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Another January of Resistance in the Streets
This past week, we saw lots of resistance in the streets: people turned out to protest the conflict with Iran at the #NoWarWithIran actions, as well as the final DC-based #FireDrillFriday around climate change, which involved Jane Fonda and her famous friends marching along with well known climate activists and engaging in civic disobedience. Next…
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American Resistance Enters 2020
Happy New Year! The American Resistance book tour resumes this month. I will be at Profs and Pints in Washington, DC this Sunday (1/5); talking with Ian Silverii at the Tattered Cover in Denver on 1/15; at the University of Colorado, Boulder and at the Boulder Bookstore on 1/16; and talking with Matt Rogers at Busboys and…
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What a Week for American Resistance!
This week, President Trump was impeached in the House of Representatives and more than 100,000 people around the US came out to participate in the #NobodyIsAboveTheLaw demonstrations (the Crowd Counting Consortium is still counting). As Americans mobilized to protest the President and express their support for the impeachment process, many were asking about what is…
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The Resistance Marches Again
On Tuesday, December 17th, the Nobody Is Above the Law coalition coordinated over 600 protests across the US. On Wednesday, December 18th there will be a rally that will take place at the US Capitol. I talk about what we should expect from these demonstrations in my recent piece in TIME: “A controlled burn that…
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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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