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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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UC Davis, the protest challenge, and history
Remember Occupy? At the height of the movement, students at UC Davis attempted their own encampment. Pepper spray appeared, like a pop quiz, as an unexpected and painful addition to the curriculum. The overly enthusiastic response of campus police made … Continue reading
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Tagged Davis, history, Last Supper, Linda Katehi, pepper spray, Photoshop, police, Spongebob Squarepants, The Beatles, university, University of California
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How student activists win: Update on APUSH in Colorado
Remember when high school students walked out of the public schools in Jefferson County Colorado earlier this year? They were protesting a number of administrative and curricular changes underway that threatened their educations. (We discussed it here.) A newly elected … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced placement, Americans for Prosperity, APUSH, College Board, Colorado, Denver, elections, history, Jeffco, Jefferson County, patriotism, School Board, students, testing
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Battles over history
I don’t need to close my eyes to love America. Then again, I’m not a high school student and I never took an Advanced Placement course in American History (APUSH). But I like the “education without limitation” sign above, from … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, advanced placement, Andrew Johnson, APUSH, Ben Carson, civil unrest, college, Colorado, Declaration of Independence, education, FBI, Georgia, history, Jefferson County, Martin Luther King, North Carolina, Oklahoma, patriotism, protest, South Carolina, students, Texas
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Updates: Martin Luther King Day 2015
We try to take control of the past with current struggles in mind. Martin Luther King, killed less than a half-century ago is a prize for contemporary activists. The civil rights movement isn’t quite a wispy memory from the era … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, commemoration, FBI, history, holidays, J. Edgar Hoover, John Lewis, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, movies, police, Selma, Vietnam, war
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King Day (2015)
(This is a repost for Martin Luther King Day. Update to follow.) Martin Luther King died young enough and dramatically enough to be turned into an American hero, but it was neither his youth nor his death that made him … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, commemoration, heroes, history, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, nonviolence
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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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Rep. John Lewis, comic book hero
Without cape and tights, Congressman John Lewis is becoming a comic book hero. (He’s already a hero of mine, and some of his exploits have appeared in this blog.) From a piece by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, at the New York … Continue reading
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Tagged activist, civil rights, comic books, Freedom Rides, hero, history, institutionalization, John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, SNCC
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Template blinders: the where’s the movement question?
Anti-austerity protests have reappeared across Southern Europe. Citizens are taking to the streets to protest cuts in services and high unemployment. Where’s the protest in the United States, where we are embarking on new cuts in government spending (call it … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, democracy, Greece, history, protest, Spain
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The Uses of History
It’s not that those who don’t know history are condemned to repeat it. Rather, those who don’t know about the past become victims of the waves of enthusiasm perpetrated by others. History provides context for the present; it’s not that … Continue reading
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Tagged Brinkley, Dallek, demonstration, Glenn Beck, history, Huey Long, Populism, tea party
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