Vol. 79/No. 44      December 7, 2015

 

25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

 

December 7, 1990

Giving a green light to Washington’s unleashing of its massive military force against Iraq, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council agreed on a resolution November 26 authorizing “all necessary means to restore international peace and security in the area.”

This diplomatic victory for the U.S. government comes after an uninterrupted military buildup since the August 2 invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces.

As it deployed tens of thousands of ground troops, tanks, artillery, advanced missiles, warships, bombers, fighter planes and nuclear submarines to the region, the U.S. government used successive resolutions in the Security Council as a cover for preparing an imperialist war of aggression against the Iraqi people.

December 6, 1965

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 — Today’s March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam made it clear that a growing number of Americans are opposed to the war and willing to go out of their way to demonstrate their opposition. With at least 35,000 in attendance, the march was the biggest such action in the capital so far.

One of the striking things was the number of groups from southern cities and universities whose members say they have just got started building anti-Vietnam war committees in recent weeks — and often in none too friendly surroundings.

One thousand copies of a pamphlet distributed by the Young Socialist Alliance, entitled “War and Revolution in Vietnam” were sold, along with 800 copies of the Militant.

December 7, 1940

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 — The Negro and working-class population of this city is bitterly aroused against the mass arrest of almost 600 Negroes, whom police seized in the streets, restaurants and tap-rooms of the North Philadelphia 20th Ward last week.

The Philadelphia political machine is taking advantage of the present political atmosphere — war hysteria, the government drive against striking workers as “saboteurs” and “reds,” the brazen Jim-Crowing of Negroes in the army and navy, the refusal of corporations with military orders to hire Negroes — to force the Negroes by terror to support the local bosses in City Hall.

A mass meeting of all Negro organizations here is to be held Wednesday, December 4.  
 
 
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