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(continued from page 1: “S&L bailout, See page 3”) '70s. But these movements were demobilized by leaderships who instead called for support for the Democratic Party.
This mistaken policy allowed the government and the employers to chip away at civil liberties and living standards without challenge. A return to mass action is the necessary prerequisite to change the relationship of forces in the political arena.
The April 9 Washington, D.C., National March for Women's Equality/Women's Lives, called by the National Organization for Women (NOW), is a critical moment in the fight to defend the past gains of the movement. A demonstration is planned on the same date in San Francisco for West Coast supporters of women's rights who can't get to Washington.
All forces for social change should work to build these mass actions. We must not allow the Supreme Court, George Bush, and the Republican and Democratic lawmakers to whittle away our rights and our livelihood. - The editors