Reply #3: Alinsky wasn't a communist.

[Radical Activist]

Its unlikely that Obama taught Alinsky in his law school classes. I doubt it had much application to Con-Law.

But Obama did help ACORN and Project Vote do training sessions on community organizing in Chicago. Alinsky would likely have been referenced in those classes. As an organizer and State Senator, Obama worked with organizations that Alinsky started, such as the Woodlawn Neighborhood Organization.

It's easy to see the influence community organizing philosophy still has on his political approach and ideology, but not in the red-baiting way that conservatives would like it to be.