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:''“Alice and I are proud lifetime members of DSA and have been so for about the past twenty years. We both go back to the days of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] (DSOC). I realize merger with the New American Movement (NAM) some twenty-five years ago demanded a name change, but I much prefer the name DSOC. Why? Because it says ‘Organizing Committee.’ Our ability tobe effective is based on our power. We build power through organizing. You all know that.'' | :''“Alice and I are proud lifetime members of DSA and have been so for about the past twenty years. We both go back to the days of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] (DSOC). I realize merger with the New American Movement (NAM) some twenty-five years ago demanded a name change, but I much prefer the name DSOC. Why? Because it says ‘Organizing Committee.’ Our ability tobe effective is based on our power. We build power through organizing. You all know that.'' | ||
| + | ==2010 Detroit DSA Douglass-Debs Dinner== | ||
| + | Over 200 people attended the eleventh annual Frederick Douglass-Eugene V. Debs Dinner at UAW Local 600 in Dearborn on May 8th, 2010. Local 600 was the home local of the hunger marchers of the 1930s and is adjacent to the site of the “Battle of the Overpass” which launched [[Walter Reuther]] into national prominence. | ||
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| + | The Douglass-Debs Dinner is the annual fundraising event for Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America . 2010 honorees were UAW Vice President [[James Settles, Jr.]] and Metropolitan Detroit [[AFL-CIO]] President [[Saundra Williams]]. The dinner co-chairs were UAW Region 1A Director [[Rory Gamble]] and American Federation of Teachers-Michigan President [[David Hecker]]. | ||
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| + | :''In his acceptance speech, Settles promised that the new UAW leadership which is expected to be elected at their convention in June, would be more progressive in its political orientation.'' | ||
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| + | [[Bill Fletcher, Jr.]], the Director of Field Services and Education for the [[American Federation of Government Employees]] , delivered the keynote address. His topic was “Right-Wing Populism.” Fletcher warned that progressives ignore the threat of right-wing populism at their own peril. He traced the history of this phenomenon from the Andrew Jackson administration . He mentioned the “Birthers,” the “Oathers,” and the Tea Party movement as manifestations of right-wing populism. He challenged the Left to confront right-wing populism and expose the fatuousness of their ideas. Failure to do so may be self-defeating as some of the ideas of the right-wing populists (e.g., conspiracy theories, condemnation of political and media elites) could prove seductive to a portion of our base.<ref>[http://detroitdsa.com/July%202010%20DSA%20Newsletter.pdf GDDSA newsletter, July 2010 Volume 11, Issue 4]</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Democratic Socialists of America]] | [[Category:Democratic Socialists of America]] | ||
[[Category:Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] | [[Category:Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] | ||
Revision as of 03:53, 10 January 2011
Template:TOCnestleft David Hecker is a Michigan labor leader.
AFT leader
In 2007 David Hecker was American Federation of Teachers-Michigan President.
DSA membership
At the Detroit Democratic Socialists of America 2007 Frederick Douglass-Eugene V. Debs Dinner David Hecker declared;[1]
- “Alice and I are proud lifetime members of DSA and have been so for about the past twenty years. We both go back to the days of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC). I realize merger with the New American Movement (NAM) some twenty-five years ago demanded a name change, but I much prefer the name DSOC. Why? Because it says ‘Organizing Committee.’ Our ability tobe effective is based on our power. We build power through organizing. You all know that.
2010 Detroit DSA Douglass-Debs Dinner
Over 200 people attended the eleventh annual Frederick Douglass-Eugene V. Debs Dinner at UAW Local 600 in Dearborn on May 8th, 2010. Local 600 was the home local of the hunger marchers of the 1930s and is adjacent to the site of the “Battle of the Overpass” which launched Walter Reuther into national prominence.
The Douglass-Debs Dinner is the annual fundraising event for Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America . 2010 honorees were UAW Vice President James Settles, Jr. and Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO President Saundra Williams. The dinner co-chairs were UAW Region 1A Director Rory Gamble and American Federation of Teachers-Michigan President David Hecker.
- In his acceptance speech, Settles promised that the new UAW leadership which is expected to be elected at their convention in June, would be more progressive in its political orientation.
Bill Fletcher, Jr., the Director of Field Services and Education for the American Federation of Government Employees , delivered the keynote address. His topic was “Right-Wing Populism.” Fletcher warned that progressives ignore the threat of right-wing populism at their own peril. He traced the history of this phenomenon from the Andrew Jackson administration . He mentioned the “Birthers,” the “Oathers,” and the Tea Party movement as manifestations of right-wing populism. He challenged the Left to confront right-wing populism and expose the fatuousness of their ideas. Failure to do so may be self-defeating as some of the ideas of the right-wing populists (e.g., conspiracy theories, condemnation of political and media elites) could prove seductive to a portion of our base.[2]