Alternatives for a New Century
Rosen, Fred
NACLA's "decollectivization" was well underway by the early 1990s. Everyone had a job title and there were intended lines of authority. Of course, on a five-leftist staff, lines of authority tend...
...The idea that "there is no alternative" has extended neither to NACLA's worldview nor to its wo t itsworkplace...
...the desire to maintain structures of collective work and decision-making is alive and well-if not always triumphant-at NACLA...
...There is still a tension between collective work and a structure with clearly defined tasks and lines of authority...
...Rob Saute, who with Mark Fried was given the task of rebuilding NACLA in the late 1980s, began the painstaking process of bringining the organizational budget under control, a process fine tuned by Pierre LaRamie and Marisa Maack...
...But the idea was that NACLA was now a professional outfit...
...Under the direction first of Susan Wood and then of LaRami e, a computerized donor data base was created along with a method of tracking the interests and activities of foundations...
...Of course, on a five-leftist staff, lines of authority tend to get blurred, as do job assignments...
Vol. 36 • November 2002 • No. 3
