Homework Assignment (Due Monday, May 14)
Blackwater Article 1, Blackwater Article 2, Blackwater Video
As the articles and video explain and describe, Blackwater has received significant scrutiny due to several controversial shootings Blackwater security guards have been involved in in Iraq. Write a one-page response on the following: What about past US foreign policy towards Iraq and even British colonialism makes animosity by Iraqis towards US forces more likely? What do you attribute to the U.S government giving Blackwater so much freedom in their operations? What do you think can be done to improve the United States relationship with Iraq?
Your response paper should follow standard college formatting: 12-pt font, double-space and one inch margins on each side.
Iraq Readings: Saddam Hussein and His Rise to Power
Reading: Melian Dialogue
Extra Credit (10 points possible)
Roger Moore’s movie Roger and Me is a documentary on the negative effects increasing economic competition can have on workers and communities. Made in 1989 when the new era of globalization began to pick up steam, Moore’s film is still relevant 20 years later. Write a two-page response answering the questions below. The paper must be double-spaced, include 12-pt font and have one-inch margins along the borders. You can request the film in the Media Center in the Rosenberg Library: http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/library/about-library/library-locations/media.html The call number is AV DVD 0082.
Was everyone affected the same by the auto plants closings? How did workers respond and cope to the closings? How can the auto-plants closings and the increased economic inequality in Flint be seen as a product of globalization/global competition? In an increasing economic, competitive world, what kinds of solutions/protections, if any, could be implemented in order to protect people, workers and/or communities from undesirable effects of the market? What are some arguments in support of free trade and globalization and how could that be applied to the situation in Flint? What did you learn from the film and what questions about globalization, if any, did it raise for you?