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Who Needs the Olympics? Consolation Reading for Chicago Lovers

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: A.J. Liebling, Chicago Olympics, David Mamet, Saul Alinsky, Sara Paretsky, Gloria Steinem, Herman Hesse, Chicago, Books News
Adam Hanft

Chicago is an Olympian city when it comes to literature and the arts. And what better time than now to remind us? Here's a sampling of some of those triumphs of the sedentary.

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Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, International Monetary Fund, Afl-Cio, Corporate Power, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, World Trade Organization, Wall Street, Nafta, Colombia, Vietnam War, John Sweeney, Iraq, Saul Alinsky, Iraq Timetable, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is easy to justify on the basis of guaranteeing the basic human rights of working Americans.

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The Hideout Endorses Tom Geoghegan For Congress

Tim Tuten | Posted 04.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: The Hideout Geoghegan, Tom Geoghegan Congress, Tom Geoghegan, The Hideout, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Illinois Special Election, Illinois Fifth District Race, The Hideout Chicago, Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama, Chicago News
Tim Tuten

For 30 years, Tom Geoghegan has fought on behalf of steelworkers, nurses, taxi drivers, immigrants, union workers and those trying to unionize. As a regular who became an owner of the Hideout, I wholeheartedly support Tom Geoghegan for Congress and ask that you do the same.

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Alinsky's Legacy, Obama and Labor's Challenge

Jonah Lalas | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Saul Alinsky, Social Justice, Organizing, Change, Labor, Employee Free Choice Act, Community Organizing, Obama, Unions, Social Activism, Union, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jonah Lalas

Until Obama, I had always viewed the White House as synonymous with "the boss" or the "management" of a facility who instills fear into workers when they try to organize.

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What Would Obama Do If Obama Was Mad At Obama About Rick Warren?

David Quigg | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Marriage, Debt Relief, Darfur, Activism, Community Organizers, Rules for Radicals, Frank Rich, Prayer, Barack Obama, California, Politics News, Gay Marriage, Civil Unions, Gay Rights, Rick Warren, Marriage Equality, Inauguration, Aids, Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News
David Quigg

Obama would move on -- he'd refuse to be distracted. He'd brush the dirt off his shoulder and immediately return his focus to winning.

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Can We?

Wendy Block | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: David Sirota, The Uprising, Lobbyists, Grassroots, Fun, Bailout Deal, Illegal Activity, Progressives, Amy Goodman, Community Organizer, Federal Reserve, Corporate, Congress, New Activists, Shareholder Dividends, Government, Gordon Brown, u.s. Economy Problems, Shock Doctrine, Movement, Obama Change, Samuel Beckett, Banks, Moveon, Bonuses, Gay Marriage Ban, Saul Alinsky, Democracy Now, Naomi Klein, Barack Obama, Politics News
Wendy Block

I'm not ready to return to the same non-adrenaline-rush grassroots work that propelled Obama and the Dems to such a decisive victory.

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In Battleground Ohio, Community Organizing Trumps Cynicism: Lesson for 2012?

Sanford D. Horwitt | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Arnie Graf, Ted Strickland, Sherrod Brown, Progressives, Industrial Areas Foundation, 2004 Election in Ohio, Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky, Faith Vote Columbus, Jonathan Lange, Politics News
Sanford D. Horwitt

IAF organizers are confident that they will be able to show that a volunteer-driven voter participation strategy can significantly increase turnout in scores of precincts.

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Studs for Obama

Edward Lifson | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Studs Terkel, Obama Racism, Obama Saul Alinsky, Sara Palin, Ayers Obama, Studs Terkel Books, Obama Community Organizer, Obama Ayers, Sarah Palin Drag, Palin Mccarthy, Studs Terkel Obama, Joseph McCarthy, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Studs Terkel Ayers, Racism, Huac, Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky, Alan Greenspan, Chicago News
Edward Lifson

I asked Studs Terkel, if he were to interview Obama, what would he ask him? That got him going.

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Chicago Community Organizer Becomes Focus Of McCain Attacks

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: John McCain Attacks, Obama Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky, Chicago News

Saul Alinsky surfaced as a factor in the presidential contest last year, in stories about how the legendary Chicago community organizer -- who worked ...

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Kos And Alinsky And Election 2008

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Netroots Nation, Al Giordano, Books, Markos Moulitsas, Markos Moulitsas ZúNiga, Hillar Clinton, Saul Alinsky, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Home News
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.

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Will Obama Inspire a New Generation of Organizers?

Peter Dreier | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Saul Alinsky, Obama Alinsky, Senator Obama, Obama Progressives, Obama Chicago Organizer, Obama Organizer, Obama, Obama Community Organizer, Obama Southside Chicago, Obama Young People, Barack Obama, Home News
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.

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