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A field guide to collective action✦2026 EDITION
A protest starts somewhere.
What makes it spread?
Go past the headline. Trace the first grievance, the groups that joined, the turning point, the state response, and the outcome—across borders and years.
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—Documented cases
—World regions
—Years covered
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01 / THE ATLAS
Every movement has a sequence.
Select a signal on the map or a case below. The map is schematic; the story is the focus.
WORLD / REGIONAL SIGNALSGeographic basemap
CASE DIRECTORY
—Find a movement
02 / SIDE-BY-SIDE
Different triggers. Shared patterns?
Add two cases from the directory to compare their paths from grievance to response.
03 / THE METHOD
Follow the chain, not the noise.
We separate documented events from our own analytical interpretation, so the sequence stays auditable.
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Trigger
What specific decision, incident or condition started the initial action?
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Expansion
Who joined later, and how did the demands change?
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Turning point
Which event changed the movement's scale, tactics or public attention?
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Response & outcome
How did institutions respond, and what demonstrably changed?
A curated research atlas, not live surveillance
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Cases are selected for instructive causal sequences, not to represent every protest. Escalation labels describe documented confrontations or policy responses, not the legitimacy of any group. Unknown and disputed facts stay explicitly marked.