Editing Saul Alinsky (section)

==="Alinskyism"===
Among political activists on the left, Alinsky’s legacy continues to be disputed. Cautions against looking to Alinsky for "a road map" to "rebuild power in the age of Trump" repeat the charge of the New Left: "'Alinskyism' — apolitical 'single-issue' campaigns that focus on 'winnable demands' run by a well-oiled, staff-heavy organization—shut the door to more democratic and transformational forms of working-class mobilization."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2017/05/saul-alinsky-alinskyism-organizing-methods-cesar-chavez-ufw |title=The Problem With Saul Alinsky |first=Aaron |last=Petcoff |date=May 10, 2017 |magazine=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> At the same time, Alinsky has been rediscovered and defended as an inspiration for the [[Occupy movement]] in 2011-12, and the mobilization for climate action.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/building-organization-through-movements-a-defense-of-alinsky |title=Building Organization Through Movements: A Defense of Alinsky |first=Mike |last=Miller |date=May 23, 2014 |magazine=Dissent |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> Activists for [[Extinction Rebellion]] (XR), founded in Britain, cite ''Rules for Radicals'' as a source of inspiration as to "how we mobilise to cope with emergency", and "strike a balance between disruption and creativity".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/oct/books-that-inspired-extinction-rebellion-protesters/ |title=The books that inspired the Extinction Rebellion protesters |first=Donna |last=Mackay |date=October 22, 2019 |website=[[Penguin Random House]] |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> XR co-founder, [[Roger Hallam (activist)|Roger Hallam]], has been clear that the strategy of public disruption is "heavily influenced" by Alinsky: "The essential element here is disruption. Without disruption, no one is going to give you their eyeballs".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/19/extinction-rebellion-and-attenborough-put-climate-in-spotlight |title=Extinction Rebellion and Attenborough put climate in spotlight |first=Caroline |last=Davies |date=April 19, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> 

The Israeli journalist and pro-[[Israeli settlement|Settler]] activist [[David Bedein]] viewed Alinsky as a major influence on his own form of occupation politics.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bedein |first1=David |title=Alinksy's ideas can help Israel, too |url=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/op-ed-contributors/alinksys-ideas-can-help-israel-too |access-date=20 February 2021 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=25 June 2012}}</ref>