perhaps the most important was robert owen and he announced coming to the u.s. to create a community that would demonstrate his ideas and he was taken tremendously seriously. on his way, he commissioned an architect to produce a stale model of the idea of socialism community that he was imagined and it was on display in the white house in conjunction with his rival. then a joint session of congress was convened to hear him present his ideas and not only did the senators sit to listen but members of the supreme court and outgoing president monroe incoming president elect jq adams, all listening to the presentation. the community he set up was called new harmony in indiana. it almost instantly collapsed in disharmony. what happened turned out to be exactly representative of the whole group of these experiments. historians say their median lifespan was two years before new harmony. it might have been that the whole idea of socialism would have ended right there, been there, tried that. that was given a much more powerful life by this remarkable tagteam of political

the perhaps the most important was robert owen and he announced he was coming to the united states to try out, to create a community that would demonstrate the validity of his ideas and he was taken tremendously seriously . on his way, he commissioned an architect who to produce a scale model of the ideal socialist community he envisioned and it was put on display in the white house for several months and in conjunction with his arrival. and then a joint session of congress was convened to hear him present his ideas and not only did the congressman and senators sit to listen but also members of the supreme court and outgoing president munro, incoming president elect jane q adams, all spent hours listening to this presentation. and the community he set up was called new harmony, was in indiana and it almost instantly lacks in disharmony. and what happened with new harmony turned out to be exactly representative of the whole group of these experiments, historians of communes their median lifespan was two years before they went the way of new harmony. and it might have been in an alterna

in 1829, the utopian activist robert owen wrote a declaration of mental independence designed to free americans from private property, from organized and the tierney, ladies and gentlemen, of monogamous marriage. [laughter] tyranny of the monogamous marriage. [laughter] prof. bell: that same year, george henry evans authored the working man's declaration of independence, which did except the what you think it did. the list goes on and on. if we skip forward, in 1970, african-american church leaders published the black declaration of independence. here is a quick excerpt. the history of the treatment of black people in the united states is a history having in direct object the establishment and maintenance of racist tyranny over this people. to prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. the united states has abated compliance to laws the most wholesome and necessary for our children's education. the united states has caused us to be isolated in the most dilapidated and unhelpful sections of all cities. the united states has allowed election districts to be so gerrymandered t

in 1829 the utopian activist robert owen wrote the declaration of mental independence, designed to free americans from private property, from organized religion, and tyranny, ladies and gentlemen, of monogamous marriage. the tyranny, ladies and gentlemen, of monogamous marriage. that same year, 1829 george henry evans authored the working man's declaration of working americans, the list goes on and on. if we skip forward 1970 african american church leaders published the black declaration of independence. here is a quick excerpt from it. history having in direct object the establishment and maintenance of racist tyranny over this people to pruf this let facts be submitted to a candid world. the united states has evaded compliance to laws necessary for our children's education. the united states has caused us to be isolated in the most dilapidated sections of the cities and right to be jerry manneded, almost impossible of attainment. there are dozens and dozens of these alternative declarations and in 1976, the year of the bicentennial, historian published a wonderful collection of these

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more fluid and in fact their ideas or taken tremendously seriously perhaps the most important was robert owen and he announced he was coming to the united states to create a community that would demonstrate the validity of his ideas. and he was taken tremendously seriously on his way he commissioned an architect to produce a scale model of the idea socialist community that he envisioned and it was put on display in the white house for several months in conjunction with his arrival. then a joint session of congress was convened to hear him present his ideas and not only into the congressman and senator set to listen but also members of the supreme court and outgoing president monroe all spent hours listening to this presentation in the community he set up was called new harmony. harmony. it was an indian nap. almost instantly collapsed and disharmony in what happened at new harmony turned out to be exactly representative of the whole group of these experiments. their median life span was two years before they went the way of a new harmony. it might have been in an alternative imaginative histo