Learning Objective 9.1: Identify features in U.S. society that favor the development of private groups and their role in politics.

Video

• Jody Williams on Activism
  
  • Summary: Nobel Prize winner Jody Williams discusses the need to actively participate in policy.

           

Learning Objective 9.2: Discuss three different social movements that concern domestic or foreign public policy.

Video

• Occupy Wall Street
  
  • Summary: A profile of the Occupy movement.

Web Resources

• Human rights groups
  
  • Summary: A page from United for Human Rights discussing other human rights-focused NGOs.

• Amnesty International
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of the human rights NGO Amnesty International.

• Human Rights Watch
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of the human rights NGO Human Rights Watch.

• Proliferation of environmental groups
  
  • Summary: A page of links from the Natural Resources Defense Council listing other environmentally focused NGOs.

• Greenpeace
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of environmental NGO Greenpeace.

 

Learning Objective 9.3: Summarize different types of foreign policy nongovernmental organizations.

Video

• Doctors without Borders
  
  • Summary: The English-language YouTube home page of Doctors Without Borders, a medical NGO.

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  
  • Summary: A summary of Gates Foundation work on eradicating polio.

Web Resources

• Dealing with developing country debt
  
  • Summary: A page from the IMF describing a program of debt relief for poor countries.

• NGO watchers
  
  • Summary: A page from Global Governance Watch tracking the activities of NGOs.

• Council on Foreign Relations
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank.

 

Learning Objective 9.4: Define four types of group strategies and tactics that can influence U.S. foreign policy.

Video

• Kent State tragedy
  
  • Summary: The continuing investigation into the National Guard killing of four students during protests against the Vietnam War at Kent State in 1970.

Web Resources

• Information technology
  
  • Summary: An article detailing the use of social media by NGOs in Uganda.

• Failed state lobby
  
  • Summary: An article describing efforts in the United States to secure the independence of South Sudan despite widespread indications of a failed state.

• Israel Lobby
  
  • Summary: An article arguing that the pro-Israel lobby holds considerable sway in President Barack Obama’s foreign policy.

 

Learning Objective 9.5: Explain the role of multinational corporations in U.S. foreign policymaking.

Video

• ExxonMobil and the climate: One View
  
  • Summary: ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson addresses the Council on Foreign Relations about climate change.

• ExxonMobil and the climate: Another View
  
  • Summary: A short song satirizing ExxonMobil’s lobbying efforts on climate change.

• World’s largest defense contractors
  
  • Summary: A slide show of the world’s largest defense manufacturers.

Audio

• Cheney and Halliburton
  
  • Summary: A segment expressing concerns that defense and petroleum contractor Halliburton received massive preferential treatment as a result of tie with Vice President Dick Cheney.

Web Resources

• Corporate warriors
  
  • Summary: A webpage describing companies providing service traditionally performed by national militaries.

• MNCs: Saving the world?
  
  • Summary: An article describing MNCs’ roles in global development in a positive light.

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of U.S. Chamber of Commerce.