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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Wed May 23, 2012, 04:20 PM May 2012

entryism

A political tactic of joining an organization with which you do not agree with the intention of changing it from the inside.

In his 1959 book Masters of Deceit, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described entryist tactics by Soviet agents to infiltrate school boards, trade unions, and major party precinct organizations.

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entryism (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 OP
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