Howard Dean

Template:TOCnestleft Howard Dean ran for Governor of Vermont as a Democratic candidate in 2004. He used Strategic Consulting Group to campaign. Dean was the 50th Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, serving in office from February 12, 2005 to January 21, 2009.

Working for Dean and Soros

In 2003, Patrick Gaspard was granted leave from SEIU Local 1199 to work as the deputy national field director for the presidential campaign of Howard Dean. After Dean was knocked out of the race, Gaspard became national field director for George Soros’ political action group America Coming Together.

In 2005, Gaspard again took leave from Local 1199 to work for underdog Democrat, Freddy Ferrer, in a landslide loss to Michael Bloomberg.

A year later, when 1199 played a major role in backing Andrew Cuomo, who had challenged Mr. McCall in the 2002 Democratic primary, in his run for Attorney general, Gaspard worked on races in Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington, DC.

DSA support

Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean were top priorities for the Democratic Socialists of America in the 2004 elections, according to a report on the 2003 Democratic Socialists of America conference in Detroit:

The business sessions of the Detroit convention were characterized by cooperation, a sense of everyone working together on projects. Most of the discussion dealt with the 2004 presidential election and the urgency of getting George W. Bush out of the White House. While DSA members are working for various Democratic candidates (especially Howard Dean and Dennis Kucinich), the general consensus was that our organizational priority must be supporting any reasonable candidate against Bush, while at the same time helping to build a broad progressive coalition that can pressure the next president to address our issues.

Creamer connection

Howard Dean for Governor has been a client of Robert Creamer's Strategic Consulting Group.

WIDF affiliated United States "Regional Workshops"

Circa 2007 these people were members of the US "Regional Workshop" of the former Soviet front Women's International Democratic Federation;

• Women for Racial and Economic Equality, President: Vinie Burrows

• Mujeres Radicales, Vinie Burrows, Margo Nikitas, Presidenta – Emily Woo Yamasaki

• National Committee of Women for Democratic Iran

• Internacional Action Center, Berta Joubert Ceci – Philadelphia

• Goldstar Mother, Nydia Velasquez - "Congressista"

• Grandmothers Against the War. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick - Presidente

• Granny Peace Brigade, Howard Dean - Presidente, Lillian Ruth Rydell, Elaine Johnson

• IAC-NWFN, Joan Wile - Fundadora e Diretora

• Madre, Susan Abulhwa, Anna Wilson

• Radical Women / líder comunitaria Comunidad de Harlem, Nellie Gray Hester

• University of California, Digna Sanchez- Membra

• WEDO, Kathy Engel Fundadora

• Women of Color Resource Center in CA, Betty Maloney - Membra

• EEUU, Angela Davis - History of Consciousness Dep Humanities Division

• African American Poets, Judith LeBlanc

• Granny Peace Brigade, Monica Sofia Somocurcio

• Radical Women, Betty Maloney

• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF, Carol Price

• Women's Studies Prgrm, Jenny Heinz

• Coalición anti-guerra A.N.S.W.E.R., Gloria La Riva

• Women for Racial and Economic Equality, Tresa Martinez

• Community activist; active in the struggle for Puerto Rican independence, Wilma Esther Reveron Collazo

• Community activist lawyer in El Barrio;; active in immigration issues, Gloria Eneida Quinones - member Women for Racial and Economic Equality

• International President of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom , Regina Birchem

• LUZ DE LAS NIEVES AYRESS MORENO, Nieves Ayress - nacionalidad chilena

Soros funding

By 2008, Barack Obama was one of only a handful of candidates to get a personal contribution from George Soros. The others include Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), Bob Graham (D-Fla.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, and former Vermont governor Howard Dean.

PES connection

Following up, in April 2007, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen reported that European socialists held a meeting "in the Democrats HQ in Washington," met with officials of the party and Democratic members of Congress, and agreed that "PES activist groups" in various U.S. cities would start working together.

Photos of the trip showed Rasmussen meeting with such figures as Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Bernie Sanders, officials of the Brookings Institution, Howard Dean, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America

Global Progressive Forum, Brussels 2009

Progressives from all over the world are getting together in Brussels on April 2-3, 2009 at the Global Progressive Forum to discuss how to create a better globalization for people.

The Global Progressive Forum brings together politicians, trade unions, NGOs and progressive representatives of international organizations. Participants confirmed to date include President Bill Clinton, Pascal Lamy, Howard Dean, Barney Frank, Helen Clark, [Antonio Guterres], Vandana Shiva, Salima Ghezali, Susan George, Zwelinzima Vavi, Aminata Traore, Chico Whitaker and many more. The challenges are finding new answers to the global crisis – including economic and financial crisis, food crisis and climate and energy crisis – and stepping up efforts to work together to reshape globalization.

Key moments include

• Opening event at 15.00 on Thursday 2 April with President Bill Clinton
• Workshop 1: Progressive politics in Globalization at 16.00 on Thursday 2 April with Howard Dean
• Workshop 10: A New direction for capitalism at 9.00 on Friday 3 April with Pascal Lamy and Barney Frank
• ‘Time for a Global New Deal’ at 12.00 on Friday 3 April: Signing of declaration for a better globalization with high level politicians, trade unionists and NGO representatives and outstanding international personalities.

The Global Progressive Forum is timed to coincide with the G20 meeting in London and the NATO anniversary events in Strasbourg.

Some 2,000 participants are expected over the two days including many PES activists and young progressives from all over Europe as well as trade unionists, NGOs and students.

16.15-17.30 Workshop 1 - Progressive politics in globalisation (Hemicycle)

• Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and former Chair of Democratic National Committee, USA
• Chico Whitaker, Co-founder and member of the organising committee of the World Social Forum, Brazil
• Wanja Lundby-Wedin, President of LO, Sweden
• Zwelinzima Vavi, Secretary General of the, Congress of South African Trade Unions, COSATU, South Africa
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the PES, MEP, former Prime Minister of Denmark

Brussels Conference, 2009

Bill Clinton addresses the Forum

Ex-US President Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a conference on the global crisis to be held in the European Parliament on 2 and 3 April, 2009. Mr. Clinton will address the opening session of the Global Progressive Forum. About 1,500 people from all over the world are expected to attend the event, timed to coincide with the G20 meeting in London and NATO's anniversary.

The Global Progressive Forum brings together politicians, trades unions, NGOs and representatives of progressive international organisations. Along with President Clinton, participants will include Pascal Lamy, Howard Dean, Barney Frank, Helen Clark, Antonio Guterres, Vandana Shiva, Salima Ghezali, Susan George, Zwelinzima Vavi, Aminata Traore and Chico Whitaker.

Discussions will focus on finding new answers to the global economic and financial, food and climate and energy crises.

Key moments include:

• Opening event at 15.00 on Thursday 2 April with President Bill Clinton
• Workshop 1: Progressive politics in Globalization at 16.00 on Thursday 2 April with Howard Dean
• Workshop 10: A New direction for capitalism at 9.00 on Friday 3 April with Pascal Lamy and Barney Frank
• 'Time for a Global New Deal' at 12.00 on Friday 3 April: Signing of declaration for a better globalization with high level politicians, trade unionists and NGO representatives and outstanding international personalities.

The Global Progressive Forum 2009 is co-organised by the PES, the PES Group in the European Parliament and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies.

The event is open to the media throughout and will be streamed on www.globalprogressiveforum.org

16.15-17.30 Workshop 1 - Progressive politics in globalisation (Hemicycle)

• Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and former Chair of Democratic National Committee, USA
• Chico Whitaker, Co-founder and member of the organising committee of the World Social Forum, Brazil
• Wanja Lundby-Wedin, President of LO, Sweden
• Zwelinzima Vavi, Secretary General of the, Congress of South African Trade Unions, COSATU, South Africa
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the PES, MEP, former Prime Minister of Denmark

America's Future Now!

Howard Dean

Howard Dean was one of the 148 speakers who addressed the 2010 America's Future Now Conference.

National Democratic Institute

Circa 2012, Howard Dean served on the Board of the National Democratic Institute, a US affiliate of the Socialist International.

"Progressive Agenda"

Signers of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's May 12, 2015 launched The Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality included Howard Dean, founder of Democracy Now.

External links

• Dean's profile with the DNC

References

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