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DA’s indictment gives Irvine 11 another chance
What was Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas thinking? Pressing criminal charges against the students who disrupted an invited talk by Israel ambassador Michael Oren gives them a political...
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Irvine 11 verdict vindicates poor protest strategy
An Orange County jury found 10 students guilty of two misdemeanor offenses for disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador, Michael Oren, at the University of California, Irvine (my school), more...
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Occupy Irvine
I took my seven year old daughter to Occupy Irvine, a part of Occupy Orange County, on the lawn in front of City Hall on Saturday. What follows is just one report on one relatively small event out of...
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Irvine City Council adopts Occupation
City governments have options in dealing with dissent, including the Occupy campaigns. In Irvine, the heart of Orange County where I live, the City Council unanimously endorsed an agreement that will...
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Women’s March, 2018
The Women’s Marches missed the top slot in mainstream media this year, crowded out by the Federal government shut down. But the marches may turn out to have longer-lasting effects. I was glad to...
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The Parkland kids visit UCI
OK, it’s not strictly accurate to call them all kids anymore; some are in college now, and most are old enough to vote. More than that, in spite of the tragedy they’ve lived through–or maybe partly...
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Dilemmas and Dynamics of Escalation (5)
Crisis provokes escalation. https://thehill.com/news/senate/3503009-students-nationwide-walk-out-of-classes-to-protest-inaction-on-guns-by-government/ Escalation can mean more people engaging in...
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