On Fireside Chats, Mike talks with Aaron about the campus protest origins of the Occupy movement. They discuss the recently released report on the pepper-spraying of UC Davis students and what it says about how universities are changing. They then examine how James Q. Wilson’s famous essay “Broken Windows” has transformed the way policing is done. They segue into analyzing capitalism and class in The Wire. Finally, Aaron discusses Teddy Roosevelt as a possible role-model for President Obama, and the weird way Roosevelt appeals to both red state and blue state mythology.
Play entire videoAaron on Wikileaks
Aaron in 2009 on a UC Occupy protest
“The Occupy Handbook”
ReclaimUC on the Davis Report
Crooked Timber on UC Davis Chancellor’s links to Greek protests
George Kelling and James Q. Wilson’s famous piece, “Broken Windows”
Kevin Carey on community colleges
Zizek lecture on “The Wire”
Aaron’s piece, “The Jimmy McNulty Gambit”
Aaron’s analysis of “The Wire”
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