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Social Movement Failure

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Historically, the way that social movement activists protested social change was by picketing, rallies, public marches and sit-ins. People often met in secret to plan a protest which often took an entire month to organize (Gladwell, 2010). Whereas, today a vast majority of social movement activists uses the internet to help support their protest, “social media has reformed social activism; making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate, and give voice to their concerns” (Gladwell, 2010). Some of the things that are necessary to succeed in a social movement are organization, commitment, dedication, unity, strong leadership and a course of action; without these important qualities a social movement is likely to fail.
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