@zerofox @briellebouquet initially the anti-scientology protests started as separate efforts in the usual Anonymous hangout forums (Something Awful and others) but within about a month a dedicated forum board for the effort was founded by certain nameless volunteers ("Enturbulation") which served as a focal point for the various disparate clusters to coordinate efforts and share resources across the globe.

Maybe this sort of a coordination is what's missing?

Tho another crucial factor was the "No Leaders" ideal Anonymous had at the time which will not be present with these group of protestors because it's not part of their cultural language. I'm not sure of that's good or bad in this case. Probably bad because the authorities will seek to vilify the protestors and finding and vilifying the leaders is the most obvious tactic - I'd talk more about that but I don't want to digress from the topic.