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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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Convictions and convictions (4): how sacrifice (sometimes) works
Daniel Ellsberg died of pancreatic cancer at 92, having lived a long and contentious life. As the obits everywhere tell, he started by touching every base on the career trajectory of an elite military analyst: an academic start in prep … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, Daniel Ellsberg, Defense, influence, Marine Corps, nuclear freeze, Pentagon Papers, prison, protest, Randy Kehler, Robert McNamara, tax resistance, Vietnam, war
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Froze and Reversed the Arms Race, June 12 anniversary (reposted)
I’m reposting this reminder about the massive nuclear freeze march, part of an important campaign in the 1980s. Of course, nuclear weapons are not the most salient story today, when a war rages in Ukraine, activists across the country demonstrate … Continue reading
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Tagged arms control, cold war, Doomsday Clock, Federation of American Scientists, incrementalism, INF agreement, June 12, New York City, nuclear freeze, nuclear weapons, Open Skies, pacifists, partial victories, peace movement, Randall Forsberg, Ronald Reagan, Russia, social movement influence.
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Froze and Reversed the Arms Race, June 12 anniversary
I’m reposting this reminder about the massive nuclear freeze march, part of an important campaign in the 1980s. Of course, nuclear weapons are not the most salient story today, when a war rages in Ukraine and hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading
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Tagged arms control, cold war, Doomsday Clock, Federation of American Scientists, incrementalism, INF agreement, June 12, New York City, nuclear freeze, Open Skies, pacifists, partial victories, peace movement, Randall Forsberg, Ronald Reagan, Russia, social movement influence.
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Froze and reversed the arms race (June 12)
I’m reposting this reminder about the massive nuclear freeze march, part of an important campaign in the 1980s. Of course, nuclear weapons are not the most salient story today, when the United States is faced with a public health crisis, … Continue reading
Froze and reversed the arms race, anniversary repost
I’m reposting this reminder about the massive nuclear freeze march, part of an important campaign in the 1980s. Of course, nuclear weapons are not the most salient story today, when the United States is faced with a public health crisis, … Continue reading
The anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall and the complications of movement influence
When East and West Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall 30 years ago this week, I was in my living room in Boston, making final corrections on what would be my first book. I’d written about the nuclear freeze movement, … Continue reading
Picking targets, making enemies, and the Green New Deal
The viral video of Senator Dianne Feinstein discussing a Green New Deal resolution highlights important questions about the friends and enemies that social movements make. Brief clips of children from the Sunrise Movement imploring Feinstein to support their ambitious resolution … Continue reading
Froze and reversed the nuclear arms race?
Thirty years ago today, one million people marched in the streets of New York City to protest the nuclear arms race in general and the policies of Ronald Reagan in particular. Organized around a “nuclear freeze” proposal, the demonstration was … Continue reading
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Tagged arms control, cold war, nuclear freeze, pacifists, peace movement, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Soviet Union
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The Movement Veto and Medicare
When Democrat Kathy Hochshul won a normally Republican Congressional seat in special election in upstate New York, all of the party regulars weighed in with their distinctive spins on what this means or doesn’t mean for the elections coming up … Continue reading
House Repeals Health Care (Symbolically)
The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives voted to repeal President Obama’s health care reforms, which have just begun to come into effect. It was a big victory for the Republicans and the Tea Party, but it’s unlikely … Continue reading
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