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Alinsky, Governance, Democracy, Obama

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I think this is a fairly definite indication of the immediate future of the Obama movement.

I should mention that Alinsky was not, as painted by the right, a Communist. He was, if anything an in-your-face Tom Paine Democrat and democrat as well.

We are on the threshold of the first effort in my 71 years to actually change the shape of governance nationally by the widespread injection of participatory democracy at the grass roots.

Younger readers could benefit by exploring the opportunity,

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Born in NYC, attended Oberlin & Trinity Schools, then Exeter and Williams (Phi Beta Kappa 1958). Worked with the Reverend James Robinson, finished Union Theological Seminary in NYC (1961). Joined Student Interracial Ministry in Nashville. Founded (more...)
 
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