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ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTIONS & STUDY GUIDES
 | LINK to the APSA (American Political Science Association) citation style guide. FOLLOW THIS STYLE! |
| Exam #2 Review Guide |
| Theorists on violence discussion questions (useful for reviewing these texts for test) |
| Exam #1 Review Guide |
| Out-of-class assignment description |
| Special Analytical note instructions (Alinsky, MLK, Leaflets, Sharp, etc) |
| Research Paper Guidelines |
| Regular Analytical note instructions and guidelines |
| List of possible movements for research paper |
| How to read a Political Science Text (tips) |
| Questions on violence (Fanon, Pape, Regan, Che) |
| Questions for Battle of Algiers |
| National Geographic Adventure, "The Whale Warriors" |
| Link to "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Another link to "Letter from a B'hm Jail" (requires Adobe Acrobat, but might be better for printing) |
| Gene Sharp, "From Dictatorship to Democracy" |
| Gene Sharp's list of 198 methods of nonviolent action |
| South African Freedom Charter 1955 (link to full text) |
| "No Easy Walk to Freedom" 1953 |
| Link to Nelson Mandela, "I am prepared to die" speech from the Rivonia Trial, 1964 |
| Link to Nelson Mandela's statement on release from prison, 1990 |
| Link to Nelson Mandela's speech to the South African Youth Congress, 1990 |
| Tarrow Introduction and Ch. 2 discussion questions |
| Tarrow Ch. 5 Discussion Questions |
| ML King, Jr., Alinsky Study Questions |
| Sharp discussion questions (From Dictatorship to Democracy) |
| Giugni discussion questions (on movement success or failure) |
| Che Guevara discussion questions |
| Subcomandante Marcos discussion questions |
| Robert Pape, Suicide Terrorism discussion questions |
| Discussion questions for Mandela |
| Discussion questions for Speaking Stones, Palestinian Intifada leaflets |
* Check out these pages and talk to me if you are interested
| Rainforest Action Network (environmental justice: rainforests & human rights) |
| Greenaction (health & environmental justice) |
| Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights |
| Global Exchange |
| Sweatshop Watch |
| Books Not Bars |
| Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals (legal services, tenants rights, no web page) |
| One list of human rights-oriented local SMOs (for browsing) |
Action/Protest events:
| Bay Area (IndyBay) calendar of protest/action events (Note: not all these events are "protest" events. Choose carefully according to assignment description!) |
| CodePink vigil information |
| Electronic Reserves |
| Interview with Saul Alinsky (from 1972) |
| Human Rights Watch background on Otpor (from the year 2000) |