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Michael Harrington, the national chairman of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]], organized the effort with help from 5 "Initiators" - [[Lawrence Birns]] (writer), [[Frances Farenthold|Sissy Farenthold]] (past president [[National Women's Political Caucus]]), Congressman Michael J. Harrington, [[Martin Peretz]] (chairman, editorial board [[New Republic]]), [[Cleveland Robinson]] (vice president, Distributive Workers of America), [[Leonard Woodcock]] (president [[United Auto Workers]], [[Jerry Wurf]] (president [[AFSCME]]).

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Elected officials who signed the cablegram included: [[Julian Bond]], [[Willie Brown|Willie Brown, Jr.]], [[John Conyers, Jr.]], [[Don Edwards]], [[William Gluba]], [[Edward Koch|Edward J. Koch]], [[Parren Mitchell|Parren J. Mitchell]], [[Henry Reuss|Henry S. Reuss]], [[Benjamin Rosenthal|Benjamin S. Rosenthal]] and [[Louis Stokes]].<ref>Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2</ref>

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~~==Cablegram to Portugese Socialists and the M.F.A.==~~

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~~In 1974, after a pro-communist military coup in Portugal;~~

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:''More than eighty Americans, all identified with opposition to the Vietnamese war and with various radical and liberal causes, sent on August 9 a cablegram to to the Portugese Armed Forces Movement, to Portugese president francisco da Costa Gomes and to portugese socialist leader Mario soares expressing the hope that "democratic freedoms"...will continue to grow in Portugal".''

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[[Michael Harrington]], the national chairman of the [[Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee]], organized the effort with help from 5 "Initiators" - [[Lawrence Birns]] (writer), [[Frances Farenthold|Sissy Farenthold]] (past president [[National Women's Political Caucus]]), Congressman [[Michael J. Harrington]], [[Martin Peretz]] (chairman, editorial board [[New Republic]]), [[Cleveland Robinson]] (vice president, [[Distributive Workers of America]]), [[Leonard Woodcock]] (president [[United Auto Workers]], [[Jerry Wurf]] (president AFSME).

Elected officials who signed the cablegram included: [[Julian Bond]], [[Willie Brown|Willie Brown, Jr.]], [[John Conyers, Jr.]], [[Don Edwards]], [[William Gluba]], [[Edward Koch|Edward J. Koch]], [[Parren Mitchell|Parren J. Mitchell]], [[Henry Reuss|Henry S. Reuss]], [[Benjamin Rosenthal|Benjamin S. Rosenthal]] and [[Louis Stokes]].<ref>Democratic Left, Sep. 1975, page 2</ref>

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