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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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Protest in America is historic….and patriotic
Not that high school students need additional reasons to be frustrated with the adults who constrain their lives, but: The elected Jefferson County School Board is considering a proposal to revamp its American history curriculum that (according to the AP) … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans for Prosperity, charter schools, Colorado, education, Facebook, history, Jefferson County, merit pay, protest, School Board, students, tea party, teachers, Texas, unions, walk-out
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Constructing an image through protest
Protest works by engaging others in your struggle. The first step is getting attention, and an arresting image (sometimes including arrest) is a way to do that. This morning’s LA Times featured two such images; it got me thinking about … Continue reading
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Tagged antiwar, desks, education, Gandhi, gentrification, Greensboro, image, Kent State, Lech Walesa, Los Angeles, lunch counter, National Guard, Rosa Parks, salt, school choice, Smart Car, students, teachers
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Policing police at Davis
Nearly a year after a campus police office at the University of California pepper sprayed students nonviolently protesting against tuition hikes–under the banner of Occupy–the University has reached a settlement with the students. The LA Times reports that the police … Continue reading
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Tagged courts, Davis, Occupy, pepper spray, police, protest, settlement, students, University of California
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University of California or University in California
The future of the University of California is even more daunting for organizers than the troubled present. The problem: Students, faculty, and the citizens of California have interests in both access to the University system and maintaining some degree of … Continue reading
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Tagged education, finance, students, taxes, University of California, University of Michigan
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Protest, police, and pepper spray at UC-Davis
Most students, including even protesters, don’t encounter pepper spray during their studies at the University of California. Last November, however, a campus police officer sprayed students protesting tuition hikes at the UC-Davis campus. It’s worth looking at. And it’s worth … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruz Reynoso, Davis, Linda Katehi, Oakland, Occupy, pepper spray, police, students, university
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Occupy unbound
Zuccotti Park, home for Occupy Wall Street for two months, is completely irrelevant to the future of the Occupy movement. Now that the activists have been cleared out, we’re watching to see what the most important place will be. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Davis, Day of Action, Occupy, pepper spray, police, students, tactics, tuition, university, University of California, violence, Zuccotti Park
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The Occupation trap in history
Occupation isn’t a new tactic. Protesters have established permanent encampments to make political claims and support activism many times in the past. (See our Veterans Day discussion of the Bonus Army.) The camps, dramatic demonstrations of commitment, provide an ongoing … Continue reading
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Tagged antiapartheid, antinuclear, bonus march, Cindy Sheehan, encampment, Faslane, Greenham Common, Hampshire College, Hooverville, media, Molesworth, Occupy Wall Street, peace camp, police, Seneca Falls, shantytown, South Africa, students, universities, Zuccotti Park
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The Fractious Politics of Education, part II
Hundreds of Huntington Park High School students walked out of class yesterday, and marched 7 miles to the Los Angeles School Board’s headquarters. The Board of Education was discussing a radical reorganization plan for the school, which would include reassigning … Continue reading
Protest against Tuition Hikes: A Teaching Moment
“They say ‘Cut Back.’ We Say ‘Fight Back.’” The chants are the same across the Atlantic, even if the politics are somewhat different. Students and other young people in the UK have taken to the streets to protest the Cameron … Continue reading
University Protests: Learning to Target
University students everywhere are facing the fallout from the global recession. In the United States, where public universities are supported (more and less) by state governments, higher education funding is on the table as states try to address their own … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, California, coalitions, Louisiana, protest, students, universities
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