POL SCI 61A Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Bakken Pipeline, Arab Spring, Occupy Movement
27 Jun 2017
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The anti-establishment movements of the 70s and 80s were looking to disrupt the system as a whole because they felt as if the institutions were pressed against them to lock them out of power. The occupy movement- i am the 99% , claim that the system is used to benefit the big bankers, the 1% . The dreamers movement- to raise awareness of those brought to the us when they were young, the dreamers. Black lives matter- widespread and motivated by the idea that blacks were more vulnerable to institutional and physical abuses of power. Wanted to remain outside the system so their demands wouldn"t be disregarded in conventional ways . Opposed to the dakota access pipelines because they claimed that they are in violation of treaties of native americans and the united states government. Women"s march- as a result to the election of trump, raises awareness of gender disparities. Congress moved back privacy to internet- net neutrality.
