[lbo-talk] Free Doug Henwood

[Mark Rickling]

On 8/27/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
 
> I agree - I'm just afraid that a professional publicist would push
> things too far in the wrong direction.

  Well, it looks like the professional publicists are out: 
 Powerful liberal advocacy groups such as MoveOn.org are taking a less 
active role in Cindy Sheehan's anti-war activities in the wake of criticism 
that they may have muddied her message. 
 [ . . . ] 
 "The vigil started as a very grass-roots thing and then grew because groups 
like MoveOn were drawn to what Cindy was doing and wanted to offer their 
support," said Wade Fletcher of Mintwood Media Collective, a 
Washington-based public-relations group advising the Sheehan demonstrators. 
"Now we're kind of bringing it back to the original grass roots," he added. 
For example, the protesters will no longer receive strategic and political 
advice from Fenton Communications, a large, left-wing public-relations firm. 
That role reverts to Mintwood, a small operation that helped Mrs. Sheehan 
early on. 
 [ . . . ]
 http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050830-103725-7803r.htm
  Chuck0 and I both know Adam Eidinger, one of the founders of Mintwood, 
from his work in the global justice movement in DC.
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