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Just How Powerful Are Protests?

Just How Powerful Are Protests?

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 Over the weekend, millions of Americans took to the streets at over 2,600 ‘No Kings’ protest events. Organizers describe the movements as a push to protect democracy, protesting several actions by the Trump administration, while critics called the events a stunt and anti-American.Just how effective are protests? From the Tea Party to today, how have protest movements changed in American society? And where do we go from here? To help answer these questions, this week, Archon Fung and Stephen Richer are joined by Lara Putnam, UCIS Research Professor of History and director of the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.About this Week’s GuestLara Putnam is UCIS Research Professor of History and director of the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. She researches social movements and political participation in local, national, and transnational dimensions. Her 2016 AHR article, “The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast,” helped advance discussion of the implications of technological change for historians’ research practice.In recent years, Putnam has used ethnographic and oral historical methods to explore shifts in grassroots politics in rust belt Pennsylvania and beyond. Her sole-authored and collaborative publications in this vein have appeared in public-facing and scholarly venues including the 2020 volume Upending American Politics: Polarizing Parties, Ideological Elites, and Citizen Activists from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance, ed. Theda Skocpol and Caroline Tervo (Oxford University Press) as well as the New York Review of Books, Washington Post, New Republic, Vox, and Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. She leads the Civic Resilience Initiative at Pitt’s Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security.Related LinksSecond “No Kings Day” protests the largest single-day political protest ever*, with 5-6.5 million participants, Strength in Numbers Protest Demographic Estimates, Dana Fischer on BlueSky About Terms of Engagement From rank-choice voting to reconciliation, American democracy is headline news. Let’s talk about it. Join Harvard Ash Center's Archon Fung and Stephen Richer for a weekly conversation about the latest developments in American politics. Blending perspectives from both the political right and left, Terms of Engagement addresses breaking news, providing insights from research and practice to deliver a unique perspective you won’t hear anywhere else. Contact UsSend questions, ideas, and feedback to us at info@ash.harvard.edu. About the HostsArchon Fung is the Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Director of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. His research explores policies, practices, and institutional designs that deepen the quality of democratic governance with a focus on public participation, deliberation, and transparency. He has authored five books, four edited collections, and over fifty articles appearing in professional journals. He received two S.B.s — in philosophy and physics — and his Ph.D. in political science from MIT.Stephen Richer is the former elected Maricopa County Recorder, responsible for voter registration, early voting administration, and public recordings in Maricopa County, Arizona, the fourth largest county in the United States. Prior to being an elected official, Stephen worked at several public policy think tanks and as a business transactions attorney.  Stephen received his J.D. and M.A. from The University of Chicago and his B.A. from Tulane University.Stephen has been broadly recognized for his work in elections and American Democracy.  In 2021, the Arizona Republic named Stephen “Arizonan of the Year.”  In 2022, the Maricopa Bar Association awarded Stephen “Public Law Attorney of the Year.”  In 2023, Stephen won “Leader of the Year” from the Arizona Capitol Times.  And in 2024, Time Magazine named Stephen a “Defender of Democracy.” About the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and InnovationThe Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, a research center at Harvard Kennedy School, is Harvard’s hub for the study, discussion, and analysis of democracy. The Ash Center’s mission is to develop ideas and foster practices for equal and inclusive, multi-racial and multi-ethnic democracy and self-government. Music Credit: Straight to the Point, Music Media Group
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