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7 Lessons Saul Alinsky Would Give Progressives Today

Nicholas von Hoffman, AlterNet. July 4, 2010.

The author worked closely with community organizing legend Saul Alinsky. What would Alinsky say to progressives today?

The Tea Party's Surprising Interest in the Writings of Radical Community Organizer Saul Alinsky

Sanford D. Horwitt, Brennan Center for Justice. May 15, 2010.

Saul Alinsky's classic work, 'Rules for Radicals' is a daily presence in Tea Party blogs, because they believe Obama owes his election to its advice.

I Volunteered For Obama in 2008, But His Support of Landmines Is the Last Straw

Clancy Sigal, Comment Is Free. December 24, 2009.

Obama's cruel and pointless refusal to ban child-killing landmines was my personal breaking point against the candidate I worked hard to elect.

Obama and a Paucity of Progressives

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. November 23, 2008.

Obama is not a super progressive. But he may, be the most progressive person we could have possibly hoped to elect as President of the United States.

Lessons from the ghost of liberal past ...

David Sirota, January 2, 2007.

One of history's most important -- and least remembered -- political organizers.

Bill Maher Rips into Gingrich\'s Saul Alinsky Smears: \"Who the F-- is Saul Alinsky?\"

Sarah Seltzer, December 31, 1969.