Solidarity: Labor Strikes Back

Solidarity: Labor Strikes Back

Solidarity 's Fall Discussion Series will continue with two talks this month. On Oct. 10, Jim Woodward, co-author of "Battle Line: the Coal Strike of 1978,," and participant in the recent Pittston Solidarity caravan From Detroit, will speak on the topic "Labor Strikes Back: The Pittston Coal Strike." On Oct. 24, Sharon Holland, steering committee member of the Latin America Solidarity Committee (LASC) and a member of the Sexual Assault Prevention Awareness Center (SAPAC) will speak on the topic, "Reproductive Rights and Women of Color." Both talks get under way at 7:30 pm

Solidarity is an organization committed to building a non-sectarian, socialist movement in the U.S. We are socialist activists who place a high priority on participating in an open and constructive manner in the struggles against racism and sexism, as well as the struggles for lesbian and gay rights. In Ann Arbor, our members participate in the Latin American Solidarity Committee, the Committee to Defend Abortion Rights, the United Coalition Against Racism, the Homeless Action Committee, and Concerned Faculty. We firmly believe that any socialist movement worthy of the name must join in such struggles now rather than perpetuate the illusion that they can either be separated from, or take a back seat to, the class struggle.

We oppose the growing U.S. drive toward war, whether that be in the Middle East or Central America. We support the PLO and the FMLN in their struggles against Israeli and U.S. oppression. We see the need for international solidarity among working people and the oppressed in a period of concessions, deindustrialization, unemployment and the growing debt crisis. We believe in a creative rethinking of socialism for the '90s in which an open environment and a variety of views is more important than presenting a monolithic face to the world, or engaging in pretenses of being "the vanguard."

Solidarity, 4104 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109, 665-2709.