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i ' By Romulo Fa,erdo he peopie’s movement has much at stake in defeating Reaganite reaction in November. In many ways the elections will be a referendum on Reaganismn — its military buildup, wars. The most’ consistent democratic forces have concluded that unity is the only way to defeat the Reaganites. At the fringes of the preparations for the coming battles of November is the New Alliance Party. Under a slogan “Two Roads are Better than One.” NAP, which claims to be “Black-led.” is field- ing a presidential candidate and is project- ing that it wil! place that candidate on the ballot in all SO states. But NAP’s strmegy is not based on unity. Rather it is based on an attempt to York's Newsday, Lenora Fulani. NAP’s gy clear. She stmed they were attempting to emutate George Wallace’s 1968 presi- demtial cun, that is, siphon off cnough wotes 80 cost the Democrats the election. Put very simply, their plan is to win the election for Bush. thereby teaching the Democrats a lesson. Of course they never state that * won't be the Democratic Party which pays for this lesson. « will be the American people. The New Alliance Party has a murky past. A predecessor organization formed on Manhatian’s Upper West Side in the early "70s under the guidance of Dr. Fred ‘ms the February 26, 1908, tous of the National Allfance ia “dec- ga if Rev. Jackson and Fulani are sharing the same stage. bave dealt with the New Alliance Party, of a cult-like organization concentrating foremost in the Black community. Its ulti- mate aim is hard to decipher, but its im- mediate result is to confuse. divide and discourage the progressive and people's Movement, especially that emerging in the nationally oppressed communities. A series of stories have appeared in major and alternate bewspapers in the past few years raising serious concerns about the NAP. One Afro-American newspa- per, the Jackson Advocate of Jackson, Mississippi, was the target of an NAP lawsuit because it ran a series of articles linking Newman, NAP and LaRouche. (The suit was thrown out of court in April.) In those stories. written by Ken Law- rence and the paper's editor, Charles Tis- group's associations with Lyndon La- sequential are debunked. In fact, the Jack- son Advocate points out, Newman was mous “Operation Mop Up.” the organized series of physical attacks agains the Communist Party and other left organiza- Gons in the early “70s. “During thoee years.” wrote Law- tence in 1985, “both Newman and La- Rouche linked up with an even more mys- terious and secretive cult leader who cails secrecy. Parente’s group doesn’t even have a name, but it is generally known by the same of its most effective umbrella Federation (Natifed).” Z at best opportunist: and at worst 2 colt ~ ‘ quickly embrace as he will attack a move- Ment, a progressive, an organization, a principle — based on how he can best op- portunize from x. He unflinchiagty lies to his membership, almost all of whom have absolutely and understand it exactly as Newman tca- ches.” is New York, NAP has consistently amacked Bleck leaders such as Congress- man Major Owens and state Assembly- man Roger Green. Serrene likens the NAP w La- Rouche’s methods. “Like LaRouche’s National Caucus of Labor Comminees, Newman runs a very tightly controtied organizanon. Like La- Rouche, Newman Roads are Better than One.” they pro- fexsed to support Jackson's primary bid but counted on him never getting the argued, ‘dependents and disetsfiec Democrats would have only one choice Jackson's bid for the Democratic Party nomination in 1984 in the South, they de- cided to deploy operatives from New York to that region. They chose Missis-" sippi as a target. Entrusted with the task was Emily Carter, a Newman ally for many years who ran for local office in New York un- der the NAP banner. “They asked me to let them set up headquarters at my office and | refueed> says Jackson Advocate’s Tiedsle. cally 1 felt the New Alliance Party was which means to me they decided to split tee Black vote and make ix leas effective jm uniting woward a candidate that would serve the purpose of the Black come.- nity. So I wouldn't let them sft up shop bere and they took great umbvage at that aad got people from all over the country to call saying thet I was some kind of fas- sn.” NAP projeceed that at the ead of tha: campaign they would have a membershir