David S. Meyer
I'm a professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. I've been thinking, and writing about, protest politics for almost ever. This site offers comments on contemporary events, informed (I hope) by knowing something about history and about the academic study of social movements.
Tag Archives: Americans for Prosperity
Movement overreach in Michigan
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder blamed the unions when he signed legislation designed to devastate them. He said that he had no intention of pursuing “right to work” legislation in his state, because it would be controversial and divisive. The last … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC, Americans for Prosperity, countermovements, Indiana, Koch Brothers, labor, Michigan, Ohio, recall elections, referendum, Rick Snyder, right to work, Scott Walker, unions, Wisconsin
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Tax day protests, 2012
Watch who takes to the streets tomorrow, the day federal taxes are due. Tax day is a predictable occasion for protest. Indeed, the Tea Party protests in April 2009 were the first visible signs of that powerful movement emerging. In … Continue reading
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Tagged American revolution, Americans for Prosperity, demonstration, founders, Herman Cain, Oakland, Occupy, Scott Walker, taxation, tea party
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When anger isn’t enough
(A little long for the blog, this is cross-posted from the Washington Post.) There’s something exciting, sometimes terrifying, about people taking to the streets to get what they want. In Cairo’s Tahrir Square, they gathered to demand the ouster of … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, debt, elections, FreedomWorks, Madison, protest, unemployment, unions, Washington post
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Is there still a Tea Party movement?
If a political movement doesn’t mobilize, is it still a movement? Although the term “Tea Party” is thrown about a lot these days, particularly in reference to the hard-line anti-debt faction of Republicans in the House, it’s not clear that … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, debt, tea party, Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots
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Breaking up the Tea Party: Raising the debt ceiling.
The unfolding debt ceiling standoff is exacerbating divisions within the Tea Party movement that have been visible from the outset. (Confession: I started writing about this end of the Tea Party on election day, 2010.) The United States has to … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, deficit, FreedomWorks, Tea Parrty Express, tea party, Tea Party Patriots
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Politics as product placement
We now learn, thanks to a great piece by Kenneth P. Vogel and Lucy McCalmont (Politico), that political groups are not only buying ads, but product placement as well–at least on the right end of the political spectrum. The largest … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, Glenn Beck, Heritage Foundation, media, radio, Rush Limbaugh
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