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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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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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Organizing or Astroturf?
Critics of the scattered “Open Up” protests were quick to circulate a fine article from the Washington Post describing how three brothers committed to gun rights had launched Facebook accounts to promote the protests. The story, told by Isaac Stanley-Becker … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Dorr, Ben Dorr, Christopher Dorr, Donald Trump, Facebook, guns, Koch Brothers, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, tea party, Wisconsin
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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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The Trump resistance IS organized
Finally, something at least a little accurate from Trump’s Twitter feed: The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21, 2017 … Continue reading
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Tagged #knockeverydoor, Bernie Sanders, boycott, DJT Resistance, Donald Trump, Facebook, Indivisible, Jason Chaffetz, March for Science, Michael Moore, People's Climate March, spontaneity, Swing Left, tea party, Town Hall Project, town meetings, Utah, White Rose, women's march, youtube
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More airport protest consequences; a dissent channel
The conditions that help protest movements grow also generate institutional efforts at resistance. So, sorting out the impact of protest on policy is tough. Scholars generally want to employ tight measures of protest movements (the number or size of demonstrations, … Continue reading
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Tagged airport protest, Congress, consequences, dissent channel, Facebook, impact, Josh Rogin, State Department, travel ban
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Protest in America is historic….and patriotic
Not that high school students need additional reasons to be frustrated with the adults who constrain their lives, but: The elected Jefferson County School Board is considering a proposal to revamp its American history curriculum that (according to the AP) … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, charter schools, Colorado, education, Facebook, history, Jefferson County, merit pay, protest, School Board, students, tea party, teachers, Texas, unions, walk-out
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Nurse-in in Beverly Hills
Protest, when it works, makes it hard to ignore something that was previously ignorable. Yesterday, women held a nurse-in at the Anthropologie store in Beverly Hills. The flash meal was a response to an incident earlier in the week, when … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthropologie, Beverly Hills, breast feeding, Breastfeeding Awareness Month, Facebook, flash mob, Instagram, nurse-in, nursing, Target
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Marriage equality and the digital political button
If you visited a Facebook site last week you probably saw some version of the badge at right, representing support for marriage equality side of the cases the Supreme Court considered. Activists encouraged people to change their profile picture to … Continue reading
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Tagged button, coming out, Facebook, gay, lesbian, same sex marriage, social media
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