Roots For Radicals: Organizing For Power, Action And Justice

The successor to the legendary activist Saul Alinsky, Edward T. Chambers pioneered a set of principles and practices that have guided community organizations throughout the US and the world. Roots for Radicals remains his definitive reflection on these fundamental principles of community activism: how, as public citizens, we can navigate the gap between the world as it is and as it should be, between self-interest and self-sacrifice and in doing so create lasting change for our communities. In the face of the increasingly turbulent politics of the 21st-century, Chambers's book has never been more relevant. Table of contents Foreword, Studs Terkel Introduction: The Industrial Areas Foundation: Social Knowledge, Power, and Politicalness 1. The World As It Is and the World As It Should Be 2. The Relational Meeting 3. Broad-Based Organizing: An Intentional Response to the Human Condition 4. Relationships: Public and Private 5. The Practice of Public Life: Research, Action, and Evaluation 6. Reflections of an Organizer 7. Broad-Based Organizing for the 21st Century: United Power for Action and Justice 8. Thoughts on 21st Century Challenges Appendix: Industrial Areas Foundation Network Notes Index