what stalls collective action in Zimbabwe

http://www.theindependent.co.zw/opinion/29593-the-hurdles-to-collective-action-in-zim.html

"This follows from the observation that agents naturally desire to have other agents fight their battles for them but still share the spoils equally. Freedom is a public good that can be enjoyed by everybody regardless of their participation in the revolution so why participate? This is perhaps the greatest plague that has resulted in the regression of the Zimbabwean revolution."

This is an interesting article that shows the dilemma in starting a collective action. On the one hand, everybody would benefit if they worked together toward a goal. But on the other hand, each person might individually suffer or lose out on some benefit if they did join in the collective action.  So how do you get people to join the collective action?

This is something about Project Chanology that still baffles me. The trigger that started many Anonymous to go after the Church of Scientology was apparently Scientology's heavy-handed attempts to remove a Tom Cruise interview from the Internet.  This seems like a very strange reason to start a movement.  But it represented Scientology's continuing attempts to stifle free speech online to many people.  And perhaps the most sacred thing to the Internet community is free speech.  So off they went.

But then, Scientology is not able to arrest or torture its antagonists. There was less to fear from joining Project Chanology than coming against a country's dictator.  But there is also more at stake in Zimbabwe.  Here's hoping that the citizens will join together:

" Any success of the fight for freedom in Zimbabwe will depend on how the oppressed conduct and organise themselves between now and the day of the election this year. If not for ourselves then for posterity’s sake!"