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First Reviews of American Resistance
The first reviews of the book came out over the holiday weekend. In Joseph O’Neill’s “No More Nice Dems,” he discusses American Resistance along with Meaghan Winter’s All Politics is Local in the holiday issue of New York Review of Books. Noah Berlatsky writes “Trump’s lies and cruelty fueled a real resistance. That’s hopeful news…
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American Resistance’s First Week
It’s been a busy first week filled with numerous events in New York City and Washington, DC. I also did an interview with Jesse Singal for ArcDigital (many thanks to them for the cool image I’m sporting above and on twitter!), the Breakthrough barriers with Damali podcast, and the @NewBooksPoliSci podcast with Heath Brown. I’m currently on my…
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American Resistance Builds Momentum
American Resistance is officially out on Tuesday (that’s election day in a number of states)! Events to promote the book began in New York City this week with a publisher’s salon and a chat about the book on Morning Joe on November 1st. Stay tuned for much more. Also, if you’re in the mid-Atlantic region,…
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First Images of American Resistance
American Resistance is officially out in 2 weeks! Today Michelle Goldberg wrote about the book in her column in the New York Times. Even though the book is not out yet, many people have taken advantage of pre-orders (and the discount). It’s so great to watch the book making its way around the world (so…
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The Power of Social Movements and Civic Activism
I’m just back from a series of talks that included meeting with civic leaders from the Western Hemisphere to discuss civic activism and its role within the democratic process. I presented my recent work on the youth climate movement and how it connects with the Resistance. One of the participants in the group–Raul Olivan Cortes–from…
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Looking Back at a Week of Climate Resistance
Early estimations report that over 7 million people participated in what Greta Thunberg and others are calling the #WeekforFuture, which included Climate Strikes and direct action around the world. Here in the US, I worked with the organizers of the Strike to survey the hosts of 633 of the events as well as collecting data…
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American Resistance Is Arriving
While preorders of advanced copies are being delivered, I’m still working on scheduling events around the US to discuss American Resistance. Check out the current schedule of events for the next few months. If you’re in New York, Princeton, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Atlanta, Denver, Boulder, or Toronto, definitely come out! I’m still booking events so reach…
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Watching Youth Climate Resistance Spread
Late last week, Greta Thunberg arrived in the US to participate in the events around Climate Week that will coincide with climate-related meetings at the United Nations on 23-29 September. Before the festivities get underway, a whole week of climate resistance is scheduled, including the #GlobalClimateStrike on 20th September. The Strike is expected to draw…
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The Calm Before the Storm
Last week, I presented sections of the American Resistance and work related to the project at the annual sociology meetings. Here’s a photo from a video of me talking about posting papers related to the book. I’m enjoying a bit of calm before American Resistance officially comes out on November 5th (remember that you can…
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Word Mapping American Resistance
While reviewing the index for American Resistance, I realized that it provides some interesting data for thinking about the Resistance (and the contents of the book). Here is a word cloud made up of the most common words/phrases in the index. The size of the word or phrase is based on how many times it…
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