Author: David Croteau

David Croteau is a sociologist who teaches and writes about the media, social movements, and class inequality. His books include Politics and the Class Divide (Temple University Press, 1994) and Media/Society (with William Hoynes, Sage Publications, 2014). He is one of the editors of Rhyming Hope and History: Activists, Academics, and Movement Scholarship (University of Minnesota Press, 2005). His current work experiments with innovative uses of digital technology in teaching and learning.
My Favorite Issue: The Essence of Nonviolence: NVA’s Inaugural Editorial, 1984

My Favorite Issue: The Essence of Nonviolence: NVA’s Inaugural Editorial, 1984

In 1984, WRL hired me to be the founding editor of The Nonviolent Activist. In retrospect, the inaugural issue that appeared in December was a reflection of the state of WRL at the time — and its publication was an important moment in my own life. “Founding editor” sounds much more significant than it actually…

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