Category Archives: Violence
Egypt Overthrows the Pharaoh
DN Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Please answer all questions: Pro-Mubarek agitators have entered the square on camel- and horseback, inflicting violence and particularly targeting Al-Jazeera journalists. They’ve been identified as being security forces in civilian clothes, oil company employees, and … Continue reading
Two Half-Truths Don’t Make a Whole, and Other Rhetorical Devisives
DN Thursday, January 13, 2011: Research and write 200 words on the following topic: When asked whether Wikileaks was “a threat to national security,” Julian Assange said, “We should all stop responding to that question unless it is well-phrased.” What … Continue reading
Paying Reparations Forward
DN Wednesday, December 29, 2010: Discuss the following questions with your family: Allan Nairn believes that the middle class should pay the indigenous people back for their “unearned inheritance” – good food, clean water, safe neighborhoods, warm houses, all “given” … Continue reading
Derrick Jensen – The Everything Guy
DN Friday, November 26, 2010 Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: “The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet…It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance” Answer one of the following questions in a paragraph, using a … Continue reading