Page Twelve
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, September 9, 1971
Page Twelve THE MiCHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 9, 1971
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Protesting the
Indochina
war
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By TAMMY JACOBS
Supplement Co-editor
For those involved in the anti-
war movement, the spring, and
summer marked a turning point,
perhaps, in both the tactics and
the constituency of that move-
ment.
On April 24, over half a million
Americans marched on the Capi-
tol to hold perhaps the biggest
anti-war protest in the nation's
history. During the first week in
May, a considerably smaller
group held a considerably more
dramatic demonstration - an at-
tempt to "shut down the govern-
ment" by causing massive traf-
fic tie-ups in major Washington
arteries.
Since the spring's anti-war
campaign, the groups that spon-
sored the actions hav? turned to
low-profile planning se:ssions for
future large demous iations.
If a planned series of demon-
strations materializes in the fall,
the spring's promise that the
anti-war movement has grown
stronger and more militant may
be borne out.
Perhaps the largest variable in
the future of the anti-war move-
ment is not the actions of anti-
war activists themselves, but
rather the reactions of the gov-
ernment.
Administration forces gained a
pyrrhic victory during the May
Day actions, as they effectively
prevented a shut-down of Wash-
ington, D.C. with the arrest of
over 13,600 demonstrators. They
were, however, severely criti-
cized for "police state" tactics in
making the arrests, and have
been unable to win even 1,000
convictions.
The anti-war movement in Ann
Arbor, both mirrors and aug-
ments the national scene. At least
parts of the May actions were
planned here at a national youth-
student Conference for a People's
Peace in February; and the Uni-
versity community was well rep-
resented at both the Washington
traffic tie-ups and the detention
camps during May Day week.
As well, other anti-war groups
have met at various times in Ann
Arbor. For example, Clergy and
Lawman Concerned about the
War in Vietnam held their na-
tional convention here in August.
However, in Ann Arbor, as all
over the country, the number of
people who openly oppose the war
outweighs by several hundred per
cents the number of people ac-
tive in the movefment.
At present, two major groups
are involved in national anti-war
organizing, both serving to coor-
dinate dozens of smaller organiza-
tions.
The National Peace Action Coa-
lition (NPAC), the more moder-
ate of the two groups, sponsored
the April 24 march jointly with
the radical People's Coalition for
Peace and Justice (PCJC).
However, PCPJ continued the
anti-war activities during the rest
of April and the first week of
May, with its youth affiliate, the
May Day Tribe, directly respon-
sible for the traffic stoppages.
The other PCPJ supporters em-
phasized daily sit-iris at stra-
tegis government buildings, in
what it called its "people's lob-
bies."
NPAC, which draws most of its
support from liberal groups, is
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tion Committee to End the War
and aims its actions towards'
broadly - based peaceful demon-
strations.
NPAC includes groups such as
4 the Student Mobilization Commit-
tee (SMC); and its tactics en-
compass holding mass non-con-
frontational marches and rallies,
such as the one April 24; sup-
porting anti-war politicians; and
sponsoring moratoriums (general
strikes) on "business as usual."
Unlike NPAC, which demands
merely an end to the war, PCJC
has a specific organizing tool -
the People's Peace Treaty.
Drawn up by students in North
and South Vietnam and the Unit-
ed States, the treaty calls for
America:
-To set a public date for im-
mediate and total withdrawal
from Indochina;
-To "insure the right of self-
determination" to the Vietnamese
people; and
-To respect the "independ-
ence, peace and neutrality" of
Laos and Cambodia.
Many of Ann Arbor's anti-war
activists concenetrate their ac-
tivities around the peace treaty.
Part of the organizational stra-
tegy behind the treaty is collect-
ing signatures on petitions sup-
porting it, and eventually sending
the signatures to the Nixon ad-
ministration.
This petitioning is intended to
serve the purpose not only of in-
dicating to the administration the
strength of the movement behind
the treaty,but also to serve as a
way of getting other people in-
volved in that movement.
According to one Ann Arbor
participant in the May Day
Tribe's actions and who has been
active in the anti-war movement
here, "We were never really into
the May demonstrations that
much. We're far more involved
with the peace treaty."
Besides organizing arounc the
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