David North | |
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Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party | |
Assumed office August 2008 | |
National Secretary | Joseph Kishore |
Preceded by | Position established |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
Nationality | American |
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David North (born in 1950)[1] is an American Marxist, who has been active in the international Trotskyist movement since 1971. He is currently the National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP),[2] formerly the Workers League. He served as the National Secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008.[3]
North is the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site,[4] the publication of the International Committee of the Fourth International. The author of several books and articles on the history of the Socialist movement, North lectures in politics[5] and the history of Marxism[6] both in the United States and internationally.[7][8] During his professional career, he was also CEO of the Metro Detroit-based Grand River Printing and Imaging Inc., winning the "Best Places to Work" award from Crain's Detroit Business magazine in 2003.[9][10]