Final Exam Flashcards

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Disruption

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Aim to directly affect the members of the public as a means to interfere w business

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Protests and Persuasion

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Assemblies, processions, banners, formal statements

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Noncooperation

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Economic boycotts, walkouts, strikes

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Nonviolent intervention

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Sit ins, land seizures, civil disobedience

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Cons of Disruption

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Inconvenience, creates disorder, negative responses

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Disruption and Sympathy

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Empathy dampens negativity

Sacrifice turns crackdowns into assets

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Dilemma Action

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Any action that escalates a situation

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Response to Escalation

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Authorities know how to respond on the other side. They’ll be prepared for a movement’s actions at any given moment

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The Whirlwind

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Dramatic public events that set off activity

Rush of decentralized action

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Characteristics of the Whirlwind

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Packed participation
Self-motivated to take action
Less able to rationalize a lack of support (Power broker)

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Misconceptions of Whirlwinds

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Aren’t that rare.
Art to riding a wave.
Agency to whirlwinds

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Moyer’s Stages of Escalation

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Demonstration: A problem exists.
Trigger: Shocking incident that reveals a problem
Feint: Fakes being defeated. Should use this time to

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Movement Feedback Loop

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Disruptive Actions and PJJ to make headlines

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Whirlwind, PPT, RMT

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They debunk PPT and RMT. There are always opportunities, but good movements crack them open.

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Institutionalization

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Whirlwind movements should learn to institutionalize when their activity is low.

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Failure to Escalate

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Fear

Consequences > Benefits

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Division

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Splitting up to achieve separate goals of the same cause

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Polarization in Division

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Not easy to master, and can be whimsical.

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Act Up and GMHC

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Larry Kramer wanted to be more confrontational with the AIDS crisis

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Pros of Division

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Builds the base of the movement by drawing in newcomers
Engages the uninformed
Agitates the extremes (ACT UP)

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Cons of Division

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Typically the unpopular move
Inconveniencing. Can alienate the people it tries to win over.
Can inspire countermovements and spark backlash.

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Monkeywrenching

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Throwing gears into every day behavior to disrupt business directly

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Diversity of Tactics

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Nonviolence is politically expedient. It’s often when movements realize they can’t win.

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Debates around Monkeywrenching

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Expensive, dangerous, at times life threatening (tree spiking)

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Cons of Violent Tactics
Directly interfere with the nonviolent process. If a NV swaps to V, they're fighting on the opponent's terms. Justifies repression to the larger public. Agent provocateurs are able to infiltrate the movement and provoke violence internally.
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Violence and Nonviolence Don't Mix
Can endanger activists who are enraged in NV actions. (Escaping a blockade) Group stays small and vulnerable Discourages defectors when taking on cops.
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Positive Radical Flank
Presence of a radical wing makes demands and strategies seem more reasonable. Radicals then create a crisis that is resolved by moderates.
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Negative Radical Flank
Radicals discredit an entire movement's activities, making it difficult to extract concessions. "I'm not negotiating with terrorists"
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Shunning Bad Protesters
Social movements require a diversity of tactics to counter these practices.
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Prefiguration
Creating the world you want to live in, even if the conditions aren't met yet.
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Pros of Prefiguration
Creates community Placeholder in lulls Recruitments in mass movements Undo oppressive systems.
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Cons of Prefiguration
Cultural differences w/ jargon and what not Suspicious and hostile to mainstream orgs Often marginal
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Climate change
change in climate directly or indirectly attributed to human activity
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Climate justice
All species have the right to access and obtain resources needed to have an equal chance of survival
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Corporate Greenwashing
Making an unsubstantiated or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product
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Regenerative Economy
Economy based on ecological restoration, resilience and equity
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Extractive Economy
Extracting from a finite system faster than it can regenerate