Social Studies 30: Rejection of Liberalism

What is a dictatorship? What techniques do dictators use to stay in power? This excellent video was created by an Alberta teacher

How rule by an elite, scapegoating, and use of force and terror helped Hitler & the Nazis to establish their dictatorship

Learn how Kim Jong Un forges a future for his country while maintaining control of its people.

This BBC article examines how dictators act differently that democratically elected leaders.

Learn about the game played by North Korea against the US.

This video answers many of the most asked questions about North Korea.

Was Lenin a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny or a villain who replaced it with another?

Examine the myth of the benevolent dictator, which is a leader who holds absolute power yet only uses it for the common good.

Learn about life inside a North Korean concentration camp as reported by the only person ever known to have escaped one.

The vlogbrothers (the team responsible for Crash Course videos) try to explain what the heck is going on with North Korea.

Che Guevara is so popular today that you can buy posters and t-shirts with his face on them. Why when he rejected liberalism?

Luddites are people who reject technology. Originally they were predominantly from the middle class. Why?

This video describes the changing face of Canada during the early twentieth century.

Steven Franklin discusses Chartism as the first working class mass political movement

When is it acceptable for a liberal democracy to act against the principles of liberalism? Why?

Should governments use assassination to deal with those who oppose them?