Book of the day > Rules For Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky. First Edition, 1971. Published by Random House. “In this book Saul Alinksy, America’s most famous community organizer, tells the Have-Nots how they can organize to achieve real political power for the practice of true democracy. Machiavelli told the Haves how to maintain themselves in power – this books tells the Have-Nots how to take that power away. Alinsky’s hard-headed tactical advice provides an alternative not only to the powerlessness that threatens our democracy, but to the random violence and bitter alienation by which so much radical energy is wasted.” Same as it ever was…