Takeover Bids Re: ISO and cynical tactics

Nathan Newman nathan at newman.org
Sun Jun 2 22:14:46 PDT 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>

Nathan wrote:
>The problem with their process is the minds of other activists is
>that they are not always completely honest about what their goals
>are in pushing various positions at a meeting -- they make a
>decision internally to push something for organizational goals, then
>claim they are pushing it for some other reason.

-How is that different from what you recommend to Third-Party -enthusiasts about running candidates in Democratic primaries, taking -over local Democratic Party chapters, etc.?*

The difference is obvious-- the Greens will announce their intentions, run in the primaries as "Green Democrats". The difference is honesty.

-- Nathan Newman



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