she emphasized that movements must progressively advance through new stages of activity, always avoiding stagnation. Gene Sharp, influenced by this analysis, stressed that to sustain a long struggle, activists cannot deploy just one tactic. Rather, they need to create a sequence of actions that builds over time.
Occupy wall street fizzled out because it stopped escalating. How can the resistance continue to escalate? Phone calls and emails will only work for so long, there must be action we demand and we must progress further and further to get it.
