Dan La Botz
Dan La Botz | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | August 9, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Socialist Party USA |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Socialists of America |
| Spouse | Sherry Baron |
| Children | 3, including Jake La Botz |
| Residence(s) | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Southwestern College University of California, San Diego University of Cincinnati |
| Profession | Teacher, Historian, Journalist, Truck driver |
Daniel H. La Botz (born August 9, 1945) is an American labor union activist, academic, journalist, and author. He was a co-founder of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) and has written extensively on worker rights in the United States and Mexico. He is a member of the socialist organization Solidarity, which describes itself as "a democratic, revolutionary socialist, feminist, anti-racist organization," which comes out of the Trotskyist tradition. La Botz ran in 2010 for a seat in the United States Senate for the Socialist Party. He is also a member of the Brooklyn branch of the Democratic Socialists of America and a co-editor of the socialist journal New Politics.