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Women’s March, 2018

Posted on January 20, 2018 by David S. Meyer

The Women’s Marches missed the top slot in mainstream media this year, crowded out by the Federal government shut down. But the marches may turn out to have longer-lasting effects. I was glad to attend the Orange County Women’s March … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #MeToo, Barrack Obama, crowd-sourcing, DACA, demonstration, Donald Trump, Erica Chenoweth, George W. Bush, immigration, Jeremy Pressman, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, pussy hat, Santa Ana, sexual assault, sexual harassment, shut-down, Washington, women's march | Leave a comment

Democracy and science

Posted on April 24, 2017 by David S. Meyer

This weekend’s March for Science turned out hundreds of thousands around the world, with particularly large turnouts in Washington, DC, and Chicago. For yet another protest weekend, a week before the Peoples Climate March, this level of participation was pretty impressive. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, cold war, Donald Trump, Dwight Eisenhower, education, Environmental Protection Agency, expertise, Federation of American Scientists, George W. Bush, March for Science, National Institutes for Health, nutrition, pollution, science, Sputnik, Union of Concerned Scientists | Leave a comment

#Selma50: Whose history?

Posted on March 8, 2015 by David S. Meyer

The thousands of people who marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama this weekend would not be attacked by state troopers, nor face gas or police dogs. Fifty years makes for an auspicious anniversary. The brutal beatings that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, civil rights, Diane Nash, Ferguson, Freedom Rides, George W. Bush, John Lewis, Kevin McCarthy, Martin Luther King, Nashville, non-violence, Selma, SNCC, violence, Voting Rights Act | 7 Comments

Coming out and opinion change

Posted on March 16, 2013 by David S. Meyer

Senator Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, has announced a change of position on same sex marriage, presumably following a change of heart. (Of course, it could go the other way as well.) Senator Portman, formerly President George W. Bush’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Keyes, Bowers v. Hardwick, Cabell Chinnis, changing minds, coming out, Defense of Marriage Act, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Lewis Powell, Pete Knight, Phyllis Schlafly, Rob Portman, same sex marriage, Supreme Court, Will Portman | 5 Comments

Where’s the peace movement?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by David S. Meyer

(This was written in response to a request from Mobilizing Ideas. You can see related essays from Catherine Corrigall-Brown, David Cortright, William Gamson, Michael Heaney, Kathy Kelly, Lisa Leitz, and Andrew Yeo here.) Just over a decade ago, activists around … Continue reading →

Posted in academic | Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, coalitions, deficit, draft, elections, George W. Bush, Iraq, Mobilizing Ideas, peace movement, politics | Leave a comment

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