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“The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.”

“Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement.”

Social Movement Source Development Software Methodology Social Movements Open Source

Book:Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

Source: Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

“Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.”

Self Political Social Community Movement Sufficient Social Change Social Movements Self Reliant Political Change

Author:Jerry Brown

“Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.”

May Stories Social Interest Groups Movement Storytelling Social Movements Interest Groups

Author:Marshall Ganz

“Feminism, unlike almost every other social movement, is not a struggle against a distinct oppressor - it's not the ruling class or the occupiers or the colonizers - it's against a deeply held set of beliefs and assumptions that we women, far too often, hold ourselves.”

Inspiration Motivation Belief Social Class Struggle Feminism Movement Assumption Ruling Oppressors Social Movements

Author:Kavita Ramdas

“Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.”

Social Movement Perception Majors Experience Landscape Permanent Fades Social Movements

Author:Freda Adler

“Very important thing to keep in mind, that when justice comes and when injustices are remedied, they’re not remedied by the initiative of the national government or the politicians. They only respond to the power of social movements.”

Mind Important Government Social Justice Movement Politician Important Things Injustice Initiative Social Movements

Book:Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963-2009

Source: Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963-2009

“The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.”

Social Movement Great Things Social Movements

Author:Jim Wallis

“All the major social movements of the 20th century had great soundtracks - We need that. The left needs better propaganda, because we don’t have the Koch brothers. It takes a different kind of capital to fight that stuff.”

Needs Kind Different Fighting Left Social Stuff Century Movement Brother Majors Propaganda Different Kinds 20th Century Soundtracks Social Movements

Author:DJ Spooky

“Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.”

Source: The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

“Radical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.”

Political Social Movement Slavery Inspired Radical Reform American History Minimum Minimum Wage Social Reform Social Movements Great Political Reform Movements Ending Slavery

Author:Carl Bernstein

“It's a bit odd that nobody seems to be using the correct technical term to describe organized Islamic terrorists. They are not a faction of a religion or a social movement. They are a cult. A suicide cult.”

Seems Social Bits Term Movement Suicide Terrorist Odd Organized Islamic Cult Factions Social Movements

Author:Craig Reucassel

“I think there's a mystery about what a social movement is.”

Thinking Social Mystery Movement Social Movements

Author:Bernardine Dohrn

“We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.”

May Social Century Movement Awful Revolutionary Vulnerability Repeats 20th Century Social Movements Demagoguery

Author:Todd Gitlin