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Alinsky, Saul David, 1909-1972
Variant namesSaul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist. His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, economists, bankers and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety. Responding to the impatience of a New Left generation of activists in the 1960s, Alinsky – in his widely cited Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer (1971) – defended the arts both of confrontation and of compromise involved in community organizing as keys to the struggle for social justice.
Beginning in the 1990s, Alinsky's reputation was revived by commentators on the political Right as a source of tactical inspiration for the Republican Tea Party Movement and, subsequently, by virtue of indirect associations with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, as the alleged source of a radical Democratic political agenda. While criticised on the political Left for an aversion to broad ideological goals, Alinksy has also been identified as an inspiration for the Occupy movement and campaigns for climate action.
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| creatorOf | Industrial Areas Foundation. Industrial Areas Foundation Records, [ca. 1938-1995] (bulk 1951-1987) | University of Texas Libraries | |
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| referencedIn | Council on Foundations, 1991-1992 | Indiana University, Bloomington. Center for the Study of History and Memory | |
| referencedIn | Jean Graham Alinsky papers, 1908-1984 | Hoover Institution Archives | |
| creatorOf | Woodlawn Organization. The Woodlawn Organization records, 1959-1973. | Chicago History Museum | |
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| referencedIn | Gaudette, Thomas A., 1923-1998. Thomas A. Gaudette papers, 1938-1996. | Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library | |
| creatorOf | Alinsky, Jean Graham, 1916-. Jean Graham Alinsky papers, 1908-1984. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
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