San Francisco
Students organize for women's rights
In San Francisco on April 24 many activists
and students attended a rally in solidarity with the March for
Women's Lives in Washington, D.C. They then went on to a
spirited birthday action for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
High school senior Juliet Lindeman organized the rally. She
could not afford to go to Washington but wanted to demonstrate
against the attacks on women's and reproductive rights. "I
think it's really important to show support even if we were not
able to go, to have an act in solidarity for something that is
so important, and an issue that needs to be addressed. The
event targeted people my age and was to raise awareness we need
to protect our rights," she said.
Tahnee Stair, a representative of the LeiLani Dowell for
Congress campaign, encouraged protesters not to rely on elected
officials to defend and expand rights to abortion but to deepen
their commitment to participate in an independent movement.
Dowell is an anti-war socialist and member of Workers World
Party running on the ballot as a Peace and Freedom Party
candidate. Stair said, "The people cannot rely on the
Democratic Party, whose leader, Kerry, is for sending more
troops to Iraq, spending more money on warfare, not healthcare,
and doesn't think an Iraqi woman's life lost because of U.S.
bombing is worth as much as an American life."
--S.F. Workers World Bureau
Reprinted from the May 6, 2004, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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