"Coalition will be very broad in L.A."
1985Andrea Houtman 1985-02Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 7 →
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SOCIALIST ACTION FEBRUARY 1985 7 Socialist Action: What are some of the activities currently being organized in Los Angeles to stop U.S. intervention in Central America?
Don White: The national mobilization for April 20 is considered very important in Los Angeles. We will work through the April 20 coalition to bring thousands of people into the streets to demonstrate that there is broad opposition to the Reagan administration on both foreign and domestic issues.
We also consider it important to work on the Pledge of Resistance. Nationally, 30,000 signatures have been collected of people who are willing to hold vigils, demonstrate, and protest any further escalations of the Reagan administration's policy of intervention-particularly in Central America and the Caribbean.
S.A.: What has been the response in Don White is a member of the subregional executive council of the Los Angeles Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and of the Los Angeles Coalition for Peace and Justice. The interview was conducted by Los Angeles to the Reagan administration's attacks on the Sanctuary movement?
White: The arrests of Sanctuary workers and refugees earlier this week have shown all too clearly that the Reagan administration will do anything necessary, trample over anyone, and sacrifice possibly even the lives of Central American refugees to move its agenda forward.
And the arrests have already evoked a strong reaction. There are calls to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, to the Reagan administration, to congresspeople. A demonstration denouncing the arrests has been organized for Monday [Jan. 21] by The Pledge of Resistance, USOCA (United States out of Central America), and CISPES, among others. The refugee community and the religious community are also involved.
S.A.: Can you tell us something about the Jobs with Peace Initiative that was conducted in Los Angeles?
White: That was an incredible accomplishment. The initiative passed here by an impressive percentage(continued on page
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