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Welcometo
Allentown,
Pennsylvania
ByParkChang-hwan
Allentown
EditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
Allentown is on the eastern edge of the Rust Belt. The Rust
ay Day is the day we recognize the working
Belt is a region that spans a good part of the northeastern
populationoftheentireworld.KnownasWorker’s
quadrantofthecontinentalU.S.Itwasatonepointthelargest
Day in Korea, it is a public holiday in most
manufacturing base of the American economy, but in light of
countries of the world. This day came into existence because
itsindustrialdeclineinthe1980s,itwasaptlynamedthe“Rust
inthelate19thcentury,thelabormovementgrewtothepoint
Belt.” The region, through deindustrialization and population
where the average working-class individual’s voice could be
loss, underwent a massive economic slowdown. The once
heard saying, “We work too hard, and we have rights, too.”
bustlingtownsinthisregionwerehometoworkerswhocould
This movement cost the blood, sweat, tears, and lives of
make an affordable living in suburban, middle class America.
thousands if not millions of workers, and it is the foundation
The so-called American Dream was built on the strong
uponwhichmostofourlaborlawsandlaborcultureresttoday.
foundations provided by the steady labor of the blue-collar
However, the sacrifice of the laborers of the past sometimes
workers.Thesewerealsothepeoplethatweremarginalizedas
areforgotten.Theaveragelaborerisexposedtoviolentchanges
soonastheirlaborwasdeemeduneconomic.
in their lifestyle whenever the industry in which they work
experienceschange.ThisMay,TheArgusislisteningtoBilly
AllentownbyBillyJoelillustrates
Joel’s Allentown, which gives us an image of the working-
the aftermath of the once mighty
class life in the Rust Belt of America as it fell victim to
coal mining and steel industry of
deindustrialization and modernization. The Argus hopes that
theRustBelt.
itremindsreadersofthosewhohavefallenvictimtotheever-
changingflowoftheworld,sothattheynotethatwithchange
comestheresponsibilityofhelpingthemarginalized.
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www.theargus.org
Welcometo
Allentown,
Pennsylvania
ByParkChang-hwan
Allentown
EditorofTheory&CritiqueSection
Allentown is on the eastern edge of the Rust Belt. The Rust
ay Day is the day we recognize the working
Belt is a region that spans a good part of the northeastern
populationoftheentireworld.KnownasWorker’s
quadrantofthecontinentalU.S.Itwasatonepointthelargest
Day in Korea, it is a public holiday in most
manufacturing base of the American economy, but in light of
countries of the world. This day came into existence because
itsindustrialdeclineinthe1980s,itwasaptlynamedthe“Rust
inthelate19thcentury,thelabormovementgrewtothepoint
Belt.” The region, through deindustrialization and population
where the average working-class individual’s voice could be
loss, underwent a massive economic slowdown. The once
heard saying, “We work too hard, and we have rights, too.”
bustlingtownsinthisregionwerehometoworkerswhocould
This movement cost the blood, sweat, tears, and lives of
make an affordable living in suburban, middle class America.
thousands if not millions of workers, and it is the foundation
The so-called American Dream was built on the strong
uponwhichmostofourlaborlawsandlaborcultureresttoday.
foundations provided by the steady labor of the blue-collar
However, the sacrifice of the laborers of the past sometimes
workers.Thesewerealsothepeoplethatweremarginalizedas
areforgotten.Theaveragelaborerisexposedtoviolentchanges
soonastheirlaborwasdeemeduneconomic.
in their lifestyle whenever the industry in which they work
experienceschange.ThisMay,TheArgusislisteningtoBilly
AllentownbyBillyJoelillustrates
Joel’s Allentown, which gives us an image of the working-
the aftermath of the once mighty
class life in the Rust Belt of America as it fell victim to
coal mining and steel industry of
deindustrialization and modernization. The Argus hopes that
theRustBelt.
itremindsreadersofthosewhohavefallenvictimtotheever-
changingflowoftheworld,sothattheynotethatwithchange
comestheresponsibilityofhelpingthemarginalized.
40
www.theargus.org
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