Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political developments whose...
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First published in 1971, Rules for Radicals is Saul Alinsky's impassioned counsel to young radicals on how to effect constructive social change and know “the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.” Written in the midst of radical political developments whose direction Alinsky was one of the first to question, this volume exhibits his style at its best. Like Thomas Paine before him, Alinsky was able to combine, both in his person and his writing, the intensity of political engagement with an absolute insistence on rational political discourse and adherence to the American democratic tradition.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679721130 (0679721134)
ASIN: 679721134
Publish date: October 23rd 1989
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 196
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Political Science,
Social Issues,
Activism,
Social Movements,
Social Justice,
Social Change
I did not rate this higher because there were moments when I found myself struggling with some of Alinsky's ideas. A part of me wondered what Alinsky would have made of the current political climate. Would he still recommend some of the ideas and rules he promoted? Would he have become more radical?...
Got the epub version.Reading on Tactics."Rule One: Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.The second rule is: Never go outside the experience of your people. When an action or tactic is outside the experience of the people, the result is confusion, fear, and retreat. It a...
Alinsky's ideas drive me insane...this is an important read though to understand the thought processes of today's liberals...
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