New Party and, 242–43
Public Allies and, 132, 135, 183–86, 189, 244, 279, 282
“Obama Coalition, The” (Edsall), 382–83
Occidental College, 1, 9–10, 24–25, 62, 77, 87–92, 188, 308, 387
Organizing for America, 374, 386
Palmer, Alice, 174–76, 245, 284, 286–87, 335–36, 388
Midwest Academy and, 132, 135, 175–76, 189–90, 335
Pauken, Thomas, 162
school reform and, 119–21
Pierce, Paulette, 58, 66–67, 69–70
Pittman, Steuart, 208–9, 229, 233
Piven, Frances Fox, 44–45, 55, 193–98, 360, 383–86
ACORN and, 3–4, 193, 195, 198, 227, 251–52, 254–55, 259
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 3–5, 34, 44, 50, 68, 240–41, 252, 386
voter registration and, 4, 49–51, 68, 79, 227, 243, 384
Plouffe, David, 328
Polett, Zach, 233, 241–43, 249, 251, 253
Politifact, 220
poor, poverty, 53–54, 75, 143, 161, 179, 225, 384–86
ACORN and, 191, 200, 207, 213, 215–16, 232–33
community organizing and, 22, 70, 102–3, 128, 139
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 31–33
voter registration and, 50–51, 384
Poor People’s Movements (Piven and Cloward), 5, 198
Popular Front, 152–54, 160–61, 263, 273
populism, 79, 83, 139, 164–66, 191, 239, 299, 359
Boyte and, 135, 155, 159–60, 170–71, 176, 368
C/LEC and, 156–60
Midwest Academy and, 161, 170–71, 174, 368
Obama’s presidency and, 366, 369, 372
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 84, 174, 369
Prairie Fire, 265–66
“Problems Facing Our Socialism” (Obama), 91
Progressive Chicago, 196, 203, 242–45, 247–48, 250–51
“Progressive Politics in 1984” (Dreier, Atlas, and Stephens), 48–49, 173–74
Project Vote, 23, 50, 135, 219–28
ACORN and, 4, 194, 196, 203, 219–24, 227–28, 230, 236, 248–51, 370
in Illinois, 186, 194, 196, 205, 209, 219–25, 227–28, 230–31, 236, 242, 244, 247–51, 311, 370, 385, 387–88
Prophesy Deliverance! (West), 57
Public Allies, 132, 135, 282–84
Obama’s ties to, 182–86, 188–89, 244, 279, 387–88
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), 46, 79–80, 85, 173
race, racism, 77, 109, 143, 268, 292, 307, 312–16, 332, 339, 367
ACORN and, 212–13
BTP’s Cuba visits and, 75–76
community organizing and, 106, 114, 117
juvenile justice and, 272, 342
Marable on, 54–55
Obama’s state senatorial career and, 330, 337
profiling according to, 347–48
pseudo-biological theories on, 313–14, 319, 323
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 29, 32, 43, 52–53, 55–57
Wright on, 303, 306, 309–10, 315–16, 348
Race Course Against White Supremacy (Ayers and Dohrn), 291
Rathke, Wade, 96, 195, 199–200, 202, 207, 212, 224, 229, 233, 241–42, 245, 250
Reagan, Ronald, 31, 34, 40, 66–67, 86, 366, 379, 384
BTP-Jackson Cuba visit and, 73, 75
community organizing and, viii, 21, 37, 47–48, 52, 59
IPAC and, 163–64
Marable on, 54–55
Midwest Academy and, 161–64
red-baiting, 15
Reisman, Frank, 51
Remnick, David, 10, 96, 107, 331, 345
Republicans, Republican Party, 31, 49, 88, 237–38, 256, 339, 347, 352
community organizing and, 93, 100, 106
Harrington’s realignment strategy and, 39–40, 384–86
Illinois fiscal crisis and, 350, 364
IPAC and, 163–64
juvenile crime bill and, 343–44
Obama’s presidency and, 378–79
voter registration and, 225, 384
Rogers, Joel, 237–40, 245, 247, 256, 258
Rolling, Ken, 366
community organizing and, 121, 174–75, 177–78, 276, 278, 280, 290
foundation work of, 135, 177–78, 264, 276, 278, 280–82, 290, 295
Midwest Academy and, 132, 135, 162, 175, 177–78, 189, 264, 276, 278, 280–81, 290, 335
Romich, Katie, 334
Sable, Ron, 247
Saltsman, Steve, 246–47
Schakowsky, Jan, 16, 176, 362–63
on health care, 12–14, 167, 187, 362, 371, 380
Scheiber, Noam, 379–81
Schmitt, Mark, 368
Scozzafava, Deirdre “Dede,” 238
Senate, Ill., 189–90
Brookins’s career in, 317–20
on health care, 14, 351, 361–62
on juvenile crime, 340–46, 349
Obama’s campaigns for, 25–26, 196, 210, 236, 242, 247, 251, 256–57, 283–84, 290–91, 324–25, 333–36, 341, 373, 388
Obama’s career in, 14, 106, 126, 135, 172, 205, 242, 245, 278, 317, 329–30, 336–37, 340–52, 361–62, 364–65, 373–74
Senate, U.S.:
community organizing and, 93–94
health care and, 362–63
Moseley Braun’s campaign for, 223–24, 228–31
Obama’s campaign for, 135, 165–66, 320, 339, 347
Obama’s career in, 18, 86, 116, 221, 223, 329, 338–39, 352, 388–89
see also Congress, U.S.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 187
ACORN and, 35, 49, 194, 203, 205–6, 208, 223–25, 227–28, 230, 238–39, 241, 247–48, 256
New Party and, 196, 241–43, 333
Project Vote and, 194, 205, 223–24, 228, 236, 248–49
Shriver, Sargent, 31–32
Sirianni, Carmen, 171–72
Siskind, Sarah, 245–46
Smalls, Reverend, 103–6, 114–15
social democracy, 239, 335, 379, 382, 384, 386
“Socialism and the Coming Decade” (Booth, Booth, Max, and Boyte), 131, 133, 137–38, 140, 142–43, 149, 153
socialist feminism, 133, 140–42, 150, 156, 162, 366
“Socialist Incubators” (Dreier), 45, 48–49, 51, 197, 369, 375
socialists, socialism, 1–11, 14–17, 29, 57, 132–49, 161, 238–41, 269, 362–70, 381
of ACORN, 46–47, 191–93, 195, 197–202, 206, 214–16, 230–31, 236, 241, 254–55
Ayers and, 262–65, 267, 273–75, 278, 284, 289, 345
from below, 375–78
black liberation theology and, 58, 75, 85
Boyte and, 80–81, 84, 132–33, 135–36, 153–55, 160, 171, 363, 377
CHD and, 179–80
in Chicago, 290, 329–30, 387–88
community organizing 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
definitions of, 5–8
foundations and, 280–81, 290, 293
of Harrington, 31–32, 34–36, 39–40, 49, 136, 164, 177, 377, 384–87
health care and, 332, 351, 357–58, 362–63, 385, 389
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 66–67
Marable on, 54–55
Midwest Academy 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
New Party and, 196, 236, 239–41
of Obama, vii–viii, 5–7, 9–11, 14–17, 19, 25, 50, 60, 62, 72, 77, 87–92, 125, 129, 172, 179, 188–90, 192, 227, 252, 275, 278–79, 297, 299, 308, 328–30, 332–36, 338, 355–58, 362, 365–67, 369, 374–76, 379, 382–83, 385, 387–89
stealth, 62, 80, 82–83, 132, 136, 138, 141–42, 147, 149, 151, 153–55, 160, 169–70, 177, 179, 188, 240–41, 263, 356, 367, 376, 379, 387–89
Washington’s mayoral campaigns and, 38–42, 47, 59, 186, 383
welfare and, 197–98
Wright and, 299, 313, 326, 388
Socialist Scholars Conferences, 1–7, 9–11, 25–38, 84, 300
Black Power panel at, 33–34
community organizing and, 22, 29, 33, 35–37, 44, 56, 58, 68, 87, 90, 173, 199, 252, 369
Cone and, 7, 69, 71–73, 76, 305–6, 310
Dreier and, 45, 48, 173, 199, 252, 369, 386
DSA and, 3–4, 26–28, 31, 44, 58, 62–63, 69, 71, 73
Harrington and, 31–36, 68, 386
impact on Obama of, 1–2, 4, 6–7, 9–10, 14, 16, 22, 25–30, 33, 36, 41–45, 49, 52, 55–56, 58–59, 61–65, 68–69, 71–72, 76–77, 85–87, 90, 92, 96–97, 170–72, 174, 188, 192, 199, 227, 241, 252, 303, 306, 310, 356, 369, 384, 387
Jackson’s presidential campaigns and, 67–68
New Party and, 240–41
Piven and, 3–5, 34, 44, 50, 68, 240–41, 252, 386
Poverty in America panel at, 31–33
Race & Class in Marxism panel at, 43, 52–53, 55–57
Social Movements panel at, 44–45, 47–48, 50–51, 55, 173
West and, 53, 56–58, 68, 72, 76, 241
Widener on, 30–34
“Socialist’s Guide to Citizen Action, A” (Cameron), 168–70, 172
Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union (STFU), 202
Soviet Union, 24, 31, 36–37, 54, 65, 74, 335
stimulus package, 359, 364, 384
Strom, Stephanie, 221–22
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 141–44, 153, 159, 161–62, 169, 243
community organizing and, 265–67, 269, 271–72
demise of, 39, 142–43, 268–70, 301
Midwest Academy and, 131, 133–34, 136–38, 147, 170
see also Weather Underground
Tabankin, Margery, 161–62
Talbott, Madeline:
ACORN and, 194, 196, 204–9, 214–15, 219, 222, 227, 229, 231, 233, 256, 258, 282–86
New Party and, 196, 242–43, 245
Teaching for Social Justice (Ayers), 288
Telpochcalli, 288
“Toward a Class-Based Realignment of American Politics” (Piven and Cloward), 50–51
Trinity United Church of Christ, 38, 301, 303–19, 321–25, 348
Brookins’s membership in, 317–18
Obama’s membership in, 303–4, 307–8, 310–11, 314, 321, 323–24, 327
Obama’s ties to members of, 311–12, 314, 317
and Wright’s remarks on 9/11, 321–23
United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) of Chicago, 181, 208–9, 232–33, 244, 300
aggressive tactics of, 116–18, 122
Catholics in alliance with, 101–3
community organizing of, 93–104, 113–24, 127
education and, 99–100, 119, 122–24, 288
founding of, 165, 178, 187, 280–81
Obama’s ties to, 94, 96–97, 116–17, 119, 121–24, 127
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), 37, 161–63, 178, 231, 233, 375
voter registration, 219–28
ACORN and, 191, 205–6, 219–23, 228
community organizing and, 43–44, 50, 99
Motor-Voter law and, 196, 210, 219–20, 243, 248, 251–52, 256
Piven on, 4, 49–51, 68, 79, 227, 243, 384
Project Vote and, 219–26
Wallison, Peter J., 254
Washington, Harold, 47–50, 64–66, 100, 112, 135, 143, 164, 185–86
community organizing and, 38, 40, 49, 104–6, 108, 110, 112, 115, 119–21
mayoral campaigns of, 38–42, 47, 49–50, 55–56, 59, 65–66, 150, 172, 186, 226, 244, 316–17, 383
Waste Management Corporation, 117–18, 208
Watson-Davis, Leslie, 196, 248–49
Weather Underground, 288–91, 345
Ayers and, 18, 131, 235, 262–72, 275, 285, 288–89, 293, 300, 340, 342
community organizing and, 264–67, 269–71
education and, 264, 266, 270–72
juvenile justice and, 264, 271–72
Prairie Fire of, 265–66
terrorism of, 18, 137–39, 262–63, 267–69, 272–73
Weiss, Marc, 231
welfare, 37, 47, 50–51, 154, 195, 197–98, 227, 254, 292
Obama on, 334, 348–50, 356, 364, 384
Socialist Scholars Conferences and, 53, 56–58, 68, 72, 76, 241
“What Makes Obama Run” (De Zutter), 324–25
Whitehurst, Kami, 349
“Why Organize” (Obama), 325–26
Widener, Alice, 30–34
Wieboldt Foundation, 276–80, 285
Wilmore, Gayraud, 74–76
Winpisinger, William, 133, 158–59, 377
Ayers’s ties to, 135, 177, 261, 273, 275–76, 280–81, 290–94, 344–46
Obama’s ties to, 135, 172, 175, 177, 196, 256, 261, 273, 275–76, 280, 282–83, 285–86, 290–94, 311–12, 314, 341, 343–45, 373–74, 387–88
community organizing and, 82, 127, 137, 149, 269–70, 358
Working Families Party, 198, 237–38
Wright, Jeremiah, 55, 78, 96, 128, 242, 299–301, 303–28, 337, 343, 348
“Audacity of Hope” sermon of, 305–6, 323
black liberation theology and, 56–58, 64, 69, 72, 85, 226, 301, 303–5, 308–9, 327
community organizing and, 119–21
Cone and, 7, 56, 64, 69, 301, 303, 305–6, 308–11
Cuba visits of, 73–77, 226, 305–6, 308–10
education and, 119–21, 262, 315–17, 319, 324, 326
Karanja and, 228, 282, 285, 312–13, 319
Obama’s relationship with, viii, 7, 17, 56, 58, 72, 76–77, 85, 94, 109, 119–20, 194, 226, 228, 299–300, 303, 305–11, 314–17, 319–28, 330, 387–88
politics and, 38, 300, 305, 308–10, 314–23, 327
health care and, 14, 126, 185, 281, 351
Sweden’s welfare state and, 126–27