Papers of Robert Opie Shepherd relating to the Democratic Socialists of America, 1982-1990.

New American Movement (Organization)

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The New American Movement (NAM), a self-identified "new type" of socialist organization, held its founding convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1972. Established largely by veterans of the New Left, NAM wanted to move beyond the activism of the 1960s and rejected a Communist "vanguard party" approach to organizing. The group was opposed to the Vietnam War and called for the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. NAM's overarching goal was to create a democratic socialist society, characte...

Shepherd, Robert Opie, 1950-

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Members of the New American Movement and the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee merged in 1982, forming the Democratic Socialists of America. The main goals of the movement reflected a desire to create a socialist presence in modern society. The purpose of the various projects and events of the Democratic Socialists was to develop strategies and to educate people. The socialist vision promoted by the movement was one of "feminism, racial equality, labor activism, equitable distribution, n...

Democratic Socialists of America

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Ann Arbor local of the Democratic Socialists of America. From the description of Democratic Socialists of America/Ann Arbor records, 1980-1986. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 83950562 Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was founded in 1973 as the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC) and led by Michael Harrington (1928-1989), best known as the author of The Other America (1962) and became the DSA upon its merger with the New American Movement (a ...

Institute for Democratic Socialism (U.S.)

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New American Movement (Organization). Pittsburgh Chapter

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The New American Movement (NAM) was a movement for democratic socialism in the United States and was established in 1972. Two years later (1973), the Pittsburgh Chapter of NAM was organized. In 1982 the New American Movement and the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee merged to form the Democratic Socialists of America. From the description of Records of the New American Movement, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1973-1982. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 30434238 ...

East End Food Cooperative (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Nicaragua. Ministerio de Salud

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Democratic Socialists of America. Pittsburgh Chapter

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Harrington, Michael, 1928-1989?

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Michael Harrington (1928-1989), a U.S. socialist writer and political leader, best known as the author of The Other America: Poverty in the United States (1962), and as the founder and leader of Democratic Socialists of America, the U.S. affiliate to the Socialist International, was born in St. Louis, received a Jesuit secondary education, graduated from Holy Cross College in 1947 and, after a brief interval at Yale Law School, received a MA degree in English from the University of ...