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'''The Labor Party''' was founded in June 1996 ''"at a convention of 1,400 delegates from hundreds of local and international unions as well as individual activists."''<ref name=about>[http://www.thelaborparty.org/a_index.html The Labor Party: ''About'', Jan. 20, 2006] (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)</ref> The party claimed to represent over 2 million workers. It wound up circa 2005.
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==Personnel==
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===2005===
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*[[Tony Mazzocchi]], Founding Brother (- 2002)<ref name=ntlorg>[http://www.thelaborparty.org/a_ntlorg.html The Labor Party: ''National Organizer'', Jan. 20, 2006] (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Mark Dudzic]], National Organizer (2002 -)<ref name=ntlorg/>
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*[[Katherine Isaac]], Secretary-Treasurer<ref name=april05/>
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*[[Bob Brown]], organizer<ref name=april05/>
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*[[Leo Seidlitz]], organizer emeritus<ref name=april05/>
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====Interim National Council====
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As at April 2005, the following served as chairs on the National Council of the [[Labor Party]]:<ref name=april05>[http://www.thelaborparty.org/n_0405.pdf Labor Party News April 2005] (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)</ref>
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<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
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*[[Donna DeWitt]], President, South Carolina [[AFL-CIO]] - Co-Chair
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*[[Bill Kane]], President, [[New Jersey Industrial Union Council]] - Co-Chair
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*[[Baldemar Velasquez]], President, [[Farm Labor Organizing Committee]] - Co-Chair
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*[[Noel Beasley]], International Vice President, [[UNITE HERE]]
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*[[Ed Bruno]], [[California Nurses Association]]
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*[[Deborah Burger]], President, [[CNA]]
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*[[Dave Campbell]], Secretary-Treasurer, [[PACE]] Local 8-675
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*[[Marilyn Clement]], Director, [[CNHP NOW]]
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*[[Russ Davis]], Vice President, [[AFGE]] Local 2782
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*[[Rose Ann DeMoro]], Executive Director, [[CNA]]
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*[[Mark Dimondstein]], NC Piedmont Triad chapter
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*[[Jed Dodd]], General Chairman, Penn. Federation, [[BMWE]]
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*[[Lisa Frank]], Metro Pittsburgh chapter
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*[[Cheri Honkala]], Founder, [[Kensington Welfare Rights Union]]
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*[[Bruce Klipple]], General Secretary-Treasurer, [[UE]]
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*[[C. Robert McDevitt]], President, [[UNITE HERE]] Local 54
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*[[Bill Onasch]], Kansas City chapter
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*[[Cecilia Perry]], Public Policy Analyst, [[AFSCME]]
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*[[Linda Raisovich-Parsons]], [[UMWA]]
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*[[Adolph Reed, Jr.]], Professor, University of Pennsylvania
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*[[David H. Richardson]], PhD, Secretary, [[AFGE]] Local 12
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*[[Dean Robinson]], Professor, UMASS-Amherst
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*[[Anthony Rochon]], [[BMWE]]
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*[[Preston Smith II]], Professor, Mount Holyoke College
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*[[Brenda Stokely]], President, [[AFSCME]] DC 1707
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*[[Chris Townsend]], Political Action Director, [[UE]]
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*[[Gerry Zero]], [[IBT]] Local 705
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</div>
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===2000/2001===
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The following worked for the organization in 2000/2001:<ref name=jan01>[http://lpa.igc.org/lppress/index.html Labor Party: ''Labor Party Press Online, Jan 2001] (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)</ref>
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<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">
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*[[Chris Townsend]], Trustee
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*[[Gerry Zero]], Trustee
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*[[Joanne Bell]], Trustee
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*[[Tony Mazzocchi]], Interim National Organizer
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*[[Bob Brown]], organizer
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*[[Ed Bruno]], organizer
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*[[Leo Seidlitz]], organizer
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====Interim National Council====
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*[[Bob Clark]], Co-Chairperson
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*[[Bill Kane]], Co-Chairperson
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*[[Baldemar Velasquez]], Co-Chairperson
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*[[Barbara Walden]], Co-Chairperson
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*[[Noel Beasley]]
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*[[Joanne Bell]]
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*[[Dave Campbell]]
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*[[Marilyn Clement]]
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*[[Donna Dewitt]]
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*[[Mark Dimondstein]]
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*[[Lisa Frank]]
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*[[Ed Grystar]]
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*[[Gary Holloway]]
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*[[Cheri Honkala]]
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*[[Bill Kane]]
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*[[Kathy King]]
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*[[Ed Kornegay, Jr.]]
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*[[Dan McCarthy]]
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*[[Adolph Reed, Jr.]]
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*[[Tim Schermerhorn]]
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*[[Brenda Stokely]]
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*[[Sean Sweeney]]
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*[[Barbara Walden]]
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*[[Gerry Zero]]
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As well as at-large representatives of [[PACE]], [[UE]], [[BMWE]], [[ILWU]], [[CNA]], [[AFGE]], [[UMWA]], [[CA State Council of Carpenters]], and [[FLOC]]
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====Labor Party News====
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As at Dec. 2000, the following worked for Labor Party News, the publication of the Labor Party:
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*[[Laura McClure]], Editor
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*[[Peter Gilmore]], Contributing Editor
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*[[Adolph Reed, Jr.]], Contributing Editor
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*[[Gary Huck]], Artist
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*[[Mike Konopacki]], Artist
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*[[Bill Yund]], Artist
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*[[Philomena Mariani]], editorial expertise
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*[[Rick Peduzzi]], web
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'''Photographers:'''
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*[[Jenny Brown]]
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*[[David Bacon]], [[Impact Visuals]]
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*[[Slobodan Dimitrov]], [[Impact Visuals]]
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*[[Jennifer Warburg]], [[Impact Visuals]]
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</div>
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==Affiliated Unions==
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The following were national affiliates or endorsers of the party as at April 2005:<ref name=april05/>
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*[[American Federation of Government Employees]]
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*[[Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees]]
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*[[California Nurses Association]]
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*[[Farm Labor Organizing Committee]]
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*[[International Longshore & Warehouse Union]]
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*[[Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union]]
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*[[United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America]]
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*[[United Mine Workers of America]]
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==The Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute==
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The [[Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute]] is the non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and cultural arm of the Labor Party.<ref>[http://www.djdinstitute.org/about.html Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute: ''About'', Aug. 31, 2004] (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)</ref>
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==Conventions==
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===1999===
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The following spoke at the Labor Party's 1999 Convention:<ref name=jan99/>
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*[[Cecil Roberts]], Pres., [[United Mine Workers of America]]
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*[[Buzz Hargrove]], Pres., [[Canadian Auto Workers]]
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*[[Ralph Nader]], Consumer Advocate
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*[[Henry Nicholas]], Pres., 1199C/[[American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees]]
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*[[Michael Moore]], Filmmaker, author - ''"Let's be the second party"''
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*[[George Becker]], Pres., [[United Steel Workers of America]]
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==Labor Party Press==
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The Labor Party Press is the bimonthly publication of the Labor Party.
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===Conversations with...===
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Issues of the Labor Party Press feature "conversations with" a number of organizers. A list follows.
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'''Jan. 2001:'''<ref name=jan01/>
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*[[Ed Bruno]], LP Organizer
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*[[Peter Kellman]], Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy
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*[[Jim Pope]], Rutgers Law Professor
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*[[Libby Devlin]], Organizing Director, [[SEIU]] 285 ([[MA]])
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*[[Leanna Noble]], Field Organizer, [[UE]] ([[CA]])
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*[[Jill Furillo]], Dir., Gov. Relations, [[California Nurses Association]]
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*[[Enid Eckstein]], [[AFL-CIO]] Field Mobilization ([[MA]])
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*[[Jerry Fishbein]], [[UNITE]] Joint Board, New England
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*[[Richard Moser]], National Organizer, [[American Association of University Professors]]
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'''Jan. 1999:'''<ref name=jan99>[http://lpa.igc.org/lpv41/lpp41_index.html Labor Party Press, Jan 1999, Vol. 4, No. 1] (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)</ref>
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*[[Larry Adams]], Pres., [[Mailhandlers Union]] Local 300
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*[[Ron Baker]], Organizing Director, [[UMWA]]
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*[[Terry Bouricius]], State Representative, [[Progressive Party]], [[Vermont]]
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*[[Bob Brown]], Labor Party Organizer, Mid-Atlantic Region
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*[[Ed Bruno]], Labor Party Organizer, New England Region
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*[[Shirley Faircloth]], [[CNA]] convention delegate; retired nurse
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*[[Mike Hendry]], Pres., [[OCAW]] Local 7-517
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*[[David Kitchen]], Chief Plant Steward, [[UE]] Local 506
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*[[Richard Monje]], Works with [[UNITE]]'s Midwest Joint Board
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*[[Kim Moody]], Director, [[Labor Notes]]
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*[[Rita Shaw]], Member, [[LP]] Seattle Chapter and the [[Transport Communications Union]]
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*[[Brenda Stokely]], Pres., [[AFSCME]] Local 215
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*[[Gaylon Tyler]], Member, [[Kensington Welfare Rights Union]]
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*[[David Walters]], Member, [[LP]] Golden Gate Chapter and the [[IBEW]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Political party]]

Latest revision as of 17:12, 20 January 2019

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The Labor Party was founded in June 1996 "at a convention of 1,400 delegates from hundreds of local and international unions as well as individual activists."[1] The party claimed to represent over 2 million workers. It wound up circa 2005.

Personnel

2005

Interim National Council

As at April 2005, the following served as chairs on the National Council of the Labor Party:[3]

2000/2001

The following worked for the organization in 2000/2001:[4]

Interim National Council

As well as at-large representatives of PACE, UE, BMWE, ILWU, CNA, AFGE, UMWA, CA State Council of Carpenters, and FLOC

Labor Party News

As at Dec. 2000, the following worked for Labor Party News, the publication of the Labor Party:

Photographers:

Affiliated Unions

The following were national affiliates or endorsers of the party as at April 2005:[3]

The Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute

The Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute is the non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and cultural arm of the Labor Party.[5]

Conventions

1999

The following spoke at the Labor Party's 1999 Convention:[6]

Labor Party Press

The Labor Party Press is the bimonthly publication of the Labor Party.

Conversations with...

Issues of the Labor Party Press feature "conversations with" a number of organizers. A list follows.

Jan. 2001:[4]

Jan. 1999:[6]

References

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  1. ↑ The Labor Party: About, Jan. 20, 2006 (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 The Labor Party: National Organizer, Jan. 20, 2006 (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Labor Party News April 2005 (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Labor Party: Labor Party Press Online, Jan 2001 (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)
  5. ↑ Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute: About, Aug. 31, 2004 (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)
  6. ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 Labor Party Press, Jan 1999, Vol. 4, No. 1 (accessed on Dec. 31, 2010)
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