Walters, Shirley2017-11-022017-11-022005Walters, S. (2005). Social movements, class, and adult education. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Special Issue: Class Concerns: Adult Education and Social Class. 2005(106): 53-621536-0717http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ace.179http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3249Social movements are movements of people in civil society who cohere around issues and identities that they themselves define as significant (Martin, 1999). The following quotation describes a group of poor women in South Africa, a group calling itself People’s Dialogue, who are mobilizing around their need for houses. They are part of a social movement of women and men internationally who are collectively struggling for access to land and houses.enThis is the pre-print of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ace.179Social movementsAdult educationClassArticle