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In 1994 Ramsey Clark was the founder of the [[International Peace for Cuba Appeal]], an affiliate of the [[Workers World Party]] dominated [[International Action Center]]. | In 1994 Ramsey Clark was the founder of the [[International Peace for Cuba Appeal]], an affiliate of the [[Workers World Party]] dominated [[International Action Center]]. | ||
| − | Other prominent initiators included Cuban Intelligence agent [[Philip Agee]], academic [[Noam Chomsky]], Congressman [[John Conyers]] and [[Charles Rangel]] <ref>International Peace for Cuba Appeal - letterhead, Nov. 14, 1994</ref>. | + | Other prominent initiators included Cuban Intelligence agent [[Philip Agee]], academic [[Noam Chomsky]], Congressman [[John Conyers]] and [[Charles Rangel]]<ref>International Peace for Cuba Appeal - letterhead, Nov. 14, 1994</ref>. |
==Memorial for Pat Chin== | ==Memorial for Pat Chin== | ||
Revision as of 12:37, 16 April 2010
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IVI-IPO
In 1981 Ramsey Clark was a Vice President of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization[1].
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration
On November 10, 1991 Ramsey Clark was listed as a member of the 1991 Tribute Committee for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration.[2]
Peace for Cuba Appeal
In 1994 Ramsey Clark was the founder of the International Peace for Cuba Appeal, an affiliate of the Workers World Party dominated International Action Center.
Other prominent initiators included Cuban Intelligence agent Philip Agee, academic Noam Chomsky, Congressman John Conyers and Charles Rangel[3].
Memorial for Pat Chin
Close to 200 people gathered at the Lang Center in New York June 25 to remember Workers World Contributing Editor Pat Chin, who died of breast cancer May 16. The meeting, billed as a celebration of her life, featured talks, performances, photo and literature displays and a videotape, all paying tribute to this remark able revolutionary and her contributions to the struggle for socialism.
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Haiti’s National People’s Party Secretary General Ben Dupuy, Korea Truth Commission leader Yoomi Jeong, anti-death-penalty lawyer Joan Gibbs, and Yugoslav anti-imperialist writer Nadja Tesich addressed the gathering. A long lineup of Workers World Party members also paid tribute[4].
"Support Bill Ayers"
In October 2008, several thousand college professors, students and academic staff signed a statement Support Bill Ayers in solidarity with former Weather Underground Organization terrorist Bill Ayers.
In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, Ayers had come under considerable media scrutiny, sparked by his relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.
- We write to support our colleague Professor William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who is currently under determined and sustained political attack...
- We, the undersigned, stand on the side of education as an enterprise devoted to human inquiry, enlightenment, and liberation. We oppose the demonization of Professor William Ayers.
Ramsey Clark of the University of Chicago signed the statement.[5]
References
- ↑ IVI-IPO Letterhead July 23 1981
- ↑ Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration Program, Nov. 10, 1991
- ↑ International Peace for Cuba Appeal - letterhead, Nov. 14, 1994
- ↑ http://www.workers.org/2005/us/pat-chin-0707/
- ↑ Ayers' supporters