Solidarity To Discuss Drug Crisis

Solidarity's Discussion Series will kick off the new decade with two talks in January. On Fri., Jan. 19, Cynthia Bowens, a member of the New African Voices Alliance in Philadelphia, will speak on "The Drug Crisis & the Bush Drug Plan: Hypocrisy at Home, Intervention Abroad." The talk will get under way at 8pm in the Pond Room, Michigan Union. On Tue., Jan. 30 John Vandermeer, U-M Professor of Biology and long-time solidarity activist, will speak on "The Puerto Rican Plebiscite and the Struggle Against Colonialism." The talk will begin at 7:30 pm at Guild House, 802 Monroe. Both events are free.

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 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 Palestine Solidarity 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. 

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SOLIDARITY (from previous page)

We oppose the growing U.S. drive toward war. 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 variety of views are more important that presenting a monolithic face to the world. 

Solidarity, 4104 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor MI 48109, 665-2709