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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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Jeanine Pirro told the truth, after exhausting other options
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro angered her benefactor, Donald Trump, by asking a federal judge to dismiss felony charges she’d filed against Olympian Davey Hearn,* a member of the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. (You can read her motion and the … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, canoe, Cathy Hearn, corruption, Davey Hearn, DC, Department of Interior, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Doug Burghum, Hampshire College, International Whitewater Hall of Fame, Iran, Jeanine Pirro, kayak, law, no-bid contract, paint, truth, US Attorney, Washington, whitewater
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What resistance looks like: telling the truth….
Demonstrations capture the imagination–at least sometimes–but effective social movements always include much more. The image above covers a March on the Pentagon (October 21, 1967), and demonstrations, large and small, were a critical component of the antiwar movement. The 1967 … Continue reading
Froze and reversed the arms race: anniversary, repost.
The June 12th nuclear freeze post, tweaked and updated…. I try to remember to repost this every June 12, a reminder about the massive nuclear freeze march, part of an important campaign in the 1980s. Of course, nuclear weapons are … Continue reading
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Tagged arms control, cold war, Doomsday Clock, Federation of American Scientists, Gaza, incrementalism, INF agreement, Iran, Israel, June 12, Mikhail Gorbachev, NATO, New York City, nuclear freeze, nuclear weapons, Open Skies, pacifists, partial victories, peace movement, Randall Forsberg, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine
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Distant issues and proximate opponents: a note on campus protests +
Enemies help activists build movement campaigns. Aggressive or offensive antagonists personify grievances and help unify coalitions of opposition. They provide convenient targets and simplify the story. Think about Donald Trump and advocates for climate action and anti-corruption crusaders and health … Continue reading
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Tagged bagpipers, Benjamin Netanyahu, Board of Trustees, college, comity, diploma, distant issues, divestment, Donald Trump, enemies, flag, graduates, graduation, Hampshire College, Israel, opponents, Palestine, polarization, president, protest, students, university
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Remembering Kent State (May 4, 1970, revised and reposted)
This is a repost of a report on the Kent State shootings, on occasion of an anniversary. At the end, I’ve added a bit on Neil Young’s emblematic song, which helped keep the memory alive. As I write in 2026, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Krause, Cambodia, campus, David Crosby, draft, Graham Nash, Jackson State, James Green, Jeffrey Miller, Jerry M. Lewis, Kent State, memory, Mississipi, music, National Guard, Neil Young, Ohio, Philip Gibbs, Richard Nixon, Sandy Scheuer, Stephen Stills, students, Thomas R. Hensley, universities, Vietnam, Vietnam war, William P. Rogers, William Schroeder
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May Day 2026, it’s more than labor at stake.
This is a repost and edit of an earlier post. As always, May Day is an international day of protest for workers rights. Below is a picture of a march at a courthouse in Philadelphia. CBS News has posted great photographs of … Continue reading
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Tagged $15, Amazon, Bernie Sanders, budget, class, Donald Trump, due process, immigration, Iran, job market, labor, Labor Day, May Day, military spending, minimum wage, pensions, Philadelphia, Starbucks, students, University of California Irvine, wages., war
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Academic boycott of Israel and the American Sociological Association
I don’t usually write about professional matters here, but there are all kinds of issues about protest and organizations and influence at play here. It may be of interest to Politicsoutdoors readers. Background: So, a group called Sociologists for Palestine … Continue reading
One battle after another (not the movie!)
War dominates our screens, our politics, and our brains. For a while, it crowds out almost everything else. And, more than virtually any other issue, war polarizes. For these reasons and others, presidents in political trouble often turn their gaze … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-war, architecture, Donald Trump, ICE, Iran, John E. Mueller, peace, public opinion, resistance, Steve Bannon, war
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Twin Cities Redux: What a Resistance win looks like
ICE is retreating from Minneapolis, but this time it’s not because of climate change. Instead, it’s a victory–albeit a very costly one–for the resistance to the Trump Administration and its migration policies. Like virtually all social movement victories, this one … Continue reading
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