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

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. Counter-culture movement6
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

8. Determining what is appropriate behavior7
Is violence ever effective or necessary?

9. First Nations Land Claims8
Oka
Ipperwash

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

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

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