biography
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| (1939– )
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| biography:
| Radical activist, state legislator, and writer, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. One of the best-known student radical leaders of the 1960s, he was a co-founder of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) (1961), president of SDS (1962–3), co-founder of the Economic Research and Action Project (1964), and leader of the Newark Community Union Project (1964–7). Married to actress Jane Fonda, he ran for the US Senate in California (1976), was founder of the Indochina Peace Campaign, founder and chairman of the California Campaign for Economic Democracy (1977), and chairman of the California SolarCal Council (1978–82). He was elected to the California State Assembly (1982) and wrote several books, including The American Future (1980). |
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