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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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Anchoring academic resistance
Last week the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) rejected the “Compact” offered by the Trump Administration, crossing a line into resistance and (implicitly) inviting other universities to follow. In a powerful letter, MIT President Sally Kornbluth, the cell biologist, explained … Continue reading
Solidarity and higher education
https://www.inquirer.com/education/upenn-union-rally-dei-funding-trump-administration-20250320.html Virtually everyone starts with a gripe about higher education: costs, grades, debt, jobs, parking, artificial intelligence, natural intelligence, and so and so on. The Trump administration has floated on all the grievances to launch a series of attacks that … Continue reading
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Tagged admissions, Allan Garber, antisemitism, Brown University, Columbia University, Donald Trump, encampment, extortion, funding, Harvard University, higher education, hostage, interests, law, negotiations, Palestine, presidents, protests, race, ransom, research, science, solidarity, Title IX, universities, University of Pennsylvania
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Thugs, Threats, and Repression
Rutgers University historian Mark Bray has fled the country, relocating with his family to Spain this week. Bray hasn’t been arrested, indicted, or placed on one of Donald Trump’s enemies list; his health and welfare–and that of his family–have been … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, antifa, Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, doxxing, education, fascism, Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, shout your abortion, students, turning point, universities, violence
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Kent State Anniversary (May 4, 1970, revised and reposted)
This is a repost of a report on the Kent State shootings, on occasion of an anniversary. At the end, I’ve added a bit on Neil Young’s emblematic song, which helped keep the memory alive. As I write in 2025, … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Krause, Cambodia, campus, David Crosby, draft, Graham Nash, Jackson State, James Green, Jeffrey Miller, Jerry M. Lewis, Kent State, memory, Mississipi, music, National Guard, Neil Young, Ohio, Philip Gibbs, Richard Nixon, Sandy Scheuer, Stephen Stills, students, Thomas R. Hensley, universities, Vietnam, Vietnam war, William P. Rogers, William Schroeder, William Scranton
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Universities begin to resist the Trump administration
So many people are angry at Columbia University. For whatever reason, the Trump administration went after Columbia first, pausing government grants and demanding concessions. Columbia complied quickly and appears ready to do more. Many faculty at Columbia and many more … Continue reading
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Tagged AAUP, Big Law, Brown University, campus politics, Christina H. Paxson, Christopher Eisgruber, Civil Rights Act, Columbia University, Donald Trump, Harvard University, higher education, immigration, police, Pomona College, Princeton University, professors, Sunil Kumar, Tufts University, universities, Woodrow Wilson
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When victims try to bargain
Columbia University’s surrender to the Trump Administration’s initial demands was unsurprising; its enthusiasm in raising the White flag was. Columbia’s administration announced a raft of new policies on free speech, student discipline, admissions, and academic administration, all in hopes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooke Thomas, Columbia University, Donald Trump, Erica Sullivan, grants, hostages, Ivy League, lgbtq, Lia Thomas, National Institutes of Health, NCAA, real estate, Riley Gaines, sports, students, swimming, transgender, universities, University of Pennsylvania, women
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Examples and education for higher ed and the rest of us
The Trump administration was very clear that Mahmoud Khalil was an example; ICE officers arrested, jailed, and planned deportation to teach everyone else a lesson. The government intends to deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident (green card), because he had … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, campus protests, civil liberties, Columbia University, crime, deportation, Donald Trump, encampment, free speech, Gaza, green card, immigration, Israel, January 6, Mahmoud Khalil, Palestine, pardons, police, politics, students, universities
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Social change at Princeton (and everywhere): slowly, then suddenly
Princeton University is renaming some buildings, awards, and programs, striking Woodrow Wilson’s name from its School of Public and International Affairs, a response to the heightened awareness of structural racism in the United States, demonstrated most literally by hundreds of … Continue reading
Flag battles at Hampshire College: the politics of diversion
Do you want to talk about the American flag? Hampshire College, in Western Massachusetts has (temporarily) removed the flag from its central flagpole to foster a dialogue about symbols. Upset about Donald Trump’s election, the next day students lowered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonin Scalia, Donald Trump, flag, flag burning, Fox News, free speech, Gregory Johnson, Hampshire College, Jonathan Lash, protest, students, Texas v. Johnson, universities
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Spartacus moments (solidarity)
The signal moment in Stanley Kubrick’s (1960) Spartacus takes place on a hillside after the Roman legions finally defeat a slave rebellion led by Kirk Douglas. The victorious Roman general announces that the surviving rebels will all be welcomed back … Continue reading
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Tagged ADL, blacklist, DACA, deportation, diversity, Donald Trump, Howard Fast, immigration, Jonathan Greenblatt, Kirk Douglas, Muslim, risk, sanctuary, solidarity, Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, students, universities
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