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The despair is there now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.

Saul Alinsky

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Saul Alinsky
Age: 63 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 30
Died: 1972
Died: June 12
Activist
Human Rights Activist
Sociologist
Trade Unionist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Saul David Alinsky
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Discontent
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Despair
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