We will study parts of the Civil Rights movement, the movement to end apartheid in South Africa, the American labor movement, the gay rights movement, and as a counter example the Nazi movement in Germany. Some of the questions we will tackle are: How does a movement differ from a revolution, a political party, a religion, a mob? How are movements structured? What are the conditions that give rise to movements? What is the role of leadership in a movement? I have been involved in some of these movements and have been captivated by the transformational change that movement participants experience.
Lou is the Organizing Director for Unite-Here Local 1, the union of hospitality workers in Chicago, Illinois. He has been an organizer for 26 years.
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