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: education
Chicago teachers, commitment and numbers
Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of people rallied to support the Chicago Teachers Union, as its representatives moved closer to a negotiated agreement with the city that would bring them back to work–and send 350,000 students back to school. Mayor … Continue reading
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Tagged bystanders, Chicago, commitment, education, elections, intensity, labor, Rahm Emanuel, teachers, Wisconsin
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University of California or University in California
The future of the University of California is even more daunting for organizers than the troubled present. The problem: Students, faculty, and the citizens of California have interests in both access to the University system and maintaining some degree of … Continue reading
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Tagged education, finance, students, taxes, University of California, University of Michigan
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Who’ll Occupy education?
Protests against tuition hikes and program in public education and service cuts have become more frequent and more intense as state budgets have tightened. It’s awful everywhere–and worse in California (e.g. ), where an old tradition of the state supporting … Continue reading
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Tagged California, education, Jerry Brown, Medicaid, Occupy, Sacramento, state legislature, tuition, university
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Occupy education: uniting university student protest
University and college student protest returned yesterday (here and here). Across California, at UC, Cal State, and even some high school campuses, students protested tuition hikes and program cuts, even as schools are raising tuition and cutting programs everywhere. Now, … Continue reading
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Tagged California, education, inequality, Occupy, Rick Santorum, university
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The Fractious Politics of Education (III): Local Funding
Today, we start with the story of Tanya McDowell, a homeless woman charged with larceny and conspiracy in defrauding the Norwalk, Connecticut, public schools. Ms. McDowell, facing conspiracy for possessing marijuana and crack cocaine in another case, allegedly used a … Continue reading
The Fractious Politics of Education, part II
Hundreds of Huntington Park High School students walked out of class yesterday, and marched 7 miles to the Los Angeles School Board’s headquarters. The Board of Education was discussing a radical reorganization plan for the school, which would include reassigning … Continue reading
The Fractious Politics of Education
Hundreds of California teachers, declaring a state of emergency, demonstrated in Sacramento yesterday, marched on the Capitol building yesterday. According to The Boston Globe (!?!), more than 100 rallied in the Capitol rotunda, resulting in 65 arrests. There’s a lot … Continue reading
Targeting: University Protests
The global recession is still winding through government-sponsored programs in all of the rich countries. When David Cameron’s government announced that it was tripling fees to attend university, students took to the streets–vigorously. They knew who to blame; the Conservatives … Continue reading
