{"article":{"id":103575,"heading":"Kusumi to activists: Activate This!","author":"John Kusumi","created":"2004-02-23 02:45:11","modified":"2004-02-23 04:55:47","last_modified":"Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:55:47","article":"

John Kusumi, former political candidate (for U.S. Pres., Ind., '84) has\r\nreleased his book, Activate This!<\/i><\/b>, with a theme of appealing to\r\nactivists. Kusumi launched the China Support Network,\r\nAmerica's response to Tiananmen Square's tragedy, in 1989. With his prior\r\nteenage candidacy for the White House, Kusumi brings something extra to his\r\nactivism. The title of his book, \"Activate This!<\/i><\/b>\"\r\nsuggests that he has ideas that he wants to share with activists.<\/p>\r\n

\"Chinese dissidents and CSN are about ready to read China its\r\nrights,\" says Kusumi, \"but first, I'd like line up more American\r\nsupport, drawing from the activist community. I hope that we will stand together in a coming push for\r\nchange to benefit both China and America.<\/p>\r\n

\"Some fair trade activists have yet to see how we are really connected.\r\n--Helping out CSN would help the anti-globalization movement, and\r\nvice-versa. CSN and top Chinese dissidents opposed<\/i><\/b> the\r\nU.S.-China trade deal. A dismantling of PNTR and the WTO would be wonderful.<\/p>\r\n

\"In activities so far, too few fair trade activists came out\r\nfor the\r\nChina Support Network. We could both benefit by more joint action. Chinese\r\ndemocracy is its own movement, but it wants fair trade -- human rights, first.\r\nThe book became titled Activate\r\nThis!<\/i><\/b>, to jog the fair trade activists about the prospective synergies\r\nthat we have been wasting.<\/p>\r\n

\"Also, politicians may soil themselves when this book gets around. China\r\nand trade issues are being taken up, and explained, by the old 18-year-old for\r\nPresident. We'll have to see about this, but it should be thought-provoking. The\r\nmore readers the book gets, the more politicians will soil\r\nthemselves. --Even Beijing politicians\r\nin the Zhongnanhai leadership compound may soil themselves.\"<\/p>\r\n

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Activate\r\nThis!: the Kusumi book<\/b> is now available: here.\r\nLearn stories of the former 18-year-old for U.S. President, including the 1989\r\nlaunch of the China Support Network. Part autobiography, part activist manual, Activate\r\nThis!<\/b>, has clues to the future of CSN and the politics of Practical\r\nIdealism. \"Can America have a better future? --Well, can America Activate\r\nThis!<\/b>?\" muses Kusumi.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\n","contact":"jkusumi@chinasupport.net","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Especially for fair trade activists...","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/02\/103575.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}