Video: A Russian Attempts To Pass As American
A Russian girl works on her American accent in case she gets arrested during protests.
Tagged: protests
January 6th: A Layman’s Post About Group Behavior
There is a discussion regarding the riots this past summer and January 6th’s riot at the Capitol, so I’d thought I’d lay out the argument.
Lawyers, Guns, and Indictments: Mark and Patricia McCloskey
“Mark and Patricia McCloskey had previously been charged with felony counts of exhibiting weapons–for pointing guns at protestors outside their central west end home.”
Paying the Tab for Peaceful Protest
Nothing the government does is free, even allowing you to protest. So learned a 18 year old in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
The Worst Year
The old order has been shown for the lie it was. Putting things back the way they were is effectively impossible, and a new path forward must be made.
Always at the Abyss
This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened in Chicago last night
On Not Wanting to Rest Content
When the George Floyd incident first happened, you could almost feel where this was going. With the release of the bodycam footage, here we are.
Bad Strategery In Stumptown Threatens Portland, the President, and Us
There are no good solutions to the rioters in Portland. There are many moving parts that, should any of them rub together, means a human tragedy.
It’s Just Property
And as is so often the case it will be the marginalized people who will pay the highest price, who already are paying the price
Confederate Monuments Are Everywhere in the South. Why?
Before you protest the removal of Confederate monuments, ask yourself if you know why they were erected in the first place?
The Protest Wave: COVID-19, Perceptions of Science, and Mass Events
Control of the virus is not because of lockdown orders or hashtags. It’s because the public demonstrated astonishing trust in public health experts.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Mission Creep and Opposite the Editors Edition
The dangers of mission creep in push for police reform, who watches the opinion section watchers of the New York Times, and stats that aren’t helpful.
Does Anyone Owe Colin Kaepernick An Apology?
That depends on a few things: What did you think and do then, what do you think and do now, and what has changed in the meantime.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Fire, Fury, and Frustration Edition
Every time we do this, folks will insist “This is the moment…” that everything is going to be different. God I hope it is. I pray it is. I doubt it is.
How Protests Happen, What They Do
Exploring the means to protest and the means and ends of protesting.
The End of Protest
Marching and chanting have lost the power to move the needle. There are exceptions of course, but I contend that protest has an ever diminishing power to move us. With a few caveats (border policy on children for example) It’s hard to point to any policy changes that are a direct result of a protest movement in the last 5 years, in spite of record setting rallies and marches.
The Kavanaugh Dog and Pony Show Commenceth
This movie will end like the Gorsuch show did, the outcome having been scripted with the 2016 election results. The Democrats do not have the votes, and barring something very unforeseen there will be a vote on Judge Kavanaugh sometime in the next 30 days or so.
Don’t focus on the riots
Thoughts about the riots in Baltimore. But it can’t be just about the riots, can it?
Draft Protests
Perhaps it’s best to think of our historical opposition to war not as war protest but as draft protest. I’ve been reading Jerome Marmorstein’s “War As a Disease Epidemic” lately with a student I...
Democracy and Occupy Wall Street
Shawn writes: After facilitating at a general assembly several weeks back, one of my best friends received a message from a participant thanking him for the empowering experience. Even in the “world’s greatest democracy,”...
