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The Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council included such luminaries as
The Executive Committee of the U.S. Peace Council included such luminaries as
*U.S. Congresswoman [[Barbara Lee]] who previously served as a volunteer for a local chapter of the [[Black Panther Party]], worked on the 1973 Oakland mayoral campaign of Panther co-founder [[Bobby Seale]], and she served as a confidential aide to the Panthers’ "Minister of Defense," [[Huey Newton]].<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=936 Baarbara Lee], Discoverthenetworks.org</ref>
*U.S. Congresswoman [[Barbara Lee]] who previously served as a volunteer for a local chapter of the [[Black Panther Party]], worked on the 1973 Oakland mayoral campaign of Panther co-founder [[Bobby Seale]], and she served as a confidential aide to the Panthers’ "Minister of Defense," [[Huey Newton]].<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=936 Baarbara Lee], Discoverthenetworks.org</ref>
*[[James Jackson]] of the National Board of the [[Communist Party USA]] who was convicted in 1956 for violations of the [[Smith Act]] conspiring to the overthrow of the government by force and violence.In the 1960s while Jackson served as CPUSA international affairs secretary and during the height of the bombing of Hanoi, Jackson traveled to North Vietnam and interviewed [[Ho Chi Minh]].<ref>[http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5834/ James E. Jackson Jr. – an Appreciation], By Jarvis Tyner and Sam Webb, Political Affairs magazine, 9-12-07.</ref>
*[[James Jackson]] of the National Board of the [[Communist Party USA]], convicted in 1956 for violations of the [[Smith Act]], conspiring to the overthrow of the United States government by force and violence. In the 1960s while Jackson served as CPUSA international affairs secretary during the height of the bombing of Hanoi, Jackson traveled to [[North Vietnam]] and interviewed [[Ho Chi Minh]].<ref>[http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/5834/ James E. Jackson Jr. – an Appreciation], By Jarvis Tyner and Sam Webb, Political Affairs magazine, 9-12-07.</ref>
*Illinois state senator [[Alice Palmer]] of the Black Press Institute and Black Press Review. Palmer reported on the Twenty-eight Communist Party Congress in [[Moscow]] which was published in the CPUSA's official organ, the ''[[People's Daily World]].''
In the 1990's after the collapse of the Soviet Union, longtime Castro supporter[[Leslie Cagan]],<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printindividualProfile.asp?indid=629 Leslie Cagan] discoverthenetworks.org</ref> assumed the role as the organizations official coordinator.
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