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Just concluded an amazing panel at #ISA2025 in Rabat on social movements and democratic backsliding @rc47isa.bsky.social Thanks to all presenters!

Those who are part of the far-right movement might regroup and reorganize under a different hat, so I think the outcome will depend on the alliances and recruitments tactics they employ and how strong anti-far-right bloc will remain.

Writing on the civil society reactions to democratic erosion in Brazil. While there are a lot of positives, I feel like it is too early to dismiss Bolsonarismo. Despite some pundits' remarks and recent polls showing most of the centrists' would love to him drop his presidential candidadcy.

Why a ‘rip-off’ degree might be worth the money after all – research study Higher education is about more than just income.

Great to read about this research providing evidence that the value of a degree involves much more than the salary graduates go on to earn:
theconversation.com/why-a-rip-of...

Congratulations to the CBSM Charles Tilly Book Awardees🎉: Sharon M. Quinsaat @sharonquinsaat.bsky.social for Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora, Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social for Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg

Resources | American Sociological Association CBSM Mini-Conference at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management

Preliminary schedule for our mini conference, "The Many Impacts of Social Movements:
Fifty Years after William Gamson’s The Strategy of Social Protest" is up! Check it out: www.asanet.org/collective-b...

Looking at Crunchyroll anime awards: Solo leveling is so overhyped. Overall bored with the dominance given to action animes :/

Student protest against an ultra conservative invited speaker on Boğaziçi campus is resulted in police intervention, over 90 students are reported to be detained, and University administration demands criminal investigation against its own students

Looking forward to a lively discussion on social movements and democratic erosion! Join us on May 13th. Please register at bit.ly/CBSMevent.

It is time to defend ordinary scholars, not poach talent We are witnessing a lack of support for academic scholars, academic freedom, higher education, research, science and pursuit of knowledge. Instead, we...

As I see European/Canadian calls to "lure" BEST scholars in the US, I cannot agree with this point more:" we see old-fashioned greed, acting in the guise of standing up for academic freedom and science. The ordinary scholar is left on their own." www.universityworldnews.com/post-mobile....

Canadian tourist /conference visa is notoriously harder to get and takes a lot longer than the US one so there is also that for the international scholars and students.

This is a really important point — when we point out that governments are crippling HE by attacking visas, we also need to a) talk about international students as people not £££ and also b) point out *why* overseas tuition fees have become an apparent panacea for UK universities

I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now? Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we...

I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...

For context: "Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance." bsky.app/profile/wire...
Lost for words to follow US news rn to lighten my mood🤷‍♀️

Maybe an unpopular opinion but wouldn't it be better if academics with "strong" passports and diplomatic backing of their state keep going to US conferences to push against arbitrary decisions? Wouldn't it help those in precarious positions but need to continue scientific engagement?

Espressolab kimin? Espressolab neden boykot ediliyor? İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu'nun tutuklanmasının ardından Özgür Özel'in gerçekleştirdiği boykot çağrısında yer alan firmalardan biri de Espressolab oldu. Espressolab'ın boykot...

Battle over coffee shop chains had started a few days ago already. Espressolab, already a target of protest at Boğaziçi Uni, a chain that saw enormous growth past 10 years, owners w/ strong ties to AKP. Now, AKP youth orgs and MPs defending the chain on soc media. www.birgun.net/haber/espres...

Özel, the leader of the opposition party announced 2 million people joined the rally in Istanbul. No matter the number this seems to be the biggest rally of the 21st century Turkey. Also important to note: the call for boycotts of media and consumer good companies associated with AKP cadres

Crowd in front of the city hall at Saraçhane, Istanbul tonight

Main opposition party CHP had a presidential primary scheduled for today. With İmamoğlu's arrest, they opened the primary to all citizens. Result: around 15 m voted for İmamoğlu today nationwide. For context: 55 m TOTAL votes for all parties in 2023. 15 m in 2 days,w/ limited resources. Remarkable!

İstanbul'a giriş çıkışlara kısıtlama getirildi: Eylem yasağı 27 Mart'a kadar uzatıldı! Son dakika haberi... İstanbul'da eylem yasağı 27 Mart'a kadar uzatıldı. İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu'nun gözaltına alınmasından sonra getirilen eylem yasağı genişletilerek İstan...

Details of the protest ban and restrictions on the city entrance /exists in Turkish www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/siyaset/ista...

And a footnote: istanbul has been under a protest ban for four days (extended for the next four days), exists and entrances to the city are closed, and the police have been using water cannons and tear gas to intervene in Istanbul, Ankara, and Bursa so far tonight.

Speaking of X, we need to put it into context. X has also suspended several accounts in the past two days, reportedly including accounts to belonging to university student groups, feminist and environmental movement accounts. www.politico.eu/article/musk...

art of the reason for the popularity of the livestream is the call to boycott biggest media outlets that refrained from properly reporting the speeches and demonstrations of the opposition yesterday.

X live streaming of saraçhane demonstration, viewer count surpassing 2M

More than 300 thousand are reported to have gathered in saraçhane, istanbul while smaller scale protests also continue in different neighborhoods of istanbul tonight. Big demonstrations in Ankara and İzmir. Smaller ones in other cities. 2m people watching the demonstration live on X at the moment

İstanbul bar association also took to streets. They marched to Taksim tonight. President of the bar association and the entire executive board were dismissed earlier today, due to the accusations of disinformation and dissemination of terrorist propaganda. t24.com.tr/haber/istanb...

Protests are organized even in cities considered to be conservative strongholds. That being said, how protests play out in Istanbul and Ankara will probably determine the outcome.

Growing Public Discontent in Turkey: A Breaking Point for Autocracy? While the AKP leadership's narrative of strength and grandeur may resonate with some, it fails to reflect the experiences of a significant portion of the population.

Reflections on the events of the last two days in Turkey:

1) The arrest of Imamoglu (alongside 105 others) has created a societal backlash across TR, including in Anatolian cities. At the forefront are university students. Not surprising given the ever-disappearing perspective for the future.

Major protests in Turkey for two days in a row led primarily by university students and joined by opposition parties in response to the arrest of the mayor of istanbul (opposition's presumed president candidate) pushing the main opposition party towards endorsing social movement tactics.

Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:

Great summary of the (unfortunately) predominant perspective on the labor to sustain public services