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Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Book • 2024
Published in 1971, 'Rules for Radicals' is a seminal work by Saul Alinsky that provides a set of principles and tactics for community organizers and activists.
The book outlines 13 rules for radicals to use in their efforts to bring about social change, emphasizing the importance of understanding power dynamics, using ridicule, and maintaining constant pressure on the opposition.
Alinsky's work has been influential across various political spectra and continues to be a significant resource for those involved in social and political activism.
The book outlines 13 rules for radicals to use in their efforts to bring about social change, emphasizing the importance of understanding power dynamics, using ridicule, and maintaining constant pressure on the opposition.
Alinsky's work has been influential across various political spectra and continues to be a significant resource for those involved in social and political activism.
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in the context of strategizing and political action.


Robert Greene

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The Manipulation Expert: "You're Being Manipulated!", "Use Jealousy To Manipulate People!" & "How To Know If Someone Hates You!"
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as one of the communist authors whose strategic writings shaped the 20th-century narrative.

Rudyard Lynch

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Explaining the 1950s


Rod Dreher

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Tyranny and the Post-Christian West (Rod Dreher) | Ep. 532
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as a useful book to understand how power works in bureaucratic institutions.


Patrick McKenzie

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Seeing like an outsider, with Yatharth
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in relation to Christopher Rufo's strategy and the adoption of illiberal means.


Jonah Goldberg

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Conditional Logic for Dummies
Mentioned by Renee DiResta in relation to strategies for social and political action.

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Attention Wars: How Lies Spread Online Have Real-World Consequences | Renée DiResta
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when discussing the power of ridicule as an activist's weapon.

Dave Karpf

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TECH-BRO DYSTOPIA with Dave Karpf
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as the author of a book dedicated to Lucifer, used by the political right.

Courtenay Turner

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Dark Enlightenment Conspiracies: AI Government, Technocracy & the Hegelian Dialectic with Courtenay Turner!!
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when discussing the strategy of asymmetrical political action and conflict creation.


Scott Horton

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Israeli Staffers ASSASSINATED, Suspect Yelled FREE PALESTINE, PRAISED Luigi Mangione w/ Scott Horton
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in comparison with Steve Bannon's approach to institutional critique.

Brian Chow

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Benjamin Teitelbaum: The Civil War For Trump's Legacy
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in the context of discussing the importance of depolarizing political discourse on environmental issues.

Andrew Spencer

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The Environmental Stewardship Interview
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in reference to Hillary Clinton, who did her dissertation on it.

Joseph Gradante

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New DOCS PROVE Obama Hillary CONSPIRACY To SABOTAGE Trump Admin w/ Joseph Gradante
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, referring to Mark Levin's discussion of its principles.

Brian Mudd

7/9/25 - The Trump-Russia Probe: Unraveling the Dishonesty
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when discussing campaign strategies and the importance of going outside of targets' experience.

Jesse Marks

Jesse Marks on becoming a major grant maker, The Navigation Fund and corporate campaigning
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in relation to the use of Satan as a symbol of rebellion.


Joe Heschmeyer

#157 Why the Kansas Black Mass (satanism) shows Catholicism is true… - Joe Heschmeyer
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as a book Hillary Clinton wrote her thesis on.


Jocko Willink

362: Service and Spreading Aloha Worldwide w/ Tulsi Gabbard
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, who was a 1960s community organizer, labor organizer, who developed these rules on how to disrupt a status quo power.


Stanley K. Ridgley

273: DEI Exposed: How Ideology Fuels Division and Antisemitism with Stanley K. Ridgley, PhD
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when referring to Saul Alinsky's strategies.

Buck Sexton

BONUS: Daily Review With Clay Travis and Buck Sexton - Jun 03 2025
Mentioned with reference to strategies, tactics and techniques used in the world of activism.

Ep 423: Minar Pimple's Life in Social Work
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as one of the books he and his team read while working on The Point.


Andrew Mason

Groupon's Andrew Mason: Pt. 1, The Rise