I'm happy to share my review of Nandini K Oza 's book "The Struggle for Narmada: An Oral History of the Narmada Bachao Andolan by Keshavbhau and Kevalsingh Vasave" has been published by Social Movement Studies Journal (SPECIAL ISSUE 📌) . tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It’s Friday! 🎉

Special Issue: Imagined Futures in Social Movements: Collective Action, Prefiguration, and Temporalities OUT NOW tandfonline.com/toc/csms20/cur…

REMINDER: Special Issue: Imagined Futures in Social Movements: Collective Action, Prefiguration, and Temporalities OUT NOW (timely because we need an alternative future presto) Thread on our timeline with all the details tandfonline.com/toc/csms20/cur…

Prepping for Fall term? A reminder that FREE inspection copies are available for instructors/lecturers here: bloomsbury.com/uk/social-move…

and if you are interested we published a climate activism special earlier this year: tandfonline.com/toc/csms20/23/1

Nice to see Social Movement Studies in Q1 again this year. Thanks for reading and citing us!

Social Movement Studies Journal (SPECIAL ISSUE 📌) x.com/SocMovStudies/…

New article alert! 🚨 Why do white nationalist orgs (WNOs) focus attention on the grievances that they do? In this Social Movement Studies Journal (SPECIAL ISSUE 📌) paper, I develop & test a cognitive-environmental theory of attentional selection in white nationalist mobilization. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My new article about zero waste movement in China published with Social Movement Studies Journal (SPECIAL ISSUE 📌) ! Based on research with social media-based group GoZero Waste, I illustrate how do citizens express environmentalism and lead sustainable change in China tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Trending in #Sociology: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Facing antisemitism in Europe: country-level predictors of Jews’ victimization & fear (@sf_journal) 2) From a national elite to the global elite: Possibilities & problems in scaling up (@bjsociology) 3) Truly at home?

#Gaza Heavy shooting from the Israeli Forces at a UN convoy heading to Gaza city. While there are no casualties, our teams had to duck and take cover. This took place yesterday. The teams were traveling in clearly marked UN armoured cars & wearing UN vests. One vehicle

New evacuation orders today in Khan Younis mean more suffering and displacement. Families had to pack what is left of their belongings and run, amid bombardment, and with nowhere safe to go. People in #Gaza are exhausted, living in inhumane conditions, with no safety at all.

Bei den Blockaden der Letzten Generation waren es noch (illegale) Schmerzgriffe, nun werden Demonstrierende schon am Genick umhergeschleudert. Die Zunahme von extremer Gewaltanwendung bei Polizeieinsätzen gegen Demonstrierende ist erschreckend. x.com/hahauenstein/s…

Hope you are having as much fun as this dog!

Massive and symbolic protest in Bilbao to call attention to what is happening in GAZA

Columbia students continue to picket and mobilize to demand divestment from Israel. It will be interesting to see what is happening across campuses as the new semester gets underway

Cristina Flesher is one of the most prominent researchers in the field of Social Movements with numerous publications on participatory democracy, collective identity formation and digital mobilization. We are thrilled and honored to have her join us on our inaugural lecture!