Protest Power: Does Acceptable Protest Exist?
Description
Meeting Method:
In-Person
Kneeling during the anthem. Breaking a store window. Blocking traffic with a human chain. Shutting down a store. Interrupting a presidential candidate. Disrupting a SCOTUS hearing. Occupying the lawn of a mayor. All of these have been tactics of protest we’ve seen in 2018. Yet, the debate rages on- what protest is acceptable, and what is not? Is violence ever welcome or necessary in the revolution? And is the question of the “acceptability” of protest beside the point- and irrelevant for progress? Together with our guest, we will debate these topics not just in theory, but applied to the social issues of greatest importance to us.
Guest: DeRay McKesson, Activist, Educator and Host, Pod Save The People