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, which led him to spend the next decade spreading his methods across the entire nation, "from Kansas City and Detroit to the barrios of Southern California." The panic-stricken city council of Oakland, California, introduced a resolution banning him from the city.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/THEREISONLYONEFIGHTHillaryClintonThesisOnSaulALinsky92 Saul Alinsky & Rules for Radicals Ultimate Collection]</ref> | 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, which led him to spend the next decade spreading his methods across the entire nation, "from Kansas City and Detroit to the barrios of Southern California." The panic-stricken city council of Oakland, California, introduced a resolution banning him from the city.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/THEREISONLYONEFIGHTHillaryClintonThesisOnSaulALinsky92 Saul Alinsky & Rules for Radicals Ultimate Collection]</ref> |