Fabius Maximus — Our Right & Left have lost their way. Saul Alinsky points to a better politics.

Summary: As US politics becomes a cacophony of lies and nonsense (now descending into street violence), we need to know that it can be better. This post reminds us of Saul Alinsky’s famous “Rules for Radicals”, which will work for any political movement.

Some Alinsky excerpts. It's short and worth a read.

Fabius Maximus
Our Right & Left have lost their way. Saul Alinsky points to a better politics.

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Sandwichman — What Makes Ben Lie?

No, not Bermanke.

I am not sure that Ben Carson is actually "lying" even though he is not telling the truth. He doesn't seem to be able to distinguish truth from truthiness, which is a reason he is so popular with his constituency. They can't either. Some are just stupid people, but a lot of them suffer from a severe case of cognitive dissonance in which ideology trumps fact.

Econospeak
What Makes Ben Lie?
Sandwichman

Mark Engler and Paul Engle — Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own 'Rules' For Social Change Today?

Modern activists believe that Alinsky focused on building organizations and not social movements. But the author's own political work shows a more flexible approach.

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Would Saul Alinsky Break His Own 'Rules' For Social Change Today?
Mark Engler and Paul Engler, Waging Nonviolence