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'''Irving Howe''' was a leading US socialist.
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==New Oxford Review==
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From an advertisement for [[New Oxford Review]] in [[Democratic Left]] September/October 1991.
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:''An ecumenical monthly edited by lay Catholics, we've been characterized by [[George Will]] as " splendid," by the University of Chicago's [[Martin E. Marty]] as "lively," by the Los Angeles Times as " influential," by Newsweek as "thoughtful and often cheeky," by [[Utne Reader]] as "surprisingly original," by Library Journal as "brilliant," and by [[Christopher Derrick]], England's foremost Catholic apologist, as " by far the best Catholic magazine in the English-speaking world."''
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:''We publish Protestants, Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox, Jews, and an occasional nonbeliever. Writers who've appeared in our pages include such diversely penetrating intellects as [[Robert Bellah]], [[Christopher Lasch]], [[Jean Bethke Elshtain]], [[Daniel Bell]], [[Robert Coles]], [[Irving Howe]], [[Walker Percy]], [[Norman Lear]], [[John Lukacs]], [[J.M. Cameron]], [[Henri Nouwen]], [[Avery Dulles]], [[Gordon Zahn]], [[Will Campbell]], [[Stanley Hauerwas]], [[Richard Mouw]], and [[Sheldon Vanauken]] . We bat around a wide variety of issues and defy easy ideological pigeonholing. We'll keep you on your toes!'' <ref>[https://democraticleft.dsausa.org/files/sites/6/2018/12/DL_1991_V019_05_final.pdf]</ref>
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==Independent Socialist League==
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Prominent members of the [[Independent Socialist League]] included [[Hal Draper]] and [[Ann Draper]], [[Julius Jacobson]] and [[Phyllis Jacobson]], [[Max Shachtman]], [[Al Glotzer]], [[Herman Benson]], [[Gordon Haskell]], [[Ernest Rice McKinney]], [[Saul Mendelson]], [[Deborah Meier]], [[Don Chenoweth]], [[Sam Bottone]], [[Joe Friedman]] (Carter), [[Paul Bernick]], [[Jack Rader]], [[Carl Shier]], [[Lewis Coser]], [[Ernest Erber]], [[Stanley Plastrik]], [[Irving Howe]], [[B.J. Widick]].<ref>TYR, April/May 2013]</ref>
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[[Category:Independent Socialist League]]
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==DSOC founding convention==
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The [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]]  founding convention [[Socialism'73]] took place in New York City, October 12 and 13, 1973, at the Loeb Student Center, NY University and at the McAlpin Hotel. Speakers included;
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*[[David Lewis]], leader, [[New Democratic Party]] of Canada, "US economic imperialism".
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*[[Michael Harrington]]
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*Workshops on the unions, feminism, racial equality, Democratic Party, equality and Detente with [[David Selden]], [[Rose Laub Coser]], [[Doug Ireland]], [[Michael Walzer]], [[Bogdan Denitch]], [[Christopher Lasch]]
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*Panel on "socialism and the welfare state" with [[Irving Howe]], [[Erazim Kohak]], [[Norman Birnbaum]].<ref>[http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/dsa/1973/1000-dsoc-dl006.pdf] Newsletter of the Democratic Left, October 1973, page 6</ref>
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[[Category:Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]]
  
 
==Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee==
 
==Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee==
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Some 150 delegates and 100 observers met at Houston's Airport Holiday Inn, February 16-19, 1979, for the fourth national convention of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC).
 
Some 150 delegates and 100 observers met at Houston's Airport Holiday Inn, February 16-19, 1979, for the fourth national convention of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC).
  
 
DSOC's leadership<ref>Information Digest March 7 1979 p 63</ref>at the 1979 convention included-[[Michael Harrington]], chairman, [[Julius Bernstein]] vice chairman, Victor Reuther vice chairman, [[Jack Clark]] national secretary.  
 
DSOC's leadership<ref>Information Digest March 7 1979 p 63</ref>at the 1979 convention included-[[Michael Harrington]], chairman, [[Julius Bernstein]] vice chairman, Victor Reuther vice chairman, [[Jack Clark]] national secretary.  
  
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the national board consisted of-[[Julian Bond]], [[Harry Boyte]],  [[Bogdan Denitch]] , [[Harry Fleischman]], Irving Howe , [[Alex Spinrad]],  [[Gloria Steinem]], [[Harry Walsh]] , [[Nat Weinberg]] , [[Richard Wilson]]
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the national board consisted of-[[Julian Bond]], [[Harry Boyte]],  [[Bogdan Denitch]], [[Harry Fleischman]], Irving Howe, [[Alex Spinrad]],  [[Gloria Steinem]], [[Harry Walsh]], [[Nat Weinberg]], [[Richard Wilson]]
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==District 1199 Cultural Center==
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In 1982 Advisers to the [[District 1199 Cultural Center, Inc.]] New York were:<ref>District 1199 Cultural Center, Inc. letterhead 1982</ref>
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*[[Moe Foner]], Executive Director
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*[[Miriam Colon]]
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*[[Ossie Davis]]
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*[[Ruby Dee]]
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*[[Madeline Gilford]]
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*[[Jack Golodner]]
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*[[Micki Grant]]
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*[[Herbert H. Gutman]]
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*[[Michael Harrington]]
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*[[Patricia Hills]]
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*[[Irving Howe]]
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*[[Harold Leventhal]]
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*[[Stanley Levison]]
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*[[Harold Lewis]]
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*[[Eve Merriam]]
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*[[Walter Rosenblum]]
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*[[John Schultz]]
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*[[Brendan Sexton]]
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*[[Piri Thomas]]
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*[[Arthur Waldhorm]]
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</div>
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[[Category:District 1199 Cultural Center]]
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==DSA Conference delegate==
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In 1983 [[Irving Howe]] was a New York delegate to the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] conference in New York City, October 14-16, 1983<ref>DSA Conference delegate list Oct. 12 1983 update</ref>
  
 
==DSA vice chair==
 
==DSA vice chair==
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In 1984 [[Democratic Socialists of America]] vice chairs were [[Harry Britt]], [[Ron Dellums]], [[Dorothy Healey]], [[Irving Howe]], [[Frances Moore Lappe]], [[Manning Marable]], [[Hilda Mason]], [[Marjorie Phyfe]], [[Christine Riddiough]], [[Rosemary Ruether]], [[Edwin Vargas Jr]], [[William Winpisinger]]<ref>DSA membership letter Oct 24 1984</ref>.
  
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In 1984 [[Democratic Socialists of America]] vice chairs were [[Harry Britt]], [[Ron Dellums]], [[Dorothy Healey]], [[Irving Howe]], [[Frances Moore Lappe]], [[Manning Marable]], [[Hilda Mason]], [[Marjorie Phyfe]], [[Christine Riddiough]], [[Rosemary Ruether]], [[Edwin Vargas Jr]], [[William Winpisinger]]<ref>DSA membership letter Oct 24 1984</ref>.
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==American Solidarity Movement==
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The [[American Solidarity Movement]] was announced in early 1984 by [[Democratic Socialists of America]], as a vehicle  to support American labor unions it considered under attack, or on strike and in need of support.
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Members of the Initiating Committee for an American Solidarity Movement were: [[Michael Harrington]] (convenor), [[Stanley Aronowitz]], [[Balfour Brickner]], [[Harry Britt]], [[Harvey Cox]], Rep. [[Ron Dellums]], [[Bogdan Denitch]], [[Barbara Ehrenreich]], [[Cynthia Fuchs Epstein|Cynthia Epstein]], [[Jules Feiffer]], Rep. [[Barney Frank]], Msgr. [[George Higgins]], [[Irving Howe]], [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], [[Frances Fox Piven]], [[Jose Rivera]], [[Ray Rogers]], [[Gloria Steinem]], [[Peter Steinfels]], [[Ellen Willis]].<ref>Democratic Left, Jan./Feb. 1984, page 6</ref>
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[[Category:American Solidarity Movement]]
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==Paying tribute to Michael Harrington==
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[[Image:Bbbrrryyyy.jpg|thumb|500px|Washington Socialist, September 1989, page 16]]
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On Friday September 15, 1989, a tribute service was held to commemorate the recently deceased leader of [[Democratic Socialists of America]],  [[Michael Harrington]].
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Invited guest speakers were [[Irving Howe]], Senator [[Edward Kennedy]], [[Willy Brandt]], [[Deborah Meier]], [[Bogdan Denitch]], [[Jack Clark]] and [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]].<ref>Washington Socialist, September 1989, page 16</ref>
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==Socialist Scholars Conference 1990==
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The {{#switchtablink:1990|Socialist Scholars Conference 1990|Socialist Scholars Conference}}, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:<ref>Second Annual Socialist Scholars Conference program.</ref>
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'''Michael Harrington as Theorist: A Critical Evaluation
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*Sponsor: [[Dissent]]
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*[[Frances Fox Piven]], Political Science Graduate center CUNY
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*[[Joanne Barkan]], [[Democratic Socialists of America]] National Political Committee
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*[[Irving Howe]], Editor of Dissent
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[[Category:Socialist Scholars Conference]]
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[[Category:Socialist Scholars Conference]]
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==DSA Youth conference==
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[[File:ColDailySpectNov1292.PNG|thumb|400px|Columbia Daily Spectator November 12 1992]]
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[[Irving Howe]] was a guest speaker at the [[Democratic Socialists of America]] Youth Section 1992 conference.
  
 
=="Dissent" magazine==
 
=="Dissent" magazine==
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In 2009 the [[Dissent]] magazine masthead<ref>http://www.dissentmagazine.org/display.php?id=masthead</ref> listed Editors  [[Michael Kazin]], [[Michael Walzer]] and [[Irving Howe]] (1920-1993) 
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[[Dissent]] magazine was founded in 1954. Early personnel included<ref>http://dissentmagazine.org/files/winter1954.pdf</ref>;
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Editorial Board:
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[[Travers Clement]], [[Lewis Coser]], [[Irving Howe]], [[Harold Orlans]], [[Stanley Plastrik]], [[Meyer Schapiro]]
  
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In 2009 the [[Dissent Magazine]] masthead<ref>http://www.dissentmagazine.org/display.php?id=masthead</ref> listed Editors  Michael Kazin , [[Michael Walzer] and [[Irving Howe]] (1920-1993) 
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1954 Contributing Editors:
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[[Erich Fromm]], [[Bert Hoselitz]], [[Norman Mailer]], [[Frank Marquart]], [[A. J. Muste]], [[George Woodcock]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]]
 
[[Category:Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]]
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[[Category:Democratic Socialists of America]]
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[[Category:Dissent]]

Latest revision as of 04:34, 16 February 2022

Irving Howe

Template:TOCnestleft Irving Howe was a leading US socialist.

New Oxford Review

From an advertisement for New Oxford Review in Democratic Left September/October 1991.

An ecumenical monthly edited by lay Catholics, we've been characterized by George Will as " splendid," by the University of Chicago's Martin E. Marty as "lively," by the Los Angeles Times as " influential," by Newsweek as "thoughtful and often cheeky," by Utne Reader as "surprisingly original," by Library Journal as "brilliant," and by Christopher Derrick, England's foremost Catholic apologist, as " by far the best Catholic magazine in the English-speaking world."
We publish Protestants, Catholics, Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox, Jews, and an occasional nonbeliever. Writers who've appeared in our pages include such diversely penetrating intellects as Robert Bellah, Christopher Lasch, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Daniel Bell, Robert Coles, Irving Howe, Walker Percy, Norman Lear, John Lukacs, J.M. Cameron, Henri Nouwen, Avery Dulles, Gordon Zahn, Will Campbell, Stanley Hauerwas, Richard Mouw, and Sheldon Vanauken . We bat around a wide variety of issues and defy easy ideological pigeonholing. We'll keep you on your toes! [1]

Independent Socialist League

Prominent members of the Independent Socialist League included Hal Draper and Ann Draper, Julius Jacobson and Phyllis Jacobson, Max Shachtman, Al Glotzer, Herman Benson, Gordon Haskell, Ernest Rice McKinney, Saul Mendelson, Deborah Meier, Don Chenoweth, Sam Bottone, Joe Friedman (Carter), Paul Bernick, Jack Rader, Carl Shier, Lewis Coser, Ernest Erber, Stanley Plastrik, Irving Howe, B.J. Widick.[2]

DSOC founding convention

The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee founding convention Socialism'73 took place in New York City, October 12 and 13, 1973, at the Loeb Student Center, NY University and at the McAlpin Hotel. Speakers included;

Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee

Some 150 delegates and 100 observers met at Houston's Airport Holiday Inn, February 16-19, 1979, for the fourth national convention of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC).

DSOC's leadership[4]at the 1979 convention included-Michael Harrington, chairman, Julius Bernstein vice chairman, Victor Reuther vice chairman, Jack Clark national secretary.

the national board consisted of-Julian Bond, Harry Boyte, Bogdan Denitch, Harry Fleischman, Irving Howe, Alex Spinrad, Gloria Steinem, Harry Walsh, Nat Weinberg, Richard Wilson

District 1199 Cultural Center

In 1982 Advisers to the District 1199 Cultural Center, Inc. New York were:[5]

DSA Conference delegate

In 1983 Irving Howe was a New York delegate to the Democratic Socialists of America conference in New York City, October 14-16, 1983[6]

DSA vice chair

In 1984 Democratic Socialists of America vice chairs were Harry Britt, Ron Dellums, Dorothy Healey, Irving Howe, Frances Moore Lappe, Manning Marable, Hilda Mason, Marjorie Phyfe, Christine Riddiough, Rosemary Ruether, Edwin Vargas Jr, William Winpisinger[7].

American Solidarity Movement

The American Solidarity Movement was announced in early 1984 by Democratic Socialists of America, as a vehicle to support American labor unions it considered under attack, or on strike and in need of support.

Members of the Initiating Committee for an American Solidarity Movement were: Michael Harrington (convenor), Stanley Aronowitz, Balfour Brickner, Harry Britt, Harvey Cox, Rep. Ron Dellums, Bogdan Denitch, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cynthia Epstein, Jules Feiffer, Rep. Barney Frank, Msgr. George Higgins, Irving Howe, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Frances Fox Piven, Jose Rivera, Ray Rogers, Gloria Steinem, Peter Steinfels, Ellen Willis.[8]

Paying tribute to Michael Harrington

Washington Socialist, September 1989, page 16

On Friday September 15, 1989, a tribute service was held to commemorate the recently deceased leader of Democratic Socialists of America, Michael Harrington.

Invited guest speakers were Irving Howe, Senator Edward Kennedy, Willy Brandt, Deborah Meier, Bogdan Denitch, Jack Clark and Eleanor Holmes Norton.[9]

Socialist Scholars Conference 1990

The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:[10]

Michael Harrington as Theorist: A Critical Evaluation

DSA Youth conference

Columbia Daily Spectator November 12 1992

Irving Howe was a guest speaker at the Democratic Socialists of America Youth Section 1992 conference.

"Dissent" magazine

In 2009 the Dissent magazine masthead[11] listed Editors Michael Kazin, Michael Walzer and Irving Howe (1920-1993)

Dissent magazine was founded in 1954. Early personnel included[12];

Editorial Board:

Travers Clement, Lewis Coser, Irving Howe, Harold Orlans, Stanley Plastrik, Meyer Schapiro

1954 Contributing Editors:

Erich Fromm, Bert Hoselitz, Norman Mailer, Frank Marquart, A. J. Muste, George Woodcock

References

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  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ TYR, April/May 2013]
  3. ↑ [2] Newsletter of the Democratic Left, October 1973, page 6
  4. ↑ Information Digest March 7 1979 p 63
  5. ↑ District 1199 Cultural Center, Inc. letterhead 1982
  6. ↑ DSA Conference delegate list Oct. 12 1983 update
  7. ↑ DSA membership letter Oct 24 1984
  8. ↑ Democratic Left, Jan./Feb. 1984, page 6
  9. ↑ Washington Socialist, September 1989, page 16
  10. ↑ Second Annual Socialist Scholars Conference program.
  11. ↑ http://www.dissentmagazine.org/display.php?id=masthead
  12. ↑ http://dissentmagazine.org/files/winter1954.pdf
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