Media, Information and Technoculture 3901F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pedro De Alvarado, Rwandan Genocide, Hutu
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The anti-mining movement in el salvador: historical contexts. Colonialism is always part of the expansion of capitalism they are inseparable. Colonialism includes cases of genocide and creates the conditions for postcolonial genocide. Today, the ideologies and practices of colonialism are found in transnational corporations, the extraction of riches, and the exploitation of people. Perpetrated in 1994 over about 100 days by the majority hutu group. Difference between tutsi and hutu was based on class: hutu was majority approx. 80% of population: tutsi owned more cattle. Belgians exploited the idea that this was an ethnic divide. Everyone was required to have a fixed identity hutu, tutsi, twa. 1959, revolution within the country, belgians left and power was overturned. Slave ships from europe went to africa and bought slaves from slave traders. The slaves were brought to latin america where the exploited resources were harvested and were loaded back onto the ships and were sent to europe to the colonial powers.