Scott Douglas
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Scott Douglas is an Alabama activist.
Communist Party candidate
In 1972 Scott Douglas was Communist Party USA candidate for Congress, 5th C.D. (Nashville), Tennessee.[1]
Communist Party dissidents
On November 15-16 1991, 30 dissident members of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA convened a meeting to "sign a statement of events" - most or all signatories were soon to break with the party and were later to form Committees of Correspondence.
The signatories included Scott Douglas, Alabama[2];
Communist Party reformer
In 1991 Scott...Alabama, was one of several hundred Communist Party USA members to sign the a paper "An initiative to Unite and Renew the Party" - most signatories left the Party after the December 1991 conference to found Committees of Correspondence.[3]
CoC National Conference endorser
In 1992 Scott Douglas, president Greater Birmingham New South Coalition, Alabama, endorsed the Committees of Correspondence national conference Conference on Perspectives for Democracy and Socialism in the 90s held at Berkeley California July 17-19.[4]
Mayoralty run
In November 2009 Scott Douglas, 62, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries announced candidacy for mayor of Birmingham.
Douglas, with about 20 supporters standing behind him in Kelly Ingram Park, said he is running on a platform of green jobs, green schools, green transportation and green communities[5].
Colbert Report/Immigration activism
This is Martin Luther King’s birthday celebration, and he famously said that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, and HB56 is a threat to me and to all Americans.”
That’s how Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, defended his support for Hispanic immigrants on the satirical comedy news show The Colbert Show on Monday. Douglas’ response earned raucous applause from host Stephen Colbert’s audience.
Scott Douglas, executive director of Greater Birmingham Ministries, appeared on the Colbert Report on Monday night to mark Martin Luther King’s birthday celebration.
Douglas has been with GBM since 1993, and has recently taken on the fight against Alabama’s tough immigration law, which is known as HB56. Before the interview, Colbert described Douglas as “a community organizer who believes anti-immigration is the civil rights issue of our time.”
During the interview, Douglas described HB56 as a law that “burdens family, breaks up families, forces to split up our families, burdens taxpayers and makes law enforcement take on the extra job of checking out people at traffic stops.” Douglas argued against a patchwork state immigrant law system in which all 50 states have their own anti-immigrant laws, and in favor of a comprehensive federal immigration law “that’s just and fair for everyone.” Douglas also mentioned the argument that HB56 diverts scarce law enforcement resources to immigration enforcement, a view shared by Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale and other Alabama law enforcement officials.
At one point, Colbert told Douglas that he is unable to see color (a long running Colbert Report gag), and asked if Douglas is Hispanic.
“I am a proud African-American, a proud Alabamian and a proud United States citizen,” Douglas replied.[6]
References
- ↑ Daily World, November 2, 1972, page 2
- ↑ List of those NC members who signed statement of events at meeting of 11/15-16/91
- ↑ Addendum to Initiative document
- ↑ CCDS Background
- ↑ http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/11/scott_douglas_launches_campaig.html
- ↑ [http://weldbham.com/secondfront/2012/01/17/greater-birmingham-ministries-executive-director-scott-douglas-appears-on-the-colbert-report/ second front Blog , Greater Birmingham Ministries executive director Scott Douglas appears on the Colbert Report, Jan.17, 2012}
