201013 - American Resistance: Looking Back while Marching Forward*

CEE General Seminar

Tuesday 13 October 2020, 12.30 – 2.30 pm, Sciences Po, Via Zoom (Compulsory registration) 

Since Donald Trump’s first day in office, a large and energetic grassroots “Resistance” has taken to the streets to protest his administration’s plans for the United States. Millions marched in pussy hats on the day after the inauguration; outraged citizens flocked to airports to declare that America must be open to immigrants; masses of demonstrators circled the White House to demand action on climate change; and that was only the beginning. Who are the millions of people marching against the Trump administration, how are they connected to the Blue Wave that washed over the U.S. Congress in 2018?and what does it all mean for the 2020 Election and the future of American democracy?

Speaker: Dana R. Fisher, University of Maryland

Dana R. Fisher is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on studying democracy, civic participation, activism and environmental policymaking. Recent studies focus on the youth climate movement, the movement against systemic racism, and the American Resistance. She has authored over sixty peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters, and has written six books, including Activism, Inc (Stanford University Press 2006) and American Resistance (Columbia University Press 2019). 

Discussion: Florence Faucher, Sciences Po, CEE & Emilien Houard-Vial, Sciences Po, CEE

*Dana R. Fisher, Columbia University Press, 2019

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