Nov. 2 peace conference sets goals
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There was standing room only at the Mobilization for Peace, Jobs, and Justice conference held Nov. 2 at San Francisco State University. Over 400 union mem -bers, students, peace and anti-apartheid activists registered for the event, exceeding the conference organizers' expectations.
The conference provided new evidence that the diverse organizations of the protest movements will be able to put aside their differences and unite in the spring of 1986 for massive street demonstrations against U.S. foreign policy in Central America and South Africa, against nuclear weapons, and for jobs and justice at home.
These were the issues discussed at the Nov. 2 conference and the four themes of the Mobilization for Peace, Jobs and Justice--a broad coalition with heavy labor participation.
Naomi Tutu-Seavers, daughter of South African Nobel Laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu, was the featured speaker and recipient of several awards for her work on behalf of South African refugees through the Bishop Tutu Refugee Fund.
The audience was visibly moved by (continued on page 8, in “[8 SOCIALIST ACTION DECEMBER 1985 Parliamentary elections, which…]”)