Short Essay #1

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS - DEANZA COLLEGE - WINTER 2016

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Each week students are asked to create an original post and respond to two other students.

COMING SOON - COMMUNITY Q & A. STORIES THAT FRAME THE CURRENT GLOBAL CONTEXT.

Course Themes

Globalization                                   Colonialism
Internationalism                             War
Trade                                                Economics
                    Multi-National Corporations                    
                      Corporate v State Power     
Genocide                                        Trade Agreements
U.S. / Torture victims                    Refugees
Climate Change activists, advocates
Surveillance                                    Whistle blowers

                          Syllabus

Check out the following websites to learn more about global politics and news:
RT
The New York Times
BBC
POLITICO Defense Policy
GLOBAL POST

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Inter Press Service, http://www.ipsnews.net/
Al Jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net/
Foreign Policy in Focus, http://www.fpif.org/
Upsidedownworld (Latin America), http://upsidedownworld.org/main/
Tele Sur TV, http://www.telesurtv.net/english/index.html
UN News Centre, http://www.un.org/news
Pambazuka (Africa), http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
Mosaic News, https://www.linktv.org/series/mosaic
Link TV, http://www.linktv.org/
Labor Start, http://www.labourstart.org/news/
China Labour Bulletin, http://www.china-labour.org.hk/en/
Corpwatch, (corporations), http://www.corpwatch.org/
Earth Island Journal, http://www.earthisland.org/journal/
Democracy Now!, http://www.democracynow.org/
The Economist, http://www.economist.com/
NACLA (Latin America), https://nacla.org/
Middle East Research and Education Project, http://www.merip.org/
Global Post, http://www.globalpost.com/
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, http://www.rnw.nl/english/dossier/thestatewerein
Ricochet (Canada), https://ricochet.media/en/news