BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:511@bfuu.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T210000 DTSTAMP:20260514T213038Z URL:https://bfuu.org/events/radicals-realists-and-repression-the-state-of- activism-in-the-u-s SUMMARY:Radicals\, Realists\, and Repression: The State of Activism in the U.S. DESCRIPTION:We will focus on the state of activism in the United States fro m its radicals to its realists\, how the state is responding with repressi on\, and understanding why movements and activists make the choices they d o. Our panel discussion will feature:\n\n Prof. Thomas Zeitzoff\, Profess or in the School of Public Affairs at American University and Author of No Option But Sabotage\n Prof. Omar Wasow\, Assistant Professor in UC Berke ley’s Department of Political Science\,\n Scott Parkin\, longtime envir onmental campaigner and organizer and Co-Host of the Green and Red Podcast \n Moderation by Jason Myles\, Host of THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast.\n\n The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists\n (1924 Cedar St\, Berk eley\, CA)\nThursday\, May 21 \n Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins at 7p m.\n$5-$20 sliding scale donation \n No one turned away for lack of funds .\n\nClick here to register\n\nHosted by Green and Red Podcast\, Mt.Diablo Rising Tide\, Oil and Gas Action Network\, and the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee\n\n \;\n\nBio// Thom as Zeitzoff- Thomas Zeitzoff is a professor in the School of Public Affair s at American University in Washington DC. His research focuses on politic al violence\, social media\, and political psychology. His most recent boo k is No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Climate Movement and the Climate Crisis (Oxford 2026). His work has appeared in many of the leading politic al science journals\, and he is also the author of Nasty Politics: The Log ic of Insults\, Threats\, and Incitement (Oxford\, 2023).\n\nBio// Omar Wa sow- Omar Wasow is an Assistant Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science. His research focuses on race\, politics and statistica l methods. His paper on the political consequences of the 1960s civil righ ts movement was published in the American Political Science Review. His co -authored work on estimating causal effects of race was published in the A nnual Review of Political Science. Previously\, Omar co-founded BlackPlane t.com\, an early leading social network\, and was a regular technology ana lyst on radio and television.\n\nBio//Scott Parkin- Scott has been a campa igner and organizer in social justice and environmental movements for over two decades. He is the Organizing Director at Rainforest Action Network a nd has led campaigns against Wall Street banks\, mountaintop removal coal mining and the Keystone XL pipeline.\n\nBio// Jason Myles- Jason is the ho st of THIS IS REVOLUTION>\;podcast with bylines in Current Affairs Magaz ine\,Damage Magazine and Black Agenda Report END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR