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Firstly, Mr. Horsey states: "Robert Harper '78 is said to be under great pressure from the YSA-SWP (Young Socialists Alliance-Socialists Workers Party) although he is not a member of either group." This statement, accompanied by previous ones implies that Mr. Harper is "under pressure" which leads him to conform to, accept and support the practices of the YSA-SWP. Who has "said" this? What group or individual, halfway knowledgeable of NSCAR's organizing efforts and activities would make this statement...
...fact of the matter a that Mr. Harper and the YSA-SWP have met head-to-head on a number of issues Mr. Harper pressed for speakers from the "Boston school parent community" at the February 14th rally: YSA-SWP representatives, claiming that Thomas Atkins, President of the Boston NAACP, was a representative from that community, said that "one parent is enough." Mr. Harper refused an offer from a Boston SWP former candidate for statewide office to "work out a compromise proposal" with the proposal for "just three slogans and a march" submitted by YSA members and NSCAR coordinators Maceo...
...Action Coalition (NPAC), an SWP dominated group. NSCAR's staff, in fact, is largely comprised of former NPAC organizers, an anonymous but highly visible group at the conference. On the other hand, two of the NSCAR's five national coordinators. Maceo Dixon and Paul Mailhot, are members of the YSA, and a third, Robert Harper '78, is said to be under great pressure from the SWP-YSA, although he is not a member of either group...
Both proposals pass, but not before the black third world coalition, about 300 strong, seizes the microphones for 25 minutes, and then leaves the auditorium in protest against the SWP-YSA influence on the conference. "Don't play us as fools...we know what you're trying to do to us," they tell the conference. "Get off the bus, Maceo. You've got to come home," they shout at Dixon. However, the conference is glad to get rid of people who, as a tall skinny black wearing a huge leather hat says, "won't discuss constructive programs." But the black...
...moral issue, but because it's a life and death issue." He is a very nice guy. He's very friendly and talkative, though he doesn't say that the Progressive Labor Party is behind CAR. By 12:50, the affair is over, and Jeff Mirelowitz, a YSA organizer, denounces CAR's action as an "adventure and a disruption...