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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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George Clooney does politics outdoors–and indoors
George Clooney was arrested this morning in Washington, DC, protesting outside Sudan’s embassy. They trespassed to call attention to President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir’s military blockade preventing food and humanitarian aid from getting to people on the border of Sudan and … Continue reading
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Tagged arrests, celebrities, Congress, Darfur, Enough Project, NAACP, police, publicitly, Sudan
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Portland and the future of social movements
I’m excited to participate in a discussion on the future of social movements and citizen power tomorrow night. Oregon Humanities is sponsoring the event at the Mission Theater and Pub, 1624 NW Glisan St., Portland, part of its “Think and … Continue reading
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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When the Snowe flies: Tea Party overreach?
When Senator Olympia Snowe, a moderate Republican, announced that she would not run for reelection, she demonstrated another of the difficult challenges that movement activists face when they engage electoral politics. Senator Snowe would cut deals with the Democratic majority, … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, Jim DeMint, Occupy, Olympia Snowe, Orrin Hatch, primaries, Republicans, Richard Lugar, RINO, tea party
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Leaving the Tea Party (Patriots)?
Mark Meckler has just resigned from the leadership of the Tea Party Patriots, an organization he and Jenny Beth Martin, started in 2009. Because Meckler was the most visible exponent of a fundamentalist grassroots orientation to political activism within the … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, grassroots, Jenny Beth Martin, Jonathan Rauch, Mark Meckler, organization, Rick Santelli, Tea Party Patriots
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Do movements own their crazies?
Meredith Lowell, a self-styled animal rights activist, was arrested Tuesday in Cleveland for contracting the murder of someone (almost anyone!) wearing fur. Ms. Lowell made the initial solicitation on Facebook, offering somewhat less than $1,000 for a murder that would … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, animal rights, crime, insanity, murder, Occupy, radical flank, tea party
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Movement influence: it’s not forever
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to license two new nuclear reactors in Georgia, the first new licenses in more than 30 years. Activists can’t count on social movement victories to be permanent, and activists that leave the field cede political … Continue reading
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Tagged Fukushima, Georgia, mobilization, National Resources Defense Council, NRC, nuclear power, policy, victories
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What courts can/ will do
Today’s news provides more data on the extent and limits of the judiciary as a venue for social movements: A federal appellate panel (9th district) has upheld District Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s decision to strike down California’s ban on same … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, Constitution, courts, legal sytem, marriage, orca, PETA, same sex marriage, Sea World, slavery, Vaughan Walker, whales
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Politics Outdoors 