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Thugs, Threats, and Repression

Posted on October 10, 2025 by David S. Meyer

Rutgers University historian Mark Bray has fled the country, relocating with his family to Spain this week. Bray hasn’t been arrested, indicted, or placed on one of Donald Trump’s enemies list; his health and welfare–and that of his family–have been … Continue reading →

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Examples and education for higher ed and the rest of us

Posted on March 15, 2025 by David S. Meyer

The Trump administration was very clear that Mahmoud Khalil was an example; ICE officers arrested, jailed, and planned deportation to teach everyone else a lesson. The government intends to deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident (green card), because he had … Continue reading →

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Protest at the Convention? Of course.

Posted on August 19, 2024 by David S. Meyer

People always show up to protest at the national conventions of the Democratic and Republican Parties. The protests span the political spectrum, often including local and national issues. In looking through old reports for the second edition of The Politics … Continue reading →

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Dilemmas and Dynamics of Escalation (4)

Posted on May 16, 2022 by David S. Meyer

Candle-lit vigils, peaceful marches, or more forceful demonstrations outside the homes of Supreme Court justices determined to end legal abortion probably won’t change many minds—certainly not the minds of the targeted justices. But reproductive rights activists have been assembling outside … Continue reading →

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What Wins Look Like: Dobbs and the Anti-Abortion Movement

Posted on May 8, 2022 by David S. Meyer

Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked abortion opinion generated widely disparate reactions. Supporters of reproductive rights are—rightly—concerned about the burdens new restrictions on abortions will impose on women, particularly those already less advantaged. They’re seeking strategies to manage the difficulties and to … Continue reading →

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Opportunistic Advocacy (1/x); COVID-19 (4/x)

Posted on April 15, 2020 by David S. Meyer

Effective advocates don’t want to waste a crisis. They try to photobomb into public attention to advance their concerns. Sometimes, it’s a clear fit–in direct response to the challenges of the moment; sometimes, they fly a long favored reform or … Continue reading →

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Alyssa Milano, Lysistrata, and the sex strike for reproductive rights

Posted on May 15, 2019 by David S. Meyer

Actress/activist and Twitter master, Alyssa Milano, is rightly concerned about the contagion of new state laws restricting access to abortion. Sniffing the prospects of a conservative Catholic majority on the Supreme Court eager to overrule Roe v. Wade, Republican state legislators … Continue reading →

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Will the Women’s March matter?

Posted on January 19, 2017 by David S. Meyer

Increasingly, the women’s march looks to sound the trumpet for a new surge in oppositional politics during the Trump era–however long it lasts. Counter-inaugural protests are nothing new, but this effort is getting more and better attention than any others … Continue reading →

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What these protests do…

Posted on November 18, 2016 by David S. Meyer

Young people, particularly in places that didn’t support Donald Trump, continue to protest his election. (Below, you can see high school students in San Francisco marching.) Two months before his inauguration, it’s worthwhile to think about just what these demonstrations … Continue reading →

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Climate activists: Habemus papem

Posted on June 18, 2015 by David S. Meyer

Pope Francis’s encyclical on the moral necessity of protecting the earth is out.  You can read “On Care for Our Common Home” here (in English; translations in many other languages are readily available–but I couldn’t find the Latin version).  The … Continue reading →

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