I think an example of a more or less "pure" movement was (note the past tense) the Occupy Movement. There was never a concrete goal or agenda. The people in Occupy had merely identified what they perceived to be "the enemy", entrenched monetary power, and tried to make their lives miserable by hanging around outside some of the temples of power.
What they lacked was a leader, your "torch bearer", ebacon. Movements can form spontaneously like soap bubbles but, like the bubbles, they pop without leadership and direction.
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