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Who's Allowed to Protest?

Who's Allowed to Protest?

Robbins, Bruce

Paperback

Series: Activist Citizens Library

Literary CriticismGeneral Political Science

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 1685892574
ISBN13: 9781685892579
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
WHO'S ALLOWED TO PROTEST? is the essential guide for understanding why some political voices are amplified, others are silenced, and how the fight over who's too elite to dissent will determine our democratic fates.

Why do charges of privilege haunt every new protest wave? In this electrifying blend of short history and manifesto, Columbia University professor Bruce Robbins picks apart the insult that demonstrators are merely elite status-seekers--and shows why the same complaints surfaced against Vietnam-era marchers, Iraq War protesters, and, most recently, the Gaza encampments that shook campuses nationwide.

Robbins spars with contemporary critics, like David Brooks and Musa al-Gharbi, who insist that campus activists are secretly angling for elite credentials. Along the way, he recounts his own run-ins with university discipline boards and offers a reckoning with what it really costs--financially, socially, and personally--to stand against abuses of power.

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