I'm thrilled to see so much interest in the tactics, targets, and effects of #climate #activism since yesterday's Tomato Toss. Anyone wondering if it was a success, just look at the media coverage as evidence. A 🧵to answer ?s @Revkin @MichaelEMann @amywestervelt @borenbears
https://twitter.com/shannonosaka/status/1580966992944992259
As I described to Shannon, the action at the National Gallery was just part of a broader wave of contention that is being motivated by the #ClimateCrisis. As the world heats up, many more will mobilize. I wrote about this process in @ClimateActionSN: link.springer.com/article/10.100… 
It's great to see one of my articles getting attention (thanks @revkin and @MichaelEMann). To think about the broader range of tactics & how they work as part of a whole movement to affect social change, check out my recent book #AmericanResistance americanresistancebook.com
My point (and that of many who study #socialmovements) is that the process of combining more & less confrontational tactics is NOT unique to the #climate #movement and it has been studied for decades. I've written in academic and popular outlets about how this works.
Anyone who has read my work (beyond 1 article), knows that I see the radical flank as playing an important role in effective movements. My next book will document how it's working in the #climate #movement with interview and survey data from these "disruptors" (stay tuned)
If you're interested in the radical flank in movements, check out this overview (thanks @ScientistsX for tagging) from @JamesOzden! The flank pulls discourse and tactics and normalizes types of contention but more research is needed (as usual #sigh).
https://twitter.com/JamesOzden/status/1581019080395395072
And, since I'm a #socialscientist who has been studying #climate for decades, I will end by stressing that more funding is needed to understand tactics, movements, and how to solve the #climatecrisis) See @IndraOverland and Sovacool on this (/END): sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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