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At the present time there are eighteen members who were recruited by co-optation, that is to say invited by the Committee itself, to become members.

International Committee of the Red Cross – Nobel Lecture 1963

When men of color are disproportionately incarcerated because of these laws that have been passed in part through the co-optation of anti-violence rhetoric, the entire community, particularly women who are often the community caretakers, is negatively impacted.

“Meet the predators” « Planning the Day 2009

There of course would need to be an effort to induce the Taliban to stop fighting and start negotiating, but really, this is how insurgencies usually end: through co-optation rather than outright defeat or victory.

I Talk That Talk | ATTACKERMAN 2009

And it skillfully limns the morphology of a scene, from creation and discovery to co-optation and destruction.

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Actually, when I talk about the co-optation of open, I talk about the organic and green movements as prime examples of co-opted movements.

Parsing the “open” in Adobe’s Open Source Media Framework announcement | FactoryCity 2009

There was a time when I would look at Kalamu's criticisms of co-optation re: the mainstream success of black women writers as pretty much just sour grapes.

a little negritude to get the day started. cindy_pon 2009

Co-optation, or a willingness to include our opponents in our overall game plan, is difficult to oppose, if it actually occurs.

My short plan for the War in Afghanistan: « PurpleSlog – Awesomeness & Modesty Meets Sexy 2009

Additionally, it was your idea for the Karzai government to offer amnesty to the Taliban -- a doctrine that you called, "co-optation in exchange for cooperation."

Michael Hughes: Undoing Damage in Afghanistan Wrought by Bush-era Diplomat 2010

Will there be a return to the streets or more co-optation by the illusions of power in the suites?

Danny Schechter: Look to the Future, Not the Past - One Lesson for 2010 2010

Unleashing the powerful synergies of (5) and (6) will require the relatively rapid and effective involvement of millions of people to avoid co-optation or subversion.

Robert David Steele: Our Choice: Changing the Game Robert David Steele 2010