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300 march in Chicago: 'U.S. Troops Out Now!' 10 SOCIALIST ACTION OCTOBER 1990 Two-thousand people packed Cooper Union's Great Hall for a rally calling for "No Vietnam War in the Middle East!" on CHICAGO-Over 300 people marched and rallied here on Sept. 22 to protest U.S. troops in the Middle East. The demonstration was sponsored by a local coalition, the Emergency Coalition for Peace in the Middle East.

Alex Molnar, the writer of a protest letter to President Bush published in The New York Times, sent a message thanking people for their support. Molnar is receiving 200 letters a day in support of his antiwar message to Bush. Sept. 13. It was the first major expression of opposition in New York City to the U.S. government's war moves in the Persian Gulf. The rally was organized by the Coalition to Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle Coct Tina Beacock/Social ist Action The rally also heard Frank Rosen, district director of the United Electrical Workers Union, and many other speakers.

While some speakers, including Rosen, called for support to the U.N. sanctions, the overwhelming bulk of signs and chants called for "U.S. Troops Out," the slogan the demonstration had been built on.

Student participation from several area campuses indicated the potential this movement has of drawing in many new activists to demand, "Bring the Tr Hoops Home Now!"

Printers endorse By PAUL COLVIN SAN FRANCISCO-At its meeting on Sept. 23, the Bay Area Typographical Union #21 heard a brief presentation by Gerry Condon, a member of the United Bay Area Veterans Against War in the Middle East.

Condon explained why working people in the United States have nothing to gain from the pending war in the Persian Gulf. He ended his remarks by announcing a demonstration in San Francisco on Oct. 20 in opposition to U.S. intervention in the Middle East.

A motion to endorse the demonstration was passed by almost total consent of the members present. Only three dissenting votes were noted.

700 mobilize in Seattle By RICH SMITH SEATTLE-Chanting "Hell, no, we won't go, we won't fight for Texaco," 700 people marched here on Sept. 8 to protest U.S. intervention in the Persian Gulf.

The march and rally was organized by the Northwest Coalition Against U.S.

Military Intervention in the Middle East.

Rally speakers included anti-apartheid activists, Vietnam War veterans, environmentalists, and Palestinian refugees.

An article in the following day's Seattle Times captured the crowd's deep suspicions about U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Marchi participant Sue Hodes told the Times that the military build-up in Saudi Arabia was a red herring designed to draw attention away from the savings and loan scandal. "Where did that go?" she asked. "It's never on the front pages anymore."

Sarah Luthwack, a student at the University of Washington, said: "Probably the first shot will be fired when Neil Bush starts to testify."

If the rally is any indication, however, the two central and also most deeply felt demands of the still-unfolding antiwar movement in the New York City area are: "No Vietnam War in the Middle East!" and "Bring The Troops Home Now!"

Already activists are seeking to use the momentum from the rally to build a mass demonstration in New York City on Oct. 20 with precisely those two demands.

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