Howdy all, Seven people have quit working for the WikiLeaks Party this week: A total of seven party members and volunteers have now quit, including four delegates of the national council - the party's governing body. URL:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-22/assange-blames-party-teething-prob... We had a brief discussion of the Australian WikiLeaks Party at our last FSM meeting, when we asked the Pirate Party members what they saw as differences between the two parties. One of the differences the Pirate Party members pointed to first was that theirs is run openly and democratically, while WikiLeaks Party appears to run hierarchically and behind closed doors. Leslie Cannold and Daniel Mathews, two of the higer-profile members to quit the WikiLeaks party, both cited failures of principle and integrity within the part leadership as reasons for resigning. Cannold's published resignation letter contrasts the espoused values of transparency and accountability, versus the party's practice of members undermining decisions made legitimately by its governing body. -- \ “If we have to give up either religion or education, we should | `\ give up education.” —William Jennings Bryan, 1923-01 | _o__) | Ben Finney