Mark Ivor Satin born November 16, is an American political theorist, writer, and newsletter publisher. He is best known for contributing to the development and dissemination of three political perspectives β neopacifism in the s, New Age politics in the s and s, and radical centrism in the s and s. Satin's work is sometimes seen as building toward a new political ideology, and then it is often labeled "transformational", [ 1 ] "post-liberal", [ 2 ] or "post-Marxist".
After emigrating to Canada at the age of 20 to avoid serving in the Vietnam War , Satin co-founded the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, which helped bring American war resisters to Canada.
Satin spread his ideas by co-founding an American political organization, the New World Alliance , and by publishing an international political newsletter, New Options.
He also co-drafted the foundational statement of the U. Green Party , "Ten Key Values". Following a period of political disillusion, spent mainly in law school and practicing business law, [ 7 ] Satin launched a new political newsletter and wrote a book, Radical Middle Both projects criticized political partisanship and sought to promote mutual learning and innovative policy syntheses across social and cultural divides.
In an interview, Satin contrasts the old radical slogan "Dare to struggle, dare to win" [ nb 1 ] with his radical-middle version, "Dare to synthesize, dare to take it all in". Satin has been described as "colorful" [ 10 ] and "intense", [ 11 ] and all his initiatives have been controversial. Bringing war resisters to Canada was opposed by many in the anti-Vietnam War movement.
