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Studying Resistance During COVID-19
Last week, I began data collection for two projects that will help us understand Resistance in the age of COVID-19 (and leading up to the 2020 election). Although both of these projects were planned well before the pandemic basically shut-down the US, questions were added about how the pandemic has affected individual’s activism and political…
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And the Nominee is…Biden.
Today, Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination. In November, Joe Biden will run against Donald Trump in the general election. Based on my research in September and conversations across the country more recently, it is pretty clear that Biden has not been a favorite among progressive activists and Resisters.…
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American Resistance in the Age of Covid-19
The American Resistance book tour has been canceled at least until June while the world responds to the threat (and spread) of the Coronavirus. I’ll be keeping track of events that are canceled and rescheduled here FYI). As federal, state, and local governments respond to the virus, questions are emerging about how the practice of…
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The American Resistance Around the US
In the past two months, I’ve had the chance to talk with Resisters around the US during my book tour. I’ve been in Colorado, Virginia, Maine, Massachusetts, and Iowa and have had the privilege of speaking with activists who are now thinking about the 2020 Election, including people who were in the process of working…
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The Resistance Enters Primary Season
This week, primary season originally kicked off with the Iowa Caucus. In contrast to the results coming out quickly after the event on Monday night, we are still waiting for the final results as many discuss the dangers of introducing more technology into our electoral system. At the same time, the Senate finally voted on…
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Some Reflections on the Women’s March 2020
Now that the fourth anniversary of the Women’s March is behind us, many (including this recent piece in the Hill) are discussing what the low turnout this past weekend means to the March and to the Resistance more broadly. So far, the Crowd Counting Consortium reports that less than 150,000 people participated in this most…
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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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