Reformer's Blog (October 2011)

VIDEO: Alinsky's Eighth Rule

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on October 31, 2011

Since the 1960's, far left activists have constantly kept their conservative opponents on the defensive.  By relentlessly pursuing your political opponents on a specific issue, you force them to crack under the pressure.

Use different tactics and actions to maximize the events occurring around you to their full benefit.  Make sure that your opponents know that you are constantly on the prowl.  It is crucial you use a diverse set of tactics so that your targets will have a difficult time predicting just how you will act.

A recent example comes from, Clarion University, where the faculty union encouraged students to attend protest against budgetary cuts.  The faculty members criticized Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's plan, and hyperbolically stated that the educational cuts would force a tuition raise.

 

VIDEO: Alinsky's Rule #7

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on October 24, 2011

Alinsky's Rule #7 is "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag."  

Alinsky felt that no matter how interesting or pertinent an issue, that your activists will only be able to concentrate on it for a small window amount of time.

Everyone knows that college campuses are overwhelmingly liberal.  No one is going to be surprised that your professors are going to let their biases run wild in the classroom, or that liberals dominate campus life.

Don't sit around and rehash the old refrain about your campus being liberal.  Expose the left on your campus, and let their behaviors be judged by a mass audience.

VIDEO: Alinsky's Sixth Rule

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on October 18, 2011

Alinsky’s Rule #6 is “A Good Tactic Is One Your People Enjoy.”  

Alinsky felt that if the people you are leading are not having fun with what they are doing, then you are not doing it right.

Your political activism should be not only within the comfort zone of those within your movement, but also within their range of interest.  The best types of activism are judged on the number of attendees, and the intensity of their participation.

If your people enjoy the tactic, it will make it that much more effective.

Young Britons' Foundation Activist Conference

By , on October 17, 2011

Have you ever wanted to travel to a different country and promote conservatism at the same time? Here is your chance!

The Young Britons' Foundation (YBF) is an organization affiliated with the Leadership Institute and Young America's Foundation. YBF identifies, educates, mentors, and helps to place young conservative leaders in public life. Its Trans-Atlantic internship program sees students from the US come to Britain, and vice-versa, throughout the year.

The Young Britons' Foundation is the UK's premier conservative training organization. There is still time to apply for the YBF8 Activist Training Conference which takes place from December 9th 2011 until December 11th 2011 in the stunning surroundings of Oxford University in England.

VIDEO: Alinksy's Sixth Rule

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on October 17, 2011

 

Alinsky's Rule #6 is "A Good Tactic Is One Your People Enjoy."  Alinsky felt that if the people you are leading are not having fun with what they are doing, then you are not doing it right.


Your political activism should be not only within the comfort zone of those within your movement, but also within their range of interest.  The best types of activism are judged on the number of attendees, and the intensity of their participation.

If your people enjoy the tactic, it will make it that much more effective.

The administrators at the University of Kentucky did not anticipate that banning smoking on campus would become grounds for a mass political protest.

 

PHOTOS: UNLV Conservatives Come out of the Closet; Loud and Proud.

By Jennifer Stovall, on October 17, 2011

In honor of “National Coming Out Day,”  UNLV students hosted their own event in support of the conservative students on campus.  

Illinois Controversial "Scholarship" Program for Big Campaign Donors

By , on October 14, 2011

Action is being taken against a controversial legislative scholarship program that is plaguing the state of Illinois.

The “scholarships,” which are funded by Illinois taxpayers, are essentially vouchers that legislatures can hand out to anyone living in their district.

Fall Activism Guides

By Brittney Morrett, on October 12, 2011

Campus Reform and the Regional Field Coordinators have compiled an activism plan for your conservative student group! Each month there are four different activism ideas with step by step guides. If you have any questions, or want to bring one of these events to your campus, e-mail us at activism@campusreform.org.

Anti-UN Day

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on October 12, 2011

October 24th: Anti-UN Day

Fraud.  Inefficiency.  Hypocrisy.  This is the reputation of the United Nations .

VIDEO: Leftist Student Senator Treads on Liberty Activist

By Adam Weinberg, on October 12, 2011

I want to tell you a story about Ben Roden and the left-wing hostility he encountered on his first day as a campus activist. Ben is a gentleman - as nice and polite as a person can be. Everyone who knows him at Riverside Community College and nearby Moreno Valley College in Southern California seems to like him.

But now that Ben wants to start a chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) to defend his small-government, constitutionalist beliefs on campus, he's being verbally attacked and threatened with discrimination for his views.


He's even being branded a racist, just for displaying the Gadsden Flag, the "Don't Tread On Me" flag that is an icon of our country's history and revolutionary spirit.

But that's par for the course on many campuses today. What's outrageous is that the person responsible for pushing Ben around is Daniel Ortiz, a student government Senator who does not run from describing himself as a Marxist.

Instead of representing students like Ben, he repeatedly used his office as an excuse to intimidate and threaten.


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