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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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Tag Archives: COVID-19
Protest is contagious; where we are….
The first picture is of a open up protest at the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison, on August 24, featuring a turnout estimated at a couple of thousand people, certainly one of the largest turnouts at these protests so far. … Continue reading
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Tagged contagion, COVID-19, demonstration effect, diffusion, Madison, nurses, open up, Wisconsin
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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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Cabin fever versus Covid fever, COVID-19, 6/x
The public reactions to the sprinkle of open up protests has been, like virtually everything else these days, heavily partisan and polemical. The picture at left, from Huntington Beach, is one of the scattered protests to end–or loosen–restrictions on commerce … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Jones, Austin, Betsy DeVos, Boise, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Huntington Beach, Infowars, masks, public health, public opinion, social distance, Stephen Moore
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Drive by tooting; protest in cars, COVID-19 5/x
Honk if you hate government. A report from Lansing: Activists are always looking for ways to demonstrate their concerns. A good tactic energizes your supporters, discomforts your opponents, and engages bystanders. Despite the extraordinary range of imaginable activities out there, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlottesville, Confederate flag, COVID-19, demonstration, drive-in, Gretchen Whitmer, guns, Heather Heyer, Lansing, march, Michigan, stall-in, World's Fair
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Opportunistic Advocacy (1/x); COVID-19 (4/x)
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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Tagged abortion, advocacy, Ammon Bundy, Cliven Bundy, conservative, coronavirus, courts, COVID-19, Daniel Kelly, guns, Idaho, Jill Karofsky, Milwaukee, Ohio, opportunities, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Texas, voting, Wisconsin
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Comfort, Congregation, Contagion,Contention, COVID-19 (3/x)
Public worship, especially when prohibited, is often political. The litany of martyrs who practiced their faith against the dictates of their governments stretches at least a couple of thousand years. Stories of individuals or groups standing up against authoritarian states … Continue reading
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Tagged Antigone, civil disobedience, COVID-19, Donald Trump, faith, First Amendment, Florida, Greg Abott, Louisiana, prayer, public health, religion, Rodney Howard-Brown, Ron DeSantis, Tampa, Texas, vector
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Solidarity and social distance, COVID-19 2/x
If you can’t meet in person, how can you protest effectively, or build the communities that can support effective action in the future? Online connections and social media provide an exceptional set of resources for organizers to spread information about … Continue reading
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Tagged collective identity, COVID-19, Internet, JCC, mutual aid, organizing, prayer, protest, social distance, social media, solidarity, songs
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Social distance and social movements, COVID-19, #1/x
How does good medical advice affect meaningful collective action? Before the recognition of the highly contagious novel coronavirus, we were living in a time of intense political mobilization–all over the world. But now, advisories to maintain social distance undermine the … Continue reading
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Tagged collective action, Communist Manifesto, coronavirus, COVID-19, distributed organizing, Facebook, France, Frederich Engels, Hong Kong, Indivisible, Karl Marx, Kyiv, masks, media, Meet-Up, Occupy Wall Street, public health, social capital, social media, social ties, solidarity, tea party, twitter, Ukraine, women's march, yellow vest
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