David Cline
Template:TOCnestleft David Cline... was a highly decorated, disabled Vietnam War combat veteran. Returning stateside he became active in the Oleo Strut coffeehouse near Fort Hood, Texas, as described in “Sir! No Sir!” the award-winning documentary about GI resistance. He served as a national coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War for more than 20 years. As President of Veterans for Peace 2002-2007, he oversaw tremendous membership growth and helped start Iraq Veterans Against the War. He also co-founded the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign.
RCP
David Cline was on the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party.[1]
Revolutionary Workers Headquarters
Members of the Revolutionary Workers Headquarters Central Committee;
United for Peace and Justice Affiliation
In July 2007 David Cline representing Vietnam Veterans Against the War was affiliated to United for Peace and Justice.[3]
"Support Bill Ayers"
In October 2008, several thousand college professors, students and academic staff signed a statement Support Bill Ayers in solidarity with former Weather Underground Organization terrorist Bill Ayers.
In the run up to the U.S. presidential elections, Ayers had come under considerable media scrutiny, sparked by his relationship to presidential candidate Barack Obama.
- We write to support our colleague Professor William Ayers, Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who is currently under determined and sustained political attack...
- We, the undersigned, stand on the side of education as an enterprise devoted to human inquiry, enlightenment, and liberation. We oppose the demonization of Professor William Ayers.
David Cline of Saginaw Valley State University signed the statement[4].
Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign
In 2012 David Cline (deceased) was still listed on the Board of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign.[5]
References
- ↑ [Heavy Radicals - The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists: The By Aaron J. Leonard, Conor A. Gallagher]
- ↑ China Advances Along The Socialist Road The Gang of Four Were Counter-Revolutionaries and Revolutionaries Cannot Support Them By the Jarvis-Bergman Headquarters
- ↑ http://www.knology.net/~bilrum/UFPJGroups071607.htm
- ↑ Liberal Education website: List of Ayers Supporters
- ↑ Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign website, accessed Dec. 13,2010