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Information on the Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund jroo¥J*'RE#k%#ffib¥ELffiigfrm»t#L°] 14 Charles Lane, New York, NY 10014 Chairperson: Februa,ry 17, 1979 Georae Novack Treasurer: f`eba Hansen Sponsors: Robert Alexander Tar,a A', fiobin Blackburn Hugo Blanco Marguerite Bonnet Pierre Broue Ken Coates Bohcarl Crawchenko Tamara Deijtscr`er Maceo Dixon We want to thank you for being a sponsor of the BOSS DC)v.'soh Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund. Pierre Frank Catarino Garza Tom GiJsta`sso~ Efforts to obtain contr'ibutions to the Fund are Fred Halsteac] being made a.Il around the world. A meeting to AI Hansen launch the Fund in Canada was held Februar'y 16, Tlrrlotr„' Harc!ina Ouintiri Hoare a.nd the Fund is being organized in Br'itain, Colombia, Dave Holmes Fr.ance, Mexico, Sweden, and other' countries, through Alain Krivine rna.ny of` t.he sponsors. Pierre Lambert Anna Llbera Livio Maitan Your help in soliciting donations to the Fund is Ernest Mandel needed. Enclosed is the mater.ial being used in this Bernaclette Devlin MCAliskey Joyce Meissenheimer effort. If you wish to I.eceive mor'e material for' Charles Michaloux distribution, please let us know. Or, if you prefer, Manuel Aguilar Mora we can send material directly to the potential Fran¢ois Moreau contributors list that you send us. Nahuel Moreno Evelyn Peed Cristina f3ivas As of toda.y more than S14,000 has been pledged to Javac] Sadeeg Cathy Sedwick the Fund. As the accompanying literature explains, Art Sharon plans are alr'eady under way to edit and publish a Louis Sinclair collection of Hansen's writings on problems of Ernest Tale Vsevelocl Volkof revolutiona.ry strategy for Latin America. Mary-Alice Waters Baoah Zahraie We hope you will continue to help us in this project. (llst in tormation) In Solidarity, i-.`ulz2--- #::I i =fv=crfekL5 Reba. Hansen Treasur`er Chairper.son enc S . desephHa..se..Pidelteshi...gmrmd 14 Charles Lane, New York, NY 10014 Ch.lrper.on: George Novack February 6,1979 Treasurer: F]eba Hanseh Dear Friend, Spon.ors: f]obert Alexander We invite you to join us in establishing the Ta'iq Al, Bobin Blackburn Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund. The purpose of this Hugo Blanco fund is to raise $20,000 by March 31 to publish the Marguerite Bonnet Pierre Broue uncollected writings and speeches of Joseph Hansen, Ken Coates veteran leader of the Fourth International, of the Bohdan Crawchenko Socialist Workers Party, and editor of Interconti- Tamara Deutscrier Maceo Dlxon nental Press recor from 1963 to 1979. Boss Dowson Pierre Frank As you can see, a number of prominent initial Catarino Garza Tom Gustafsson sponsors have already lent their support to this Fred Halstead effort which was initiated by Reba Hansen and the AI Har`sen contributing editors of Intercontinental Press Timothy Harding Quintin Hoare Inprecor i-Pierre Frank, Livio Maitan, Ernest Dave Holmes Mandel, and George Novack. Alaln Krlvine Pierre Lambert Anna Libera Hansen edited Intercontinental Press recor Livio Maltan for 16 years in addition to his other activities. Ernest Mandel He wrote extensively on a wide range of topics, Bernadette Devlin MCAliskey Joyce Meissenheimer both theoretical and polemical. His subject matter Charles Michaloux ranged from the overturn of capitalism in Eastern Manuel Agu`lar Mora Europe following World War 11, to the Cuban revolu- Fran¢ols Moreau Nahuel Moreno tion, and the revolutionary strategy for the world Evelyn Peed Trotskyist movement. He wrote on such varied sub- Cristina Bivas jects as the Malthus theory of population explosion, J8vad Sadeeg Cathy Sedwick the American forms of fascism, whether a new world Art Sharon war is inevitable, and the place of scientific Louis Sinclair freedom in the Soviet Union. Ernest Tale Vsevelod Volkot Mary-Alice Waters The fund was well launched at a memorial Babak Zahraie meeting of nearly 600 people in New York City on (list in formatlon) January 28. At that event $8,311 was contributed and pledged. Meetings to build the fund are being held in a number of cities in the United States and contributions are also being solicited from Hansen's friends in other countries. As a start, plans are already under way to edit and publish a collection of Hansen's writings on problems of revolutionary strategy for Latin America. -- 2 -- Enclosed is an article by George Novack from Inter- continental Press recor about Joe's life and works. We hope you will consider making a contribution to this project. Checks can be made out to "Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund" and mailed to Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund, 14 Charles Lane, New York, N.Y.10014. In Solidarity, c2~~ kg& try; c Mjf tincf a` iB Reba Hansen George Novack Treasurer Chairperson Veteran Leader of Fourth International and SWP Joseph Hansen, 1910-1979 By George Novack Joseph Hansen, veteran leader of the Fourth International and Socialist Workers Party and editor of Jnferconc!.ne7t- Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund Announced tal Press/Inprecor since its foundation, Reba Hansen and the contributing died on January 18 in New York City at editors o£ Interconti,nenta,l Press/ the age of sixty-eight. Although he bore a Jnprecor-Pierre Frank, Livio Maitan, sizable load of journalistic and organiza- Ernest Mandel, and George Novack- tional responsibilities up to the end, he had have announced plans for the forma- suffered from diabetes for some years and tion of a special fund to raise $20,000 to succumbed in a few days from infectious make possible the publication of some complications. of Joseph Hansen's previously uncol- *** lected works. The aim is to obtain this sum by When Evelyn Reed and I were driving March 31, so as to begin without delay cross-country from Los Angeles to New the work of selecting and preparing York in 1965, we stopped at Richfield, a material for the first volume. small town in Utah, attracted by a cowb(jy Reba Hansen, Joseph Hansen's com- rodeo being staged that night. Some months later, when I told Joe Hansen how panion and collaborator for forty-eight much we had enjoyed the spectacle of the years, will serve as treasurer of the fund. George Novack, who had worked Old West, known only from movies and closely with Hansen in literary projects TV, he exclaimed, "Why, that's my home- for four decades, will serve as chair- town!„ man. Joe was born June 16, 1910. He was the Those who have already joined the oldest of fifteen children in a poor working- initial list of sponsors for the pr()ject class family and became the only one to go include: Tariq Ali, Robin Bl€ic.kburn, Photo by Beba Hansen (1959) to college. Pierre Brou6, Pierre Frank, AI Hansen. The rugged life of this semirural terri- Trotsk.yist movement, and on such var- tory in which he grew up made a lasting Quentin Hoare, Pierre Ijambert, I.ivi(t ied subjcicts as the Malthus the(try of Maitan, Ernest Mandel, Ray Sparrow, mark on his makeup. He had a sturdy populatit]n explosi{]n, the American Vsevelod Volkof, and Mary-Alice Wa- forms of fascism, whether a new world physique and felt thoroughly at home in ters. war is inevitable, and the place of wilderness ways. He was a crack shot, a In addition to his lifelong editt)ral. skill that was handy when he later served scientific freedom in the Soviet Union. resp(tnsibilities, including sixteen years as a guard in the Trotsky household. He The fund will be launched at the New as editor of this magazine, Hansen and his companion, Reba, whom he mar- York memorial meeting for Hansen, wrote extensively on a wide range of ried in 1931, were most happy when they scheduled to be held 3:00 p.in. January topics, both theoretical and polemical. could backpack through the mountains 28 at the Marc Ballroom, 27 Union Among his most valued contributions and woods of their native state on their Square West (between 15th and 16th were his writings on the overturn of vacations, breathing jn the pure air and streets). capitalism in IIastern Europe following hunting for unusual rock specimens. Contributions to the fund may be sent World War 11, the Cuban revolution, How did this young fellow from a back- tt) Joseph Hansen Publishing Fund, 14 revtjluti(tnary strategy for the world woods Mormon community become an Charles I.ane, New York, N.Y. 10014. outstanding Marxist, respected the world over as a political strategist and theoreti- cian of the Trotskyist movement? Frtjm and program of Trt)tskyism. Jt)e j`tim>d the intt] the S(>cialist Party of Norman Tho- adolescence, he once told me, hc had I)een part,y in 1934 and never waver(id in his mas. ,Joe t()ok charge of that paper from intrigued by the pers(jnalities and promise c(>nvictions and affiliations. Jim. of the Russian Revolution, which took a He majored in English and c`ditcd the This w.as Joe's initial immersion in the stand for the poor against the rich. cdmpus hterary magazine, PerL. Before ni€is`s workers movement, which remained However, it was the campiis tjl. the graduating Joe moved in 19:}6 tt) the San the bre€ith ()f his existence. He was the University of Utah in Salt ljakcl City th€it Francisco area where, as a pal.ty activist, finc`st sol.I of revolutionary intellectual, provided the springboard for his politi(`al he plunged into the chilly waters of marl whtt placed his talents and education at career. Just as it had affected thousands ()f time unionism, which was then going the service of the socialist cause and other students of that generati()n, the through turbulent internal and class bat- wh()lehcartedly indt`ntif.ied with the aims Great Depression turned his th(jughts in tles.
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