SYLLABUS

Spring 2005

History of Nonviolent Protests in America

PAF 400; SOC 400; PSC 400

Instructor: Anthony J. Nocella, II

http://student.maxwell.syr.edu/ajnocell/index.html

Spring 2005 Maxwell 407A

ajnocell@maxwell.syr.edu Office hours: Thursday 12:30 – 2:00 pm

This course is a history course that provides an overview of significant events within the history of social movements within the U.S. This course is not a theory course. This course takes the student through a variety of social movements by reading first hand accounts of events the authors were directly involved in. We will analyze the strategies and tactics that were adopted in each of the events and what the role of the State and social pressures were in those events. The course is one of the certified courses for the Program on Nonviolent Conflict and Change minor. This class is based strongly on research and writing (detached analysis) and interactive class discussion (reflections on class readings). Specifically, this course will cover 8 scholarly objectives that relate to the course topic. They include:

Apply problem solving to societal problems
Understand the implementation of public policy
Gather information in a variety of ways
Use computer programs to analyze quantitative data
Communicate effectively on oral and written venues
Work efficiently on individual projects
Work effectively on team projects
Gain knowledge of societal problems, causes and policies in at least one specific problem area

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Class Participation: Assigned reading is required for class; this will be reflected in the class discussion and exercises. The quality of the class depends greatly on students’ participation. Additionally, you will periodically be asked to write about your readings at the beginning of class periods (pop quiz format). This will be assessed and will influence your participation and attendance grade. At various points in the semester, you will also be asked to facilitate class discussion. The purpose of this exercise is to allow you to demonstrate your knowledge of the material. Your classmates will also be accountable for material during periods when they are not facilitating. This, too, will influence your attendance and participation grade. Attendance is mandatory; absences or partial class absences will be reflected in your grade, if the instructor is not notified in advance. Coming late to class will not be tolerated. It is important for students to have completed the readings on time and be ready to discuss them. (If you remain not engaged in class dialogue for more than one class session, the instructor will discuss the issue with you privately.) Further, if you fall asleep during class, the instructor will mark you absent.

2. *Required Cited Questions: Each Student is required to bring to each class and have ready to present three typed out questions written up for class with each question cited from the readings, with a short statement (a paragraph) of why each question is important to them or to the class.

3. *Attend two Nonviolent Activist Events for Social or Political Change: Attend a nonviolent political event (legal - protest, demonstration, conference, teach-in, lecture, round-table, debate, etc.) which its purpose is to create political or social change. Write up a one to two page double-spaced reflection on the event. What happened? What was the purpose of the event? What was successful? What should they have changed? How many people? How did you feel?

4. Mid-Term Paper: Each student will write up a five-page paper (at least 10 cited articles/books/zines/internet/pamphlets) on a nonviolent social movement, event, person, or group/organization that is or has been repressed by the United States law enforcement. The paper should include, what the subject is, what the goal of the subject, and how and why they were repressed, this needs to be highly documented and cited. Do not write papers with personal assumptions on law enforcement, social movements, or the law. Note, if you cannot prove State repression using legitimate proof, do not write it. Each individual will present their paper to the class. Note, the presentation does count as a high % of your grade. Please see the instructor for approval of the topic.

5. Final Paper (10-12 pages) (due at the end of the semester): One research paper is due at the end of the term, which will be double-spaced. This can be on any type of nonviolent social movement, group, or individual, throughout the history of the United States of your choice. At least four books or scholarly articles should be cited (not internet). Students are required to submit an abstract and the work cited mid-semester, which must be approved by the instructor.

GRADING

Class Participation 30%
Required Cited Questions 10%
2 Nonviolent Events 10%
Mid-Term 20%
Final Paper 30%

Total 100%

GRADING CRITERIA

All grades added together total a maximum of 100 points.

Grades will be allocated at the end of the semester based on the following scale:

A (95-100)

A- (90-94)

B+ (87-89)

B (84-86)

B- (80-83)

C+ (77-79)

C (74-76)

C- (70-73)

D (60-69)

F (0-59)

REQUIRED TEXTS

Lynd, S., & Lynd, A., (Eds.) (1995). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll:

NY. Orbis Books.

Glick, Brian (1989). War at Home. Cambridge: MA. South End Press.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week One:

January 18 First Class: Introductions and Overview of Course

January 20 Second Class: Theory of and Living Nonviolence

Coninck, Theresa, de (Ed.). essays on Nonviolence. Nyack: NY. The Fellowship of Reconciliation United States.

Kennedy, Scott & Lacefield, Patrick. An Introduction to Nonviolence. pp. 5-12

Deats, Richard Baggett. The Way of Nonviolence. pp. 13-19

Goss-Mayr, Hildegard. Active Nonviolence. pp. 21-27

Esquivel, Adolfo Perez. Nonviolence: the weapon of the poor. pp. 29-31

Bondurant, Joan V.. Conquest of Violence: The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict.
Chapter 1. Introduction. pp. 3-14

Chapter 2. Satyagraha: Its Basic Precepts. pp. 15-35

Week Two:

January 25 First Class: Nonviolence as a Strategy

Bondurant, Joan V. (Ed.). Conflict: Violence and Nonviolence. Chicago: Il. Aldine-Atherton,

Inc.

Chapter 1 The New Peace Movement. Roy Finch. pp. 29-44

Chapter 2 The New Pacifism. Stephan Thernstrom. pp. 45-49

Chapter 3 Limits to the Moral Claim in Civil Disobedience. Harry Prosch. pp. 50-61

Chapter 4 The Moral Ground of Civil Disobedience. Darnell Rucker. pp. 62-69

January 27 Second Class: Quakers and Abolitionists

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

Guess Speaker from Syracuse Meeting House (Quaker Activism)

Additional Reading:

Introduction. pp. XI-XLVI

Week Two:

February 1 First Class: Anarchists and Progressives

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,

February 3 Second Class: Conscientious Objectors, World War I

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 13, 14, 15,

Week Three:

February 8 First Class: Trade Unionism Between Wars

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 16, 17, 18,

February 10 Second Class: Conscientious Objectors, World War II and Direct Action for Peace, Post-

World II

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,

Video

Week Four:

February 15 First Class: Direct Action for Civil Rights

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,

February 17 State Repression on Activists

Glick, Brian (1989). War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists and What We Can

Do About It. Cambridge: MA. South End Press.

Week Five:

February 22 First Class: Mid-Term Presentations and Paper

February 24 Second Class: Mid-Term Presentations and Paper Cont’d

Week Six:

March 1 First Class: The Vietnam War

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 33, 34, 35, 36,

March 3 Second Class: A New Catholicism

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 37, 38, 39, 40, 41

Week Seven:

March 8 First Class: Feminist Women’s Movement

Richardson, Laurel & Verta Taylor (Eds.) (1989). Feminist Frontiers II: Rethinking Sex, Gender, and Society. Random House Inc. New York: NY.

Judith Hole and Ellen Levine. Reading 47. The First Feminists. pp. 437-444

DuPlessis, Rachel Blau & Snitow, Ann (Eds.) (1998). The Feminist Memoir Project: Voices From Women's Liberation. Random House Inc. New York: NY.

Barbara Epstein. Ambivalence About Feminism. pp. 124-148

Michele Wallace. To Hell and Back On the Road With Black Feminism in the 1960s & 1970s. pp. 426-442

March 10 Second Class: Gay and Lesbian Movement

Teal, Donn (1995). The Gay Militants: How Gay Liberation Began in America, 1969-1971. St. NY: New York. Martin’s Press.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 13

Chapter 15

**Set up meeting with instructor about final paper

Week Eight: SPRING BREAK

March 15 First Class: No Class

March 17 Second Class: No Class

Week Nine:

March 22 First Class: Nonviolent Trade Unions

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Chapter 42, 43,

Cesar Chavez Video

March 24 Second Class: Cesar Chavez cont’d Chicano the struggle in the fields four tapes

Week Ten:

March 29 First Class: Anti-Imperialism

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49

March 31 Second Class: Healing Global Wounds

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 53, 54, 55, 56

Week Eleven:

April 5 Environmental Movement

Scarce, Rik (1990). Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Environmental Movement. Noble Press. Chicago: IL.

Chapter 4 GreenPeace: Bridge to Radicalism

Chapter 5 Earth First!: Cracking the Mold

April 7 The Gulf War

Lynd & Lynd (Eds.). Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History. Maryknoll: NY. Orbis Books.

Document 50, 51, 52,

Chomsky, N. (January, 1991). The Gulf Crisis. Z Magazine. http://zena.secureforum.com/Znet/zmag/articles/chomgu.htm

Week Twelve:

April 12 Class One: Animal Rights Movement

Singer, Peter (Ed.) (1985). In Defense of Animals. Basil Blackwell. New York: NY.

The Silver Spring Monkeys. Alex Pacheco and Anna Francione. pp. 135-147

The Island of the Dragon. Dexter L. Cate. pp. 148-156

They Clearly Now See the Link’: Militant Voices. Philip Windeatt. pp. 179-193

Fighting to Win. Henry Spira. pp. 194-208

April 14 Class Two: Disability Rights Movement

Fleischer, Doris Zames & Zames, Frieda (2001). The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation. Temple University Press. Philadelphia: PA.

Chapter 5. pp. 71-85

Chapter 12. pp. 200-215