[lbo-talk] ANSWER vs. UFPJ

[Chuck]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Scott McLemee writes up a study of the ANSWER-UFPJ split. Conclusion:  
> yeah, the groups are different, but the people who go to their  
> demonstrations are pretty much the same.
> 
> McLemee: <http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/09/19/mclemee>
> 
> paper: <http://plaza.ufl.edu/mtheaney/Coalition_Dissolution.pdf>

That's not surprising at all since both UFPJ and ANSWER are simply 
efforts to put an organizations at the head of a movement of 
progressives and liberals that would follow anything. ANSWER is just a 
bit more opportunistic and got out of the gate first when the rest of 
the movement was preoccupied with some stupid concept called "internal 
democracy."

What has been entertaining has been watching other groups vying for the 
head spot like Code Pink and World Can't Wait. The former is perhaps not 
as interested in being at the head and more interested in doing 
something a bit different. WCW is simply an effort by the RCP to front a 
group pushing a liberal agenda, "Impeach Bush!", in order to siphon 
money out of the pockets of liberal peace activists.

I hear that ANSWER had 60 million people at their latest protest.

Chuck