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spoke as a representative of the local Jobs with Peace campaign. "The strugLOS ANGELES-Over 3,000 people gle in El Salvador is an economic strugdemonstrated on March 24 against U. S.

gle," he explained. "Capital goes to support for the military regime in El Salwhere profits are, and they have guaranvador. They protested the elections teed profits in the military industry.... scheduled there the next day, and marked Military spending doesn't create jobs in the fourth anniversary of the assassina- the Black and Brown communities." tion of Archbishop Oscar Romero of Jim Cushing-Murray, an official of the Amalgamated Transit Union, A largely Latino crowd of shoppers described his recent visit to Nicaragua. watched the protestors march up BroadHe contrasted the mood of the workers way, chanting in both Spanish and in the difficult strike against Greyhound English. Banners identified contingents with the more confident attitude among from peace groups, women's organizaNicaraguans, who "know that wealth tions, labor unions, and various chapters of the Committee in Solidarity with the The speakers, chants, and banners all People of El Salvador (CISPES) in Los focused on the issue of U. S. involvement in Central America. This made a The marchers came to Olvera Street clear impact on the people involved as where they, along with many who had well as on the mass media covering the not marched, heard speakers explain event. The following day's Los Angeles what is happening in Central America.

Times included, along with major articThe rally was chaired by Ramona Riples on the elections in El Salvador, promston, a leader of the American Civil Libinent coverage of the rally protesting the erties Union, who spoke about human rights violations in El Salvador. Victor The rally was organized by the Rios spoke as a member of Casa El SalNovember 12 Coalition, which built a vador, which represents the large and similar rally last fall. Although fifty local growing community of Salvadorans who organizations have endorsed the coalihave settled in Los Angeles to escape the tion's activities, the work of the coalition U. S.-financed war in their country.

has involved almost exclusively members Larry Frank, a staff organizer for the of CISPES, Central American groups, Communication Workers of America, and socialist organizations. The success of the rally, in spite of this limitation, indicates the extent of the antiwar sentiment among the public. If the coalition can actively involve more groups and individuals, much larger actions can be Salvador vote on the basis of opening negotiations with In the April 1 New York Times Hedrick Smith described the new "Administration strategy." It is "to lure the less militant leftists into giving up rebellion and taking part in legislative Several closely connected factors lie behind this shift. Foremost is that the revolutionary fighters are gaining ground against the government army. Without massive infusions of U.S. military aid and ground troops they are unlikely to be defeated. For Reagan to greatly escalate aid or launch a major invasion, he must first overcome deep and strong opposition at home. He must also try to divide and isolate the revolutionary forces. This is doubly true in an election year when all the polls clearly indicate majority opposition to the use of U.S.

The presidential election year also presents a challenge to those in solidarity with the advancing social revolutions now taking place in Central America. To stop U.S. intervention we must organize the massive popular sentiment here at home against U.S. government policy in Central America into a powerful movement similar to the one that stopped Washington's war in Vietnam. This, after all is the most powerful form of solidarity. In order to do this we must keep the movement out of-and independent of-both the Democratic and Republican parties. They are after all the parties-the Democrats no less than the Republicans—that are together slashing domestic programs in order to increase San Salvador.

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