Topic recap sheet n°4 : US Protest movements and whistleblowers Content/ Documents : Pictures : anti-trump protests Text: 5 US protest movements Translation : post-truth is elected word of the year Videos: Pardon my Whistleblower : Chelsea Manning’s sentence commuted Sanctuary Cities v. Executive Order Civilization / culture : all of the above
Picture(s) (description & meaning) AIRPORTS PROTEST Description : 2000 people in American airports Meaning : protest against an excutive order, which ban immigrants from 7 countries (majority Muslim) = ” Muslim ban” -> demonstration to defend the rights of immigrants OSCAR CERMONY Description : Asghar Farhadi (director) rewarded at the 2017 Oscar Ceremony for “The Salesman” Meaning : he didn’t come to Hollywood because he wanted to protest against the “Muslim ban”.
MARCH FOR SCIENCE Description : an advert for the “march for science”, planned in April 2017 Meaning : promote research, popularize science and discoveries / a reaction to climate change deniers in the Trump administration WOMEN’S MARCH Description : a march / 500,000 people / people wore pussy-hat in reaction to the offensive words used by Trump when talking about women Meaning : the biggest political demonstration in US History / a grass-roots movement = organized by citizens / provoke a reaction in the government / a
warning for the new president
Vocabulary English A misnomer
French
The lack of representation To spur a movement To undergo (change) To grant the right to vote To spearhead
L’absence de representation
To lead a march
English To craft/design a motto Small-scale
French
Être à l’origine d’un mouvement
To gain momentum
Prendre de l’ampleur
Subir (une transformation)
To spread worldwide
S’étendre au monde entire
Accorder le droit de vote
homeless
SDF
Mener, être aux avantpostes Etre à la tête d’un cortège Le célèbre discours Dans tout le pays
Illegal immigrants
Sanspapiers/clandestins Abris/refuge
Un abus de langage
shelter
Inventer une devise Local, à petite echelle
Fight back Venerable / honorable Thus
Riposter/se défendre Vénérable
Pillar/hallmark/mainstay spread
pilier
The rise of
Montée en puissance
La cupidité
A growing distrust of
nearby Advertising The main drives
A proximité La Publicité Les principaux moteurs
Relevance the latter give up
Une méfiance croissante vis-à-vis de Pertinence Ces derniers abandonner
To acknowledge = to confess = to admit To dump = to throw away = to drop Intelligence
admettre
Submit
Soumettre
Décharger, jeter
To commute
Commuer
Les services de renseignement Nombreux, beaucoup de
Clemency
Clémence
Nonetheless
Néanmoins
Abandoner, se render
Data
Données
The famed speech nationwide An appeal for equal rights An outcry
Un appel à l’égalité des droits
US involvement
La participation des Etats-Unis Une série de manifestations
A string of demonstrations greed
Troves of = loads of numerous To surrender = to
Un cri de révolte
Donc
Diffuser / Diffusion
A whistleblower Disclosure = revelation Mistakenly Culprit To be freed Breach To leak
Un lanceur d’alerte Révélation
To grant Far more
Accorder Bien plus
Par erreur Coupable Être libéré Violation, infraction Faire fuiter
director executive order Climate denies grassroots Pussy-hat
unconstitutional
anticonstitutionnel
Law-abiding
réalisateur Un décret présidentiel climatosceptisme Venant du peuple Bonnet avec des oreilles de chat… Respectueux de la loi
Recent events, historical & cultural references mentioned in the documents, questions raised by the topic, debates: (+ anything you think is necessary to add, personal knowledge and /or comments for example) -Boston Tea Party : 1773, American colonists protested against the English King and the monopoly on tea. They threw tea overboard a ship. It was vandalism as an act of rebellion. It led to the American war for Independence (Revolution) : Declaration of Independence of England (4th July 1776) -Women’s suffrage: During the revolution: mid-19th century. Demonstrations for the women right to vote. They got the right to vote in 1920 (19th Amendment). -Civil Rights Movements: 1960s. Demonstrations and the speech (“I have a dream”) for AfricanAmericans and all minorities. It led to the Civil right Act of 1964 : equal rights for blacks and whites. -Anti-war movement: 1969, during the war of Vietnam. Demonstrations in the US and the UK (500 000 people in Washington) against armed conflict. The war ended in 1975 but the movement had no effect on the conflict. Nixon was watching football during the demonstration. -Occupy Wall street: 2011-2015. Demonstrations against economic inequalities. They slept in tents near Wall Street. “We are the 99%” (1% rich people, ultra-wealthy). They inspired other groups of protesters (Spanish Indignados and Honk Kong Protesters). IMF now has the same arguments. -Sanctuary cities : some cities protect illegal immigrants from federal law enforcement. For instance, the mayor of Los Angeles has told police not to enforce immigration laws and the city is starting a legal fund so that undocumented immigrants can defend themselves. They keep the homeless and veterans off the streets. -''Post-truth'' = elected word of the year by the prestigious Oxford English dictionary =>
reference to our era in which facts matter less than emotion fake news sites have been accused of contributing to the election of Donald Trump. Can we trust entirely “information sites” ? -US forces mistakenly shot down and killed Iraqi journalists in Bagdad in 2007 Chelsea Manning was imprisoned for 7 years, was responsible for the biggest intelligence breach in US history : especially he leaked a video showing a US helicopter firing at civilians (2 Iraki journalists were killed) Videos and data were shared on Wikileaks. Manning was charged of treason and espionage, and first sentenced to 35 years in prison.
His sentence was commuted by Barack Obama and he will be released on May 17th. Since 2013, Edward Snowden (former intelligence contractor) has leaked thousands of security documents to the press (principally the Guardian) - President Trump can sign executive orders -> it reminds of the difference between the 3 powers: executive / legislative / judicial. - Is justice always fair? Is the law just? Where is the frontier between right and wrong? Difference between justice and ethics? Laws have to evolve with mentalities
Key expressions (grammar, syntax, translation difficulties) - Nul n’a eu autant de force que : none were more vehement than - Elle a duré 6 ans de plus : it lasted/went on for 6 more years. -de ne pas appliquer : not to enforce -afin que : so that -certains perdurent, d’autres pas : sometimes they stick, sometimes not -ça ne fait aucun doute : no question -des centaines de villes : hundreds of cities -Tous les presidents depuis Washington ont signé ces décrets présidentiels : Every president since Washington has issued executives orders. - for at least 10 years = depuis au moins 10 ans - increased by … in a year = a progressé de … en 1 an -it must have been used = il doit avoir été utilisé - whether … or … = if … or … - earlier this month = plus tôt ce mois-ci
Document prepared with great care by : Axel, Noémie, Manon L, Clémence, Blandine, Juliette et Charlotte (vos 5/2 préférées :P)
