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Introduction: As a small organization we spend a lot of
time educating ourselves about revolutionary theory, and reaching out to
others with our ideas. But we
don’t feel that it is enough to simply talk politics and have the correct
political program, you have to try to test your ideas in the real world
by getting involved in real day to day struggles. That is why our members put so much
time and effort into building and leading the various social movements
that challenge injustice and oppression.
Below is a list of just some of the issues,
coalitions and projects that Socialist Action and Youth for Socialist Action
are involved in – and that we urge our readers and supporters to support.
Bring the Troops Home Now:
We
are opposed to any and all U.S.
foreign military invasions.
Currently one of our main campaigns is against the continued U.S.
occupation of Iraq. We strive to build a broad, democratic
anti-war movement armed with the strategy of mass actions around the call
of “Out Now!” We are active in
local anti-war coalitions across the country, from Connecticut
United for Peace, to the Northland Anti-War Coalition
in Duluth, MN. Nationally, we are striving to unite a
mass action wing of the movement in the National Assembly to End the Iraq &
Afghanistan Wars & Occupation.
We
also call for the withdrawal of all U.S.
troops from Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Haiti,
the Balkans, South
Korea, Okinawa,
and everywhere else! For up today
anti-war news and analysis from Socialist Action check out our anti-war
page.
We
are also opposed to any and all attacks on our civil liberties. We have successfully won the right not
to have to turn over lists of our supporters and contributors for our
candidates in elections due to the government’s history of harassment
against socialists, we are active in local efforts to resist the Patriot
Act, and are currently playing an active role in the fight to save progressive
attorney Lynne Stewart. We support
the efforts of, urge people to support the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee.
Standing Up for Immigrant Rights:
Socialist Action calls for a world without
borders, with equal rights for all.
We stand in solidarity with the growing immigrant rights
movements, and demand the immediate legalization of all undocumented
workers!
We urge everyone to get involved in the Grassroots
Immigrant Justice Network. For news and analysis of the immigrant
rights movement, check out our Immigrant Rights page.
Defend Abortion Rights:
Throughout our history we have been very active in
abortion clinic defense and the fight against reactionary groups like
Operation Rescue. We fight for the
women’s movement to break from reliance on the Democratic Party, and
return to a strategy of independent mass action. We urge women and men to stand up for
equal rights for all!
For news and analysis on the women’s movement and the
fight for abortion rights check out our women’s liberation page.
End the Racist Death
Penalty:
We are opposed to the death penalty in the U.S. as
a racist and class biased tool of oppression. We are active in several campaigns,
such as the fight to free Mumia
Abu-Jamal and Kevin
Cooper.
To get involved in the fight to free Mumia, we urge
people to get involved with the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. For information about the fight against
the death penalty, and against racism in general, check out black
liberation page.
Defend and Expand
Affirmative Action:
Affirmative action is a much needed
attempt to remedy the continuing scourge of racism in this country. We defend affirmative action policies,
and believe that for affirmative action to have any teeth, there needs to
be quotas. The struggle against racism
and sexism is in the class interests of all workers, regardless of race
or gender.
For information about the fight for affirmative
action, and against racism and sexism in general, check out black
liberation and women’s
liberation pages.
For the Right to Same-Sex
Marriage:
We view the right-wing attack on gay marriage as
blatant bigotry, and have been active in the fight for gay marriage from San
Francisco to Superior, WI. We’ve initiated protests, and are
currently doing what we can to stop the wave of amendments to state
constitutions banning gay marriage. We’ve also been active in attempts to
revive the liberation aspect of the gay liberation movement, and support
the work of groups like the Gay Liberation Network.
For more news and views about the struggle for GLBT
rights, check out our queer liberation page.
Labor Solidarity:
We
believe in the need for labor to break from the Democratic Party, to
organize the unorganized, and to mobilize the combined power of the
working class to effectively fight the bosses. Our comrades are active in unions
ranging from UNITE-HERE in Duluth to
the Transit Workers in NYC. We do
all we can to mobilize support for strikes, and to encourage moves
towards establishing a genuine Labor Party
based on the unions.
To stay abreast of developments in the
labor movement be sure to check out our labor page and the KC Labor
website.
For Free, Quality
Education:
We believe education should
be free from preschool to graduate school! If the small island nation of Cuba can
do it, so can the United
States! We are opposed to any and all tuition hikes,
student fees, and any other attempts to put the cost of education of
working people and students. Tax
the rich to fund education. We are
also for student/teacher/community control of the schools, and opposed
the presence of military recruiters and corporations in our schools.
For news and info about
student activism check out the Youth for
Socialist Action website. We also urge you check out the Labor
Party’s free higher
education campaign.
Solidarity With Palestine:
Socialist Action calls for a free, democratic and
secular Palestine
where Arabs and Jews can live together as equals. We are active in the fight against
Israeli aggression and Zionism in general, and in defense of the
Palestinian Intifada. We have also
sent comrades to Palestine as
part of International
Solidarity Movement teams to project Palestinian homes
from Israeli bulldozers.
For news and analysis of the Palestinian struggle,
check out our Palestine
page.
Hands Off Cuba & Venezuela:
We have long been in the front lines in the fight to
defend the Cuban Revolution from U.S.
aggression. For example, SA
comrades initiated the largest U.S.-Cuba solidarity conference that has
been held to date in this country, in Berkeley in
1998. We’ve also organized YSA
delegations to Cuba,
and continue to be active in the fight to prevent U.S.
intervention in Cuba and
Venezuela. We are a proud member of the National
Network on Cuba.
For news, analysis and Cuba and
Venezuela
resources, check out our Latin
American page.
Defend the Family Farm:
We
stand in solidarity with the working farmers striving to survive against
the onslaught of big agribusiness and factory farms. We call for a cessation of all land
foreclosures and guaranteed minimum crop and livestock prices in excess
of the cost of production.
Currently,
Socialist Action comrades in the upper-Midwest are active in the fight by
local farmers and others to stop the massive proposed Arrowhead-Weston
electrical bulk transmission line which would seize farmers land, and
pose a serious health risk to all in its path. The coalition that has come together to
fight this transmission line is Save Our Unique Lands. You can also find out info about this,
and other farm struggles, on our farmers page.
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