Talk:Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

"New Left" affiliation claim
Contemporary documentation is needed to sustain the claim that the Center "...was considered to be part of the New Left." Writtenright 03:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)Writtenright


 * The Center was hardly part of the New Left, at least until the late 60's when elements of the New Left attempted to take it over, at which point it began to flounder. In its heyday, in the early 60's, it was the home of many great thinkers who could hardly be considered New Left.   My father Joseph Tussman was one of them, and if you listed to the Center's audio archives which are available on line you will see that the discussions are hardly those of left wing radicals, although views that in those days would be considered liberal certainly dominated.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.95.42 (talk) 17:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Although every political movement contains its radical factions, I'm not sure the term "New Left" was used to apply exclusively to "radicals" but to a general broadening of the old movement's strict focus on labor-union issues toward a new coalition strategy attempting to include other social groups, e.g. racial minorities.


 * Still, I agree that the article needs a lot of documentation and expansion. If there was some upheaval within the CSDI surrounding the 1969 reorganization, or if the group's original members (including, for instance, the above-mentioned Joseph Tussman) were distressed at what they perceived as a radical philosophical shift, the article doesn't even bother mentioning it. Any documentation you could provide would be hugely beneficial. Rangergordon (talk) 05:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Timing of Dr. Alex Comfort's involvement
The article states that, during a 1969 reorganization, "New appointees included, among others, Alexander Comfort, later to attain fame as the author of The Joy of Sex". However, according to this New Yorker article (see the third-to-last paragraph), Comfort didn't take up this CSDI "post" until 1973, after The Joy of Sex was published:

In 1973, a few months later, Comfort married his mistress and muse, Jane, and the two moved to Santa Barbara so that Comfort could assume a post at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, a liberal think tank.

Perhaps he had some other involvement with the group starting in 1969, but I can't tell which is correct; perhaps another editor can help resolve this apparent contradiction. Rangergordon (talk) 05:12, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

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Paul Manafort
" a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Study of Democratic Institutions" https://manafortdefense.org/a-lifetime-of-service/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.245.141.95 (talk) 01:09, 17 August 2018 (UTC)