Rules for radicalism by Saul D Alinsky
The Students of Saul D. Alinsky Saul D. Alinsky (1909-1972) - the son of Russian Jewish immigrants was an old Jewish radical famous as a community organizer from Chicago’s Back of the Yards. From the late 1930s until his death in 1972, Alinsky crisscrossed the country, stirring the have-nots — poor whites and blacks — to demand power from the haves. Many biographers have labeled Alinsky as a communist, but he always maintained that he never joined the Communist Party. In a Playboy Magazine interview in 1972 he said, “Anybody who tells you he was active in progressive causes in those days (1930s) and never worked with the Reds (Communists) is a goddamn liar. Their platform stood for all the right things, and unlike many liberals, they were willing to put their bodies on the line.” From the book The Life of Alinsky…. “We’re talking about revolution, not revelation” - Saul Alinsky Alinsky's Rules for Radicals By Craig Miyamoto, APR, Fellow PRSA (This is an expanded version of