Globalization Since 1492 - Fall 2004

Wednesday December 1, 2004. George W. Bush makes his first visit to Canada and Globalization Studies was there to provide the most serious discussion in the world of the event.
Bush, Canada and the World

Part 1	In this clip the class is introduced to the class by proffessor Anthony Hall. Tony Seed gives his interpretation of George W. Bush's speech, he joins the class on the phone from Halifax. Mr. Seed gives a synopsis of what happened at the protests in Halifax including a mock trial, for war crimes.
Part 2	This is the video the Matt Sletto put together on the day of the protests. It is estimated that there were as many as 30, 000 people on the streets and on parliament hill. The video includes afternoon speeches, and an interview with Naomi Klein. The last part of the hour long clip shows the confrontation between protestors and riot police outside the museum of civilization in Gatineau, Quebec
Part 3	This clip begins with reactions from Matt Sletto and Sampson Nabigon Hall on the protests. The majority of the clip features Dijla Al-Rekabi a young woman from Iraq who has been featured previously in the class. Dijla is from Fallujah in Iraq, and lived for years in a refugee camp after the first gulf war. Dijla gives a speech about what it means for her to have her home country bombed and invaded. She identifies with the "terrorists" who have been attacked by the imperialist government in the United States.
Part 4	Tony Seed analyses Bush's speech; he gives a program for war under the Pax Americana. He appeals to a united North American community with a common anglo-centric heritage. Nowhere does Bush mention human rights because he represents the greatest violators of human rights. Bush presents 3 imperatives to Canada 1- Effective multilateral and multinational institutions, UN should be reformed to reflect US interests. 2- Canada must give up isolationism and join in the doctrine of pre-emptive war. 3- Calls on Canada to join program of inciting civil wars, throught the instrument of elections.
Part 5	David Green, Editor in Chief of the Meliorist (newspaper of the University of Lethbridge Students), makes a presentation from a different point of view. Mr. Green worked for the US military in St. Louis, training CIA recruits to sell drugs. He makes the point that you shouldn't accept everything you see at face value; think critically about the information you receive from the media and from people around you; think critically.
Part 6	Comments from protest participants at Carleton University. Haiti and the US backed ousting of Jean Bertrand Aristide. Dr. Hall reflects on the role of liberation theology, the pope and Latin American Revolutions. Canada was the first testing ground for the growth of American Corporations growing into multinationals and now transnational. Global Capitalism kickstarted by addicted substances, sugar and slavery, the second independent republic in the wester hemisphere was Haiti, after a slave revolt.
Part 7	Tony Seed predicts the fall of the American Empire A great class discussion takes place at this point. Some of the issues dealt with by the students include, biases and disinformation in the media; partisan hacks in the American news; dissent in Ukraine; Chavez in Venezuala.