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<p><span style="">A '''moment of the whirlwind '''is a </span><span style="">rupture with the normal workings of society resulting in a wave of new activist waters for a cause or movement.&nbsp;</span><span style="">At such times, it is useful for a movement to have established a retention </span><span style="">plan in order to absorb active supporters. </span><span style="">Moments of the whirlwind constitute social crises that can be consciously perpetrated by social movements.&nbsp;</span><span style="">-Mark and Paul Engler <ref> https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/</ref> </span></p>
<p><span style="">A '''moment of the whirlwind '''is ''a ''</span>''<span>rupture with the normal workings of society resulting in a wave of new activist waters for a cause or movement. </span><span>At such times, it is useful for a movement to have established a retention </span><span>plan in order to absorb active supporters. </span>''<span style="">''Moments of the whirlwind constitute social crises that can be consciously perpetrated by social movements.''&nbsp;</span><span style="">-Mark and Paul Engler <ref> https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/</ref> </span></p>


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== Examples of moment of the whirlwind ==


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'''The Three Mile Island power plant in 1979'''
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*Just days after the plant had an accident, a previously planned anti-nuclear rally in San Francisco that ordinarily might have attracted hundreds of participants instead drew a crowd of 25,000.  <ref>https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/</ref>
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'''Rosa parks arrest'''
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*The 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus prompted a community-wide boycott in Montgomery, Alabama,  <ref>https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/</ref>
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'''Wet'suwet'en Raids'''
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*The violent raids by military and RCMP on Wet'suwet'en land defenders that occured in 2020 can be considered a trigger event, as numerous civil disobedience actions sprung up in solidarity after the incident.  <ref>https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/02/15/wetsuweten-solidarity-gains-steam-whats-led-to-this-watershed-moment-in-indigenous-resistance.html</ref>
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A moment of the whirlwind is a rupture with the normal workings of society resulting in a wave of new activist waters for a cause or movement. At such times, it is useful for a movement to have established a retention plan in order to absorb active supporters. Moments of the whirlwind constitute social crises that can be consciously perpetrated by social movements. -Mark and Paul Engler [1]


Examples of moment of the whirlwind

The Three Mile Island power plant in 1979

  • Just days after the plant had an accident, a previously planned anti-nuclear rally in San Francisco that ordinarily might have attracted hundreds of participants instead drew a crowd of 25,000. [2]

Rosa parks arrest

  • The 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to move to the back of a segregated bus prompted a community-wide boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, [3]

Wet'suwet'en Raids

  • The violent raids by military and RCMP on Wet'suwet'en land defenders that occured in 2020 can be considered a trigger event, as numerous civil disobedience actions sprung up in solidarity after the incident. [4]


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  1. ↑ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/
  2. ↑ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/
  3. ↑ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/
  4. ↑ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/02/15/wetsuweten-solidarity-gains-steam-whats-led-to-this-watershed-moment-in-indigenous-resistance.html
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