Out of El Salvador! Cispes
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Hence that could seek to involve the churches, the antinuclear weapons groups, the unions, as well as the solidarity and anti-intervention forces.
However, an exciting development in the peace movement forced the postponement of such a conference until the summer or fall.
The American Friends Service Committee, together with the Illinois Freeze Campaign, the 8th Day Center, Clergy and Laity Concerned, Disarm Now Action group, New Jewish Agenda and some church activists have called a conference for April 14, 1984, at Loyola University in Chicago. The Conference is entitled: "The Middle East: Flashpoint for Nuclear War."
Two years ago these same forces organized thousands of Chicagoans to go to the massive June 12 demonstration where there was virtually no discussion of the Palestinian issue from the platform. For these groups, which represent the antinuclear weapons wing of the antiwar movement, to call a conference against U.S. intervention in Lebanon, is a big step forward toward building a unified, broad, antiwar movement.
...Lebanon with all that that would have entailed for the population of Beirut and the fighters themselves or should a withdrawal have been negotiated? The debate over this issue became sharper after the withdrawal, spreading to various aspects of PLO diplomacy. This led to demands for reforms within the PLO, including a demand for Arafat's ouster.
While Israel succeeded in its objective of ridding Beirut of the PLO and of installing a rightist regime, it continues to pay the various costs of the invasion and continued occupation. The high casualty rate, the spectacle of the brutal siege of Beirut, and the Israeli role in the massacre at the refugee camps led to a differentiation among the Jewish population and to massive demonstrations against the invasion of Lebanon. Secondly, the financial cost of the invasion and of maintaining a permanent occupation force has been an important factor JUST OFF THE PRESS Socialist Action Information Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 2. February 1984 This issue contains antiwar and trade union documents of SWP opposition submitted to SWP National Commitee plenum shortly before the authors' suspensions. Also includes 1979 remarks by Tom Kerry, longtime party leader, warning of erosion of democratic centralism in the party.
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