Clinton wrote the letters in 1971 while she was living in berkeley, california, interning at trehauft, walker and bernstein, a leftist law firm that counted the black panthers among its clients. The first covers the biography of saul alinsky and is largely based on the. Previously unpublished correspondence between hillary clinton and the late leftwing organizer saul alinsky. Of course, barack obama too was inspired by the writings of saul alinsky. Hillary haters fixation on saul alinsky the american. Read hillary clintons letters to saul alinsky theblaze. Obama, hillary clinton, saul alinsky and rules for radicals. The hillary letters hillary clinton, saul alinsky correspondence revealed washington free beacon by alana goodman previously unpublished correspondence between hillary clinton and the late leftwing organizer saul alinsky reveal new details about her relationship with the controversial chicago activist and shed light on her early. Saul alinsky hillary clintons saul alinsky letters. Hillary clinton s thesis about radical activist saul alinsky bync started a credit union to provide local residents and businesses with lowinterest loans, and pressured the federal works progress administration and the national youth administration programs to provide jobs for neighborhood residents. How to change america print pdf the hill is reporting, eight years after shying away from the historic nature of her campaign, hillary clinton is putting women at the center of her agenda as she contemplates. Hillary clintons saul alinsky letters, presented by fox. I have just had my onethousandth conversation about reveille, she wrote in 1971, and need.
As she noted at the conclusion of her undergraduate thesis on alinsky, if the ideals alinsky espouses were actualized, the result would be social revolution. For more stories that most main stream media wont report, visit fb page truth media 101 please not. Rodham researched the thesis by interviewing alinsky and others, and by conducting. Reading hillary clintons hidden thesis politics decision 08. A 23yearold hillary clinton was living in berkeley. Should we cut hillary clinton some slack over her letters to saul alinsky, unveiled by alana goodman of the washington free beacon in late september. Saul alinsky was a chicagobased community organizer who did write the 1971 book rules for radicals.
My hunt for hillarys radical thesis the daily beast. Alinsky s antifascism, built around antiauthoritarianism, antiracial superiority, antioppression, was the ideological justification for his move into organizing and the first social basis on which he began constructing his theory of action. Clinton s letters to alinsky show that she loved his style, even if she preferred a less overt form of resistance to the capitalist order. Thank god trumps erasing obama and bill clintons failed legacies. Saul david alinsky january 30, 1909 june 12, 1972 was an american community activist and political theorist. Letter from hillary clinton to saul alinsky reveals close. A letter from hillary clinton to the late community organizer saul alinsky in 1971 was published sunday by the washington free beacon in it, clinton, then a 23yearold law school graduate living in berkeley, calif. Read the hillary clinton saul alinsky letters at the bottom of this story. His work through the chicagobased industrial areas foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety. Politifact what ben carson said about hillary clinton. Acorn, barack obama, hillary clinton, hillary rodham, rules for radicals, saul alinsky.
Letter from hillary clinton to saul alinsky reveals close relationship. When ben carson, in his speech at the republican national convention, drew attention to hillary clinton s tribute to the radical community organizer saul alinsky. Michael levenson, a students words, a candidates struggle, the. Bond has again used her skills as a psychoanalyst and given a compelling look at the life of hillary clinton. He wrote a book in 1946, reveille for radicals, it was a training manual for radicals. In 1969 hillary clinton wrote her 92page senior thesis on alinsky s. Hillary clintons college thesis on saul alinsky resurfaces. A series of missives which have been dubbed the hillary letters have recently been revealed to the public.
Alinsky, have gained mythic status among her critics a rosetta stone, in the words of one, that would allow readers to decode the thinking of. It is no accident that she chose to write about saul alinsky for her senior thesis at wellesley college. In the exchanges, clinton inquired about the expected publication of alinsky s rules for radicals, his work on organizing for socialist change. The communications allegedly shed some light on hillary clinton. Gecan to offer alinsky as the cultural solution to the problem he helped create. Alanna goodman has published the hillary letters, which details letters between a young hillary clinton and an aging saul alinsky.
Beware the useful idiots obama was influenced by the writings and philosophies saul alinsky, author of the book, rules for radicals, and later by frank marshall davis, with similar philosophies. The lost alinsky letters also remind us of what we ought to know but have forgotten. For 75 years, inner city blacks have been poor, labor unions have worked to put their members out of a job, and everyday there is some new group claiming it doesnt have equality. Clinton s enemies thought theyd found a smoking gun when, in september 2014, the conservative washington free beacon published a letter clinton had written to alinsky in july 1971 after her second year at yale law school, while she was working as a summer intern at the progressive law firm of treuhaft, walker, and burnstein in oakland, california. Hillary clintons letters to communist saul alinsky matter. Hillary clinton and liberal activist saul alinsky were once reportedly very close friends. Responding to the impatience of a new left generation. But if youre of a certain age or are a true clinton scandal connoisseur, you know that back in the. The letters also suggest that alinsky, who died in 1972, had a deeper influence on clinton s early political views than previously known. The fact that the arguments and the anger fomented by alinsky in the 40s, 50s and 60s are the same arguments and anger of todays obama clinton model is telling. Not long before this charming appropriation, alinskys 1971 manual of political warfare. In her letter to alinsky, hillary says, i have just had my onethousandth conversation about reveille for radicals alinsky s first book. Hillary clinton s political methods were founded on the theories of a 1960s radical about whom she wrote her college thesis in 1969.
When ben carson, in his speech at the republican national convention, drew attention to hillary clinton s tribute to the radical community organizer saul alinsky 190972, no eyebrows ascended. Hillary clintons letters to saul alinsky prove her radicalism. The hillary letters hillary clinton, saul alinsky correspondence revealed lee balterman the life picture collection getty images. Hillary clinton mentor saul alinsky explored in two new. The 62yearold radical had reached out to give her advice on campus activism.
It may take a village to raise a child, but clinton s college thesis seems to say that the village politicos need an enemy to mobilize against. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. Saul alinsky is the cause of our political divisions enter mr. The washington free beacon has been diligently uncovering pieces of the former first lady and presumed 2016 presidential contenders past, on sunday publishing letters between the young hillary clinton and alinsky, the author of the community organizing handbook rules for radicals. Clinton s relationship with alinsky, and her support for his philosophy, continued for several years after she entered yale law school in 1969, two letters obtained by the washington free beacon show. At wellesley college in 1969, clinton, whose name was hillary rodham back then, wrote a 92page thesis on alinsky, the leftwing community organizer best known as the author of rules for radicals. Saul alinskys triedandtrue rules for creating meaningful. Wikipedia info about the thesis there is only the fight hillary clinton saul alinsky thesis click here to read it other sources the hillary letters breaking newly discovered letters hillary clinton saul alinsky. Rules for radicals, page 1, from the moment the organizer enters a community he lives, dreams, eats, breaths, sleeps only one thing and that is to build the mass power base of what he calls. Alinsky died in 1972, but his legacy lives on as a staple of leftist method, a veritable blueprint for revolution which he and his disciples euphemistically refer to as change. In 1969, hillary rodham wrote a 92page senior thesis for wellesley college about community organizer saul alinsky entitled there is only the fight. Correspondence between a young hillary clinton and saul alinsky in.
Letter from hillary clinton to saul alinsky reveals close relationship written. The hillary letters hillary clinton, saul alinsky correspondence revealed by. An analysis of the alinsky model while the work by rodham as a college student was the subject of much speculation in articles and biographies of hillary rodham clinton in the 1990s, access to the thesis was limited by the. A pdf of alinskys rules for radicals can be downloaded for free by. Previously unpublished correspondence between hillary clinton and the late left wing organizer saul alinsky reveal new details about her. Alana goodmans revelation at the washington free beacon of previously unknown correspondence between hillary clinton and saul alinsky shows that clinton has not been honest about her farleft past. According to the letters, alinsky s rules for radicals was.
Former secretary of state hillary rodham clinton speaks at a forum sponsored by. In it, clinton, then a 23yearold law school graduate living in. Saul alinsky is the cause of our political divisions wsj. When young hillary rodham, now hillary rodham clinton, was a young wellesley college student writing her college thesis on community organizing, she got to know saul alinsky, the founder of the industrial areas foundation and author of rules for radicals, and kept up a correspondence with him for some. Alinsky offered hillary a job upon graduation from wellesley but she decided to attend yale law school where she met her husband bill clinton. Alana goodmans revelation at the washington free beacon of previously unknown correspondence between hillary clinton and saul alinsky. Alana goodmans revelation at the washington free beacon of previously unknown correspondence between hillary clinton and saul alinsky shows that clinton has not been. In 1969, hillary rodham wrote a 92page senior thesis for wellesley college about community. Originally posted at the washington free beacon note.
If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. A letter from hillary clinton to the late community organizer saul alinsky in 1971. Two of his most notable modernday disciples are hillary clinton and barack obama. The letters were obtained by goodman from the archives of the industrial areas foundation, a training center for community organizers founded by alinsky, housed at the. Saul alinsky, hillary clinton, and barack obama oath keepers. Clinton met with alinsky several times in 1968 while writing a wellesley college thesis about his theory of community organizing.
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