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In the late 1970s Bob Wing was a leader of the Oakland California based revolutionary organization [[Line of March]]. | In the late 1970s Bob Wing was a leader of the Oakland California based revolutionary organization [[Line of March]]. | ||
| − | The main leaders<ref>Far Left of Center: The American Radical Left page 103</ref> | + | The main leaders<ref>Far Left of Center: The American Radical Left Today page 103 by Harvey Klehr</ref> of [[Line of March]] were [[Max Elbaum]], [[Dale Borgeson]], [[Linda Burnham]], [[Bruce Occena]], [[Melinda Paras]], [[Bob Wing]]. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 11:55, 29 August 2009
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Line of March
In the late 1970s Bob Wing was a leader of the Oakland California based revolutionary organization Line of March.
The main leaders[1] of Line of March were Max Elbaum, Dale Borgeson, Linda Burnham, Bruce Occena, Melinda Paras, Bob Wing.
References
- ↑ Far Left of Center: The American Radical Left Today page 103 by Harvey Klehr
Institute for Social and Economic Studies/CrossRoads
In the mid 1990s Bob Wing served[1]on the Board of Directors Oakland based Institute for Social and Economic Studies- sponsor of CrossRoads magazine, which sought to promote dialogue and building new alliances among progressives and leftists... and to bring diverse Marxist and socialist traditions to bear while exploring new strategies and directions for the progressive political movements.
Opposing the "War on Terror"
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 supporters[2]of STORM and the Bay Area Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism established Ad Hoc Committee 'On Poitical Strategy' to fight against Bush's war against terrorism.
The committee included Betita Martinez, Cindy Wiesner, Max Elbaum, Edget Betru, Harmony Goldberg, Clarissa Rojas, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz , John Trinkl , Hany Khalil and Bob Wing.
The group issued an October 5, 2001 statement to other activists;
- As we immersed ourselves in the fightback to Bush's war against terrorism, we felt the need to get our political bearings as leftists. So we organized a discussion attended by 27 diverse left activists in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sept. 30.
- September 11, and the Bush administration's reaction to it, is a defining historical moment, ushering in a new and dangerous period in international politics. Washington's agenda is to entrench the national security state and a new level of international dominance on the basis of a permanent war on terrorism--bringing the "new world order" to fruition.
- The defining political axis of this new period is Washington's international war on terrorism--and the fight against it...The political and ideological balance of forces, demands, and outcomes of all struggles will be affected by this central issue, to one degree or another.
- Given this, the fight for peace should be the central demand for the people's movements...However, peace is not a centrist, liberal demand, but in fact is central to an anti-imperialist agenda. Its main content is that of staying the hand of imperialist war and fighting US militarism in all its forms.
War Times
In January 2002, a group of San Francisco leftists, mainly former Maoists or involved with STORM or Committees of Correspondence , founded a national anti-Iraq War newspaper[3]War Times.
- The pilot issue of War Times, a new biweekly newspaper opposing the "war on terrorism," will roll off the press on February 14... Featuring an exclusive interview with Danny Glover and a letter to President Bush from Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, the premier of this bilingual, free publication will be distributed in several dozen cities across the country.
Serving on the War Times Organizing Committee were;
Jan Adams, former associate director, Applied Research Center
Linda Burnham, executive director, Women of Color Resource Center
Jung Hee Choi, Women of Color Resource Center
Max Elbaum, former managing editor, CrossRoads magazine
Arnoldo Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Rebecca Gordon, Seminarians for Peace
Felicia Gustin, co-director, Speak Out
Van Jones, national executive director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Betita Martinez, director, Institute for MultiRacial Justice
Steve Williams, executive director, POWER
Bob Wing, former executive editor, ColorLines magazine
DSA conference
In 2003 Holly Sklar addressed[4]a Democratic Socialists of America Conference in Berkeley, California, along with Gus Newport and Bob Wing.
War Times Staff
In 2009 voluntary War Times staff[5]included:
Jan Adams, Karolo Aparicio, Mariana Bustamante, Ruth Warner Carrillo, Jung Hee Choi, Max Elbaum, Arnoldo Garcia, Rebecca Gordon, Felicia Gustin, Hany Khalil, Rachel Kahn, Lynn Koh, Gerald Lenoir, Burton Li, Betita Martinez, Samuel Orozco, Ricardo Ortega, Sushawn Robb, Kerry Taylor and Bob Wing.