University of California, San Diego
December 7, 2017, 2pm
Segments:
Everyday bullying vs. political intimidation & public bullying (0:00)
1980s & 1990s: revolution in acceptable public speech & behavior (8:55)
How the mechanisms of public bullying & political intimidation work (21:50)
Political effects of violent public bullying (32:30)
The challenge to public life and civic action (37:50)
New forms of political action and organization (41:30)
Segments:
Everyday bullying vs. political intimidation & public bullying (0:00)
1980s & 1990s: revolution in acceptable public speech & behavior (8:55)
How the mechanisms of public bullying & political intimidation work (21:50)
Political effects of violent public bullying (32:30)
The challenge to public life and civic action (37:50)
New forms of political action and organization (41:30)
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Paperback copies are for sale in Bay Area bookstores: Berkeley
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Net proceeds from sales will go to Indivisible National of IndivisibleGuide.com
Roddey
Reid is Professor
Emeritus, University of California, San Diego, where he taught classes on
the modern cultures and societies of the U.S.,
France, and Japan. His
latest writing has been on trauma, daily life, and the culture of intimidation
and bullying in the U.S. and Europe. He hosts a personal blog called “UnSafe Thoughts”
on
bullying and the fluidity of politics in dangerous times. He is a member
of
San Francisco chapter of IndivisibleGuide.com (now Indivisble.org), the
activist group that was formed in December 2016 to pressure politicians
to preserve the legacies of the New Deal and the Great Society and that
now has over 6,000 chapters nationwide.
