Social Movements

[Invincible Summer]

I'm taking a Sociology of Social Movements class, and I have to give a presentation on a social movement of my choice. Naturally, I'm leaning towards socialist/communist movements, but I only have 20 mins and obviously I can't give the whole modern history of Communism.

I was thinking of focusing on either on modern Western radical militant movements (e.g. Black Liberation Army, Black Panthers, Weather Underground, RAF, Red Brigades.. I wouldn't glorify these militant groups, but rather explore their ideologies and how they ended up destroying themselves), "Third World" movements (e.g. EZLN, FARC, Nepalese and Indian Maoists, etc), or maybe something else.


Could anyone give me suggestions as to what direction I could possibly take? Your help is much appreciated!

[ellipsis]

Well, since you are from canada, may i suggest the Québec sovereignty movement and/or the FLQ?

[jake williams]

Well, since you are from canada, may i suggest the Québec sovereignty movement and/or the FLQ?
This'd be cool. I might be able to get you some good info on it.

About the Panthers though, I don't think it's fair to say they "destroyed themselves". They were systematically wiped out by state violence.

[ellipsis]

I can provide a good reading list on either the flq or the bpp and other militant black groups.

[ellipsis]

Dion, Léon. Quebec: the Unfinished Revolution. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 1976.

Fenwick, Rudy. "Social Change and Ethnic Nationalism: a Historical Analysis of the Separatist Movement in Quebec." Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 23, No. 2, (1981): p.196-216.

"Fidel's Disciple." Time 14 June 1963. 20 Apr. 2007. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874821,00.html>.

Fournier, Louis. F.L.Q.: the Anatomy of an Underground Movement. Trans. Edward Baxter. Toronto: NC P Limited, 1984.

Jones, Charles C. and Jeffries, Judson L. "'Don’t believe the hype" : debunking the Panther mythology” The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]. Ed. Charles E. Jones. Baltimore: Black Classic P, 1998.

"The Monumental Plot." Time 26 Feb. 1965. 20 Apr. 2007. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,833472,00.html>.

Morf, Gustave. Terror in Quebec. Toronto: Clark, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970.

Ross, Jeffery I., and Ted R. Gurr. "Why Terrorism Subsides: a Comparative Study of Canada and the United States." Comparative Politics, Vol. 21, No. 4. (Jul.,1989): p.405-426.

Simard, Francis. Talking It Out. Trans. Davis Homel. Montreal: Guernica, 1987.

Tyson, Timothy B. Radio Free Dixie : Robert F. Williams & the Roots of Black Power. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina P, 1999.

Wilson, Frank L. “French-Canadian Separatism.” The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 20, No 1. (Mar., 1967), 116-131.

[Invincible Summer]

Wow thanks!

[ellipsis]

Np we are comrades after all.