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Project muse labor studies journalvolume 29, number 2. Alec baldwin narrates the story of legendary community organizer, saul alinsky, and. Malcolms response, according to florence, was hes the best organizer in the country today. Famed abolitionist frederick douglass wrote, power concedes nothing without demand. Project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Search streaming video, audio, and text content for academic, public, and k12 institutions. Encounter with saul alinsky, national film board of canada documentary. Saul alinsky and his legacy september 5, 2004 september 5, 2004. Saul alinsky, the qualities of an organizer 1971 santow, mark edward january 1, 2000.

Independent television service media process educational films chicago video project university of california system. Saul alinsky and his legacy, produced in association with the independent television service. That clip of saul alinsky is from the 1999 documentary film the democratic promise. This exceptional and compelling documentary, narrated by alec baldwin, examines the life and legacy of legendary community organizer saul alinsky. Saul alinsky and his legacy saul david alinsky, community activist, was born in chicago on jan.

Alec baldwin narrates the story of legendary community organizer, saul alinsky, and his modernday legacy. Airing on channel 11 at 9 pm on labor day, the democratic promise. Saul alinsky identified a set of very specific rules that ordinary citizens could follow, and tactics that ordinary citizens could employ, as a means of gaining public power. In recent years alinsky has again gained recognition through his political links and through his influence on hillary clinton and barack obama, whose candidacy was reinforced via his association with alinsky. Florence was an associate of malcolm x, and asked malcolm what he thought of alinsky. Saul alinsky and his legacy, tells us, few know it today, but chicago was. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Perhaps alinsky s greatest legacy from his time on this earth is his 1972 book rules. A product of chicagos jewish ghetto, alinsky believed that participation in the political process was the key to preserving democracy.

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