Mark Satin fielding a question at the Fall for the Book Literary Festival, Fairfax, VA, USA, September 21, 2004 – photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt

Mark Satin (born November 16, 1946) is a U.S. lawyer and editor of the online political periodical Radical Middle Newsletter. He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1995, and his article "Law and Psychology: A Movement Whose Time Has Come" (Annual Survey of American Law, 1994, issue 4) was an early articulation of the now-emerging concept of "therapeutic jurisprudence" (see Prof. David Wexler's Therapeutic Jurisprudence website). Download high resolution version (976x1281, 227 KB)Mark Satin taking a question at the Fall for the Book Literary Festival, Fairfax, VA, USA, September 2004 - photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt File links The following pages link to this file: Mark Satin ... Download high resolution version (976x1281, 227 KB)Mark Satin taking a question at the Fall for the Book Literary Festival, Fairfax, VA, USA, September 2004 - photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt File links The following pages link to this file: Mark Satin ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... The New York University School of Law (or simply NYU Law) is one of eight law schools in New York City. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is a proponent of radical centrist politics. His most recent book, Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now, 2004 (ISBN 0813341906), won "Outstanding Book Award 2004" from the Section on Ecological and Transformational Politics of the American Political Science Association (see Section 26, APSA Awards website). The term Radical Middle refers to a type of third way philosophy as well as an associated political movement, which defines itself by simultaneously affirming both sides of an apparently contradictory issue, whether that be Left-Right politics or a false dilemma. ... The American Political Science Association, founded in 1903, serves more than 15,000 members in more than 80 countries, bringing a variety of services to political scientists both inside and outside academic institutions. ...

Satin was a green activist from 1984 to 1990, and was a primary editor, with feminist philosopher Charlene Spretnak, of the founding document of the Green Party (United States), the Ten Key Values statement (see John Rensenbrink, Against All Odds, 1999, p. 4). This article needs cleanup. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... In United States politics, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. ... ...

Satin's hard copy monthly newsletter, New Options (1983-1992), well known as "Washington DC's idealistic political newsletter," received Utne Reader's first "Alternative Press Award for General Excellence: Best Publication from 10,000 to 30,000 Circulation." The most widely discussed New Options articles are collected in Satin's book New Options for America: The Second American Experiment Has Begun, 1991 (ISBN 080931794X). Utne Reader is a left-of-center periodical founded in 1984 by Eric Utne. ...

In the 1970s Satin was co-founder and executive director of the New World Alliance, a U.S. New Age political organization that sought to go "beyond left and right" (see Art Stein, Seeds of the Seventies, 1985, pp. 134-139). It drew on the ideas of Fritjof Capra, Duane Elgin, Willis Harman, Hazel Henderson, John Vasconcellos, and many other "transformational" thinkers, as well as ideas in Satin's book New Age Politics: Healing Self and Society, 1979, orig. 1976 (ISBN 0440557003). New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... Dr. Fritjof Capra – photo by Kate Mount Dr. ... Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. ... Willis Harman was President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences in California. ... John Vasconcellos is a California politician. ...

In the 1960s Satin was co-founder and executive director of the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, a major draft dodger assistance organization during the Vietnam War (see Pierre Berton, 1967: The Last Good Year, 1997, pp. 197-203, and John Hagan, Northern Passage, 2001, pp. 74-78). Satin's book Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada, 1968 (ISBN B0006BYDLA), was an underground bestseller, selling 65,000 copies by mail from Toronto and inspiring at least that many pirated, bowdlerized, or mimeographed knock-offs (see Joseph Jones, "The House of Anansi's Singular Bestseller," Canadian Notes & Queries, No. 61, 2002, pp. 19-22). Their actions were criminal offences and once they had left the country draft dodgers could not return or they would be arrested. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War (Vietnamese Kháng Chiến Chống Mỹ Cứu Nước, War Against the Americans to Save the Nation) was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong... Pierre Berton, CC , O.Ont. ... 1967:The Last Good Year is a book written by Canadian author Pierre Berton, covering events of 1967, which was the centennial year of Canadas confederation. ... During the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

Satin serves as advisor to the Centrist Coalition, Democracy in America Project, Politics of Trust Network, and other U.S. activist organizations. He lives in Washington, DC, USA. Washington, D.C., short for the District of Columbia (also known as the the District -- although locals do not typically use this term, preferring DC -- or, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America. ...

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• Radical middle
• New Age
• Draft dodger

The term Radical Middle refers to a type of third way philosophy as well as an associated political movement. ... New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ... Their actions were criminal offences and once they had left the country draft dodgers could not return or they would be arrested. ...

References

• Radical Middle Newsletter, website
• Mark Satin contribution to Civil Rights Movement Veterans website (March 2005), testimony
• Robert Olson, "The Rise of 'Radical Middle' Politics," The Futurist Magazine (January-February 2005), analysis
• Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now (2004), book info., noncommercial site
• Marilyn Ferguson, "Playing the Fool" (1991), essay
• Jeff Rosenberg, "Mark's Ism: Editor Builds a New Body Politic," City Paper, Washington DC (March 17, 1989), feature story
• Alison Wells & Stanley Commons, "Moving Politics with Spirit (and Greyhound)," New Realities Magazine (June/July 1979), feature story
• New Age Politics (1979, orig. 1976), book info., noncommercial site
• Mark Satin, Confessions of a Young Exile (1976, ISBN 0771599544), novel
• Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada (1968), book info., noncommercial site
• Anastasia Erland, "Mark Satin, Draft Dodger," Saturday Night Magazine, Canada (September 1967), sympathetic cover story
• Oliver Clausen, "Boys Without a Country," The New York Times Magazine (May 21, 1967), unsympathetic feature story