> No, one group of people cannot represent a grassroots, self-organized group in two different states. Once so represented, it is no longer grassroots.
If the funding, support, and organization comes from the people directly effected - yes - that’s still grassroots.
Do you have a citation or source that this is not the case here?
Are you debating honestly? Because the article describes how these websites are linked to very few or a single entity. You can not be multiple local entities if you were created by a single central entity, that's a contradiction.
Sure there could be the case that there a multiple local groups who the band together and form a federation or other central organisation. But we are talking about a timescale of a few days, bringing many independent groups together within that time is completely unrealistic.
If the funding, support, and organization comes from the people directly effected - yes - that’s still grassroots.
Do you have a citation or source that this is not the case here?