[Morris Starsky, socialist activist, Morris Starsky, a member…]
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Morris Starsky, socialist activist, Morris Starsky, a member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), died of heart disease in Cincinnati on Jan. 20. He was 55 years old.
Starsky was an activist in the Vietnam antiwar struggle in the 1960s while he was employed as an assistant professor of philosophy at Arizona State University. Soon after he joined the the SWP in 1970, the Arizona State Board of Regents fired him from his job on political A civil liberties defense campaign on his behalf won wide support. In 1972, a court ruled that his dismissal had been unconstitutional and he was reinstated. However, his reinstatement was soon overturned on Later, the FBI released documents that showed that Starsky had been the target of an FBI operation that sought his dismissal. In 1981, Starsky testified in a court suit brought by the SWP and the Young Socialist Alliance against government spying. The suit ended in victory Starsky moved to Cincinnati 10 years ago and, health, remained an active party member to the end. Dear editor, Enclosed is a copy of a protest letter I have written and sent to the mayor and the district attorney of San Francisco. The letter was written to protest the assistant district attorney's efforts to obtain a list of campaign contributors for Socialist Action candidates Joe Ryan and dies
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