HILA 132 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
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Threat of violence to get others to act a certain way: false promises and depictions of progress (the single power line) Townspeople were unaware of the law, succumbed to the apparent authority: allowed to be controlled and remained uneducated. Victims and the authority: pe(cid:272)k: edu(cid:272)ated a(cid:374)d a(cid:449)are of the (cid:448)illage"s pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s, (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered as o(cid:374)e of the townspeople, not a figure apart from them, yet he did not seize power to help the village out. Vargas is to pri as peck is to union leaders. United states: capitalists, profiteers, might not know what to do, but would stay for the chance of gaining money. Interested in money but not in the labor. Film did not depict: how people negotiated with the government. People petitioned, received concessions, etc: how the government put down protests (not just the mayor with a handgun) Main claim was the woman played a vital role in advancing the goals of the railway workers" strikes.
