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Social Democrats, USA
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Tel: 202-467-0028
Fax: 202-457-0029
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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
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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
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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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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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