| − | Sanders was a regular speaker at the Democratic Socialist's alleged 'Socialist Scholars' conferences and other DSA conventions throughout the country along with [[DSA]] vice chair and former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Clubs Christine Riddiough, DSA director Jim Shoch, [[Harry Magdoff]], Paul Sweezy, [[Frances Fox Piven]], Joseph S. Murphy of CUNY, President of the [[SEIU]] Local 1199 Dennis Rivera, author Ellen Willis, Doug Henwood, Robert Heilbroner, Bill Tabb, Robert Fitch, Jane Slaughter and Ellen Meiksins Wood.<ref>''Democratic Left'', November/December 1991, page 11.</ref><ref>''Dem. Left'', Sept./Oct 1995, page 40.</ref> Sanders was introduced by Congressman [[Bob Filner]] as the keynote speaker at DSA's national convention in 1999. | + | Sanders was a regular speaker at the Democratic Socialist's alleged 'Socialist Scholars' conferences and other DSA conventions throughout the country along with [[DSA]] vice chair and former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Clubs Christine Riddiough, DSA director Jim Shoch, [[Harry Magdoff]], [[Paul Sweezy]], [[Frances Fox Piven]], Joseph S. Murphy of CUNY, President of the [[SEIU]] Local 1199 Dennis Rivera, author Ellen Willis, Doug Henwood, Robert Heilbroner, Bill Tabb, Robert Fitch, Jane Slaughter and Ellen Meiksins Wood.<ref>''Democratic Left'', November/December 1991, page 11.</ref><ref>''Dem. Left'', Sept./Oct 1995, page 40.</ref> Sanders was introduced by Congressman [[Bob Filner]] as the keynote speaker at DSA's national convention in 1999. |