Reflecting on Ideology, Action, and citizenship

1. Reflecting on Ideology, Action, and citizenship Chapter 14

2. To What extent should an ideology shape your thinking and actions as a citizen? Chapter Issue

3. To what extent do citizens have a right, role or responsibility to take action? Responding to issues

4. Responses of others to issues they have confronted

5. Orange RevolutionRead pg 476 • How did liberal democratic ideology shape the citizens’ actions? • Previous government was illiberal and demonstrated authoritarianism. • Recognized the fraudulent election, they understood the concept of a fair election. • Demonstrated a desire for liberal democracy through protesting. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laKfgYeCqns 7.5 min • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65FjUa_ArFU 2.5 min

6. The Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa • Central Issue • Who should be liberated? • Techniques • Response by Government • Results

7. Mandela • How did he answer the issue: To what extend should an ideology shape your thinking and actions as a citizen? • His actions an life were entirely based upon his ideology that reflected beliefs in “equality of the races” and “one person-one vote”. • He chose to resist apartheid and the dominance of the white minority, with 27 years of imprisonment. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPofm50MHW8 1st interview 3.5 min

8. Taking Action: Post – Apartheid South Africa • Read paged 482 -484 • Complete the worksheet “Born Free in South Africa”

9. “Born Free in South Africa” • What would you identify as the most important legacies of the apartheid era in South Africa Today? • To What extent do citizens in South Africa have the right, role, or responsibility to take action in, response to these legacies? • In what way has apartheid had an impact on the beliefs and values of Black South Africans? White South Africans?

10. War in Vietnam • Central Issue • Background on the War • anti-war movement • Impact of the anti-war movement • Why was this movement able to gain so much momentum?

11. Canada and Afghanistan • Read pages 490-491 • Create a T chart with arguments for and against Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan. • You may want to review previous readings in the text and handouts.

12. Arguments in support: Arguments against: Canada and Afghanistan

13. Arguments in support: Arguments against: Canada and Afghanistan

14. Leading for change • How do your ideology and your citizenship affect how you demonstrate leadership in responding to local, national and global issues? • Is it possible for individuals to make a difference? If so how?

15. Leading for change Simon Jackson Tzeporah Berman Edna Ruth Byler

16. Mexico city 1968 Tommie Smith gold and John Carlos bronze Peter Norman Silver 200 meters • Black American athletes boycott the games • America's civil rights movement had not gone far enough to eliminate the injustices black Americans were facing. Leading for change “salute” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R3yHrktRUw 10 min. “Salute “ trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAHsYmaodkA 2 min.

17. Response by America • People saw heads bowed as disrespectful towards the American flag. They mistakenly saw the clenched fists as supportive of the Black Panthers. • The Associated Press report described them "in a Nazi-like salute". • Chicago columnist Brent Musburger called them "black-skinned storm troopers".

18. Tommie Smith John Carlos • Dishonourable discharge • "I was going to 'Nam," Smith said. "I could see myself in rice paddies. I believe there's a God. Sixty-eight had its downfall, but it had its protection for me. I might not be alive." • Both removed from the Olympics • Two brothers serving, but after his protest both were immediately discharged. • "My first wife is deceased as a result. She took her life because she couldn't deal with the pressure from the results of Mexico." • Mr. Carlos http://www.esnips.com/doc/e5976795-74c1-4288-b1e7-82a5762c0f72 “salute” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HII8OkXdZls 10 min.“Salute “ trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAHsYmaodkA 2 min.

19. Should athletes use the international stage to try to bring about change?

20. Change from inside or outside • Read pages 497-498 & complete these questions in your notes. • What is the issue being presented? • Identify the two ideologies that are reflected in the points of view. • How would you evaluate Adam Werback’s actions? • Do you think he has found an effective way to pursue environmental goals, or do you think he as betrayed his principles? Explain how you arrived at your answer.

21. Perspective 1 Perspective 2 • Business does anything to appear responsive to consumers so greenwashing is simply a way to make business seem like they are changing their practices therefore are contributing to resolving global issue • Any effort that a business makes that balances consumer needs and wants with environmental sustainability using free-market principles to contribute to addressing issues is helpful and will raise the consciousness of consumers regarding the issue. Pause and reflect pg 498Issue “ to what extent can real change towards sustainable development take place from within a capitalist organization?”

22. Rwanda Read page Acting Accordingly & pg 499 • Burke and Power both suggest that if individuals sit by and do nothing evil will triumph (Rwanda). • Both suggest that views about citizenship will determine one’s willingness to take action and shape that action. • Both believe that taking action is central to countering evil or wrong-doing. • Civil society requires citizens to be both informed and to take action. • Can you think of any other events where citizens have sat by and allowed atrocities to occur?

23. What is the role of citizenship in this quote? “Indifference is actually the mainspring of history. But in a negative sense. What comes to pass, either the evil that afflicts everyone, or the possible good brought about by an act of general valour, is due not so much to the initiative of the active few, as to the indifference, the absenteeism of the many. What comes to pass does so not so much because a few people want it to happen, as because the mass of citizens abdicate their responsibility and let things be. They allow the knots to form that in time only a sword will be able to cut through; they let men rise to power whom in time only a mutiny will overthrow” • Antonio Gramsci, Avnanti, August, 1916

24. Acting accordingly Simon Jackson Tzeporah Berman Edna Ruth Byler

25. Read each of the short case studies 500-507 where people have made choices based on their ideologies, and complete handout. • Be prepared to discuss each of the case studies as well as the one you have chosen to add.

26. Beliefs & Values How is this an example of citizenship? • Anti-War • Anti-Violence • A “Just War” • Anti-Republican Party • They believed that is was their responsibility to inform people around the world that not everyone was in support of the Iraq invasion. • They question questioned the role of the government and the accuracy of the information that was being provided to the citizens of the United States Dixie Chicks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3CTBrGL5rA 2.5 min.

27. Beliefs & Values How is this an example of citizenship? • Supported environmentalism • Sustainable ecosystems • She felt that in order to protect local wildlife from becoming extinct she would have to take on an active role by taking part to inform and convince other stakeholders of the need to establish an environmental alliance Tzeporah Berman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfQM6wam6k 7.5 min.

28. Beliefs & Values How is this an example of citizenship? • Humanity (survivor, daughter, sister, grandmother) • Quality of life • Non-commercialization (pin washing) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2xY2cxto1Mk • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=TEhrcOvgAFE&NR=1 • An informed citizenry would take action and bring about grassroots change • The original peach ribbon was passed out for free at supermarkets • She “woke up” the citizens of the USA to the fact that their money was not necessarily being used efficiently. • Igniting a new awareness that has caused a dramatic increase in money spent on breast cancer research - now estimated to be in the hundreds of millions. • Evelyn Lauder helped found the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which gives 91.8% of its funds to breast cancer research and public awareness campaigns. Charlotte Haley

29. Beliefs & Values How is this an example of citizenship? • Fair trade • Improved quality of life and living standards for individuals in underdeveloped nations. • Sustainability • Equality • Peace • Believed that all citizens need to have an opportunity to participate in helping the less fortunate. • Providing education • Providing jobs • Questioning the roles of governments and corporations. Ten Thousand Villages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHHCumfrGI 4min. Edna Ruth Byler

30. Beliefs & Values How is this an example of citizenship? • Environmentalism • Equality • Freedom • Felt empowered to raise awareness about the impact of climate changes on indigenous people • Questions governments, corporations, and individual citizen’s environmental practices. Sam Singh & Jessica Hall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WslaEz4EdmQ 1min. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyR154rzgJo interview with Evo Morales President of Bolivia 1 min.

31. Beliefs & Values How is this an example of citizenship? • Environmentalism • Saving endangers species & their natural habitat • Empowerment of youth • Focus on an issue that was immediate and affecting the local community Simon Jackson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMj6Jux5jCY 8:42

32. Reflecting on citizenship To what extent is it important to make responsible and active decisions that respect the principles of liberalism when living in a liberal democratic society? • Types of responsibilities • Duties and obligations: things we do out of requirement: a position, social custom, law, or religion; an action we take based on a social legal, or moral requirement • Taking action: contributions we make because we feel we must for the greater good.

33. Citizenship • Citizenship is based on doing things we believe we must do. They are actions based on individual commitments, not simply duties or obligations.

34. PUBLIC GROUPS FORE BETTER OR WORSE POSITIVE • Provide a community link between government and the people • Identify areas of public dissatisfaction • Used to test proposals before finishing polices NEGATIVE • Some areas more organized and efficient therefore more influential • More resources available --- $$, education, time, political connections • Pressure groups usually represent producers or business not the consumer or small social groups.

35. Actions • are based on our beliefs and values, and are shaped by our worldview. • When we believe we must do something, we do it based more or less on the strength of our beliefs. • If we are successful, then we believe we have made our community or world a better place.

36. The reasons it is important to make choices and act responsibly and thoughtfully in a liberal democratic society may include: • Prevent the usurpation of power by elites or the government • Ensure your voice is heard • Contribute to the range of solutions for issues • Role of civil society is to counter contending power of business / government • Issues are complex and require in-depth understanding to determine solutions • If individuals remain complacent and fail to take action, others will take action and the result may not be desirable • Action can impact your daily life- it can make your community a safer, healthier, more desirable place to live.

37. That is all she wrote folksall you wanted to know about liberalism but were afraid to ask!

38. Black History: 1968 Olympics 2.25 min • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vvdOfPzLY • Spirit Bear Youth Coalition • http://www.spiritbearyouth.org/ Shut up and sing 2min. 31 sec. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3CTBrGL5rA • Simon Jackson • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMj6Jux5jCY 8:42 • Tzeporah Berman • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvfQM6wam6k 7.5 min. • Ten Thousand Villages • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUHHCumfrGI 4min. • Sam Singh & Jessica Hall • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WslaEz4EdmQ 1min. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyR154rzgJo interview with Evo Morales President of Bolivia 1 min • Orange Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laKfgYeCqns 7.5 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65FjUa_ArFU 2.5 min