Contact Information, Etc. Re: Corn transcript

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Thu Nov 21 12:59:49 PST 2002



>Oh, definitely not an equality of not asking questions. Every group
>has a few questions they don't want to ask, but I agree that some
>groups do encourage open public discussion while others want to shut
>it down and spew propoganda. As a journalist, I admit I hate talking
>to the latter group just for that reason alone. Much like
>corporations and many people from liberal NGOs, they will just
>flat-out lie. It's a lot more interesting to write about people who
>will talk honestly about what's going on. But I also think that
>practice leads to much better politics and creates organizations
>people actually want to be part of.
>
>Liza

(1) If you wish to improve the work of WW/IAC/ANSWER, motivating its organizers to self-examination so as to help it learn a better coalition building, you need to get your coalition of choice -- NION or United for Peace or both -- to draw a bigger turnout than it has. Think like a socialist entrepreneur (not like a journalist), and introduce stiff competition in the activist market, without doing attack ads a la US electoral politics or holding actions designed to split the existing demand (= holding your national action too shortly before or after WW/IAC/ANSWER's action) -- that way, products of all will improve, at the same time as expanding the activist market.

(2) Alternatively, you can join one or all of the coalitions (nothing prevents you from joining all), and try to move it to merge with the other two or them to merge with one another, without allowing any of the existing coalition to dominate the result of the merger.

(2) probably won't happen without (1) happening first, though. -- Yoshie

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