Unity or Diversity: An Assessment of the Movement of Movements in the United States

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the "Movement of movements" has the capacity to unite into a larger movement for social change. The study utilized and examined 55 Internet surveys and follow-up telephone interviews with a semistructured format. Six years after the "Battle of Seattle," multiple protests, conferences, listservs, and four World Social Forums, this movement is presently fragmented into many narrowly focused movements finding themselves precariously poised against a " common enemy." However, there are many indications that factions of this Movement of movements have the potential capacity to transform into a higher level of unity than what is currently experienced based on shared grievances and values.