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CONAID NTIAL OPINION AN Open fOrum fOr tHE pEOpLe's PArty A time Of trial fOr the People's party By Lowel! Young. "My candidacy is the only way to avoid a fourth party on the Ieft in 1972. ". George McGovern. The George McGovern candidacy for the Democratic nom!- nation for President has been transformed from an invisible campaign supported by only a faithful few into a lavishly financed campaign of a front-runner. From the beginning, McGovern's campaign has been an attempt to co-opt a fourth partyon the left by adopting the left's issues and rhetoric as his own. His initial strong stands in opposition to the war and in favor of amnesty for all draft evaders and exiles, legalization of marijuana,abortion on demand, and the shifting of the burdenof taxation from the poor and the working class onto the shoulders of the super-rich and the corporations were all designed to rally all possible fourth party consti- tuents to hls cause. And, for the moment, he has partially Sycceeded. Riamondon, and the entire RainbowPeople's Party of Michigan. have' come out in support of George McGovern's candidacy. Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin founded the Youth Interna- tional Party(Yip) inearly 1967. Their perfection of the use of guerrilla theater was deslgned to gain media attention in order to try to educate the American people about the hypo- crisy of the present system. To strengthen their organization and broaden thelr base of support, they united YIP with the Michigan based White Pan- ther Party. The White Pantaer Party was founded by John Sinclair and "pun" Plamondon with the intention of it becoming CONEDENTIAL