“Rules for Radicals: What Constitutional Conservatives Should Know About Saul Alinsky”

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“Rules for Radicals: What Constitutional Conservatives Should Know About Saul Alinsky”

David Horowitz

July 9, 2010

Published in 1972, Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals still enjoys brisk sales. With a former community organizer now commander-in-chief, and the idea of transformative leadership through radical change not just a theory, it is important for partsians of the Constitution to understand the roots of today's radicalism.

David Horowitz is the founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, an institution devoted to defending the principles of individual freedom, the rule of law, private property, limited government, and academic freedom. He is also the editor of FrontPage magazine and the founder of Students for Academic Freedom. Horowitz has authored numerous books, including Radical Son,Indoctrination U., and The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics. He earned a B.A. in English from Columbia University and a master's degree in English literature at the University of California, Berkeley.