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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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How activists should respond to the racist right: 3. ignore them (sheetcake)
The fish that always rises to the bait doesn’t live very long or very well. (Another entry in the series I started a month ago; you can find part 2 and part 1.) The racist right feeds on the (justified) outrage of … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley, Charlottesville, free speech, Milo Yiannopoulos, racism, Robert E. Lee, sheet cake, Tina Fey, University of California, violence, Virginia
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UC Davis, the protest challenge, and history
Remember Occupy? At the height of the movement, students at UC Davis attempted their own encampment. Pepper spray appeared, like a pop quiz, as an unexpected and painful addition to the curriculum. The overly enthusiastic response of campus police made … Continue reading
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Tagged Davis, history, Last Supper, Linda Katehi, pepper spray, Photoshop, police, Spongebob Squarepants, The Beatles, university, University of California
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The Mizzou moment: Student activism beyond Missouri
When activists see a tactic that seems to be producing results, they’ll imitate it. Innovation spreads ideas that seem to work. The ousting of University of Missouri Timothy Wolfe signaled student activists across the country about new possibilities. We’ve seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Amherst College, Biddy Martin, Black Student Union, Claremont-McKenna College, fasting, Hiram Chodosh, hunger strike, Irvine, Ithaca College, Lord Jeff, Mary Spellman, mascot, Mizzou, Purdue University, race, racism, students, Timothy Wolfe, Tom Rochon, university, University of California
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Rally ’round the flag, Irvine edition
It’s always nice to have patriotic visitors to my campus, and wonderful to see members of the community and students engaging in civil discourse. But the flag controversy is a sideshow that distracts from real issues in the University of … Continue reading
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Tagged education, flags, opportunism, state assembly, student government, tea party, tuition, university, University of California
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Problematic allies and UC tuition
University of California students don’t want their tuition to increase. I saw the protests outside the Board of Regents meeting and on my campus, and I heard the students in my classroom explain just what an extra 5 percent might … Continue reading
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Tagged California, education, Janet Napolitano, Jerry Brown, Sadia Saifuddin, students, tuition, university, University of California
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Cesar Chavez Day, 2014
The parking lot is deserted at the University of California, Irvine today; it’s a holiday to commemorate Cesar Chavez, and really, the farmworkers movement and Latinos in California. I’m reposting my Cesar Chavez blog below. There’s one additional wrinkle this … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Cesar Chavez, commemoration, culture, Dolores Huerta, farmworkers, Fred Korematsu, labor, Martin Luther King, movies, UFW, unions, University of California
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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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