Bay area coalition gears up for April 20
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6 SOCIALIST ACTION APRIL 1985 SAN FRANCISCO-The San Francisco Spring Mobilization committee continues to attract important endorsements and financial support from the unions, churches, and peace and community organizations. Senator Allan Cranston (D-Calif.), the California Teachers Association, and the Sisters of Mercy are recent additions to the hundreds of endorsements that fill the reverse of the leaflets publicizing the April 20 march and rally.
A majority of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are also supporting the coalition. They have indicated that they will make an unprecedented exception and will vote for a permit allowing the demonstration to march down Market Street, the major downtown thoroughfare.
Almost half of the $50,000 budget has been raised-much of it due to the impressive financial commitments by the trade unions, who have already kicked in over $5000. Attractive threecolor posters, buttons, and T-shirts have been produced, and 100,000 leaflets have been distributed.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of commuters will see large display ads in subway stations and in 200 buses all over the Bay Area.
The coalition has tried to attract sectors of the public who have not yet actively protested government policies. A wide array of materials and events have been planned to help accomplish this goal. Leaflets in Spanish and Chinese have been printed, and numerous special events such as fund-raisers, slide shows, a Latino speak-out, a Labor speak-out, and several student rallies have all sought to appeal to a wide cross section of the population.
The recent tragic deaths in South Africa of dozens of young Black protestors at the hands of the apartheid police have added an even greater sense of urgency to the mobilization efforts. Bay Area labor leaders are scheduling a picket for April 11 at a South African trade office to protest U.S. government support to the racist regime. This initiative by leading unionists is also intended to publicize the April 20 demonstration.
A fund-raising reception by the Spring Mobilization for leaders of the Bay Area Free South Africa movement has been organized to help highlight the demand of "No U.S. Support to the Apartheid Regime."
There will also be a brochure proSo cialist Action/Joe Ryan Diane Burneo, executive secretary Local 616, SEIU, addressing March 21 Labor Speak-Out for April 20 Spring Mobilization in San Francisco. Over 150 people turned out to hear prominent Bay Area union leaders speak on the issues of peace, jobs, and justice.
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