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> Leslie Cagan is a long long longtime representative of the "mushy liberal
> wings of the peace movement, lots of well-meaning people who think a
> particular conflict or techology is icky and tyrn out in droves for some
> events but do not necessearily engage in radical critique of society.
Heh, Mushy liberalism. Leslie Cagan http://www.cofc.org/htm/leslie.htm is in Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, the split from the CPUSA in '91 or '92 at the CPUSA national convention in Ohio. CCDS, has a range of members from ex-maoists like Carl Davidson http://www.geocities.com/stuart323_99/carl_davidson.htm to those that would still favor the old Pop Front and would have stayed in the CPUSA if not for creaky old Gus Hall.
>...From the Viet Nam war to racism at home, from nuclear disarmament to lesbian/gay liberation, from fighting sexism to working against U.S. intervention, Leslie has put hundreds of thousands of people in the streets in many of the country's largest mobilizations. Ending seven years as Director of the Cuba Information Project, Cagan coordinated the largest U.S. delegation to Cuba for the World Festival of Youth and Students in 1997. She is active with the Same Boat Coalition in NYC and is on the board of the Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation.
-- Michael Pugliese