Occidental College
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Occidental College was founded in 1887 and is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast.[1]
Peter Dreier is a longtime DSA member and a sociologist at Occidental College.[2]
Leftist Students
Socialist activist Caroline Boss, socialist and feminist activist Susan Coll (then Susan Keselenko) and Barack Obama took classes from Professor Roger Boesche who is also a socialist and a proponent of John Rawls' book, A Theory of Justice.
- Steve Coll, President of the New America Foundation and an Occidental trustee
- Rick Cole was a socialist activist at Occidental College in the late 1970s
- Julie Bunn was a socialist leader at Occidental College in the late 1970s.
Democratic Socialist Alliance
In 1978 and 1979, Gary Chapman "an older student" led the Democratic Socialist Alliance, at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
References
- ↑ Occidental College website: A Long Tradtion (accessed on May 10, 2010)
- ↑ Democratic Left newsletter, Winter 2006