Howard Winant

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DSA member

In 1987, author Howard Winant was a member of Democratic Socialists of America.

Socialist Scholars Conference 1990

The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:

Postmodern Racial Politics

• Sponsor: Socialist Review
• Mike Hanchard, Political Science, Princeton University
• Lucius Outlaw, Department of Philosophy, Haverford College
• Howard Winant, Department of Sociology, Temple University
• Clara Rodriquez, Sociology, Fordham University

"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.

Howard Winant of the University of California, Santa Barbara signed the statement.

Praise for "The Cost of Privilege"

"The Cost of Privilege" an anti-racist book was written by North Carolina Freedom Road Socialist Organization member Chip Smith.

Several people, mostly Freedom Road Socialist Organization members wrote advance "praise blurbs" for the book's website .

In The Cost of Privilege, Chip Smith and his associates have done something I never thought possible: they've combined a solid analysis of race and racism in the US with a training manual for white anti-racists. Their work is deep: accounts of past struggles inform their thinking about 21st-century racism. The book is both readable and humane: while teaching and challenging white anti-racists, it also respects and honors their struggles and accomplishments. The Cost of Privilege will be an excellent text for a practice-oriented course on race, and it also speaks eloquently to all whites committed to racial justice. Highly recommended!

Howard Winant, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of The World Is a Ghetto: Race and Democracy since World War I

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