This article analyzes the interaction between the digital
(online) and physical (offline) activism of Front Harsien ODZ, a
Maltese environmental movement organization. It looks into how
Front activists perceive these forms of activism and verifies how
important each form is to the organization. Consequently, the
research presented herein is operationalized through interviews
with Front activists and through participant observation from an
insider’s point of view. This article concludes that activists within
Front Harsien ODZ feel that they are part of a social network. The
organization’s recruitment, mobilization and activism techniques
are at once digital and physical. Most Front activists were already
part of preexisting social networks before joining the Front, and the
new Front network made good use of Malta’s political opportunity
structures, including the Zonqor controversy; Malta’s small size;
and the country’s vibrant media landscape.peer-reviewe
