SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE since November 2016

 

PIECES WRITTEN BY Dana R. Fisher:

Business Insider:

I'm a professor who studies protests and activism. Here's why the George Floyd protests are different.

The George Floyd protests may become a defining moment in the future of American politics.

The US Postal Service protests were the perfect example of a new type of political activism. But the organizing tactic is about to face its biggest test yet.

America is Shattering in Two

The pro-Trump riots at the Capitol may be a startling preview of a new political reality

Americans can't keep ignoring the dozens of states sneaking through laws that attack the right to protest and make it more dangerous to take to the streets

The Nation:

It's Time for Democrats to "Stop Clapping for Tinkerbell."

Politico:

Youth Climate Activists Once Opposed Joe Biden. Now, They Say They�ll Vote for Him.

Slate:

What History Tells Us About Protest in an Era of Vigilante Violence

TIME:

How the Universal Language of Music Can Help Us Solve Our Planetary Problem

Protests in the Trump Era Have Been Mostly Peaceful. Here's How the 2020 Election Could Change That

Washington Post:

The original Women's Marchers are still a political force.

The young Climate Strikers marching this week are all fired up and ready to vote.

The Youth Climate Summit starts July 12. It's full of young activists trained in the anti-Trump movement.

This year's Women's Marchers weren't focused on the leadership controversy. They were all about local and national political organizing.

Here's why the protests against Kavanaugh (and the Trump administration) won't go away.

Who came out in the brutal heat to the 'Families Belong Together' march? Here's our data.

Here's who actually attended March for Our Lives. (No, it wasn't mostly young people

The American Prospect:

Door-Knocking in a Life-or-Death Campaign (with Lara Putnam)

Will Scientists Gear Up for Activism in the Age of Trump? (with Scott Frickel)

Huffington Post 11/9/16:

Waking Up in Trump's America Watching the Ocean Rise

The Society Pages, 2/6/17:

This is What Democracy Looks Like

The Conversation, 5/31/17:

The Demographics of the Resistance

 

 

VIDEO INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES (in backwards chronological order):

Planet A DW News, 1/6/23

Radical climate protests - do they help or harm the movement?

ABC News, 11/10/22

Is eco-vandalism an effective way to raise awareness about climate change? Experts weigh in.

ABC, Nightline 11/9/22

The 24-year-old trying to bring conservatives into the environmental movement

CBC, The National 10/13/22

The debate over vandalizing art to fight for climate action

IMPACT X NIGHTLINE, Hulu, 10/13/23

S1E2 Climate Conservatives

The Hill, 4/12/21

The Sustainability Imperative: Climate Diagnosis

CBS Baltimore WJZ, 6/10/20

Diversity In Crowd At George Floyd Protests Shows Growing Support For Change, UMD Professors Say

The Day, DW News, 12/11/19

Greta Thunberg: The Power of the Next Generation

Morning Joe, 11/1/19

American Resistance: Tracing the Rise of Resistance Groups Since Trump

PBS Newshour, 9/20/19

Youth Marches for Climate Action draw Millions Around the World

CNN New Day, 1/19/19

Women Lead the Way in Nationwide March

Morning Joe, 3/26/18

Breaking down the numbers of March for Our Lives

Morning Joe, 1/22/18

Data Tracking Resistance Shows Movement's Growth

Thom Hartmann Program, 1/23/18

Why Resistance is More Important than Ever w/ Dana Fisher

ThinkProgress, 12/22/17

Looking Back on a Year of Resisting Trump

POTUS 2017 with Brian Lehrer, 8/31/17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WagD1uInFN4#t=18m34.5s

Fox 5NYC, 3/7/17

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/240149568-story

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/240142658-story

 

 

RADIO and PODCAST INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES:

From throwing soup to blocking traffic, what makes an effective climate protest? What On Earth Podcast on CBC News 1/6/21:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-climate-protest-soup-throwing-1.6631761

Can Climate Protests Make a Difference? The Climate Question on BBC World Service 10/10/22:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct3kjk

The Era of Climate Denial is Over: A new report from the IPCC clarifies the immense stakes in the climate crisis, Deconstructued Podcast at The Intercept 1/6/21:

https://theintercept.com/2021/08/13/deconstructed-climate-crisis-ipcc/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=theintercept

Outsourcing Activism the Ralph Nader Radio Hour 1/6/21:

https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/outsourcing-activism-truck-safety/

With Biden In Place, The 'Resistance' Tries To Pivot From Defense To Offense NPR 1/6/21:

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959177050/with-biden-in-place-the-resistance-tries-to-pivot-from-defense-to-offense

Science Friday

Earth Day and the Evolution of the Environmental Movement 4/20/2021: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/archives-earth-day-environmental-justice/

Climate Strike and California Auto Emissions 9/20/19: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/climate-strike-california-auto-emissions/

A look at the pro-Trump protests in DC, Kojo Nnamdi Show 1/6/21:

https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2021-01-06/a-live-look-at-the-pro-trump-and-far-right-protests-in-d-c

BBC Newshour interview on why the George Floyd Protests are different 6/11/20:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2yqh4bkdcz (beginning at 30 minutes)

Will Radical Resistance Movements Shaking up the Globe Reach the U.S.? The Takeaway 9/20/19:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/radical-resistance-movements-are-shaking-globe-will-wave-reach-us

Great Battlefield Podcast 9/20/19:

https://www.resistancedashboard.com/node/675

The Connective Tissue of Democracy, Democracy Works Podcast 9/20/19:

https://www.democracyworkspodcast.com/dana-fisher/

Why the Women�s March is still relevant, Greater LA, KCRW 9/20/19:

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/commuting-in-la-2013-by-plane/why-the-womens-march-is-still-relevant

BBC World Service The Real Story: Do Protests Still Work 7/13/18:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswkdc

The Takeaway 1/22/18:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/civic-engagement-and-womens-march/

NPR To the Point, 1/23/18:

https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/to-the-point/the-future-of-activism-in-the-trump-era

NPR Morning Edition, 3/3/17:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/03/518261347/on-both-left-and-right-trump-is-driving-new-political-engagement

NPR Marketplace, 8/11/17:

http://keranews.org/post/08112017-taking-moral-stand-good-business

BBC's Good Morning Wales, 10/6/17:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096s2qb#play

 

 

PROFILES OF FISHER'S WORK:

New York Review of Books:

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/12/19/no-more-nice-democrats/

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/11/09/year-one-resistance-research/

PBS

One of America�s Most Prescient Political Thinkers on the Changing Politics of Climate Change: Dana Fisher has studied Trump, the insurrection and Resistance. She says the opportunity to tackle climate change has finally arrived.

Science Magazine:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/trump-catalyzed-march-science-where-it-now

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/rain-doesn-t-stop-researchers-doing-science-march

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/examine-thyself-researchers-set-study-march-science

The New Republic:

https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/155999/resisting-alone

Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/03/07/stop-willow-tiktok-biden-alaska//

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/10/victory-whose-expense-climate-activists-grapple-with-political-compromise/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/public-officials-threatened-covid-election/2020/12/13/680bd380-3be7-11eb-bc68-96af0daae728_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/30/young-voters-climate-change/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protests-over-the-death-of-george-floyd-have-grown-bigger-and-more-diverse-thats-not-an-accident-experts-say/2020/06/04/92806226-a677-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/24/teen-girls-are-leading-climate-strikes-helping-change-face-environmentalism/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/05/03/a-scientist-who-studies-protest-says-the-resistance-isnt-slowing-down/?utm_term=.e8f0eeae15b8

Inside Climate News

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11112022/cop27-protests-sharm-el-sheikh-egypt/

 

 

SELECTED PRINT/ONLINE MEDIA MENTIONS:

ABC

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-partys-progressive-wing-leverages-political-power-push/story?id=69598594

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2020-candidates-face-challenges-championing-99/story?id=64250058

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gov-jay-inslee-unveils-sweeping-initiative-combat-climate/story?id=62768393

Associated Press:

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-11-09/trump-win-raises-questions-about-us-pledge-in-climate-deal

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/26/us/politics/ap-us-womens-march-survey.html

The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/11/cop26-climate-activism/620641/

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/why-activists-waited-so-long-rally-impeachment/603787/

BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43119205?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook

Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/activism-experts-say-millions-would-be-needed-to-stop-trump-2020-2

Chicago Tribune

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-womens-march-chicago-global-march-womens-wave-20181225-story.html

Christian Science Monitor

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0224/Behind-Bernie-Sanders-a-passionate-grassroots-army-with-a-sting

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0203/March-for-Science-Can-scientists-really-change-the-conversation?cmpid=pushEP

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0204/How-Elon-Musk-is-working-to-roll-back-Trump-s-temporary-travel-ban

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0301/Tea-party-s-bid-to-make-the-establishment-great-again

Chronicle of Philanthropy

https://chroni.cl/2QUYWxR

CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/17/us/womens-march-2019/

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/09/technology/online-tools-trump-resistance/

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/17/technology/womens-march-facebook-activism/

Elle:

http://www.elle.com/culture/a15855944/womens-march-2018-media-attention-coverage/

FiveThirtyEight:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-being-anti-science-is-now-part-of-many-rural-americans-identity/

The Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/throwing-soup-at-the-problem-are-radical-climate-protests-helping-or-hurting-the-cause

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/18/just-stop-oil-van-gogh-national-portrait-gallery-climate-emergency-fund?CMP=share_btn_tw

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/27/tire-deflators-suv-new-york-climate-crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/10/george-floyd-protests-what-happens-next

Les Inrockuptibles:

https://www.lesinrocks.com/2020/01/14/actualite/monde/pourquoi-un-second-mandat-de-trump-serait-une-catastrophe/

Mashable:

https://mashable.com/article/advocacy-organizations-coronavirus/

New York Magazine:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/extinction-rebellion-is-back-after-a-pandemic-lull.html

https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/women-and-power-womens-march.html

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/11/how-should-trump-protesters-organize-themselves.html

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/02/3-things-sociologists-learned-by-studying-the-womens-march.html 2/7/17

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-careful-pragmatic-case-against-punching-nazis.html

New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/climate/youth-climate-protests.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/us/politics/abortion-rights-march.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/upshot/where-is-the-anti-biden-tea-party.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/trump-floyd-protests-2020.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/george-floyd-white-protesters.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/climate/coronavirus-online-climate-protests.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us/trump-resistance-democrats.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/opinion/trump-protests.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/climate/global-climate-strike.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/opinion/sunday/yellow-vest-protests-climate.html

Newsweek:

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-election-results-protests-1519645

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-protesters-washington-poll-approval-rating-633570

The Nation:

https://www.thenation.com/article/impeachment-protest-streets-trump/

The New Republic:

https://newrepublic.com/article/156476/youth-climate-movement-comes-new-hampshire?utm_content=buffer6433d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Politico:

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/25/white-people-racial-justice-activism-george-floyd-490545

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/19/climate-activists-social-distancing-coronavirus-137216

POPsugar:

http://www.popsugar.com/news/Do-Protests-Work-43145782

Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-protests/coronavirus-drives-u-s-political-protest-off-the-streets-and-into-online-forums-idUSKCN21W15D

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protest-idUSKBN16316T

Rolling Stone:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/climate-change-earth-day-solutions-solar-coal-1323853/

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/obama-glasgow-climate-change-cop26-1254911/

Salon:

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/24/what-happens-to-the-resistance-after-the-worlds-loudest-science-denier-leaves-the-white-house_partner/

Time Magazine:

https://time.com/5677474/americans-disapprove-trump-climate-change-views/

http://time.com/4835791/senate-health-bill-activists-parents-sick-kids/

USA Today:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/16/womens-march-2020-looks-re-energize-amid-dwindling-enthusiasm/4469139002/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/05/06/generation-z-poised-change-us-politics-climate-change-activism/1090104001/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/18/womens-march-2019-third-annual-march-faces-stiff-headwinds/2605361002/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/01/15/womens-march-dnc-out-sponsor-amid-controversy-over-anti-semitism/2586665002/

Wall Street Journal:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-year-after-womens-march-organizers-hope-to-get-out-pink-hats-again-1516302897

Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/14/tomato-soup-sunflowers-climate-protest/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/05/20/climate-change-scientists-protests/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/13/protest-abortion-rights-dc-roe/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/yes-even-in-small-single-stoplight-towns-theyre-saying-his-name/2020/07/13/1abae5a6-c4a2-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protests-over-the-death-of-george-floyd-have-grown-bigger-and-more-diverse-thats-not-an-accident-experts-say/2020/06/04/92806226-a677-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-unrest-grows-officials-try-to-separate-protesters-from-vandals-experts-say-its-not-that-simple/2020/06/01/3e9908f8-a441-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/energy-environment/the-foot-soldiers-of-the-new-environmental-movement/2020/04/20/6bc98c72-41e4-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-sparked-a-resistance-three-years-later-its-a-movement-struggling-to-find-relevance/2020/01/11/344ccf22-3323-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/09/16/womens-march-cutting-ties-with-three-original-board-members-accused-anti-semitism/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-drew-more-moderates-in-its-third-year-why-its-all-trump-researchers-say/2019/01/25/d1f4c356-202d-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html?utm_term=.e916dcb8c5cb

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-in-year-3-can-the-movement-overcome-a-year-of-controversy-and-division/2019/01/17/0eb23740-18c9-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html?utm_term=.d816647525e3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-rolls-out-a-political-platform-before-its-third-washington-rally/2018/12/14/646d0f7c-ff13-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3f9cf749c74f

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-womens-march-needs-passion-and-purpose-not-pink-pussycat-hats/2017/01/11/6d7e75be-d842-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html?utm_term=.bb7bf5953f62

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/small-town-activists-fueled-by-the-womens-march-take-aim-at-midterm-elections/2018/01/19/c01c8baa-fa45-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.94e1773e1376

Washingtonian Magazine:

https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/06/01/the-genius-of-protesting-in-car-caravans/

https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/01/14/where-the-hell-are-the-impeachment-protests/

Vox:

https://www.vox.com/22846697/climate-change-activism-joe-manchin-protest-build-back-better-biden

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/31/14430584/protest-trump-strategies-experts

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/2/14438382/protest-trump-resist-womens-march

http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/2/23/14714236/kellyanne-conway-cpac-women-in-power-feminism

http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/3/14721468/international-womens-day-strike-a-day-without-a-woman-march-8