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Line 3: − − Alinsky's approach to community organizing stressed "self interest as the generating reality of life." This view was solidified by his experiences in the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) as an organizer in the style of labor union leaders [[Samuel Gompers]] and [[John L. Lewis]]. Alinsky produced notable results like the Back of the Yard and the Woodlawn organizations in Chicago. Alinsky and his Industrial Areas Foundation utilized confrontational tactics and dramatic protests to help members gain bargaining status and a larger share of the local pie. He disavowed with increasing vigor any national issue strategy or ideological outlook. The weakness of his emphasis on the organizer as a tactician only and the granting of control to those organized was that racist goals could be chosen by the membership as a whole.<ref>Alan S. Miller, "Saul Alinsky: America's Radical Reactionary." ''Radical America'' 1987 21(1): 11-18. 0033-7617</ref> Line 29:
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He was opposed by far-left radicals who wanted to destroy [[capitalism]] and who feared that Alinsky was strengthening it by resolving the issues most important to the poor, and was nicknamed "The Red" for his radicalism—his book was dedicated tongue-in-cheek to Lucifer, the first radical.<ref name="worldnetdaily.com">[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&PageId=76170 Guess who recommended Obama to enter Harvard] [[WND|Worldnetdaily]], September 24, 2008</ref>
He was opposed by far-left radicals who wanted to destroy [[capitalism]] and who feared that Alinsky was strengthening it by resolving the issues most important to the poor, and was nicknamed "The Red" for his radicalism—his book was dedicated tongue-in-cheek to Lucifer, the first radical.<ref name="worldnetdaily.com">[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&PageId=76170 Guess who recommended Obama to enter Harvard] [[WND|Worldnetdaily]], September 24, 2008</ref>
In 2016 the EWTN released a documentary about Alinsky titled ''A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing''.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/article/saul-alinsky-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing Saul Alinsky: a wolf in sheep's clothing]</ref><ref>[http://www.alinskyfilm.com/ A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282wnOKrdoU A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING - Official Trailer ]</ref>
In 2016 the EWTN released a documentary about Alinsky titled ''A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing''.<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/article/saul-alinsky-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing Saul Alinsky: a wolf in sheep's clothing]</ref><ref>[http://www.alinskyfilm.com/ A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282wnOKrdoU A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING - Official Trailer ]</ref>
==Community Organizer==
==Community Organizer==
Alinsky's approach to community organizing stressed "self interest as the generating reality of life." This view was solidified by his experiences in the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) as an organizer in the style of labor union leaders [[Samuel Gompers]] and [[John L. Lewis]]. Alinsky produced notable results like the Back of the Yard and the Woodlawn organizations in Chicago. Alinsky and his Industrial Areas Foundation utilized confrontational tactics and dramatic protests to help members gain bargaining status and a larger share of the local pie. He disavowed with increasing vigor any national issue strategy or ideological outlook. The weakness of his emphasis on the organizer as a tactician only and the granting of control to those organized was that racist goals could be chosen by the membership as a whole.<ref>Alan S. Miller, "Saul Alinsky: America's Radical Reactionary." ''Radical America'' 1987 21(1): 11-18. 0033-7617</ref>
===Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council===
===Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council===
After parting ways with the Institute of Juvenile Research in 1939(some sources say that he was fired by Shaw<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0j6h988fQ9QC&pg=PA23 The Origins of American Criminology]</ref>), he teamed up with Joseph Meegan<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-09/news/9407090073_1_labor-organizer-low-cost-donna-cook Joseph Meegan, Back Of Yards Council Co-founder], [[Chicago Tribune]]</ref> where they formed the Back-Of-The-Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC), named after an area of Chicago made famous by [[Upton Sinclair]]'s book ''[[The Jungle]]''.<ref name=rebel /> This was his first act of "community organizer," and cemented his position as a radical reformer.
After parting ways with the Institute of Juvenile Research in 1939(some sources say that he was fired by Shaw<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0j6h988fQ9QC&pg=PA23 The Origins of American Criminology]</ref>), he teamed up with Joseph Meegan<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-09/news/9407090073_1_labor-organizer-low-cost-donna-cook Joseph Meegan, Back Of Yards Council Co-founder], [[Chicago Tribune]]</ref> where they formed the Back-Of-The-Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC), named after an area of Chicago made famous by [[Upton Sinclair]]'s book ''[[The Jungle]]''.<ref name=rebel /> This was his first act of "community organizer," and cemented his position as a radical reformer.