When people join together in a pressure group to achieve a common aim, it’s not unusual for there to be divisions over strategy and tactics. Some favour campaigning based on rational argument and an appeal to the media, if possible through the use of visual symbols. Others favour more militant, direct action tactics which they consider will yield quicker dividends than what they see as a ‘softly softly’ approach.
When people join together in a pressure group to achieve a common aim, it’s not unusual for there to be divisions over strategy and tactics. Some favour campaigning based on rational argument and an appeal to the media, if possible through the use of visual symbols. Others favour more militant, direct action tactics which they consider will yield quicker dividends than what they see as a ‘softly softly’ approach.
Just such a division has emerged between opponents of the Glazers at Manchester United. On the one side you have the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust with their green-and-gold scarves that have almost become a ‘must have’ fashion statement and their allies in the City in the form of the Red Knights. On the other side you have groupings like the Manchester Education Committee which was active when the takeover occurred.
There’s no guarantee that either approach would persuade the Glazers to sell up. They show no signs of wanting to do so.