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DESCRIPTION:Join us on May 21st at 6:30pm for a panel on Radicals, Realists, and 
 Repression: The State of Activism in the US. The panel will feature Prof. 
 Thomas Zeitzoff, professor in the School of Public Affairs at American 
 University and author of “No Option, But Sabotage,” Prof. Omar Wasow, 
 Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science, 
 longtime environmental campaigner and organizer, and co-host of the Green 
 and Red Podcast, Scott Parkin and Jason Myles, host of THIS IS 
 REVOLUTION>podcast.\n\nWe’ve been in the midst of a serious rollback of 
 first amendment protected activities. States are passing anti-protest 
 legislation, police are increasingly militarized, surveillance is being 
 drastically increased on activist groups and the Trump administration is 
 turning activism into terrorism.\n\nBUT, we are also seeing new large-scale 
 resistance from the massive No Kings and May Day mobilizations to fierce 
 resistance to ICE in Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis, communities and 
 movements are fighting back.The anti-AI Data Center movement has blurred 
 political divides across the country. Activists are not only marching in 
 the street and disrupting authoritarian forces, but actions at Tesla 
 dealerships, Kimberly Clark warehouses, the offices of corporate war 
 profiteers and other locations show a radical edge to today’s 
 resistance.\n\nThis panel discussion will focus on the state of activism in 
 the United States from its radicals to its realists, how the state is 
 responding with repression, and understanding why movements and activists 
 make the choices they do.\n\n    WHERE: The Berkeley Fellowship of 
 Unitarian Universalists; 1924 Cedar St. Berkeley CA\n\n    WHEN: May 21st, 
 2026. Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins at 7pm\n\n    Virtual viewing: 
 We'll also be live streaming the event on our YouTube Page \n\nBio// Thomas 
 Zeitzoff- Thomas Zeitzoff is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at 
 American University in Washington DC. His research focuses on political 
 violence, social media, and political psychology. His most recent book is 
 No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Climate Movement and the Climate Crisis 
 (Oxford 2026). His work has appeared in many of the leading political 
 science journals, and he is also the author of Nasty Politics: The Logic of 
 Insults, Threats, and Incitement (Oxford, 2023).\n\nBio// Omar Wasow- Omar 
 Wasow is an Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political 
 Science. His research focuses on race, politics and statistical methods. 
 His paper on the political consequences of the 1960s civil rights movement 
 was published in the American Political Science Review. His co-authored 
 work on estimating causal effects of race was published in the Annual 
 Review of Political Science. Previously, Omar co-founded BlackPlanet.com, 
 an early leading social network, and was a regular technology analyst on 
 radio and television.\n\nBio//Scott Parkin- Scott has been a campaigner and 
 organizer in social justice and environmental movements for over two 
 decades. He is the Organizing Director at Rainforest Action Network and has 
 led campaigns against Wall Street banks, mountaintop removal coal mining 
 and the Keystone XL pipeline.\n\nBio// Jason Myles- Jason is the host of 
 THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast with bylines in Current Affairs Magazine,Damage 
 Magazine and Black Agenda Report\n\nEvent hosted by the Green and Red 
 Podcast, Mt. Diablo Rising Tide and Oil and Gas Action Network \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/04/18886057.php
SUMMARY:Panel: Radicals, Realists, and Repression: The State of Activism in the U.S.
LOCATION:The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists; 1924 Cedar St. Berkeley 
 CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/05/04/18886057.php
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