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'''Saul Alinsky''' (1909 - 1972) was a liberal community organizer 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 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. We was opposed by far-left readicals who wanted to destroy capitalism and who feared that Alinskyradicals was strengthening it by resolving the issues most important to the poor.  
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'''Saul Alinsky''' (1909 - 1972) was a liberal community organizer 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 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. We 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.  
    
He was awarded a doctorate in archeology from the University of Chicago and was awarded a fellowship in sociology, which he never completed. He was nicknamed "The Red" for his radicalism --his book was dedicated tongue-in-cheek to Lucifer, the first radical. <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&PageId=76170 Guess who recommended Obama to enter Harvard] Worldnetdaily, September 24, 2008</ref>
 
He was awarded a doctorate in archeology from the University of Chicago and was awarded a fellowship in sociology, which he never completed. He was nicknamed "The Red" for his radicalism --his book was dedicated tongue-in-cheek to Lucifer, the first radical. <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&PageId=76170 Guess who recommended Obama to enter Harvard] Worldnetdaily, September 24, 2008</ref>
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