Geopolitics

Question 1

decolonialisation

Answer 1

end of Br and Fr empires
1947 India leaves the UK
1960s - lots of African countries gain independence
should they look to the West or the USSR?

Question 2

Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 2

non-violent/ passive resistance/ ahimsa
Christian inspiration, ethical consistency
Satyaghara - firmness in the commitment to the truth
begins with defence of legal rights

Question 3

Mao Zedong

Answer 3

‘Little Red Book’
philosophy of warfare
‘political power grows out of the barrel of a gun
taken up by a lot of developing countries e.g. African National Congress (1961)

Question 4

Castro and Che Guavara

Answer 4

can precipitate revolution through action

Question 5

Biafra

Answer 5

Gen Ojukwu wanted Biafra to be free from Nigeria

cut off supplies to the towns

Question 6

‘New Left’

Answer 6

intellectuals, artists, students, blue and white collar workers

Question 7

Alberto Korda, Guerrillico Heroico

Answer 7

1960

Question 8

The Black Panther Party on the steps of Alameda County Superior Court, Oakland

Answer 8

1969

during the trial of Huey Newton

Question 9

Guerrilla Girls poster

Answer 9

1989

all the artworks you could buy for the cost of a Jasper Johns

Question 10

Guerrilla Art Action Group, MOMA Bloodbath

Answer 10

1969