[lbo-talk] Saul Alinsky

[Bob Morris]

>
> 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...)