Difference between revisions of "Samantha Power"
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Samantha Power married [[Cass Sunstein]] in 2008. | Samantha Power married [[Cass Sunstein]] in 2008. | ||
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| + | Samantha Power signed an April 2003 [[Statement on Cuba]], initiated and circulated<ref>http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/000912.shtml</ref> by prominent [[Democratic Socialists of America]] (DSA) member [[Leo Casey]], calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba. | ||
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| + | The petition criticized Cuba's poor human rights record, but shared the blame for Cuba's problems with ''reactionary elements of the US administration...'' | ||
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| + | :''The democratic left worldwide has opposed the US embargo on Cuba as counterproductive, more harmful to the interests of the Cuban people than helpful to political democratization. The Cuban state's current repression of political dissidents amounts to collaboration with the most reactionary elements of the US administration in their efforts to maintain sanctions and to institute even more punitive measures against Cuba.'' | ||
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| + | Many of the petition's 120 odd signatories were known members of DSA. | ||
==Serving Obama== | ==Serving Obama== | ||
Revision as of 03:00, 25 September 2009
Samantha Power...
Samantha Power married Cass Sunstein in 2008.
DSA’s Cuba Letter
Samantha Power signed an April 2003 Statement on Cuba, initiated and circulated[1] by prominent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
- “a statement circulating among democratic left/socialist folks, largely by members of Democratic Socialists of America, condemning the recent trials and convictions of non-violent dissenters in Cuba”.
The petition criticized Cuba's poor human rights record, but shared the blame for Cuba's problems with reactionary elements of the US administration...
- The democratic left worldwide has opposed the US embargo on Cuba as counterproductive, more harmful to the interests of the Cuban people than helpful to political democratization. The Cuban state's current repression of political dissidents amounts to collaboration with the most reactionary elements of the US administration in their efforts to maintain sanctions and to institute even more punitive measures against Cuba.
Many of the petition's 120 odd signatories were known members of DSA.
Serving Obama
After the 2008 presidential election, Power returned to Obama's team, becoming a member of the transition team, working for the Department of State.
In January 2009 President Obama appointed[2]Samantha Power to the National Security Council, as director for multilateral affairs.