National mobilization
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75,000 marched in San Francisco, Calif., on March 29 to defend abortion rights. See story on page 3.
Two huge mobilizations-the March 29 San Francisco demonstration (see story on page 3) and the April 5 Washington, D.C., March for Women's Lives-represent the most powerful actions yet for women's rights.
Not since the 1989 Washington rallies of 600,000 and 300,000 sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW), has there been pro-choice mobilization on such a mass scale. But, what next?
This is an election year.
And unfortunately, the leadership of the various national pro-choice and feminist organizations have already begun to try to steer the pro-choice movement into registering voters, campaigning for so-called "feminist" candidates of the Democratic Party, and even announcing the establishment of a new pro-feminist (but not truly independent) party.
This electoral strategy can only serve to derail the movement. It won't win rights for women.
We can all agree that, with the failure of the courts to uphold Roe v. Wade and the increasing possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will actually overturn it, we must win national legislation that guarILLEÇA MON WOr US Joseph Ryan/Socialist Actlon
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