McGill University Activism Essay

**Assignment 1 & 2 should be in different documents**

Assignment #1

ALL 3 answers below should combined be 1 full page

1) What kind of peace movement strategy do you think would be most effective in responding to climate change?

2) Can you see identify tactics and ideas from previous peace movements that would be effective in today’s world?

3) Which peace movement examined in the course do you find most compelling (interesting, surprising, important, etc.)?

You have completed previous assignments for this course regarding peace movements so just have a look at those statements/information unless you remember.

Assignment #2

Both questions 10 &11 below should combined be 1 full page in same document

10D.

1)What do you think of the idea that women are more prone to peace activism because they are mothers, or potential mothers, and thus ‘givers of life’?

2) In today’s world, is this a message that would motivate people to participate in a peace movement?

11C.

Some of you may have participated in the Global Climate Strike in Waterloo Region on September 27, 2019. I was there at Waterloo Town Square with my family and an estimated crowd of 5,000. That is the largest ‘protest’ gathering I have witnessed in Waterloo. It was fun and inspiring – opening words and drumming by local Indigenous people, a flash mob of choir and orchestra, many speeches and lots of chanting, and creative placards. It was somewhat different than a typical strike, whereby people withdraw their labour or other services to protest some kind of rights violation. Some participants in the strike did leave school or workplaces, but that was mostly with permission from teachers and supervisors. I was left wondering about the efficacy of this kind of strike when the functioning of institutions was not compromised in any particular way.

If you were there, or have participated in other climate strikes (they are ongoing) what did you think about it? Why do you think they are called strikes?