Alinsky in Action – Rama Indian Reservation, Canada
"A must view. Fascinating doco. The late great agitator Saul Alinsky at work on the Rama Indian Reservation in Canada.
A rare glimpse at how the man who inspired Barack Obama actually worked."
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Related: By their heroes shall ye know them...
Speaking of lefty "heroes"...: http://scaramouchee.blogspot.com/2010/08/by-their-heroes-shall-ye-know-them.html
I read his biography in elementary school it was in our library- The Sword and the Scalpel or something like that, talk about your hagiography and this would have been within a few years of the "cultural revolution".
Only in Canada, eh? Can you imagine Mao's army doctor being hailed as a national hero in, say, the U.S.? No way, Jose. Not even in Obama's America.
Not a word was ever mentioned about the horror of his rule. I even did a book report on it. Granted we had a couple swingin sixties young teachers back then, pretty rad for a Catholic school.
The Scalpel, the Sword: The Story of Dr. Norman Bethune--http://www.amazon.com/Scalpel-Sword-Doctor-Norman-Bethune/dp/0853453020
In case you were feeling nostalgic and wanted to re-read it.
Heh nop thank you, Didn't Donald Sutherland do a CBC production of Bethunes life some years ago?
Yes, indeedy. I remember watching a bit of it (but only a bit of it, because it was, quite simply unwatchable).
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