Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky: His Life and Legacy

Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky: His Life and Legacy

In the course of his flamboyant career as an all-purpose activist, Saul Alinsky went from organizing working-class ethnics in one of Chicagoâ€™s most blighted neighborhoods to mapping out strategies for the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. He enlisted alliesâ€”from Catholic clergymen to labor unionists and black activists, in battles waged against opponents from slumlords to the Eastman Kodak corporation. The range of Alinskyâ€™s activities, the intensity of his beliefs, and his exhilarating mixture of crudeness and calculation almost vibrate off the pages of this passionate and inspiring biography.
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This is an important account of a complex and idiosyncratic urban populist who insisted that power was the keystone of social change. Horwitt . . . produce[s] a comprehensive appraisal of Alinksyâ€™s colorful confrontational tactics; as a community organizer and his influence on a succeeding generation of social activists . . . An insightful and well-written study.â€â€”Library Journal
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780679734185
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1992-03-31
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780679734185

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