Blog #33

One of the most interesting resources that I find was this website right here. I loved this one because it provided me with biographies of the eight anarchists charged with the bombing at the Haymarket Square. It also provided the testimony from the trial which was helpful for my article because I talked about the trial of the four anarchists.

Blog #32

If i lived in the late 1700's in colonial America I would like to live in Boston, Massachusetts because of the fast paced lifestyle and drama. It would be fun and interesting to be in a time when history was made, like the Boston Massacre. I need a place where I could be occupied and interested. As a woman I would be married by my 20's and starting a family. I love my family and would gladly take care of my household and children. My husband would be out fishing and farming in order to provide for us. Along with that I would learn how to cook and make my own soaps, my family is crafty so I would excel in that area. I would be at home with my children who would eventually help with daily chores and gardening vegetables and fruits that we would then use when cooking.

Blog #32

My internship was with a criminal defense attorney. If I was in the 1700's in colonial America there would be criminal defense lawyers but not women lawyers. Therefore I am going to act like her and I would be men in the 1700's. The best example of a defense attorney is John Adams. He famously defended the soldiers and the captain involved in the Boston Massacre. Much like my mentor, he defended those who were seen as bad and were not in favor to win. In fact, no one wanted to take the case but Adams decided he would. Marcee often takes cases that no one else will or will work hard for them, regardless of popular opinion. In the case of the Boston Massacre no one was in favor of the British but that didn't stop Adams from defending them based on the principle that everyone deserves the right to a fair trial.

Blog #31

What has stood out to me the most about the historical readings this semester were the different views of the world I have been exposed to and the new information. In the article about iPod's I was most surprised to learn about Foxconn. I already knew about sweatshops and the harsh conditions workers in other countries are put through, but to hear about Foxconn blew my mind. The fact that the building has to be surrounded in nets because of all the suicides that were occurring was absolutely insane. I had never heard of that before. If a problem is becoming so severe that nets are having to be put up to prevent suicides, something needs to be done. Putting up nets is only stopping them from being able to jump, not from being able to take their lives other ways or to do anything to prevent and help how employees are feeling. This shows me the lack or care and concern for workers in large production factories. Money and production seems to be the one thing that matters. Mass production and volume is what is needed. And it doesn't matter about how the employees are feeling. When suicides are happening they put up nets. Nets. It's appalling to me to think that that is someone's idea of a solution. But this is what I've been realizing through the readings. People care about power and money and that is what keeps the world moving.