David North (socialist)

David North (born in 1950, otherwise known as David Green) is an American Marxist, who has been active in the international Trotskyist movement since 1971. He is currently the National Chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the National Secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008.

North is the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the publication of the International Committee of the Fourth International. The author of several books and articles on the history of the Socialist movement, North lectures in politics and the history of Marxism both in the United States and internationally. During his professional career, he was also CEO of the Metro Detroit-based Grand River Printing and Imaging Inc., winning the "Best Places to Work" award from Crain's Detroit Business magazine in 2003.