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Left: Chicago [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] dinner, 1981. Left [[Carl  Shier]], [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]], founding member in 1982 of  Democratic socialists of America] ,  Centre [[Egidio Clemente]]-ex? [[Socialist Party USA]]. Right [[Democratic Party]] Congressman and soon to be Mayor of Chicago,Harold Washington<ref>http://www.chicagodsa.org/d1981/index.html</ref>.
  
 
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Harold Washingto enjoyed a close relationship to the Chicago [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] and to its successor [[Democratic Socialists of America]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
==Comprand==
 
==Comprand==

Revision as of 09:34, 8 January 2010

Harold Washington

Harold Washington was an Illinois State Senator, Illinois Congressman and Mayor of Chicago.

Supporting John Lumpkin

In 1978, Harold Washington was on the Committee to Elect Dr. John R. Lumpkin for the 7th Ward Alderman, Chicago.[1]

John Lumpkin was the son of prominent Chicago Communist Party USA leaders Frank Lumpkin and Bea Lumpkin. Several communists worked with Washington on the committee.

Committee in Support of Southern Africa

Committee in Support of Southern Africa was an anti-Apartheid group active in Chicago in the early 1980s.

Members of the committee iincluded[2];

Charles Hayes, Rep. Carol Moseley Braun, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Bob Simpson, Frank Rosen, Congressman Harold Washington, Harold Rogers, Rep. Monica Stewart, Jim Wright, Alderman Danny Davis, Alice Peurala, Lu Palmer, Milt Cohen, Timuel Black.

Socialist connections

1981-1.jpg

Left: Chicago Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee dinner, 1981. Left Carl Shier, Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, founding member in 1982 of Democratic socialists of America] , Centre Egidio Clemente-ex? Socialist Party USA. Right Democratic Party Congressman and soon to be Mayor of Chicago,Harold Washington[3].

Harold Washingto enjoyed a close relationship to the Chicago Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee and to its successor Democratic Socialists of America

Comprand

In 1987 Harold Washington was a Member of the Exective Committee of Chicago based Comprand (Comprehensive Research and Development)[4].

DSA support

In 2002 Chicago DSA member Bob Roman wrote[5];

DSA's role in the 1983 Washington campaign is one of the more interestingly unreported, unrecorded aspects of that campaign...

References

  1. Committee to Elect Dr. John R. Lumpkin letter, Sept. 10, 1978
  2. CSSA supporters letter Sep. 4 1981
  3. http://www.chicagodsa.org/d1981/index.html
  4. Comprand Letterhead Sep 29 1987
  5. http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng85.html