We all know that the modern social world is filled with groups and movements (e.g., Black Lives Matter, Medicare for All, organized labor, #MeToo, and The Sunrise Movement) demanding changes to the unequal power arrangements of contemporary society. What is less understood, however, is how such movements operate - how they motivate engagement, create social pressure on institutions, encourage certain patterns of emotions, and even get people to integrate a social movement into a fundamental aspect of their identities. This class will offer you tools with which to recognize and analyze the how of modern social movements, granting you the tools to become better organizers, citizens, and, more generally, a more empathetic and critical analyst of those who sacrifice their time, energy, and sometimes their health and freedom to hopefully create a better society for all of us.