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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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You miss all the shots you don’t take
Effective advocates are entrepreneurial, constantly trying to tie their preferred remedies to any potential problem that comes up in the news. This is the only way we can make sense of Students for Concealed Carry‘s effort to present their prime … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy, alcohol, assault, campus, college, gun control, guns, media, rape, sexual violence, students, university
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Updates: Martin Luther King Day 2015
We try to take control of the past with current struggles in mind. Martin Luther King, killed less than a half-century ago is a prize for contemporary activists. The civil rights movement isn’t quite a wispy memory from the era … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, commemoration, FBI, history, holidays, J. Edgar Hoover, John Lewis, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, movies, police, Selma, Vietnam, war
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King Day (2015)
(This is a repost for Martin Luther King Day. Update to follow.) Martin Luther King died young enough and dramatically enough to be turned into an American hero, but it was neither his youth nor his death that made him … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, commemoration, heroes, history, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, nonviolence
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Police violence and the special prosecutor
Twenty-five thousand people marched in New York City on Saturday because they were angry that police who kill unarmed, uh, suspects, aren’t prosecuted. But they’re angry about more than that: differential policing based on color, particularly the treatment of young … Continue reading
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Tagged civil judgments, courts, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Michael Brown, New York City, police, police violence, prosecution, race, settlements, special prosecutors
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#Black Lives Matter: Does protest?
Large demonstrations yesterday in Washington, DC and New York City–and smaller ones across the United States–kept public attention on the issue of police violence. Activists–and others who just might come out next time–wonder whether anything will come of this moment … Continue reading
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Tagged black lives matter, Chris Magnus, Chrissy Teigen, Eric Garner, Ferguson, food trucks, grand jury, Harvard University, hashtag, John Legend, Los Angeles, medical students, Michael Brown, Missouri, police brutality, police violence, race, Richmond, Rodney King
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Problematic allies and UC tuition
University of California students don’t want their tuition to increase. I saw the protests outside the Board of Regents meeting and on my campus, and I heard the students in my classroom explain just what an extra 5 percent might … Continue reading
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Tagged California, education, Janet Napolitano, Jerry Brown, Sadia Saifuddin, students, tuition, university, University of California
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Making the cause visible: Hollaback!
You’ve probably seen this already: That’s what going viral means (15 million views!). The video truncates a day’s worth of unwelcome comments on the street into a tight and disturbing two minutes. Produced as a Public Service Announcement by Hollaback! … Continue reading
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Tagged cameras, cell phones, Daily News, Flickr, groping, harassment, Hollaback!, media, Rob Bliss, sexism, subway, video, viral video
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Protest in America is historic….and patriotic
Not that high school students need additional reasons to be frustrated with the adults who constrain their lives, but: The elected Jefferson County School Board is considering a proposal to revamp its American history curriculum that (according to the AP) … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, charter schools, Colorado, education, Facebook, history, Jefferson County, merit pay, protest, School Board, students, tea party, teachers, Texas, unions, walk-out
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The Scottish referendum: what victory looks like.
In real life assessing social movement victories or defeats is rarely like figuring out which runner breaks the tape in a sprint. Achievements are virtually never all that activists demand–or want–and apparent defeats are not always what they seem. Look … Continue reading
Scottish independence and the payoff of persistence
With global attention now turned to the referendum on Scottish independence, it’s worthwhile to recall that the cause has a much longer history, predating the 1707 Acts of Union; regardless of the outcome of the current vote, it will certainly … Continue reading
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