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Watch this video lesson (Links to an external site.) that introduces the fiction genre and some important concepts. In the video, I talk about idiosyncrasies.  In the response box below, jot down a list of idiosyncrasies for two or three people (similar to what I did in the lecture). This can be used as a “toolbox” […]

 Watch the short video: https://youtu.be/ry7_FcSiQL8 Be sure to read 2.5.1 Malden Mills Company (p 96 -97)! (attached)  Write a minimum two page, double spaced, summary of the main ethical issues associated with Fauersteins response to the catastrophe that devastated the business. This assignment is due by 11:59 PM, Sunday February 14th. 

Watch the "mockumentary' film “Confederate States of America” which can be found on Netflix or YouTube.  I also provided the link.  This film is a fake documentary that mixes fact with fiction to creatively suggest what U.S. history and the current U.S. political economy might look like if the confederacy won the Civil War and […]

 Watch both "American Spring" and "Occupy Wall Street" clips.  Do you agree or disagree with Dr. Jalani Cobb that America is going through a "regime" change?   What role do social movements play in democracies?  Can social movements bring lasting change?  Be sure to refer to sections on democracy and human rights in this week's reading, […]