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Gillham, Patrick. and Edwards, Bob. "Global Justice Protest Organizers Respond to the Transformation of Political Opportunity: Washington, D.C., September 2001" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, Aug 16, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106687_index.html>

Gillham, P. and Edwards, B. , 2003-08-16 "Global Justice Protest Organizers Respond to the Transformation of Political Opportunity: Washington, D.C., September 2001" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106687_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Social movement analysts have long argued that movement leaders make strategic and tactical decisions based on their perception of political opportunity and interpretation of cues from other social movement groups and the broader political context. This research capitalizes on the unique opportunity to examine the impact on protest organizers of the rapid transformation of political opportunity caused by the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The Mobilization for Global Justice was scheduled for the last week of September 2001 and was being organized by a diverse range of social movement organizations and in the final stages of planning when the terrorist attacks occurred. The volatile atmosphere during the three weeks following September 11 reshaped the prevailing context of political opportunity. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with key MGJ organizers conducted in Washington, D.C. during the two weeks immediately following the attacks, by observing strategy and decision-making meetings, monitoring websites and e-mail list-serves as well as numerous protest events. In the end many of the originally planned events were cancelled, yet others were re-oriented and some new ones planned from scratch. Similarly, a number of organizations playing a central role prior to September 11 rapidly distanced themselves while others remained throughout and previously uninvolved groups stepped forward to play key roles in planning the events that did happen during the last week of September 2001. The analysis to be presented will focus on explaining the changed composition of the protest coalition and the changed roster of events in the aftermath of September 11.

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