Contragate fuels anger; Spring protests called
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Jan. 15, 1929—April 4, 1968 TO THE CONTRAS The government has carried out its war moves against the Nicaraguan Revolution by flagrantly ignoring the sentiments of the majority of the American people.
Now the government's secret dealings have come full circle to haunt Washington in ways not seen since the combined Vietnam-Watergate crisis toppled the Nixon administration 12 years ago.
The time is now right. to mobilize tens of thousands of people against the government's unpopular war and austerity drive. Labor, church, peace, anti-intervention, and anti-apartheid activists are planning national protests in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco for April 25 1987.
The national coalition based on the East Coast, which already has substantial church support, is also confident of obtaining unprecedented labor involvement. The demonstration will focus on demanding an end to U.S. intervention in Central America and to U.S. support for South African apartheid.
Leading organizers in New York City report that a call will be released in the middle of January. The San Francisco-based West Coast coalition has already begun organizing and has gathered impressive labor, church, and community interest.
Socialist Action encourages its readers to fully participate in building the widest possible participation in these protests. As more revelations of the government's "contragate" connections come to light, the opportunities become greater to attract violence In the world today is may own widespread support from labor, student, Black, Latino, and women's organizations.
The April 25 mobilizations can deliver a powerful blow to further isolate and weaken the warmakers and strikebreakers who run this country in opposition to the needs of the majority.
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San Francis antiwar call, See p. 2
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