As the U.S. government deepens its aggression against the workers and peasants of Nicaragua, El Salvador, and throughout Central America and the Caribbean, a march on Washington, D.C., along with protest demonstrations in San Francisco and other cities, has been called for April 20, 1985, by a broad array of forces in the United States.
The first demand of these demonstrations is to stop the U.S. military intervention in Central America. Other demands call for a halt to U.S. support to the apartheid regime in South Africa, to the mounting U.S. war budget and nuclear arms buildup, and to racism and unemployment.
Sponsors of the call already include trade unions such as the International Association of Machinists and the United Food and Commerical Workers; civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Operation PUSH, and League of United Latin American Citizens; the Rainbow Coalition; the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and other Central American solidarity and antiwar groups; church and religious organizations; and many other social and political organizations. A nationwide coalition has been set up to coordinate plans for the demonstration, as well as local coalitions in many cities.
Along with the many individuals and organizations that will participate in building this action, the April 20 demonstration offers special opportunities to draw the unions and organizations of oppressed nationalities, women, and working farmers into the fight against Washington's aggression against the peoples of Central America and the Caribbean. The February 1985 World Congress of the Fourth International hails this initiative in the United States and encourages antiwar forces, Central American solidarity committees, trade unions, workers’ organizations, and youth organizations in other countries to discuss holding solidarity actions on or around the April 19-22 antiwar activities in the United States.