Week 7 Primary

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Research any one of the topics listed below. Notice the conflicting interests of the parties involved in the issue. Do the mechanisms designed to balance the power of government between institutions and individuals continue to work? Has one center of power grown too powerful? Are individual rights being protected during these disputes? Include a discussion of the balancing mechanisms found in the U.S. Constitution and discussed in Federalist Papers 10, 47, and 51.

Sanctuary Cities v Federal Immigration Laws 
Link: Santuary city, Wikipedia   
Vido Link: How sanctuary cites actually work, Vox, 2017

Movie Question

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Please make sure to watch the film Burn! Queimada (1969) by Gillo Pontecorvo, which is available on YouTube online here:

This is a fictional narrative about the process of independence of an imagined Portuguese colony in the Caribbean called Queimada. It is based very loosely on the history of the Haitian Revolution, which we will be talking about on Monday.

As you watch it, please make sure you make note of the following:

1) Why is the island on which the fictional narrative takes place called Queimada? (“queimada” in Portuguese means “burned”).

2) What history do we learn about the island in the opening scenes?

3) Who is William Walker and why does he go to the island? Who is he working for? What is his relationship to the leadership of the island? Why does the leadership need him?

4) Who was executed just before William Walker arrives to the island? Why does the governor of the island tell William Walker it’s too late?

5) Who is Jose Dolores? Why is he so important to both William Walker and to the governor of the island?

6) This narrative is about colonial violence, woven through the lenses of tragedy and hope among many other things. What elements of tragedy stand out to you? What elements of hope?

7) What important commentary on the imaginary and symbolism does William Walker make?

8) What important commentary on freedom does Jose Dolores make?

9) What is it that William Walker ultimately fails to understand?

please answer those questions step by step

Discussion Week5

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Week 5: The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity

After 200 years of political upheaval, Rome enters into a long history of stability and solidification of power, until it becomes the dominant power throughout the entire Mediterranean. During the same time, Christianity spreads throughout the entire realm, and brings with it the need to merge classical political and cultural theories with the new religion. Eventually, the Empire is challenged on many fronts, yet its cultural and political continues to exert dominance beyond the fall and transformation of the empire itself.

In the readings, some aspects of these transformations are discussed insofar as they influence political thought. Central to our discussion will be Marcus Aurelius and Augustine of Hippo.

Guiding Discussion Questions:

  • What is changing in Roman political thought with Christianity?
  • What do you see as possible Roman and Greek legacy within the modern world?
  • More specifically, Christopher Hitchens famously declared in Blood, Class and Empire that the British Empire compared to the United States was Greece to their Rome. How much do you see the influence of antiquity in the United States?
  • To what degree, would you say, are fears of immigration now informed by perceptions of the fall of Rome?

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