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  1. Allende, Salvador
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    Democratically elected socialist elected president of Chile, overthrown and killed in a coup engineered by the CIA. (1908-1973).
  2. Anthony, Susan B.
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    American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. (1820-1906).
  3. Bernstein, Eduard
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    German social democratic theoretician and politician, a member of the SPD, and the theorist of "evolutionary socialism" and revisionism. (1850-1932).
  4. Borsodi, Ralph
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    Economic theorist and practical experimenter interested in ways of living useful to the modern person or family desiring greater self-direction and self-reliance. (1886-1977).
  5. Buber, Martin
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship. (1878-1965).
  6. Cabet, Étienne
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    French philosopher and utopian socialist. He was the founder of the Icarian movement and led a group of emigrants to found a new society in the United States. (1788-1856).
  7. Carpenter, Edward
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    English socialist poet, anthologist, early gay activist and socialist philosopher. (1844-1929).
  8. Casgrain, Marie Thérèse (Forget)
    Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Feminist, reformer, politician and senator in Quebec, Canada. (1896-1981).
  9. Coaker, William Ford
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Newfoundland union leader and politician and founder of the Fisherman's Protective Union and the Fishermen's Union Trading Co. (1871-1938).
  10. Dewey, John
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. (1859-1952).
  11. Edwards, Henrietta Muir
    Connexipedia: Article in Library and Archives Canada

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian women’s rights activist and reformer. (1849-1931).
  12. Friedan, Betty
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    American writer, activist and feminist. (1921-2006).
  13. Garrison, William Lloyd
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer best known as the editor of the radical abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator, and as one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. (1805-1879).
  14. Godwin, William
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    English journalist, political philosopher and novelist, considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. (1756-1836).
  15. Hamer, Fannie Lou
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    American voting rights activist and civil rights leader. (1917-1977).
  16. Hayden, Tom
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    An American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the animal rights, and the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. (Born 1939).
  17. Heap, Dan
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A former Canadian politician with the New Democratic Party. (Born 1925).
  18. Heaps, Abraham Albert
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician and labour leader. (1885-1954).
  19. Heaps, Abraham Albert
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician and labour leader. (1885-1954).
  20. Hurtig, Mel
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A Canadian publisher, author, political activist and former political candidate. (Born 1932).
  21. Irvine, William
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician, journalist and clergyman. (1885-1962).
  22. Irvine, William
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician, journalist and clergyman. (1885-1962).
  23. King, Martin Luther Jr.
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    (1929-1968). Was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement.
  24. Landsberg, Michele
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian writer, social activist and feminist. (Born 1935).
  25. Laxer, James
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian political economist, professor and author. (Born 1941).
  26. Laxer, Robert
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian psychologist, professor, author, and political activist. (1915-1998).
  27. Lewis, David
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Socialist politician, labour lawyer, and university professor. (1909-1981).
  28. Lewis, Stephen
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Politician, diplomat, author, journalist, and labour arbitrator. (Born 1937).
  29. Lount, Samuel
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A blacksmith, politician, rebel. (1791-1838).
  30. MacInnis, Angus
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Was a socialist politician and Canadian parliamentarian. (1884-1964).
  31. MacInnis, Grace Winona
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician. (1905-1991).
  32. MacInnis, Grace
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician and feminist. (1905-1991).
  33. Mackenzie, William Lyon
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Journalist, politician, rebel. (1795-1861).
  34. Mackenzie, William Lyon
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Scottish-Canadian journalist, politician, and rebellion leader. (1795-1861).
  35. Macphail, Agnes
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian political and activist. (1890-1954).
  36. Macphail, Agnes Campbell
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian polician. (1890-1954).
  37. Mazdak
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A proto-socialist Persian reformer.
  38. Mercredi, Ovide William
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Aboriginal Canadian politician and leader. (Born 1946).
  39. Morgentaler, Henry
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian physician and prominent pro choice advocate who has fought numerous legal battles for that cause. (Born 1923).
  40. Morris, William
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    British artist, designer, author, and socialist. (1834-1896).
  41. Nader, Ralph
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    American attorney, author, lecturer, and political activist. (Born 1934).
  42. Neill, A. S.
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    Scottish progressive educator, author and founder of Summerhill school. (1883-1973).
  43. Ossietzky, Carl von
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    German radical pacifist. (1889-1938).
  44. Owen, Robert
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    English social reformer. (1771-1858).
  45. Pankhurst, Emmeline
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    English women's suffrage movement leader. (1858-1928).
  46. Papineau, Louis-Joseph
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Lawyer, seigneur, politician. defender of the national heritage of French Canada and led the fight for control of the political institutions of Lower Canada. (1786-1871).
  47. Randolph, A. Philip
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    African-American civil rights leader. (1889-1979).
  48. Rankin, Harry
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Born May 1920, politician.
  49. Russell, Dora
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    British author, a feminist and socialist campaigner. (1894-1986).
  50. Saint-Simon, Henri de
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    French utopian socialist thinker. (1760–1825).
  51. Scott, Francis Reginald (Frank)
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Founding member of the socialist movement in Canada. (1899-1985).
  52. Sinclair, Upton
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    American author and muckraker. (1978-1968).
  53. Spurr, Richard
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    English cabinet maker and lay preacher who was imprisoned for his part in leading the political movement Chartism. (1800-1855).
  54. Temple, William Horace
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian politician, trade union activist, businessman and temperance crusader. (1899-1988).
  55. Thompson, William
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the Cooperative, Trade Union and Chartist movements. (1775-1833).
  56. Thompson, William
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    Born with the proverbial silver-spoon in his mouth, William Thompson (1775-1833) devoted his life to ameliorating the condition of those less fortunate than himself.
  57. Tutu, Desmond
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

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    South African cleric and activist and opponent of apartheid. (Born 1931).
  58. Watkins, Mel
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Canadian political economist and activist. (Born 1932).
  59. Wilberforce, William
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    British politician, philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. (1759-1833).
  60. Winstanley, Gerrard
    Connexipedia: Article in Wikipedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    (1609-1676). English Protestant religious reformer and political activist, a member of the True Levellers.
  61. Woodsworth, James Shaver
    Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia

    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Methodist minister, social worker, politician. (1874-1942).



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