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In May 1992 [[Dan Cantor]] held a [[New Party]] fund raising meeting in the Chicago home of [[Quentin Young]], "with half a dozen good people present".<ref>Madeline Talbott, Chicago NP report August 12, 1992</ref> | In May 1992 [[Dan Cantor]] held a [[New Party]] fund raising meeting in the Chicago home of [[Quentin Young]], "with half a dozen good people present".<ref>Madeline Talbott, Chicago NP report August 12, 1992</ref> | ||
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Columbus, Ohio was the location for DSA's 1997 National Convention. | Columbus, Ohio was the location for DSA's 1997 National Convention. | ||
Revision as of 22:08, 1 March 2011
Template:TOCnestleft Dan Cantor is Director of the New York Working Families Party.
DSA collaboration
In 1987, Dan Cantor and Juliet Schor, a member of Democratic Socialists of America, co-wrote "Tunnel Vision:Labor and the World Economy, and Central America (South End Press). [1]
New Party founders
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]
Chicago connection
In May 1992 Dan Cantor held a New Party fund raising meeting in the Chicago home of Quentin Young, "with half a dozen good people present".[3]
DSA 1997 National Conference
Columbus, Ohio was the location for DSA's 1997 National Convention.
Dan Cantor of the New Party, Lynn Chancer of DSA and Columbia University, Amy Isaacs of Americans for Democratic Action, Joseph Schwartz of DSA's National Political Committee and Temple University, and Cornel West, DSA Honorary Chair and Professor of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University; gathered at the convention's keynote plenary devoted to discussion of "The Challenges Facing the Broad Left."Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Working Families Party
Working Families Party officers in 2009 included[4];
- Bertha Lewis, a WFP co-chair and the executive director of ACORN’s New York offices.
- Bob Master, who serves as party co-chair and the political director of the Communications Workers of America.
- Mike McGuire, resigned as WFP treasurer in August 2009.
- Dorothy Siegel, replacement Treasurer. Siegel is the chair of the Working Families Party South Brooklyn Club and is already the treasurer of the Working Families Organization, one of the many additional affiliates of the WFP. Siegel is employed at the Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University.
In 2009 Non-voting assistant secretaries were;
- Alex Rabb, WFP staffer.
- Dan Cantor, WFP executive director and co-chair .
WFP spokesman is Dan Levitan.
YDS conference
On the weekend of March 5-7, 2010 over a hundred young radicals from around the country Manhattan for the Young Democratic Socialists’ 2010 national conference, Democratic Socialism: REAL Change for a Change.
Dan Cantor spoke about the Working Families Party of New York as a “unique and powerful way to make non-violent change.” Cantor stated that if one “really wants power one has to scare, not influence, the influentials.” He also emphasised that there are “no shortcuts to doing the work that we do.”[5]
2011 YDS Winter Conference
On the weekend of March 18th-20th, 2011, the Young Democratic Socialists held their annual Winter outreach conference "Their Crisis, Our Pain: The Democratic Socialist Response to the Great Recession". Cornel West "will be the featured speaker on Saturday the 19th, and we will also host John Nichols, Bertha Lewis, Mark Engler, and Dan Cantor from the Working Families Party.
Other listed speakers included Komozi Woodard, Corey Walker, Fabricio Rodriguez, Christian Parenti, Stephanie Fairyington, Christine Kelly, Sheila Collins, Billy Wharton, Liz Shuler, Martin Weinstein, Michelle O'Brien, Skip Roberts, Joseph Schwartz.
Panels on race, the environment, organizing, and other topics will allow participants to learn from and communicate with fellow activists on some of the most important domestic and international issues. The event is perfect for both newcomers to Democratic Socialism/YDS, as well as activist veterans.
Add your name to the list here and you'll be notified when online registration goes live. Invite all your friends!
Location, Bayard Rustin High School 351 W 18th St New York, NY 10011.[6]
References
- ↑ Democratic left, Jan/Feb 1989, page 13
- ↑ Spoiling for a fight: third-party politics in America By Micah L. Sifry, page 347
- ↑ Madeline Talbott, Chicago NP report August 12, 1992
- ↑ http://cityhall.wehaaserver.com/cityhall/article-904-concerns-of-%E2%80%9Csloppy-bookkeeping%E2%80%9D-were-involved-with-mcguires-wfp-departure.html
- ↑ Democratic Left • Spring 2010
- ↑ YDS website, Spring Conference, Their Crisis, Our Pain: The Democratic Socialist Response to the Great Recession, accessed Feb. 23, 2011