Fight the power 2013
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This document provides an overview of different forms of protest and political activism. It discusses protests as a response to perceived unfairness, and highlights examples such as Aaron Tobey protesting unreasonable searches, the Arab Spring uprising, and the Occupy Wall Street movement addressing economic inequality. The document also mentions more spontaneous forms of protest and online activism through groups like Anonymous and Wikileaks. It advocates for peaceful protest and discusses how political science education can help people understand and participate in political and social issues.
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Fight the power 2013
- 1. Fight the Power! Personal & Political Protest What do you do when something is unfair?
- 2. The Ultimatum Game We won $100,000! Two rules: I decide how to distribute You can refuse BUT if you do… We BOTH lose out.
- 3. Protest is a response to „official‟ unfairness
- 4. Aaron Tobey and the Fourth Amendment College student makes a point about unreasonable searches…
- 6. The Arab Spring • Public outrage spread throughout the Arab world
- 7. Looted Mansions of Tunisia
- 8. Sometimes we have no idea…
- 9. Sometimes protests are spontaneous Occupy takes over…makes a statement about inequality
- 10. This incident…
- 11. …led to this monument to the power of shoes.
- 12. And this fun online game… • Bush Shoe Throwing Game
- 13. Granny Peace Brigades …sometimes protestors fight against war
- 14. Sometimes they engage in information warfare… Julian Assange, leader of the Internet whistleblower site Wikileaks
- 15. Information warfare started by Scientology… Anonymous forms from Youtube video comments… ..inspired by Guy Fawkes
- 16. What about here?
- 17. Canadians don‟t use too much effort to protest…
- 18. Canadians like to protest lawfully and peacefully
- 19. How to Peacefully Protest • Hold a mock award ceremony • Destroy your own property • Be deliberately inefficient • Overload facilities, services • Create a parallel government • Disrobe & use rude gestures
- 20. Studying Political Science…What will you be able to do? • Think • Present • Share • Argue • Analyze • Defend … • Criticize • Construct • Help • Plan • Educate • Inspire • Understand • …And change the world!
- 21. Studying Political Science…What will you be able to do? • Explain why some people are able to rule others, and … • …why revolutions happen. • Discuss the news with friends and family • Explain to your friends how government works • Know and defend your rights as a voter, worker, student, traveler, partner , volunteer (or even as a protestor!)
- 22. Create a protest sign/song/slogan or generate a meme… If you had a billion dollars…how would you make the world a better place?
- 23. Thank you…see you @ OC! • “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” ~John F. Kennedy "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change.“ ~ former US VP Dan Quayle
Editor's Notes
- A college student who was arrested for stripping down at airport security to reveal the Fourth Amendment written across his chest is now suing the U.S. government for violating his rights as ordained in -- you guessed it -- the Fourth Amendment.The Constitution's Fourth Amendment outlaws "unreasonable searches and seizures." Tobey, a 21-year-old University of Cincinnati architecture student, had those very words scrawled across his chest and abdomen when he stripped down to his underwear at a Richmond, Va., airport back in December. He was heading to his grandfather's funeral at the time. Tobey was arrested and cited for disorderly conduct.The misdemeanor charge has since been dropped, but Tobey is still suing. The defendants listed in his legal filing are Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the head of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, the Richmond airport authority and several security officers there. He's seeking $250,000 in damages and reimbursement for legal fees."This action seeks vindication of the First, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of Aaron Tobey, who ... was arrested without probable cause, falsely imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted," the legal complaint states. The civil lawsuit was filed on Tobey's behalf by the Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties group."Tobey was unduly seized by government agents in violation of the Fourth Amendment, despite the fact that he did nothing to disrupt airport routine," John W. Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, said in a statement on his group's website.Neither federal officials nor Richmond airport authorities could immediately be reached for comment. Tobey also did not respond to an e-mailed request by AOL for an interview.Both Tobey and "Don't touch my junk" Tyner exercised their right to opt for a thorough pat-down from TSA agents rather than walk through sophisticated X-ray machines and imaging scanners newly introduced at airport security checkpoints. Some cite health or privacy concerns about the machines.Tobey claims he was handcuffed and held for 90 minutes after stripping off his clothing during the pat-down. He still made his flight.-negative rights and freedoms----
- MouhammedBouazizi was like the hundreds of desperate, downtrodden young men in hardscrabble SidiBouzid, Tunisia.Many of them have university degrees but spend their days loitering in the cafés lining the dusty streets of this impoverished town, 190 miles (300 km) south of the capital Tunis. Bouazizi, 26, didn't have a college degree, having only reached what his mother says was the baccalaureate level, which is roughly equivalent to high school. He was, however, luckier than most in that he at least earned an income from selling vegetables, work that he'd had for seven years. (See pictures of the ransacked mansions of Tunisia.)But on Dec. 17 his livelihood was threatened when a policewoman confiscated his unlicensed vegetable cart and its goods. It wasn't the first time it had happened, but it would be the last. Not satisfied with accepting the 10-dinar fine that Bouazizi tried to pay ($7, the equivalent of a good day's earnings), the policewoman allegedly slapped the scrawny young man, spat in his face and insulted his dead father.Humiliated and dejected, Bouazizi, the breadwinner for his family of eight, went to the provincial headquarters, hoping to complain to local municipality officials, but they refused to see him. At 11:30 a.m., less than an hour after the confrontation with the policewoman and without telling his family, Bouazizi returned to the elegant double-storey white building with arched azure shutters, poured fuel over himself and set himself on fire. He did not die right away but lingered in the hospital till Jan. 4. There was so much outrage over his ordeal that even President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, the dictator, visited Bouazizi on Dec. 28 to try to blunt the anger. But the outcry could not be suppressed and, on Jan. 14, just 10 days after Bouazizi died, Ben Ali's 23-year rule of Tunisia was over. (See a brief history of self-immolation.)
- Mohammed Bouazizi was a vegetable seller in a small town in TunisiaRoutinely harassed by police for bribes, threatened, beaten, had his earnings stolenWent to the authorities to complainSet himself on fire in front of the gov’t building
- -OCW movement---one hundred and 90 cities around the world-profile of the demonstrators----“We thought it would be mostly people in their 20s,” he says, but the average age is 33. “That means for every college student you have a mid-career professional in their 40s,” he adds.Another somewhat surprising aspect of the movement regards its financing. According to the online pay site wepay.com, its donation numbers show that the overwhelming online support comes from “average, middle-class donors,” says wepay.com chief executive officer Bill Clerico.-support is wide and grassroots---polls show that twice as many people support OCW as support the Tea Party---an supportforthe Tea Party has been cut in half since the mid-term elections in 2010-vast majority of people donating are middle income: “The vast majority of those giving have incomes in the $50,000 to $100,000 range,”-money is coming from 37 countries, and from a considerable distance----not surprisingly, most are Obama supporters, (around 75%) and most will vote for the democratic candidate in their district in the upcoming 2012 elections---only about 2% support the Tea Party-called 99% because the top 1% has nearly quadrupled their income since 1979, while the middle and working classes have remained flat---
- Although the number of protesters involved in demonstrations was lower on this anniversary of the invasion of Iraq than in previous years, the level of street theater appeared to have grown.From the pro-war counter-demonstrator in a camouflage-patterned hoodie stridently chanting "Shock and awe, shock and awe, shock and awe," to the somber figures in white masks representing the dead, the events covered by CNN emphasized spectacle and emotion.The Granny Peace Brigade showed up in Times Square and were assailed by the Shock-and-Awe lady, who accused them of having "the audacity to come out here ... to besmirch our troops" and chanted contemptuously, "Go home, go take your Geritol."
- Released thousands of classified and secret documents exposing corruption, lying and even illegal activities by gov’tsAfghan War Diary – compilation of 76,900 documents about the war in AfghanistanHas released US State Department diplomatic cables, secret files on prisoners in Guantanamo Bay-Julian Assange, leader of an international group of malcontents called Wikileaks, has been responsible for releasing thousands of classified and secret documents exposing corruption, lying, and even illegal activities by governments—-highlights include Afghan War Diary, a compilation of more than 76,900 documents about the War in Afghanistan not previously available for public review.-[10] In October 2010, the group released a package of almost 400,000 documents called the Iraq War Logs in coordination with major commercial media organisations. -This allowed every death in Iraq, and across the border in Iran, to be mapped.[11] In November 2010, WikiLeaks began releasing U.S. State department diplomatic cables, and in April 2011, Wikileaks began publishing 779 secret files relating to prisoners detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.[12]
- Formed after the Church of Scientology (Tom Cruise) tried to ban a Youtube video 2008Known for hacktivism (DOS attacks)Attacked PayPal for denying payments to Wikileaks-group Anonymous has attacked Mexican drug cartels, Paypal, and is threatening to release personal information, including family, addresses, and phone numbers of police involved in crackdown on demonstrators of OCW in Oakland California-The Anonymous group known for hacking and taking down numerous websites including Paypal and Bank of America for blocking donation payments to the Wikileak owner Assange---November 5th is Guy Faux day…Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.-Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in England since 5 November 1605. His effigy is often burned on a bonfire, commonly accompanied by a firework display.
- WheIn 2006:72.5 % signed a petition23.5 % joined a boycott26 % attended a lawful/peaceful demonstrationCanadians rarely join in illegal protest:6 % had taken part in an illegal strike1 % had legally occupied a building or factoryn Canadians protest, they tend to engage in actions that do not require a lot of time and effort.
- -On Sunday June 27th this past summer, police in Toronto detained some 120 people for hours, including 120 people demonstrating on a public street during a torrential downpour without charge at the end of the G20 summit meeting-- and for no other reason than that they were exercising their right to demonstrate—so different from the situation in Iran or in Czechoslovakia?-this is a police practice known as ‘kettling’—Police Chief Blair has admitted that in this case it went on too long, but not that it was unjustified-a Toronto lawyer launched a class-action lawsuit seeking $115-million for roughly 1,150 plaintiffs alleging police failures during the three-day summit. A separate $45-million lawsuit was launched earlier this month by 800 people arrested that weekend.-—society asserts the right to detain people for security reasons--The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 allowed police to arrest suspects without a warrant, to subject them to secret investigative hearings at which an individual may be compelled to testify, and allowed broader surveillance power for police and national security agencies.
- -more reform movements in 2003, then the election in June 2009—Moussavi vs. Ahmedinejad---a hotly contested election that pitted the regime’s favourite against a reformer who called for greater attention to the the youth, unemployment, social reform, womens’ rights and better relations with the West -Moussavi’s supporters called themselves Green revolution---green a strongly Islamic colour, called for democracy and social reform--- -June 12th the election results were announced at the Interior Ministry building in Tehran: with 85% participation in the vote, Ahmedinajad had 62.6% of the total, with Moussavi at 33.75%—protestors claimed vote manipulation and rigging of the reuslts—which did not mathematically match with population patterns throughout the country, and results were announced before all of the polls had been physically counted -also belied the intensity of the campaign, in which Moussavi supporters had filled the streets with mass demonstrations—demonstrators chanted ‘where is my vote’? "I assume that enemies intend to eliminate the sweetness of the election with their hostile provocation," he said in his televised address. He called the results a "divine assessment" and called on all the candidates to support the president. ---Nationwide, the text messaging system crashed on Saturday and several pro-Mousavi Web sites were blocked or difficult to access. Text messaging is frequently used by many Iranians â” especially young Mousavi supporters â” to spread election news. -police immediately attacked the demonstrators, who tried to set fire to the Interior Ministry --On the night between the June 14 and 15, 15 students were severely injured by beating or killed when police and basij attacked Tehran University dormitories.[12] 120 faculty members of Sharif University of Technology resigned in protest of the alleged electoral fraud and began a protest against Ahmadinejad's re-election as President.[13] -8 days following the announcement of the election results, Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, was at an anti-government demonstration in Tehran when she was felled by a single bullet to the chest. -Agha-Soltan was taken to a nearby hospital and, within a day, she was buried at Behesht Zahra, the city's largest Muslim cemetery, on the outskirts of the capital.Immediately afterward, she emerged as the face of the anti-government movement. --Iran's leaders called the uprising a foreign-led plot to overthrow the regime. It cracked down on the protesters -- with many killed and even more jailed. --Images of the bloody crackdown fueled worldwide outrage. Agha-Soltan's pictures are still carried on placards at rallies outside Iran. --Iranian authorities continue to deny that security forces were responsible for killing Agha-Soltan. --Instead, they have offered at least three separate explanations. They have blamed the CIA, terrorists and supporters of the opposition movement themselves. --One year after Agha-Soltan's death, Iranian officials have yet to announce a single arrest in connection with her killing.---show trails of demonstrators, many of whom were executed, began later in the summer
- Why makes some people able to rule others?Why do we have laws and what makes laws permanent?What should be done to make our leaders listen to what people want?How are conflicts resolved and are the solutions fair?Where do we get our political ideas?Should we preserve social order or protect human rights?Is inequality ever justified?What makes a community?
- -Choose a political issue that you think could provoke protest----try to figure out what strategy would work to get this issue into the media-what would work to
- In Canada, we have recently begun receiving and using new $10 bills that are harder for counterfeiters to reproduce. I overheard this conversation, between two ladies, on a bus: Lady #1: "You know the new $10 bills? Do you know how much it costs the government to print them?" Lady #2: "I don't know. Twenty bucks each?" Lady #1: "Well, that's what I thought too, but I saw on the news yesterday that they only cost four cents!" Lady #2: "WHAT?? Four cents! And we pay ten bucks for them? What a rip off!"