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Here are the links to the three videos we saw in class on Monday.
Grinding poverty in oil-rich Niger Delta - Nov 15 2007 (4:38)
Oil Fix - Columbia (22:00)
Chevron Texaco: Ecuador's Black Plague (5:17)
Grinding poverty in oil-rich Niger Delta - Nov 15 2007 (4:38)
Oil Fix - Columbia (22:00)
Chevron Texaco: Ecuador's Black Plague (5:17)
Continue reading Resource Issues and Conflict.
Thus far, it looks like there are basically three topical areas that the class is interested in.
1. Civil / Constitutional Rights - the impact of the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act and related legislation.
Something to look at: Ante On Private Data Increases Again
2. Corporate influence on political process and legislation.
Something to look at: Over 23,000 Business Leaders Working With FBI and Homeland Security
3. Contemporary U.S. foreign policy and intervention around the world. Includes implementing U.S. worldview and interests internationally.
Some places to start on this one:
Report: U.S. Funding Opposition Groups in Bolivia
US Embassy in Bolivia Tells Fulbright Scholar and Peace Corps Volunteers to Spy on Venezuelans and Cubans in Bolivia
Undermining Bolivia
If you do not already have one, I strongly recommend everyone get a google account and add "Documents" to it. You should then create a document and on the document listing page select "Share." In the email box, you may put my google email rowanwolf@gmail.com. I will then let you know that I received it.
For working with shared documents, you will put in the email address of everyone in your group. Then anyone in the group can access it add their comments or contributions etc. A revision history is automatically kept as part of the document.
1. Civil / Constitutional Rights - the impact of the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act and related legislation.
Something to look at: Ante On Private Data Increases Again
2. Corporate influence on political process and legislation.
Something to look at: Over 23,000 Business Leaders Working With FBI and Homeland Security
3. Contemporary U.S. foreign policy and intervention around the world. Includes implementing U.S. worldview and interests internationally.
Some places to start on this one:
Report: U.S. Funding Opposition Groups in Bolivia
US Embassy in Bolivia Tells Fulbright Scholar and Peace Corps Volunteers to Spy on Venezuelans and Cubans in Bolivia
Undermining Bolivia
If you do not already have one, I strongly recommend everyone get a google account and add "Documents" to it. You should then create a document and on the document listing page select "Share." In the email box, you may put my google email rowanwolf@gmail.com. I will then let you know that I received it.
For working with shared documents, you will put in the email address of everyone in your group. Then anyone in the group can access it add their comments or contributions etc. A revision history is automatically kept as part of the document.
What do you think are the primary motivations for fundamentalism?
De Kadt points to similarities in coercive ideologies: rejection of multiple identities, demands for exclusive territory, and feed on other coercive ideologies. If you look a Christian fundamentalism, in what ways is this true or not true?
There seems to be a link between coercive ideologies and fundamentalism. Which comes first? For example, if one looks at the United States, what relationship do you see between fascism (the elevation of corporations to political power) and fundamentalism, and general "conservatism?"
How might rapid social change and failed promises of prosperity be driving fundamentalism in the "developing" world as well as the U.S.?
De Kadt leaves out exploitation as an issue of rising fundamentalism, should it be included?
De Kadt points to similarities in coercive ideologies: rejection of multiple identities, demands for exclusive territory, and feed on other coercive ideologies. If you look a Christian fundamentalism, in what ways is this true or not true?
There seems to be a link between coercive ideologies and fundamentalism. Which comes first? For example, if one looks at the United States, what relationship do you see between fascism (the elevation of corporations to political power) and fundamentalism, and general "conservatism?"
How might rapid social change and failed promises of prosperity be driving fundamentalism in the "developing" world as well as the U.S.?
De Kadt leaves out exploitation as an issue of rising fundamentalism, should it be included?
This is the article referenced in class for additional information regarding the link between corporate capitalism and the political evangelical movement.
Soldiers of Christ: Inside America's most powerful megachurch with Pastor Ted Haggard. By Jeff Sharlet.
