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==''Rules for Radicals''==
==''Rules for Radicals''==
In ''Rules for Radicals'', Alinsky wrote specifically to the 1960s generation of [[New Left]] radicals: ''"What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."''
In ''Rules for Radicals'', Alinsky wrote specifically to the 1960s generation of [[New Left]] radicals: ''"What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."''<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html Know Thine Enemy], [[The New York Times]]</ref>
His "rules" derive from many successful campaigns where he sowed the seeds of [[class warfare]] with community organizing, getting people fighting power and privilege, whom he convinced people were the root of all their "problems". He uses several authors in the book who are associated with individual liberty, such as [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[Thomas Paine]]. Alinsky uses the following quote from Tocqueville in the prologue:
His "rules" derive from many successful campaigns where he sowed the seeds of [[class warfare]] with community organizing, getting people fighting power and privilege, whom he convinced people were the root of all their "problems". He uses several authors in the book who are associated with individual liberty, such as [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[Thomas Paine]]. Alinsky uses the following quote from Tocqueville in the prologue: