Anyone born in the U.S. is a U.S. citizen and is entitled to full civil rights. This tactic is most effective when used by fairly large groups as a way of getting unjust laws changed. Civil disobedience is usually passive and nonviolent, aimed at bringing injustices to the attention of lawmakers and the public at large. See also nonviolence. In the U.S. this refers to the rights enshrined in the constitution and Bill of Rights.
Civil rights prevent the government from intruding on personal liberties.
The idea of class struggle held an important place in Marxism. Marx believed that eventually the proletariat would triumph and a new classless society would emerge. The idea of class struggle, as with other main tenets of Marxism, holds much less appeal worldwide now than it has done for most of this century, because of the general failure and collapse of Marxist systems around the globe. The basic idea was that the economy functioned most efficiently if everyone was allowed to pursue their own self-interest. The closed shop is most common in the printing, transportation and construction industries.