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'''Michael Harrington''' (1928 - 1989) was a socialist activist, member of the [[League for Industrial Democracy]], and generally credited with inspiring [[LBJ]]'s [[Great Society|War on Poverty]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kurtz|first=Stanley|title=Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism|publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=2010|pages=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Horowitz|first=David|title=The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party|publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=2006|pages=85}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/08/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-war-on-poverty/ |title=Everything you need to know about the war on poverty |work=Washington Post |date=January 8, 2014 |quote="Many historians, such as Harrington biographer Maurice Isserman, credit Harrington and the book [The Other America] (which John F. Kennedy purportedly read while in office, along with the MacDonald review) with spurring Kennedy and then Johnson to formulate an anti-poverty agenda" }}</ref> | '''Michael Harrington''' (1928 - 1989) was a socialist activist, member of the [[League for Industrial Democracy]], and generally credited with inspiring [[LBJ]]'s [[Great Society|War on Poverty]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kurtz|first=Stanley|title=Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism|publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=2010|pages=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Horowitz|first=David|title=The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party|publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=2006|pages=85}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/08/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-war-on-poverty/ |title=Everything you need to know about the war on poverty |work=Washington Post |date=January 8, 2014 |quote="Many historians, such as Harrington biographer Maurice Isserman, credit Harrington and the book [The Other America] (which John F. Kennedy purportedly read while in office, along with the MacDonald review) with spurring Kennedy and then Johnson to formulate an anti-poverty agenda" }}</ref> | ||
| − | ==Harrington symposium== | + | ==Democratic Socialists of America== |
| − | On November 15 2007, the Tamiment Library in NYC held a symposium celebrating the life and work of Democratic Socialists of America Founding Chair Michael Harrington (1928-1989) and the official opening of the Harrington Papers. Invited speakers included DSA National Director | + | |
| + | <ref>''[http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/dsa/1973/1000-dsoc-dl006.pdf Newsletter of the Democratic Left]'', October 1973, page 3</ref><ref>Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2</ref> | ||
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| + | ===DSA founding convention=== | ||
| + | The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee founding convention Socialism'73 took place in [[New York City]], October 12 and 13, 1973, NY University. Speakers included; | ||
| + | *David Lewis, leader, [[New Democratic Party]] of Canada, "US economic imperialism". | ||
| + | *Michael Harrington | ||
| + | *Workshops on the unions, [[feminism]], racial equality, [[Democratic Party]], equality and [[Detente]] with David Selden, Rose Laub Coser, Doug Ireland, Michael Walzer, Bogdan Denitch, Christopher Lasch | ||
| + | *Panel on "socialism and the welfare state" with Irving Howe, Erazim Kohak, Norman Birnbaum.<ref>[http://www.marxisthistory.org/history/usa/parties/dsa/1973/1000-dsoc-dl006.pdf] Newsletter of the Democratic Left, October 1973, page 6</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Harrington symposium=== | ||
| + | On November 15 2007, the Tamiment Library in NYC held a symposium celebrating the life and work of Democratic Socialists of America Founding Chair Michael Harrington (1928-1989) and the official opening of the Harrington Papers. Invited speakers included DSA National Director Frank Llewellyn.<ref>[http://www.dsaboston.org/yradical/yr2008-01.pdf TYR, Jan. 2008]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:08, February 24, 2019
Michael Harrington (1928 - 1989) was a socialist activist, member of the League for Industrial Democracy, and generally credited with inspiring LBJ's War on Poverty.[1][2][3]
Democratic Socialists of America
DSA founding convention
The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee founding convention Socialism'73 took place in New York City, October 12 and 13, 1973, NY University. Speakers included;
- David Lewis, leader, New Democratic Party of Canada, "US economic imperialism".
- Michael Harrington
- Workshops on the unions, feminism, racial equality, Democratic Party, equality and Detente with David Selden, Rose Laub Coser, Doug Ireland, Michael Walzer, Bogdan Denitch, Christopher Lasch
- Panel on "socialism and the welfare state" with Irving Howe, Erazim Kohak, Norman Birnbaum.[6]
Harrington symposium
On November 15 2007, the Tamiment Library in NYC held a symposium celebrating the life and work of Democratic Socialists of America Founding Chair Michael Harrington (1928-1989) and the official opening of the Harrington Papers. Invited speakers included DSA National Director Frank Llewellyn.[7]
References
- ↑ Kurtz, Stanley (2010). Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism. Simon and Schuster, 31.
- ↑ Horowitz, David (2006). The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party. Simon and Schuster, 85.
- ↑ Everything you need to know about the war on poverty. Washington Post (January 8, 2014). “"Many historians, such as Harrington biographer Maurice Isserman, credit Harrington and the book [The Other America] (which John F. Kennedy purportedly read while in office, along with the MacDonald review) with spurring Kennedy and then Johnson to formulate an anti-poverty agenda"”
- ↑ Newsletter of the Democratic Left, October 1973, page 3
- ↑ Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2
- ↑ [1] Newsletter of the Democratic Left, October 1973, page 6
- ↑ TYR, Jan. 2008