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What is the Resistance?
As I work on chapter 1 (which I plan to post by the end of the month), it has become clear that a working definition of the Resistance is needed. Today, in the semi-plenary on Science and Activism at the Earth System Governance conference in Lund, Sweden, I proposed the following working definition: Resistance (rɪˈzɪstəns) : People working individually…
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The March for Racial Justice Joins #TheResistance
On September 30th my colleagues and I fielded a research team to survey a random sample of participants at the March for Racial Justice in Washington, DC. Like at other protest events, teams of 2 surveyed participants throughout the rally area (full details of sampling and methodology available upon request). In total, 187 people completed…
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Intersectionality across the Resistance
the American Resistance involves coalitions across existing social movements on the Left, but these coalitions do not seem to be particularly durable, at least not so far.
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Discussing the Resistance on POTUS 2017
On August 30th, I spoke to Brian Lehrer about the Resistance on his show, POTUS 2017. The focus of my segment of the episode was the state of protest in America. Here’s a link to my part of the panel discussion.
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LET’S GET STARTED!
Welcome to American Resistance, a Book-In-Progress about the ways Americans are resisting the Trump Administration and its policies. Sections of this book will first be published online on this site. The blog format enables me to comment on current events as they happen and frame my findings around real world events in real-time. My intention…
