Carl Davidson
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Carl Davidson is a former student leader of the new left
of the 1960s, serving as a Vice President and National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society
. From 1968 to 1976, he worked on the Guardian (US) newsweekly as a writer and news editor. Born in 1943, he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy
from Penn State, and later taught and did graduate work at the University of Nebraska, between 1965 and 1966.
Today he is a national co-chair of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
and a national board member of Solidarity Economy Network, advocating a mixture of market socialism
and worker ownership. Recently Davidson led Progressives for Obama, now called Progressive America Rising, as an independent left-progressive initiative, in part to convince those on the radical left to pursue what he considers more pragmatic alternatives. He has also worked on a leadership level with United for Peace and Justice
and its local affiliates. After organizing for many years in New York City and Chicago, he now resides in Beaver County, PA, near Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised.
New Left
The New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in reference to activists, educators, agitators and others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to implement a broad range of reforms, in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist movements that had taken a more vanguardist...
of the 1960s, serving as a Vice President and National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country's New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969...
. From 1968 to 1976, he worked on the Guardian (US) newsweekly as a writer and news editor. Born in 1943, he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
from Penn State, and later taught and did graduate work at the University of Nebraska, between 1965 and 1966.
Today he is a national co-chair of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
The Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism is a democratic socialist group in the United States which originated in 1991 as the Committees of Correspondence, a moderate, reformist wing of the Communist Party USA...
and a national board member of Solidarity Economy Network, advocating a mixture of market socialism
Market socialism
Market socialism refers to various economic systems where the means of production are either publicly owned or cooperatively owned and operated for a profit in a market economy. The profit generated by the firms system would be used to directly remunerate employees or would be the source of public...
and worker ownership. Recently Davidson led Progressives for Obama, now called Progressive America Rising, as an independent left-progressive initiative, in part to convince those on the radical left to pursue what he considers more pragmatic alternatives. He has also worked on a leadership level with United for Peace and Justice
United for Peace and Justice
United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 1,300 international and U.S.-based organizations opposed to "our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building."...
and its local affiliates. After organizing for many years in New York City and Chicago, he now resides in Beaver County, PA, near Pittsburgh, where he was born and raised.
External links
- Left in Form, Right in Essence A Critique of Contemporary Trotskyism by Carl Davidson. Second printing Spring 1974. This pamphlet was originally published as a series of 12 articles in early 1973 in the Guardian (NY) newsweekly.
- Solidarity Economy by Carl Davidson et al. Essays and discussions at 2007 World Social Forum in Atlanta.
- CyberRadicalism: A New Left for a Global Age by Carl Davidson and Jerry Harris. Essays on the social impact of technology on Marxism and 21st century socialism, written between 1995 and 2005.
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/carldavidson
- http://www.zmag.org/zspace/carldavidson
- http://carldavidson.blogspot.com/
- http://30boxes.com/user/133173/CarlDavidson
- http://progressivesforobama.net/?s=Carl+Davidson
- http://SolidarityEconomy.Net
- http://cc-ds.org
- http://theragblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Carl%20Davidson