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: DC
Roe v. Wade commemorations, 2012
Last year, anti-abortion and abortion rights activists staged demonstrations commemorating (or protesting) the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade. Below is last year’s post, which ends with the prediction of large demonstrations next year. That’s today. And today: both … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion rights, anti-abortion, DC, elections, John Boehner, March for Life, protest, Republian party, Roe v. Wade, Susan B. Anthony List, Washington
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Veterans Day, Occupy, and the Bonus March
Occupation isn’t a tactic that started this fall. In 1932 US military veterans of the Great War (now World War I), facing a job market even worse than today, demanded that the Federal government pay them their promised bonuses–no more … Continue reading
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Tagged army, bonus march, DC, Douglas MacArthur, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, occupation, Occupy, police, The Great Depression, unemployment, veterans, Washington
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