Carl Dix
1948
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- politician
Carl Dix (born 1948) is an American communist who was a founding member, and a representative, of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP).
Incarceration history
- United States Disciplinary BarracksDates unknown
Biography
Carl Dix (born 1948) is an American communist who was a founding member, and a representative, of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP). He is a regular contributor to Revolution newspaper and a longtime associate of Bob Avakian. In 1996, Dix co-founded the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. Dix along with Cornel West was a central figure in the campaign to Stop "Stop and Frisk" aimed at opposing the New York City stop-and-frisk program to stop hundreds of thousands of people in New York City and frisk them. Dix is a member of Refuse Fascism, a coalition group co-initiated by the RCP in 2016 to drive out the Trump administration. Dix was also a member of the Black Workers Congress, the African Liberation Support Committee, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War.