Talk:Young Socialist Alliance

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I have just rewritten the entire piece, giving a straight minimal factual account, using the three recent memoirs by Barry Sheppard, Peter Camejo, and my own, along with Fred Halstead's Out Now. There was no reason to retain Peer Vinther's name, as he was a nice fellow but never played any national role and the coverage would be disproportionate as I could name 20 people who had much greater responsibilities. -- Leslie Evans, 9/6/2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbevans (talk • contribs) 17:48, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It appears increasingly obvious that the content of this YSA article needs to be seriously revised to reflect the astute comments and factual details of Leslie Evans (below). We can retain Peer Vintner's name, but mention his title and localized Bay Area contributions, while HIGHLIGHTING the National Leadership and its transformation in the 1960s under Peter Camejo and Barry Shepard.

////////// —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.217.141.192 (talk) 15:13, 26 November 2009 (UTC) The "new YSA" is called "Youth for Socialist Action" - not "Young Socialists for Action". We are the youth group of Socialist Action, which came out of the Socialist Workers Party/Young Socialist Alliance in 1983. -Adam Ritscher[reply]

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Dear Adam,

Then we need to include that information in the article. I'll modify the final paragraph to reflect your group's new title.

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Whoever wrote the piece on the Young Socialist Alliance seems to know almost nothing about it. The organization was formed as a regroupment from three radical organizations about 1957, Peer Vinther of Jose California was only a local branch leader in the San Francisco Bay Area and was never significant in the national leadership, which initially included people such as Nora Roberts, Bert Deck, James Robertson, and Tim Wohlforth. That group was replaced in the early 1960s by Barry Shepard and Peter Camejo who came to New York from the Boston area, etc. -Leslie Evans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbevans (talk • contribs) 22:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My name is Gerard Briardy email jerrybriardy@yahoo.com

I was a member of the Young Socialist Alliance chapter in Omaha in the late 1980's and early 1990's. The name had not changed at that time. We were still affiliated with the SWP at that time and operated out of a Pathfinder bookstore at 40th and Dodge in Omaha. I lost touch with the organization when I turned 30 as this was the maximum age for members and also because they moved on. It was a very healthy organization for several years in Omaha. I spent many hours on the street selling the Militant and gathering signatures for petitions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.180.214 (talk) 15:38, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The YSA "disbanding" in 1983 in incorrect. For a time in fact, namely in the early to mid 80s, more then being an "outgrowing" of the SWP, the YSA became the driving force and the main resource within the umbrella SWP in terms organization and activity. Cosand (talk) 21:02, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]