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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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Even More Resistance
Last Friday night, the Lights for Liberty vigils swept across the country. Now that my colleagues at the Crowd Counting Consortium have estimated turnout (up to 120,080 people at 692 vigils around the US), I thought that I should update my figure of Resistance in the Streets since the 2018 midterm elections. Here’s the updated…
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The Youth Climate Movement is Made up of Children of the #Resistance
Today is the kickoff of the Youth Climate Summit in Miami, which aims to “uplift the citizens of Miami, and train more young people to be effective climate justice advocates.” My new piece in the Monkey Cage at the Washington Post presents data from my recent survey of young climate activists, showing how those participating in…
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Resistance Since the Midterms
Tomorrow, a coalition of progressive groups are organizing #CloseTheCamps demonstrations to take place outside local Congressional offices around the country. This event, which was announced on June 28th, is the most recent act of national resistance since the midterm elections in November 2018. This figure shows some of the biggest protests since the midterms. These…
Dana R Fisher 