Labor Movement-America's Dissent

This is a google image of the "Bread and Roses" Strike. Source:http://chawedrosin.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/bread-and-roses-strike.jpg

In 1912, the textile workers of Lawrence, Massachusetts expressed their feelings and rage in one of the most famous strikes in history, the Bread and Roses strike. This strike represented one of the earlier victories in our history because it brang success and hope to the society. Their success in the strike brought results such as improve working conditions. This not only worked for them but also for mill workers along the east coast. This means hope for other people out in the world and that they can use the same tactics to fight for what they want, what they deserve.

Source:http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/protest.html

This is a google image of Joe Hill- Source: http://www.store.iww.org/images/joehill.jpg
Joe Hill was in and around the same time of the Bread and Roses strike. However, before that happened, he joined the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) movement in 1910. He was a song writer and also created huge impacts on the society and the world and a protestor. He wrote songs that included stuff about differences in culture and the working class. His songs spread all over the place and gave an example to protestors in the future to do the same, the same influence and power by music. People can follow his ideas and like himself, succeed in bringing forth protestors to what they have to do.

The Constitution protect our rights to dissent by giving us amendments and particulary the first amendment. The first amendment is the freedom of speech, not neccessarily enabling to say what you want and "think" what's right, but ideas and expressions that you want to share but limited to a certain degree. The first amendment gives the freedom of speech, press, relgion, etc but doesn't mean that you can say anything you want. You can't say exactly anything you want and the Consitiution states that, making things more complexed. You can't say things that may pose a threat to the government, say things that may cause violent and disrupt the civilized/society. Those are the limits of the Constitution.