[lbo-talk] Saul Alinsky

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 18 11:56:02 PDT 2009


On Sep 18, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Bob Morris wrote:


> Back of the Yards created a model of community organizing that has
> been
> widely adopted. Cesar Chavez was recruited by an East LA
> organization that
> Alinsky started. The Industrial Areas Foundation still trains
> organizers.
>
> My real point though is that the Right seems to be doing most the
> organizing
> now (and having the most fun now) while the Left isn't doing much.
> How do we
> change that? Maybe Alinsky's rules could help.

That widely adopted model - what has it accomplished? As far as I can tell it's done nothing to change politics or power either at the municipal or national level.

Re: Chavez, check out Michael Yates's dissenting view on the standard hagiography:

<http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/YatesOnUFW.html>.

Doug



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