In this episode Lottie and Nick talked about diversity of tactics, innovation of tactics and radical flank effects in social movements, and what animal (or any other!) activists can learn from these phenomena. We argue for unity in fighting for our common goal of ANIMAL LIBERATION. But we discuss how diverse tactics, both radical and moderate, can be positive for social movements.

 

 Resources we drew from:

 "Rebels With a Cause: Public Attitudes on Radical Protest Actions A Review of Empirical Evidence of Radical Flank Effects" by Chamberlain & Madsen (2025): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42087-025-00485-y#ref-CR18

 "Waves of Contention: Relations among Radical, Moderate, and Conservative Movement Organizations" by Robnett, Glasser and Trammell (2015): https://www.emerald.com/books/edited-volume/12925/chapter-abstract/83298261/Waves-of-Contention-Relations-among-Radical

 "Choosing Tactics: Evidence from Social Movement Theory" by Max Carpendale

 

 This episode covers similar themes to our May 31st 2026 episode, "Vegan stereotypes: In defence of the preachy vegan!" https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/vegan-stereotypes-defence-preachy-vegan

 

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