



The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty
The theory here, to force change through chaos, was among the most provocative of the 1960s.
by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven
From the Monday, May 2, 1966 issue of The Nation
Frances Fox Piven: "We Got Obama - that's not bad at all"



Original Legislation:
Introduced in 1948, The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 aka...
"Smith-Mundt Act"
addresses government information disimination to us media outlets. Check out the original Legislation here:
Obamas change:
H.R. 5736 (112th): Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 failed to pass into law but was incorporated into the:
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013
the specific legislation can be found under:
SEC. 1078. DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. on page 327












