The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social MovementsRoutledge, 2006 - 375 pages Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement theory, this book explores a wide range of twentieth century episodes of contention, involving such groups as mid-century communists, the Black Panther Party, the American Indian Movement, and the modern-day globalization movement. |
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... charges being brought against them , or with charges changed as time goes by . The treatment of jailed protesters at the " Battle of Seattle ” protests against the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in 1999 constitutes one recent example ...
... charges being brought against them , or with charges changed as time goes by . The treatment of jailed protesters at the " Battle of Seattle ” protests against the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in 1999 constitutes one recent example ...
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... charges leveled at individual Panthers , " Seldom have these charges held up in court [ and ] often they have been dropped by the prosecutor prior to trial " ( Foner 1970 , 263 ) . Geronimo Pratt's treatment at the hands of the Los ...
... charges leveled at individual Panthers , " Seldom have these charges held up in court [ and ] often they have been dropped by the prosecutor prior to trial " ( Foner 1970 , 263 ) . Geronimo Pratt's treatment at the hands of the Los ...
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... charges mounted . At one point , he was charged with felony assault when prison deputies claimed that he tried to attack them with a pencil . Pratt was acquitted of this charge ( Olsen 2000 , 66 ) . Then , when Pratt failed to show up ...
... charges mounted . At one point , he was charged with felony assault when prison deputies claimed that he tried to attack them with a pencil . Pratt was acquitted of this charge ( Olsen 2000 , 66 ) . Then , when Pratt failed to show up ...
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