C. Clark Kissinger

C. Clark Kissinger

C. Clark Kissinger (born 1940) was the National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society in 1964-65. He visited the People's Republic of China twice during the Cultural Revolution, and is a devoted Maoist. His writings frequently appear in "Revolution", journal of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. He is an activist for Refuse and Resist, Not in Our Name and World Can't Wait.

As National Secretary of SDS, he was the principal organizer of the first March on Washington against the war on Vietnam (April, 1965). In the early 1970s, Kissinger was a founder and national officer of the U.S.-China People's Friendship Association. Most recently, he was the convener of the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration.

He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1960. He has no relation to Henry Kissinger.

References

* Sale, Kirkpatrick. "SDS: Ten Years Towards a Revolution" New York: Vintage Books (1974) ISBN 0-394-71965-4.

External links

* [http://www.dissident.info Official website]


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