Friday, October 31, 2008

Who Is Saul Alinsky?

Saul Alinsky was a community organizer. He was an atheist and a Marxist.

In 1971, he wrote the book Rules for Radicals. That book was the subject of Hillary Clinton's senior thesis. Obama spent 4 years teaching workshops on the "Alinsky Method".

In Rules for Radicals Alinsky writes:
In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create issues or problems...through action, persuasion, and communication, the organizer makes it clear that organization will give them a power, the ability, the strength, a force to be able to do something about these particular problems. It is then that a bad scene begins to break out into specific issues, because now the people can do something about it.

Here is his dedication page:

Lest we forget at least an over the shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins-or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that at least he won his own kingdom--Lucifer.

Here is the first paragraph of that book:
What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.
Community Organizing isn't about being more efficient with your time or getting more things done in your community. It's about getting people discontent with their lot in life and presenting yourself as the one who can help. The buzz word is change. The purpose is to exercise power over the masses.

One closing Alinsky quote:
Power goes to two poles: to those who've got money and those who've got people.

Obama has money AND he has devoted followers.

The mantra of the community organizer is, "CHANGE".

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

GIRD YOUR LOINS!

1 comment:

Crazy mom said...

Wow, Linda, this is scary stuff!!

Today certainly is a day to devote ourselves to prayer!

Barb