Times a changin’? Why America is ripe for protest in 2018
Times a changin’? Why America is ripe for protest in 2018
- April 22, 2018
- David Meyer, sociology, explains in The New York Times (AP), April 22, 2018
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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.
For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/04/22/us/ap-us-america-protests-why-now.html.
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