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Several decades later, many of the early organizers who participated in the BYNC would go on to help establish the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.  On August 25th, 1995, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin gave a speech which began:

Several decades later, many of the early organizers who participated in the BYNC would go on to help establish the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.  On August 25, 1995, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin gave a speech which began:

<blockquote>It is fitting that we are gathered here because since the beginning, Chicago has been important to the Campaign and the Campaign has been important to Chicago. As you may know, Msgr. George Higgins of this Archdiocese wrote a Labor Day message that pointed the way to the Campaign; Auxiliary Bishop Michael Dempsey of Chicago was the CHD’s first spokesperson; Msgr. Jack Egan organised the 'Friends of CHD' in the mid-1970s, and for decades has been an inspiration to the Campaign's work; the great work of community-organising began in Chicago, and Chicago has many important networks and training centres; CHD enjoys a rich tradition of support here, both in the form of active and enthusiastic participation by people in organisations and projects funded by CHD, and in the generous donations to the annual CHD Collection.<ref name=cchd>[http://cdn.theologicalstudies.net/59/59.4/59.4.3.pdf The Influence of Saul Alinsky on the Campaign for Human Development]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is fitting that we are gathered here because since the beginning, Chicago has been important to the Campaign and the Campaign has been important to Chicago. As you may know, Msgr. George Higgins of this Archdiocese wrote a Labor Day message that pointed the way to the Campaign; Auxiliary Bishop Michael Dempsey of Chicago was the CHD’s first spokesperson; Msgr. Jack Egan organised the 'Friends of CHD' in the mid-1970s, and for decades has been an inspiration to the Campaign's work; the great work of community-organising began in Chicago, and Chicago has many important networks and training centres; CHD enjoys a rich tradition of support here, both in the form of active and enthusiastic participation by people in organisations and projects funded by CHD, and in the generous donations to the annual CHD Collection.<ref name=cchd>[http://cdn.theologicalstudies.net/59/59.4/59.4.3.pdf The Influence of Saul Alinsky on the Campaign for Human Development]</ref></blockquote>

In 1965, Syracuse University opened the Community Action Training Center (CATC) under the guidance of Professor Warren Haggstrom.<ref name=syracuse>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_PfZQ9FmZIUC&pg=PA217 Syracuse University: The Tolley Years, 1942-1969]</ref>  Haggstrom, who was a fan of Alinsky's ideals of community organizing,<ref name=syracuse /> received a grant from the federal government's Office of Economic Opportunity to open the CATC.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PqCO2I85gRgC&pg=PA77 The Urban Racial State: Managing Race Relations in American Cities]</ref>  The grant was for the amount of $314,000.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro73MCOHM74C&pg=PA34 The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America]</ref>  Using this funding, Haggstrom hired Saul Alinsky as a consultant, who also brought in the assistance of Fred Ross.  Using the available base of indoctrinated students at the University of Syracuse, the CATC sent "trained" students to go out into the neighborhoods and whip up the residents into a frenzy.  It did not take long for the mayor of Syracuse, William F. Walsh, to point out that the purpose of the center was to "train agitators" and teach "Marxist doctrines of class conflict."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15974079/ The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York · Page 7], May 30, 1966</ref>  After Walsh and Haggstrom flew to Washington, D.C., to put pressure on the OEO, funding for the CATC was canceled.<ref name=syracuse />  No longer having the direct funding of government largess, Alinsky labeled [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s "war on poverty" as a political pork barrel, as there was nothing left in it for him.

In 1965, Syracuse University opened the Community Action Training Center (CATC) under the guidance of Professor Warren Haggstrom.<ref name=syracuse>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_PfZQ9FmZIUC&pg=PA217 Syracuse University: The Tolley Years, 1942-1969]</ref>  Haggstrom, who was a fan of Alinsky's ideals of community organizing,<ref name=syracuse /> received a grant from the federal government's Office of Economic Opportunity to open the CATC.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PqCO2I85gRgC&pg=PA77 The Urban Racial State: Managing Race Relations in American Cities]</ref>  The grant was for the amount of $314,000.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro73MCOHM74C&pg=PA34 The Battle for Welfare Rights: Politics and Poverty in Modern America]</ref>  Using this funding, Haggstrom hired Saul Alinsky as a consultant, who also brought in the assistance of Fred Ross.  Using the available base of indoctrinated students at the University of Syracuse, the CATC sent "trained" students to go out into the neighborhoods and whip up the residents into a frenzy.  It did not take long for the mayor of Syracuse, William F. Walsh, to point out that the purpose of the center was to "train agitators" and teach "Marxist doctrines of class conflict."<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/15974079/ The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York · Page 7], May 30, 1966</ref>  After Walsh and Haggstrom flew to Washington, D.C., to put pressure on the OEO, funding for the CATC was canceled.<ref name=syracuse />  No longer having the direct funding of government largess, Alinsky labeled [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s "war on poverty" as a political pork barrel, as there was nothing left in it for him.

Alinsky's hard-knock, do-anything techniques rubbed many leaders the wrong way, and in 1967 he found himself without a contract.  Alinsky would influence many activists in organizing, such as [[Wade Rathke]], Michael Gecan, Greg Galuzzo<ref name=Kincaid />, Edward T. Chambers, and Ernesto Cortes, many of whom went on to become leaders in Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation.  The [[Black Panther]] movement in the 1960s made it hard for Alinsky to organize the black populace; they had a difficult time dealing with white leadership.  He finally settled with organizing middle-class white Americans to protest against the deterioration of the suburban markets.

Alinsky's hard-knock, do-anything techniques rubbed many leaders the wrong way, and in 1967 he found himself without a contract.  Alinsky would influence many activists in organizing, such as [[Wade Rathke]], Michael Gecan, Greg Galuzzo,<ref name=Kincaid /> Edward T. Chambers, and Ernesto Cortes, many of whom went on to become leaders in Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation.  The [[Black Panther]] movement in the 1960s made it hard for Alinsky to organize the black populace; they had a difficult time dealing with white leadership.  He finally settled with organizing middle-class white Americans to protest against the deterioration of the suburban markets.

==Association with subversive organizations==

==Association with subversive organizations==

Furthermore, she described Alinsky this way:

Furthermore, she described Alinsky this way:

:''"He is a neo-Hobbesian who objects to the consensual mystique surrounding political processes; for him, conflict is the route to power."''<ref name=alinskydaughter>[https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/08/alinskys-daughter-here-is-the-truth-about-hillary-the-media-will-not-tell-you Alinsky's daughter: Here's the truth about Hillary the media won't tell you]</ref><ref name=thereisonlythefight />

:''"He is a neo-Hobbesian who objects to the consensual mystique surrounding political processes; for him, conflict is the route to power."''<ref name=thereisonlythefight /><ref name=alinskydaughter>[https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/08/alinskys-daughter-here-is-the-truth-about-hillary-the-media-will-not-tell-you Alinsky's daughter: Here's the truth about Hillary the media won't tell you]</ref>

Because of the reverence that Hillary had for Alinsky and his methods, [[David Brock]] described Hillary as ""''Alinsky's Daughter.''"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mhOoB-ejGIMC&pg=PA95 The Seduction of Hillary Rodham], page 95</ref><ref name=alinskydaughter />

Because of the reverence that Hillary had for Alinsky and his methods, [[David Brock]] described Hillary as ""''Alinsky's Daughter.''"<ref name=alinskydaughter /><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mhOoB-ejGIMC&pg=PA95 The Seduction of Hillary Rodham], page 95</ref>

===The Alinsky Method===

===The Alinsky Method===

==Death and Legacy==

==Death and Legacy==

Alinsky died of a heart attack on June 12, 1972 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.  He was 63 years old.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fy11AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT121 Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice]</ref>  [[Time Magazine]] wrote of Alinsky that "It is not too much to argue that American democracy is being altered by Alinsky's ideas."<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,904228,00.html Essay: Radical Saul Alinsky: Prophet of Power to the People]</ref>  [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] wrote of Alinsky on October 19th, 1966 in the Chicago Daily News:

Alinsky died of a heart attack on June 12, 1972 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.  He was 63 years old.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fy11AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT121 Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice]</ref>  [[Time Magazine]] wrote of Alinsky that "It is not too much to argue that American democracy is being altered by Alinsky's ideas."<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,904228,00.html Essay: Radical Saul Alinsky: Prophet of Power to the People]</ref>  [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] wrote of Alinsky on October 19, 1966 in the Chicago Daily News:

<blockquote>For a fee ALINSKY contracts to come into your city and, so to speak, bust up the joint.  His purposes, needless to say, are like the [[Jacobins]] in France who sought to break up the power structure so as to release the energies and increase the opportunities of the lower class.  ALINSKY is twice formidable.  For one thing, he is very close to being an organizational genius.  For another he has a way of making practical idealists feel sort of foolish - by pushing aside their efforts to help the poor or the racial minorities as ventures in facility.<br />

<blockquote>For a fee ALINSKY contracts to come into your city and, so to speak, bust up the joint.  His purposes, needless to say, are like the [[Jacobins]] in France who sought to break up the power structure so as to release the energies and increase the opportunities of the lower class.  ALINSKY is twice formidable.  For one thing, he is very close to being an organizational genius.  For another he has a way of making practical idealists feel sort of foolish - by pushing aside their efforts to help the poor or the racial minorities as ventures in facility.<br />

ALINSKY cannot abide men of reason or conciliation.  He thrives on strife, the more the better, and especially relishes the opposition when it is tough.  Add to all this a penetrating sense of irony.  "An integrated neighborhood" he once observed, "is defined as the length of time between arrival of the first Negro and the departure of the last white."<ref name=buckley>[https://ia801708.us.archive.org/33/items/foia_Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2/Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2.pdf Report], United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, pp. 41-42</ref></blockquote>

ALINSKY cannot abide men of reason or conciliation.  He thrives on strife, the more the better, and especially relishes the opposition when it is tough.  Add to all this a penetrating sense of irony.  "An integrated neighborhood" he once observed, "is defined as the length of time between arrival of the first Negro and the departure of the last white."<ref name=buckley>[https://ia801708.us.archive.org/33/items/foia_Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2/Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2.pdf Report], United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, pp. 41-42</ref></blockquote>

Comparisons during the 2016 election revealed that [[Michelle Obama]] plagiarized Alinsky for one of her speeches during the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008]].<ref>[http://www.allenbwest.com/michellejesse/look-who-michelle-obama-was-caught-plagiarizing-dnc-speech-from Look who Michelle Obama was CAUGHT plagiarizing DNC speech from...]</ref>

Comparisons during the 2016 election revealed that [[Michelle Obama]] plagiarized Alinsky for one of her speeches during the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008]].<ref>[http://www.allenbwest.com/michellejesse/look-who-michelle-obama-was-caught-plagiarizing-dnc-speech-from Look who Michelle Obama was CAUGHT plagiarizing DNC speech from...]</ref>

Alinsky did an interview with [[Playboy]] Magazine shortly before he died.  In the interview, he revealed how he learned many of his tactics from mafia bosses like Frank Nitti, who was [[Al Capone]]'s number two man.<ref name=playbook />  Alinsky was less interested in the wealth of the mob than he was their ability to keep an iron fist on power in the community.  [[Dinesh D’Souza]] took aim at several of the left's big names in his movie ''America: Imagine a World Without Her'',<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2014/07/01/dinesh-d-souza-s-america-not-absolution-but-redemption/ Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Offers Fresh Look at Saul Alinsky, Far-Left Bromides], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/381509/dsouzas-america-john-fund D’Souza’s ''America''], [[National Review]]</ref> including Alinsky, including video not seen by most American audiences.

Alinsky did an interview with [[Playboy]] Magazine shortly before he died.  In the interview, he revealed how he learned many of his tactics from mafia bosses like Frank Nitti, who was [[Al Capone]]'s number two man.<ref name=playbook />  Alinsky was less interested in the wealth of the mob than he was their ability to keep an iron fist on power in the community.  [[Dinesh D’Souza]] took aim at several of the left's big names in his movie ''America: Imagine a World Without Her'',<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2014/07/01/dinesh-d-souza-s-america-not-absolution-but-redemption/ Dinesh D'Souza's 'America' Offers Fresh Look at Saul Alinsky, Far-Left Bromides], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/381509/dsouzas-america-john-fund D’Souza’s ''America''], National Review</ref> including Alinsky, including video not seen by most American audiences.

The Diocese of Davenport awarded Alinsky with its ''Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award'' in 1969.<ref>[http://www.davenportdiocese.org/socialaction/sapitrecipients.htm Pacem In Terris Past Recipients]</ref>

The Diocese of Davenport awarded Alinsky with its ''Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award'' in 1969.<ref>[http://www.davenportdiocese.org/socialaction/sapitrecipients.htm Pacem In Terris Past Recipients]</ref>

===Articles===

===Articles===

* "[http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=csr ''Community Analysis and Organization'']", ''American Journal of Sociology'' 46 (1941):&nbsp;798.

* "[http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=csr ''Community Analysis and Organization'']", ''American Journal of Sociology'' 46 (1941):&nbsp;798.

* "[http://www.iupui.edu/~mswd/S516/multimedia/word_doc/Alinsky1957.pdf ''From Citizen Apathy to Participation'']", Paper presented at the 6th Annual Fall Conference, Association of Community Councils of Chicago, Chicago, October 19th, 1957, Box 32, file 523, Industrial Areas Foundation Archive, University of Illinois at Chicago

* "[http://www.iupui.edu/~mswd/S516/multimedia/word_doc/Alinsky1957.pdf ''From Citizen Apathy to Participation'']", Paper presented at the 6th Annual Fall Conference, Association of Community Councils of Chicago, Chicago, October 19, 1957, Box 32, file 523, Industrial Areas Foundation Archive, University of Illinois at Chicago

==Further reading==

==Further reading==