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Bread, Roses & the Flood
Foner, Eric | October 3, 2005 issue

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Compares the social circumstances of Hurricane Katrina to the Lawrence, Massachusetts strike of 1912. View that the handling of Hurricane Katrina has lead to public outrage at the the failure of U.S. President George W. Bush's administration to provide aid to the most vulnerable; Explanation of the labor strike in Lawrence, when workers went on strike to protest wage reductions; Influence of the strike on public opinion, leading the government to place fighting poverty at the top of the agenda.

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HURRICANE Katrina, 2005; STRIKES & lockouts -- Massachusetts; UNITED States -- Politics & government -- 1909-1913; UNITED States -- Politics & government -- 2001-; PUBLIC opinion; POVERTY -- Government policy; UNITED States
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