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The Love Song of Saul Alinsky

The Love Song of Saul Alinsky

Schapiro, Herb

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsPlays

ISBN10: 0573651299
ISBN13: 9780573651298
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Published: Nov 30 2007
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Dramatic Comedy / 3m 2f / Simple SetsThe play is based on the life of Saul Alinsky who starting out from Chicago's mean streets became a master organizer in American cities from the '30's through the '60's. With his imaginative techniques colorful language and wild humor Alinsky taught communities how to win over an indifferent establishment and resurrect themselves. His ideas are still a force today.We see Alinsky on the road in 1972 at the end of his career and exhausted after an off-day weighing the worth of all his efforts. Alone in his motel room he conjures up the trials and triumphs of past campaigns-in urban ghettos middle-class neighborhoods and colleges. He relives encounters with Al Capone Mayor Daley Marshall Field Senator Joe McCarthy Albert Einstein Catholic bishops and Vietnam vets. He revives his passion for democracy that enabled him time and again to succeed against the odds.The next day rejuvenated Alinsky sets out on what will be his final campaign for a newer world. Advocating the simplest of means to effect change he prevails on his audience to find within their everyday lives the tools to rebuild their communities and secure something of what we are all looking for-laughter beauty love and the chance to create.

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