NewMoöilfzer
Issue
September 5,  1969
New Mobe represents
majority movement
Fall offensive to culminate in
massive demonstrations
On the July 4th weekend commemorating
the revolutionary struggle for American
Independence, more than one thousand
delegates and observers representing some
300 national and regional organizations
met in Cleveland to resolve their determination to stop the war in Vietnam so
that the Vietnamese people can assert their
right to revolutionary national independence .
That resolve called for the beginning of a
militant peace offensive in the fall by the
whole anti-war movement in this country.
To carry forward the work of the old National Mobilization Committee to End the
War in Vietnam in a time when the forces
against the war now constitute a clear political majority, a new anti-war coalition
was formed to affect the inclusion of a
wider social base among Gl's, high school
students, labor, clergy and third world
communities.   The new anti-war coalition
is aptly called the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
Headed by six co-chairmen(Sid Lens, Doug
Dowd, Sid Peck, Stewart Meacham, Cora
Weiss, and Dave Dellinger)who are responsible for providing leadership for major actions in Washington, Chicago and San Francisco, the New Mobe develops major policy
questions through a broadly constituted
national Steering Committee composed of
nearly one hundred persons representing
geographic areas and varied political tendencies.   The New Mobe is deeply committed to the principle of non-exclusion in
its political struggle against the military-
industrial war machine.   In addition to the
national Steering Committee, working committees responsible for the detailed planning
of national actions have beerfcformed at the
initiative of action chairmen and project
directors.
In sum, the New Mobe continues the crucial work of mobilizing the American people
against the war of aggression and counterrevolution in Vietnam.   But what is new
about the New Mobe is that it is a coalition which now reflects a majority move-
ment and to that extent it encompasses
within its midst the widest spectrum of forces
yet to unite in opposition and resistance to
the war.   The task before the New Mobe
is very clear.    It must do all  that it can to
mobilize the political will of the American
people to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. military forces and weaponry from Vietnam and
to further insist that there be no future wars
of intervention at home or abroad against
oppressed aod exploited people who are asserting their rights of self-determination In
the quest for human liberation.
Moratorium to halt 'business as usual'
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee,
a broad based group initiated by former
McCarthy and Kennedy forces, has called
for a "moratorium on business as usual" on
October 15.   Students, faculty and concerned citizens are being asked to devote
the whole day to taking the Issue of peace
in Vietnam to the larger community.   An
effort will be made to educate communities
on the need to withdraw our troops and to
replace the Thieu-Ky regime by a broad-
based coalition in order to achieve a -
negotiated settlement.
In a "Call" signed by nearly 200 student
body presidents and editors the Moratorium
Committee urged the academic community
to organize others to join them in a
larger and longer moratorium in November.
This building process will continue until
America withdraws or a negotiated settle-
'  ment occurs.   The Committee has stressed
that a partial withdrawal at any time will
not deter the moratorium.
Boycotting classes on the 15th, high school
and college students and faculty will
work to build a broad base of anti-war
sentiment.   The Vietnam Moratorium
Committee plans to reach out to businesses,
homes, factories, high schools and other
community gathering places and to ask
people to join the moratorium in
following months.
Evening rallies, teach-ins, door-to-door
public reading of the names of the
war dead and women's refusal to shop
(but leaf letting shopping centers) are
among the planned activities.   Some women's
groups will urge mothers to keep their
children home from school.   Young
children could attend a Vietnam Culture
day: movies, art, food, etc., organized
at a local church .   School authorities
should be notified about the reasons for
the children's absence.
UAW and Teamster leaders have responded
favorably to the call.   Though they do
not expect their men to go on strike and
forfeit a day's wages, arrangements are
underway for labor to participate in
symbolic protests: headlights left on,
arm bands, memorial services for war
dead in factories during lunch hour, etc.
The Business Executives plan to picket
Wall Street.   Congressmen have been
approached to hold a speak-out on the
war on October 15th in Congress.
People wishing more information should
contact:
Vietnam Moratorium Committee, Suite
806, 1029 Vermont Avenue N.W.,
Washington, D.C.   20005, 202-347-4757.
»    In response to the call for a nation- wide
fall offensive, the New Mobilization
Committee to End the War in Vietnam is
organizing mass demonstrations in San
Francisco, Chicago, and Washington,  D.C.
Many times before we have demonstrated
and resisted; many times we have confronted the warmakers to insist they
"Bring   the Troops Home NOW."   But
now the situation is d ifferent: We must
rescue the notion from the warmakers,
now, or there will be no hope of preventing more and more Vietnams — there
will be no hope of ending the degradation
of humanity in which the U.S. is engaged
through its foreign and domestic policies.
WASHINGTON
The New Mobe is organizing mass demonstrations in Washington, D.C. on November 14-15.   The two part program of activities
includes a solemn 36-hour memorial death
march beginning at midnight,   November
13, and a massive march and rally on
Saturday,  November 15.   These are the
national culminations of a series of local,
regional, and national actions called for
the fall .   The San Francisco March and
Rally will also take place on November
15.
A broad spectrum of groups opposing the war
in Vietnam hove joined in the New
Mobilization Committee to organize the
Washington Demonstrations.
"March Against Death: A Vietnam Memorial"
The first part of the November Action will
be a death march through Washington
starting at midnight on November 13 and
continuing for 36 hours, through November
14 and into the morning of November 15.
The death march will be a single and solemn
procession of 43,000 to 45,000 persons (a
number from each state equivalent to the
number of Americans from that state who
have died in Vietnam) moving past the
White House.
Each marcher will carry the name of one
American who has died and that name will
be called out by him as he passes a given
point in front of the White House.    In
addition, the names of Vietnamese towns,
villajes, and hamlets which have been
bulldozed, bombed, or burned out of
National Fall Offensive Calendar
Oct. 8-11 SDS actions in Chicago around the theme "Bring the War Home."
Oct. 15 Vietnam Moratorium — an effort led by students who were active In the Kennedy-
McCarthy campaigns to "Stop business as usual" for one day to engage community
education against the Vietnam war.   The Moratorium will be extended two days
in November if the war is not ended.
pet. 25 New Mobilization Committee sponsored actions in Chicago in support of eight anti
war leaders indicted for "Conspiracy" and calling for an end to the war in Vietnam
A guerilla theater march down State Street, a tribunal dealing with political
repression and a rock concert are planned.
Nov.   8-15 A week of local activity around the war and U.S. imperialism, to build ongoing
local organizations and to help mobilize for November 15 in Washington and
San Francisco.   The goal is to plan activity appealing to a wide variety of
constituencies and political styles.   Initiated by Joe Hill Caucus of SDS.
Nov. 13-14 Possible dates for November Vietnam Moratorium.
Nov. 14 Student Strike — called by Student Mobilization Committee.
Nov. 14-15 MEMORIAL DEATH MARCH in Washington, D.C. A single file solemn
procession of Americans equivalent to the number killed in Vietnam walking
from Arlington National Cemetery past the White House to the Capitol.
Nov. 15   Mass march and Rally in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.
INov. 16  Continuing actions.
existence by U.S. and associated forces
in Vietnam will be carried and read out.
The death march will begin at Arlington
National Cemetary and end at the
Capitol where the name placards of those
who have died will be placed in caskets
and later carried    to the White House gate
with the Mobe's demands.
November 15:   Mass March and Rally to
BRING THE TROOPS HOMJJ NOW
At 9A.M. on Saturday morning,   November
15, people from all over the country
will assemble in the Mall area between
3rd and 6th Streets in preparation for a
mass march to the White House.   Before
the march embarks, there will be a brief
memorial service in this area at the conclusion of the March Against Death.
At II A.M. the march will begin.   A
special contingent of Gl's and participants
from the death march will lead the mass
march on Pennsylvania Avenue to the
White House where a delegation will'
present the political demands outlined
in the Call to the Fall Offensive and the
Caskets containing the names of
the Vietnamese twons which have been
bombed.
From the White Houste the masses will move
to the Ellipse area where a rally will begin
at 2 P.M. .   Speakers and entertainment,
an assertion of life, will culminate the
day's activities.
On Saturday evening beginning at 8 P.M.
there will be meetings organized by a
variety of groups to discuss possible
activities in Washington during the
following days.
( Cont'd  on p. 4 )
Meetings set
in sixty cities
On September 15-17 teams of two or
three persons from the Steering Committee
of the New Mobilization Committee to
End the War in Vietnam will travel to
about 60 cities to discuss plans for the
Fall Offensive.   They will work
particularly to organize for the demonstrations called for Washington, D.C, on
November 14-15.
In each city the widest possible spectrum of
organizations and individuals who might
participate in the Fall Offensive are
being invited.   At the organizational
meetings members of the travelling teams
will present for discussion the plans as they
have developed and the possibility for
local activity.    Hopefully, as a result
of these meetings,  local coalitions will
be formed to support and organize for
the Fall Offensive.
Packets of information on the Washington
demonstrations and the entire fall
program and including the first issue
of the New Mobilizer will be available for j
distribution at these meetings.
( Cont'd on p. 4 )