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Social Activism and Social Movements - Maxwell
By organizing, strategizing, mobilizing, and educating, advocates and activists are currently helping to bring about important social, political, and cultural changes throughout the world.
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/anthro.aspx?id=107374188082
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Gender and Society in the Classroom: Activism and Social Movements
Through time and space women have been important advocates for social justice; however, much of the research on social movements focuses on male experiences or does not use a gendered approach in its analysis.
http://gas.sagepub.com/site/misc/Index/Classroom/Activism.xhtml
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List of Social Movements - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia's list of social movements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_movements
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Social Movements and Culture - Cultural Politics
This site provides resources for the study of social movements in the US, including those movements as linked to transnational and global movements. The emphasis is on recent and contemporary movements, but also provides materials on earlier movements.
http://culturalpolitics.net/social_movements
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Boundless: Counterculture
Learn more about counterculture in the Boundless open textbook.
https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-sixties-1960-1969-29/counterculture-221/counterculture-1232-9277/
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Antinuclear Movement - Britannica
Social movement opposed to the production of nuclear weapons and the generation of electricity by nuclear power plants.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/anti-nuclear-movement
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PollutionIssues - Antinuclear Movement
Although Oppenheimer's scientific expertise produced the bomb, he grew increasingly uneasy over its application and destructive power. Oppenheimer became the first of a long line of antinuclear activists and scientists to protest nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
http://www.pollutionissues.com/A-Bo/Antinuclear-Movement.html
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The Anti-shopping Movement Goes Mainstream
Traditionally, the work of marketers has been to encourage the shopper to buy.
http://theconversation.com/the-anti-shopping-movement-goes-mainstream-4804
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Vietnam War Protests, Vietnam War - HISTORY
Find out more about the history of Vietnam War Protests, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests
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Anti-Apartheid Movement - Aamarchives
Forward to Freedom tells the story of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and its campaigns to support the people of South Africa in their fight against apartheid. The AAM also campaigned for freedom for Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Angola, and against South Africa's attacks on its neighbours.
http://www.aamarchives.org
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Animal Rights Movement - PDF
Prevention of cruelty to animals became an important movement in early 19th Century England, where it grew alongside the humanitarian current that advanced human rights, including the anti-slavery movement and later the movement for woman suffrage.
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/w/wallsd/pdf/Animal-Rights-Movement.pdf
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Social Movement - Britannica
Loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal, typically either the implementation or the prevention of a change in society's structure or values.
http://www.britannica.com/topic/social-movement
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Social Movement - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Social movements are a type of group action. They are large, sometimes informal, groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on specific political or social issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement
