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Revision as of 21:46, 19 May 2008
- The Social Democrats, USA (SD/USA) has its political roots in the Socialist Party. Its philosophical forefather was the intellectual Trotskyite, Max Shachtman. Shactman, initially a Communist, became increasinging disenchanted with the actions of the Soviet Union under Stalin and developed a new genre of antiStalinist leftists. This group joined the Socialist party of Eugene Debs and Norman Thomas in the 1960s. It was in this period that the SD/USA made its commitment to, and its first inroads into the organized labor movement. In 1972, the Socialist Party split into two factions; the left led by Michael Harrington and the right or conservative wing led by Tom Kahn, Rachelle Horowitz, and Carl Gershman. The latter became the SD/USA.
- In the 1970s, under the leadership of Carl Gershman, SD/USA became a supporter of Sen. Henry Jackson and his contingent of conservative, hawkish "defenders of democracy." As such, they gained a great deal of political experience and savvy, but little political power. It was not until the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, that the SD/USA achieved positions of power and influence in both the labor movement and the government.[1]
The Social Democrats USA appear to have become largely defunct since the death of Penn Kemble in 2005.
Contents
People
Prominent Members
Officers 2005
- Norman Hill National Vice Chairman
- David Jessup President
National Committee 2005
- Mark Awieser
- Jeffrey Ballinger
- Martin Berger
- Roger Clayman
- Daniel M. Curtin
- George Curtin
- David Dorn
- Philip Fishman
- Joel Freedman
- Rita Freedman
- Eugene Glaberman
- Marguerite Glotzer
- Velma Hill
- Ted H. Jacobsen
- Pat Jones
- Dwight W. Justice
- Adrian Karatnycky
- Eugenia Kemble
- Israel Kugler
- Herbert Magidson
- Mihajlo Mihajilov
- Bruce Miller
- Emanuel Muravchik
- Irving Panken
- Douglas W. Payne
- Charles Perkel
- Michael S. Perry
- David Peterson
- Ronald Radosh
- Joseph Ryan
- Hugh Schwartzberg
- Jessica Smith
- Mary Temple
- David Twersky
- Richard Valcourt
- Ruth Wattenberg
- Richard C. Wilson
National Advisory Council 2005
- Elliot Bredhoff
- Edward J. Cleary
- Charles Cogen
- William C. Doherty, Jr.
- Evelyn Dubrow
- David Evanier
- Sandra Feldman
- Ann Fishman
- Charles Gati
- Feliks Gross
- John E. Haynes
- Thomas Y. Hobart, Jr
- Sol Hoffman
- Jiri Horak
- Rachelle Horowitz
- William Jay Jacobs
- John T. Joyce
- Jakub Karpinski
- Irena Lasota
- Robert Leiken
- Green Lewis
- Leon Lynch
- Jay Mazur
- Frank Meyers
- Joyce D. Miller
- Joshua Muravchik
- Cleo Paturis
- Herman Rebhan
- Edgar Romney
- Barry Rubin
- Oscar Sanchez
- William Stern
- Jackson Toby
- Miro Todorovich
- Herb Weiner
- Lynn R. Williams
- William Julius Wilson
- Morley Winograd
Members of Advisory Committee are not necessarily members of SD, USA.[2]
References
- ↑ Profile: Social Democrats USA, RightWeb, accessed 17 May 208.
- ↑ Social Democrats USA, Officers and National Committee Members, accessed 17 May 2008.
