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Saul D. Alinsky (Author)
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This primers tells the "have-nots" how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy.

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Saul Alinsky was born in Chicago in 1909 and educated first in the streets of that city and then in its university. Graduate work at the University of Chicago in criminology introduced him to the Al Capone gang, and later to Joliet State Prison, where he studied prison life. He founded what is known today as the Alinsky ideology and Alinsky concepts of mass organization for power. His work in organizing the poor to fight for their rights as citizens has been internationally recognized. In the late 1930s he organized the Back of the Yards area in Chicago (the neighborhood made famous in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle). Subsequently, through the Industrial Areas Foundation which he began in 1940, Mr. Alinsky and his staff helped to organize communities not only in Chicago but throughout the country. He later turned his attentions to the middle class, creating a training institute for organizers. He died in 1972.
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This book is a real firecracker! Although this was written in 1971, Alinsky has written a book which is still deeply relevant and inspirational in this day and age.

The main thrust of the book is to provide a framework and some basic rules for 'radicals' to achieve social justice within American democratic structures. The aim is to spread wealth and equality more evenly throughout society, Alinsky very much saw himself on the side of the 'have-nots' or the 'have-a-little-want-a-little-mores' in order to ensure that the 'haves' gave them a better deal.

The book is certainly not without its own theories of how to effect real and lasting change, but more importantly provides examples of work that Alinsky was involved in which utilised his methods of community development. Whilst it is true to say that Alinsky perhaps 'talked up' the changes that he achieved, there are still a number of excellent examples of the methods he used to make local government sit up and listen to what local groups were demanding. Alinsky believed very much in the power of humour and laughter as tactical weapons that people could use in order to achieve their ends, as he himself said, "If you have power, then parade it so your enemy can see it, if you have numbers, but no power then make a noise so that your enemy can hear you, if you have no power and no numbers...then make a stink"

Bearing in mind the results of the 2001 election and the fact that 64% of 18-25 year olds decided not to vote there is clearly a need to bring politics ' back home' and make it something that people feel passionate about...This book just might give a few pointers of where to start...

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I'd say it's a throwback from 60s (if not 40s.) The book is full of terminology and general attitude, that I found rather annoying. Is it leftist? Hmmm .... not really, just annoying. Bad, platitudinous humour, although the good thing is there's not much of it. Very deficient logic all over the place. Many connexions seem missing--I contstantly catch myself thinking, "and how did you get there from here?" No answer. There are some good thoughts though, and also historical data (especially on "non-violence" of people like Gandhi and Nehru.) I didn't know of these and found it all enlightening (although you will probably dislike the lessons that Mr Alinsky suggests can be learnt from these facts.) I'll probably read a couple of books that are quoted in this one, which makes reading this book already worth it. Finally, whether you like it or not, it's not a big book, so I'd say peruse it. Parts of it may be useful. At the same time, I don't share the overflowing enthousiasm of the other reviewers here.
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Alinsky was a radical in every sense of the word - activist, rabble-rouser and would-be world-changer. I loved the way this book provided a window into the whirling mind of such a person. Intelligent, intense and incisive the reflections offered in these pages distill a lifetime of tenacious fighting for the empowerment of the downtrodden. Notorious incidents are retold and their lessons conveyed in such a way that they can be easily picked up and recast into today's ongoing struggles against poverty and injustice. My bookshelf feels a rather more dangerous with Alinsky on display ;-)
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