Initial Endorsement list and information for Washington, DC

To support and endorse the Socialist Contingent contact us at: socialistcontingentoct2@gmail.com

Organizations:

Dan La Botz, Socialist Party campaign for U.S. Senate, Ohio
International Socialist Organization (ISO)
Solidarity: a democratic, revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization
Socialist Alternative
Socialist Action
Socialist Party of New York City
Socialist Party of Central Virginia
Action for a Progressive Pakistan

Publications:

New Politics: A Journal of Socialist Thought

Individuals:

*Organizations listed for listed for identification purposes only.

Cindy Sheehan, “Peace Mom,” founder Peace of the Action

Steve Early, author of Embedded With Organized Labor, National Writers Union/UAW member

Jerry Tucker, former member, UAW International Executive Board

Nativo Vigil Lopez, National President of the Mexican American Political Association

Fred Magdoff, author of The Great Financial Crisis and Professor Emeritus, University of Vermont

Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums, Professor, Department of Creative Writing, U.C. Riverside

Camilo Mejía, Iraq war veteran and resister and member of IVAW

Naseer Aruri, author of Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return and Chancellor Professor of Political Science (Emeritus), University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Joanne Landy, New Politics

Victor Agosto, Afghanistan War resister and member of IVAW

Billy Wharton, Co-chairperson, Socialist Party USA

Jason Schulman, New Politics, Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee

Paul Street, author of The Empire’s New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of Power

Dave Zirin, Sports Editor of the Nation Magazine and author of A People's History of Sports

David McReynolds, former chair of War Resisters International, Socialist Party USA Presidential candidate in 1980 and 2000

Dahr Jamail, author Beyond the Green Zone, independent Journalist

Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq Logic of Withdrawal, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Michael Hirsch, New Politics: A Journal of Socialist Thought editorial board, member Democratic Socialists of America

Greg Albo, Socialist Project and York University

David McNally, Professor of political science at York University

Sandy Boyer, co-host of WBAI's Radio Free Eireann and has led campaigns to free Irish political prisoners including the Guildford 4 and Birmingham 6.

Sebastian Budgen, Editorial Board, Historical Materialism

Paul D’Amato, author of The Meaning of Marxism and Managing Editor of the International Socialist Review

Tod Ensign, Citizen Soldier
Julie Fain, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Sam Farber, retired professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College

Phil Gasper, Editor of The Communist Manifesto: A Roadmap to History’s Most Important Political Document and editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Joel Geier, Associate Editor of the International Socialist Review

Hunter Bear (Hunter Gray), Native Rights activist, Rocky Mountains
Thomas Harrison, New Politics

Ron Jacobs, Author and Library Worker

Brian Jones, performer of Marx and Soho and editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Deepa Kumar, author of Outside the Box and member of AAUP-AFT, Rutgers*

Micah Landau, New Politics

Paul LeBlanc, antiwar activist and author of Marx, Lenin and the Revolutionary Experience

Jesse Lemisch, Professor of History Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of NY

Tom Lewis, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Traven Leyshon, President, Green Mountain Labor Council*

Alan Maass, Editor SocialistWorker.org

Scott McLemee, New Politics

Nagesh Rao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, The College of New Jersey, AFT Local 2364*

Bill Roberts, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Jennifer Roesch, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Herman Rosenfeld, Socialist Project and Labour Studies, McMaster University.

Eric Ruder, journalist for SocialistWorker.org and editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Kristin Schall, National Committee member, Socialist Party USA

Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context and Professor of Sociology at State University of New York at Stony Brook

Helen Scott, editor of The Essential Rosa Luxemburg and editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Lance Selfa, author of The Democrats: A Critical History and editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Stephen R. Shalom, editorial board, New Politics

Ahmed Shawki, author of Black Liberation and Socialism and Editor of the International Socialist Review

Ashley Smith, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Sharon Smith, author of Subterranean Fire and Women and Socialism.

Zelig Stern, Labor Commissioner, Socialist Party USA

Elizabeth Terzakis, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Jeff Webber,  author of From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia, Professor of political science at the University of Regina

Lois Weiner, New Politics

Chris Williams, author of Ecology and Socialism and adjunct professor of Chemistry and Physical Science, Pace University, NYC; Vice President, Union of Adjunct Faculty at Pace; NYSUT Local 37-960*

Sherry Wolf, author of Sexuality and Socialism and editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Julia Wrigley, New Politics

Annie Zirin, editorial board of the International Socialist Review

Join us at the rally:

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.

At 12th and Constitution (NW)

Washington, D.C.

Following the rally, 5PM:

Join the ‘Socialism for the 21st Century’ forum with Dan La Botz, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and others.

Location TBA:

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