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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: PETA
How movements win: Seaworld
The new president and Chief Executive Officer of SeaWorld, Joel Manby, announced that the chain of theme parks would no longer breed orcas, and that the parks would stop their performing their signature Shamu shows. Manby also announced a new … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, animal welfare, Blackfish, Humane Society of the United States, Joel Manby, killer whales, orca, PETA, San Diego, SeaWorld, Shamu, theme parks
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Less amusing animals: How movements work
As anyone who has stumbled across the internet and sampled a tiny sliver of the astounding variety of cat videos, animals can be entertaining. For years animal rights advocates have been emphasizing the price those animals pay for our amusement. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, animals, attendance, Blackfish, business, circus, elephants, Ingrid Newkirk, Kenneth Feld, killer whales, orca, PETA, Ringling Brothers, SeaWorld, Shamu
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How movements work; Shamu’s story.
Here’s a shift: SeaWorld is building larger pens for the killer whales it keeps as performers and tourist attractions. It also announced an enhanced focus on research. Where did this come from? This is the movement story: Shamu, the stage … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackfish, courts, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, killer whales, litigation, orca, PETA, San Diego, SeaWorld, Shamu, Southwest Air, Tillikum
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NRA digs the bunker deeper
In a surprise holiday gift to advocates of gun control, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre called for armed guards in the nation’s schools. It was a bizarre speech (read it here) and an odd departure from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Code Pink, gun control, hunting, Ingrid Newkirk, Joe Manchin, Mark Warner, Newtown, NRA, PETA, Wayne LaPierre
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A tactic is a tactic
Greenpeace is innovating new tactics, an excellent piece by Kim Murphy in the weekend LA Times reports, developing a style of performance that is a departure from blocking whalers in port. We’ll come back to this, but first let’s talk … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Greenpeace, guerrilla theater, oil drilling, performance, PETA, pornography, Russia, Shell Oil
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Easter eggs and opportunities
PETA has announced plans to leaflet at the annual White House Easter Egg roll, protesting the use of eggs and the way chickens who produce those eggs are treated. (Politico got the story first.) Eggs are a tougher target for … Continue reading
What courts can/ will do
Today’s news provides more data on the extent and limits of the judiciary as a venue for social movements: A federal appellate panel (9th district) has upheld District Judge Vaughn R. Walker’s decision to strike down California’s ban on same … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, Constitution, courts, legal sytem, marriage, orca, PETA, same sex marriage, Sea World, slavery, Vaughan Walker, whales
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War on Terrors
It doesn’t take violence, or even the threat of violence, to get on a government watch list. This fall, the Inspector General of the US Department of Justice released a study that found a number of activists groups had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Workers, Greenpeace, harassment, PETA, repression, Thomas Merton, violence
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Seizing the Moment
The scanning controversy created enough attention that other groups tried to appropriate it for their own purposes. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), always entrepreneurial in the search for attention–and often very effective–has been pushing its concerns in … Continue reading
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