We 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. Our panel discussion 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,
- Scott Parkin, longtime environmental campaigner and organizer and Co-Host of the Green and Red Podcast
- Moderation by Jason Myles, Host of THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast.
The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
(1924 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA)
Thursday, May 21
Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins at 7pm.
$5-$20 sliding scale donation
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Hosted by Green and Red Podcast, Mt.Diablo Rising Tide, Oil and Gas Action Network, and the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee
Bio// 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).
Bio// 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.
Bio//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.
Bio// Jason Myles- Jason is the host of THIS IS REVOLUTION>podcast with bylines in Current Affairs Magazine,Damage Magazine and Black Agenda Report