#saulalinsky — Public Fediverse posts
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Don't worry, boys, we'll weather this #storm of approval and come out as #hated as ever - #SaulAlinsky to his staff shortly before his death, June 1972.
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
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We could rewrite the lessons of #SaulAlinsky’s rules for radicals, for a 5th grade reading level, I suppose.
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Saul David Alinsky :
- Radicaux, réveillez-vous !
- Etre radical : manuel pragmatique pour radicaux réalistes« Ce livre s'adresse à ceux qui veulent changer le monde. Si Machiavel écrivit Le prince pour dire aux riches comment conserver le pouvoir, j'écris Être radical pour dire aux pauvre comment s'en emparer. » Saul Alinsky
#SaulAlinsky #livre #books #mastolivre #bookstodon #VendrediLecture #communityorganizing
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Reactionaries internalized the lessons of #SaulAlinsky.
That’s why we can’t have nice things 🤷🏻♂️
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I feel like there’s an opportunity to rewrite #SaulAlinsky’s rules.
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The neoreactionaries internalized #SaulAlinsky two generations ago.
Will anyone else?
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Das chinesische Schriftzeichen für #Krise besteht aus zwei Zeichen: aus dem Zeichen #Gefahr und aus dem Zeichen #Möglichkeit, günstige #Gelegenheit.
Alle Krisen können uns günstig sein, wenn sie in der Demokratie nicht von #Nazis für Geschäfte missbraucht werden.
#SaulAlinsky schreibt in Knast-Büchern, ansonsten kam er in der #Organisation von #Bürger- und Stadtteil- Bewegungen kaum dazu: #Chicago der 1930er Jahre mit Ghettos, Gewerkschaften und #Rassismus: Anleitung zum #Mächtigsein #Lamuv
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#Project2025 is what happens when fascists learn from #SaulAlinsky.
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Nothing. Reactionaries internalized #SaulAlinsky’s rules for radicals in the 70’s.
Everyone else is catching up, slowly.
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In post-war era of the 50’s and 60’s, the #American right-wing learned to frame elections as choosing who gets to pick federal judges and lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court.
The liberals and left-wing internalized the lesson of culture wars, soft power, and entertainment.
The reactionaries actually paid attention to #SaulAlinsky.
Judicial #power defines legislative #culture defines electoral #politics.
And that’s why we can’t have nice things.
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The #AntiNormie #reactionaries marry #SaulAlinsky’s rules for radicals with @georgelakoff’s Strict Father vs. Nurturing Mother frame and normies don’t even realize they are thinking of an elephant.
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Maintain Pressure
Continuously apply pressure on the opposition with new tactics to keep them off balance.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #pressure #movements #constancy #drumbeat
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Avoid Dragging Tactics
Prolonged tactics lose effectiveness; keep them engaging and dynamic.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #dynamic #engagement #ParticipatoryLeadership
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Enjoyable Tactics
Effective tactics are those that your people enjoy and willingly participate in.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #joy #enjoy #love #appreciation #support
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Ridicule
Ridicule is a potent weapon that infuriates opponents and can lead to concessions.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #laughter #mockery #ridicule
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Hold Opponents Accountable
Make the enemy live up to its own rules to undermine credibility.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #accountability #credibility #integrity #IntellectualHonesty
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Create Insecurity
Whenever possible, go beyond the expertise of your enemy to cause confusion.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #insecurity #confusion
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Expertise
Never go beyond the expertise of your people to avoid confusion and fear.
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#SaulAlinsky #Radicals #FirstPrinciples #ChangeManagement #expertise #confusion #fear
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#SaulAlinsky's Rules for #Radicals is a set of #FirstPrinciples for community organizing and #ChangeManagement.
Power Perception
Power is not just what you have but what your opponent thinks you have.
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Alinsky himself was an unabashedly leftist radical, organizing efforts in communities to respond to all sorts of unfairness. I wonder how he would have reacted to radicals on the conservative right, like the Tea Party during the Bush II years, appropriating his methods to do exactly the opposite — to perpetuate inequity in our society.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/better-call-saul-for-lgbtqia-rights-on-rules-for-radicals-1525f1652e47 -
Presentation on activism and #SaulAlinsky at the #SanDiego Progressive Democratic Club by @colinparent #RulesForRadicals
1. Identity a problem
2. Propose a solution to that problem (optional)
3. Remind the public who is responsible to fix that problem (creatively and repeatedly)
4. Thank them if they do something to solve the problem, even if they didn't do it in the exact way you proposed (this can be hard)