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Michael Hudson started researching and drafting ''The Creation of Order'' as a book manuscript in the early 1980s, and his research efforts to understand the systems and structures of archaic societies have continued into the present. Realizing the scale of research necessary to complete the ambitions of the book, Hudson shared the text with the Observatory, in the hopes that future editors would help sift through texts from the past and update and fill in the missing pieces.
We are proud that Hudson’s ''The Creation of Order'' is the first '''[[Project:Types of Content#Collaborative Research and Mainframes +
This article is the second installment of “Does Your Community Care About Children?”, a four-part series by [[Colin Greer]] and [[Reynard Loki]] that examines overlapping crises facing vulnerable youth in America—including poverty, child labor, juvenile justice, immigration enforcement, and foster care—and highlights how these systems can criminalize, exploit, or neglect children instead of supporting them. The [[observatory:The_Hidden_Crisis:_How_America_Fails_to_Protect_Its_Children +
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''This is the second of three articles on the role of social movements in bringing about transformative change. Read the first, ‘Widening the We,’ [https://observatory.wiki/Widening_the_%E2%80%98We%E2%80%99 <u>here</u>].'' +
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This article is the first installment of “Does Your Community Care About Children?”, a four-part series by [[Colin Greer]] and [[Reynard Loki]]. The series examines overlapping crises facing vulnerable youth in America—and the opportunities to create systems of care, safety, and empowerment. At its heart lies a moral and civic question: Does your community care about children? Subsequent articles will explore the juvenile justice system, health, and poverty, as well as solutions through coordinated public-private investment in education, employment, and care. Together, these pieces connect structural failures with practical, value-driven strategies, offering a call to responsibility, compassion, and collective action for a more just future. +
This two-volume book is an “exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history.” More from [[wikipedia:The_History_of_the_Standard_Oil_Company|Wikipedia]]:<blockquote>“Originally serialized in nineteen parts in McClure’s magazine, the book is a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large businesses that (in the absence of strong antitrust laws in the 19th century) attempted to gain monopolies in various industries.”
“''The History of the Standard Oil Company'' is credited with hastening the breakup of Standard Oil, which came about in 1911, when the Supreme Court of the United States found the company to be violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.”
“The original book was a two-volume hardcover set. An abridged paperback edition was released later.”</blockquote> +
''This is the final article in a three-part series on the role of social movements in bringing about transformative change. The other articles in the series are “[https://observatory.wiki/Widening_the_%E2%80%98We%E2%80%99 <u>Widening the We</u>]”and “[https://observatory.wiki/The_Growth_of_Malignant_and_Exclusionary_Social_Movements <u>The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements</u>].”'' +
For the full citations, see “[https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/dancing-naked-on-the-head-of-a-pin/ ''Dancing Naked on the Head of a Pin:The Early History of Microphotography'']” on the Public Domain Review. +
Content warning: This article contains mentions of rape and suicide. +
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This 1847 memoir was written by prominent activist and writer William Wells Brown to support the abolitionist movement. It chronicles Brown’s cruel treatment as an enslaved man, the horrors that he witnessed, and his multiple escape attempts for freedom.
''Note: This book is part of a historical collection and may include offensive language.'' +
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From [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ten_Days_in_a_Mad-House Wikisource]:
:“''Ten Days in a Mad-House'' is a book written by newspaper reporter Nellie Bly and published by Norman Munro in New York City in 1887. The book comprised Blyʼs reportage for the New York World while on an undercover assignment in which she feigned insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Womenʼs Lunatic Asylum on Blackwellʼs Island.”
The full text of this edition published by Norman L. Munro is available on [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ten_Days_in_a_Mad-House Wikisource at this link]. +
[https://www.wetmorefund.org/ <u>The Charles and Elizabeth Wetmore Fund</u>] is a charitable trust established to provide financial assistance and support to elderly women in need. Reflecting Bisland’s own observations on the “house steadily falling to decay” and the challenges of aging, the fund focuses on enhancing the quality of life and dignity of its beneficiaries by covering essential living expenses and care costs. Through this legacy, Bisland’s advocacy for women continues to offer a “silent gallantry” to those navigating their own sunsets. +
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This is article in part of the Observatory’s [[observatory:Guide_to_Caring_for_Vulnerable_Youth +
From [[wikipedia:Woman_in_the_Nineteenth_Century|Wikipedia]]:
:“''Woman in the Nineteenth Century'' is a book by American journalist, editor, and women’s rights advocate [[S. Margaret Fuller|Margaret Fuller]]. Originally published in July 1843 in [[wikipedia:The_Dial|The Dial]] magazine as ‘The Great Lawsuit. Man versus Men. Woman versus Women,’ it was later expanded and republished in book form in 1845.”
:“The basis for Fuller’s essay is the idea that man will rightfully inherit the earth when he becomes an elevated being, understanding of divine love. There have been periods in time when the world was more awake to this love, but people are sleeping now; however, everyone has the power to become enlightened. Man cannot now find perfection because he is still burdened with selfish desires, but Fuller is optimistic and says that we are on the verge of a new awakening. She claims that in the past man, like [[wikipedia:Orpheus|Orpheus]] for [[wikipedia:Eurydice|Eurydice]], has always called out for woman, but soon will come the time when women will call for men, when they will be equals and share divine love.” +