Abich, Diego A., 73–74
Abramsky, Sasha, 125, 172–73, 181, 185–86, 303
Ackerman, Frank, 154
ACORN. See Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
ACTION, 161–62
Action Committee for Decent Childcare, 140, 142
Adler, Devorah, 328
Afghanistan, 366–67
Africa, Afro-centrism, 24–25, 128, 311–13
education and, 119, 235, 285, 288, 324, 326
Wright and, 78, 304–6, 309, 313, 324, 326–27
Alinsky, Saul, viii, 154, 177, 188, 194, 205–7, 217, 222, 308, 352–53, 371–72, 386
community organizing and, 21, 81–83, 94, 99–103, 109, 114, 116, 118, 120–25, 136, 138–42, 149, 161–63, 184, 226, 232, 267, 278, 280, 282–83, 294, 314, 330, 338, 353, 358–60, 367, 371
Midwest Academy and, 133, 136, 138
Alliance for Better Chicago Schools (ABCs) Coalition, 123–24
Allstate, 253
al-Shabazz, Rafiq (Al Nurridin), 105, 108–11
Altgeld Gardens, 105, 117, 229, 311
asbestos battle and, 111–14, 209
Altgeld Tenants United (ATU), 208–9
Aronowitz, Stanley, 32–33, 39, 53
asbestos campaign, 104, 111–16, 207–9, 328, 370
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, The (ACORN), 45–47, 96, 132, 162, 182, 187, 191–259, 282–86, 300, 326, 373–75
“ACORN: Taking Advantage of the Fiscal Crisis” (Rathke, Borgos, and Delgado), 199–200, 207, 212
Ayers and, 196, 235, 256, 259, 261–62, 276, 284–85
banks and, 45, 47, 125, 191–92, 195–97, 199–201, 203, 206, 208–9, 211–12, 214–19, 228–31, 234–36, 253–56, 283
CHD and, 178–79
Chicago and, 194–96, 203–11, 214–15, 218–20, 222–23, 228–31, 235–36, 248, 256, 283–84, 286
Clinton and, 195, 210, 231–35, 252–54, 377
education and, 119, 196, 235–36, 256, 284–85, 289
finances of, 178, 195–96, 203, 206, 210–11, 213, 215, 218, 224, 231, 233–34, 256, 261, 275–76, 280, 283, 285–86, 288, 293, 373–74
housing and, 45, 139, 192–93, 195, 206–18, 229, 231–35, 252–55, 280, 377
New Party and, 17, 196, 198, 203, 210, 236, 238–39, 241–43, 245, 248, 259, 333–34
Obama’s ties to, viii, 4, 17, 94, 192–94, 196, 203, 205–11, 218–23, 228–30, 235–37, 242–43, 247–49, 252, 256, 258–59, 276, 283, 286, 329, 334, 356, 370, 373–74, 387
People’s Platform of, 195, 200–202, 207
Piven and, 3–4, 193, 195, 198, 227, 251–52, 254–55, 259
Project Vote and, 4, 194, 196, 203, 219–224, 227–28, 230, 236, 248–51, 370
SEIU and, 35, 49, 194, 203, 205–6, 208, 223–25, 227–28, 230, 238–39, 241, 247–48, 256
socialism of, 46–47, 191–93, 195, 197–202, 206, 214–16, 230–31, 236, 241, 254–55
techniques practiced by, 114, 122, 204–5, 208, 211, 256
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 124, 323, 332, 349
“Audacity of Hope, The” (Wright), 305–6, 323
Augustine-Herron, Loretta, 106, 112, 116
Axelrod, David, 187
Ayers, John, 119–21, 123, 135, 166, 274, 276, 285
Ayers, Tom, 120
Ayers, William, 119–20, 166, 261–97
ACORN and, 196, 235, 256, 259, 261–62, 276, 284–85
community organizing and, 262–69, 273–74
education and, 17, 120, 123–24, 135, 196, 235, 256, 261–64, 272–75, 281, 284–85, 287–89, 291, 293, 326, 340
foundation work of, 17, 135, 175, 177, 196, 235, 256, 261, 264, 273–78, 280–81, 284–87, 289–96, 308, 326–27, 341, 344–46, 374
juvenile justice project of, 261, 264, 272–74, 276, 292–93, 340–46
Obama’s relationship with, viii, 12, 17–18, 94, 124, 126, 189, 261–62, 264, 271, 273–75, 283–87, 291–97, 308, 330, 340–46, 348, 387
terrorism of, 18, 119, 131, 261–64, 267, 273, 275, 292, 345
Weather Underground and, 18, 131, 235, 262–72, 275, 285, 288–89, 293, 300, 340, 342
Backyard Revolution, The (Boyte), 79–81
banks, banking, 5, 79, 118, 127–28, 151, 359, 366, 375
ACORN and, 45, 47, 125, 191–92, 195–97, 199–201, 203, 206, 208–9, 211–12, 214–19, 228–31, 234–36, 253–56, 283
crises in, 191–93, 195, 212–15
subprime lending of, 192–93, 195, 206, 209–12, 214–15, 217, 229, 234–35, 252–55, 278, 377–78
Baron, Michael L., 24
Bell Federal Savings and Loan Association, 215
Big Business Day, 160–61
“Black Church and Marxism, The” (Cone), 56, 71–72
black churches, 59, 299, 301, 348
collective action of, 324–26
black liberation theology, 348
BTP’s Cuba visits and, 72–76
of Cone, 7, 56–57, 64, 69, 71–72, 226, 301–2, 305, 310
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 68, 310
Wright and, 56–58, 64, 69, 72, 85, 226, 301, 303–5, 308–9, 327
black nationalism, 141, 309, 324
Black Panthers, 267–68, 272, 338
Black Power, 33–34, 138–39, 266, 302, 304, 324
blacks, 44, 51, 64, 91, 234, 336–37, 339, 383
community organizing and, 22–23, 25, 50, 52, 56, 70, 93–95, 97, 103, 105, 108–9, 115, 117, 139, 265–67, 269, 271
integrationist assimilation and, 324, 337
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
juvenile justice and, 272, 343–44
Karanja on, 312–13
Marable and, 53–55
Obama’s presidency and, 366, 370, 382
in racial profiling, 347–48
rioting of, 32–33, 225, 266, 302
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 30, 32–34, 58
in U.S. Army, 313–14
Washington’s mayoral campaigns and, 38, 40, 42, 49, 59
Weather Underground and, 265–66, 268–72
Wright on, 299–301, 303–6, 309, 316, 318, 321, 324
Black Theology and Black Power (Cone), 301–2
Black Theology Project (BTP), 56–58, 72–76, 194, 226, 310
C/LEC and, 156–59
community organizing and, 141–42, 144–45, 150, 156, 163, 167, 173, 182, 226, 370, 377
McKnight’s relationship with, 181–82, 185
Midwest Academy and, 131–33, 137–43, 145, 147–49, 153, 156, 162, 165–67, 170–71, 176, 178, 180, 183–84, 186, 188–90, 228, 244, 363, 377
Public Allies and, 135, 183–84
socialist feminism of, 133, 140–42, 150, 156, 162, 366
VISTA and, 161–63
Midwest Academy and, 131–33, 137–40, 142–43, 145, 153, 162, 186
Borgos, Seth, 199–200, 207, 212
Boyte, Harry, 164, 170–73, 367–68
communitarianism and, 83, 135, 155, 170–71, 176–77, 368
community organizing and, 79–81, 83–84, 136, 153–54, 170, 370, 377
DSOC and, 149, 151, 153, 155, 159–60, 170
Midwest Academy and, 83, 131–33, 135–38, 140, 142–43, 148, 151–55, 160, 170–71, 176–77, 363, 368, 371, 374
NAM and, 143, 149, 151, 153–55, 170
socialism and, 80–81, 84, 132–33, 135–36, 153–55, 160, 171, 363, 377
Brazier, Arthur, 308
“Breaking the War Mentality” (Obama), 2, 11
Brookins, Howard B., Jr., 317–20
Brown, John, 273–74
Burnside, Randolph, 349
Bush, George W., 339
business, 5, 24, 35, 39, 68, 78–80, 160, 164, 226, 350
ACORN and, 47, 196, 201, 206–7, 234
Booth’s socialist feminism and, 141–42, 150
community organizing and, 45, 47, 83, 117, 120, 125, 128, 139, 283, 359
Obama’s presidency and, 356, 369, 372, 378–80, 385
and socialism from below, 375–78
Business International Corporation, 77
Cambridgeport, Mass., 81–82, 149
Cameron, John, 172–74
campaign finance laws, 372
Campaign for Human Development (CHD), 177–80, 277
Cantor, Danny, 198–200
New Party and, 198, 239–41, 245–46
cap-and-trade plan, 157, 240, 379–80
capitalists, capitalism, 7–8, 30–31, 34, 51, 57–58, 66, 70, 77–78, 80, 133, 138–43, 155, 159, 168, 197, 343, 357, 367
CHD and, 179–80
community organizing and, 46–47, 82, 109, 125, 128, 138
foundations and, 326–27
Karanja on, 312–13
Marable on, 54–55
Obama’s presidency and, 356, 376, 378–82
Washington’s mayoral campaigns and, 38–39
Carter, Jimmy, 37, 161, 178, 200
“Case for Transitional Reform, The” (Dreier), 46–47, 51, 198–200
Castellina, Luciana, 36–37
Castro, Fidel, 72–75, 226, 306
Catholics, Catholic Church, 352
community organizing and, 101–5, 365
Centers for New Horizons, 311–13, 319
Central America, 65–67, 75, 175
Chandoo, Mohammed Hasan, 88–89
Chicago, Ill., 7, 9, 16–17, 44, 58, 64, 139, 143, 164–67, 171–73, 177, 180–86, 262, 268–69, 296–97, 320, 326–27, 342, 347, 350
ACORN and, 194–96, 203–11, 214–15, 218–20, 222–23, 228–31, 235–36, 248, 256, 283–84, 286
asbestos protests in, 104, 111–16
Catholics in, 101–3
community organizing in, viii, 16, 23, 26, 36, 62, 69–70, 79, 85, 93–124, 126–29, 133, 138, 171, 180–81, 183–84, 211, 226, 244, 264–65, 280, 311–12, 319, 370, 387
DCP in, 94, 97, 103–6, 108–16, 118–23
DSA and, 14, 167, 186, 210, 247, 257, 333–35, 338
education in, 98–101, 103–4, 118–24, 175, 235–36, 261, 264, 274–75, 281, 284–85, 287–88, 290, 315–16, 319
foundations and, 277–78, 281–82, 284, 290, 329, 344–46
job training in, 104–10, 115, 118
landfill expansion deal in, 117–18, 122–23, 208
Midwest Academy and, 36, 48–49, 79, 146, 148, 176, 180
New Party and, 241–45, 247, 256–57
Obama’s law practice and, 231, 243
Obama’s state senatorial campaigns and, 335–36
Obama’s state senatorial career and, 329–30
Project Vote and, 194, 219, 222, 224, 249
Public Allies and, 182–84, 189
socialism in, 290, 329–30, 387–88
Washington’s mayoral campaigns in, 38–42, 47, 49–50, 55–56, 59, 65–66, 150, 172, 186, 226, 244, 316–17, 383
Wright’s politics and, 314–15
Chicago, University of, 139, 309, 333–36, 343–44, 346
Obama’s teaching career at, 329–31, 333–34
Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC):
Ayers’s ties to, 175, 196, 235, 256, 261, 274–76, 278, 284–87, 289–90, 292, 294–95, 308, 326, 341, 345–46
Obama’s ties to, 175, 256, 261, 274–76, 278, 284–92, 294–96, 308, 326, 341, 345–46, 387–88
projects funded by, 256, 276–78, 284–90, 326
Chicago Defender, 336, 339, 344
Chicago Sun-Times, 210, 217, 228, 231, 321, 323, 328, 343
Chicago Tribune, 77, 117, 122, 206, 215, 295, 341, 344, 350, 361
Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (CWLU), 133, 140, 142
Christians, Christianity, 70, 75–76, 101–2, 128, 302, 309
Chrysler, 375–76
Cisneros, Henry, 195, 232–34, 253–54
Citizen Action (CA), 135, 172–76, 183, 214, 252
foreign affairs and, 168, 174–75, 366
IPAC and, 133, 163–65, 168–69, 187
Midwest Academy and, 48, 79, 168–69, 176, 187, 363
Citizen Action and the New American Populism (Boyte, Booth, and Max), 170–71, 176, 363
Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition (C/LEC), 162–63, 167, 187, 236
socialism and, 133, 156–60, 362
Citizens Action Program (CAP), 133, 138–40, 144, 146–47, 163, 226
Citizens Energy Act, 157–58
civil rights, civil rights movement, 41, 43, 51, 210, 280, 304, 331, 384
community organizing and, 22, 59, 69–71
Obama’s law practice and, 231, 243, 325
class, classes, 29, 42–43, 51–53, 77, 165, 239, 269, 332, 382–86
Obama’s presidency and, 382–84
in realignment strategies, 40, 49, 384–85
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 43, 52–53, 55–57
see also middle class; poor, poverty; working class
Cleveland, Ohio, 265–66, 271–72
Clinton, Bill, 190, 252–54, 257, 331
housing and, 195, 210–11, 231–35, 252–53, 377
Clinton, Hillary, 237–38
Cloward, Richard, 5, 193–98, 360, 383–86
ACORN and, 193, 195, 198, 227, 251–52, 254–55, 259
voter registration and, 50–51, 79, 227, 243, 384
Columbia University, 1–2, 23–25, 27–28, 63, 77–78
communists, communism, 8, 31, 36, 57, 66, 71, 90, 126, 134, 141, 198, 279, 305, 335
Ayers and, 263, 265, 273, 281, 345
C/LEC and, 158–60
community organizing and, 3, 82, 149, 197
Midwest Academy and, 132, 137, 146–47
NAM and, 152–54
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 31, 36
communitarianism, 164
Boyte on, 83, 135, 155, 170–71, 176–77, 368
Midwest Academy and, 133, 170, 325, 368
Communities Organized for Public Service (COPS), 232–33
Community Is Possible (Boyte), 81
community organizers, community organizing, 33–38, 52, 93–129, 166, 201, 355–56, 364–75
aggressive tactics of, 116–18, 122–23
Alinsky and, 21, 81–83, 94, 99–103, 109, 114, 116, 118, 120–25, 136, 138–42, 149, 161–63, 184, 226, 232, 267, 278, 280, 282–83, 294, 314, 330, 338, 353, 358–60, 367, 371
in asbestos campaign, 104, 111–16, 207–9, 370
Booth and, 141–42, 144–45, 150, 156, 163, 167, 173, 182, 226, 370, 377
Boyte on, 79–81, 83–84, 136, 153–54, 170, 370, 377
CAP and, 133, 139–40, 146, 226
in Chicago, viii, 16, 23, 26, 36, 62, 69–70, 79, 85, 93–124, 126–29, 133, 138, 171, 180–81, 183–84, 211, 226, 244, 264–65, 280, 311–12, 319, 370, 387
Dreier and, 45–51, 173, 197, 199, 252, 370, 375
education and, 98–101, 103–4, 118–24, 135, 175, 274, 278
electoral politics and, 21–22, 29, 37, 43–47, 50, 56, 58, 67, 116, 132, 137, 373
foundations and, 276–78, 280–83, 285–87, 289–90, 293–94, 311, 373–74
hot town strategy for, 266–70
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
job training and, 104–10, 115, 118
of King, 70–71
landfill expansion deal and, 117–18, 122–23, 208
long-term strategy for, 46–47, 50
McKnight and, 124–26, 135, 181–82, 185, 275, 279, 281
Marable on, 55–56
Midwest Academy and, 11, 14, 36, 48, 79, 83, 128, 132–33, 136–38, 140, 143, 145–51, 154, 158, 160–62, 170, 173–74, 176, 178, 180, 186, 188, 198, 261, 362, 364–65, 374, 377
on nuclear weapons policy, 36–37
Obama’s involvement in, vii–viii, 1, 5, 7, 10–11, 14–16, 21–26, 29, 36–38, 43–44, 48, 50–51, 56, 58–62, 69–72, 77, 79–81, 84–87, 90, 94–97, 101–24, 126–29, 132, 135–37, 140, 160, 165, 171–75, 177–81, 184, 186, 188, 192, 199, 207–9, 211, 214, 219, 227, 252, 255, 258, 274–77, 279, 299, 303, 308, 311–12, 314, 324–26, 334, 356, 358–59, 361, 365, 370, 372–75, 379, 383, 387–89
Popular Front and, 153–54
Public Allies and, 183–86
socialism and, vii–viii, 3, 5, 9–11, 16, 35–38, 45–47, 50, 59–62, 80–83, 85–87, 102, 109–10, 121, 125, 127–29, 136–39, 141, 147, 149, 151, 153–54, 174, 180, 185–86, 188, 191–92, 198, 255, 272, 281, 338, 356, 358–60, 365–66, 377, 379, 383, 387, 389
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 22, 29, 33, 35–37, 44, 56, 58, 68, 87, 90, 173, 199, 252, 369
stealth in, vii–viii, 62, 80, 82–84, 153, 198, 267
training of, 101–2, 113–15, 125, 132, 138, 140–41, 144–48, 167, 180–82, 184–86, 188–89, 311–12, 319, 361, 374
VISTA and, 162–63
Washington and, 38, 40, 49, 104–6, 108, 110, 112, 115, 119–21
Weather Underground and, 264–67, 269–71
see also Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, The
“Community Organizing in the Eighties” (McKnight and Kretzmann), 124–25
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), 125, 195, 211–13, 215–16, 230, 232, 234–35, 252–54, 278–79
Community Renewal Society (CRS), 194, 225–26
Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA), 107
Cone, James H., 301–6
black liberation theology of, 7, 56–57, 64, 69, 71–72, 226, 301–2, 305, 310
Cuba visited by, 73, 226, 305–6, 308–9
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 7, 69, 71–73, 76, 305–6, 310
Wright and, 7, 56, 64, 69, 301, 303, 305–6, 308–11
Congress, U.S., 21, 133, 160, 162, 167, 174, 238, 245, 335, 351, 364
ACORN and, 214–15, 217, 231, 234, 253–54, 377
C/LEC and, 157–58
IPAC and, 163–64
Obama’s presidency and, 374, 389
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 86
Corporate Democracy Act, 160, 240, 376–77
Cott, Jean Pierre, 37
Creamer, Robert “Bob”:
IPAC and, 135, 163, 167, 186–87
Midwest Academy and, 135, 145, 162–63, 165, 186–88, 363, 374
foundation funding and, 276, 279, 281
Wright’s visits to, 73–77, 226, 305–6, 308–10
Daley, Richard, 262–63
Davis, Frank Marshall, 54, 90, 387
Communist Party membership of, 87, 92, 96
in Dreams from My Father, 95–96
Obama’s radicalism and, 10, 16
Del Banco, Doreen, 48–49
Delgado, Gary, 199–200, 207, 212
Democratic Left, 26–28, 34, 45, 159, 201
Democratic National Convention, 269, 299, 337
democratic socialism, 8, 38, 55–57, 67, 139, 141, 180, 305–6
community organizing and, 82, 149, 188, 201
and socialism from below, 375–77
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 32–34, 306
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC):
ACORN and, 201–2
Boyte and, 149, 151, 153, 155, 159–60, 170
C/LEC and, 156–59
Harrington and, 39, 134, 147, 149, 151, 153, 156, 158–60, 167, 170, 202, 357
merger of NAM and, 39, 52, 134, 151, 153, 155, 167, 170
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), 14, 52–53, 79, 125–26, 167–70, 172–74, 190, 197, 243, 247, 279, 290, 362, 376
black liberation theology and, 56–57, 64, 71–72
community organizing and, 36, 44–45, 48–49, 52, 58, 67, 70, 125, 128, 334
Harrington and, 31, 33–36, 39, 53, 56–58, 64–67, 71, 83, 136, 305, 377
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
Midwest Academy and, 134, 136, 167, 174, 185–86
minorities and, 58, 64–65, 67, 69
New Party and, 196, 210, 239, 241–42, 257, 333–34
Obama’s ties to, 4, 26, 62–65, 90, 333–36, 338
Occidental College presence of, 89–90
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 3–4, 26–28, 31, 44, 58, 62–63, 69, 71, 73
voter registration and, 49–50
Washington and, 40–41, 64, 172
Democrats, Democratic Party, 15, 152–53, 164, 182, 187, 333, 338–39, 347
ACORN and, 195, 200–202, 213, 231
C/LEC and, 157–58
community organizing and, 49, 93, 106–7
health care and, 13, 362–63, 385
Illinois fiscal crisis and, 350–51, 361, 364
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
Midwest Academy and, 132–33, 176–77, 190, 201
New Party and, 196, 236–37, 239–42, 244–46, 256–57
Obama’s presidency and, 356–57, 374, 383–84, 389
voter registration and, 4, 51, 225, 227
Washington’s mayoral campaigns and, 38–39, 41, 47, 49
Denitch, Bogdan, 58–59
Developing Communities Project (DCP), 165, 181, 194, 208–9, 228, 243
asbestos battle and, 111–16
community organizing of, 94, 97, 103–16, 118–24, 208, 274
on job training center, 105–10, 115
landfill expansion deal and, 118, 122–23, 208
school reform and, 119–24, 274
De Zutter, Hank, 324–25
Dohrn, Bernardine, 126, 189, 265, 284, 330
foundations and, 275–76, 291–92, 341, 343, 346
on juvenile crime, 291–92, 340–44
Weather Underground and, 131, 268, 273
Doing Justice (Jacobsen), 127–28
Donaldson, Ivanhoe, 34
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 9–10, 21–26, 38, 43, 141, 183
on al-Shabazz, 109–11
on asbestos battle, 111–12, 114–16
on community organizing, 21–23, 69, 85, 94–97, 101, 103–7, 109–10, 114, 117–19, 122–23, 128, 370, 375
name changes in, 95–96, 106, 328
on Occidental years, 89–91
on Socialist Scholars Conferences, 25–26, 29, 59, 64, 85–86, 96–97
Dreier, Peter, 55, 360, 369–70
ACORN and, 45, 195, 197–200, 214, 230–31, 255, 259
community organizing and, 45–51, 173, 197, 199, 252, 370, 375
Midwest Academy and, 173–74, 195, 214
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 45, 48, 173, 199, 252, 369, 386
Drizin, Steven A., 340–41
economics, economy, 2, 4–6, 12, 18, 41, 43, 52, 58–60, 70, 78, 139, 154, 159, 164, 166, 179, 226, 267, 300, 307, 313–14, 383, 386
ACORN and, 191–93, 195, 199–200, 210, 238–39
black churches and, 325–26
C/LEC and, 156–57
community organizing and, 45, 47, 59, 125–26
crises in, viii, 47, 125, 191–93, 195, 199–200, 210–15, 219, 231, 234–35, 254–55, 294, 350–51, 359–61, 363–64, 384
financial reform and, 135, 376–77
health care and, 5, 358, 361, 363, 365
Midwest Academy and, 137, 151, 170, 174
nationalizations and, 35, 60, 160, 238–39, 375–79
New Party and, 239–40
Obama’s communitarianism and, 368–69
Obama’s presidency and, 365–67, 369, 379–82, 384
Obama’s state senatorial campaigns and, 334–35
stimulus package for, 359, 364, 384
voter registration and, 51, 225
Edsall, Thomas B., 382–83, 385
ACORN and, 119, 196, 235–36, 256, 284–85, 289–90
Afro-centric, 119, 235, 285, 288, 324, 326
Ayers and, 17, 120, 123–24, 135, 196, 235, 256, 261–64, 272–75, 281, 284–85, 287–89, 291, 293, 326, 340
community organizing and, 98–101, 103–4, 118–24, 135, 175, 274, 278
foundations and, 256, 261, 274, 276, 278, 281, 284–85, 287–91, 293
mini-schools and, 196, 235–36, 284–85, 288–89, 291
New Party on, 237–38
school reform and, 118–24, 135, 175, 274–76, 281, 290
Weather Underground and, 264, 266, 270–72
Wright and, 119–21, 262, 315–17, 319, 324, 326
Egan, John J., 102
electoral politics, 41, 152, 156, 166, 200, 225, 331, 339, 369–70, 381, 386
community organizing and, 21–22, 29, 37, 43–47, 50, 56, 58, 67, 116, 132, 137, 373
Midwest Academy and, 132, 137, 154, 160–61, 163–64, 176–77, 240
see also voter registration
Emmons, David, 139–40
cap-and-trade plan for, 157, 240, 379–80
C/LEC and, 133, 156–60, 162–63, 167, 187, 236, 362
Obama’s presidency and, 366, 379–80
Evans, Lane, 133, 135, 164–67, 176
ACORN and, 195, 210–11, 216–18, 231–33, 253, 255
Federal Home Loan District Banks, 213
feminism, 9, 30, 133, 140–42, 150, 156, 366
Flowers, Mary E., 337
Foer, Franklin, 379–81
foreign affairs, 2, 174–76, 366–67
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
Obama’s studies on, 24–25
Foulkes, Toni, 258
ACORN and, 195, 210–11, 216–17, 231–33, 255
“From Reformer to Revolutionary” (Garrow), 69–71
Fugitive Days (Ayers), 270, 344–45
Galluzzo, Greg, 118, 135, 176, 386
community organizing and, 94–97, 99, 101, 113–15, 140, 165, 358, 365
Gamaliel Foundation and, 95, 127–28, 178, 281
UNO and, 94–97, 99, 101, 113–15, 165, 178, 187, 232, 280–81
Gamaliel Foundation, 95, 127–28, 178, 277, 281, 300, 326
community organizing and, 127, 181, 370–71, 374
Gardner, Joseph, 225–27
Project Vote and, 194, 225–26, 242, 247
Garrow, David, 69–71
General Motors (GM), 5, 375–76
UNO and, 95–97, 99, 115, 118, 165, 232, 280–81
Gordon, Max, 152
Gore, Al, 339
on non-reformist reforms, 46, 48, 55, 147, 198
Midwest Academy and, 135, 185–86, 244
Public Allies and, 184–86, 244
Guardian, 4, 41–42, 44, 55–56, 67
Guinier, Lani, 331
Hallett, Anne, 120, 276–78, 284–85, 289, 291
Hamid, Wahid, 88–89
Harkin, Tom, 362–63
black liberation theology and, 56–57, 64
DSA and, 31, 33–36, 39, 53, 56–58, 64–67, 71, 83, 136, 305, 377
DSOC and, 39, 134, 147, 149, 151, 153, 156, 158–60, 167, 170, 202, 357
realignment strategy of, 39–40, 49, 384–86
socialism of, 31–32, 34–36, 39–40, 49, 136, 164, 177, 377, 384–86
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 31–36, 68, 386
Harvard University, 73, 81, 122–24, 182
Harwell, Carol, 257–58
Health & Medicine, 126
health care, 55, 142, 167, 190, 201, 205, 237, 294, 357–63
community organizing and, 45, 100, 118, 126
Creamer and, 187–88
McKnight and, 14, 124, 126, 185, 281
Obama on, 5–6, 12–14, 126, 157, 187–88, 332, 349, 351, 358–63, 365–68, 371–72, 380, 382, 385–86, 389
public option for, 12–13, 135, 157, 187, 362–63, 365, 380
repeal of, 385–86
single-payer, 5–6, 12–14, 126, 351, 357, 362, 365, 371
Hershenov, Eileen, 80
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, 213, 216
hot town strategy, 266–70
House of Representatives, U.S., 162, 164, 333, 363
ACORN and, 202–3, 213, 217, 224
Obama’s campaign for, 334–35, 338–39, 346
see also Congress, U.S.
ACORN and, 45, 139, 192–93, 195, 206–18, 229, 231–35, 252–55, 280, 377
squatting and, 195, 206–7, 280
subprime lending and, 192–93, 195, 206, 209–12, 214–15, 217–18, 229, 234–35, 252–55, 278, 377–78
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America (Marable), 53–54
Human SERVE, 79, 196, 227, 251–52
Hurricane Katrina, 315–16
Hyde Park, Ill., 175, 189, 339
as Obama’s adoptive home, 9, 13–14
Obama’s state senatorial campaigns and, 25, 335–36
Hyde Park Herald, 336, 338–39, 347–48, 350
Illinois, 319
ACORN and, 196, 204–5, 208, 210, 214–15, 219–22, 224, 238–39, 241, 256
fiscal crisis in, 294, 350–51, 361, 364
health care in, 294, 351, 361–62
juvenile crime bill in, 261, 292
Project Vote in, 186, 194, 196, 205, 209, 219–25, 227–28, 230–31, 236, 242, 244, 247–51, 311, 370, 385, 387–88
Illinois Public Action Council (IPAC), 163–69, 172–73, 175, 247, 360
CA and, 133, 163–65, 168–69, 187
Creamer and, 135, 163, 167, 186–87
Inside Obama’s Brain (Abramsky), 125, 172, 181, 186, 303
integrationist assimilation, 324, 337
In These Times, 27, 41–42, 48, 134, 149–50, 164, 172–73, 381
Issa, Darrell, 202–3, 224, 234
Jackson, George, 272
presidential campaigns of, 65–69, 72–73
Jacobsen, Dennis, 127–28
Jews, 67–68, 103, 105, 109, 111
job training, 104–10, 115, 118
and War on Poverty, 31–32, 161
Judis, John B., 149–50, 381–82
Ayers on, 261, 264, 272–74, 276, 292–93, 340–46
blended sentencing and, 343–44
Karanja, Sokoni, 311–14
foundation work of, 282, 285, 311–12, 314
Wright and, 228, 282, 285, 312–13, 319
Kelleher, Keith, 242–50
New Party and, 242–46
Progressive Chicago and, 196, 243–45, 250–51
Project Vote and, 194, 196, 205, 223–25, 227, 230, 248–50
SEIU and, 194, 205, 223, 225, 227, 248–49
community organizing and, 95, 97, 101, 116, 121, 138, 365
Kendall, Jackie, 135, 167, 180, 183–86, 188–89, 214, 244
Khalidi, Rashid, 346
Kind and Just Parent, A (Ayers), 340–45
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 42, 91, 306–7, 337
BTP’s Cuba visit and, 73–75
democratic socialism of, 69–71, 84, 306
Kirsch, Vanessa, 182
Kitambi, Obasi A., 307
Kretzmann, John “Jody,” 278–79, 303
community organizing and, 124–25, 135, 185, 281
New Party and, 242–43
Public Allies and, 135, 184–86
landfill expansion deal, 117–18, 122–23, 208
Let the People Decide (Fisher), 81–82, 149
Leyton, Milagros, 175
Limbaugh, Rush, 372
Los Angeles, Calif., rioting in, 225
Loury, Glen C., 73
Lugenia Burns Hope Center, 311–12
McCain, John, 17–18, 90, 219–20, 222, 248, 258, 295, 368, 371
McComb Community College, 271
Mac Donald, Heather, 347–48
McKnight, John L., 16, 124–27, 190, 275–76, 278–79
community organizing and, 124–26, 135, 181–82, 185, 275, 279, 281
health care and, 14, 124, 126, 185, 281
Swedish welfare state and, 14, 126–27, 185
“Many messages for Marxists from Chicago mayoral race” (Marable), 55–56
Marable, Manning, 53–56, 58, 66
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 53, 55–56, 241
Martí, José, 3
Boyte and, 154–55
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 2–5, 26–27, 29–30, 34–36, 68
strategy and tactics of, 7–8
Marxism-Leninism, 10, 42, 67, 82, 107, 148, 188
Marxists, Marxism, 4–5, 41, 71–78, 126, 136, 141, 146, 152–53, 157, 175, 194, 196, 227, 240–41, 267–68, 290, 313, 335, 382
black liberation theology and, 7, 56–57, 71–75, 305
community organizing and, 5, 46, 198, 280
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
Obama’s radicalism and, 9–10
Obama’s socialism and, 88–91
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 30, 32, 36, 43, 52–53, 55–57
welfare and, 197–98
Midwest Academy and, 131–33, 135, 137–38, 140, 142–43, 145–49, 151–53, 168–71, 176, 180, 214, 363
middle class, 54–55, 155, 179, 200, 225, 302–4, 324
community organizing and, 98, 119–20, 138
Midwest Academy, 122, 131–90, 194–95, 300–301, 335, 362–65, 373–77, 380
ACORN and, 132, 192, 200–201, 228, 259
Booth and, 131–33, 137–43, 145, 147–49, 153, 156, 162, 165–67, 170–71, 176, 178, 180, 183–84, 186, 188–90, 228, 244, 363, 377
Boyte and, 83, 131–33, 135–38, 140, 142–43, 148, 151–55, 160, 170–71, 176–77, 363, 368, 371, 374
CA and, 48, 79, 168–69, 176, 187, 363
CHD and, 179–80
Committee of Correspondence and, 151–52
community organizing and, 11, 14, 36, 48, 79, 83, 128, 132–33, 136–38, 140, 143, 145–51, 154, 158, 160–62, 170, 173–74, 176, 178, 180, 186, 188, 198, 261, 362, 364–65, 374, 377
Creamer and, 135, 145, 162–63, 165, 186–88, 363, 374
electoral politics and, 132, 137, 154, 160–61, 163–64, 176–77, 240
foundations and, 172, 178, 261, 275–76, 278–82, 290, 293, 373–74
Kendall and, 135, 167, 180, 183–86, 188–89, 214, 244
NAM and, 133–34, 136, 143, 147–51, 170
New Party and, 239–40
Obama’s ties to, 11, 14, 48–49, 83, 132, 135–36, 146, 160, 165–66, 171–73, 175–77, 180–82, 186, 188–90, 239, 329, 356, 363, 365, 369–70, 373–74, 376, 387
Public Allies and, 132, 135, 182–85, 282
socialism and, 14, 48–49, 83, 120, 132–34, 136–39, 143, 146–48, 151–52, 160, 169, 171, 174, 176, 179, 188–90, 227–28, 244, 264, 281, 325, 363, 368, 376, 387
summer retreats of, 166, 175–77, 180, 188, 280
VISTA and, 161–63
minorities, 29, 39, 64–69, 225–26, 331–32, 337, 357
community organizing and, 43–44, 50, 59, 119–20
Obama’s presidency and, 367, 383, 386
in racial profiling, 347–48
voter registration and, 50–51, 384
Washington and, 40, 42, 59, 64
Montes, Mary Ellen, 117–18, 208
Moseley Braun, Carol, 223–24, 228–31
Motor-Voter law, 196, 210, 219–20, 243, 248, 251–52, 256
Mottet, Marvin, 179
Muriel, Hugo, 100
Nader, Ralph, 46, 79–81, 150, 339
National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), 195, 197–98, 227
New American Movement (NAM), 147–55, 172, 201, 247, 381
community organizing and, 143–45, 147–49, 154
merger of DSOC and, 39, 52, 134, 151, 153, 155, 167, 170
Midwest Academy and, 133–34, 136, 143, 147–51, 170
Washington’s mayoral campaigns and, 39, 47
Newman, Sanford, 194, 220–24, 244, 248–49
ACORN and, 17, 196, 198, 203, 210, 236, 238–39, 241–43, 245, 248, 259, 333–34
Obama’s ties to, 196, 210, 236–38, 240, 242–48, 251–52, 256–58, 290, 333–34
platform of, 237–40
Progressive Chicago and, 196, 242–45, 247–48, 250–51
New York, 176, 198, 215, 229, 237–38, 380
Obama’s years in, 1–3, 9–10, 14, 16, 25–28, 30, 44, 61–64, 68, 72, 77–79, 84, 87, 89–90, 92, 128–29, 170–71, 173, 188, 303, 306, 356
New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), 79–80, 85, 173
New York Times, 1, 11, 64, 116, 165, 221–23, 296, 329–30, 341
Nichols, John, 257
9/11, Wright on, 300, 321–23, 327
non-reformist reforms (transitional reforms), 46, 48, 55, 147, 198–200, 355–56, 362, 377
Northwestern University, 124, 181–82, 185, 276, 278–79, 281
Children and Family Justice Center at, 291–92, 340–41
nuclear power, nuclear weapons, 2, 11, 24, 34, 36–37, 156
“Nudge-ocracy” (Foer and Scheiber), 379–81
Obama, Barack, Jr.:
ambitions of, 22–23, 38, 115, 121, 209, 344, 370
coalition of, 43, 382–83, 385–86
enemies targeted by, 372
finances of, 24, 77, 177–78, 180, 276–77, 311, 314, 387
foundation work of, 17, 135, 172, 175, 177, 196, 256, 261, 264, 273–96, 308, 311–12, 314, 326–27, 329, 341, 343–46, 373–74, 387–88
heritage of, 10, 22, 24–25, 43, 103
law practice of, 196, 210–11, 219–20, 230–31, 243–48, 251–52, 256, 286, 325
memoirs of, 9–10, 21–26, 29, 38, 43, 59, 64, 68–69, 77, 84–87, 89–91, 94–97, 101, 103–7, 109–12, 114–19, 122–23, 127–28, 141, 183, 306, 309, 328, 370, 375
moderate image of, 9, 289, 291, 294, 297, 308, 331, 381, 385
political convictions of, vii–viii, 1, 6, 10, 14, 16, 18, 61, 190, 237, 262, 331–32, 334–35, 337, 340, 387–89
pragmatism of, 6, 9–10, 13–14, 86, 89, 331–32, 353, 356, 359, 362, 364, 380, 385
presidency of, 338, 351, 355–86, 389
presidential campaign of, 1, 6, 12, 15, 17–18, 26, 49, 62, 64, 77, 86, 89–90, 116–19, 124, 135, 160, 165, 171–72, 174, 185, 187, 192, 194, 196, 218–23, 230, 236–37, 247–48, 251–52, 256, 258–59, 262, 284, 286, 294–97, 299, 303, 308–9, 311, 314, 320–22, 327–30, 338–39, 352–53, 368, 370–72, 374, 380, 386–87
radicalism of, 9–14, 16–18, 72, 109, 237, 259, 280, 286, 310, 330, 332–36, 340, 346, 351–53, 355–56, 363, 366, 373–74, 387
realignment strategy of, 384–85
school years of, 1–2, 9–10, 15–16, 18, 21, 23–25, 28, 62–63, 77–78, 87–92, 96, 119, 121–24, 135, 182, 185, 188, 211, 214, 279, 308, 329, 356, 387
secrecy of, 1, 11, 17, 30, 61, 64, 77, 90, 94–97, 109, 112, 132, 172, 297, 328–29, 387–88
State of the Union Address of, 372
teaching career of, 329–31, 333–34
voracious reading of, 41–42, 44, 53–54, 61–62, 69, 72, 80–81, 84–86, 170–71, 188