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Bringing the Organization Back In: Social Media and Social Movements

By on December 4, 2014 in Digital Activism, Facebook, Silicon Valley, Social Movements, Sociology, Twitter, Unions

In the digital era of so-called Facebook revolutions or hashtag activism, many claim that participation in social movements is individualized and personalized, but building and sustaining a political movement, even an online movement, still requires organization. I make this argument in my recent blog post at the Berkeley Journal of Sociology.

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Is Moral Monday the Tortoise and Occupy the Hare?

Is Moral Monday the Tortoise and Occupy the Hare?

By on April 28, 2014 in Digital Activism, Occupy, Social Movements, Sociology, The South, Unions

If you haven’t heard of the Moral Monday Movement, stay tuned. One year ago, on April 29, 2013, 17 people, including ministers, academics and workers, were arrested in the North Carolina legislative building in Raleigh. The 2012 general election ushered in a conservative take-over and super majority of the North Carolina General Assembly and a […]

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