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Socialism – a word that still strikes fear into the hearts of the American people. Written in 1906, The Jungle effectively describes some of the biggest issues of the era; poverty, discrimination, injustice and crime are some of the many problems that plagued the ‘Labor Movement’ years. In the later chapters of Upton Sinclair’s muckraking novel The Jungle, Socialism is a hot topic amongst Jurgis and his ‘comrades’. This system of societal organization seemingly provided all the answers to the working class’ concerns by implementing a simple solution: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his contribution.” This ‘solution’, however, is not unique; almost every system of government promises an answer to the most common

* This article talks about the racism issue that the author had to deal with, he tells us a personal story that he had to went through because he is a black men.

E. L. Doctorow’s Ragtime is a work of historical fiction that uniquely allows both fictional and historical characters to take part in events that depict life in early 20th-century America. Various historical figures are interconnected to one another and described throughout the text including Emma Goldman, Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, Harry Kendall Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit, Sigmund Freud, and Harry Houdini.

However, some may come to the deeper meaning of this text that the author was trying to get across. Some being the flaws of Capitalism and the “American Dream”; Social Darwinism, only the financially “fit” survive; and how Socialism could be the answer to those who need support financially. These issues have trailed the United States for many years, one example of a result of these issues is the creation of the Black Panther Party in the 1960’s; due to African American’s limited rights, inability to find a good paying job, and cold hatred towards the government. However, because of the ignorance by the majority of upper-class citizens, they would interpret the book as an attempt to persuade others to look down on Capitalism due to the struggles portrayed in the book in result of corrupt rich folk.

Ragtime always gives people the instant feeling of caper and joyfulness when it is heard anywhere. It reminds us of Chaplin. The Sting sets story in the Great Depression. It tells about two grifters and their group swindling the rich mob boss Lonnegan. The whole film remains a very easy and entertaining atmosphere, well expressed by the rhythmical, brisk and naughty ragtime and delightful jazz. What’s more, the ragtime tracks are mostly played by jazz instruments, and even the sound of whistling, creating a more euphoric and easy mood of the film. In fact, the plot plays a joke on all the audience. We all think the ending of the film would be unsatisfying if we do not realise that it could be a double-con well played by Gondorff’s lot. The

Our author’s humble beginnings forged his socialist sentiment, he grew up poor, the son of an alcoholic father in New York City, but he also made regular visits to his more wealthy grandparents who were wealthy, it is from this contrast of wealth and poverty that his political orientation began to develop as he later admitted (Simkin). In 1902, he met other writers who advised him to read the writings of Karl Marx and other socialist writers he followed the advice and became active in the socialist movement (Simkin

Socialism Violates personal freedom. It eliminates “injustice” by transferring rights and responsibilities from individuals and families of the state. It completely stops true

The Ragtime Era contained many old ideals, new inventions and great advances in the art world. The loss of the great American frontier and the growth of an urban population were key factors to the burst of innovation which then facilitated the appearance of modern art in America. One of the largest proliferation of modern artists came out of the renowned Ashcan School. Ashcan, which was created in the early 1900’s, in opposition to rigid idealism, was an institution whose artists focused on the nitty-gritty aspects of American life. Idealists deemed Ashcan art as “too vulgar” as it often focused on the new freedom of Americans, often through the sexual liberation of women and the newfound mixture of the sexes. Due to the flood of immigrants,

Through Skeeter's conversations with Mrs. Stein in New York the author shows how different things are in the North than in the South and amplifies the severity of the Civil Rights situation in the South. It illustrates that people in the South are resistant to change and are willing to do whatever it takes to keep things the way they are, while people in the North have long ago accepted many of these changes and moved on without much conflict at all. It also shows how risky Skeeter's work really is with things being so dangerous in Mississippi for people who work to help colored people and the Civil Rights

Secret Synthesis Music has a way of bring people together and evening the playing field, no matter a person’s religion, race, age, social popularity, etc., it is almost impossible to deny someone of their musical talent. Although there was still a great divide between European Americans and African Americans both physically and mentally, it seemed that in this pre-rock era there were points in time when both races seemed to respect the talent and skill of the other when it came to music. The history of rock and roll music contains both elements of European American and African American styles however, race relations did not have as much positive success in their synthesis as music did. The autobiography of John Weldon Johnson presents Ragtime

The Communist Manifesto, originally drafted as, “Manifesto of the Communist Party”, is a pamphlet written by Karl Marx, that in essence reflects an attempt to explain the goals and objectives of Communism, while also explaining the concrete theories about the nature of society in relation to the political ideology. The Communist Manifesto breaks down the relationship of socio-economic classes and specifically identifies the friction between those classes. Karl Marx essentially presents a well analyzed understanding of class struggles and the issues concerning capitalism, the means and modes of production and how those means affect the classes as a whole.

This analysis on Marxist theory explains a rooted restraint that must be known and operated with in order to grasp, and obtain true progress.  The source of this constraint, which was implicit greatly to Wallerstein, is established in his practice of improvement to lead the development of opposition to capitalism.  Wallerstein’s review comes from a reasonable revision of history from the present to the past.  Nonetheless, for Robinson and for individuals who recognized themselves with the black radical tradition, the review of capitalism and

Up until the late 1900?s, the American populace on the whole had assumed a very optimistic view of American history. Glossing over disgraceful events, emphasizing the brighter points in our history, our culture has attempted to ignore the obvious fact that we have had, and still have, our fair share of problems. In Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow unabashedly exposes some of the worst aspects of American life in our more recent history. Doctorow doesn?t hold back anything, providing detailed examples of human cruelty and sacrifice, and the evolution of American society. While critiquing American society was not the sole purpose of his novel, Doctorow does expose and examine many issues that people tended to ignore like

to the first phase as socialism and the second as communism. Consequently, it will clarify the present discussion if the term socialism is used

Rather than eradicate capitalism, socialism exists within it. Moreover, democratic socialism is characterised through the balance and compromise between free market capitalism and the Governmental state (Bernstein 1993: 142, Heywood 2012:128, Anderson 1985: 10). Marx considered socialism as a class movement, which is what subsequently played out in the political realm, once universal suffrage had been achieved. For previously powerless people it was the only peaceful way to be heard: “Electoral politics constitutes the mechanism through which anyone can as a citizen express claims to goods and services.” (Przeworski 1985:11).