Original sentence: Finally, the party is led by an internally elected secretariat.In 2004, a youth group close to the WWP called Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST) was founded.The WWP has organized, directed or participated in many coalition organizations for various causes, typically anti-imperialist in nature.The WWP lists regional offices in 20 major US cities.The party receives donations and contributions as the source of its funding, while volunteers/cadres run the day to day operations of the party
Edited sentence: Among activists, WWP has been well-known for sponsoring or directing numerous popular front groups, which critics allege are actually front groups.Critics contend that WWP is not nearly as grassroots or militant as it makes itself out to be, but defenders typically counter, either implicitly or vocally, that such criticism amounts to nothing more than anti-communist and/or right-wing banter.In 2004, a youth group close with the WWP called Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST) was founded, but FIST claims an independent left-wing political orientation and does not define itself as the WWP youth group.Its pamphlets and books are scarcely theoretical, though the documents are steeped in historical analysis and idiom as a platform for agitation.The WWP claims donations and volunteerism as the source of its funding and operational resources.The WWP considers itself an important United States ally of third world solidarity movements.The party claims it is the most skillful practitioner of united front strategy (as opposed to just tactics) on the U.They prefer to win influence and leadership through what they see as their higher-than-usual degree of militancy, rather than purely through ideological advances.True to what it sees as its fundamental principles, WWP has always remained primarily action-oriented.WWP lists regional offices in 20 major US cities