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Chris Dixon, originally from Alaska, is a longtime activist, writer, and educator with a PhD from the University of California at Santa Cruz. His writing has appeared in numerous book collections as well as periodicals such as Anarchist Studies<\/em>, Briarpatch<\/em>, Left Turn<\/em>, and Social Movement Studies<\/em>. Dixon is a member of Punch Up Collective, a columnist for Canadian Dimension<\/em>, and an advisory board member for the activist journal Upping the Anti<\/em>. His latest book is Another Politics: Talking Across Today’s Transformative Movements<\/em><\/a>, published by University of California Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary social movements in North America; U.S. and Canadian social movement histories; abolitionist, anarchist, autonomist, and Marxist theories; anti-racist feminist praxis; forms and practices of organizing; movement-based research methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemembering for the Future: Learning from the 1999 Seattle Shutdown.\u201d Upping the Anti<\/em> November 25, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot Our Friends: The Ottawa Police\u2019s Long History of Violence and Racism.\u201d (coauthored with Dan Sawyer, Alexis Shotwell, and Amanda Wilson) The Leveller<\/em> February\/March 2019: 4-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting It Together.\u201d (coauthored with Dan Sawyer, Alexis Shotwell, and Amanda Wilson) Briarpatch<\/em> March\/April 2018: 8-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSticking Around in Struggle: Lessons from and for the Long Haul.\u201d What Moves Us: The Lives & Times of the Radical Imagination<\/em>. Eds. Alex Khasnabish and Max Haiven. Black Point, NS: Fernwood Publishing, 2017. 33-43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOrganizing to Win the World.\u201d Briarpatch<\/em> March\/April 2015: 16-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another Politics: Talking Across Today’s Transformative Movements<\/em>. Oakland: University of California Press, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Tribute to My Father.\u201d Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power<\/em>. Ed. Shira Tarrant. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2013. 197-202.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuilding a Mass Movement? Learning from the Occupy Sudbury Experience.\u201d We Are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy From Occupation to Liberation<\/em>. Eds. Kate Khatib, Margaret Killjoy, and Mike McGuire. Oakland: AK Press, 2012. 284-285.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeveraging the Academy: Suggestions for Radical Grad Students and Radicals Considering Grad School.\u201d (coauthored with Alexis Shotwell) Collaborative Futures: Critical Reflections on Publicly Active Graduate Education<\/em>. Eds. Amanda Gilvin, Georgia M. Roberts, and Craig Martin. Syracuse: Graduate School Press of Syracuse University, 2012. 333-345.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuilding \u2018Another Politics\u2019: The Contemporary Anti-Authoritarian Current in the U.S. and Canada.\u201d Anarchist Studies<\/em> 20.1 (Spring 2012): 32-60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMovement-Relevant Theory: Rethinking Social Movement Scholarship and Activism.\u201d (coauthored with Douglas Bevington) Social Movement Studies<\/em> 4.3 (December 2005): 185-208.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10703,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Chris","cu_people_last_name":"Dixon","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[40],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-10702","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-adjunct-research-professors"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Adjunct Research Professor","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Cruz)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"chris.dixon@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"http:\/\/writingwithmovements.com","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/10702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/10702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19676,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/10702\/revisions\/19676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=10702"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=10702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}