Back of the Yards - http://newdeal.feri.org/survey/40c22.htm
A contemporary account of Alinsky's first major organizing effort which united diverse and contentious elements of the Chicago packinghouse neighborhood to solve common community problems. |
Chicago Historical Society - http://www.chicagohistory.org/static_media/pdf/historyfair/alinsky_saul.pdf
Bibliography of books on or by Alinsky. |
Chicago Organizing: Tough, Cat-Clawing, Bloody - http://www.hunterbear.org/chicago_organizing.htm
An organizer describes his own work in the South/Southwest side of Chicago, 1969-73, with some critical opinions of the sustainability of Alinsky's "visionless short-term pragmatism". |
Interview with Saul Alinsky - http://www.progress.org/2003/alinsky2.htm
In this lengthy serialized interview, the organizer talks about his plans to mobilize the "silent majority", his upbringing and early influences, and his early successful campaigns, including Chicago's Back of the Yards slum. |
Labor Unrest and Public Policy - Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals - http://www.psrf.org/issues/rules.jsp
Article summarizing the organizing approach, particularly as used by public sector unions in the US. |