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Paul Garver is a Massachusetts socialist. Recently retired from the International Union of Foodworkers, in 2008 He coordinated Democratic Socialists of America's work with Jobs with Justice.[1]

NAM

In the 1970s and '80s Garver worked for the SEIU in Pittsburgh, where he was an active member of Democratic Socialists of America and its predecessor, the New American Movement.[2]

Democratic Agenda

More than 1,200 people attended the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee initiated Democratic Agenda Conference held November 16-18, 1979, at the International Inn and Metropolitan AM Church in Washington 1 DC. The conference focused on "corporate power'; as the key barrier to "economic and political democracy," concepts many Democratic Agenda participants defined as "socialism.'

The Democratic Agenda meetings attempted to develop anti-corporate alternatives" through influencing the direction of the Democratic Party during the period leading to the July 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York.

Constituency meetings included How to Build an Energy movement in the 1980s - George Wood, Central Illinois Energy Consumer Group; Paul Garver, chair, New American Movement Energy Commission; Fritjof Thygeson, New American Movement, former secretary, San Diego Energy Coalition.[[3]

Socialist Scholars Conference 1990

The Socialist Scholars Conference 1990, held September 6-8, at the Hotel Commodore, New York, included panels such as:[4]

Labor Resurgency?

International Union of Food Workers

In 1991, of Democratic Socialists of America, was Coordinator of Transnational Corporate Campaigns for the International Union of Food Workers in Geneva.[5]

Democratic Socialists of America

Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Awards Reception

2006

On September 24, 2006, Boston Democratic Socialists of America presented its 25th Annual Debs–Thomas–Bernstein Award to their "longtime comrade, Director of Massachusetts Neighbor to Neighbor, Harris Gruman". The event which was hosted by former Neighbor to Neighbor Director John Maher and Co-Chaired by Senator Pat Jehlen and Massachusetts AFL-CIO Vice President Ed Collins, was also a fundraiser for both Boston DSA and the Mass Alliance. Some Alliance-endorsed candidates were among the attendees, including Denise Provost, Jarrett Barrios, Willie Mae Allen, Claire Naughton and Will Brownsberger. John Maher and Ellen Sarkisian hosted the event; Julie Johnson of the Mass Teachers Association MC'd the event, while primary organizers were Susan Davidoff and Mike Pattberg. Abby Rockefeller & Lee Halprin and Patricia Armstrong, Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, were benefactors of the event.[6]

Paul Garver was a supporter of the event.

2007

On September 27, 2007, Boston Democratic Socialists of America presented its annual Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Award to couple Marie Kennedy and Chris Tilly, "two long-time champions of economic justice and grassroots democracy". The awards reception took place at the home of Marcia Peters and David Karaus. Honorary Co-Chairs for the event were Boston City Councilor Felix Arroyo and Elaine Bernard, Director of the Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program. David Knuttunen MC'd the event, Carline Desire from the Association of Haitian Women in Boston presented the award, and East Boston State Rep candidate Gloribell Mota made a speech at the event.[7][8]

Paul Garver was listed as a friend of the event.

2009

On June 30, 2009, Boston Democratic Socialists of America presented its annual Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Award to Professor, author, and health care reformer Rashi Fein, along with the winners of a union election at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, accepted by Sonia Marshall, the key organizer of the campaign. Sheila Decter of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action presented the award to Rashi Fein. The event was held at the home of Marcia Peters and David Karaus. Mike Fadel of SEIU Local 1199 (formerly Boston DSA staff person) and the AFSCME-affiliated New England Organizing Project were benefactors of the event.[9][10]

Paul Garver was a supporter of the event.

2010

On June 13, 2010, Boston Democratic Socialists of America presented its annual Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Award to "two champions of social justice and grassroots democracy, Georgia Hollister Isman and Jack Clark". Honorary Co-Chairs for the event were Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes, State Senator Patricia Jehlen and special guest Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz. Georgia Hollister Isman's award was presented by Andrea Miller of NARAL. Massachusetts AFL-CIO Vice-President Ed Collins and Janet Boguslaw from Brandeis University introduced the other honoree, Jack Clark, who then "entertained and informed us with a brief tour of U.S. Socialist history". David Knuttunen & Susan Davidoff were benefactors of the event.[11][12]

Paul Garver and Lee Garver were supporters of the event.

DSA Renegotiate NAFTA petition

In 2009 Paul Garver, Democratic Socialists of America, signed a petion calling on President Barack Obama to Renegotiate NAFTA. The petition was initiated and circulated by Democratic Socialists of America.[13]  

DSA NPC member

At the Democratic Socialists of America 2009 National Convention Evanston, Illinois November 13-15, 2009, a new National Political Committee was elected;[14]

DSA 2011 leadership

Elected to serve on the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Committee – the leadership body described as “the engine room of the organization”, in November 2011, were;[15]

Plus the two YDS co-chairs, Sean Monahan (Philadelphia, PA) and Jackie Sewell (Lawrence, KS).

Back in Boston

On December 9, 2006, a Boston DSA member’s meeting heard Paul Garver lead a discussion on “Coca-Cola, Columbia and the Unions”. "Paul was a DSA NPC member in the 1980s who has recently “semi-retired” back to the Boston area after 16 years in Switzerland where he was coordinator of the Department of Transnational Corporations for the International Union of Food Workers (IUF). He relayed some of his experiences trying to aid union organizing in Colombia, beset by death squads, guerillas, and an unsympathetic state."[16]

On Chinese labor

Boston Democratic Socialists of America member, Paul Garver, as a consultant to the International Union of Food Workers, wrote an article "Chinese Labor: Epic Struggle in the Pearl River Delta" for the Democratic Socialists of America magazine Democratic Left, Fall 2008, on Chinese labor struggles. He thanked Anita Chan, Jenny Chan, Ellen David Friedman and Cathy Walker for their comments on the report.[17]

"Talking Union" blog

In 2011 co-editors of DSA’s labor blog Talking Union were Duane Campbell, Stuart Elliot and Paul Garver.[18]

References

  1. ↑ TYR, Jan. 2008
  2. ↑ Democratic Left, Fall 2007
  3. ↑ Information Digest, December 14, 1979, page 372
  4. ↑ Second Annual Socialist Scholars Conference program.
  5. ↑ Democratic Left, Jan./Feb. 1991, page 9
  6. ↑ TYR, Jan. 2007
  7. ↑ TYR, Sep. 2007
  8. ↑ TYR, Jan. 2008
  9. ↑ TYR, June 2009
  10. ↑ TYR, Sep. 2009
  11. ↑ TYR, May 2010
  12. ↑ TRY Sep. 2010
  13. ↑ Renegotiate NAFTA website: Signatories to the petition to President Barack Obama, April 16, 2008
  14. ↑ [1] DSA 2009 National Convention Evanston, Illinois November 13-15, 2009 report, DSA website, accessed June 11, 2010
  15. ↑ Dem. left. Winter 2012
  16. ↑ TYR, Jan. 2007
  17. ↑ Democratic left, Fall 2008
  18. ↑ Democratic Left • Winter 2010
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