Trends in Union Corporate Campaigns - US Chamber of Commerce
Trends in Union Corporate Campaigns - US Chamber of Commerce
Trends in Union Corporate Campaigns - US Chamber of Commerce
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company was so image conscious that it would be the most likely<br />
to yield to the group’s demands. 3 Of more last<strong>in</strong>g import, however,<br />
was his tactical advice to anti-corporate activists, which, <strong>in</strong> a book<br />
<strong>of</strong> the same name, took the form <strong>of</strong> thirteen “Rules for Radicals.”<br />
They <strong>in</strong>cluded:<br />
1. Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy<br />
th<strong>in</strong>ks you have.<br />
2. Never go outside the experience <strong>of</strong> your people.<br />
3. Whenever possible go outside the experience <strong>of</strong><br />
your enemy.<br />
4. Make the enemy live up to their own book <strong>of</strong> rules.<br />
5. Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.<br />
6. A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.<br />
7. A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.<br />
8. Keep the pressure on.<br />
9. The threat is usually more terrify<strong>in</strong>g than the th<strong>in</strong>g itself.<br />
10. Ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> a constant pressure upon the opposition.<br />
11. If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break<br />
through <strong>in</strong>to its counter-side.<br />
12. The price <strong>of</strong> a successful attack is a constructive alternative.<br />
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Orig<strong>in</strong>s