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SF 1855 & - _ —— PAGE SEVEN FORNED IN DECEMBER » 1978, THE VENCEREMOS ORGANIZATION (VO, ALSO KNOWN AS VENCEREMOS, IS A MILITANT MARXIST-LENI NIST-MAOIST ORGANIZATION COMPOSED OF THIRD WORLD AND WHITE REVOLUTIONARIES OPERATING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA AREA. THE PUBLICLY STATED GOAL OF THE VO 1S TO BUILD A UNITED FRONT AGAINST THE IMPERIALIST UNITED ‘STATES LEADING TO THE OVERTHROW OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BY FORCE AND VIOLENCE, ARMED STRUGGLE, AND URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE. THE VO HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT ALL MEMBERS MUST KNOW HOW TO OPERATE AND SERVICE WEAPONS AND HAVE WEAPONS AVAILABLE. . VIETNAN VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR - WINTER SOLDIER ORGANIZATION (VVAW/WSO) WAS ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1967 AS AN ORGANIZATION _ OF VIETNAM VETERANS TO PROTEST THE AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. VVAK/WSO ENGAGED IN VARIOUS PROTEST ACTIVITIES BUT DURING LATE 1972 DEMONSTRATED INCREASING MILITANCY, CULMENATING IN DECEMBER, 1971, WITH VVAW/WSO TAKEOVER OF VARIOUS AMERICAN LANDMARKS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. DURING JULY, 1972, VVAW/WSO LEADERS AND MEMBERS WERE INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY, TALLAHASSEE, FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL STATUTES, INCLUDING CONSPIRACY TO RIOT DURING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AUGUST, 1972. A FEDERAL JURY ON AUGUST 31, 1973, ACQUITTED ALL DEFENDANTS OF THE ABOVE CHARGE. VVAW/WSO IS CURRENTLY HEADQUARTERED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. END OF PAGE SEVEN ©