Carl Davidson

Carl Davidson is a former student leader of the

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of the 1960s, serving as a Vice President and National Secretary of

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. From 1968 to 1976, he worked on the ''

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'' newsweekly as a writer and news editor. Born in 1943, he graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from

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, and later taught and did graduate work at the

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, between 1965 and 1966. NLN Carl Davidson

Today he is a national co-chair of the

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and a national board member of Solidarity Economy Network, advocating a mixture of

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