Solidarity arises in action as protests define distinct symbolic boundaries

Evidence

In examining emerging conflicts for recognition in the platform economy, we have built upon the specific perspective of social movement studies (della Porta and Diani 2020). In particular, we have addressed the question of how solidarity was created in action as different forms of protest connected with different definitions of symbolic boundaries—in our cases either a specific category of logistics workers or the broader “precarious generation.” — Donatella della Porta et al., Mobilizing Against the Odds, 121

Categorization

• QUESTION: Useful to note: does this align with or depart from the class-consciousness revival debate (Crouch/Pizzorno, Fantasia) the authors invoke? The cut-off sentence suggests more is coming on this.
• XREF: connects to: Solidarity among workers is constructed through shared struggle rather than pre-existing. — Donatella della Porta et al., Mobilizing Against the Odds: Solidarity…, 31; Solidarity means mutual recognition of belonging, forged through struggle. — Michelle I. Gawerc, Coalition-building and the forging of…, 80; Transnational protest movements traded strategies and replaced pity with solidarity (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Joint action toward material change builds solidarity that words alone cannot #corroborates (0.88) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 1085
• Solidarity means mutual recognition of belonging, forged through struggle. #corroborates (0.85) — Michelle I. Gawerc, Coalition-building and the forging of…, 80
• Boundary-based violence protests threats to social arrangements built on those boundaries #expands (0.82)
• Anti-racist organizing frames shared struggle intersectionally through collective action #exemplifies (0.80)
• Transnational protest movements traded strategies and replaced pity with solidarity #exemplifies (0.78)
• Shared identity in crowds produces solidarity and expected mutual support. #qualifies (0.76) — John Drury, The role of social identity processes…, 104
• Protesters across continents shared identical experiential language despite different causes #exemplifies (0.75) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 350
• Resistance-based solidarity leaves common meanings unexamined and imported from outside #complicates (0.74) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 930
• Group solidarity persists only as long as grievance-driven mobilization continues #complicates (0.73) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 833
• Social movements show symbolic but not causal coherence distinct from general contention #qualifies (0.72) — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1152
• Solidarity arises from how groups culturally cultivate their relation to powerlessness #qualifies (0.72) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 85