How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance

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By L.A. Kauffman ’87

Published Dec. 10, 2018

In How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance (University of California Press), longtime protest organizer and activist L. A. Kauffman analyzes major American demonstrations of the last 60 years to show how demonstrating tactics have changed over time, using techniques such as canvassing protestors’ signs to see how uniform (and therefore organized) they are.

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PAW's July/August 2025 issue cover, featuring a photo of people dressed in orange and black, marching in the P-rade, and the headline: Reunions, Back in Orange & Black.
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