— The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers’ Alliance of America
— The industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO
— The Southern Civil Rights Movement
— The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization.
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Frances Fox Piven
Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York.With Richard A. Cloward, she co-authored: The Politics of Turmoil, Poor People’s Movements, The New Class War, and Why Americans Don’t Vote. They won the C. Wright Mills Award and various international and national awards.
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Richard Cloward
Richard A. Cloward was a social worker and sociologist, and was a faculty member at the Columbia University School of Social Work from 1954 until his death in 2001.With France Fox Piven, he co-authored: The Politics of Turmoil, Poor People’s Movements, The New Class War, and Why Americans Don’t Vote. They won the C. Wright Mills Award and various international and national awards.
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