HIST 12A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Imperial Courts, June Jordan, Utopia
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Were built deliberate partial resolutions to the problems presented by the 4 surpluses (land, labor, finance capital, state capacity). It should be understood as a set of practices, institutions, articulations, that change over time and circumstance. Its effects can be constrained or enlivened in different historical moments. Industrial workers of the world (1905) to the congress of industrial organizations (1935) Grew from a self-help group trying to find out why their loved ones were being imprisoned and turned into a movement. George noyes killed by police officer, 11/29/91. His family members begin walking the neighborhood and asking for a one-day gang truce so that many friends and family could attend the funeral. At the meeting, they spoke about dreams, hopes, frustrations. Local mosque dedicated space to gang members to discuss extending the truth. Police arrest gilbert jones (meredith"s son and royes" cousin), sentenced to 7 years in prison.
