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*[[David Fleishman]] (foreign)
*[[David Fleishman]] (foreign)
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===Socialist International===
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According to Timothy Sears, [[Michael Harrington]] was the principal author of the Socialist International’s new statement of principles, "but he found the process of writing-by-committee maddening. The initial draft he wrote was absolutely brilliant—some of the best he ever wrote." However, at the SI Congress in [[Lima]], [[Peru]] in 1986, it was roundly criticized by those (particularly from the French Socialist Party) who "were essentially [[Blairite]]s before [[Tony Blair]]" and considered his draft excessively “[[utopia]]n.” They insisted on major changes to tone it down. Harrington also wrote the final version that was adopted, "which is quite good, but he was really frustrated with the whole thing". Harrington, Jim Chapin and Sears were [[Democratic Socialists of America]] delegates at the Lima Congress.
:''I remember Mike and Jim talking about whether we should publish his original draft as a DSA pamphlet. Someplace I must still have a copy of the original draft…''<ref>[http://www.dsaboston.org/yradical/yr2008-01.pdf TYR, Jan. 2008]</ref>
During the seventies and eighties. At that time, Harrington was the SI's leading American spokesperson and a valued adviser and strategist for the SI's ruling triumvirate of [[Olaf Palme]], [[Willy Brandt]] and [[Francois Mitterrand]]. According to John Mason,<ref>''Dem. Left Millenium issue Part 2'', 1999, page 4</ref>
:''For over a decade, DSA's marginality at home was offset within SI councils by Harrington's brilliance as an essayist, and his energy and insight as a socialist strategist. But this also meant that DSA's connection to the SI was largely a one-man show Since Michael's death in 1989—and with the disappearance of the generation of European leaders who had welcomed him into their ranks—the relationship between DSA and the SI has never been the same.''
===Harrington symposium===
===Harrington symposium===