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'''Patrick McCann''' serves on the Board of Directors of Montgomery County, [[Maryland Educators Association]].<ref name=board/> | '''Patrick McCann''' serves on the Board of Directors of Montgomery County, [[Maryland Educators Association]].<ref name=board/> | ||
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| + | :''It was 46 years ago (1969). I was a 19-year old GI when I attended a BPP rally in a south-side Chicago church on Dec. 4th, 1971, the 2nd anniversary of his assassination,. That night I became a freedom fighter. 5 months later, after refusing to go to Nam, doing a month in the stockade, organizing resistance from within the military, etc. I was given an undesirable discharge for the USAF. It has been a life filled with purpose ever since. Long live the spirit of Fred Hampton!'' | ||
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Revision as of 05:48, 3 May 2016
Template:TOCnestleft Patrick McCann serves on the Board of Directors of Montgomery County, Maryland Educators Association.[1]
Radicalization
- It was 46 years ago (1969). I was a 19-year old GI when I attended a BPP rally in a south-side Chicago church on Dec. 4th, 1971, the 2nd anniversary of his assassination,. That night I became a freedom fighter. 5 months later, after refusing to go to Nam, doing a month in the stockade, organizing resistance from within the military, etc. I was given an undesirable discharge for the USAF. It has been a life filled with purpose ever since. Long live the spirit of Fred Hampton!
FRSO
In 1993 Patrick McCann was a member of Freedom Road/Socialist Organizing Network
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
McCann has been a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War since 1974.[1]
Veterans for Peace
As at 2010, Patrick McCann served on the Board of Directors of Veterans for Peace. He had served in the U.S. Air Force from 1970 - 1972.[1] Veterans for Peace is a member group of United for Peace & Justice and seeks to "protest the immoral and disastrous Iraq War and oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building".[2]
McCann was the contact person for the Maryland-DC chapter from 2003 - 2004. He was the president of the Miami/South Florida Chapter from 2004 - 2005. He led workshops at the 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009 conventions. He was an executive member of the host committee for the 2009 convention. He organized 4 tours of IVAW vets in South Florida during 2005. McCann is also a lifetime member of VFP.[1]
In 2010 Patrick McCann was listed as District of Columbia contact for Veterans for Peace:[3]