I am looking for references that state there is a link betweeen
popular education and social movement theory and then explain how.

Popular Education by John Hurst (professor of education at Berkeley) 
http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/Admin/ExtRel/educator/spring95texts/popular.educ.html

Freire's Theory of Popular Education Summarized
http://www.flora.org/mike/poped/Freire.html

Popular Education: Adult Education for Social Change
http://ericacve.org/docgen.asp?tbl=digests&ID=38

Popular Education Theory Book Reviews and Recommendations
http://www.catalystcentre.ca/rtwx2/bycat.htm#2.%20Popular%20Education%20Theory

http://adulted.about.com/library/weekly/aa051301b.htm

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Clarification of Answer by pm3500-ga on 28 Jan 2003 15:11 PST

My apologies, I clicked on the wrong button and the answer posted
before I was finished.

Listed above are 5 difference references to articles discussing
various links between poplar education and social theory.

At its base, the link seems to follow the following pattern

popular education -> democratic activity (i.e. public participation)
-> social change

or popular education (causes) political participation by the education
group (women, poor, environmental and all types of public groups)
causes social change.

At the base of the various articles are questions of "theories of
education", i.e., how to people learn? what are the proper teaching
techniques....that provide an impetus for groups to become active in
the democratic process.

At the middle rung (participation) there are theories and hypothesis
regarding the problems and prospects effective group action and how
action does and does not end in social change.

I wanted to post this clarification now, and I will go back and try to
find a few more sources for you.

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Clarification of Answer by pm3500-ga on 28 Jan 2003 15:50 PST

Additional Information:
Adult Education for Social Change: From Center Stage to the Wings and Back Again
http://nlu.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Documents/ERIC1.html

THE THEORY OF PAULO FREIRE ( a founder of the Pop-Ed movement)
http://www.community-work-training.org.uk/OLDSITE/freire/paulo2.htm

What is Popular Education? (from a Phillipines Pop-ed association)
http://www.pepe.org/subdir/poped.html

Theories and Ideas for Practice (book reviews)
http://www.niace.org.uk/Publications/Type/theories.htm

Practical Links (Organizations that practice and or research popular education)
http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/pepr/onlineresources.html

North American Alliance for Popular and Adult Education 
http://www.naapae.org/

Search Terms:
Popular Education Theory
Popular Education, Social Movement Theory
Popular Education, Social Movements