{"product_id":"people-power-the-community-organizing-tradition-of-saul-alinsky-paperback-2","title":"People Power: The Community Organizing Tradition of Saul Alinsky - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Schutz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMike Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaul Alinsky, according to \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e in 1970, was a \"prophet of power to the people,\" someone who \"has possibly antagonized more people . . . than any other living American.\" \u003ci\u003ePeople Power\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the major organizers who adopted and modified Alinsky's vision across the United States: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Fred Ross, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the Community Service Organization and National Farm Workers Association\u003cbr\u003e--Nicholas von Hoffman and the Woodlawn Organization\u003cbr\u003e--Tom Gaudette and the Northwest Community Organization\u003cbr\u003e--Ed Chambers, Richard Harmon, and the Industrial Areas Foundation\u003cbr\u003e--Shel Trapp, Gale Cincotta, and National People's Action\u003cbr\u003e--Heather Booth, Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action\u003cbr\u003e--Wade Rathke and ACORN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving classic texts with interviews and their own context-setting commentaries, the editors of \u003ci\u003ePeople Power\u003c\/i\u003e provide the first comprehensive history of Alinsky-based organizing in the tumultuous period from 1955 to 1980, when the key organizing groups in the United States took form. Many of these selections--previously available only on untranscribed audiotapes or in difficult-to-read mimeograph or Xerox formats--appear in print here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAaron Schutz, Professor, Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is the author of two previous books on social action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMike Miller was a leader in the pre-1960s' birth of the student movement at UC Berkeley, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee field secretary, and director of an Alinsky community organizing project. He has been an organizer for more than fifty years.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.85 x 7.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45860844306629,"sku":"9780826520425","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/Nk5OUmlNQytuLzBpUnduK2xZbGZuQT09_5327090e-5d1f-4a1c-a08c-3aac6888ce34.webp?v=1771546779","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/people-power-the-community-organizing-tradition-of-saul-alinsky-paperback-2","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}