Social Democrats, USA

 

 

Social
Democrats,
USA


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SD, USA is the successor to the Socialist Party, USA, the party of Eugene Debs, Norman Thomas and Bayard Rustin and is a member of the Socialist International


SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, USA
MOURN THE PASSING OF
PENN KEMBLE


OBITUARIES
EULOGIES


A TRIBUTE TO NORMAN HILL
by Gary Shapiro
New York Sun, November 25, 2005


"SIDNEY HOOK AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY:
Current Crises, Future Challenges"

October 1, 2005

"Defending American Values at Home
and Abroad"

Jean Bethke Elshtain
.


THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PROSPECT
by Sidney Hook
Keynote address to the National Convention of Social Democrats, USA, July 17-18, 1976.


A RESPONSE TO CONSERVATISM
by Sidney Hook
Adapted from an address delivered at the 1978 national convention of Social Democrats, USA


KAHNFEST, a celebration of Tom Kahn's life and work
and a discussion of Rachelle Horowitz's political memoir, "Tom Kahn and the Fight for Democracy" was held on April 1. The session was chaired by Penn Kemble, with remarks by Rachelle Horowitz, Herb Magidson and Thomas Donahue.



Paul Feldman wrote this memoir shortly before
his death. It appears here unedited in the words
in which he wrote it, which today's reader
will want to take into account.
"The Making of a Social Democrat"
by Paul Feldman


"THE NEW SOCIAL DEMOCRATS" is a statement prepared in May 2003 by a sub-committee of the National Committee of Social Democrats, USA, for use in discussion to prepare for the adoption of resolutions and an action program at a meeting to be held in the late Fall or Winter of 2003. It does not represent an official statement by the organization.
Social Democrats Institute, May 17, 2003
"Everything Changed: What Now for Labor,
Liberalism and the Global Left?"

Articles and reactions
"TRUST THE UNITED NATIONS?"
by Ambassador Max M. Kampelman
Two resolutions--on democracy in Iraq and labor's role in America--were debated at a January 8 meeting of U.S. social democrats in Washington. A resolutions committee made up of Rachelle Horowitz, Penn Kemble, Arch Puddington and Richard Wilson put the resolutions into final form.
For Democracy in Iraq and in the Middle East

January 2003
Labor: Balance Wheel of Democracy
January 2003
"Organizing, The New Unity Partnership and the Future of Unions"
Richard Hurd
On April 7, 2003, 28 Republican Representatives sent a letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao requesting the withdrawal of the the Labor Department’s proposed revisions to union reporting and disclosure requirements under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA).

Velma Hill on Bayard Rustin

Why America Needs A
Social Democratic Movement

We are members or allies of the labor movement not only because we share its economic purposes, but also because trade unions are indispensable organs of democracy in a capitalist society.

New Approaches in Education: Looking Beyond the Voucher Debate.
A Discussion: Sandra Feldman, Penn Kemble, Joyce Ladner, Richard Kahlenberg
January 22, 1999

Dollars and Democracy
The Post-Cold War Decline in Developing Democracies' Share of Trade and
Investment Markets
November 10, 1999.

WORTH A LOOK:

"McCaskey Grad Returns to Humble Beginnings:
Penn Kemble Protects International Human Rights"

Intelligencer Journal, October 23, 2004

Speech by Prime Minister Tony Blair
at the Labour Party Conference
October 2, 2001

Socialist International
The Socialist International is the worldwide organization of social democratic, socialist and labor parties. It currently brings together 141 political parties and organizations from all continents.

International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions (ICFTU)

ICFTU has 221 affiliated organizations in 148 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 156 million.





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SPECIAL SECTION:
"Socialism: What Happened? What Now?,"
May Day 2002


Letter from Manny Muravchik

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This open letter to President Bush on helping the Iraqi people establish the foundations for democracy and human rights was circulated by a group of individuals and is not an offical document of SDUSA.


An Appeal For NATO Troops in Iraq
a statement by leading
Italian political and media figures


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Norman Hill
National Vice Chairman

David Jessup
President

SD, USA National Committee
and National Advisory Council
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