Posted by
Richard on Friday, September 12, 2008 11:21:39 AM
Lately we have continually heard the term "community organizer" Now for some people the vision is someone that is active in the betterment of his or her community. Someone whose heart is in their neighborhood, someone who'll help to make things better, run smoother or solve difficult problems with groups of people who are likeminded. However for most of us we sort of wonder what exactly does a C/O really do in terms of organizing? Well wonder no longer. In a piece written by Melanie Philips of The Spectator CO UK, we find that what some people see is not what really is the reality. Or to coin a phrased, "it's not what 'is' is"
"The seditious role of the community organiser was developed by an extreme left intellectual called Saul Alinsky. He was a radical Chicago activist who, by the time he died in 1972, had had a profound influence on the highest levels of the Democratic party."...read more