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.
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by Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven
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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...
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"Smith-Mundt Act"
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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:
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013
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the specific legislation can be found under:
SEC. 1078. DISSEMINATION ABROAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES. on page 327