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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.
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Authenticating townhall meeting protests
Getting yelled at in an elementary school auditorium isn’t much fun for most of us. It’s probably even worse when you’re an adult, and those yelling, questioning your integrity and intelligence, are also threatening to take away your job. It’s … Continue reading
The Trump resistance IS organized
Finally, something at least a little accurate from Trump’s Twitter feed: The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2017 … Continue reading
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Tagged #knockeverydoor, Bernie Sanders, boycott, DJT Resistance, Donald Trump, Facebook, Indivisible, Jason Chaffetz, March for Science, Michael Moore, People's Climate March, spontaneity, Swing Left, tea party, Town Hall Project, town meetings, Utah, White Rose, women's march, youtube
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All-star politics and the messy influence of protest; Black Lives Matter and basketball
The National Basketball League plays its annual All-Star Game in New Orleans this long weekend, offering an odd window into an impact of protest movements. (Note: David Zirin has been writing about this for a while.) Despite its charms, New … Continue reading
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Tagged All-Star, black lives matter, Charlotte, Eric Garner, Gregg Popovich, Jason Collins, Kevin Plank, LeBron James, LGBT, Muslim, National Basketball Association, New Orleans, North Carolina, police violence, sports, Stephen Curry, Steve Kerr, Trayvon Martin, Under Armour
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As protest spreads….renegotiating bad deals
I gave up on keeping on top of all the anti-Trump protests spreading across the United States, but the emerging resistance certainly isn’t giving up. People who marched in one of the women’s march or protested ant-Muslim travel restrictions at … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion rights, anti-abortion, Betsy DeVos, divestment, Donald Trump, education, environment, immigration, schools, Standing Rock, Wells Fargo
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David S. Meyer’s voice, just in case you’re interested
Although a massive demand for my voice online has not yet crossed my desk, here are links to two recent recorded conversations. I was fortunate to draw two very good interviewers, and the topics will be familiar. From Top of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Garfield, consumer's guide, Julie Rose, On the Media, radio, recording, Top of Mind
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More airport protest consequences; a dissent channel
The conditions that help protest movements grow also generate institutional efforts at resistance. So, sorting out the impact of protest on policy is tough. Scholars generally want to employ tight measures of protest movements (the number or size of demonstrations, … Continue reading
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Tagged airport protest, Congress, consequences, dissent channel, Facebook, impact, Josh Rogin, State Department, travel ban
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Quick responses in Romania don’t mean resolution
When Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced a new policy decriminalizing slighter smaller-scale official corruption , Romanians took to the streets quickly and in very large numbers. An estimated 600,000 people demonstrated across the country, with perhaps 250,00 in Bucharest. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, Bucharest, cold war, corruption, Nicolae Ceausescu, Romania, Sorin Grindeanu
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Happy birthday, Rosa Parks (2017)
Happy birthday, Rosa Parks! Born on February 4, 1913, Parks was not a tired old lady in 1955, when she refused to move to the back of the bus. She was an experienced and committed activist, deeply tied into the … Continue reading
Lunch counter sit-ins anniversary
It’s the anniversary of the start of the sit-in campaign in Greensboro, North Carolina. I’m always moved and encouraged by the audacity of those young men. There was once a store called Woolworths. It sold dry goods, mostly cheap … Continue reading
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Tagged anniversary, civil rights, CORE, David Richmond, Ella Baker, Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Greensboro, IWW, John Lewis, Joseph McNeil, labor, lunch counter, Martin Luther King, NAACP, Rosa Parks, sit-in, Smithsonian, SNCC
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