Tag Archives: Karl Marx

Social distance and social movements, COVID-19, #1/x

Posted on March 22, 2020 by David S. Meyer

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 4 Comments

A global explosion of people power?

Posted on January 2, 2020 by David S. Meyer

Last year, 2019, the editors of The Big Q, a very cool blog sponsored by the University of Auckland, asked me to write about the seeming explosion of protest movements globally. This is what I thought, reposted below (non-American spelling … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 15-M, Arab Spring, causes, Chile, constituencies, diffusion, Ecuador, France, global, Greta Thunberg, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Karl Marx, Madison, North Korea, Occupy, Pakistan, Parkland, South Africa, Spain, Tahrir Square, The Communist Manifesto, Tiananmen Square, Tunisia, Venezuela, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

Patriotic conflict at UC-Irvine unflagging

Posted on March 13, 2015 by David S. Meyer

Amazingly, national interest in the flag conflict at the University of California, Irvine, where I teach, is unwavering. More than a few people seem to think that there is political mileage in beating up on a few students who sponsored … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Adam Smith, Barack Obama, climate change, Constitution, education, flag, free speech, Harvard Law School, Irvine, James Inhofe, John Roberts, Karl Marx, patriotism, students, tea party, university, University of California, University of Tulsa | 5 Comments

Workers of the world (at least Europe) unite

Posted on November 14, 2012 by David S. Meyer

For Marx and Engels, “workers of the world unite” was invective. Today it’s descriptive. Across Europe, but particularly in countries implementing harsh austerity regimes, workers are taking to the streets, sometimes landing in violent clashes with police. The global financial … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged austerity, Europe, Frederich Engels, general strike, Greece, Italy, Karl Marx, labor, Portugal, Spain, unions | 1 Comment

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A global explosion of people power?

Patriotic conflict at UC-Irvine unflagging

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