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Occupy at 10 (2/x)

Posted on September 17, 2021 by David S. Meyer

Today is the tenth anniversary of Occupy’s first Occupation, and retrospective memoirs and evaluations are everywhere. The argument here is that Occupy mattered, even though the movement got little or less of what activists demanded in 2011. You can start … Continue reading →

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Protest polarizes on voting: Corporate America takes sides

Posted on April 5, 2021 by David S. Meyer

When a protest campaign works, it brings a spotlight to a problem, energizes people already active, and forces opponents to explain themselves–over and over again. Likely most important, a successful campaign engages a broader public and pushes people to take … Continue reading →

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Capitol invasion splits badly for Republicans

Posted on January 10, 2021 by David S. Meyer

The dramatic, destructive, and disturbing attack on the Capitol building, incited by Donald Trump, and resulting (so far) in 5 deaths, doesn’t seem to be working out too well for Trump or his supporters. Protest polarizes. Social movements and their … Continue reading →

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(More) conservative protest in the pre-post-Trump era: storming the Capitol.

Posted on January 6, 2021 by David S. Meyer

The chaotic insurrection effort at the Capitol building today showed that 14 more days is far too long for Donald Trump to continue to serve as president. As promised, Trump showed up early in the day to speak at a … Continue reading →

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Pushed to protest, how many Republicans will be pulled to join?

Posted on December 12, 2020 by David S. Meyer

After a sharp rejection from the Supreme Court, and after similar–if more detailed–dismissals from dozens of lower courts, Trump’s promise to fight on to hold the presidency must move beyond the legal system. Protesting in the streets is a step … Continue reading →

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Tactical innovation, COVID, K-Pop, and cars.

Posted on June 21, 2020 by David S. Meyer

I learned of the Tik-Tok K-Pop Trump ticket troll from my teen daughter, when the large crowds the Trump campaign didn’t quite turn up in Tulsa. She told me that many of her friends, high school students in Southern California, … Continue reading →

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Generational Divides, Student Activism, and the Youth Vote

Posted on April 21, 2020 by David S. Meyer

Moblizing Ideas, a blog that Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Social Movements maintains, commissioned a series on youth activism–way before most of us were tuned into the way the #coronacrisis would take over our politics and lives. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Trump speaks for himself at the March for Life

Posted on January 25, 2020 by David S. Meyer

  Donald Trump became the first president to address the annual anti-abortion March for Life this week and he made this year’s event about about himself. “Unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House,” he bragged … Continue reading →

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Again, on the influence of movements

Posted on November 6, 2019 by David S. Meyer

Protest campaigns usually get much less than what they ask for, but they can still matter.  Take a look at Alexia Fernández Campbell’s great piece at Vox on the Kentucky teachers and yesterday’s gubernatorial election. Last year teachers in Kentucky … Continue reading →

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Representative Lucy McBath starts as an activist

Posted on January 27, 2019 by David S. Meyer

The House of Representatives now includes Democrat Lucy McBath, elected to represent Georgia’s 6th Congressional district. Over the past few days, Representative McBath tweeted that she takes inspiration and encouragement from Emma Gonzalez and the March for Our Lives. Emma … Continue reading →

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