Full Name Jerome White Occupation Journalist Name Jerry White | Nationality American Known for Socialist Politics Role American Politician | |
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Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States. On February 13, the WSWS announced that White would be the SEP candidate for president in 2012 with running mate Phyllis Scherrer.
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Career
As a reporter for the World Socialist Web Site, White has written extensively on the US auto industry, and has interviewed autoworkers in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. White authored a book, published in 1990, entitled Death on the Picket Line: The Story of John McCoy. The book, an investigative report, treats the killing of a militant coal miner, McCoy, as well as the history of the United Mine Workers (UMW) in West Virginia.
Political campaigns
As a candidate for the Socialist Equality Party, White ran for Michigan's 112th Congressional seat in 2006, and for president in 2008 with vice-presidential candidate Bill Van Auken. The write-in campaign was accompanied by a redesign of the Socialist Equality Party's website, which would rehost articles written by both candidates for the World Socialist Web Site. White had run for president as a candidate for the Socialist Equality Party with running-mate Fred Mazelis earlier in 1996.
White has been active in Detroit's Committee Against Utility Shutoffs (CAUS) and organized hearings on fires in low income neighborhoods. He has criticized the Obama Administration for what he has described as its policies favoring Wall Street at the expense of workers.
White's 2012 presidential campaign keeps five core components:
White's campaign is based on the crisis that arose from the 2008 financial crash. Using historical and current trends, the call is for equal access to housing, retirement, food, and education. Among others is the call to defend workers rights that were gained with socialist struggle in the 1880s and the 1930s.
The White-Scherrer ticket is on the ballot in Wisconsin, Louisiana, and has write-in status for Michigan. White has visited Canada, Germany, England and Sri Lanka to campaign for socialism and an international working class movement.