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International Viewpoint is a biweekly magazine published by the ASW Fourth International. We offer a trial : $3. A six-month subscription is $22. 1 Write to: 3435 Army St., Rm. 308, celebration of international en's day, IV will be producing a special issue on March 9.
This issue will include en's struggles and their tion in Soutfi Africa, I.
Philippines, Nicaragua, and France.
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The new law also eliminates almost all political refugees because they came with some semblance of legal status, and many came after 1982.
Making rules as they go Amnesty is one important area where the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is making the rules as they go. There are not yet any clear guidelines as to what will constitute "documentation." Respon -sible organizations are all advising immigrants not to go to INS offices yet-and especially not to pay large sums of money to lawyers and "consultants.' Reports have already surfaced of people paying as much as $3000 to shady lawyers and so-called advisers who guarantee them amnesty even though the rules have not yet been fully formulated. The INS isn't even member of Local 87 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents many of the city's janitors and other building service workers, reports that an AFL-CIO conference on the new immigration law is scheduled for March 14.
Self-education is a central concern of the conference, according to Quan. She also indicated that the conference will be working toward formulating "a united labor movement response," although she thinks this may be difficult since the INS seems to be "doing it as it goes along."
Legal experts from civil-liberties and immigrants-rights organizations, as well as from the AFL-CIO legal department, will be invited to speak. The unions whose members will be most directly affected-like the Service Employees locals, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, and Local 2 of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union-will be asked to play a prominent role.
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WOMEN In celebration of international wom-