Melvyn Dubofsky
Melvyn Dubofsky is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and Sociology at SUNY Binghamton. He is the author and editor of numerous books on American labor history.
DSA member
In 1987, author Melvyn Dubofsky, was a member of Democratic Socialists of America. [1]
DSA’s Cuba Letter
Mel Dubofsky signed an April 2003 Statement on Cuba, initiated and circulated[2] by prominent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
- “a statement circulating among democratic left/socialist folks, largely by members of Democratic Socialists of America, condemning the recent trials and convictions of non-violent dissenters in Cuba”.
The petition criticized Cuba's poor human rights record, but shared the blame for Cuba's problems with reactionary elements of the U.S. administration...
- The democratic left worldwide has opposed the U.S. embargo on Cuba as counterproductive, more harmful to the interests of the Cuban people than helpful to political democratization. The Cuban state's current repression of political dissidents amounts to collaboration with the most reactionary elements of the U.S. administration in their efforts to maintain sanctions and to institute even more punitive measures against Cuba.
Many of the petition's 120 odd signatories were known members of DSA.
Democratic Left article
In 2007, Dubofsky wrote an article for Democratic Socialists of America's Democratic Left, Fall issue "Random Thoughts on the Passing of Another Labor Day".[3]
In These Times
As of 2009 Melvyn Dubofsky was a member of the Editorial Board of Chicago based socialist journal In These Times.[4]
References
- ↑ Democratic Left, Jan./Feb. 1987, page 17
- ↑ http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/000912.shtml
- ↑ Democratic Left • Fall 2007
- ↑ In These Times website: About