Dominic Chan
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Institute for Social and Economic Studies/CrossRoads
In the mid 1990s Dominic Chan served[1]on the Board of Directors of 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.
DSA
Dominic Chan started June 1 as DSA's financial manager, replacing Gary Lucek who held that post for over four years. Chan, a graduate student in sociology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, was active at school in the campaign for the right of teaching assistants to unionize. Dominic was anxious to leave the "ivory tower" of the academic world to fight instead for social and economic justice.
While at Stony Brook, Dominic Chan served as the treasurer of the Graduate Student Organization and the secretary of the Graduate Students Employees Union, Local 1188 of the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
As a campus activist, Chan organized a rally for Jesse Jackson's presidential bid, as well as a rally to protest the Tianneman Square massacre. [2]
In 1991 Dominic Chan was a DSA staff member.[3]
In 1993 Dominic Chan, a DSA member, was an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in San Francisco's Chinatown.[4]
In 1994 Dominic Chan, San Francisco, was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America Steering Committee[5].
1995 DSA leadership
In 1995 the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee consisted of ;[6]
- Theresa Alt/Ithaca, NY
- Shoshana Bricklin/Philadelphia, PA
- Dominic Chan/Brooklyn, NY
- Rachel Dewey/Princeton, NJ
- Tom Ellett/Sparta, WI
- Lynne Mosley Engelskirchen/Santa Monica, CA
- Julia Fitzgerald/Brooklyn, NY
- Karen Marie Gibson/Brooklyn, NY
- David Glenn/Brooklyn, NY
- Jeff Lacher/Dayton, NJ
- Jose LaLuz/San Juan, PR
- Frank Llewellyn/Brooklyn, NY
- Anne McCormick/Washington, DC
- William Mclver, Jr./Lafayette, CO
- Steve Oliver/Brooklyn, NY
- Loretta Schuman/Washington, DC
- Joseph Schwartz/Ithaca, NY
- Patricia Sexton/New York, NY
- Kurt Stand/Washington, DC
- Steve Tarzynski/Santa Monica, CA
- Eric Vega/Sacramento, CA
- Juanita Webster/New York, NY
Labor Activist
In 1996 "Labor Activist" was published by the Democratic Socialists of America Youth Section Labor Solidarity Committee
Editors were[7];
Dominic Chan, Organizer, Communication Workers of America
Tom Ellett, Organizer, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
Jeff Lacher, Organizer, Communication Workers of America
Carmen Mitchell, DSA Youth Organizer
Liz O'Connor, Organizer, Service Employees International Union
Raahi Reddy, Organizer, Service Employees International Union
References
- ↑ Crossroads March 1996
- ↑ DEMOCRATIC LEFT 3 JULY- AUGUST 1990, page 13
- ↑ Dem. left Jan./Feb. 1991 page 12
- ↑ Dem. Left, Sep./Oct. 1993, page 15
- ↑ email from C Riddiough to S Tarzynski Dec 9 1994
- ↑ Dem. Left Jan/Feb 1996
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010211122648/www.dsausa.org/archive/LA/LabAct33.html