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SWEDITL Ln A LD Lt) tt Ic00018132. owe “national-local® argument, as-well as ‘with the Patriots’ incorrect assessment of where SDS is at, and their tendency to ignore the issue of white supremacy and. white-skin privilege in thelr work. i our ire aceaslons with the Pantars ant the Lords, they raised strong reservations ahout the action, « saying that white people did not have to go through mass struggie in the streets tn order to build a revolutionary =. consciousness. onal Panther Party, Honever the Nati through Bobby Seale and David Hilliard, indicated that” - they mould_suponrt the action —though not work actively on it-—and discussions with the flinols Chapter, as weil. as with the Young Lords, will continue. of struzgie in the black and brown Iiberation movements | {s totally different from our own; that black and brown _pedple have reached a level of consclousness where mass demonstrations are no tonger so necessary. However, the white movement, riddled by. timidity rather than a wealth of experience In struggle, MUST . seek to escalate {ts seriousness and power at this time through the tactic of mass confrontation. . Also, there are hund 8 of kids who are not In SDS, reached by us or able to relate to our politics, but who nonetheless are pissed off, fighting, tearing up the schools, the pigs, their parents, or the army. Many of these kids will be reached in our summer organizing projects. As well, the, supporting the action, and will be hetpful in bringing many of these kids to it. They will be ‘setting up an office in Chicago and producing mass propaganda around the action. : __At the September I NIC, we will propose that bot) the Yippies and_possibly the Conspiracy, who have also, windicated summort, co- <sponsor the action along ' with SDS, ‘Other groups who have {indicated support for the. action include MDS. Xouth Against War and Easciam, and__several_ high school _groups _ around Discussions are in process wih others. ORGANIZING FOR THE ACTION . .. The National Action fs now less than two months away. Two months. It (s critical that if people have not yet begun to organize for the action—as Is the case in many cithes and chapters without summer programs —that they do sa immediately. And, If people have’ begun to do sork, they. should Intensify thetr efforts three times over for the heavy month ahead. . Schools: will be re-opening. We've got to get tnt Guard Armory, . We've got to hit every beech, drive-in restaurant, ‘and park, reaching youth everywhere and turning them on te the action. —la_many_cities, people have cpened.up. National Action Other places have held a series of __ Mist eral to enderstand here ts hat the beret _ new people. Still others have planned rock festivals, 2 got only to get kids turned on, but to raise needed bail funds for potential arrests. And, perhaps more Important, cities and regions are_ _ . alanning to in focal struggles durthg September” that_will helo _bulld_the enthusiasm, “confidence, “and _zeriousness of the National Action, Action. When we go to Chicago we must set w 4a communication network so that the people who stay home won’t have to rely on the bourgrols press for all of thelr information. The actual organization of such Betworks will vary; 3s possible model is the establishment of a news center In conjunction with the local underground press which would receive {information {rom our people tn Chicago; the contacts which we have left behind In schools, hospitals, shops, streets, welfaré centers...would come to the news * Center to get the news— perhaps in the form of a wall poster—and take {t to the people. This network is also important becauge It gives people who aren’t in Chicago a way of being involved In it——by spreading the news. In the past couple of weeks, we've heard enthusiastic reports from Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Chicago, and Houston. The National Officers and action staff have recently spent time in Boston, Baltimore, AUanta, New Orleans, Seattle, San Francisco, and Milwaukee. And, -in.. Chicago, where. successful aorganizing forthe action is. critical, 15 people_are, anorking collectively. full-time building. up_the troops, Particularly helpful in getting ideas for working on the action is a Midwest National Action Conference, scheduled to be held ‘right before ‘the NIC on August 29-31 in Cleveland. People from Ohlo, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, TWinois,. and Wisconsio have already indicated that they’re coming. And probably people from every region in the country should be there — tg help plan stuff and generally get into it. , AEC . wy saree eum sc!