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'''[[Judith LeBlanc]]''' joined the [[Communist Party USA]] in 1974, and is currently a vice chair for the organization. She chairs its ''Peace and Solidarity Commission'', and has previously worked as a reporter for the CPUSA's newspaper, [[People's Weekly World]]. On March 30, 2002, LeBlanc endorsed a call by the CPUSA for a national holiday in honor of late [[Farm Workers Union]] leader [[Cesar Chavez]]. In July 2009 she spoke alongside  [[Michael Eisenscher]] and [[Mort Frank]] at the 6th National Convention of the [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]. CCDS was formed in 1991 when approximately one third of the [[CPUSA]] membership split from the party.
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'''[[Frances Fox Piven]]''' is a prominent U.S. sociologist, writer and socialist activist. Married to the late [[Richard Cloward]], a sociologist and socialist, the two made a formidable team, making waves with their Cloward-Piven Strategy which they delivered at the 1966 [[Socialist Scholars Conference]]. The strategy was designed to so over-burden the state with obligations to welfare recipients that revolutionary crisis and change would become inevitable. Since that time, Piven has been a key speaker at the annual [[Democratic Socialists of America]]-sponsored [[Socialist Scholars Conference]], which is now known as the [[Left Forum]]. Fox Piven has affiliations with many top leftist groups. She was listed as a lecturer for the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] in 1979, was one of the founders of [[Campaign for America's Future]] in 1996, endorsed the founding of the anti-Iraq War newspaper [[War Times]] in 2002, and as at 2009, serves on the advisory board of [[Minnesota]]-based [[Wellstone Action]]. In Sept. 2010, Fox Piven stated that violence was acceptable if it was ''"a big part of your strategy,"'' and in Dec 2010, she renewed her 1966 call for revolution - this time exemplifying the recent violent student protests in England. ('''[[Frances Fox Piven|more...]]''')</div></div>
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LeBlanc is the national field organizer for [[Peace Action]], formerly known as the [[National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy]] and formed in 1957. She has formerly served on the steering committee and as national co-chair for [[Institute for Policy Studies]] parter organization, [[United for Peace and Justice]] which is also affiliated with [[Peace Action]]. In 2008 LeBlanc signed a petition, ''"A Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran"''. In 2009 she endorsed a call from [[Latinos for Peace]] for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Iraq and Afghanistan. In June 2010 she addressed the Disarm Now! Conference which was held at Riverside Church, a Communist front based in [[New York]]. ('''[[Judith LeBlanc|more...]]''')</div></div>
 
  
 
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Frances Fox Piven is a prominent U.S. sociologist, writer and socialist activist. Married to the late Richard Cloward, a sociologist and socialist, the two made a formidable team, making waves with their Cloward-Piven Strategy which they delivered at the 1966 Socialist Scholars Conference. The strategy was designed to so over-burden the state with obligations to welfare recipients that revolutionary crisis and change would become inevitable. Since that time, Piven has been a key speaker at the annual Democratic Socialists of America-sponsored Socialist Scholars Conference, which is now known as the Left Forum. Fox Piven has affiliations with many top leftist groups. She was listed as a lecturer for the Institute for Policy Studies in 1979, was one of the founders of Campaign for America's Future in 1996, endorsed the founding of the anti-Iraq War newspaper War Times in 2002, and as at 2009, serves on the advisory board of Minnesota-based Wellstone Action. In Sept. 2010, Fox Piven stated that violence was acceptable if it was "a big part of your strategy," and in Dec 2010, she renewed her 1966 call for revolution - this time exemplifying the recent violent student protests in England. (more...)

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