White supremacist protests this weekend. Should counter-protesters show up?

Aug. 18, 2017

There are several white nationalist demonstrations planned this weekend. What should counter-protesters do? Stay home to lower the potential for conflict or show up to confront them?

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Credits

Guests:

Jeremy Pressman - Political Science at the University of Connecticut; co-director of the Crowd Counting Consortium - @djpressman
Catherine Liu - UC Irvine, OCDSA - @bureaucatliu

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole

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