Larry Abbott

Larry Abbott is a retired union carpenter and bilingual primary grade teacher in Los Angeles. He was chair of the Human Rights Committee at United Teachers Los Angeles, union chapter chair at his school and active in developing age-appropriate curricula for elementary schools on LGBT issues. He is a veteran of the American war against Vietnam and a member of Veterans for Peace, Democratic Socialists of America and the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.

DSA member

In 1997, Larry Abbott was a member of Los Angeles Democratic Socialists of America.

Committees of Correspondence

In 1997 Larry Abbott served on the National Co-Ordinating Committee of the Committees of Correspondence.

DataCenter Donor

In 2007 Larry Abbott and Marian Gordon were listed on the DataCenter's annual report as donors to the organization. The Oakland, California based DataCenter is widely regarded as the intelligence wing of the United States Left and has close ties to Cuba.

CCDS Vietnam tour

The Vietnam Women’s Union welcomed and arranged a study tour in Vietnam for the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism from December 31st 2008 to January 13th 2009.

A CCDS group member, Mr. Clay Claiborne - a film maker, who has just completed a documentary film of US war in Vietnam named “Vietnam Holocaust” also informed that he will make another report of Vietnam after the war with the cause of developing socialism. Another CCDS group member, Mr. Fred Nguyen, a reporter at Pacifica WBAI New York Radio, also completed csme interviews and sent them to the US for broadcasting during the CCDS group’s visit to Vietnam.

Also on the 16 member tour were Larry Abbott and Marian Gordon.

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