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Educate Agitate Organize was a slogan coined by the famous first Minister for Law in free India, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. This slogan was based on Buddhist philosophy.

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Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death, injury, or birth defects. It contaminates multiple different areas of land, such as land, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Toxic waste is a poisonous by-product of manufacturing, farming, city septic systems, construction, automotive garages, laboratories, hospitals, and other industries. In oder to safely dispose of toxic waste, organizations must comply to rules and regulations. There have been places created for proper disposal designed to permanently contain the waste to prevent harm. But there is still unsafe disposal of toxic waste. It is costly to properly dispose of toxic waste, and therefore some organizations and companies don't use clean production methods and often produce a lot of toxic waste that is not disposed of properly. 

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In the 1950s some Americans started protesting nuclear tests and nuclear proliferation. This movement intensified in the early 1960s as the Cold War caused increased concern about nuclear war with the Soviet Union, but faded in the late 1960s and 1970s as anti-Vietnam War protests took the forefront among peace activists. In the 1980s the antinuclear movement was revitalized by concerns about Reagan's talk of nuclear war.

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"Culture Wars" refers to a conflict between traditionalists (conservative) values and progressive (liberal) values. The phrase on the button, “The 90's are the 60's” demonstrates that the number 90 is the number 60 “backwards & upside-down turned.” The 90s and the 60s can be comparable in that they both have an era of rebellion. The 90s explored important social issues through music, theater, and literature, just as the 60s had done. During the 60s, there was an anti-establishment cultural event that spread around the world. Because of conflicts of social values, there was widespread social tension concerning cultural issues in both the 60s and the 90s. 

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Political satirist and folk singer Dave Lippman created the character of George Shrub, a satire of George Bush, who worked for the Committee to Intervene Anywhere (abbreviated CIA). Lippman has been touring and giving performances as Shrub since the 1980s when he launched his "Reagan for Shah" campaign satirizing Reagan's presidential campaign. As Shrub, he satirizes the CIA and U.S. intervention in Latin America and around the world, including both Gulf Wars.

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"Child Care not War fare" is a slogan used from the 1980s to the early 2000s in Canada, the United States, and Australia. It was used by Socialist and Feminist peace activists to express opposition to the First and Second Gulf Wars and to request that money spent on war instead be spent on welfare and other social programs to help children and mothers. This slogan helped bring poor people and minorities into the peace movement by pointing out the connection between military spending and absence of social programs, such as childcare for working mothers, which they need.

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This button is most likely in support of the disability rights movement that really started to gain ground and social awareness in the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s. The specific goals and demands of the movement are: accessibility and safety in transportation, architecture, and the physical environment; equal opportunities in independent living, employment, education, and housing; and freedom from abuse, neglect, and violations of patients’ rights. The message of this specific button is most closely related to the issue of accessibility, suggesting that instead of the government funding the building of weapons, they should provide more funding for the building of wheelchair ramps. 

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The "Stop War Toys Campaign" is a campaign to spread the education of peace and non-violence. Supporters of the campaign want to protect children from exposure to the "tools of violence and war". The image of two hands breaking a toy rifle is the logo used by the War Resisters League. The War Resisters League is a group that has been resisting war at home and war abroad since 1923. They promote this campaign and believe that “war is not a game” and people shouldn’t buy war toys.

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Free Tibet is a non-profit, non-government organization, founded in 1987 and based in London, England. Their mission statement advocates “a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own future and the human rights of all are respected.” The organization campaigns for “an end to China’s occupation of Tibet.” There are campaigns that advocate a boycott of Chinese-made products with the slogans "Boycott Chinese products", or "Boycott Made in China". 

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Bored of Education is a comedy short that chronicles the attempt to get out of school by children named Alfalfa and Spanky. It won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film under the One-Reel category. It was the first contribution in the Our Gang series by the director Gordon Douglas. Bored of Education was loosely based on Robert F McGowan's short "Teacher's Pet." Hal Roach produced the series in the 1920s and 1930s. He bought back the rights from MGM and repackaged the shorts for television under the name The Little Rascals.