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Revision as of 11:35, 14 July 2010
James E. Jackson of New York
Fugitive
In the St. Louis Metropolitan area,it is little known that Dr. brother James E. Jackson had refuge underground in the 50s with the famous labor leaders, Ernest Calloway and Deverne Calloway,in Kinloch,MO,a stone's throw from St. Louis[1].
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation
Circa 1965, James Jackson was listed as the Coordinator of the Greater Boston Area Coalition to Stop S. 1437, an affiliate with the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation.[2]
Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner
On April 28, 1966 James Jackson was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner. The dinner was held on the occasion of Herbert Aptheker's 50th birthday, the publication of his 20th book, and the 2nd anniversary of the American Institute for Marxist Studies. It was held in the Sutton Ballroom, The New York Hilton, Avenue of the Americas, 53rd to 54th Street, New York City. Most speakers, organizers and sponsors were known members or supporters of the Communist Party USA.[3]
1980s U.S. Peace Council Executive Board
James Jackson was an Executive Board member of the Communist Party USA dominated U.S. Peace Council[4] 1983-1985-Communist Party USA representative.
Communist Party dissidents
On November 15-16 1991, 30 dissident members of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA convened a meeting to "sign a statement of events" - most or all signatories were soon to break with the party and were later to form Committees of Correspondence.
The signatories included James Jackson, New York[5];
Communist Party reformer
In 1991, James Jackson, New York, was one of several hundred Communist Party USA membersto sign the a paper "An initiative to Unite and Renew the Party" - most signatories left the Party after the December 1991 conference to found Committees of Correspondence.[6]
CoC National Conference endorser
In 1992, James Jackson, former editor The Worker, New York endorsed the Committees of Correspondence national conference Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s held at Berkeley California July 17-19.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.peoplesworld.org/james-and-esther-jackson-and-the-long-civil-rights-revolution
- ↑ NCARL letter, circa October 1965
- ↑ Dinner Program for the Herbert Aptheke Dinner, April 28, 1966
- ↑ USPC conference brochure Yale University November 8-10, 1985
- ↑ List of those NC members who signed statement of events at meeting of 11/15-16/91
- ↑ Addendum to Initiative document
- ↑ CCDS Background