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| − | In the early 1980's [[Peter Camejo]] was in the process of forming the [[North Star Network]] with members of the [[Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee]]. BASOC involved veteran Maoist leaders including [[Steve Hamilton]], who had at one time been a leader of the [[Progressive Labor Party]]. Along with former Guardian writer [[John Trinkl]], Camejo and the BASOC leaders sought ways to regroup the left on a nonsectarian basis. The survivors and the North Star Network launched a magazine called Crossroads that tried to popularize nonsectarian ideas and regroup broad sectors of the left.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/american_left/elbaum.htm, Revolution in the Air, posted to www.marxmail.org on Aug. 10, 2002]</ref> | + | In the early 1980's [[Peter Camejo]] was in the process of forming the [[North Star Network]] with members of the [[Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee]]. BASOC involved veteran Maoist leaders including [[Steve Hamilton]], who had at one time been a leader of the [[Progressive Labor Party]]. Along with former Guardian writer [[John Trinkl]], Camejo and the BASOC leaders sought ways to regroup the left on a nonsectarian basis. The survivors and the North Star Network launched a magazine called [[Crossroads]] that tried to popularize nonsectarian ideas and regroup broad sectors of the left.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/american_left/elbaum.htm, Revolution in the Air, posted to www.marxmail.org on Aug. 10, 2002]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 00:52, 5 July 2015
Template:TOCnestleft North Star Network produced North Star Review.
Beginnings
In the early 1980's Peter Camejo was in the process of forming the North Star Network with members of the Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee. BASOC involved veteran Maoist leaders including Steve Hamilton, who had at one time been a leader of the Progressive Labor Party. Along with former Guardian writer John Trinkl, Camejo and the BASOC leaders sought ways to regroup the left on a nonsectarian basis. The survivors and the North Star Network launched a magazine called Crossroads that tried to popularize nonsectarian ideas and regroup broad sectors of the left.[1]
Leaders
The North Star Network was led by Byron Ackerman, Peter Camejo, and Gene Lantz.[2]