Sam Pizzigati

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Sam Pizzigati
Sam Pizzigati

Sam Pizzigati is the Associate Fellow for the Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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The New Labor Press

In 1992 The New Labor Press was edited by Sam Pizzigati and Fred Solowey. Contributors included Democratic Socialists of America members Daniel Beagle, Richard Olson and Jo-Ann Mort.[1]

New Party founders

The two key founders of the New Party were Joel Rogers and Dan Cantor.

The first strategic meetings to plan the New Party were held in Joel Rogers' home in Madison Wisconsin in the very early 1990s. Present were Rogers' wife Sarah Siskind, Dan Cantor, ACORN leaders , Wade Rathke ,Zach Polett , Steve Kest and Jon Kest , Steve Cobble from the Institute for Policy Studies (in an advisory role), Sandy Morales Pope (for the first 18 months), Harriet Barlow and Barbara Dudley.

The very first meeting included Gerry Hudson from Democratic Socialists of America and SEIU and Gary Delgado, plus labor activists Sam Pizzigati and Tony Mazzocchi. Anthony Thigpenn of Los Angeles was also approached, but though supportive did not wish to play a leadership role.[2]

External links

References

  1. Democratic Left, September/October 1992, page 21
  2. Spoiling for a fight: third-party politics in America By Micah L. Sifry, page 347
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