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The Harkin letter characterized the Chilean government as ''"an enemy of the American people''" and urged the President to "''take strong action against this terrorist government''." The letter was released (9 A.M. on August 1 1979) at the same time a press statement from the Washington, DC, Chile Legislative Center of the [[National Coordinating Center in Solidarity with Chile]], staffed by veterans of the [[Venceremos Brigade]] and the [[Communist Party USA]], supported the Congressional letter and urged pressure so that the State Department does not accept a military trial of the three Chileans in Chile as a substitute for extradition and trial in the US | The Harkin letter characterized the Chilean government as ''"an enemy of the American people''" and urged the President to "''take strong action against this terrorist government''." The letter was released (9 A.M. on August 1 1979) at the same time a press statement from the Washington, DC, Chile Legislative Center of the [[National Coordinating Center in Solidarity with Chile]], staffed by veterans of the [[Venceremos Brigade]] and the [[Communist Party USA]], supported the Congressional letter and urged pressure so that the State Department does not accept a military trial of the three Chileans in Chile as a substitute for extradition and trial in the US | ||
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Revision as of 04:23, 28 November 2013
Richard (Rick) Nolan is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 8th district of Minnesota.[1]
Nolan defeated incumbent Chip Cravaack (R) in the November 2012 election.
The Chile letter
On August 1 1979 Thirty-five U.S. Congressmen signed a letter[2]to President Jimmy Carter demanding that private bank loans to Chile be barred unless the Chilean government chose to extradite three military officials, including the former director of the Chilean intelligence service. The three had been indicted for complicity in the assassination of marxist Unidad Popular government member and KGB agent Orlando Letelier and the killing of Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) staffer Ronni Moffitt in 1976.
In May 1978 the Chief Justice of the Chilean Supreme Court rejected the U.S. request for extradition.
Chief sponsor of the letter was Rep. Tom Harkin (D-IA), who was joined by Congressmen John Burton (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Robert Kastenmeier (D-WI), Ron Dellums (D-CA), Berkley Bedell (D-IA), Richard Ottinger (D-NY), Fred Richmond (D-NY), Robert Drinan (D-MA), Leon Panetta (D-CA), Don Edwards (D-CA); Norman Mineta (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA}, Anthony Beileson (D-CA) George Brown (D-CA), Toby Moffett (D-CT), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Eugene Atkinson (D-PA), Michael Barnes (D-MD), David Bonior (D-MI), Adam Benjamin (D-IN), William Brodhead (D-MI), Robert Carr (D-MI), Tom Daschle (D-SD), Tom Downey (D-NY), Harold Hollenbeck (R-NJ), Pete Kostmayer (D-PA), Stewart McKinney (R-CT), Edward Markey (D-MA), Andrew Maguire (D-NJ) Richard Nolan (DFL-MN), Gerry Studds (D-MA), Bruce Vento (DFL-MN) and Howard Wolpe (D-MI).
The Harkin letter characterized the Chilean government as "an enemy of the American people" and urged the President to "take strong action against this terrorist government." The letter was released (9 A.M. on August 1 1979) at the same time a press statement from the Washington, DC, Chile Legislative Center of the National Coordinating Center in Solidarity with Chile, staffed by veterans of the Venceremos Brigade and the Communist Party USA, supported the Congressional letter and urged pressure so that the State Department does not accept a military trial of the three Chileans in Chile as a substitute for extradition and trial in the US
21st Century Democrats support
21st Century Democrats is a Political Action Committee that has stood for Progressive causes for over 20 years. Founded in 1986 by Institute for Policy Studies affiliate, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, Democratic Socialists of America affiliates, former Texas Agriculture Secretary Jim Hightower, and former Illinois Congressman Lane Evans. Its three main goals are to help elect progressive candidates, train young people about grassroots organizing, and lastly, to continue to support our elected officials after Election Day "through our comprehensive progressive network".
Carol Moseley Braun, a former US Senator from Illinois, and long time Communist Party USA affiliate, serves on the organization's Advisory Board. Long time Board chair was Democratic Socialists of America member Jim Scheibel, a former Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The mission of 21st Century Democrats is to build a "farm team" of progressive populists who will be the future leaders of the Democratic Party.
- In each election cycle, we endorse a diverse array of candidates who exemplify our values and show unusual promise to advance our progressive goals. We invest in some of the most competitive races as well as in some of the most challenging – those in which the candidates are outstanding but the traditional Democratic supporters are most reticent. We back candidates in primaries as well as general election races, and we focus the bulk of our resources on electing challengers and protecting vulnerable incumbents.[3]
Nolan was one of 12 key progressives endorsed by 21st Century Democrats in the 2012 election cycle.[4]
2012 CLW House victories
2012 Council for a Livable World House Victories were;
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Tim Bishop (D-NY) Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Garcia (D-FL), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Denny Heck (D-WA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Dave Loebsack (D-IA), Patrick Murphy (D-FL), Rick Nolan (D-MN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Brad Schneider(D-IL), Carol Shea-Porter(D–NH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ),Mark Takano(D-CA) and John Tierney(D-MA)..[5]
The Council said of Nolan;
- Rick Nolan represented Minnesota in Congress for eight years in the 1970s. Running on a platform of opposition to the Vietnam War, he was first elected in 1974, one of a wave of Democratic freshman seeking to reform the political system in the wake of the Watergate scandal. In Congress, Nolan was a passionate advocate of reforming U.S. foreign and defense policies. He worked to decrease the U.S. military footprint abroad, opposed aid to Nicaragua under the brutal Somoza regime and opposed clandestine efforts by the C.I.A. to prop up corrupt dictators in the name of opposing communism.
- Nolan retired from Congress in 1980 to pursue a successful career in the private sector. Disturbed by the divisive rhetoric of the Tea Party and other right wing conservatives, he has decided to reenter public service and is running for Congress in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.[6]
Congressional Progressive Caucus
In January 2013, Rick Nolan was listed as a new member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[7]
External links
References
- ↑ National Journal "The New Faces of the 113th Congress," November 15, 2012
- ↑ Information Digest August 10 1979 p 244
- ↑ 21st Century Democrats website, About us]
- ↑ 21st Century Democrats 2012 bio
- ↑ Meet the Candidates, accessed April 10, 2013
- ↑ CLW bio, accessed July 10, 2013
- ↑ CPC website, members, accessed Jan. 15, 2013