Tuesday, February 2, 2010

NEA recommended reading: Saul Alinsky

The National Education Association is one of Barack Obama's favorite unions (and that's saying something). Last weekend Obama announced he would be restructuring the No Child Left Behind Act around NEA concerns.
Well guess what has turned up on the NEA recommended reading list?
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky. The book is a radical community organizer's how-to guide for tearing traditional society down. It inspired Obama as a young activist in Chicago. The NEA's website has a glowing review of Rules for Radicals, calling Alinsky "the voice of experience" who encourages "positive social change" and is "[a]n inspiration to anyone contemplating action in their community!" The book is recommended for all NEA employees.

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