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Bring the Troops Home Now!
Socialist Action is active in anti-war coalitions across
the country, from the Bay Area United
Against War in San Francisco, to the Northland Anti-War Coalition in
Duluth. We call on the troops to be
brought home now, period!
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www.socialistaction.org/antiwar.htm
- our anti-war website
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!
For years Socialist Action has been a leader in the
fight to free Black political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. SA comrades initiated, and continue to
play a leading role in the Bay Area based Mobilization to
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, as well as other local Mumia
coalitions across the country from Amarillo, TX to Boston.
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http://www.socialistaction.org/mumia.htm - our Mumia website
Defend Civil Liberties!
We are 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 local 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.
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http://www.socialistaction.org/civilliberties.htm - our civil liberties website
Below
is a listing of articles and commentary primarily on local issues and
events.
For
national and international news check out our national
website.
Sonoma H.S. Students
Hold an Anti-War Walkout
SANTA
ROSA, Calif.—History shows that youth often provide the spark for social
and political awakening. They have been in the forefront of this country’s
greatest past
struggles for civil rights, women’s rights, independent Black and Chicano
political parties, and an end to global capitalism.
Many
of today’s youth are incensed by Washington-led attacks on civil liberties,
women’s rights, jobs, health care and education—while funding for war
escalates.
On
Jan. 14, more than 50 students from at least six different high schools
throughout Sonoma County, in the tradition of young people as leaders in
mobilizations against
capitalist-led wars, staged a school walk-out and march in Santa Rosa. They
mobilized in the town’s main street against the U.S.-led wars in Iraq,
Afghanistan, and throughout the world.
Marchers
were not intimidated in the face of police, who pushed the rally from the
street to the sidewalk, after which the street demonstration continued.
After
the march, the main student organizers facilitated a constructive dialogue
among the participants about founding a new group that could organize
students for grassroots campaigns on and off high-school and college
campuses. A planning meeting for this organization has been set for Feb. 12.
Joey
Crottogini, a Sonoma County resident and lead student organizer of the
walk-out, told Socialist Action that he envisions forming a
student-led political action and educational group modeled after one he
helped build about four years ago in several high schools throughout Sonoma
County. Participating schools at that time organized a week-long
educational conference with a wide-range of workshops, whose themes
included HIV-STD prevention, Plan Colombia, antiwar activism, and mobilizations
to counter military recruiters in the schools.
Crottogini
stressed the need for more youth organizers to raise social and political
awareness among students and residents in the greater community. He is
optimistic that the coming years will see greater numbers of young people
assuming key leadership roles in some of the most important causes for
social justice.
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Archived Local News Articles:
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Iraq and Anti-War:
Report on the March 20 Anti-War Protests
Worldwide Protests Against the War in Iraq
Local Student Activism:
California Students Face Higher Fees
U.S. socialist reports on Venezuela conference
Sonoma High Schoolers Hold Anti-War Walk Out
Mumia Abu-Jamal:
NAACP calls for new trial for Mumia
Kevin Cooper:
New Evidence in the Case of Kevin Cooper
State bungles ‘evidence’ in Kevin Cooper case
DNA testing for Kevin Cooper
New Evidence May Free Kevin Cooper
Kevin Cooper Wins Stay of Execution
SA’s History:
S.A. convention shows growth in youth members &
leaders
Report on SA's 20th Anniversary Rally
Kevin Cooper's Greetings 2 the Rally
A Look At Socialist Action's 20 Years
Labor Movement:
San Francisco Hotel Workers on Strike
Bitter Defeat 4 Grocery Workers
Women’s Liberation:
Two women speak for many
(Sonia Sanchez & Sarah Jones)
March for Abortion Rights!
Police Brutality:
Cammerin Boyd: Shot down by S.F. police
Native American Liberation:
Winnimem Wintu Fight Shasta Dam Expansion
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