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Saul Alinsky

Saul Alinsky. By Joseph Cerniglia. Russian Immigrant. Orthodox Jewish. Early adversity 1909-1930 “[Anti-Semitism] was so pervasive you didn’t really even think about it; you just accepted it as a fact of life.”.

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Saul Alinsky

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  1. Saul Alinsky By Joseph Cerniglia

  2. Russian Immigrant Orthodox Jewish Early adversity 1909-1930“[Anti-Semitism] was so pervasive you didn’t really even think about it; you just accepted it as a fact of life.”

  3. Earned Ph.B (Archaeology) from University of Chicago 1930. “Archeologists were in about as much demand as horses and buggies.” • Depression starts: 1929 • University of Chicago Graduate School (Criminology) 1930-1932 • State of Illinois – Criminology • Starts community organizing (1939) to “turn scattered, voiceless discontent into a united protest.” Career shift

  4. Back of the Yards, Chicago; Kansas City; Detroit; Southern California (1939-1949) • Reveille for Radicals (1946) • Civil Rights Movement (1950s) • Organizing the organizers (1960s) • Rules for Radicals (1971) Community Organizing

  5. Died in 1972 • Just before his death he planned to organize the white middle class into a national movement for progressive change directly to congress and “the boardrooms of mega-corporations.” Death

  6. Reveille for Radicals (1946) Rules for Radicals (1971) Divided society into three categories: Haves (Upper class) Have-nots (Lower class) Have-a-little, Want mores (Middle class) Born out of his time in and out of jail in Kansas City for Community Organizing: • Solidified his beliefs • Began his efforts to pass along his methods

  7. If you think of people in derogatory terms, then you don’t like people. • You make “ethnic” jokes behind the backs of your fellow Americans, you really don’t like people you tolerate them • There are those few that really love people – all people. These are the “radicals.” Alinsky on Love

  8. Cesar Chavez Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Dick Armey Inspirational

  9. “This becomes a contest of power: those who have money versus those who have people. We have nothing but people.” Power

  10. Saul Alinsky By Joseph Cerniglia

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