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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 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!”
Towards that end we are active in anti-war coalitions across the
country, from Connecticut United for Peace,
to the Northland Anti-War Coalition
in Duluth.
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 Campaign to Stop the ICE Raids in Dabury, the Immigrant
Solidarity 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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