Summary Of Rules For Radicals By Saul David Alinsky

Riis shows how society had long turned a blind eye to this less reality. As he informs the readers in How the other Half Lives, the upper classes had long harbored fear from the poor. This fact proved very useful for Riis as it gave him room to use fear-evoking arguments to convince the higher class that the social reform is essential for everyone’s good. Riis argued that the ever- growing poverty in America posed a high risk not only for immigrants living in the slums. He employed statistical data correlating the ever-growing poverty with the increase the crime rate as well as the rapid expansion of tenement, to warn the middle and high class that poverty is a serious risk for them too. Hi goes on to argue that the cholera epidemic showed Americans how devastating such widespread illness could be, especially in urban areas. He warned the middle and high class that the tenements were the hotbeds for such epidemics and reminded them that such deceases never discriminate but bring death to the rich and poor alike.

In the article Contrasting Organization Approaching” The Alinsky Tradition” and Friedman Approaches, Marty Martinson and Celena Sue discuss several ways in which Alinsky dealt with situations which he thought could benefit the parties that were oppressed. He believed power lies with the people and forming of organizations was one of the ways that a society or community would receive positive results. The main premise of the organizations was to select a leader who could be seen as an outsider with a passion to motivate members of that community to plead their cause with the aim of winning.

A little more on the radical side are the Guerilla groups. Composed mostly of peasants fed up with the government who see no other way than violence. This guerilla groups have special ties to the community. Many times they visit villages explaining their cause hoping to recruit new

Once more, in “Getting Radical

Radical love is the act of coming together and supporting one another as a whole. hooks reveals that if there is no love there is no form that conflicts can be solved. If one self tries to liberate themselves from oppression it will be a plan with no progress. It must be understood that love is a way

However, Many historians such as wood and bailyn debate whether the revolution can be charachterized as radical and what exactly constitutes a radical revolution. The similarities between the two end when it comes to the subject of what the origins of the American Revolution were and what the revolution did to America that made it a radical

In the society today, radical is associated with an extremist or leftist, terrorist, and etc. A radical person is someone who disrupts the stability and peace in the society. In relation with the book, I cannot understand before on why Alinsky should use a community organizer as a personification of a radical person. A radical is somewhat negative to be used as a community organizer. It is like community organizer is peace while radical is disorder. However, as I was reading the book, I realized that a community organizer should be a radical. In the situation today, we just don’t need a person who just “organizes a

Both Jane Addams and Saul Alinsky, worked to enact social change within the poor neighborhoods of Chicago. Both would also go on to inspire many other social changes due to their methodologies and accomplishments. However, Addams’ and Alinsky’s approaches to bring about social change are often described as being polar opposites. One could argue though, that despite these superficial differences, Addams and Alinsky shared a commonality that is not often talked about.

Radical status refers to the level of intimacy and integration an individual or corporation has in social life (Black, 1976). Leslie was someone who was a member of organizations and institution in her community but these were all of lesser value compared to the guys who played sports. It would seem as if Leslie’s involvement would’ve had a greater impact being that she was more than an athlete, she also participated in community service unlike the jocks that were known just for their athletic abilities. In Glen Ridge sports (football) mostly mattered and for that reason Leslie was less intergraded in the social life

Saul Alinsky was an American social organizer who was known for his radical ideas. These ideas eventually became Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, published in 1971, and contained twenty-four different rules. Thirteen of Alinsky’s rules focused on how to control and/or manipulate people to do what one wanted. The eleven other rules pertained to the ethics of means and ends. Alinsky was very controversial, and his rules were no exception.

On the other hand, radical feminism is a form of resistance feminism, which means their issues primarily lie within patriarchy or men’s dominance towards women. They argue that patriarchy is found wherever men and women are in contact with each other. They believe that patriarchy is almost impossible to abolish because to be superior is an attribute that most men have acquired of is already “built” into them. And whether it’s consciously or subconsciously, these traits are applied into their privileges that Western society has given them (because they are men) and displayed within all the different aspects and occupations in their lives.

Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums, predicts the direction in which the world’s cities are headed, and how the changes in living conditions are only going to deteriorate if certain trends continue. The title of his book explains Davis’s vision for the future of cities as he feels there is enough evidence pointing towards an exponential rise in slum populations across the world’s largest cities. Additionally, he expresses his opinion on many issues regarding the rapid rise in developing cities’ slum populations, although he offers very one-sided arguments geared towards those who feel the current system is causing more problems rather than improving current conditions. This causes Davis to overlook the problems of slums as resolvable through different modes of assistance such as international aid programs. Instead, he views aid programs as the root cause of imbalance created during industrialization. Throughout the book, Davis presents information that confirms his preconceptions towards the slums. Therefore, all the evidence that is presented by him portrays confirmation bias as Davis fails to mention anything about the resolution of the problem of the growing number of slums and instead sees this problem as unavoidable. Particularly, Davis’ writing, although intended for the general population, is more geared towards critics who have similar ideas. Instead of providing the means through which the economy could be improved and the problem of slums could be resolved, it is

Alinsky’s rules for radicals were written by Saul Alinsky in 1972. The rules were created to develop a process for organization. Alinsky’s rules were broken into two different types, tactics with 13 rules and ends and means with 11 rules. The four rules I chose to discuss were from the tactics list of rules. Alinsky’s rules for radicals are applicable in many ways and also are somewhat biased.

“There are no rules for revolution any more than there are rules for love or rules for happiness, but there are rules for radicals who want to change their world”………… Saul D. Alinsky, 1971.

Alinsky’s purpose for the Rules for Radicals was to make a guide for prospective community electives to use in bringing low-income communities, the "Have and Not’s", by bring the low-income communities closer to social, political, legal and economic gain in order to give equality and justify the present establishment that promoted one’s inequality. Within it, Alinsky meth’s, that he had learned throughout life experiences from community organization. Alinsky lessons,” is the oldest and largest community organizing network in the United States” (Harris, Maloney, & Rother.2004. p269).