‘Rules for Radicals’, Saul Alinsky (1971) – ‘A Book in Five Minutes’ – Ramblinactivist's Blogs
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Date: 06/05/2022

Ramblinactivist 2022/17, 6th May 2022.

In this review of ‘Rules for Radicals’ I’m not going to list those ‘rules’. Nor the oft-neglected list of ‘means and ends’. That’s because, if you read the book, that’s not the point of these lists. Alinsky’s philosophy is broader than that.
Saul D. Alinksy is a hero to some, mostly on the left; to others, mostly on the right, he is a demon; and to the learned middle class, he is often portrayed as a divisive fermenter of conflict by describing action in terms of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’.
In reality, in his own terms, he is all of these – precisely because he sought to give power to the powerless by manipulating those who would wield power over them.

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