The Black Civil Rights Movement in the United States
In scandinavian countries, which were largely agricultural economies, women's work wasn't so obviously segregated from men's work. Even though sweden was neutral in world war one, the success of suffrage movements in nearby countries that did fight in the war was enough to motivate swedish women to push for their rights. The story is similar to the black civil rights movement in the united states, which, not coincidentally, emerged with much greater force after world war two. Energized mobilization and activism by black soldiers veterans in their organize ations lead to president roosevelt passing ordinances to end discrimination in defense department jobs. But it took a much longer battle to get full legal
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Human beings have free will, but our actions are constrained by material realities. Understanding how material and practical conditions shape human behaviour can make all the difference between success and catastrophic failure when it comes to the whole spectrum of political action, from private sector negotiation, to crafting legislation, to making a revolution.
In this episode we look at:
The relationship between economic activity and the high status of women in traditional Haudenosaunee / Iroquois society
How World War I helped women win the right to vote in Europe and North America
How World War II catalyzed the Black civil rights movement in the United States.
The success, failure, and accidental success of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381
The implications of the Anarchist Revolution in Spain in 1936-1939 for the future of industrial civilization.
