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      Module 4: The Winds of Change

      Independence for India and Pakistan
      (Keywords: India, Pakistan, Independence, Jinnah, Gandhi)

      The Father of Pakistan: This site is a page from Asia Now magazine. It focuses on the personality differences between Ghandi and Jinnah.
      http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/jinnah.html

      Mohammed Ali Jinnah: A clear site, with good illustrations; basically set up to praise Jinnah, so don't expect a balanced account of his career.
      http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3023/50/mozilla/jinnah.html

      Mahatma Gandhi: Sites dedicated to the memory of Gandhi, including a biography.
      http://www.mahatma.org.in/flash.html
      http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html
      http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/
      http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/gandhi.html

      Ghandi’s life and work: The most complete Ghandi site we have found, with links to many other sites.
      http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/

       

      Revolution in China
      Keywords: China, revolution, Koumintang, Amnesty International, human rights)

      Koumintang: These sites give a brief history of the political party that ruled China before the Communist Revolution.
      http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAkuomintang.htm
      http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563041/Kuomintang.html
      http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0828370.html

      The Chinese Revolution: This site gives an insight on the events from 1949 to 1969 quite clearly: myths and facts of the Communist Revolution
      http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/default.htm

      Support Democracy in China Home Page
      http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/sdchome.html

      Human Rights in China (HRIC)
      http://iso.hrichina.org/iso/

      Amnesty International Home Page
      http://www.amnesty.org/

      Human Rights Watch Home Page
      http://www.hrw.org/

       

      The Middle East
      (Keywords: Middle East, Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel)

      The Palestinian Liberation Organization: This is the Encyclopedia Britannica’s History of Palestine site. Pay particular attention on the Section on the PLO. It’s one of the few unbiased sites we could find on this topic.
      http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=115036

      Information Regarding Israel's Security (IRIS): For a very pro-Israeli view of the PLO, have a look at this site.
      http://www.netaxs.com/~iris/plohist.htm

      Here’s a pro-PLO site, to balance things.
      http://www.cyberus.ca/~baker/pal_plo_1.htm

       

      The Civil Rights Movement in the United States
      (Keywords: Civil Rights, United States, Martin Luther King, Black Panthers, Malcolm X)

      Brown vs the Board of Education: These sites give the full story of this important chapter in the history of American civil rights, including the complete trial documents.
      http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
      http://www.cr.nps.gov/nR/travel/civilrights/ka1.htm

      Martin Luther King: This is a complete educational site on Martin Luther King, with links to many other sites.
      http://martinlutherking.8m.com/

      History of the Black Panthers: Learn about the origins and development of the Black Panther Party in America.
      http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus302562/eus317836/eus317911/eus53828/eus71848/eus285836/eus537024/eus917410/eus286161/r?l&

      The Black Panther Party Photo Tour: This site gives a photo-history of the Black Panther Party. A bit short of content, and very biased in favour of the Black Panthers, but visually interesting.
      http://www.bobbyseale.com/phototour/index.html

      Malcolm X: This "official web site of Malcolm X" includes biographical material
      http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/index.html

       

      Vietnam
      (Keywords: Vietnam, war, American, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnamization)

      The CIA Factbook on Vietnam: Basic facts about Vietnam in easy-to-understand form.
      http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html

      Vietnam Interview Room: This site contains material designed to help students who are doing research on the American involvement in Vietnam. The interviews with Americans who took part in the war are especially useful.
      http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietnam.htm

      Gulf of Tonkin: A critical analysis of the role of the media in the early stages of the Vietnamese War including a very bitter analysis of Johnson’s behaviour at the time of the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
      http://www.fair.org/media-beat/940727.html

      The Anti-War and New Left Movements: An analysis of the American government’s response to the anti-war movement in the United States.
      http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/antiwar.html

      Vietnam: A Resource: These are the most complete web sites found on the topic of the Vietnamese War. Use the keywords to search these sites, or just look through the different information that each has to offer.
      http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6v.htm
      http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

       

      Afghanistan
      (Keywords: Afghan, news, events)

      The Afghan News: This site leads to a number of interesting sites about Afghanistan.
      http://www.geocities.com/mstanikzai/news/left5.html

       

      Women and Islam
      (Keywords: Women, Islam, educated, burkha)

      The Question of Hijab: Suppression or Liberation: A site which argues the case for women being required to wear traditional dress, including covering their heads.
      http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/womeninislam/whatishijab.html

      Miserable Life of Educated Women Under Taliban Rule: The same site as above, which articulates some of the concerns women have about the new government in Afghanistan.
      http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/womeninislam/whatishijab.html

      RAWA: The website of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, which opposes the government and opposes Islamic fundamentalism.
      http://www.rawa.org/

       

      South Africa
      (Keywords: South Africa, National Congress, Mandela, Inkatha)

      Republic of South Africa: These sites have all sorts of information about South Africa.
      http://www.gov.za/
      http://www.safrica.info/

      The African National Congress: This is the official site of the African National Congress. It is, as you would imagine, totally uncritical.
      http://www.anc.org.za/

      Inkatha Freedom Party: The official site of the Inkatha Freedom Party presents a somewhat different story, as would be expected.
      http://www.ifp.org.za/

      Nelson Mandela: This site gives a brief biography of Nelson Mandela
      http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html

       

      The Status of Women
      (Keywords: Women, de Beauvoir, Greer, Meir, Indira Gandhi, Thatcher, Bhutan)

      Simone de Beauvoir, Existentialism and Simone de Beauvoir: These sites give an intellectual biography of Mme Beauvoir.
      http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/beauvoir.htm
      http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/beauvoir.html

      Germaine Greer, Brilliant Careers: This is a quite critical analysis of Germaine Greer’s life and work.
      http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/06/22/greer/index.html

      Brilliant Careers
      Search the Brilliant Careers web site for the following:
      Golda Meir
      Indira Gandhi
      Margaret Thatcher
      Benazir Bhutan
      http://www.salon.com/directory/topics/brilliant_careers/index.html

       

      Rosa Luxemburg
      (Keywords: Luxemburg, Liebneckt)

      Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebneckt: The following are biographical information as well as information on their teachings and beliefs.
      http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/luxembur.htm
      http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSluxemburg.htm
      http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rosa_luxemburg.htm

       

      Transparency International
      (Keywords: Transparency International, Canada, corruption)

      Transparency International: the global coalition against corruption: Here is the official site of this interesting organization, as well as the Canadian website as well.
      http://www.transparency.org/
      http://www.transparency.ca/

       

      If for some reason the above links don't work, please use the keywords provided to do your own internet search.

       

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