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Peter Levine
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Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 12h
youth activism now: peterlevine.ws?p=34595
youth activism now | Peter Levine
I am grateful for frequent recent opportunities to talk with grassroots democracy groups about tactics and methods. My current standard talk is here (but I like to offer it as a discussion rather than...
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 1d
He was a pretty close relative of the founder of Philips Electronics.
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 2d
Freud on mourning the past, and what that means for people who are nostalgic for the times before Trump: peterlevine.ws?p=34566
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 3d
The original post, FYI: peterlevine.ws?p=15722
qualms about Effective Altruism | Peter Levine
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 5d
Why isn't the "compact" with universities a published regulation? On the rule of law and Trump's assault on higher education: peterlevine.ws?p=34551
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 7d
Notes on the blistering decision in AAUP v Rubio
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AAUP v Rubio | Peter Levine
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 9d
Notes on Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by @petergs.bsky.social peterlevine.ws?p=34528
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 12d
Tufts equity dataset available through ICPSR: peterlevine.ws?p=34521
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 14d
research on "national narcissism" in the wake of Trump's UN speech: peterlevine.ws?p=34514
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 16d
tips for democracy activists in 2025
(a 22-minute video based on several interactive webinars that I have offered recently)

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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 19d
Thanks!
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 19d
truth, justice, and the purposes of a university peterlevine.ws?p=34474
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 22d
The politics of nostalgia just isn't what it used to be:

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(Five drawbacks of nostalgia, for the left as well as the right)
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 27d
the nonviolent response peterlevine.ws?p=34434
the nonviolent response | Peter Levine
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · 28d
nonviolence in a time of political unrest:

peterlevine.ws?p=30819 (Dec. 2023)
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Sep 8
who is most concerned about crime as a political issue?

(Discussion here: peterlevine.ws?p=34423)
who is most concerned about crime as a political issue? | Peter Levine
Crime’s power as a political issue is troubling. On one hand, the US does experience far too much crime. Our homicide rate is almost five times that of Britain, almost three times that of Canada, and ...
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Sep 7
That deer’s ancestors conversed with St Kevin in the language of the beasts.
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Sep 5
a checklist for democracy activists peterlevine.ws?p=34414
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Sep 3
Civic Studies updates peterlevine.ws?p=34398
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Sep 1
open webinars on resistance peterlevine.ws?p=34395
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Aug 30
www.eventbrite.com/e/translatin...

Tuesday at 6:30 ET on Zoom
Translating Civic Values Into Engagement: Overcoming Fear to Take Action
Series Session 1 - What Civic Engagement Skills Do We Need to Learn for Resistance - Quickly?
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Aug 29
teaching in the era of AI (thoughts for fall 2025) peterlevine.ws?p=34387
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Aug 28
The Art of Solitude peterlevine.ws?p=34331 (on Stephen Batchelor, Montaigne & early Buddhism)
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Aug 26
holding two ideas at once: the attack on universities is authoritarian, and viewpoint diversity is important peterlevine.ws?p=34353
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Peter Levine @peterlevine.bsky.social · Aug 22
Montaigne's Equanimity: a moving passage from his last essay about his acceptance of death: peterlevine.ws?p=34343
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