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- 1988 Presidential Ticket: Extending the NAP’s Reach - ----. 2 S225 ie Levy ee. While there are probably not many more than a hundred hard-core members of the New Alliance Party, several thousand people may be involved in its front groups. The NAP claims “to have thirtéen thousand dues-payers and a hundred thousand readers of its weekly newspa- . per, the National Alliance: However,-the National Alliance had a-paid- circulation of only 6,167 in 1989: On occasion NAP €4 ndidates for publ ic office have received-a-substantiat vote. Dennis | Serrette and Nancy Ross, the NAPs presidential ticket in.1984, were-on the ballot in thirty-three States; the ticker teceived 47,209-votes: (Serrette broke with the party-shortly afterwards. Testi- _ _ fying in a deposition dated May 29, 1987, Serrette described the group asa therapy cult thai used Newman's-brand of therapy’ as'a means of controlling its members, See Appendix B.) Seng eF.c OF ETS ET et ee el ee emer ie pete eee grec erg ctr rare ere r ee en + cterer cr ome Tet: aa ‘Ss ied en re ocar cererec (7 OT TSE ET ESS -* - - In 1988 the New Alliance Party presidential ticket headed by Dr: Lenora-Folaniwas on the - _ ballot in.all fifty states: Fulani, thé party most visible and effective representative, is a psychologist _ and “director.of social therapy” for the organization's medical centers. She-was certified by the Federal Election-Gommnission to reéeive fedetal itiatching finds of $205,565.18. She received a national. vote of 201,430 or less than one-quarter of one percent of the total wote-cast.: pe eet ere et TASiit eto Des. e- none eg emer gcge v user ic elvetce us é The party's center of activity seems to be on the Upper West Side of New York, where it has -- tnéd tobe active in community politics. It has focused its attacks on Democratic-reformers and ~ “Role oftth _. -each individuals governed b - anvimpressive 6nié, arid ité most ‘significant garnering of-votes this faz Pos gt! poceneg ig eerie eter Ate: c.- Fred Newrnan's psychological theory, iniplemented by occasionally svRported some traditionatDemocrats. For several years its co-chair was New York City Councilman Gilberto GerenaNalentin pt.the Bronx. The NAP’s goal is to build an indepen- “hares 6m ence Re OS . . wee ge . : <dent:party to coditer “fascism, res, Cece ce. emer wef ee TLCS! oan <The NA Pan tandidates in New: York candidat 8. York City’s primary. election in September, 1989, The NAP’; candidate for City Counéil President, Rafael-Mendez; received” 193,842*vorés, ahout 25 percent of the totalote cast. The party's candidate for Manhattan Borough President, Barbara R. Taylor, “Teceived 31,966 votes, about 16 percent ofthe roral vote. While these results might be construed Cw CNS . -_ -by some observers as Tépresenting a “protest vote;? the party's performah cein’ the Primary was rare : aot. a orn corm ees ON ee cea : ies ccc er te 27.2 enn ‘ SOelee Gene : ey Therapy Centers”... coor Cherpec nev ine Doone mm uae ee whathe calls “social therapy,” holds that Tp eyo, DoutReGIs $80" that prevents unity with others and encourages ~self-gratification: The rolé‘ofthe radical thera ist is to lead the individual to overthrow the dictator. . Ship of the bourgedis‘ego and tolibera te the proletarian ego by-means:of @ personal revolution. - --- Newman directs a group of eight so-Called “medical and therapeatic” centers in the New York ; 8rea, aswell asindividual centers it. Boston, Chicaga,Los “Angeles, Philadelphid, Washington - DC, Denver, and Jacksori, Mississippi. The'party, which-claims to have Fegional offices in'26 states, - The-New York Institate for Soéial Therapy and Research, set up in 1978, became the head- quarters for Newman's therapy practice: its Profits appear to be the major source of funding for