1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa- 34357358 1 South Sudan Today

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3. GENOCIDE 3 Genocide: An attempt to eliminate, in whole or in large part, a particular group of people (such as national, ethnic, racial, religious, social, or political groups). Mass Murder: The intentional killing of a large number of people who are either unwilling or unable to defend themselves. Ethnic Cleansing: The attempt to remove a particular group of people from a particular geographic area through the use of terror. Discrimination: Positive or negative behavior toward a particular group rules or laws directed against a group or its members; or practices that subordinate people of a particular group. positive behaviours, policies and practices that systematically advantage one group over another.

4. 4 GENOCIDE Nazis: (1933- 1945) Jews, Gypsies, gays & lesbians, communists, mentally ill KILLED: @11 MILLION Turks: Armenians in WWI (1914- 1918) KILLED:@2 MILLION MASS MURDER Slave Trade (U.S. & many W. European countries): @1600-1850 KILLED:@20 MILLION Turks Armenians, 1890s KILLED 300-400,000 ETHNIC CLEANSING U.S. & Native Americans Pop. of NAs reduced from about 2million to 500,000 over 300 years. -- mass murder -- starvation -- war -- forced removals -- disease Yugoslavia Serbs in Bosnia (1980s,1990s) -- terror, expulsion, and thousands found in mass graves DISCRIMINATION History of many non- Northern European groups in U.S. -- Irish, Italians, eastern Europeans, Jews, African- Americans, Latinos, Asians, etc. Women around the world Hindu Caste system examples of genocide, mass murder, ethnic cleansing and discrimination

5. 5 Discrimination Ethnic Cleansing Geno- cide Mass murder 1. Genocide is a type of ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and discrim. 2. Ethnic cleansing is a type of discrimination. 3. Mass murder can be used for genocide and ethnic cleansing, but can also occur for reasons other than genocide, ethnic cleansing, and discrimination. 4. There are many types of discrimination that have nothing to do with genocide, ethnic cleansing, or mass murder.

6. 6 Relationships between Democide, Mass Murder, and Genocide All genocides are democides. Most mass murder is democide. Some mass murder is genocide, but some is not. Democide mass murder Genocide

7. Mass Murder and Genocide in the 20 th Century from R. J. Rummel, http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills 7 TOTALITARIAN REGIMES USSR, 1917-198762,000,000 Chinese Communists, 1923-198739,000,000 Nazi Germany, 1933-194521,000,000 AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES Chinese Nationalists, 1928-194910,000,000 Japan, 1936-1945 6,000,000 Turkey, 1909-1923 2,600,000 Cambodia, 1975-1980 2,000,000 Note: These numbers are best guesstimates. In most cases, because of denials, secrecy, and coverups, it is impossible to know the exact number with precision.

8. Mass Killing is common in Africa 8 Congo 4 million deaths since 1998, prompted by endless fighting between armed gangs/warlords. Sudan (Darfur) 800,000 dead since 2002, in tribal/religious warfare/genocide Uganda Idi Amin (dictator) killed 400,000 of his own people in the 1970s and 1980s. (Last King of Scotland) Since 2002, another 100,000 dead from rebellion in North. Nigerian Civil War (1970s) 400,000 dead Rwanda (1990s) 800,000 dead (about half from gov’t-sponsored genocide) (Hotel Rwanda)

9. Civilian Death Tolls by Democracies vs. Totalitarian/Authoritarian Regimes in WWII 9 Numbers Approximate Civilian Dead Resulting from Civilian Dead Resulting from Allied invasion&bombing of Germany German Invasion, mass murder:Total German civilian dead: @21 million@2 million Allied bombing (including nuclear) of Japanese cities Japanese Invasion, mass murder:Total Japanese civilian dead: @20 million@600,000 Sources: R. J. Rummel, http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_deaths_and_atrocities_of_the_twentieth_century J.V. O’Brien, http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~jobrien/reference/ob62.html

10. Civilian Deaths in the Modern Middle East, since 1975 10 Authoritarian Regimes: Ethiopia: 800,000 (“class enemies,” Eritrean war) Iraq: 100,000 (Kurds, Shi’ites, Kuwaitis) Iran: 60,000 (Kurds, Bahai, Monarchists) Sudan: 2,000,000 (Darfur, Africans, Christians) Syria: 21,000 Kurds, Sunnis Democracy: Israel: @15,000 (Palestinians, Lebanese) Sources: http://genocidewatch.org/aboutgenocide/genpolmmchart.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3694350.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War#Casualties

11. Civilian Deaths by Authoritarian Regimes vs. Democracies llustrates two key points: 1. War pushes democracies in an authoritarian direction democracies kill civilians mostly during wars willingness to cause and justify civilian deaths 2. Democracies almost never commit mass murder of their own people, whereas authoritarian and totalitarian regimes frequently do so. WWII Modern Middle East Authoritarian/Totalitarian Regimes 35 million3 million Democracies2.5-3 million@15,000 11

12. Your turn: Research an 20 th century genocide and explain: why it began? Turning points Why didn’t the UN/EU stop it? Impact: LT, MT and ST Key individuals on both sides Outcomes What is happening now? Work in pairs and be ready to present next Monday on your chosen topic area. 12

13. List of genocides: 19 th Century Irish Potato Famine French Revolution: War in the Vendee King Leopold’s Genocide in the Congo 20 th Century Russian Ethnic cleansing of Circassians Armenian Genocide Decossakisation 1918-20 Guatemala – 1981-3 East Timor Bangladesh War of 1971 Sri Lankan Civil War Srebrenica Massacre 13