ABSTRACT
To conceptualize how movements converge, this chapter discusses processes of cross-type diffusion, thereby integrating theories of diffusion and framing. It introduces a typological distinction between National Liberation and the New Left by taking a deeper look at the differences in their basic frames. The chapter describes and analyzes how those different flows of contention coalesced in the "third wave", thereby revealing how to speak with Bob Dylan's words the wind of National Liberation blew into the sails of the American New Left. It explains that frame bridging and extension were necessary alignment processes for New Left actors to link up with liberation movements and to select militant strategies from the peripheral context. The chapter demonstrates that cross-type diffusion is key for the dynamics that constitute waves of political violence. The period around 1968 saw an extraordinary cumulation of violent politics.
