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Social movements and organizing

374 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Marju Lauristin Marju Lauristin Sociologist raised within the Soviet system who became an intellectual pillar of the Baltic independence movement Social movements and organizing · Popular Front of Estonia (Rahvarinne) 1940–
Andrei Serafimovich Grachev Андрей Серафимович Грачёв An insider witness to the collapse of reform Government and administration · Soviet Union state institutions 1941–
Chris Hani Chris Hani The SACP leader who kept the revolutionary flame alive after laying down arms Political and party leadership · South African Communist Party (SACP) 1942–1993
Ruslan Imranovich Khasbulatov Руслан Имранович Хасбулатов The Supreme Soviet chairman who stood with Yeltsin against the coup, then fell to Yeltsin's tanks Legislature and state representation · Russian Federation state institutions 1942–2023
Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Electrician who became president as the leader of Solidarity Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1943–
Angela Davis Angela Davis Marxist feminist philosopher who theorised the prison-industrial complex, co-founder of Critical Resistance Scholarship and theory · Communist Party USA (CPUSA) 1944–
Jan Rulewski Jan Rulewski A Solidarity leader beaten while linking workers’ and farmers’ demands Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1944–
Adam Michnik Adam Michnik The dissident strategist who negotiated a peaceful transition with communist power Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) 1946–
Jan Palach Jan Palach The Charles University student who set himself on fire against the Soviet occupation Social movements and organizing 1948–1969
Jüri Mikk Jüri Mikk MRP-AEG co-founder who warned of demographic threat and answered the slander campaign with a hunger strike Social movements and organizing 1948–2010
Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1949–
Tiit Madisson Tiit Madisson The Estonian dissident who helped break the silence at Hirvepark Social movements and organizing 1950–2021
Viktor Imantovich Alksnis Виктор Имантович Алкснис Leader of the Soyuz faction who nearly turned a parliamentary session into a constitutional coup Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1950–2025
Wei Jingsheng 魏京生 The electrician who pasted “The Fifth Modernisation” on Democracy Wall, deported after eighteen years in prison Social movements and organizing 1950–
Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ) 1952–2002
Igor Nikolayevich Gräzin Igor Nikolayevich Gräzin An Estonian legal scholar who challenged the Soviet official narrative in the language of law Law and justice · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1952–
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Владимир Владимирович Путин A ruler who recast the loss of the Soviet Union as a narrative of state restoration Government and administration · Russian Federation state institutions 1952–
Henryka Krzywonos Henryka Krzywonos-Strycharska The tram driver who carried the strike beyond the shipyard Social movements and organizing 1953–
Heiki Ahonen Heiki Ahonen Estonian former political prisoner who survived the Soviet camps and co-organized the first open rally of the Baltic independence movement Social movements and organizing 1956–
Jerzy Borowczak Jerzy Borowczak The shipyard worker who helped launch independent unionism Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność) 1957–
Bogusław Zborowski Saul Zborowski The briefly recorded first chair of the Petersburg Soviet Social movements and organizing ?–?
Micheline Ravololonarisoa Micheline Ravololonarisoa Malagasy feminist socialist leader of the 1972 student movement Social movements and organizing
Stepan Nikolayevich Khalturin Степан Николаевич Халтурин The carpenter-revolutionary who bombed the Winter Palace and founded Russia's first political workers' organization Social movements and organizing · Narodnaya Volya 1856/1857–1882
Leonid Petrovich Serebryakov Леонид Петрович Серебряков The Left Opposition secretary whom Lenin called a 'brilliant worker' Political and party leadership · Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 1888/1890–1937

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