Unique witness to this whole thing. We have studied dallaire. We have read power. We have read a number of primary sources, victims and witnesses and perpetrators of the genocide. Thats where were left tonight. Weve also encountered on on an aesthetic level through film and other things. I think this leaves us very well prepared to talk about from an intellectual and emotional standpoint, the u. S. Response and the International Response to this whole thing. One thing i would just add to that is obviously during the course of the semester weve confronted you with quite a few different texts, ideas, themes, issues, and challenges. Obviously some of them have been quite difficult and quite wrenching, but really, i think, weve seen the course progressing to the time where we would spend, you know, two solid weeks on the rwandan genocide because of its implications for policy in the 21st century , because so many of the issues weve confronted through the semester crystallize here. Theres o
History. There were tensions been between various ethnicities and want the. Exacerbated by the germans and the belgians defining people by ethnicity. And this tension was precipitated by the withdrawal of the colonial powers in the 1950s and 1960s such that there was tension for the next 20 and 30 years erupting into violence. Becoming pretty severe starting in 1990 with the invasion of from uganda of the ruewanda rwanda wanda patriotic front. This violence escalated through the early 1990s. There were reprise old killings in rwanda. That brings us to our topic of genocide and the u. S. And International Response to the genocide. Ok, so we are going to talk tonight about the kind of narrative of the genocide itself. What happened between late 1993 and the middle of 1994. Of course, the genocide itself taking place over 100 days between april 6, 1994 and midjuly, early to mid july of 1994. We do this through a number of books that our students have been exposed to. Maybe we should talk
And online at abc7news. Com and on Twitter Twitter abc7newsbayarea. Our other top story a pull page ad in the San Francisco chronicle today is hoping to grab the attention of pope francis a bold move by opponents of San Franciscos archbishop to try and have him removed. Good morning thanks for join us. Archbishop Salvatore Cardileone critics include famous names and they are finishing up a News Conference to publicly ask for his ouster. The ad was placed in the San Francisco chronicle and a full page ad signed by 100 prominent members of the local catholic community. A spokesman for the group just wrapped up the press conference. Here is what he said. I think we would like to have pope francis as our ambassador bishop. I think we would like to live in a diocese where a person who is following pope francis is our leader. Cordileone . My god. Church goers heading to the mass react to the ad call, for remove of the archbishop Salvatore Cardileone. It is pretty serious. I think it is more
Is the mayan calendar pointing to the end of the world or a new beginning . Republicans are calling it plan b. Tax cut aimed atmi keeping the u. S. From the fiscal cliff. The plan is expected to be rejected by the senate. If the parties cannot agree by the end of the year, many are predicting chaos. It is an exercise in republican vote counting that will not result in anything for the american people. It cannot pass the senate. The president would veto it if it got to his desk. Plan b, which is the only thing the house of representatives and the republicans are focused on now, a multi day exercise in utility, at a time when we do not have the luxury of exercises in futility. President obama and Senate Democrats have not done much of anything. Their plan b is to slow what does over the fiscal cliff. For weeks they said they would make substantial expansions on spending cuts. I did my part. They have done nothing. The stalemate is moving the u. S. Economy towards a socalled who fiscal cl
We the people that can demand the politicians and congress resolve this fiscal cliff, but resolve it in a way that makes our country stronger. Thats why the president s come here to metro detroit. Were the home for u. S. Manufacturing. Also were the home for the american worker. We need to resolve our fiscal problems, but resolve them in a way that continues to investigation in training and educating our workers and advanced manufacturing and also providing the revenue that we need to still provide health care to our seniors and Social Security to those who depend on it. Sir, lets talk about getting to the sensible center here. Because as the politico poll that i referenced earlier off the top of the show indicates, 59 oppose significant cuts to defense but 75 favor across the board spending cuts. So where are you and other colleagues willing to start with those spending cuts . I mean, what are democrats willing to put on the table specifically . Well, first of all, ive spoken to many