Recommended Reading: Saul Alinsky, The American Organizer

Reveille for Radicals
by Saul Alinsky
Vintage; = Reissue=20 edition (October 23, 1989)
Buy=20 It=20

Rules for Radicals
by Saul Alinsky
Vintage; = Reissue=20 edition (October 23, 1989)
Buy=20 It

An inspiration to anyone contemplating action in their = community! And=20 to every organizer!

Saul Alinsky wrote the book on American radicalism - two books, in = fact: a=20 1945 best-seller, "Reveille for Radicals" and "Rules for Radicals" in = 1971. The=20 "Reveille" title page quotes Thomas Paine... "Let them call me rebel and = welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of = devils,=20 were I to make a whore of my soul."

Saul Alinsky, who was a labor and civil-rights activist from the = 1910's until=20 he died in 1972, has written here a guidebook for those who are out to = change=20 things. He sets down what the goal is: a society where people are free = to live,=20 and also aren't starving in the streets. A society where there is legal = and=20 economic justice. Then he sets out to say how to get there.

Alinsky spends a lot of time critiquing the idea that "The end does = not=20 justify the means." What end? What means? He feels that there are = circumstances=20 where one can and should use means that in other circumstances would be=20 unethical. I am not sure I agree, but Alinsky certainly speaks with the = voice of=20 experience.

Alinsky's goal seems to be to encourage positive social change by = equipping=20 activists with a realistic view of the world, a kind of preemptive=20 disillusionment. If a person already knows what evil the world is = capable of,=20 then perhaps the surprise factor can be eliminated, making the person a = more=20 effective activist. Alinsky further seems to be encouraging the budding = activist=20 not to worry to much about getting his or her hands dirty. It's all a = part of=20 the job, he seems to say.

Alinsky, the master political agitator, tactical planner and social = organizer=20 didn't mince words...

"Liberals in their meetings utter bold works; they = strut,=20 grimace belligerently, and then issue a weasel-worded statement 'which = has=20 tremendous implications, if read between the lines.' They sit calmly,=20 dispassionately, studying the issue; judging both sides; they sit and = still=20 sit.

"The Radical does not sit frozen by cold = objectivity. He=20 sees injustice and strikes at it with hot passion. He is a man of = decision and=20 action. There is a saying that the Liberal is one who walks out of the = room when=20 the argument turns into a fight.

"Society has good reason to fear the Radical. Every = shaking=20 advance of mankind toward equality and justice has come from the = Radical. He=20 hits, he hurts, he is dangerous. Conservative interests know that while = Liberals=20 are most adept at breaking their own necks with their tongues, Radicals = are most=20 adept at breaking the necks of Conservatives.

"Radicals precipitate the social crisis by action - by using=20 power. Liberals may then timidly follow along or else, as in = most=20 cases, be swept forward along the course set by Radicals, but all = because of=20 forces unloosed by Radical action. They are forced to positive action = only in=20 spite of their desires ...

"The American Radical will fight privilege and power whether it be = inherited or acquired by any small group, whether it be political or = financial=20 or organized creed.=20
"He curses a caste system which he recognizes despite all = patriotic=20 denials.=20
"He will fight conservatives whether they are business or labor = leaders.=20
"He will fight any concentration of power hostile to a broad, = popular=20 democracy, whether he finds it in financial circles or in politics.=20
"The Radical recognizes that constant dissension and conflict is = and has=20 been the fire under the boiler of democracy. He firmly believes in = that brave=20 saying of a brave people, "Better to die on your feet than to live on = your=20 knees!"=20
"The Radical may resort to the sword but when he does he is not = filled=20 with hatred against those individuals whom he attacks. He hates these=20 individuals not as persons but as symbols representing ideas or = interests=20 which he believes to be inimical to the welfare of the people.=20
"That is the reason why Radicals, although frequently embarking = upon=20 revolutions, have rarely resorted to personal terrorism."

Alinsky practiced what he preached. He said, "Tactics means doing = what you=20 can with what you have ... tactics is the art of how to take and how to=20 give."

He uses eyes, ears and nose for examples...

Eyes
"If you have a vast organization, parade it = before=20 the enemy, openly show your power."

Ears
"If your organization is small, do what = Gideon did:=20 conceal the members in the dark but raise a clamor that will make the = listener=20 believe that your organization numbers many more that it does."

Nose
"If your organization is too tiny even for = noise,=20 stink up the place."

Alinsky devised and proved thirteen tactical rules for use against = opponents=20 vastly superior in power and wealth.

   1. "Power is not only what you have but what the enemy = thinks=20 you have.
   2. "Never go outside the experience of your=20 people.
   3. "Wherever possible go outside of the = experience of=20 the enemy.
   4. "Make the enemy live up to their own book = of=20 rules.
   5. "Ridicule is man's most potent = weapon.
  =20 6. "A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
   7. "A = tactic=20 that drags on too long becomes a drag.
   8. "Keep the = pressure=20 on.
   9. "The threat is usually more terrifying than the = thing=20 itself.
10. "Major premise for tactics is development of = operations=20 that will maintain constant pressure upon the opposition.
11. = "If you=20 push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its=20 counterside.
12. "The price of a successful attack is a = constructive=20 alternative.
13. "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, = and=20 polarize it.

"The real action is in the enemy's reaction. The enemy properly = goaded and=20 guided in his reaction will be your major strength. Tactics, like life, = require=20 that you move with the action."

Alinsky was hated and defamed by powerful enemies, proof that his = tactics=20 worked. His simple formula for success...

"Agitate + Aggravate + Educate + Organize"

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