October 21."
JOINT INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATIONS CALLED FOR OCTOBER 21
[Te following is an appeal for international demonstrations against U.S. aggression in Vietnam, to coincide with the massive march on Washington, D.C., scheduled for October 21. The appeal was issued by thé Student Mobilization Comnittee.
{This appeal was sent to antiwar committees, trade unions, student federations and political organizations throughout the world. Groups undertaking to build demonstrations on October 21 were urged to communicate with the Student Mobilization Committee at 17 East 17th Street, New York, N.Y. 10003.]
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Today's newspapers, like yesterday's and those of the day before, contain news of continued United States escalation of the war in Vietnam. At the risk of starting a third world war the U.S. leaders callously proclaim and display their "determination to win." Invasion of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam seems just around the corner.
Throughout the world, and in the United States especially, opposition to the war is growing. The Student Mobilization Committee (national organization of U.S. students who oppose the war) seeks to join with antiwar forces around the world in escalating our struggle against the Vietnam war.
The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (formerly the Spring Mobilization Committee -- the group which built the massive April 15 demonstrations in New York and San Francisco) has set October 21, 1967, as the date for the largest demonstration yet against the war. Work has begun to bring hundreds of thousands of Americans to Washington, D.C., on that date to protest the war at the government's doorstep.
The National Mobilization Committee has issued an international call for worldwide demonstrations on October 21. We will be working to make this the largest, most united, and most visible international outpouring of opposition to this war ever.
As before, the Student Mobilization Committee is playing a leading role in building the demonstration. Within the U.S. we will be coordinating the varied student activities which will build the October 21 action. We will also work closely with the National Mobilization Committee in its effort to broaden and strengthen the participation of the people of this country in the antiwar movement.
Fighting in the heart of the country which is waging this cruel war, the U.S. antiwar movement especially looks to and appreciates the activities of those in other countries who are working to end the war.
We want to help our friends around the world build protest actions this fall. This letter is not only an appeal to you to plan demonstrations in your area to coincide with the October 21 mobilization, but an offer to help you in whatever way we can from the United States. We will be working to coordinate these actions on an international scale.
We who seek to end this war have a difficult, challenging job before us -and a big responsibility. We believe that we can succeed only if we work together, learning from one another and strengthening the antiwar forces around the world.
We are looking forward to hearing from you and to working with you to build a really international movement against the war in Vietnan.
Sincerely,
Larry Bilick, Alex Chernowitz, Kipp Dawson, Phyllis Kalb, Patti Miller and Linda Morse -~ National Coordinators.