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While awareness of global protests is faciliated by the growth of the
intenet, social networking and things like livestream, the actual level
of global protest has to be scientifically measured. Has anyone done
this? I'm not sure if it would be possible as many events aren't
covered by the english media (ex. knowing what is going on in China,
especially historically, would take a large team of researchers).

I'd guess that global protest levels have been relatively constant (per
capita) throughout the past forty years. It is only when you apply a
personal bias (like a focus on a specific country, or if you have a
newly found interest in tracking other countries, or are new to
activism) that you come up with this idea that protests are increasing.

How can you compare the Arab Spring to the Tianneman Square movement
(which almost lead to democracy / or major reform in the most populous
country in the world), or the mass social movements that overthrew the
dictatorships of Eastern Europe?

When I first got on email in 1994, I subscribed to the Weekly News
Update on the Americas (by the Nicaraguan Solidarity Network in NYC) and
was amazed about how much was going on in Latin America.

General strikes aren't that rare (there are lots of one day general
strikes). Unlimited general strikes are rare...

Aaron

On 10/19/2013 11:08 AM, Zoe Alif wrote:
> Also, being part of Occupy Tampa...I would have to agree with Tristian
> Lear (hi ;) ). A lot of the various protests we are seeing across the
> country (and even the world like examples of Turkey and Brazil) have
> some affiliation with people who participated in Arab Spring, Puerta
> del Sol, or Occupy. It seems that we are starting to find other people
> around the world to work with. For example, in Rome, Italy right now
> there are an estimated 60,000 people marching in a general strike.
> Last night they set up tents (just like in Puerta del Sol) in Rome. We
> can instantly connect with people on the ground in Rome through
> twitter, facebook, and livestream.
>
> If you think of all the allied movements and protests going on across
> the world, global protests have expanded rapidly. Just look at
> www.facebook.com/revnews <http://www.facebook.com/revnews> ---
> literally, every day there are clashes with police in the streets
> around the world. I think too often we focus on a narrow "US-based
> Occupy movement" when we should really open our eyes and look at what
> is happening across the world --- people are building collective
> co-operatives, huge boom in citizen media, direct democracy/consensus
> is being used much more, many social centers/squats are being built,
> several major general strikes this past year...etc, etc, etc.
>
>
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>        1. Re: Getting Participants for OWS Survey (Tristan Lear)
>        2. Re: Getting Participants for OWS Survey (Tristan Lear)
>        3. Re: Getting Participants for OWS Survey (Aaron Kreider)
>        4. Getting Participants Response (Kathryn Ranney)

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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 08:59:07 -0400
>     From: Tristan Lear <trissypissy@???
>     <mailto:trissypissy@gmail.com>>
>     To: List of the shared space for distributed research occupyresearch
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>     I participate/d in Occupy Toledo and Occupy Tampa. It seems to me that
>     since the movement didn't really have "membership cards," that I
>     found it
>     best to refer to myself, when asked once by the local media, as a
>     "participant." This lack of essential membership status I think
>     did us a
>     lot of good in the long run, because when you get language out of
>     the way,
>     it looks to me like what we once considered Occupy Tampa "working
>     groups"
>     have transformed into several loose knit mutually affiliated
>     autonomous
>     groups with a lot of overlapping participation. For example, I would
>     include all these as catalyzed by OT:

>
>     Tampa IWW
>     Tampa Food Not Bombs
>     Tampa Chelsea Manning Support Group
>     Tampa March Against Monsanto
>     Tampa Solidarity Network
>     Tampa Light Brigade

>
>
>
>
>     On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Kathryn Ranney
>     <kranney@??? <mailto:kranney@hawaii.edu>> wrote:

>
>     > Hello all,
>     >
>     > I would like to make available to current and former
>     participants/members
>     > of the Occupy Wall Street movement an online survey for a
>     research project.
>     >  As mainstream attention and activist attendance at OWS
>     campsites have
>     > dwindled, I was wondering how to reach out to those people who
>     were/are
>     > connected to the movement.  I'm trying to get as large a sample as
>     > possible, and the local manifestation of the movement here is only a
>     > handful of people.

>     >
>     > Would any of you on the list have any suggestions how to contact
>     people
>     > who might identify (have identified) as Occupiers and would be
>     willing to
>     > spend a little time answering a survey?

>     >
>     >  Thank you for your time.

>     >
>     > --
>     > *Aloha*,
>     > Katie Ranney
>     > *-----------*
>     > *Graduate Assistant*
>     > Public Policy Center / Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict
>     > Resolution
>     > *University of Hawaii at Manoa*

>     >
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>     Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:05:53 -0400
>     From: Tristan Lear <trissypissy@???
>     <mailto:trissypissy@gmail.com>>
>     To: List of the shared space for distributed research occupyresearch
>             <occupyresearch@???
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>     Forgot to mention we did a lot of support for the local union
>     organizing at
>     Walmart.

>
>     Feel free to email/call: 567-343-2769 <tel:567-343-2769> /
>     trissypissy@??? <mailto:trissypissy@gmail.com>
>     I also think you should talk to Susie Shannon: pauandhow@???
>     <mailto:pauandhow@gmail.com>

>
>
>
>     On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Tristan Lear
>     <trissypissy@??? <mailto:trissypissy@gmail.com>> wrote:

>
>     > I participate/d in Occupy Toledo and Occupy Tampa. It seems to
>     me that
>     > since the movement didn't really have "membership cards," that I
>     found it
>     > best to refer to myself, when asked once by the local media, as a
>     > "participant." This lack of essential membership status I think
>     did us a
>     > lot of good in the long run, because when you get language out
>     of the way,
>     > it looks to me like what we once considered Occupy Tampa
>     "working groups"
>     > have transformed into several loose knit mutually affiliated
>     autonomous
>     > groups with a lot of overlapping participation. For example, I would
>     > include all these as catalyzed by OT:
>     >
>     > Tampa IWW
>     > Tampa Food Not Bombs
>     > Tampa Chelsea Manning Support Group
>     > Tampa March Against Monsanto
>     > Tampa Solidarity Network
>     > Tampa Light Brigade

>     >

>     >

>     >

>     >
>     > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Kathryn Ranney
>     <kranney@??? <mailto:kranney@hawaii.edu>>wrote:

>     >
>     >> Hello all,

>     >>
>     >> I would like to make available to current and former
>     participants/members
>     >> of the Occupy Wall Street movement an online survey for a
>     research project.
>     >>  As mainstream attention and activist attendance at OWS
>     campsites have
>     >> dwindled, I was wondering how to reach out to those people who
>     were/are
>     >> connected to the movement.  I'm trying to get as large a sample as
>     >> possible, and the local manifestation of the movement here is
>     only a
>     >> handful of people.

>     >>
>     >> Would any of you on the list have any suggestions how to
>     contact people
>     >> who might identify (have identified) as Occupiers and would be
>     willing to
>     >> spend a little time answering a survey?

>     >>
>     >>  Thank you for your time.

>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> *Aloha*,
>     >> Katie Ranney
>     >> *-----------*
>     >> *Graduate Assistant*
>     >> Public Policy Center / Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict
>     >> Resolution
>     >> *University of Hawaii at Manoa*

>     >>
>     >> _______________________________________________
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>     Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:18:02 -0400
>     From: Aaron Kreider <aaron@???
>     <mailto:aaron@campusactivism.org>>
>     To: List of the shared space for distributed research occupyresearch
>             <occupyresearch@???
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>     http://wearepcaps.org/ - coalition - first time the public schools
>     movement in Philly has reached out beyond the teachers union to
>     form an
>     official coalition with other groups.

>
>     http://www.tagphilly.org/ - Teacher Action Group - more activist than
>     the union leadership

>
>     http://thenotebook.org/ - independent media that focuses on schools

>
>     It's a pretty big movement. Teachers are close to striking even though
>     striking has been made illegal (they risk losing their
>     certification to
>     teach if they strike). They're now working without a contract. A child
>     died recently from an asthma attack, probably due to a lack of a
>     school
>     nurse.  There were weekly demonstrations for a while.  The state took
>     over the school board around 2001/2002 - replacing elected reps with
>     appointees and started the privatization process.  The unelected
>     school
>     board is trying to rollback wages and increase hours (mostly
>     because the
>     state is forcing them to cut spending).

>
>     Aaron

>
>
>     On 10/18/2013 5:23 AM, marilyn mackay wrote:
>     > Is there a website for the Philadelphia campaign on school
>     closures, cuts,
>     > privatization, lack of democracy?   Etc.?
>     >
>     > Agree about your point re. Occupy, which although short-lived,
>     did raise
>     > media profile of opposition narrative.

>     >
>     > Marilyn

>     >

>     >

>     >

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>     Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:50:43 -1000
>     From: Kathryn Ranney <kranney@??? <mailto:kranney@hawaii.edu>>
>     To: occupyresearch@??? <mailto:occupyresearch@autistici.org>
>     Subject: [Occupyresearch] Getting Participants Response
>     Message-ID:

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>     Hello everyone,

>
>     Thank you so much for all of your responses.  My finalized survey
>     will not
>     be approved until a couple of weeks from now at least (administrative
>     requirements of my institution).  But, when it does, I will try all of
>     these avenues.  You are a great help.

>
>     Aloha and mahalo,
>     Katie
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