Henry Foner

Cuba trip

According to Portia Siegelbaum, writing in the Communist Party USA's Daily World, Wednesday March 3, 1976 page 4, in late February, the Marxist-Leninist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola and Angola government officials led a two-dav seminar in Havana to acquaint a large United States delegation with the struggle of the Angolan people.

A day and a half presentation by three Angolan leaders: Commandante Dibala, a member of the MPLA central committee and political commissar of the Eastern Front; Olga Lima, director of political affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Relations; and Pedro Zinga Baptista, a member of the Foreign relations department of the MPLA, was followed by a question and answer period. The MPLA spokesmen affirmed that MPLA doesn't believe that revolutions can be exported, but that it does believe that examples are followed.

Attending the seminar were 26 North Americans representing a wide range of organizations as well as several journalists.

Among the representatives were Marjorie Boehm from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; James Bristol of the American Friends Service Committee; Robert Chrisman of the magazine Black Scholar: Henry Foner of the Fur and Leather Workers Joint Board; George Houser of the American Committee on Africa; Lee Johnson of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Brenda Jones of Freedomways Magazine: Willis Logan of the Africa Office, National Council of Churches; Anthony Monteiro of National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation ; Patricia Murray of National Conference of Black Lawyers; Antonio Rodriguez of Centra de Accion Social Autonomo (acasa), a Chicano organization and Jose Velazquez of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party.

A telegram sent to the gathering by Rep.Charles Diggs (D-Mich) expressed regret that he could not attend and offered his hope for a frank and fruitful meeting.

MPLA support

The Angola Support Conference came into existence to organize a conference to support the MPLA held in Chicago, May 28-30, 1976. The Conference supported the MPLA and opposed U.S. and South African intervention in Angola. The sponsors were organizations supporting the MPLA from around the country. After the Chicago conference, the organization continued its activities with Prexy Nesbitt serving as national coordinator. Sponsors were;

Barbara Barnes, MPLA Solidarity Committee
Marjorie M. Boehm, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
James E. Bristol, American Friends Service Committee
Robert S. Browne, Black Economic Research Center
Robert Chrisman; Black Scholar
Johnnetta B. Cole; National Committee of the Venceremos Brigade
Henry Foner, Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcherworkmen of North America;
Larry Holmes; Youth Against War and Fascism
George M. Houser, American Committee on Africa
A. Lee Johnson, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Brenda J. Jones, Freedomways Magazine
Edgar Lockwood, Washington Office on Africa;
Willis Logan, Africa Office, National Council of Churches
Anthony Monteiro, National Anti-Imperialist Movement in Solidarity with African Liberation
Patricia Murray, National Council of Black Lawyers
Prexy Nesbitt, US Out of Angola Committee and Chicago Committee for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambique and Guinea
Moses Newsom, Afro-American Newspapers
Lance Pustin, Prairie Fire Organizing Committee
Anthony H. Rodrigues, CSAS-General Brotherhood of Workers
Michael Simmons, Third World Coalition/Southwest Workers Federation
Jose E. Velazquez, Partide Socialista Pertorriquena
Joe Walker, Bilalian News. .^[1]

Supported Communist Party front

1982 National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression pamphlet

In 1982 Henry Foner served on the National Coordinating Committee of a Communist Party USA front the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, which was led by leading Party members Angela Davis and Charlene Mitchell.

Socialist Scholars Conference

Henry Foner, F.I.T., Morris Schappes, Editor, Jewish Currents, Ethan Block, Bard College, Aviva Cantor, Author, The Egalitarian Hagaddah and Ezra Goldstein, Associate Editor, Jewish Currents were speakers on the Israel, the Middle East, the Peace Process and American Jews panel sponsored by Jewish Currents at the Tenth Annual Socialist Scholars Conference. The conference was held April 24-26, 1992 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City^[2]

How Class Works

At the How Class Works - 2002 Conference, panels included;

1.4 Images of Labor
Rachel Bernstein,
Henry Foner and
Evelyn Jones Rich, LaborArts

“Using Images to Teach Working-Class History”

Sherry Linkon and
John Russo, Youngstown State University – Center for Working Class Studies

“From ‘The Steel City’ to ‘A Nice Place to Do Time’: Images of Youngstown after Deindustrialization”

Kim Wilson, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, - Labor Extension

“Making Labor History Murals in the Community”

Jim Cassidy, Chair, Stony Brook - Art

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References

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↑ http://africanactivist.msu.edu/organization.php?name=Angola+Support+Conference Angola Support Conference Wisconsin State Historical Society]
↑ SSE Tenth Annual Conference Program, 1992
↑ How Class Works - 2002 Conference Schedule (accessed July 24 2010)

[1] ttp://africanactivist.msu.edu/organization.php?name=Angola+Support+Conference Angola Support Conference Wisconsin State Historical Society]

[2] SSE Tenth Annual Conference Program, 1992

[3] How Class Works - 2002 Conference Schedule (accessed July 24 2010)

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