May 30, 2005

Resistance and Protest for Change

Resistance and protest for change (choose one and examine the use of violence to create change)

• The Oka Crisis -The standoff at Oka lasted the entire summer of 1990. It began as a small protest in one Mohawk community. Within a few months "Oka" became a turning point for the relationship between all Canadians and the people of the First Nations.
  
• Chiapas, Mexico - We have nothing to lose, absolutely nothing, no decent roof over our heads, no land, no work, poor health, no food, no education, no right to freely and democratically choose our leaders, no independence from foreign interests, and no justice for ourselves or our children. But we say enough is enough! We are the descendants of those who truly built this nation, we are the millions of dispossessed, and we call upon all of our brethren to join our crusade, the only option to avoid dying of starvation!"
  Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle, 1993