Activism In Saul Alinsky's Rules For Radicals
The 60’s was another time and era of the country - the one in which activism played a major role in. A new generation of radicalism in America was emerging and along with them came the publication of Saul Alinsky’s book, Rules for Radicals.
During her senior year of college, Hillary chose Alinsky’s book as the topic of her senior thesis, which raised more than a few eyebrows over the years - and with good reason.
Who is Saul Alinsky?
Saul Alinsky was a writer, an American community organizer, and a political activist. He authored the book Rules for Radicals in 1971. He was also considered to be the founder of a community organizing of today’s modern society. Some even considered him to be the closest thing to an organizing genius.
In his book Rules for Radicals, he outlines various rules that soon become coined as the “Alinsky Model” which, ironically enough, he dedicated to Lucifer, referring to him as the first tried and true radical in history.
Why does the Alinsky model matter?
Alinsky’s model promotes socialism and totalitarianism methodology. He sought to “shake things up,” doing so through agitating various samples of the population throughout the country, which ended up mostly being the poor or low-income-earning individuals. Thus, he spent time in the Chicago suburbs doing just that. The problem is, the Chicago …show more content…
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s thesis. But why should they seal it from the public at all? Unless of course, she is afraid of what the American people might discover about her if they read the thesis. After all, Hillary didn’t choose Alinsky because she disagreed with his model. Instead, she not only praises the Alinsky method but she even suggests ways to improve it. Well, isn’t that a piece of interesting news that we should all take into consideration? America’s top socialist community organizer creates a method promoting totalitarian-style government, only to have Hillary find ways to improve on the method as
During her senior year of college, Hillary chose Alinsky’s book as the topic of her senior thesis, which raised more than a few eyebrows over the years - and with good reason.
Who is Saul Alinsky?
Saul Alinsky was a writer, an American community organizer, and a political activist. He authored the book Rules for Radicals in 1971. He was also considered to be the founder of a community organizing of today’s modern society. Some even considered him to be the closest thing to an organizing genius.
In his book Rules for Radicals, he outlines various rules that soon become coined as the “Alinsky Model” which, ironically enough, he dedicated to Lucifer, referring to him as the first tried and true radical in history.
Why does the Alinsky model matter?
Alinsky’s model promotes socialism and totalitarianism methodology. He sought to “shake things up,” doing so through agitating various samples of the population throughout the country, which ended up mostly being the poor or low-income-earning individuals. Thus, he spent time in the Chicago suburbs doing just that. The problem is, the Chicago …show more content…
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s thesis. But why should they seal it from the public at all? Unless of course, she is afraid of what the American people might discover about her if they read the thesis. After all, Hillary didn’t choose Alinsky because she disagreed with his model. Instead, she not only praises the Alinsky method but she even suggests ways to improve it. Well, isn’t that a piece of interesting news that we should all take into consideration? America’s top socialist community organizer creates a method promoting totalitarian-style government, only to have Hillary find ways to improve on the method as