saul alinsky

I noted in yesterday’s story about “Tea Party” activists reading Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” that most of the people who buy the book on Amazon are packaging it with books by ultra-conservatives. Here’s a screenshot.

Thirty-seven years after his death, community organizer Saul Alinsky has a surprising new fan base.

Eric Kleefeld notices that FreedomWorks’ logo for the Sept. 12, 2009 anti-tax March on Washington appropriates the Communist/left-wing iconography of red fists punching the air. Adam Brandon of FreedomWorks explains:
When you start working here at FreedomWorks, the first book you read is Saul Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals.” We’re avid students of the political left.
FreedomWorks isn’t [...]