Tag Archives: Israel

New nuclear tests are a political test

Posted on November 2, 2025 by David S. Meyer

Donald Trump announced that the United States would start testing its nuclear arsenal again–after foregoing nuclear weapons testing since 1992, when the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union fell apart. In doing so, he effectively announced a political challenge … Continue reading →

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Columbia University negotiates with terrorists: The Trump Administration

Posted on March 17, 2025 by David S. Meyer

Taking hostages is an act of terror. Kidnappers hold more and less innocents to gain attention, extort money, and bully others into doing something they don’t want to do. Taking hostages is morally reprehensible and widely recognized as a war … Continue reading →

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Examples and education for higher ed and the rest of us

Posted on March 15, 2025 by David S. Meyer

The Trump administration was very clear that Mahmoud Khalil was an example; ICE officers arrested, jailed, and planned deportation to teach everyone else a lesson. The government intends to deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident (green card), because he had … Continue reading →

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Search for a Strategy: Protest Plus

Posted on February 9, 2025 by David S. Meyer

The iconic image of a social movement is the mass demonstration, and American history is littered with plenty of them, representing causes, good and bad. Washington, DC is a magnet for mass demonstrations, and the Resistance to Trump I was … Continue reading →

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Protest can build political capacity: The Case of Ferguson

Posted on August 15, 2024 by David S. Meyer

Representative Cori Bush’s primary defeat last week gave The New York Times an excuse to look at the infrastructure that supported her surprise primary victory in 2020. Audra D.S. Burch’s excellent article starts with the police killing of Michael Brown … Continue reading →

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Israeli protest continues, along with challenges to democracy

Posted on April 2, 2023 by David S. Meyer

The massive extended protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued, even as protesters claimed credit for a victory. Netanyahu postponed consideration a plan to severely limit the independence of the judiciary, frustrating hard right allies within his coalition and, for … Continue reading →

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#NoHateNoFear march: Who gets to oppose anti-Semitism?

Posted on January 5, 2020 by David S. Meyer

Tens of thousands of people marched across the East River today to protest anti-Semitism. When the river didn’t part the demonstrators hiked across the Brooklyn Bridge, the lines extending far beyond both sides of the bridge. The march and rally … Continue reading →

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Travel to Israel

Posted on December 14, 2011 by David S. Meyer

I I’m very pleased to be participating in the Seventh Annual Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Conference at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  I hope to learn more about about lots of things, including the tent protests in Israel earlier this year. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Irvine 11 verdict vindicates poor protest strategy

Posted on September 24, 2011 by David S. Meyer

An Orange County jury found 10 students guilty of two misdemeanor offenses for disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador, Michael Oren, at the University of California, Irvine (my school), more than a year ago.  Superior Court Judge Peter A. … Continue reading →

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