real movements (was QUEBEC CRACKPOTS)
Kelley Walker
kelley at interpactinc.com
Wed Apr 25 15:18:17 PDT 2001
At 06:09 PM 4/25/01 -0400, Chris Kromm wrote:
>I think the best example out of this list was SNCC -- which did *real*
>organizing which did have *real* results while building structures of
>opposition that thrive to this day. I'm all for the new generation of
>activists, but let's face it -- they have nothing on SNCC. I wish every
>anti-globalization protester could read Charles Payne's "I've Got the Light
>of Freedom" to learn how movements are REALLY made.
>CK
for a study of how it sparked social movements of the 60s and 70s and why
associational networks in civil society are crucial to movements--and why
civil society isn't necessarily EVIL--see _Freedom Summer_ Doug
McAdam. Great Book!
kelley
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