Saul Alinsky and Community Organising

[Dimentio]

What is all this fuss about "Community Organising" being some sort of communist plot for a socialist takeover?

[Pawn Power]

This is old news. Its been happening since Obama announced he would be running for president.

Obviously community organizing- organizing communities to take control over there lives- is a fundamental socialist principle.

Does that mean all community organizers are communist- obviously not. Obama, case and point.

[blake 3:17]

Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is totally worth reading. Alinsky was a left reformist and had oodles of very practical advice for left activists.

For contemporary labour activists, The Troublemakers Handbook could fill a similar role. Link: http://www.troublemakershandbook.org/ Some of its lessons can be applied to other social struggles but is very much focussed on workplace activism.