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david s. meyer
- @Omri_Marian Severe deficit of civics education. Lots of people, including activists passionate about particular is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 hours ago
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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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Tag Archives: Occupy
Occupy at 10 (3/3)
Occupy educated and politicized a generation of activists who spilled out into scores of loosely allied movements and American life. They represent a massive resource for every progressive effort that’s followed. Here’s the short story: Occupy appeared to trace a … Continue reading
A global explosion of people power?
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
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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
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How to claim someone else’s platform….or not.
#NotTodayManBun is my favorite hashtag of 2019, so far. Aidan Cook, of Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), rushed the stage at Moveon’s Big Ideas Forum, grabbed the mic from California Senator Kamala Harris, and tried to talk about his bigger idea. … Continue reading
Where’s Occupy? (five years on….)
What happened to the amazing movement that captured public attention five years ago? Last Saturday was the anniversary of the day the first Occupiers ambled marched through lower Manhattan and ambled into Zuccotti Park–where they stayed for two months, inspiring … Continue reading
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Tagged Acca Shepp, anniversary, continuity, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street
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Trumpism and the threat of violence
Although supporters, opponents, bloggers and observers of all sorts throw the word “movement” around to describe Donald Trump’s candidacy, so far it’s been about nothing more than a dyed and bloated real estate magnate. At least once, local toughs cited … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernie Sanders, black lives matter, charisma, charismatic authortity, Donald Trump, elections, Max Weber, michele bachmann, Occupy, protest, violence
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Another kind of Occupation: What do you mean “we”?
Occupation of public spaces to advance a political agenda is nothing new to us, nor to anyone who watched Occupy flash across American politics in 2011. The ongoing Occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon is a little … Continue reading
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Tagged Ammon Bundy, Burns, Cliven Bundy, Dwight Hammond, FBI, guns, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Occupy, Oregon, police, race, Steven Hammond, violence
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Strike the flag; direct action version
Just in case all those rainbow flags flying everywhere had obscured the Confederate flag still flying at the state capitol in South Carolina, Bree Newsome climbed the flag poll and took it down. Police were on top of the situation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bree Newsome, Charlotte, civil disobedience, Columbia, Confederate flag, heritage, James Tyson, Martin Luther King, Michael Moore, NAACP, Occupy, race, Rosa Parks, South Carolina
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Organizing (debt) forgiveness; Occupy continues
Occupy’s campaign against economic and political inequality continues, although you have to look a little bit below the headlines to see its efforts and influence. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan just announced that the Federal government would forgive student loans … Continue reading
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