Saul Alinsky

Kos And Alinsky And Election 2008

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.20.2008 | Home


Stephen C. Rose

Kos may be the digital-era Saul Alinsky, as one reviewer put it, taking local activism online. Obama has updated Alinksy as well, synthesizing a national and local approach.

Will Obama Inspire a New Generation of Organizers?

Peter Dreier | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

Obama has already inspired young people to apply in increasing numbers to become community and workplace organizers. He may be counting on them to push him (and Congress) to live up to his progressive promise.

The Question of Hillary Clinton's Guilt-By-Association Tactics

Carl Bernstein | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Carl Bernstein

The resort by Hillary and her campaign to guilt-by-association, of which the Bill Ayers allegations are but one example, is, even for some of her most steadfast advocates, particularly dismaying.

It's Over

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

In Wisconsin, the Hillary camp bet on the idea that "organized attacks" can defeat "organized people" and ended up losing by 17 points.

McCain Flying High Again; Obama Edging Past Clinton; Clinton Facing Mass Skepticism

Tom Hayden | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics


Tom Hayden

There is a basis for the otherwise absurd "cult of personality" charge by Krugman, which lies in the nature of the community organizing at the root of the new Obama populism.


 

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