Marcy Winograd

Marcy Winograd is a Los Angeles Democratic Party activist. She divides her time between Santa Monica and Santa Barbara and is a member of Santa Barbara Democratic Socialists of America. Marcy Winograd is the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Progressive Democrats of America.

Background

A former legal worker with the United Farm Workers and the Pentagon Papers defense team, Marcy Winograd helped organize the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party, crafting anti-war resolutions that swept party conventions across the country. In addition to working for an end to US occupations, Winograd led election protection efforts aimed at ensuring a verifiable voter paper trail and lobbied the FCC to oppose media consolidation. Winograd teaches job at Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, where "she inspires her students with debate teams, journalistic endeavors, and poetry slams".

Ukraine protest

Marcy Winograd, September 16, 2022.

DSA-SB and CODEPINK anti-war activists gathered first in front of the office of Congressman Salud Carbajal to deliver a "Ceasefire now in Ukraine!" letter to a staffer, urging our House rep to support the decoupling of humanitarian aid with weapons and to vote no on the next Ukraine weapons supplemental because there is no military solution, only a diplomatic one. From there, we walked to a nearby intersection to hold signs reading "Diplomacy-Yes. Weapons-NO" and "Negotiate, Do Not Escalate." Drivers honked in support.

Coincidentally (I think) a Ukrainian activist from a nearby church was walking up the congressman's office steps at the same time, so we engaged in conversation and he stood next to us, waving a Ukrainian flag, while we delivered the letter. He agreed the Ukranians and Russians had managed to negotiate a ceasefire around the nuclear plant, but would not concede that it was possible to negotiate a ceasefire or peace settlement with Putin.

I said Biden had reaffirmed the START arms control treaty with Putin upon taking office, that it was Trump who had abandoned two arms control treaties with Russia, etc. John Enrico Douglas, Aaron Bagheri, Zac Smith, Wendy Dishman, Nansie Chapman Douglas, Rick Jahnkow, Bert Knorr, Susan Christol Deacon, CathyAnn Simon, Buddy Gottlieb, Taylor Clark, Wendy Santamaria, Kate Connell, Dennis Berger.

Progressive Caucus

In 2017 Susie Shannon was Secretary of the California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus.

An Elected Delegate from AD 50 (West LA) and a former CDP Executive Board member, Marcy Winograd was a founding member of the CDP Progressive Caucus and a co-convener of the Bernie Sanders DNC delegate election in CD-33. She blogs for Huffington Post and LA Progressive on privatization and militarization, major issues in her 2010 anti-war challenge to Blue Dog Jane Harman in the congressional Democratic primary.

Marcy is a steering committee member of the Coalition for Police Reform, which addresses racial profiling and excessive force. She also organized with the Industrial Workers of the World to unionize Santa Monica beach maintenance workers. She is an active member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Marcy works as an education consultant to students with learning disabilities and their parents, and previously taught history, English, and communication. Marcy also co-authors a tween novel series featuring dynamic 11-year old activist Lola Zola who knows all about picket lines and social justice.

Yes on 15 Back to School Phonebank

Ryan Andrews August 28 2020·

Join DSA-LA and YDSA🚨TOMORROW🚨for our Yes on 15 Back to School Phonebank ft. guest speakers Carlos Callejo, Cal Poly Pomona student and YDSA member, Wade Kyle, UTLA Political Action Committee of Educators (PACE) Chair, and Arlene Inouye, UTLA Secretary and Bargaining Co-Chair!

Ryan Andrews is with Yunyi and Nina Eliasoph, Arlene Inouye, Sarah Squirm, Noriko Nakada, Alberto Saavedra, Rocio Rivas, Jenny Chung, Phylis Hoffman, Erika Feresten, Michael Lumpkin, Jorge Castaeda, Elizabeth Untalan, Kristina Meshelski, Brian Dionisi, Pilar Schiavo, Haley Potiker, Anabel Nevarez Ruvalcaba, Ezra Pugh, Jason Boxer, Mark Masaoka, Douglas McBride, Tal Levy, Abigail Gutmann-Gonzalez, Aisha Stars, Hsingii Tseng Bird, Barry Eidlin, Keith Brower Brown, Ankur Patel, Jesus Hermosillo, Jenni Chang, Brenden Gallagher, Alex Kliner, Charlotte Ariel, Meagan Day, Fatima Iqbal-Zubair, Lucia Garcia, Michelle Antoinette Boley, Alejandro Pina, Vanessa Castro Scott, Anitra Wetzel, Jim Smith, Steve Seal, Fernando Ramirez, Nicky Martin, Michelle Ching, Bill Barclay, Jamie Penn, Xavier Santos, Brandon Rey Ramirez, Marc Bender, Casey Ramirez, Kat Nathalie, Anally Medrano, Hannah Klein, Peter Mathews, Bill Barrett, Gabe Gabrielsky, Alan Minsky, Reggie Wong, Armin Mah, Cyn Huang, Janet Hurtado, Robert Mejia, Imani Beckett, Erika Alvarez, Juan Gutierrez, Angelica Duenas, Will Shattuc, Daniel Dominguez, Rosa Diaz, Henry Huerta, Mario Valenzuela, Josh Smith, Hannah Kessel, Diane Hirsch-garcia, Carlos Amador, Alex Wolinetz, Karla Aviles Griego, Ben Hauck, Alyssa Stonoha, Marlin Medrano, Melissa Arredondo, Marc Baca, Jordan Greenslade, Joel Greenfield, Kyle Gregory, Leslie Simon, Jasmine Ivy, Sean Broadbent, Cheng-Sim Lim, Hae Min Cho, Hai-ching Cheah, Marcy Winograd Maikiko James.

Caucus meeting

Bill Honigman August 26, 2017 ·

CDP Progressive Caucus meeting rocks!! — feeling motivated with Marlin Medrano, Katrina Bergstrom, Zach Denney, Susie Shannon, Marcy Winograd, Karen Bernal and Ryan Skolnick in Anaheim, California.

Anti Israel

Winograd is co-founder of LA Jews For Peace and a critic of Israel's Gaza blockade, West Bank settlement expansion, and refusal to grant Palestinians the right of return.

2010 Congressional Run

Verbatim from Marcy Winograd's 2010 congressional campaign website:

About

Passion for Change

Marcy Winograd is the co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Progressive Democrats of America. In her 2010 bid to unseat Jane Harman in the 36th congressional district, Winograd wants to put 10,000,000 Americans back to work repairing our country’s infrastructure, building rapid transit, and developing alternative energy to make America more secure. She pledges to lead the Congressional Progressive Caucus to cut billions in government waste in Iraq and Afghanistan and commit taxpayer money to jobs, healthcare, and education.

History in the District

In 2006, Winograd’s grassroots campaign mobilized almost 40% of the primary vote in less than three months of campaigning to unseat Harman. Gore Vidal, Dolores Huerta, Daniel Ellsberg, Susan Sarandon, Barbara Streisand, Ron Kovic, and local Democratic clubs all supported Winograd’s platform that called for an end to the war in Iraq and protection of constitutional rights. “Bombing and occupying Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan will only destabilize the region and undermine global security,” says Winograd. “We need to find another way to solve our problems. I will be proud to serve our country as we engage the world community in smart diplomatic solutions.”

Winograd’s passion for peace emerged during her high school and college days, when she participated in moratoriums against the Vietnam War and joined Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers legal defense team.

Democratic Party Involvement

Winograd volunteered on the Obama campaign, hitting the radio airwaves to promote his platform for change and phoning Florida and Pennsylvania to get out the vote in swing states. She also was involved in the hiring of the team responsible for the hugely successful custom software development strategies that resulted in superior polling and data tracking capabilities. "Technology can be used to great advantage when the tools are customized to the need."

She served as an Executive Board member of the California Democratic Party, successfully introducing resolutions to protect our vote, bring our troops home, and implement parole and sentencing reform. Winograd helped organize a Progressive Caucus within the California Democratic Party to lobby for an end to the occupation of Iraq, abolition of torture, and establishment of universal single-payer health care. The Los Angeles County Democratic Party honored Winograd as “Democrat of the Year.”

Community Leadership

In her role as community leader, Winograd testified at Sacramento legislative hearings to protect our vote from electronic manipulation and launched petition drives to support California Secretary of State Bowen’s efforts to ban hackable Diebold touchscreen machines from the voting booth.

Additionally, Winograd testified in Los Angeles at Federal Communications Commission hearings aimed at saving our free press from corporate take-overs. She testified at other federal hearings to safeguard our coastline from construction of a potentially dangerous liquefied natural gas terminal.

As a teacher and environmentalist, Winograd traveled to Mississippi to build awareness about the spraying of dangerous pesticides near schools and health clinics.

Courageous Leadership

A Co-Founder of LA Jews for Peace, Winograd has been a guest speaker at conferences promoting peaceful coexistence and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis living together in the Middle East. She has bravely spoken out against violence in all forms, whether it be Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes or Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel. Winograd supports an end to the lethal blockade of Gaza, as well as the removal of Israeli settlements from the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Media Outreach

A promoter of The Great Mind Series, televised forums featuring authors such as Gore Vidal, Dennis Kucinich, and John Dean, Winograd has been featured on CNN interviewing visionary thinkers. Previously, Winograd served as News Director at Pacifica’s KPFK in Los Angeles and National Public Radio’s KPCS in Pasadena. Early in her news career, Winograd won three Golden Mikes, the industry’s top honor, for outstanding news writing and broadcasting. Currently, her columns appear on the Huffington Post.

Labor Background

A graduate of the University of California, Winograd volunteered in Delano for the United Farm Workers union following graduation. Under the direction of Cesar Chavez, Winograd organized grape workers seeking representation and relief from unsafe working conditions. During one organizing drive, she was driven off the road by a company supervisor. More recently, Winograd has lobbied LAUSD school board members to halt teacher lay-offs and use federal stimulus money for its intended purpose – to keep teachers at hard-to-staff schools.

Leadership in Education

A National Board Certified teacher, Winograd teaches at Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, where she hosts literary cafes for young poets and collaborates with teachers to promote college culture.

Winograd was a featured speaker in Beijing at a US-China education conference focused on student empowerment and curriculum engagement. “We must make education a national priority,” says Winograd, “otherwise we betray our children and fall further behind.”

Family Life

A resident of the Marina del Rey-Venice area, Winograd is married to Ira “Buddy” Gottlieb, a union-side labor lawyer representing workers in the arts, news, education, and transportation. Her daughter Gina Gardner is a photographer. An animal lover, Winograd has raised several rescue cats and dogs.

Support from Democratic Socialists of America

In 2006 Marcy Winograd received $250 from the Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee for her campaign as Democrats candidate for the California seat in the U.S. Congress primary.

Winograd team

Bill Honigman June 10, 2014:

Teamwork 2006. :-) — with Carrie Darrow Honigman, Marcy Winograd, Cindy Sheehan, Stephen Shaff, Tim Carpenter, Mimi Kennedy, Jodie Evans and Kevin Spidel at SoCal.

PDA support

Tim Carpenter claimed that Progressive Democrats of America had chalked up several achievements in its short life, successfully promoting initiatives by PDA board members John Conyers and James McGovern.

PDA was the driving force in the passage of resolutions opposing the war in Iraq by eight state Democratic Party meetings. The organization also was instrumental in the passage of resolutions in 10 states calling for the impeachment of President Bush.

PDA is often referred to by Congressional Progressive Caucus Executive Director Bill Goold as the CPC’s field operation, because PDA has built relationships with members of Congress by delivering grassroots support for their initiatives – from Rep. John Conyers’ investigation of the 2004 Ohio voting fraud to Rep. Jim McGovern’s bill to cut off funding for the war in Iraq, a current priority effort.

The organization worked hard for Marcy Winograd against Jane Harman and for other "progressive " Democrats including Donna Edwards, Christine Cegelis, Jerry McNerney, Tony Trupiano, John Hall, Jeff Latas, Gabby Giffords and Herb Paine.

Progressive Alliance endorsement

The Democratic Socialists of America led, 5000 strong, Sacramento Progressive Alliance, endorsed Marcy Winograd in 2010.

Planned Parenthood

McNerney received $7000 in lobbying funds from Planned Parenthood in 2008.

2011 campaign

In 2011, Marcy Winograd was a congressional candidate in the CA-36 May 17th Special Election. Her Jobs, With Peace platform called for a substantial reduction in the military budget to invest in new green jobs. Winograd mobilized 41% of the vote when she challenged Jane Harman in the 36th district congressional race in June, 2010. Daniel Ellsberg, Ron Kovic, and Dolores Huerta backed Winograd's campaign, supporting her call for an end to the US occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan and restoration of constitutional rights

Joint Progressive Caucus & Arab American Caucus Agenda

Joint Progressive Caucus & Arab American Caucus Agenda, California Democratic Party Executive Board Meeting Sat., Nov.18, 2017 (8:15-10:15) The Westin SF Airport 1 Old Bayshore Highway, Millbrae, CA 94030.

• Election for Progressive Caucus Communications & Media Officer, PC Secretary Marcy Winograd introduces the candidates.
• Update on the impact of Trump’s Muslim Ban – Speaker from CAIR-SF.
• UPTE-CWA Presentation: The $48 Fix/Reclaim California’s Master Plan for Higher Education – Speaker: Jonathan Abboud.
• Update on anti-BDS legislation – Speakers: David Mandel and Iyad Afalqa
• Autopsy Report: The Democratic Party in Crisis – Speaker: Karen Bernal

Standing for AD 50

In 2019 Marcy Winograd stood from AD 50 for the California Democratic Party Central Committee.

As a co-founder of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party and as an Executive Board member of the Progressive Caucus, I am committed to fighting for Medicare for All, fee college, environmental stewardship, public banks and publicly operated public schools.

A retired public high school teacher, I worked to elect Tony Thurmond as CA Superintendent of Public Instruction, blogging about his campaign on LA Progressive, raising money in Venice and speaking at Democratic Clubs on behalf of his campaign against the privatization of our public schools.

Rooted in the anti-war movement, I look forward to campaigning for a 2020 Congress & President committed to converting billions we spend on weapons to renewable energy systems, ensuring greater national security through fossil fuel independence.

Inside the party, inspired by the popularity of the Bernie Sanders Presidential campaign, I co-authored the influential resolution that resulted in reduction of the power of super delegates to predetermine our Presidential nominee, a move that greatly empowers the grassroots. Additionally, I amended the party platform to call for vigorous oversight, accountability and transparency for charter schools that threaten to bankrupt our school districts. Currently, I am working on bylaws to further democratize our state party’s endorsement process and to ensure due process when rules or decisions are challenged.

Locally, in Santa Monica, I worked with the Industrial Workers of the World to organize beach maintenance workers for union representation. I’ve also joined with the Coalition for Police Reform to address concerns over racial profiling and to develop a community police academy anchored in the Pico neighborhood.