Topic recap sheet n°4 : US Protest movements, whistleblowers, post-truth Content/ Documents : Pictures : anti-trump protests Texts: 5 US protest movements Synthesis : truth and lies Translation : post-truth is elected word of the year Video: Pardon my Whistleblower : Chelsea Manning’s sentence commuted Audio : A trip back in time : Inauguration day Civilization / culture : all of the above Picture(s) (description & meaning)
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jfk trump protest. : people protesting against Muslim ban in jfk airport against trump’s executive order on immigration. People want to integrate immigrants and unite against this policy.
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Einstein protest : a little girl is holding an Einstein poster with the hashtag #REFUGEESWELCOME. Einstein was a famous German-born American physicist. Protesters show that immigrants can be beneficial for the state
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Oscar : Asghar Farhadi is an Iranian film director invited to the American Oscars but was unwilling to go to the US because of the new immigration policy. He refused to be given a visa while other Iranians are unable to fly to the US.
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Protest sign on Women march : A woman is holding a protest sign “My arms are tired from holding this sign since the 1960’s” during the women march in Washington. This march is a response to the president election and power, just like protests against the Vietnam war in 1960’s.
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Science : It is the logo, sign for the march for science representing the will that science would not be underrated especially by the government which doesn’t deal with climate change and pollution. March for science will take place on Earth Day, 22nd April 2017
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Science organisation : It is the twitter account of the
organizers of the science march on Washington, gathering people on social networks in preparation for the march.
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Women making history : A woman holds a sign reading “history has its eyes on you” during the women’s march (Jan 21st) . There is the picture of Cary Fischer, as princess Leia overlooking it. It criticizes Trump administration, his point of view on women, using the actress (a fervent feminist) as an inspiration.
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Women’s march : Men and women gathered in Washington, in front of the Natural History Museum in a march for women’s rights and other issues.
Vocabulary English A whistleblower A disclosure
French
To surrender To acknowledge
Se rendre Reconnaître, admettre
Grievances
Doléances
A theft of information = an intelligence breach
To spur The fairer sex An outcry To craft a motto
Être à l’origine de Le sexe faible Un cri de révolte Inventer une devise
Intelligence A conviction To leak
To gain momentum
Prendre de l’ampleur
Demagogy Mistakenly Misinformation, fake news Trailblazers Greed
Démagogie Par erreur Fausses info
A misnomer Small-scale To spearhead
Figures de proue cupidité
The gathered crowd
La foule rassemblée
To be charged of treason
Être reconnu coupable de haute trahison
Un lanceur d’alerte Une révélation
English To grant clemency To commute a sentence A culprit Data dumps
The inauguration ceremony The incoming president/ president-elect
French Gracier Réduire une peine Un coupable Revelations d’info massives Un vol d’infos confidentielles Les renseignements Une condamnation divulger Cérémonie d’investiture Le president élu mais pas encore en fonction Un abus de langage Local, à petit échelle Mener/être aux avantpostes
Recent events, historical & cultural references mentioned in the documents, questions raised by the topic, debates: The Original American protest (1773) : The American people was fed up with buying tea from India, through a British company ; that’s why a tea cargo was vandalized. It represents the very first great protest against the United Kingdom, and the first step in the fight for independence.
Women’s suffrage (18th Century until now): A movement that is still a burning issue. Women have been demonstrating for centuries to increase their rights.
Civil Rights (1963) :
A march in Washington that gathered 200,000 thousand people, from minorities (especially African Americans). At the end of this, Martin Luther King pronounced his famous speech : “I Have a Dream”. That lead to the end of racial segregation and the Civils Rights Act in 1964.
Antiwar (1969) : A demonstration during Nixon’s presidency against Vietnam war. It constituted the biggest protestation movement ever, even if it was a failure (war didn’t stop).
Occupy Wall Street (2011) : A suite of protests and occupations near Wall Street, against greed and corruption in the government and financial system. This movement spread around the world, with its famous motto : “We are the 99%“
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s sentence (2016) : The whistleblower Bradley Manning is responsible of one of the biggest data dumps in history. In 2010, he broadcast documents in which we can see US Forces shooting down Iraqi journalists and civilians in 2007. He became a woman in jail and has been granted by president Obama.
Truth and lies (synthesis) : The film Truth shows how two journalists, who revealed the fact that president Bush Sr used his privileges to avoid his son being sent to Vietnam, were fired and vilified. Great events in 2016. Trump’s election and Brexit. Those political decisions prove people are fed up with the elite, and how they can be blinded by the media and demagogy.
Key expressions (grammar, syntax, translation difficulties) - to go on for = (durer plus de x ans) - to call a spade a spade - date back to = remonter à / dater de - troves of files = un large nombre de dossiers - increased BY… in one year - to take the oath of office = preter serment - to be sworn in = être investi dans (les fonctions présidentielles) - to spy ON - the right TO vote - to be responsible FOR - to depend ON - freedom OF the press
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