Sharon Erickson Nepstad

@snepstad.bsky.social

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Sociologist, University of New Mexico (USA), studying social movements, revolutions, religion, civil resistance. Guardian of way too many pets and plants. In solidarity with Minneapolis!

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5h

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Reposted by Ben Worthy, David R. Miller, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls , and 8 more Ben Worthy, David R. Miller, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Anne Norton, Mark Rice, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Ben Kaden, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Martin S. Flaherty, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, David R. Miller, Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Walz: "We're no longer having a political debate. We're having a moral debate."

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Rosemary A. Joyce, Holger Nehring , and 5 more Valerie P. Hans, Rosemary A. Joyce, Holger Nehring, Anne Norton, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Christina Pagel, Magda Teter, Aviel Roshwald

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Michael Wagner , and 35 more Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Michael Wagner, Tony R. ‎Walker, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Robert W. Wallace, David H. Kaye, Valerie P. Hans, Nick Pearce, Michelle Everson, Ameet Sarpatwari, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Holger Nehring, Tom Griffin, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Craig R. McClain, Lee Jones, Ian Loader, Christian Fisch, Jos Akkermans, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Christina Pagel, Claire Sécail, Karine Espineira, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Dan Immergluck, Roos Vonk, Dunlap, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal, Deborah M. Kolb

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 8h

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Reposted by Michael Wagner, Axel Bruns, Sharon Erickson Nepstad , and 2 more Michael Wagner, Axel Bruns, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Maksym Polyakov, Mary James

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.

Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social · 1d

What part of "conflict of interest" does Kristi Noem not understand?

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Walz: "I'm rejecting the rust to judgment within 15 minutes of this, which they did last time. That's why you need to have a fair investigation ... they already slandered this individual ... they're telling you not to trust your eyes and ears ... there will be justice ... we can't live like this."

Reposted by Michael Wagner, Thomas Backhaus, Tom van der Meer , and 4 more Michael Wagner, Thomas Backhaus, Tom van der Meer, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Tim Stephens, Patrice M. Dabrowski, Búi K. Petersen

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

OMG. "DHS said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him." www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

Update from Devon Lum

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Walz: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this.

As I told the white house in no uncertain terms this morning, the federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it. Period.

Reposted by Glen O’Hara, Stuart White, Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Walz: "It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaigned claimed another life. I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening. But I have a strong statement here for our federal govt: Minnesota's justice system will have the last word."

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Vaughan S. Roberts

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 1d

Today, we lost another Minneapolis neighbor after multiple ICE agents pummeled him and shot him to death.

How many more people need to die or get shot before this ends?

President Trump, I am calling on you to put the American people and this American city first and get ICE out.

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Saunders, Nandita Sharma , and 40 more Anne Applebaum, Elizabeth Saunders, Nandita Sharma, Richard S.J. Tol, Stephan Lewandowsky, Joe R. Feagin, Jonathan A. Foley, Brett J. Baker, Steve Peers, John McLaren, Andreas Ortmann, Steven S. Smith, Diane Ravitch, Melissa Johnson, Sarah E. Gollust, Colin Harvey, Melissa R. Michelson, Juan Cole, Alison Phipps, Jaakko Husa, Michael Kevane, Laurent Pech, W. Andy Knight, Ben Tonra, Gerald Friedman, Tom Griffin, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Margot C. Finn, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Julia M. Wright, Dana R. Fisher, José Antonio Noguera, Christian Fisch, Henry Jones, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Seth Masket, Matthew P. McAllister, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Martin S. Flaherty, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal, Anne Hilborn

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Nancy Kanwisher, Stephen R. Carpenter , and 35 more Joanna Bryson, Nancy Kanwisher, Stephen R. Carpenter, Shadd Maruna, John Horgan, John McLaren, Robert W. Wallace, Henning Melber, Erica Chenoweth, Fabián Muniesa, Joseph Schafer, Inderjeet Parmar, Daniel W. Drezner, Jo Barraket, W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman, Tom Griffin, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Richard Larouche, Erol Akçay, Jen Schneider, Mary Jane Curry, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Nelson Flores, Richard M. Carpiano, Hugh Davies, Meredith Farkas, Christina Pagel, Charles T. Mathewes, Thomas E. Murray, Francesco Nicoli, Juliet Johnson, Colin Woodard, Kevin Grant, Élisabeth Vallet, Peter Jacobs, Kristina McElheran, Patrick D. Culbert

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

Reposted by Erica Chenoweth, Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Julia Roig @jroig.bsky.social · 2d

🔥🔥🔥

youtu.be/N7MgLMzsnmE?...

How Blowing A Whistle Is An Act Of Nonviolent Resistance - Maria J. Stephan

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Reece Jones, Kim L. Scheppele , and 31 more Joanna Bryson, Reece Jones, Kim L. Scheppele, Elizabeth Sharrow, Elizabeth Saunders, John Horgan, Steve Peers, Mary Feeney, Paul E. Johnson, Bonnie Honig, Julia Lynch, Nazita Lajevardi, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Els Torreele, Jen Schneider, David Rosnick, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Paul Fisher, John Kenneth White, Alfie Kohn, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Hisham Zerriffi, Ian Bruff, Melanie O’Brien, Uwe M. Martens, John H. Knox, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Jaap Kooijman, Ernesto Castañeda, Stuart Shapiro, Kristina McElheran, Carly D. Ziter

Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 3d

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Reposted by Michael Wagner, Joe R. Feagin, Sharon Erickson Nepstad , and 2 more Michael Wagner, Joe R. Feagin, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Karen O’Leary, Gary Ackerman

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Joe R. Feagin, Aaron Sojourner , and 4 more Nandita Sharma, Joe R. Feagin, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Susan Strasser, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Nicole Guenther Discenza

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 6d

If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.

Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487

Reposted by David Wiggins, Sanford F. Schram, Paul M. Schwartz , and 8 more David Wiggins, Sanford F. Schram, Paul M. Schwartz, R. M. Wilson, W. Andy Knight, E. Wayne Ross, Gerald Friedman, Christine Kooi, Anne Norton, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Pam Jarvis

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social · 23d

I agree completely!

Reposted by Gerald Friedman, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, Sharon Erickson Nepstad

CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Dec 3

🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2

Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social · Jul 28

I just read this. I hope it provokes a good deal of discussion about this important topic!

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Ashley T. Rubin @ashleytrubin.bsky.social · Jul 19

I know folks will have different views on questions about theory, the rules governing and purpose of social science research, and how to combat the credibility crisis we're facing. But I'd like to have the conversation. I hope this piece is generative!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Normativity is not a replacement for theory - Theory and Society

Social science research has dramatically increased its embrace of normativity in substance and style. This paper explores the consequences of this normativity creep on the creation, application, and e...

link.springer.com

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Mobilization @mobilization.bsky.social · Jan 31

Social movements can influence perspectives on contentious forms of protest.

meridian.allenpress....

HOW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE: ATTITUDE SHIFTS IN THE WAKE OF THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS*

We examine whether the George Floyd protests influenced public opinion on political violence. Drawing upon the 2016 and 2020 American National Election Studies, we find that most U.S. citizens do not support political violence, and those overall rates remained relatively unchanged. However, we found seismic demographic shifts in attitudes between the two samples. Using logistic regression, we find that strength of support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, liberal ideology, youth, and protest participation were positively correlated with the belief that political violence is justifiable. There was a decrease in support for political violence among older people who oppose the BLM movement, are college educated, ideologically conservative, and trust mainstream news. We argue that cultural views on the acceptability of political violence are pliable, and we offer a theoretical model that explains how salient movement events can shift public attitudes toward controversial protest methods.

meridian.allenpress.com

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Felix Wiebrecht @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social · Jan 31

📣 New Working Paper 'When Autocratization Is Reversed' 📣

We define 'democratic turnarounds', identify a total of 98 cases since 1900, and show that 40-48% (!) of all autocratization episodes are followed by democratization episodes!

Read at v-dem.net/media/public...

polisky dictatorsky

v-dem.net

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Sharon Quinsaat @sharonquinsaat.bsky.social · Jan 20

My book published by @UChicagoPress is AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER in Amazon!

#SocAF #AcademicTwitter #SocTwitter #AcademicChatter #Diaspora #SocialMovements #FilipinoScholar

www.amazon.com/Insurgent-Co...

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Sharan Grewal @sharangrewal.bsky.social · Jan 12

In Tunisia's revolution, Gen. Rachid Ammar refused Ben Ali's orders to fire on protesters. Right?

Turns out, this was just a rumor. But because it was widely believed, the rumor itself had real-world consequences that fueled the success of the uprising.

My latest: newlinesmag.com/essays/how-d...

How Disinformation Fueled the Tunisian Revolution

A rumor about the army’s refusal to repress protesters emboldened the resistance and sowed confusion within the regime

newlinesmag.com

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Jan 11

Check out @kailmarkvart.bsky.social ‘s 🧵and our (open access) article on democracy measurement and global democratic backsliding.

It’s published online today alongside several others in a larger symposium in @pspolisci.bsky.social

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · Nov 15

All, the newest issue of Contexts is live and living in color!!! It is free to download for 30 days, so get your rad, rigorous, readable, relevant sociology now, now now!!!!

journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctxa/22/4

Contexts - Volume 22, Number 4, Nov 01, 2023

Table of contents for Contexts, 22, 4, Nov 01, 2023

journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Isak Svensson @isaksvensson.bsky.social · Nov 10

Our new book Conflict Mediation in the Arab Conflict, is now out:
press.syr.edu/supressbooks...

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