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[martin]

Something like the Stephen Gaskin occurrence, where a social activist 
developed a following that carried a lot of street cred in it's time. 
That following could have been the army, but the needed the leadership 
of Gaskin, or someone like him to galvanize them with purpose. Maybe 
the Rocky Mountain Institute could afford to develop a leader.

Martin

On Aug 18, 2004, at 9:42 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> I'm becoming more and more puzzled about what exactly Kelley is after 
> in
> this thread, but neither she nor Alinsky (in her quotes and paraphrases
> from him*) seem very interested in raising an army, since they simply
> assume the existence of such an army materializing magically out of
> nowhere.
>
> Carrol
>
> *The quotes from Alinsky seem to suggest that his approach was to wait
> until an army came to him begging him to be their leader.