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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: Ron Paul
Activism in office
Kshama Sawant joins the Seattle City Council this week, and her support for socialism seemed newsworthy to the editors of the New York Times. The headline notes that the election makes Sawant “a rare elected voice for socialism.” Sawant campaigned … Continue reading
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Tagged Boeing, earmark, elections, governance, immigration, Kshama Sawant, Marco Rubio, minimum wage, rand paul, Ron Paul, Senate, socialism, tea party, Ted Cruz
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The Tea Party’s disappointment with the Republican field
In seeking both a powerful advocate or a strong candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, the Tea Partiers are likely to get neither. Elections channel and dilute social movements. This was James Madison’s design, and it works pretty much as … Continue reading
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Tagged elections, Herman Cain, michele bachmann, Newt Gingrich, president, Republican, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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New Hampshire, the Tea Party, and movement capture
As New Hampshire voters and others try to sift through the mess of small differences among the Republican hopefuls (and as everyone in the rest of the country overinterprets the results) it’s good to take a step back to think … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, elections, Jon Huntsman, New Hampshire, partis, Ron Paul, tea party
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The Tea Party’s Iowa
Protest movements sometimes have perverse effects, hastening outcomes they don’t want. Tuesday’s Republican Iowa caucus has to be scored as a disappointment for the Tea Party, perhaps a sign of its dissolution. The Tea Party, an alliance between populist and … Continue reading
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Tagged caucus, elections, Iowa, michele bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, perverse effects, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, tea party
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Occupy the Iowa Caucus
Occupy activists are flocking to Des Moines for the new year, in an effort to Occupy Iowa’s Republican caucuses? Why? Certainly the Occupy approach has little appeal for the Republican caucus-goers, who veer more toward religious conservatism. But Occupiers know … Continue reading
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Tagged caucus, elections, Iowa, media, michele bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Occupy, Ron Paul
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Occupy Irvine
I took my seven year old daughter to Occupy Irvine, a part of Occupy Orange County, on the lawn in front of City Hall on Saturday. What follows is just one report on one relatively small event out of nearly … Continue reading
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Tagged Irvine, Lyndon LaRouche, Moveon.org, Oathkeepers, Occupy, Orange County, Ron Paul
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