Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.
Time is running out. Here’s how the climate movement can level up.
- January 10, 2022
- David Meyer, sociology, Vox, Jan. 10, 2022
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“When you have lots of different tactics going at once, you have lots of entry points for people becoming engaged in the issue,” said David Meyer, [professor of sociology], at the University of California, Irvine who studies climate protest movements. … “Movements that don’t diversify their tactics evaporate or get crushed,” Meyer added. “If you don’t innovate tactics, it gets boring and authorities find ways of dealing with you.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.vox.com/22846697/climate-change-activism-joe-manchin-protest-build-back-better-biden.
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