[lbo-talk] WWP split

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Wed Jun 16 09:57:03 PDT 2004


Michael Pugliese wrote:


> Via a former cadre in Line of March aka March In Line.
>
>>> Subject: Worker's World Party Split
>>> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:09:31 -0700
>>>
>>>
>>> Friends in SF have told me that there has been a split in Worker's
>>> World Party. None of this is confirmed by WWP. Apparently, the
>>> entire California section was expelled a week ago -- including their
>>> California spokesperson, Gloria LaRiva. Only three Bay Area WWP
>>> cadres survived the expulsion. The split was over the direction of
>>> the WWP controlled ANSWER coalition. WWP leaders were concerned
>>> about ANSWER's drift to the right and the mass pressure within ANSWER
>>> to support Kerry. This was combined with ANSWER activists'
>>> defensiveness around the red-baiting of ANSWER as a WWP front.
>>> LaRiva will stay in ANSWER as will the other former WWP leaders in
>>> California. It looks like ANSWER will now separate from WWP

I've also been told that the address for the San Francisco IAC office has been changed, as well as domain registrations.

Good news if the WWP is purged from ANSWER. This will be a big boost to the anti-war movement.

Chuck0



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