Political Work
During the Gulf War, Socialist Action was dominant in the San Francisco Bay Area antiwar movement through the National Campaign Against the War in the Middle East, competing with the Workers World Party-led Coalition Against a Vietnam War in the Middle East. Critics charged Socialist Action with dominating the Campaign and packing leadership meetings in San Francisco and New York.
Socialist Action has gone through a variety of splits and fusions over the course of its history. Currently it is actively involved in a wide range of social justice movements in the United States. SA members are in leadership positions in a range of groups that make up these movements, such as the National Assembly to End the U.S. Wars & Occupations, the United National Antiwar Conference, the Climate Crisis Coalition, the Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Lynne Stewart Defense Committee, Grassroots Immigrant Justice Network, and a number of trade union locals.
Socialist Action has its national office in San Francisco. It also publishes various books and pamphlets through its publishing arm, Socialist Action Books.
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