[lbo-talk] Saul Alinsky

Bob Morris bob.morris at gmail.com
Fri Sep 18 13:05:01 PDT 2009



>
> I think the Left needs an early-SPD style organization, but I seem to be in
> a minority here. Even with a few thousand of the people languishing in
> post-Trotskyist sects and popular frontist-outfits and even a limited
> foothold in immigrant rights struggles (CiW) and city-central style
> organizing (JwJ), I think we would be 10x less marginalized a force as we
> are now.
>
> Exactly. Because a lot of those people are absolutely tireless, deeply
committed organizers. But they're having little effect now. Like you say, imagine what could done if all that got directed into a movement with real impact.

Re: Chavez. Yeah it ended badly and I had no idea about the Synanon stuff. (Yikes...)



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