Sean Gervasi
Sean Gervasi (1932-1996), economist, academic, foreign policy advocate and member of Concerned Citizens' Committee on Africa, worked for the United Nations Office of the Commissioner for Namibia (under Nobel Peace Prize winner Sean MacBride) and the United Nations Centre against Apartheid. His research critiqued the impact of investment in Southern Africa.
In December 1975 he issued a report on the continuing escalation in Angola by South Africa and involvement of the United States in supplying arms. In July 1977 he testified in Congress on arms sales to South Africa. In the 1980s he probed Pretoria's violent war of destabilization against newly independent neighboring states of Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and critiqued constructive engagement policies. Deposited by
Married to Heather Cottin.
Socialist Scholars Conference
Terry Allen, Covert Action Information Bulletin; Meredith Turshin; Sean Gervasi and Charles MacMartin were speakers on the The "Good Cops" USAID, NED Peace Corps & U.S. Foreign Policy panel sponsored by the Covert Action Information Bulletin at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City.[1]
DSA meeting
In May 1992, Sean Gervasi, a former professor at the Sorbonne, addressed a meeting of New York Democratic Socialists of America, on measures which would transform the American economy.[2]
Institute for Policy Studies
In 1993 Gervasi was listed as a among "former Visiting Fellows and Visiting Scholars and current TransNational Institute Fellows" on the Institute for Policy Studies 30th Anniversary brochure.
Recommended appointees for a new Administration
In the 1988 book "Winning America: Ideas and Leadership for the 1990s" edited by Marcus Raskin, Chester Hartman, Sean Gervasi recommended Barry Bluestone, Gar Alperovitz, Donald Harris, Robert Browne, Jeff Faux, Carol O'Cleireacain, Jamie Galbraith, Howard Wachtel, Bennet T. Harrison, Michael Tanzer and Arthur MacEwan as recommended appointees for a new Administration page 24, 25).