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'''[[Jarvis Tyner]]''' is an executive vice chair of the [[Communist Party USA]] and a long-time member of the party's national board. Inspired as a child and young man by the communist hero [[Paul Robeson]], Tyner became involved in the civil rights movement in Philadelphia. Subsequently, in 1961 at the age of 20, he became a card-carrying member of the [[CPUSA]]. Rising quickly through the ranks, Jarvis Tyner stood as the CPUSA candidate for vice president of the U.S., running with party leader [[Gus Hall]] in 1972 and 1976. In 1967 Tyner had moved to New York to become the national chair of the [[W.E.B. DuBois Clubs of America], and later founding chair of the [[Young Workers Liberation League]]. While in this role he was named as a sponsor of the [[CPUSA]]-dominated [[National Anti-Imperialist Conference in Solidarity With African Liberation]] in 1973. Then in the early 1990s, Tyner was appointed chair of the CPUSA Political Action Committee. In July 1996 he visited Vietnam to attend the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
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'''[[Democratic Socialists of America]]''' (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the U.S. It is one of two official U.S. affiliates of the [[Socialist International]]. It was formed in 1982 from a merger of the [[Michael Harrington]]-led [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]] (DSOC) and the smaller [[New American Movement]].
  
In March 1998 Tyner was an “Endorser of the Call” to found a [[Black Radical Congress]] and from 2000 - 2005 he served on the Coordinating Committee of the newly formed Congress. In December 2006, a [[CPUSA]] delegation which included National Chair [[Sam Webb]], Tyner, International Secretary [[Pamella Saffer]] and Labor Secretary [[Scott Marshall]] visited Vietnam and China at the invitation of the Communist Parties of those respective countries. Saffer and Webb reported that relations with between the CPUSA and the Chinese and Vietnamese parties had been further strengthened, and that they look forward to building even stronger relations in the future. In 2007 he spoke at the [[Democratic Socialists of America]]-founded [[Left Forum]] in a panel entitled ''"Today's Black Agenda: Fighting for Full Employment and Social Justice under the impact of War and Globalization."'' In 2008 he criss-crossed America, rallying [[CPUSA]] party members, converting wavering Democrats and building support for Democratic presidential candidate, [[Barack Obama]]. Then in November 2009, speaking at an even in Missouri, he said the election of President Barack Obama had opened the door for the left wing, which he felt has allowed itself to be pushed to the sidelines and overcome with progress-impeding cynicism, to mobilize. ''"He's only the beginning,"'' Tyner said. ''"I think he's a transitional president. I think somebody else is going to come in and take it even further."'' ('''[[Jarvis Tyner|more...]]''')</div></div>
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In 1997 [[DSA]]'s goals by 2017 included: ''"A U.S. President from the Progressive Caucus, a 50 member socialist caucus in Congress, successful programs of the likes of universal health care, progressive taxation, social provision and campaign finance reform."'' But how would [[DSA]] achieve these goals? A 2001 article published in the [[Boston DSA]]'s magazine discussed the [[DSA]]'s "takeover" of the [[Democratic Party]]: ''"...By the early 1960s some within the [[Socialist Party USA|Socialist Party]] (including future [[DSA]] leaders), adopting a variant of the [[CPUSA|CP]]’s strategy 25 years earlier, ...advanced the concept of “Realignment” in the Democratic Party; forging a coalition of labor, blacks and middle-class liberals and radicals to take over the Party..."''
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Prominent members of DSA have included [[Stanley Aronowitz]]; [[Ed Asner]]; [[Noam Chomsky]]; [[Barbara Ehrenreich]]; [[Frances Fox Piven]]; [[Gerry Hudson]], SEIU VP; [[Eliseo Medina]]; [[Gloria Steinem]]; [[Quentin Young]], as well as former U.S. Reps. [[David Bonior]], [[Danny K. Davis]], [[Ron Dellums]] and [[DSA#Elected_Representatives.2C_1990|many more]].
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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist organization in the U.S. It is one of two official U.S. affiliates of the Socialist International. It was formed in 1982 from a merger of the Michael Harrington-led Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and the smaller New American Movement.

In 1997 DSA's goals by 2017 included: "A U.S. President from the Progressive Caucus, a 50 member socialist caucus in Congress, successful programs of the likes of universal health care, progressive taxation, social provision and campaign finance reform." But how would DSA achieve these goals? A 2001 article published in the Boston DSA's magazine discussed the DSA's "takeover" of the Democratic Party: "...By the early 1960s some within the Socialist Party (including future DSA leaders), adopting a variant of the CP’s strategy 25 years earlier, ...advanced the concept of “Realignment” in the Democratic Party; forging a coalition of labor, blacks and middle-class liberals and radicals to take over the Party..."

Prominent members of DSA have included Stanley Aronowitz; Ed Asner; Noam Chomsky; Barbara Ehrenreich; Frances Fox Piven; Gerry Hudson, SEIU VP; Eliseo Medina; Gloria Steinem; Quentin Young, as well as former U.S. Reps. David Bonior, Danny K. Davis, Ron Dellums and many more.

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