TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Dissent TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

Dissent 1 To have a minority opinion To disagree Can dissent peacefully or violently Legally (union on strike) or illegally (FLQ kidnapping)

Enlightenment 2 Reaction to high level of government controls, including freedom of speech (did not have right to question king) Voltaire – freedom of speech essential Democracy – rule by people = need to criticize and express opinions Leads to revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries around world

Civil Disobedience 3 A peaceful but illegal form of protest E.g. occupying a tree to prevent logging Can include picketing, unauthorized rallies, causing mass arrests Suffragette movement

Gandhi 4 Use civil disobedience to wear down British occupation Salt march Making own fabric

Civil Right Movement 5 For the most part, the US Civil Rights Movement adopted civil disobedience Rosa Parks MLK Bus boycott Million Man March Selma

Counter-culture movement 6 i.e. Hippies Based many of their ideas on Enlightenment philosophers like Rousseau Government opposed – tried to repress, sometimes violently Violent actions like students getting shot at Kent State – protestors were peaceful = civil disobedience

Determining what is appropriate behavior 7 Is violence ever effective or necessary?

First Nations Land Claims 8 Oka Ipperwash

Black Panthers Did many good works in communities, but felt police brutality needed to be met with brutality

Starbucks 1999 9 WTO Summit Gain attention to the conditions of coffee growers

Shock and Awe 10 Throwing paint on fur Anti-abortion media campaigns Ramming whaling boats Burning down resorts to protect environment Spiking trees