Reveille for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

Reveille for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

First published in 1946 and updated in 1969 with a new Introduction and Afterword, this volume represents the fullest statement of the political philosophy and practical methodology of one of the most important figures in the history of American radicalism. Like Thomas Paine before him, Saul Alinsky, through the concept and practice of community organizing, was able to embody for his era both the urgency of radical political action and the imperative of rational political discourse. His work and writing bequeathed a new method and style of social change to American communities that will remain a permanent part of the American political landscape.
Alinsky is that rarity in American life, a superlative organizer, strategist, and tactician who is also a social philosopher.
-- Charles E. Silberman
He cannot be bought; he cannot be intimidated; and he breaks all the rules.
-- The Economist
(London)
I consider him to be one of the few really great men of our century.
-- Jacques Maritain

Alinsky, Saul D.: - Saul Alinsky was born in Chicago in 1909 and educated first in the streets of that city and then in its university. Graduate work at the University of Chicago in criminology introduced him to the Capone gang, and later to Joliet State Prison, where he studied prison life. He founded what is known today as the Alinsky ideology and Alinsky concepts of mass organization for power. His work in organizing the poor to fight for their rights as citizens has been internationally recognized. In the late 1930s he organized the Back of the Yards area in Chicago (the neighborhood made famous in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle). Subsequently, through the Industrial Areas Foundation which he began in 1940, Mr. Alinsky and his staff helped to organize communities not only in Chicago but throughout the country. He later turned his attentions to the middle class, creating a training institute for organizers. He died in 1972.

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Title	Reveille for Radicals
Author	Saul Alinsky
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1989-10-23
Number of pages	256
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