"U.S hands off Nicaragua"

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lifted our spirits, and the referendum was put on the ballot in virtually all of the representative districts of the area.

Many new people joined our movement after the successful petitioning. We rented an office and began the second phase of our campaign-that of education and outreach. People listened to us when we told them, "This referenTORONTO-A movement against U.S. military intervention in Central America and the Caribbean is developing in Canada. Antiwar activity is growing in spite of the open defense of U.S. policies by the newly elected Conservative federal government.

A conference to found a broad, democratic anti-intervention coalition wil be held on Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Hart House on the University of Toronto's downtown campus. The conference was initiated by radical Christian activists, trade unionists, socialists, and representatives of the FDR/FMLN of El Salvador. Numerous groups and individuals-from as far away as Montreal and Ottawa-are planning to attend.

The conference agenda includes a proposal for a week of activities in April 1985 to protest the U.S. war drive and Canadian complicity. These activities will hopefully coincide with a mass international day of protest against Washington's policies in Central America and the Caribbean.

SOCIALIST ACTIO tive Board of the ILWU, which has fully endorsed the spring actions.

One example of what can be done nationally is the initiative taken by leading unionists to build a broad coalition for the April 13 antiwar demonstration in San Francisco. Meeting on Nov. 12, a wide range of peace, religious, and union leaders formed an organizing *WEN IN THE 90,000 dELAYADORI SILA Socialist Action/May May Gong 1000 protest Casper Weinberger's visit to San Francisco on Nov. 8..

DECEMBER 1984 MINNEAPOLIS-'U.S. hands off Nicaragua,' was the theme of the day as 1300 people gathered at the old Federal Building in Minneapolis on Nov. 10 to protest U.S. military intervention in Central America and the Caribbean. Protesters carried signs, chanted, and sang while they circled the building in freezing temperatures. The demonstration was organized by the Central America Week Coalition, a broad-based organization of peace, solidarity, religious, student, and labor groups and activists in the Twin Cities Area.

"The increased provocations against Nicaragua represent an escalation of the U.S. war in Central America, a member of the coalition told the crowd during a brief rally. "They must be met by a step-up in the efforts of the antiwar movement. We all know this rally is great, but our work doesn't stop here."

Organizers then mapped out plans for further actions, including a picket line on Nov. 12 to protest CIA recruiting on campuses, a march on Dec. 2 to commemorate the killing of the church women four years ago in El Salvador, and the national spring mobilization on April 13.

The call for the Nov. 10 demonstration came from the action proposal passed at the Emergency National Conference on Central America and the Caribbean held Sept. 14-16 in Cleveland. The protest was much larger than expected due to the increased U.S. provocations against the Nicaraguan government over the unloading of Soviet ships in Corinto harbor.

By JOEL HOUTMAN LOS ANGELES-An angry crowd of 1000 gathered Nov. 10 at the Federal Building in Westwood to protest U.S. intervention in Central America. The picket line was built on short notice in response to escalating war moves by the Reagan administration.

The crowd grew so large that picket lines were set up on both sides of busy Wilshire Boulevard. The protesters chanted "CIA out of Nicaragua"' 'No pasaran,' and "Stop the bombing-stop the war."

Bystanders and motorists were overwhelmingly friendly-waving and honking their horns in support.

After picketing for several hours, a brief unscheduled rally was held, chaired by Don White, leader of the Echo Park chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). White said that the rally was the result of a united effort by the Los Angeles Coalition for Peace and Justice, the Cleveland Emergency National Conference Continuations Committee, and CISPES. A representative of Casa Nicaragua expressed thanks to the crowd from the people of Nicaragua.

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