Jun 1, 1982-1986
Germany
Anti-WAHnsinns
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ACTIVISTS/ACT.GROUPS/DESCRIPTION OF THE GROUP
Lanzenanger Youth Centre
TARGET
Wackersdorf City Government
WIDELY HELD BELIEF
That nuclear waste recycling facilities built near cities can produce harmful consequences.
CASE NARRATIVE
Issue and Opponent: Shortly after the Chernobyl meltdown, a concert was organized in Wackersdorf to protest the planned construction of a nuclear waste recycling facility near the city.
Dilemma Action: 120,000 people gathered at the second-largest German music festival in the country’s history. This was done in succession to the four other annual Anti-WAHnsinns concerts held previously. The concert went on despite repeated attempts by authorities to cancel it. It remained peaceful.
Outcomes: The protest/festival successfully stopped the construction of a nuclear waste recycling plant in the nearby area.
PRIMARY STRUGGLE/GOAL
NONVIOLENT TACTICS USED
DA TACTICS USED
Performances of plays and music
CASE NARRATIVE WRITER
SUCCESS METRICS
11 / 12
(CONC) Concessions were made
(EREP) Dilemma action got replicated by other movements
(MC) Media Coverage
(MSYMP) Media coverage was sympathetic to the activists
(OR) Opponent response
(PS) Dilemma action built sympathy with the public
(PUN) Punishment favored the activists
(REFR) Dilemma action reframed the narrative of the opponent
(RF) Dilemma action reduced fear and/or apathy among the activists
(SA) Dilemma action appealed to a broad segment of the public
Artivism
PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGN
0 / 3
RESOURCES
Project documentation
Dilemma Actions Coding Guidebook
Case study documentation
Dilemma_Actions_Analysis_Dataset
SOURCES
Hentschel, Joachim. 2006. “Campino against the meltdown,” Spiegel Culture, July 27. Retrieved July 20, 2023. (https://www-spiegel-de.translate.goog/kultur/musik/20-jahre-anti-waahnsinn-campino-gegen-die-kernschmelze-a-428824.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=nui%20(Rough%20German%20Translation)).
Anti-WAAhnsinns-Festival. 1986. Music Brainz. Retreived July 20, 2023. (https://musicbrainz.org/event/489fd78f-dc0d-4952-96dc-9eb0469ed4a6).
https://www.wochenblatt.de/archiv/ein-rueckblick-auf-das-anti-waahnsinns-festival-in-burglengenfeld098608191. Accessed Apri 15, 2022.
Wackerland, Freies. “Anti-WAAhnsinns-Festival Burglengenfeld,” Facebook. Retrieved July 20, 2023. (https://m.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515032335194769&type=3).
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