“A new breed of Americans born out of the social movements of the 60s and grown into a majority in the 70s holds a set of values so markedly different from the traditional outlook that they promise to transform the character of work in America in the 80s.” DifferentCharacterAmericaValuesSocialBornWorkMovementPromiseMajorityTraditional80sOutlookSocial Movements Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in meekly behind them. We who protest...are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress.” FeelsFirstsMayFallSpeakForceSocialChallengesBehindsRolesMovementCitizensPoliticianForgottenCongressCompromiseProtestLegislatorsSocial Movements Author:Howard Zinn
“Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence.” IndividualSocialSilenceBreakMovementWitnessSocial MovementsDemoralizingBearing Witness Author:Ellen Willis
“Stock prices are likely to be among the prices that are relatively vulnerable to purely social movements because there is no accepted theory by which to understand the worth of stocks....investors have no model or at best a very incomplete model of behavior of prices, dividend, or earnings, of speculative assets.” SocialMovementTheoryBehaviorModelsInvestingAcceptedVulnerableAssetsInvestorsEarningIncompleteDividendsSocial MovementsStock Price Author:Robert J. Shiller
“I have no regrets about my political activity, only that I sometimes got carried away with it and didn't find the right balance between obligations to my family and my need to be involved in social movements.” NeedsSometimesPoliticalSocialMovementRegretBalanceInvolvedActivityMy FamilyObligationNo RegretsCarried AwaySocial MovementsHave No Regrets Author:Howard Zinn
“I think a way to behave is to think not in terms of representative government, not in terms of voting, not in terms of electoral politics, but thinking in terms of organizing social movements, organizing in the work place, organizing in the neighborhood, organizing collectives that can become strong enough to eventually take over - first to become strong enough to resist what has been done to them by authority, and second, later, to become strong enough to actually take over the institutions.” ThinkingWayFirstsHas BeensDoneEnoughGovernmentStrongSocialTermMovementAuthorityInstitutionsBehaveVotingCollectivesNeighborhoodRepresentativesStrong EnoughSocial MovementsWork PlaceRepresentative Government Author:Howard Zinn
“Sometimes the difference between two candidates is an important one in the immediate sense, and then I believe trying to get somebody into office, who is a little better, who is less dangerous, is understandable. But never forgetting that no matter who gets into office, the crucial question is not who is in office, but what kind of social movement do you have. Because if you have a powerful social movement, it doesn't matter who is in office.” IfsTryingBelieveKindLittlesTwoImportantSometimesMatterI BelieveSocialDifferencesForgetPowerfulDangerousMovementOfficeCandidatesNever ForgetCrucialSocial Movements Author:Howard Zinn