Social Movement Studies Journal
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Social Movement Studies is the leading international academic journal of social movements. RT ≠ endorsement. We tweet about movements and research on movements.
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Since a new issue is due to drop soon, let's have a more in-depth look at our current issue: Volume 24, Issue 6! 🧵
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Social Movement Studies
Volume 24, Issue 6 of Social Movement Studies
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November 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Since a new issue is due to drop soon, let's have a more in-depth look at our current issue: Volume 24, Issue 6! 🧵
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Woo! It's been a long wait but my new article is now published in @socmovstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Anti-leftism as an aesthetic in white power punk
White Power music scenes embrace both White Supremacy and the music cultures they situate themselves in. For White Power punk scenes, there is a reliance on the shaping and utilization of punk aest...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Woo! It's been a long wait but my new article is now published in @socmovstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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“Largest single-day protest in American history.” Roughly 2% of the population rose up to demand the restoration of democracy. So powerful.
From @gelliottmorris.com
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From @gelliottmorris.com
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Second "No Kings Day" protests the largest single-day political protest ever*, with 5.2-8.2 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
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October 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Largest single-day protest in American history.” Roughly 2% of the population rose up to demand the restoration of democracy. So powerful.
From @gelliottmorris.com
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From @gelliottmorris.com
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Out now @socmovstudies.bsky.social: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests.
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Understanding protest scripts: the anti-containment protests in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic did not bring protest politics to a halt. Instead, it sparked diverse and divergent forms of contention. This study compares the development and characteristics of anti-containment pro...
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September 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Out now @socmovstudies.bsky.social: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests.
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
Nepal. Wow. Hope we get some interesting submissions on that at some point.
September 13, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Nepal. Wow. Hope we get some interesting submissions on that at some point.
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Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
“Fascism, it’s always about using nationalism, and the nation, as a bludgeon to generate support for death policies, on behalf of death governments. For violence and repression and exploitation, inter...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Haymarket Books for Fighting Fascism
New and final issue of the year coming soon! Chock full of great articles! Climate activism, 15-M, women's movements, housing movements, "preppers" and more! Stay tuned!
September 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
New and final issue of the year coming soon! Chock full of great articles! Climate activism, 15-M, women's movements, housing movements, "preppers" and more! Stay tuned!
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“In many ways, it’s bringing the logic of Gaza into the Caribbean, in terms of unaccountability, impunity and an expansive notion of national defense to justify what is, in effect, just extrajudicial killing.”
Deadly U.S. Strike on Venezuelan Boat Raises Fears of Wider War: Greg Grandin
Acclaimed historian Greg Grandin joins Democracy Now! to discuss the Trump administration’s attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in international waters, which killed 11 people earlier this week. ...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“In many ways, it’s bringing the logic of Gaza into the Caribbean, in terms of unaccountability, impunity and an expansive notion of national defense to justify what is, in effect, just extrajudicial killing.”
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“The underlying issue is economic inequality.”
Indonesia Protests: At Least 10 Killed, Thousands Arrested Amid Police Crackdown
Authorities in Indonesia have launched a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests, sparked by outrage over generous housing allowances and other perks for politicians amid a deepening cost-of-living cr...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The underlying issue is economic inequality.”
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We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
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Israel bombed the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City, leveling the 12-story building as part of a larger escalation aimed at depopulating the largest urban center in the Palestinian territory.
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Israel bombed the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City, leveling the 12-story building as part of a larger escalation aimed at depopulating the largest urban center in the Palestinian territory.
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I really enjoyed reading this piece! “Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa” in Social Movement Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cnwillis.bsky.social
Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa
Previous studies have found that when activists’ demands are not met by their home government, activists may adopt transnational strategies to levy international pressure on their government. While...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I really enjoyed reading this piece! “Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa” in Social Movement Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cnwillis.bsky.social
Things have been busy and we have also been trying to get some well earned vacation time over the summer. But this is to say: We appreciate all of you reviewers, authors, readers, and supporters! We have another great issue dropping soon, and we are so glad to have such wonderful community (you)!
August 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Things have been busy and we have also been trying to get some well earned vacation time over the summer. But this is to say: We appreciate all of you reviewers, authors, readers, and supporters! We have another great issue dropping soon, and we are so glad to have such wonderful community (you)!
Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024: Social Movement Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024
From 7 October 2023 to 7 June 2024, the Crowd Counting Consortium recorded nearly 12,400 pro-Palestine protests and over 2,000 pro-Israel protests in the United States. Since January 2017, when CCC...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Protests in the United States on Palestine and Israel, 2023–2024: Social Movement Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
OA Full article: Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) model, including three demands and a disruptive theory of change, were transferred from the imperial center of the United Kingdom to Aotearoa. Initially activists assu...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
OA Full article: Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
OA Full article: Strategic innovation and mobilization barriers: labor movement campaigning amidst Lebanon’s economic collapse www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Strategic innovation and mobilization barriers: labor movement campaigning amidst Lebanon’s economic collapse
This paper addresses the potential for labor movements to drive popular opposition in countries where ruling elites dominate civil society and public institutions. While past studies have examined ...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
OA Full article: Strategic innovation and mobilization barriers: labor movement campaigning amidst Lebanon’s economic collapse www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
OA Full article: Coalition-building as a power resource: Transnational collaborations between global unions and non-union actors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Coalition-building as a power resource: Transnational collaborations between global unions and non-union actors
This article explores how the global unions use coalition-building as a power resource in three different types of transnational labour campaigns. The first is an enabling campaign for seafood work...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
OA Full article: Coalition-building as a power resource: Transnational collaborations between global unions and non-union actors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
OA Full article: Epistemic historising and the pillars of independent living www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Epistemic historising and the pillars of independent living
This article explores epistemic injustices faced by disabled people, and particularly by the members of the Independent Living (IL) movement – a new social movement that emerged in the late 1960s t...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
OA Full article: Epistemic historising and the pillars of independent living www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Our effort to crowdsource an estimate of attendance at the No Kings Day protests last weekend is the leading estimate of turnout on the NKD Wikipedia page. Well done to everyone who helped out. This is the power of independent, data-driven media!
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No Kings protests - Wikipedia
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June 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our effort to crowdsource an estimate of attendance at the No Kings Day protests last weekend is the leading estimate of turnout on the NKD Wikipedia page. Well done to everyone who helped out. This is the power of independent, data-driven media!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_King...
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Special Report: Mahmoud Khalil Reunites With Family After Release From ICE Jail
Special Report: Mahmoud Khalil Reunites With Family After Release From ICE Jail
Columbia University graduate, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil reunited with his wife and met his newborn son after being released from over 100 days in ICE detention. After flying from Louisiana…
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June 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Special Report: Mahmoud Khalil Reunites With Family After Release From ICE Jail
A creative form of cultural protest and direct action
Check out these baddies waging a psyops campaign outside the hotel where ICE agents were *trying* to sleep.
Mariachi for the win!! 💃
Mariachi for the win!! 💃
June 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A creative form of cultural protest and direct action
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AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.