Marshall Garcia
Template:TOCnestleft Marshall Garcia
Communist Party reformer
In 1991 Marshall Garcia, New York was one of several hundred Communist Party USA members to sign the a paper "An initiative to Unite and Renew the Party" - most signatories left the Party after the December 1991 conference to found Committees of Correspondence.[1]
Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s
The Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s was the Committees of Correspondence's first national conference held in Berkeley, California July 17-19, 1992.[2]
Workshops that were held at the conference on Saturday, July 18 included:[3]
Latino/Caribbean A powerful and growing political force: The Latino/Caribbean people's struggle for equality and justice. What are the new perspectives in the Chicano/Mexicano, Puerto Rican and Caribbean communities?
- Linda Coronado, Director, Volunteer Services, Cook County Hospital, Chicago
- William Gerena-Rochet, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, NY
- Edith Moise, Asst. Principal, Bilingual School, NY
- Joe Navarro, Chicano community activist, Denver
- Nelson Valdez, Vice Pres., Local 1199, NY
- Marshall Garcia, Exec. VP, Local 1199, NY
Committees of Correspondence
At the Committees of Correspondence conference, Berkeley California, July 17-19, 1992. Marshall Garcia was a candidate for the CoC National Coordinating Committee-from New York-exec Vice president Local 1199, Health Care Workers Union.[4]
CoC National Coordinating Committee
The following are listed in order of votes they received as members of the Committees of Correspondence National Coordinating Committee, elected at the Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s held at Berkeley California July 17-19, 1992:[3]
- Angela Davis, SF
- Gus Newport, Berkeley
- Elizabeth Martinez, SF
- Alva Buxenbaum, NY
- Leslie Cagan, NY
- Peter Camejo, Alameda, CA
- Giuliana Milanese, SF
- Robert Chacanaca, Freedom, CA
- Mildred Williamson, Chicago
- Barry Cohen, NY
- Mark Solomon, Boston
- Barbara Lee, Sacramento
- Maudelle Shirek, Berkeley
- Raahi Reddy, New Brunswick, NJ
- Margy Wilkinson, Berkeley
- Yvonne Golden, Florida
- Mary Idosidis, Mill Valley, CA
- Pat Fry, Detroit
- Marty Price, Oakland
- Fran Beal, Oakland
- Marshall Garcia, NY
- Betty Kano, Berkeley
- Michael Myerson, NY
- Sharon Stewart, LA
- Carmen Rumbaut, San Antonio
- Maurice Jackson, Washington, D.C.
- Geoffrey Jacques, NY
- Arthur Kinoy, Montclair, NJ
- Melinda Brown, LA
- Leslie Shaheen, NY
In 1994 Marshall Garcia was a member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Committees of Correspondence.[5]
Cuban American Committee for Peace
In 1995, Marshall Garcia was vice president of the Cuban American Committee for Peace.[6]
References
Template:Reflist Template:Endorsers of the Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s
- ↑ Addendum to Initiative document
- ↑ Conference program
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Proceedings of the Committees of Correspondence Conference: Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the '90s booklet, printed by CoC in NY, Sept. 1992 (Price: $4)
- ↑ CoC official ballot paper
- ↑ CoC National committee meeting, January 7-9, 1994, New York minutes
- ↑ PPW, August 26, 1995, page 9