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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Many right-wing talk radio hosts, such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Michael Savage, attribute many of the strategies of the [[Democratic Party]] to Alinsky's ''Rules For Radicals''. [[Hillary Clinton]]'s senior honors thesis was an analysis of the works of Saul Alinsky and the effect that they have on politics today. [[Barack Obama]] can also trace his roots to the teachings of Saul Alinsky.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10305695 NPR, ''Democrats and the Legacy of Activist Saul Alinsky'' (audio file)]</ref> Obama had a passion for Alinsky's work. Before he left Harvard, Barack wrote "After Alinsky: Community Organizing in Illinois." Under the tutelage of an Alinsky admirer John L. McKnight, Obama says he got the "best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School." <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&PageId=76170 Guess who recommended Obama to enter Harvard] Worldnetdaily, September 24, 2008</ref>
Many right-wing talk radio hosts, such as [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[Sean Hannity]], and Michael Savage, attribute many of the strategies of the [[Democratic Party]] to Alinsky's ''Rules For Radicals''. [[Hillary Clinton]]'s senior honors thesis was an analysis of the works of Saul Alinsky and the effect that they have on politics today. [[Barack Obama]] can also trace his roots to the teachings of Saul Alinsky.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10305695 NPR, ''Democrats and the Legacy of Activist Saul Alinsky'' (audio file)]</ref> Obama had a passion for Alinsky's work. Before he left Harvard, Barack wrote "After Alinsky: Community Organizing in Illinois." Under the tutelage of an Alinsky admirer John L. McKnight, Obama says he got the "best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School." <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&PageId=76170 Guess who recommended Obama to enter Harvard] Worldnetdaily, September 24, 2008</ref>
==Works==
==Works==
*''Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals'', 1971. [http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Radicals-Saul-Alinsky/dp/0679721134/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234956069&sr=8-1rpt and text search]
*''Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals'', 1971. [http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Radicals-Saul-Alinsky/dp/0679721134/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234956069&sr=8-1rpt and text search]
* ''The Philosopher and the Provocateur: The Correspondence of Jacques Maritain and Saul Alinsky'' edited by Bernard E. Doering (1994), 118pp. Maritain was a conservative Catholic theologian
* ''The Philosopher and the Provocateur: The Correspondence of Jacques Maritain and Saul Alinsky'' edited by Bernard E. Doering (1994), 118pp. Maritain was a conservative Catholic theologian
==Further reading==
==Further reading==