Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Chapters 70, 76, 77

 Chapter 70 talks about how labor became a global social movement. I understand on why that can happen. There have been many movements regarding on labor and workers. They're usually caused by poor working conditions and little pay the workers are receiving with high working hours. It's like the sweatshops of China that were discussed earlier, although there wasn't a social movement for that. Women have also been a part of movements, for instance the feminist movement. They were also considered to be human rights as well which makes sense. Environmentalism has played a role and that issues on health is a concern with toxic waste dumps being near nature. Chapter 76 discusses about on Nationalism is bigger than Globalism. The main factor about the two is that in chapter two, they have far different opinions on immigration. It's based on what the government tends to do with the immigrants. There is also the concern with Muslim immigration and there's the stereotype that all Muslims are terrorists, which is the problem. Chapter 77 talks about extreme chaos and violence around the world. The article mentions about the September 11 attacks, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the threat of climate change and people believe it's a hoax, financial troubles with the United States economy like the 2008 Recession, the crisis of euros, and the threat of ISIS. Long Journey is about Mexico and its economy. Back in the 90s, Mexico had to pay an almost 100 billion debt to money companies. 

1 comment:

Sarah Snow said...

I like that you mentioned the labor movements. Labor issues have had a long history of creating real social change because it affects people across culture, language and gender.