If Stephen Zunes, who writes for Z, and teaches at USF, a Jesuit school with a Dean who was close to the murdered Jesuit professors of El Salvador back in '80 (See this collection of the writings of one of them, <URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/ catalog/MARWRI.html > ) wants to speak at our rally on the 16th, will IAC/ANSWER/WWP deny him too?
He was quoted by Byron York in NR, ""The Workers World Party is one of the most obnoxious groups on the far Left," says Stephen Zunes, an associate professor of politics at the University of San Francisco who studies the antiwar movement. The WWP exercises influence, Zunes explains, by its sheer energy
and resourcefulness. "Historically, you have these groups that are just able to out-organize anybody else. One thing you can say about Marxist/Leninist groups is that at least in the organization stage, they are very efficient." The Workers World Party has simply out- hustled other leftist groups in the work of getting parade permits and organizing big events. According to Zunes, that has created a problem for more moderate antiwar organizations. "It causes division among the non- authoritarian Left groups. They say, 'Do we march at a rally organized by a group like this? I don't feel comfortable with this, but it's the only game in town.'"
<URL: http://www.nationalreview.com/10feb03/york021003.asp >
Michael Pugliese