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[[File:Nagin2.jpg|thumb|Rick Nagin]] | [[File:Nagin2.jpg|thumb|Rick Nagin]] | ||
| − | '''Rick Nagin''', is a prominent [ Ohio]] activist and member of the [[Communist Party USA]]. Nagin is[[ Ohio]] correspondent for the [[Peoples World]], has written for the paper | + | '''[[Rick Nagin]]''', is a prominent [ Ohio]] activist and member of the [[Communist Party USA]]. Nagin is[[ Ohio]] correspondent for the [[Peoples World]], has written for the paper since 1970. |
| − | + | Nagin is a member of the[[ Newspaper Guild]], [[Communications Workers of America]], he is a delegate to the North Shore [[AFL-CIO]] and serves on its political coordinators committee. He also represents the [[Peoples World]] on the steering committee of [[Cleveland Jobs with Justice]]. | |
| − | Nagin is a member of the[[ Newspaper Guild]], [[Communications Workers of America]], he is a delegate to the North Shore [[AFL-CIO]] and serves on its political coordinators committee. He also represents the Peoples World on the steering committee of | ||
| − | He is one of the prominent of many [[Communist | + | He is one of the prominent of many [[Communist Party USA]] members operating inside the [[Democratic Party]]. |
In 2012 [[Rick Nagin[[ was the Democratic Leader in Cleveland Ward 14 and serves on the County Democratic Party Executive Committee. | In 2012 [[Rick Nagin[[ was the Democratic Leader in Cleveland Ward 14 and serves on the County Democratic Party Executive Committee. | ||
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In 2006, Nagin was on the staff of [[AFL-CIO]] Labor 2006 campaign for [[Sherrod Brown]] and [[Ted Strickland]] | In 2006, Nagin was on the staff of [[AFL-CIO]] Labor 2006 campaign for [[Sherrod Brown]] and [[Ted Strickland]] | ||
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| + | Nagin helped Congressman Kucinich set up a Steel Summit that "succeeded in saving the Cleveland steel mill, preserving the union contract and saving the jobs of thousands of area workers". | ||
Nagin had been a key organizer for [[Dennis Kucinich]]’s campaigns for Congress and president and for the 2004 [[John Kerry]] presidential campaign. | Nagin had been a key organizer for [[Dennis Kucinich]]’s campaigns for Congress and president and for the 2004 [[John Kerry]] presidential campaign. | ||
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Nagin was unsuccessful, but received 45 percent of the vote. | Nagin was unsuccessful, but received 45 percent of the vote. | ||
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In 2017 Cleveland City Councilman [[Brian Cummins]] faced a spirited challenge from [[Jasmin Santana]], a longtime ward resident who has been endorsed by the ward's Democratic club and its influential leader, [[Rick Nagin]], who finished second to Cummins in the 2009 election | In 2017 Cleveland City Councilman [[Brian Cummins]] faced a spirited challenge from [[Jasmin Santana]], a longtime ward resident who has been endorsed by the ward's Democratic club and its influential leader, [[Rick Nagin]], who finished second to Cummins in the 2009 election | ||
| − | Wrote [[Joelle Fishman]] in a February 1 2018 article on the [[Communist Party USA]] website "Building the party at the grassroots and winning elections"; | + | Wrote leading Connecticut communist [[Joelle Fishman]] in a February 1 2018 article on the [[Communist Party USA]] website "Building the party at the grassroots and winning elections"; |
| − | :''We will hear from Cleveland, Ohio about a big victory electing the first Latina to city council and how the West Side Club has been at the center of that campaign and successfully took on red baiting in that key election.'' | + | :''We will hear from [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]] about a big victory electing the first Latina to city council and how the West Side Club has been at the center of that campaign and successfully took on red baiting in that key election.'' |
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Rick Nagin, is a prominent [ Ohio]] activist and member of the Communist Party USA. Nagin isOhio correspondent for the Peoples World, has written for the paper since 1970.
Nagin is a member of theNewspaper Guild, Communications Workers of America, he is a delegate to the North Shore AFL-CIO and serves on its political coordinators committee. He also represents the Peoples World on the steering committee of Cleveland Jobs with Justice.
He is one of the prominent of many Communist Party USA members operating inside the Democratic Party.
In 2012 [[Rick Nagin[[ was the Democratic Leader in Cleveland Ward 14 and serves on the County Democratic Party Executive Committee.
In 2014, he still served as the Democratic Leader in Cleveland Ward 14 and serves on the [[Cuyahoga County Democratic Party[[ Executive Committee
Noticing a large influx of Puerto Ricans in his West Side Cleveland neighborhood, Nagin organized a voter registration drive for Hispanics. In 1989, he launched the first of three failed bids for the Ward 14 council seat. Eight years later, Nelson Cintron became the city's first Hispanic councilman and chose Nagin, one of his opponents, to be his City Hall aide.
Nagin resigned as head of the Ohio Communist Party to take the council job. He served as Cintron's go-to guy for seven years before being fired because he had begun to assemble a campaign to seek the Ward 15 council seat without the blessing of council leaders
Rick Nagin speaks Spanish and has traveled in Puerto Rico and Latin America. He as worked closely with Hispanic social clubs and agencies and NAACP Voter Fund.
Nagin was a member of the San Lorenzo Club and helped found the Cleveland chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
In 2006, Nagin was on the staff of AFL-CIO Labor 2006 campaign for Sherrod Brown and Ted Strickland
Nagin helped Congressman Kucinich set up a Steel Summit that "succeeded in saving the Cleveland steel mill, preserving the union contract and saving the jobs of thousands of area workers". Nagin had been a key organizer for Dennis Kucinich’s campaigns for Congress and president and for the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign.
Rick Nagin was Labor Coordinator for Dennis Kucinich's 2008 Presidential primary campaign
Dennis Kucinich, (center rear), endorsed Rick Nagin (second from right) in his 2009 City Council race
- I've known Rick Nagin for more than 30 years. He's honest, hard-working and conscientious. The people of Ward 14 have a chance to elect a Councilman who will be totally dedicated to them. What more can you ask for?
- I'm proud to join with the AFL-CIO in supporting Rick Nagin
- Dennis Kucinich, Congressman, 10th District
Rick Nagin was a fulltime volunteer in the AFL-CIO Labor 2008 campaign for Barack Obama
During Nagin's 2009 run for a seat on the Cleveland City Council, his Communist Party USA membership again became an issue.
- A former chairman of the state Communist Party has come closer than ever to taking a city council seat after years of trying for public office.
- Registered Democrat Rick Nagin finished a strong second in this month’s primary race in Council Ward 14. He faces a Nov. 3 nonpartisan general election runoff against the top vote-getter, Brian Cummins.
- Nagin, 68, failed in three previous bids for a council seat. He resists being labeled a communist, saying Monday the word was demonized by 60 years of Cold War propaganda designed to prepare people for war and intimidate those with liberal ideas.
- It’s an epithet in this country,” he said, “like using the N-word.”
- Nagin, who joined the Communist Party in 1970, has written for the People’s Weekly World newspaper, which describes itself as having a “special relationship with the Communist Party USA,” as recently as May.
- He said the Communist Party USA has an honorable and distinguished history of working for economic, civil and democratic rights. But he suggested the party needs a new name, perhaps the New Socialist Party.
- In the city council campaign, he said the issues are much more local — safety, vacant houses, jobs, programs for young people, block clubs.
- “My philosophical outlook is to stand up for working people,” he said. “If elected, I would work not only very hard for my constituents but be a voice for organized labor.”
Nagin was unsuccessful, but received 45 percent of the vote.
In 2017 Cleveland City Councilman Brian Cummins faced a spirited challenge from Jasmin Santana, a longtime ward resident who has been endorsed by the ward's Democratic club and its influential leader, Rick Nagin, who finished second to Cummins in the 2009 election
Wrote leading Connecticut communist Joelle Fishman in a February 1 2018 article on the Communist Party USA website "Building the party at the grassroots and winning elections";
- We will hear from Cleveland, Ohio about a big victory electing the first Latina to city council and how the West Side Club has been at the center of that campaign and successfully took on red baiting in that key election.
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