Oct. 16, 2018, "Confronting Public Bullying" with Roddey Reid at the Berkeley Public Library Central Branch

Berkeley Public Library Central Branch Presents

Confronting Public Bullying

with Professor Emeritus Roddey Reid

Professor Emeritus Roddey Reid explores how a climate of fear and intimidation has come to dominate national life in the United States in recent years, poisoning our politics and even reaching into our personal relationships. At the core of this history is a larger U.S. culture of intimidation and bullying in the workplace, media, and political arenas that has been building for 30 years.

Reid will offer insights into the strategies and dynamics of contemporary intimidation and public bullying: how they work, the dangers they present, and the lessons to be learned.

Book Reading & Discussion

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 3:30-5:00pm

Berkeley Public Library Central Branch

2090 Kittredge St., Berkeley, CA 94704 - 510.981.6100

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.

Podcast: Fall elections , Kavanaugh, and Our Era of Political Intimidation - Podcast of radio interview with Roddey Reid KGO 810 AM San Francisco

The Fall Elections, Kavanaugh, and Our Era of Political Intimidation

Audio Podcast

A Conversation with

Roddey Reid & talk show host Maureen Langan

KGO AM 810, San Francisco

Sunday, September 30, 2017

Stream here

Author of 

Print and e-book editions available online at Amazon & paperback copies 
are for sale in Berkeley at Moe's Books, in Oakland at East Bay Booksellers, and in Santa Cruz at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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 Indivisble.org, the activist group that pressures politicians to preserve the legacies of the New Deal and the Great Society and that now has over 6.000 chapters nationwide.

Radio interview with Roddey Reid, Sun., Sept. 30, 9pm PDT - Fall elections , Kavanaugh, and Our Era of Political Intimidation

The Fall Elections, Kavanaugh, and Our Era of Political Intimidation

THIS SUNDAY

A Conversation with

Roddey Reid & talk show host Maureen Langan

KGO AM 810, San Francisco

Sunday, September 30, 2017

NEW TIME:
9 pm PDT

To stream live:

http://player.listenlive.co/25931/

Author of 

Print and e-book editions available online at Amazon & paperback copies 
are for sale in Berkeley at Moe's Books, in Oakland at East Bay Booksellers, and in Santa Cruz at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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 Indivisble.org, the activist group that pressures politicians to preserve the legacies of the New Deal and the Great Society and that now has over 6.000 chapters nationwide.

Atchison Village Social Club Meet Authors: Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying with Roddey Reid, July 20, 7pm

Atchison Village Social Club

Meet the Authors & Book Reading

Community Hall

270 Curry St., Richmond, CA 94801

Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying

Discussion
with
Roddey Reid
Professor Emeritus, UC San Diego
Friday, July 20

7:00 pm
Community Hall
270 Curry St., Richmond, CA 94801 

What is political bullying vs. other kinds of bullying? How does it work?

Why do political intimidation and bullying seem worse now? 

What is their emotional and political toll?

How is the current harsh public climate a challenge to public life and civic action? 

Roddey Reid is ProfessorEmeritus, 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 the San Francisco chapter of Indivisble.org, the activist group that was formed in December 2016 and now has over 6,000 chapters nationwide.

The Way We Live Now, Part One: The Emotional Toll of Public Bullying & Political Intimidation

The Way We Live Now

Part One:

The Emotional Toll of Public Bullying and Political Intimidation

On Medium.com

Source: Michael Valdon; Pixbay.com/photo; Alex Jones: Sean P. Anderson (Dallas, TX)

Author’s Note: this is the first installment in a series on the current public climate of fear and intimidation that since the kick-off of the last presidential campaign in 2015 has dominated national life in the United States. In particular I look at how this toxic environment has poisoned our politics and even reached into our very relationships with friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family members. Next up is Part Two: “How the Public Climate of Fear and Intimidation Works.”