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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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Police, provocation, and protest
Bad policing poked an old open wound in American life, one that had suffered continual poking and scratching over the past few weeks, months, years, and turned thousands of people out into the streets in protest. Bad policing of the … Continue reading
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Tagged agents provocateur, antifa, countermovements, courts, COVID-19, Flint, Genesee County, George Floyd, Kansas City, Michigan, Minneapolis, police, prosecution, race, Santa Cruz, social control, violence, white nationalism
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Counterprotests for health make strong images
Intensive care nurse Lauren Leander got a respectful hearing on CNN Thursday night, as she explained to Chris Cuomo why she decided to spend her day off staring down open up protesters in Phoenix. A few nurses dressed in clean … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Chris Cuomo, CNN, countermovements, COVID-19, Denver, Doug Ducey, expertise, Facebook, health, Lauren Leander, nurse, threat, twitter
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Why Charlottesville?
With the help of Donald Trump, a few hundred white nationalists captured national attention this weekend, eclipsing for the moment growing international dangers as well as the much larger sustained mobilization of the anti-Trump Resistance. Weapons, provocative symbols, counterprotest, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, antifa, Berkeley, California, Charlottesville, Confederate, countermovements, Donald Trump, guns, Illinois, Ku Klux Klan, Nazi, racism, resistance, Robert E. Lee, Skokie, Terry McAuliffe, Thomas Jefferson, Unite the Right, University of Virginia, Virginia, white nationalism
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Protest, violence, and the Trump campaign
Selling himself as a man of action, not bound by law, conventional standards, or “political correctness”–whatever that is, Donald Trump is determined to keep control of his events, even if that includes letting his supporters or staff lose control. Trump … Continue reading
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Tagged campaigns, countermovements, Donald Trump, elections, Janesville, Paul Ryan, pepper spray, rallies, violence, Wisconsin
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Fighting religious freedom (to discriminate)
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced that he was ordering all City departments to suspend paying for travel to North Carolina unless it is essential to the City. The problem is the new religious freedom (to discriminate) law that North … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Bank of America, bathroom, Biogen, Charlotte, corporate support, countermovements, Dell, discrimination, Disney, Dow, gay, Georgia, Intel, lesbian, LGBT, Marvel, Microsoft, Moral Monday, MPAA, Nathan Deal, NBA, NCAA, NFL, North Carolina, Pat McCrory, PayPal, religious freedom, San Francisco, Virgin
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The new politics of gay marriage, 2 (the losers).
The Obergefell decision was a resounding defeat for opponents of same sex marriage, and the groups at the core of the anti-equality (traditional marriage?) movement are casting about for new ways to continue their battle. It’s going to be tough. … Continue reading
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Tagged amendment, backlash, Ben Carson, Coalition for Marriage and Family, Concerned Women for America, Constitution, countermovements, David Blankehnorn, Dred Scott, Focus on the Family, Goodridge v. Department of Health, Jeb Bush, Lindsey Graham, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage, Massachusetts Family Institute, National Organization for Marriage, Obergefell v. Hodges, Rick Santorum, Roe v. Wade, Scott Walker, Supreme Court, Supreme Judicial Court, VoteonMarriage
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Anticipating backlash?
Not that it’s impossible, but it’s hard for any government, particularly the US government, to take rights away. What seems intractable, like laws mandating schools segregated by race or prohibitions on “interracial” marriage, disappear, and over time, so does polite … Continue reading
Immigration divides the Tea Party
Or not? Conventional wisdom among Republican regulars was that the Party’s harsh “self-deportation” posture was costly in the last election. Party establishment figures pushed for quick action on immigration reform to put the issue behind them so that they might … Continue reading
Immigration politics inside and outside the Capitol
The immigration rights activists returned to demonstrate outside the Capitol yesterday, as reports of a Senate compromise on an immigration reform continue to seep into media reports. Most reports put the turnout in the tens of thousands–and noted sympathy rallies … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Jealous, Capitol, countermovements, demonstration, immigration, labor, legislation, Marco Rubio, NAACP, Senate
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The Klan is back (it never went away), in Memphis
Members of the Ku Klux Klan staged a protest rally in Memphis on Saturday. They were protesting the City’s decision to rename three bridges. The New York Times reports: The old names were Confederate Park; Jefferson Davis Park, named for … Continue reading
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Tagged countermovements, Ku Klux Klan, Memphis, police, race
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