Niilo Koponen
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Niilo Koponen was an Alaska activist.
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Finnish socialist
Koponen was active in the "once-vibrant immigrant Finnish socialist movement" in Massachusetts before setting off for Alaska in the 1960s [1]
DSA Elected Representatives, 1990
As of January 1990, Democratic Socialists of America members holding elected public office included;[2]
- Ron Dellums, US Rep., California
- Major Owens, US Rep., California
- David Dinkins, NY Mayor
- Jim Scheibel, St Paul, Minnesota Mayor
- Ben Nichols, Ithaca (NY) Mayor
- Larry Agran, Irvine (CA) Mayor
- Jim Conn, Santa Monica Mayor
- Niilo Koponen, Alaska State Legislator, Fairbanks
- Beverly Stein, Oregon State Rep., Portland
- Perry Bullard, Michigan State Rep., Lansing
- Babette Josephs, Pennsylvania State Rep., Philadelphia
- Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President
- Harry Britt, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
- Maryann Mahaffey, President, Detroit City Council
- Hilda Mason, Washington DC, City Councilor
- David B. Sullivan, Cambridge (MA) City Councilor
- David Scondras, Boston (MA) City Councilor
- Anne Chandler, Berkeley (CA) City Councilor
- Mildred Jeffrey, Wayne State University (Detroit) Governor
Democratic Socialists of America
In 1997, Niilo Koponen was the Alaska contact for Democratic Socialists of America.[3]
Kucinich delegate
In 2004 Alaska DSA member Niilo Koponen was a Dennis Kucinich delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Boston.[4]
References
- ↑ Yankee Radical Jan. 2002
- ↑ Democratic left, Jan./Feb. 1990, page 7
- ↑ [1] DSA website 1997, accessed May 27, 2010
- ↑ Democratic Left Spring 2005
