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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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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, 1.
The battle over marriage equality was never only about marriage. The activists and organizations at the core of movements for and against state recognition of homogamy wanted more, much more. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision (Obergefell v. … Continue reading
Climate activists: Habemus papem
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
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
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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Supreme Court spectacles, football, and same sex marriage
No one should think that the oral arguments conducted today and tomorrow in the Supreme Court–or the decisions the Court will issue this spring–will resolve the evolving politics of gay marriage, and gay rights more generally. The spectacle of the … Continue reading
Politics as consumption
After a boycott announcement, a buycott day, and a same sex kiss-in, the consumption thread of the battle over same sex marriage has taken a new turn. Yesterday (August 7), the front moved from fast food chicken to milk-saturated coffee. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, boycott, buycott, Chick-Fil-A, consumption, Ellen DeGeneres, gay, JC Penney, Jeff Bezos, Kraft, marriage equality, Starbucks
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Boycott politics
Chick Fil A is the most recent company to fall within the sites of a boycott campaign. Dan Cathay, president of the fast food chicken restaurant chain founded by his father, reaffirmed his commitment to an evangelical approach to his … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, Bible, boycott, celebrities, chicken, countermovements, fast food, gay, lesbian, Mike Huckabee, Muppets, same sex marriage
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Coming Out and Movement Politics
An astonishing number of young men and women who came to the United States as children without government authorization are going public with their status. When they come out, they acknowledge that they are breaking the law and put themselves … Continue reading
Intolerance of Intolerance
What if your cause doesn’t have many supporters? Smaller numbers have to take on more extreme tactics or make more outlandish claims in order to win the kind of attention that those large demonstrations on the Washington mall get. A … Continue reading
Politics Outdoors 