PACS 2500 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies Guy Burgess Co-Director Conflict Information Consortium, University of Colorado UCB 580, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO , (303) Copyright © 2014 Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess
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Terrorism
Paris Climate Conference
Global Population
Syrian Negotiations state/2015/11/20/83fe3fd8-8fc6-11e5-ae1f-af46b7df8483_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-alt1- h%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
Immigration Trends coming/2015/11/19/d38a040c-8edf-11e5-934c-a369c80822c2_story.html
The Promise of Nonviolence Justice without Violence
Nonviolence
Gene Sharp – Power of Ideas
Non-Violence Principled? vs. Pragmatic?
Non-Violence Against a Morally Limited Adversary? Against an Immoral Adversary?
April 6 Youth Movement
King & 1963 March on Washington
Eyes on the Prize
1963 March on Washington FCqlw
“I Have A Dream” Speech Elements Common Moral Appeal Urgency for Action Reassurance and Commitment to Nonviolence Specific demands Hopeful Vision A “blueprint” for contemporary advocacy?
ML King “ I Have a Dream”
Common Values: “Magnificent Words of the Declaration of Independence”
“Fierce Urgency of Now”
“Whirlwinds of Revolt” / Nonviolence
“When the Negro Be Satisfied?” Specific Demands
The Vision: “I Have a Dream”
Contested History: Eyes on the Prize
The Great Society Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act
War on Poverty
Black Power
Black Panthers were-needed
King Assassination 1968
Civil Rights Riots of the 1960’s
Busing
War over the War on Poverty Race- based politics
President Obama
Contemporary Segregation sort.html?hp&rref=opinion&_r=0
Racial Gap
Whites Just Don’t Get It 4.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Turning Blue States Red
Voters/Non-Voters m/2015/11/22/opinion /sunday/who-turned- my-blue-state- red.html
Student Protests /11/brown-universitys-100-million- plan-to-be-more- inclusive/416886/?utm_source=SFFB
Will: “Political Correctness” Critique low/2015/11/25/a79f118e-92d6-11e5-b5e4-279b4501e8a6_story.html
1960’s vs. 2010’s washingtonp ost.com/post everything/w p/2015/08/24 /i-was-a-civil- rights- activist-in- the-1960s- but-its-hard- for-me-to- get-behind- black-lives- matter/
Gold / Purple Divide Have-Nots Have More Have It All Have-Less
Persuadables Reluctant Persuadables Traders Incorrigibles Forcing Power Trading Power Persuasive Power Column Size Indicates Relative Population Size Goal: Most Powerful Power Strategy Mix Optimal Power Distribution
Backlash Trap The number of "new enemies" created in the process of defeating an "old enemy”
Have/Have-Not Complexity Problems at the Top Natural Selection New Class Differences Superstar Effect Money Addiction Boundless Greed Rationalization Zero-Sum Thinking Concentration of Wealth Discrimination Problems at the Bottom Family Disintegration Withdrawal from the Workforce Low Educational Expectations Scarcity Thinking Crime Estimate the Percentage of “Explained Variance” associated with each factor. Systemic Problems Prison Industrial Complex Poverty Capitalism Cheating Advantages Automation Technological Advance Kludgeocracy Employer's Market (Fear Economy) Lack of Compassion Underperforming Schools Tax Structure Red Tape Regulations
What Would King Do Today?