Due Oct 29

The Politics of the Present Day

What social and political challenges do we confront in the present moment?

What methods of advocacy are available to us nowadays?

What special pitfalls must we avoid?

Give these questions some thought, then write a response to one of them—or a response that meaningfully connects two or all three questions.

I’m hoping to use class discussion to arrive at a plan for weeks 10-12. The last time I taught this course we focussed on Climate Change, BLM, #MeToo and Xenophobia, but that was four years ago. Other stuff that occurs to me as of interest: the worldwide rise of authoritarianism, social media and political polarization, and the rising cost of housing.