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So… What Comes After the Revolution?

Friday November 18, 2011 11:06 +0000 ⋅ 3 Comments ⋅ Rev. David

It is far easier for us humans to know what we are against than it is for us to know what we are for. Learned responses and internal morality can tell us if we are “against” something that we experience in our lives. We can know that we do not … Read more →

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Then You Win: Institutionalization and the Occupy Wall Street Protests

Tuesday October 11, 2011 12:30 +0000 ⋅ 3 Comments ⋅ Rev. David

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had some hesitancy to write about my thoughts on the “Occupy Wall Street” protests, and the reaction to them that is happening in the more conservative ends of our country. The reason for my hesitancy is that this is a place where my theoretical … Read more →

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The Expiring Cultural Power of Mass Protest Movements

Monday February 21, 2011 7:30 +0000 ⋅ 7 Comments ⋅ Rev. David

What gives mass protests their power? Is it the will and voice of the people? Is it the power of the ideals that motivate them? Is it the amount to which they adopt civil, peaceful, resistance methods? Is it their hope for the future? Or when they represent a broad … Read more →

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Iran and American Exceptionalism

Sunday June 21, 2009 20:40 +0000 ⋅ 2 Comments ⋅ Rev. David

With my passions, my history, and my hopes for the future is was probably inevitable that I would spend this weekend tied to my television and computer, following the limited amount of information that is coming out of Iran. As a former intelligence analyst, I can trace the political and … Read more →

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The Failure of Mass Protests and the Political Right

Friday April 10, 2009 14:24 +0000 ⋅ 2 Comments ⋅ Rev. David

I have written several times in the last few years about how the era of effective mass protests is over, how governmental and business power structures have become immune to them. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, such tactics were so new that they actually did change policy at … Read more →

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