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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

After the Great Depression and World War II, President Roosevelt is pushed by organized labor, unemployed movements, and geopolitical urgencies to build the foundation for the welfare state. How can recognizing shared insecurity spur social change and create a strategy to redefine security? It’s hard to be comfortable with failure.

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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

5 As they did, many became politicized; so, they began pushing for economic and social policies that would end discrimination and redistribute resources to the masses at home and abroad. involvement in the war in Vietnam, champion a new environmentalism, and further a variety of other public causes.