David McReynolds

David McReynolds
McReynolds at the 2009 Left Forum in New York City
Personal details
Born
David Ernest McReynolds[1]

(1929-10-25)October 25, 1929
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 17, 2018(2018-08-17) (aged 88)
New York, New York, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (2015–2018)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Party (1951–2015)
Prohibition Party (before 1951)[2]
Green (affiliated non-member)
Alma materUniversity of California Los Angeles
OccupationActivist, politician, writer

David Ernest McReynolds (October 25, 1929 – August 17, 2018) was an American politician and social activist who was a prominent democratic socialist and pacifist activist. He described himself as "a peace movement bureaucrat" during his 40-year career with the War Resisters League.[3][4] He was a resident of New York City.[5] McReynolds was twice a candidate for President of the United States, running atop the ticket of the Socialist Party USA in 1980 and 2000. He was America's first openly gay presidential candidate.[6]

  1. ^ James T. Havel. The Elections, 1789-1992, Macmillan Library Reference USA, (1996)
  2. ^ Mulkerin, Joseph. "A socialist presidential candidate — no, not that one — looks back". The Villager, August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  3. ^ David McReynolds, "Thinking About Retirement", Nonviolent Activist, March–April 1999, p. 7.
  4. ^ Martin Duberman, A Saving Remnant: The Radical Lives of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds, New York: The New Press (2011): 221 
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - David McReynolds". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "David McReynolds, pacifist and socialist leader, is dead at 88 - The Villager | The Villager". www.thevillager.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019.

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