Saul Alinsky Community Building Activism
Saul Alinsky Community Building Activism
Born 1909, died 1972, Chicago, Illinois.-- Independent Television Service (ITVS)
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Interview with Saul Alinsky - In this lengthy serialized interview, the organizer talks about his plans to mobilize the "silent majority", his upbringing and early influences, and his early successful campaigns, including Chicago's Back of the Yards slum.
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Back of the Yards - A contemporary account of Alinsky's first major organizing effort which united diverse and contentious elements of the Chicago packinghouse neighborhood to solve common community problems.
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The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy - Video documentary recounting Alinsky's life and work, and reviewing two contemporary IAF members' activities. Includes bibliography and information on filmmakers.
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Saul Alinsky - An overview of Alinsky's work, along with the prologue from "Rules for Radicals".
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Chicago Organizing: Tough, Cat-Clawing, Bloody - An organizer describes his own work in the South/Southwest side of Chicago, 1969-73, with some critical opinions of the sustainability of Alinsky's "visionless short-term pragmatism".
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Labor Unrest and Public Policy - Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals - Article summarizing the organizing approach, particularly as used by public sector unions in the US.
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Chicago Historical Society - Bibliography of books on or by Alinsky.
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