions are too long and costly to push […]

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I watched the film “The Battle of Algiers” by Gillo Pontecorvo as one of my events. This film is a re-inaction of the civil war in French Algeria in the period of 1954-1960. This war of independence was fought by the Algerians against the French imperialism. This movie, unlike most war movies, shows both sides […]

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This documentary, produced by Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck, was about how the Republican Majority leader of the state of Texas attempted to sell out Congress. “The majority leader is a partisan position in a legislative body”[1]. Tom Delay took advantage of this position to do what he pleased. The first thing he did was […]

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The movie “Life and Debt” by Stephanie Black clearly illustrates the most hurtful side effects of globalization in terms of third world countries. In fact as in this case Jamaica is being stroked with all these lending policies set by the International Monetary Fund, The world Bank and the American Development Bank. As the history […]

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One of the main topics we discussed in our last class was based on reading of digital diploma; whether or not we thought it was a bad idea. According to the article, Noble believed it was a bad idea. Throughout the article, he brought up several points about why having digital classrooms to achieve a […]

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The idea of a Liberal Arts education is something that should be embraced in our society but unfortunately it is seen as something that one would be wasting their time on. It think that getting exposed to a Liberal Arts education makes a person more aware of their surroundings and also gives them an opportunity […]

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According to http://www.businessethics.ca/greenwashing/ - Greenwashing is defined as “a pejorative term derived from the term ‘whitewashing,’ was coined by environmental activists to describe efforts by corporations to portray themselves as environmentally responsible in order to mask environmental wrongdoings. The term ‘greenwashing’ was originally confined to describing misleading instances of environmental advertising, but as corporations’ efforts […]

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What should I start off with….  We talked about a Draft in class this past wednesday and then we changed topics really quickly. We weren’t able to sink our teeth into the topic.  I feel that some sort of National service should be mandated on everyone after they turn 18 and they should serve for […]

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In my last postI was talking about professional and I brought up the issue of whether or not an Army Officer is Professioanl or not. Talking about that I went to the movie called Stop Loss and I really encourage every one to go to, My preivous understanding of the military was really unfair for […]

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This comic refers to the financial crisis the United States is currently facing. The crisis is a very complicated situation, but I’ll try to bring up the main points:

From 2001 to 2005, the value of homes in the United States increased sharply. Because their homes increased in value, many homeowners borrowed money from what they […]

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Today in class we talked about how the media holds information to the public in America. It seems as if they are only allowing us to hear what they think we should hear. By hiding information, it seems like they are trying to set our minds a certain way and make us view specific situations […]

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When reading this chapter, it reminded me of the  Left Forum event ” The anti- war movement” I attended. This chapter like, the forum I attended discussed the deep connection between the ideology of war, and captialism. McNally states on page 207, that ” serious historians” have never supported the claim that the First World […]

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I went to a panel of journalists today about how poverty is portrayed in the media.  The journalists on the panel pointed out that poverty isn’t covered in the media very often because it’s a “depressing” topic and its not considered a pressing issue.  Many editors don’t want to talk about poverty in their newspapers because […]

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How we define a good job or what is our standard for a well paid job…well to answer these questions we have first to consider our norm of things. In the United States being a doctor or a lawyer are very prestiage jobs to have. However, in some countires doctors can be seen as just […]

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http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/workers/ 
This is a website with real stories of employees’ working experiences at Wal-Mart. A lot of the stories they share are similar to the Wal-Mart readings we read in class. Employees complain about long working hours, low wages, and unaffordable health insurance. One of the employees works at Wal-Mart as a stocker, she was injured […]

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In Wal-Mart: A Template for Twenty-First Century Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein, I was surprised to find out how the company manages to make so much profit off products that are so cheap and affordable. They basically pay their workers minimum, hourly rate wages, they don’t give them any benefits, and they have, some-how managed to […]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/business/23haggle.html?em&ex=
1206504000&en=76da58cfab89661a&ei=5087%0A
The above web address will link you to a New York Times article titled “Even at Megastores, Hagglers Find No Price Is Set in Stone” written March 23rd, 2008 by Matt Richtel. The article is about haggling, a term used to describe when customers and salespeople try to decide on reasonable price. I used to […]

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Yates, Marx and the Wal-Mart article all depict the various problems and thus consequences with Capitalism. Until reading these three, I have never thought about Capitalism in the ways they have, and the major issues that are entailed.
            Firstly, Yates on pages 176-179 makes continues to detail labor power, and the concept of wage. He […]

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