The Iron Heel- Jack London The book I read titled The Iron Heel by Jack London was written as a dystopian novel. A dystopian has the opposite of what one would expect in a Utopian society. This as I see it means that what could have been a society of happiness and leisure was turned into a horrible and oppressive government. The middle class were used and bankrupted. People such as farmers were turned in serfs. This was a portrait of what might be to come from an oligarchy type of government
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Levine’s speech by illustrating to voters that you are smart and had the knowledge to help give the Oakland people the changes they wanted during your time in office‚ but you did not accomplish. Although the candidate’s speech is primarily emotive when Henry Levine is trying to illustrate how you have failed at changing the city. Some examples of this are “Why then do we‚ the upstanding residents of Oakland‚ find our streets littered with young and disgruntled vagrants calling for anarchy” And “We need
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Computers in Education By Carla Cooper and Evelia Ramirez December 2006‚ University of California at Berkeley www.consttutioncenter.org “Today‚ education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities‚ even service in the armed
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Black Panther Party for Self Defense The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in October 1966‚ in Oakland‚ California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Armed with sincerity‚ the words of revolutionaries such as Mao Tse-Tung and Malcolm X‚ law books‚ and rifles‚ the Black Panther Party fed the hungry‚ protected the weak from racist police‚ and presented a Ten Point Platform and Program of Black political and social activism. Its "survival programs"-such as food giveaways‚ free health
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them to vote anything he wished. This scared many and the KKK seemed to provide the answers. The Oakland KKK won a lot of influence and membership in Oakland was one of the highest by percentage of total population. This article shows them still as relatively non-violent‚ but their political motivations were what made them extremists. Although there wasn ’t any lynching or fiery crosses the KKK in Oakland terrorized the minority by political means‚ cutting spending to minority areas of life‚ and even
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father’s footsteps by becoming the leader of National People ’s Democratic Uhuru Movement to fight for the rights of Africans in the United States in 1992. On October 10‚ 2013 Fred Hampton Jr. spoke out against Oakland police brutality and on April 21‚ 2014 Hampton Jr. spoke against the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police for brutally arresting an African. Fred Hampton is now a Chairman and activist that is
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The truth of success Education is a very important issue in America today. No matter what you want to do with your live‚ you will need an education to do It. Education is not only important for your own life and future‚ it is also important for the country. America is facing hard time concerning the education‚ and we all can do something about it. We have all responsibilities to make sure‚ that America is an effective country with good education opportunities. The governments’ responsibilities
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changed when only one perspective is considered. When indigenous people tell their own stories‚ they are told accurately. Dene Oxendene is a character whose goal is to share indigenous stories from individuals in his town‚ Oakland. There are many Native stories woven into the Oakland community‚ that need to be vocalized from a Native American’s perspective. Dene’s proposal is a very effective and powerful way for these stories to be shared. His plan originates with his uncle‚ however‚ when he passed
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As the first child growing up in a Chinese family in a predominantly minority Oakland community‚ I watched my grandfather take countless prescribed medications for illnesses from cancer and thyroid issues‚ and being Diabetic. Noticing the medicine cabinet full of drugs made me question what exactly went on in my grandfather’s body when he took these daily medications. I attended most my grandfather’s health care appointments to translate because of his limited English or even none. They needed
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In a graph seen on a website called Oakland Local‚ it is shown that there are raised mortality rates for residents of all races during any stage of the gentrification process. It is‚ however‚ clear that while the mortality rates of Caucasian residents appear to have decreased‚ the mortality
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