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: Occupy
Occupy is an unprotected trademark
Sarah Maslin Nir produced a nice piece in the New York Times that identified–and poked at–the ever-increasing diversity of people and groups claiming to be Occupy. After Hurricane Superstorm Sandy hit New York, Occupy activists focused their efforts on helping … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, foreclosure, Keystone, New York, NRA, Occupy, Occupy Sandy, student debt
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Threat, polarization, and mobilization in the gun debate
Until just a few weeks ago, the notion of a policy-relevant debate about access to guns seemed fanciful. Supporters of relatively easy access to firearms of all sorts were resolute, and advocates of limits of any kind were either silent … Continue reading
Occupy in Steubenville, Ohio
Activists in Ohio–and elsewhere–have grabbed the Occupy label to demonstrate their concern that Steubenville authorities (including the police and the high school football coaching staff) are covering up a sexual assault. Using Occupy, Anonymous, the Guy Fawkes mask, hacktivist tools, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anonymous, courts, crime, football, hacktivists, Occupy, Ohio, rape, rape culture, sexual assault, Steubenville, trial, vigilantism
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Meme war: Kalle Lasn keeps pitching
More than a year past the start of Occupy, Kalle Lasn of Adbusters has been pushing an anti-consumerist campaign, Buy Nothing Day. Because of Lasn’s charm and media savvy, and because of Occupy, the campaign got some mainstream attention, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Adbusters, consumerism, ideas, Kalle Lasn, meme, mind bomb, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street
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Strikes without unions: Walmart
Workers (“associates” to their employers) have walked off the job at several Walmarts sprawled across the United States. The workers at Walmart, like most workers in retail, and most workers in the private sector, and most workers in the United … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, boycott, consumers, Joe Biden, labor, Occupy, pickets, strikes, UFCW, unions, Walmart
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Global campaigns to surround parliaments
We saw the reemergence of broad and disruptive anti-austerity protests in Greece and Spain this week. Although the causes of fiscal crisis and dramatically increased borrowing costs in the two countries, the proposed remedy from Europe was the same: strict … Continue reading
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Tagged Adbusters, anti-austerity, austerity, civil servants, Euro, Greece, Halloween, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Spain, unions
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Policing police at Davis
Nearly a year after a campus police office at the University of California pepper sprayed students nonviolently protesting against tuition hikes–under the banner of Occupy–the University has reached a settlement with the students. The LA Times reports that the police … Continue reading
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Tagged courts, Davis, Occupy, pepper spray, police, protest, settlement, students, University of California
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