Convergence repertoires: anti-capitalist protest at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

LE Esparza, R Price - Contemporary Justice Review, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
LE Esparza, R Price
Contemporary Justice Review, 2015Taylor & Francis
This article introduces the term 'convergence'in order to explain a distinctive repertoire of
protest events in which the following are present:(1) activists with an ideologically anti-
capitalist orientation;(2) engage in property destruction;(3) travel from outside of the site of
the protest event; and (4) solicit a determinable police response. Convergences have
emerged as a subset of the alter-globalization movement since the 'Battle in Seattle'in 1999.
Convergences have since emerged in resistance to meetings of global financial institutions …
This article introduces the term ‘convergence’ in order to explain a distinctive repertoire of protest events in which the following are present: (1) activists with an ideologically anti-capitalist orientation; (2) engage in property destruction; (3) travel from outside of the site of the protest event; and (4) solicit a determinable police response. Convergences have emerged as a subset of the alter-globalization movement since the ‘Battle in Seattle’ in 1999. Convergences have since emerged in resistance to meetings of global financial institutions, political primaries, and recently, the Olympic Games. We examine the logic that activists use to weave resistance to these disparate targets together. In this article, we arrive at this finding inductively, paying particular attention to convergence events at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Narratives around convergence repertoires allow activists to link seemingly disparate actors with similar and predictable performances.
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