Talk:Rich Whitney

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[edit] Membership in the Socialist Labor Party

Is there a real statement somewhere that he "rejected" socialism in 1993? The commentary I have seen said he left the party becuase of a personal dispute, and now longer believes in socialism.

I just reworded this to hopefully make it more accurate. His resignation letter from 1993 which I added as a reference doesn't claim any rejection (quite the contrary actually), but later newspaper articles say he now rejects it. Apparently the rejection occurred at some unknown time between then and now.--Fulara 15:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

This is explained in a Chicago Tribune article, published on November 6th, 2006:

Whitney, who was the elected editor of the group's journal from 1989 to 1993, said he grew to disagree with many of its ideas, including those critical of capitalism. "That's something I left behind 14 years ago," Whitney said Sunday. "I'm not a socialist."

Squideshi 15:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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