On AlterNet: social movement

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How We Can Inspire People to Care About Social Change and Feel Good About Themselves in the Process

Michael Bader, AlterNet. August 1, 2011.

People only become active in social change movements because these movements speak to deep longings that go far beyond those for economic justice.

Vision: How We Can Mobilize the Unemployed for a Massive Economic Movement

Frances Fox Piven, The Nation. December 30, 2010.

The recession has created the perfect environment for a new social movement, but the unemployed have to combine a proud and angry identity with concrete targets.

What Obama Can Learn from the Social Movements That Changed the World

Ruth Rosen, AlterNet. November 4, 2010.

History reminds us that any social movement that changes the terms of debate will eventually change the national conversation. Why don't Democrats have the guts to do that?

Shared Identity -- Not T-Shirts -- Makes a Movement

Sally Kohn, AlterNet. October 12, 2010.

If only starting a social movement were as easy as spreading swag.

A Global Democratic Movement Is About to Pop

Paul Hawken, Orion Magazine. May 1, 2007.

Something earth-changing is afoot among civil society -- a significant social movement is eluding the radar of mainstream culture.