Times a changin’? Why America is ripe for protest in 2018
Protests are “what America is all about. But this is bigger and more volatile” than
in the recent past, said David S. Meyer, a professor at the University of California,
Irvine and author of “The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America.” “We’re
in a moment where people are frustrated with institutional politics and where people
see urgent issues that need addressing and for a moment they believe that taking action
can make a difference,” he said.
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