Session Five: A Non Violent Response to Terrorism

Session Five: A Nonviolent Response to Terrorism

Essential Questions: 

• What are some policy options for the US based on a non violent approach? 

• What are the assumptions that drive this option? 

• What are the arguments for and against this option? 

• What are the roots of terrorism?

Gathering: " A question that I have on the readings is..."

Rick's Rap: homework, roots review

Video: “Civilian Resistance Works,” Erica Chenoweth, panel on Violence, Humanity the Future, and the Origins of Violence; August 19, 2015, youtube.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_KOQdPNRXY

Roots of Terror Exercise


Closing: "Something that I learned in this course was..."

Readings: 

(1) George Lakey, “8 ways to defend against terror nonviolently,” Waging Nonviolence: People Powered News and Analysis,  January 22, 2015,
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/8-ways-defend-terror-nonviolently/ 

(2) Phyliss Bennis, “Six Steps Short of War to Beat ISIS,” The Progressive, September 11, 2014
http://progressive.org/dispatches/six-steps-short-war-beat-isis/

(3) Nancy Lindborg & David Rothkopf, “Four Lessons for Fighting Extremists – Without Guns,” Foreign Policy, 9/29/15, http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/29/four-lessons-for-fighting-extremists-without-guns-obama-united-nations-summit/

(4) John Hudson, “Growth of Islamic State Forces State Department Overhaul,” Foreign Policy, 2/1/16http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/01/growth-of-islamic-state-forces-state-department-overhaul/