1. Riding the Wave: Protest Cascades, and What We Can Learn from Them Donatella della Porta 2. The Spirit of Gezi: A Relational Approach to Eventful Protest and Its Challenges Donatella della Porta and Kivanc Atak 3. Brazil’s Popular Awakening — June 2013: Accounting for the Onset of a New Cycle of Contention Mariana S. Mendes 4. Making sense of 'La Salida': Challenging Left-Wing Control in Venezuela Juan Masullo 5. The Marikana Massacre and Labour Protest in South Africa Frank O’Connor 6. Left in Translation: The Curious Absence of an Austerity Narrative in the 2013 Bulgarian Protests Julia Rone 7. 'Sow Hunger, Reap Anger': From Neoliberal Privatization to New Collective Identities in Bosnia Herzegovina Chiara Milan 8. A Spirit of Maidan? Contentious Escalation in Ukraine Daniel P. Ritter 9. Riding the Wave: Some Conclusions Donatella della Porta