Saul D. Alinsky
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 â€œthe difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.â€ 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.,Contents,The Purpose,Of Means and Ends,A Word about Words,The Education of an Organizer,Communication,In the Beginning,Tactics,The Genesis of Tactic Proxy,The Way Ahead
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals