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Revision as of 09:28, 6 January 2010
Saul Mendelson was a Chicago based socialist. He died March 13 1998.
Early activism
Saul Mendelson joined the Socialist movement at the age of 18, eventually chairing the University of Chicago Socialist Club.
In 1948 Bernie Karsh and Saul Mendelson were contributors[1]to the Chicago University Politics Club magazine Student Partisan.
Teacher/activist
Saul Mendelson taught at DuSable High School and was a member and leader of the American Federation of Teachers.
Mendelson fought for collective bargaining for public employees and was the vice-president of the Chicago Teachers Union High School Division when the first collective bargaining contract was achieved. He became a professor at Loop College (now Harold Washington College) and were its union chair from 1969 to 1986 in the Cook County College Local. Five of the times the union went on strike, Mendelson was the chapter's strike committee chair.
Civil rights
Saul Mendelson fought in the civil rights struggles with the NAACP, with CORE and with the Negro American Labor Council.
IVI-IPO
In 1981 Saul Mendelson was on the Board of Directors of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization[2].
DSA Conference delegate
In 1983 Saul Mendelson was a Chicago delegate to the Democratic Socialists of America conference in New York City, October 14-16, 1983 [3]
Electoral politics
He was active in reform politics in Chicago, especially the campaigns for Harold Washington.
Mendelson was an area coordinator[4]in all stages of the 1983 and 1987 mayoral victories of Harold Washington and in the Charles Hayes Congressional campaigns.
The 1988 Democratic Party Convention was Mendelson's third- he traveled to Atlanta as a Second Congressional District delegate for Jesse Jackson.
Mendelson ran for State Senator in 1970 and was the foreign policy specialist for the Americans for Democratic Action. He served on the national board of the Americans for Democratic Action from 1966 until his death.
Debs Dinner founder
Saul Mendelson was a co-founder[5]of the Chicago Debs Dinner in 1958. He was its treasurer for the first ten years and worked diligently to make it a success for 39 years. Saul Memndelson received the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America Thomas - Debs Award in 1988.
IVI-IPO
For years, Mendelson was chair[6] of the state IVI-IPO and later was chair of the South Side . It was possibly through IVI-IPO that Mendelson met Barack Obama who spoke at his memorial service.
References
- ↑ Chicago Maroon Feb 20 1948
- ↑ IVI-IPO Letterhead July 23 1981
- ↑ DSA Conference delegate list Oct. 12 1983 update
- ↑ http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng58.html
- ↑ http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng58.html
- ↑ http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng58.html