Leslie Cagan

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Leslie Cagan
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Leslie Cagan is an American activist, writer, and socialist organizer involved with the

Pacifica Radio.[7]

Early life

Cagan was born in 1947 to a

political rally as a young child in the 1950s, accompanied by her parents, who were former members of the Communist Party.[2][8][9] Her grandmother, a seamstress, was a founding member of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union.[5] She graduated from New York University in 1968 with a degree in art history.[1]

Career

In 1969, Cagan was among the first participants of the

sugar cane.[10] During her journey to Havana, Cagan told an Associated Press reporter: "All of us support the Cuban Revolution and feel that by going and working with the Cubans we can show that support."[10]

After choosing to skip graduate school, Cagan began her lifetime career of promoting various causes, predominantly in the

anti-war movement, the anti-nuclear movement, the LGBT rights movement, the feminist movement, and normalization of relations with Cuba.[1][2][8] Cagan has been described by The New York Times as one of the "grandes dames of the country's progressive movement" and a "national figure in the antiwar movement."[1]

During the late 1960s–early 1970s, Cagan was actively involved with the

Daniel Faulkner.[12]

On June 12, 1982, Cagan was a lead organizer of the anti-nuclear rally held in New York City, attended by hundreds of thousands of activists.[13] She was co-chair of the 1987 protest for gay and lesbian rights.[12]

In 2002, Cagan was among the founders of United for Peace and Justice, a left-wing coalition of more than 1,300 international and U.S.-based organizations opposed to what they describe as "our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building." The organization was founded in the months preceding the

U.S. relations with Israel, Cagan had described U.S. funds as going "to help maintain the deadly Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories."[5]

Cagan co-founded the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, a socialist group that left the Communist Party, following the

Cuban American exiles and U.S. military bases for Fidel Castro.[19][20] In reference to peace activism, Cagan has said, "We have so much to learn from the history of the Communist Party about how this work has been done."[21]

In 2004, Cagan was included in Out magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential LGBT people.[22] She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her partner, author and activist Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz (d. 2018), founding director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice.[1][5]

Works

  • Phillips, Lynn; Falk, Gay; Fruchter, Rachel; Cagan, Leslie (1970). Birth Control and Abortion: Some Things to Worry About. St. Louis: Lynn Phillips.
    OCLC 77562805
    .
  • ISBN 978-0-89608-175-8
    .
  • ISBN 978-0-89608-306-6
    .
  • Peters, Cynthia; Abraham, Nabeel;
    ISBN 978-0-89608-422-3
    .
  • Cagan, Leslie (1994). Report From Cuba: Hijacked Boats, Action on the Streets, Heightening Tensions with the U.S. New York City: Cuba Information Project.
    OCLC 41340613
    .

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Hedges, Chris (February 4, 2003). "A Longtime Antiwar Activist, Escalating the Peace". The New York Times. pp. B2. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Haberman, Clyde (March 18, 2008). "The Lady Doth Protest, but It's Harder". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  3. ISSN 0027-8378. Archived from the original
    on June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  4. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (August 11, 2004). "New York lockdown". Salon. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Treiman, Daniel (August 27, 2004). "Preparing To Protest As the Republicans Come to Town". The Forward. Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  6. Daily News. Archived
    from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  7. ^ a b McFarland, Duncan (May 2009). "Looking Back at UFPJ: An Interview With Leslie Cagan" (PDF). Dialogue & Initiative. Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism: 2–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-0-89608-082-9
    . Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  9. ISSN 0033-0736. Archived
    from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  10. ^ a b Jones, Stratford C. (November 29, 1969). "75 Americans Bound For Cuba To Help Castro". The Associated Press. The Herald-Tribune. pp. 10–A. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  11. ISBN 978-0-8058-4827-4
    .
  12. ^
    ISBN 978-1-60486-035-1
    .
  13. ISSN 0027-8378. Archived
    from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  14. ^ Talk Nation Radio: Leslie Cagan on Climate and Peace Activism Archived 2018-09-21 at the Wayback Machine WorldBeyondWar.org, 2014
  15. ISSN 0362-8841. Archived
    from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  16. Green Left Weekly. Archived from the original
    on November 29, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  17. ISSN 0026-3885. Archived
    from the original on March 1, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  18. ^ La Riva, Gloria (March 20, 1997). "Cuba prepares for World Youth Festival". Workers World. Workers World Party. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  19. ^ Mears, Bill (January 30, 2009). "'Cuban Five' file appeal with Supreme Court". CNN. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  20. ^ Pratt, Minnie Bruce (September 20, 2005). "Women leaders going to D.C. to demand freedom for Cuban Five". Workers World. Workers World Party. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  21. ^ Margolis, Dan (March 30, 2007). "Party of hope archives show living history". People's World. Communist Party USA. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  22. ISSN 1062-7928. Archived from the original
    on November 8, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2009.

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