National Jan. 26 actions called to protest U.S. war in Mideast
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Thousands will protest against U.S. war plans in nationally coordinated demonstrations on Jan. 26.
NEW YORK-On Dec.1, some 400 antiwar activists from across the country met here at a national conference at Riverside Church to plan a unified national mobilization against the U.S.-led invasion of the Gulf region.
The conference, which was initiated by the Campaign for Peace in the Middle East, voted overwhelmingly to organize a mass nationwide march in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 26, with a simultaneous march in San Francisco. Building actions for the demonstrations will take place on Jan. 19 in cities across the United States.
The body adopted three demands for the Jan. 26 demonstration: "Bring the Troops Home Now," "No War in the Middle East," and "Money for Human Needs, Not War."
A significant factor in the Dec. 1 conference was the participation of students representing statewide, regional, and national coalitions across the country which had been instrumental in organizing many of the student teach-ins and campus activities.
This highly authoritative conference included official representatives of coalitions from virtually every major city in the United States. Newly formed antiwar coalitions from Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Kansas, Tennessee, Washington, and other states were also represented. All had previously organized protests on Oct. 20.
Representatives from over 100 organizations active in the new antiwar movement also attended. These included SANE/Freeze, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Fellowship for Reconciliation, War Resisters League, Rainbow Coalition, American Friends Service Committee, Democratic Socialists of America, ComOIL PROFITS!