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[[File:The LoveSong of Saul Alinsky.png|thumb|250px|right|Poster for ''The LoveSong of Saul Alinsky'']]
[[File:The LoveSong of Saul Alinsky.png|thumb|250px|right|Poster for ''The LoveSong of Saul Alinsky'']]
'''Saul David Alinsky''' (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an author, activist, and liberal community organizer and rabble-rouser in Chicago who developed a method of local organizing that was widely copied by Democrats, and influenced [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]]. He is credited with coining the term "community organizer." His most well-known accomplishment was the book ''[[Rules for Radicals]]''. He wanted reform inside the system by pressuring government officials to take into account the needs and wants of neighborhood residents, and he believed that the end justified any means.
'''Saul David Alinsky''' (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an author, activist, and left-wing community organizer and rabble-rouser in Chicago who developed a method of local organizing that was widely copied by Democrats, and influenced [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]]. He is credited with coining the term "community organizer." His most well-known accomplishment was the book ''[[Rules for Radicals]]''. He wanted reform inside the system by pressuring government officials to take into account the needs and wants of neighborhood residents, and he believed that the end justified any means.
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>
==Community Organizer==
==Community Organizer==
The late Andrew Breitbart, in his book, ''Righteous Indignation'', identifies Alinsky as the “first modern community organizer,” and a Communist, too, but a pragmatic one, and a realist who knew from experience what would work and what wouldn’t work in Western democracies. Alinsky took the pretentious ideas of the [[Frankfurt School]] and turned them into clear and actionable rules for war, a war with Judeo-Christian civilization, informed above all else by the maxim that the ends justify the means. Breitbart suggests that “if Marcuse was the [[Jesus]] of the New Left, then Alinsky was his [[Saint Paul]], proselytizing and dumbing down [[Herbert Marcuse]]’s message, making it practical, and convincing leaders to make it the official [[religion]] of the United States, even if that meant discarding the old secular religion of the United States, the [[Constitution]]."<ref>https://www.cgg.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Audio.details/ID/4939/Marxism-Academia-Origins-Political-Correctness.htm</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]]. Many of the CIO organizers that he worked with were card-carrying communists.<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-05-26/features/8502020590_1_slum-criminologist-neighborhoods Organization Man], ''Saul Alinsky`s Legacy Is Alive, Well And Living In The Neighborhoods'', [[Chicago Tribune]], by P. David Finks</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]]. Many of the CIO organizers that he worked with were card-carrying communists.<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-05-26/features/8502020590_1_slum-criminologist-neighborhoods Organization Man], ''Saul Alinsky`s Legacy Is Alive, Well And Living In The Neighborhoods'', [[Chicago Tribune]], by P. David Finks</ref>
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>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html Know Thine Enemy], [[The New York Times]]</ref>
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>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html Know Thine Enemy], [[The New York Times]]</ref>
=== The Rules ===
# "Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."
# "Never go outside the expertise of your people."
# "Whenever possible go outside the expertise of the enemy."
# "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
# Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage. (See: [[Irritating an opponent (military and political tactic)]]
# "A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
# "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag."
# "Keep the pressure on."
# "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. "
# "The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition."
# "If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside; this is based on the principle that every positive has its negative."
# "The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative."
# "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. "
==Death and Legacy==
==Death and Legacy==
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>
Two documentaries have been produced about the life and influence of Saul Alinsky. In 1999, a documentary titled ''The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy'' was produced,<ref>[http://www.shelterforce.com/online/issues/111/videoreview.html Review of The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy]</ref> and 2016 the [[EWTN]] released a second documentary 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>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282wnOKrdoU A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING - Official Trailer]</ref>
Two documentaries have been produced about the life and influence of Saul Alinsky. In 1999, a documentary titled ''The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy'' was produced,<ref>[http://www.shelterforce.com/online/issues/111/videoreview.html Review of The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy]</ref> and 2016 the [[EWTN]] released a second documentary titled ''[[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (film)|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>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282wnOKrdoU A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING - Official Trailer]</ref>
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
* [[Frances Fox Piven]]
* [[Frances Fox Piven]]
* [[The People's Cube]]
* [[The People's Cube]]
*[[Volodymyr Zelensky]]
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