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<p><span style="">A '''moment of the whirlwind '''is a </span><span | <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.'' </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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'''The Three Mile Island power plant in 1979''' | '''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> | |||
*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''' | '''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> | |||
*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''' | '''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> | |||
*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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Latest revision as of 18:56, 25 November 2022
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
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The Three Mile Island power plant in 1979 |
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Rosa parks arrest |
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Wet'suwet'en Raids |
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- ↑ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/
- ↑ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/
- ↑ https://wagingnonviolence.org/2014/11/berlin-wall-today-lessons-harnessing-moment-whirlwind/
- ↑ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/02/15/wetsuweten-solidarity-gains-steam-whats-led-to-this-watershed-moment-in-indigenous-resistance.html