Unemployed Councils, The Second New Deal, and the Business Conservatism

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Part 1: Essay
Unemployed councils
The unemployed Councils were the USA-mass organization that the communist party led. The communist party initiated the unemployed council's organization in 1930 to mobilize and organize the unemployed persons to advance party objectives in preparation for a projected final protest to overturn capitalism. Between 1930 and 1931, socialists and communists organized protests against the unemployed. More than 50000 protesters participated in Boston, 40000 in Milwaukee, and more than 100000 in Detroit (Himmelberg & Robert, 411). Some protesters tried to march in the city hall, New York, but the police officers intervened, disrupting the protest. Confrontation with the officers also occurred whenever the house merchants tried to dislodge households from their rentals. Radicals frequently helped the households fire from the apartments back into their houses, instilling fear in landlords (Himmelberg & Robert, 411). Unemployed Councils helped thousands of Americans access to aid from huge relief agencies in metropolitan districts. They aided consumers in applying for assistance, protested at relief centers, and sent representatives to local politicians to request sufficient additional support.
The second new deal
Even though the production level had increased by 30% since 1933, limited job opportunities remained a menace throughout 1935 (Leuchtenburg, 447). Therefore, the second new deal came to address weakness in consumers due to poor wages, unfairness in income distribution, and a constant capitalism system (never expanding). Scholars insisted that big corporations and wealthy merchants share part of their wealth and power in favor of the poor and marginalized groups in the second new deal. In the second new deal, the democrats emphasized reforms that would enable workers secure government jobs, create trade unions, and retire with pride. Although most African-Americans and women did not benefit from these reforms, they pushed for equitable rights. The second new deal came with many programs such as the security act and an expanded job initiative that addressed unemployment issues. Another initiative, Resettlement Administration, assisted the homeless persons, small farmers, and agricultural occupants. Consequently, the social security Act helped women and marginalized workers secure social protection, only applicable to working populations in specific states (Leuchtenburg, 447).
Business conservatism
Business conservatism holds onto some business cultures regardless of the changes over time. Despite the New Era changes, African-Americans and women work at a relatively low salary than their male counterparts. Most Blacks in America remained captives of change, especially to the police, politicians, and ministers. As the numbers of women continued to rise in the workforce, they did not work on an equal basis as men. By 1920, women earned lower wages than men due to job disparity; women were designated routine jobs while men were designated more paying tasks such as sales jobs (Clark, 366). Consequently, employers hardly endorsed females for administrative positions. Social science, healthcare, lecturing, and library science, which...