Jack Clark
Chris (Jack) Clark . spent most of the 1970′s as the first National Secretary of the Michael Harrington-led Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, a predecessor to Democratic Socialists of America. Jack Clark had previously quit his job as a reporter for the Chelsea Record to join Harrington in NYC to help organize an opposition caucus within the rightward-moving Socialist Party USA. He was the first managing editor of Democratic Left, has been a delegate to meetings of the Socialist International in Geneva and Vancouver, has led DSA in countless progressive campaigns in NYC and MA.
Jack Clark has also edited Food Monitor for World Hunger Year in Washington DC, worked for eleven years as Deputy Director for Policy and Planning in Boston for the Mayor’s Office of Jobs and Community Services, and since 2002 as Director of Workforce Development for the union-funded Transportation Learning Center in DC.[1]
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee
Some 150 delegates and 100 observers met at Houston's Airport Holiday Inn, February 16-19, 1979, for the fourth national convention of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC).
DSOC's leadership at the 1979 convention included Chairman Michael Harrington, Vice-chairman Julius Bernstein, Vice-chairman Victor Reuther, and National Secretary Clark.[2]
The national board consisted of Julian Bond, Harry Boyte, Bogdan Denitch, Harry Fleischman, Irving Howe, Alex Spinrad, Gloria Steinem, Harry Walsh, Nat Weinberg, and Richard Wilson.
Democratic Agenda
More than 1,200 people attended the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee initiated Democratic Agenda Conference held November 16-18, 1979, at the International Inn and Metropolitan AM Church in Washington 1 DC. The conference focused on "corporate power'; as the key barrier to "economic and political democracy," concepts many Democratic Agenda participants defined as "socialism.'
The Democratic Agenda meetings attempted to develop anti-corporate alternatives" through influencing the direction of the Democratic Party during the period leading to the July 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.
Workshops included "Energy Agendas for the 80s': Theirs and Ours" - Jack Clark, moderator; Heather Booth, Joel Jacobsen, Ed Rothschild[3]
DSA Conference delegate
In 1983 Jack Clark was a New York delegate to the Democratic Socialists of America conference in New York City, October 14-16, 1983[4]
Democratic Socialists of America
In 1994, Clark of Massachusetts was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America Steering Committee.[5]
DSA awards committee
Boston Democratic Socialists of America presents awards annually in memory of Eugene V. Debs, Norman Thomas, Julius Bernstein and Michael Harrington.
The Awards Committee in 2001 consisted of:
Doug Butler, Kathy Casavant, Jack Clark, Harris Gruman, Julie Johnson, Eleanor LeCain, Marcia Peters, Mike Prokosch, Bruce Raynor, Bob Ross, Rep.Frank I. Smizik.[6]
References
- ↑ [1] 2010 Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Reception to Honor Isman and Clark, Talking Union blog, June 2, 2010
- ↑ Information Digest March 7 1979 p 63
- ↑ Information Digest, December 14, 1979, page 370/371
- ↑ DSA Conference delegate list Oct. 12 1983 update
- ↑ email from Christine Riddiough to S Tarzynski Dec 9 1994
- ↑ http://www.dsaboston.org/2001DTB.htm