Blog Post 9

In Chapter 14, the strategies of institutions to resist social movements are outlined. One of the strategies discussed is the strategy of evasion. Institutions uses evasion as their first line of defense. They attempt to do this through the media and invisibility within Institutions. The media is a very influential tool that can be used for or against a movement or can just not be focused on at all. The media is usually controlled by corporations and government, making it in their interest. This creates an unawareness in the public because they will only report on "newsworthy". The book uses the United Sweatshops and earth liberation as example because they are not spotlighted. The most coverage is awarded to politicians, corporations, and military members. Invisibility within Institutions is the act of basically ignoring protest organizations by not allowing them to be on ballots or being denied access for meetings or protests. Institution leaders also may deny meeting with social organizations to prevent the look of the movement being legitimate and prominent. https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/egypt-detained-morsi-supporters-denied-their-rights-2013-09-12 In Egypt, the disperal of a large pro-morsi sit in were denied their basic legal rights. The organization was concerned that among those arrested are men and women, who were just exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly by protesting in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.The lawyers said they could not attend investigations because interrogations were conducted during curfew hours, or they had not been informed of their client’s location or the date and time of the investigations. This is invisibility within institutions, they are trying to make it difficult or frightening to protest by not giving them all their rights which is stalling their movement.