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'''Unity Organizing Committee''' was the revisionist faction formed out of the 1990 split in the [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]].
 
'''Unity Organizing Committee''' was the revisionist faction formed out of the 1990 split in the [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]].
  
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==Stanford Unity committee==
 
==Stanford Unity committee==
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A group of Stanford students, faculty and staff are in the process of organizing a local committee as part of a new national coalition dedicated to progressive change in the United States. Known as [[Unity]], the organization hopes to promote "fundamental change in [the U.S.] policy system," said sophomore [[Adriana Martinez,]] who is helping introduce the coalition to the Stanford campus.  
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A group of Stanford students, faculty and staff are in the process of organizing a local committee as part of a new national coalition dedicated to progressive change in the United States. Known as [[Unity]], the organization hopes to promote "fundamental change in [the U.S.] policy system," said sophomore [[Adriana Martinez]], who is helping introduce the coalition to the Stanford campus.  
  
 
Martinez said [[Unity]] values "true multiculturalism" — minority groups working together with mainstream white people who favor progressive change. The group is named for and is forming around [[Unity]] newspaper, an Oakland-based socialist newspaper that has been active since 1978. In an article in its January issue titled, "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond," the newspaper urged the creation of a new, broad-based coalition that would "meet the new challenges of our day."  
 
Martinez said [[Unity]] values "true multiculturalism" — minority groups working together with mainstream white people who favor progressive change. The group is named for and is forming around [[Unity]] newspaper, an Oakland-based socialist newspaper that has been active since 1978. In an article in its January issue titled, "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond," the newspaper urged the creation of a new, broad-based coalition that would "meet the new challenges of our day."  
  
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Among the more than 100 people who signed the article are several affiliated with Stanford, including [[Black Community Service Center Director Keith Archuleta]], ASSU senators [[David Brown]] and [[Mae Lee]] and Council of Presidents member [[Ingrid Nava]]. Brown has been a Stanford distributor of Unity newspaper for the past three years. Recently, he said he has played an active role getting students involved in the local committee. About 35 Stanford students are now forming the local committee, which is intended to focus primarily on educational rights issues. Local Unity groups at other California campuses have initiated a lobbying effort against planned 40 percent to 60 percent tuition increases at University of California schools, Martinez said.  
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Among the more than 100 people who signed the article are several affiliated with Stanford, including [[Black Community Service Center Director]] [[Keith Archuleta]], ASSU senators [[David Brown]] and [[Mae Lee (West Coast)|Mae Lee]] and Council of Presidents member [[Ingrid Nava]]. Brown has been a Stanford distributor of Unity newspaper for the past three years. Recently, he said he has played an active role getting students involved in the local committee. About 35 Stanford students are now forming the local committee, which is intended to focus primarily on educational rights issues. Local Unity groups at other California campuses have initiated a lobbying effort against planned 40 percent to 60 percent tuition increases at University of California schools, Martinez said.  
  
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[[Unity]] newspaper, when founded, was the newspaper of the [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]], a national Marxist-Leninist organization. The League announced Sept. 7 that it had dissolved after a period of internal self-evaluation. The Unity coalition aims to create a universal forum, both culturally and politically, organizers said. Archuleta, an active participant in the local Unity organizing committee, said the group plans to provide "a way that all these particular groups can link to broader issues." Organizers said Unity hopes to provide a forum for diverse opinions, to conduct fact-finding research, and to lobby on issues such as the Persian Gulf war, the draft, the peace dividend, poverty, homelessness, education and racism. Archuleta, who is a member of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] and [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Rainbow Coalition]], said he sees [Unity] as having a broader perspective than other political organizations. "We have all these lines that divide us," Archuleta said. While it remains important for women to join with women and blacks to join with blacks in exploring their needs and goals, an organization such as Unity has the potential to "bridge a lot gaps," he added. There exists a great opportunity to educate a broader group on issues affecting different groups, Archuleta said.<ref>[The Stanford Daily, Volume 199, Issue 9, 14 February 1991]</ref>
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[[Unity]] newspaper, when founded, was the newspaper of the [[League of Revolutionary Struggle]], a national Marxist-Leninist organization. The League announced Sept. 7 that it had dissolved after a period of internal self-evaluation. The Unity coalition aims to create a universal forum, both culturally and politically, organizers said. Archuleta, an active participant in the local [[Unity]] organizing committee, said the group plans to provide "a way that all these particular groups can link to broader issues." Organizers said [[Unity]] hopes to provide a forum for diverse opinions, to conduct fact-finding research, and to lobby on issues such as the Persian Gulf war, the draft, the peace dividend, poverty, homelessness, education and racism. Archuleta, who is a member of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] and [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Rainbow Coalition]], said he sees [[Unity]] as having a broader perspective than other political organizations. "We have all these lines that divide us," Archuleta said. While it remains important for women to join with women and blacks to join with blacks in exploring their needs and goals, an organization such as Unity has the potential to "bridge a lot gaps," he added. There exists a great opportunity to educate a broader group on issues affecting different groups, Archuleta said.<ref>[The Stanford Daily, Volume 199, Issue 9, 14 February 1991]</ref>
  
 
=="A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"==
 
=="A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"==
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*[[Pete Tagalog]], president [[Ota Camp/Makibaka Association]], [[Wapahu]] [[Hawaii]]
 
*[[Pete Tagalog]], president [[Ota Camp/Makibaka Association]], [[Wapahu]] [[Hawaii]]
 
*[[John Witeck]], peace and labor activist [[Hawaii]]
 
*[[John Witeck]], peace and labor activist [[Hawaii]]
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*[[Jose Antonio Burgiaga]], artist and writer, [[Stanford]] [[California]]
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*[[Jose Antonio Burciaga]], artist and writer, [[Stanford]] [[California]]
 
*[[Catalina Chavez]], family prevention specialist [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]]
 
*[[Catalina Chavez]], family prevention specialist [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]]
 
*[[Genny Lim]], poet, educator [[San Francisco]]
 
*[[Genny Lim]], poet, educator [[San Francisco]]
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*[[David King]], labor activist, Champaign-Urbana, [[Illinois]]
 
*[[David King]], labor activist, Champaign-Urbana, [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Doug Mesner]], health worker, [[Unity]] correspondent [[Pueblo]], [[Colorado]]
 
*[[Doug Mesner]], health worker, [[Unity]] correspondent [[Pueblo]], [[Colorado]]
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*[[Jane Cortez]], poet [[New York City]]
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*[[Jayne Cortez]], poet [[New York City]]
 
*[[Don Stephenson]], political campaign organizer, [[Watts]]
 
*[[Don Stephenson]], political campaign organizer, [[Watts]]
 
*[[Jerry Yu]], president [[Korean American Coalition]] [[Los Angeles]]
 
*[[Jerry Yu]], president [[Korean American Coalition]] [[Los Angeles]]
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*[[Diane Tomoda]], [[Asian Pacific Partnership for Leadership and Education]], [[Sacramento]]
 
*[[Diane Tomoda]], [[Asian Pacific Partnership for Leadership and Education]], [[Sacramento]]
 
*[[David Kakishiba]], director [[Berkeley Asian Youth Center]]
 
*[[David Kakishiba]], director [[Berkeley Asian Youth Center]]
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*[[Steven Phillips|Steven C. Phillips]]. writer, education activist [[San Francisco]]
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*[[Steve Phillips|Steven C. Phillips]]. writer, education activist [[San Francisco]]
 
*[[Suzanne Lee]], [[Chinese Progressive Association (Boston)]]
 
*[[Suzanne Lee]], [[Chinese Progressive Association (Boston)]]
 
*[[Patricia Vattuone]], chair Berkeley District Bilingual Advisory Committee
 
*[[Patricia Vattuone]], chair Berkeley District Bilingual Advisory Committee
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*[[Maria Milleage]], co-op coordinator [[San Jose State University]]
 
*[[Maria Milleage]], co-op coordinator [[San Jose State University]]
 
*[[Savander Parker]], director of student affirmative action, [[San Jose State University]]
 
*[[Savander Parker]], director of student affirmative action, [[San Jose State University]]
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*[[Christina Beltran]], UC Santa Cruz [[MEChA]]
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*[[Cristina Beltran|Christina Beltran]], UC Santa Cruz [[MEChA]]
 
*[[Deborah Moy]], chair Asian/Pacific Caucus of California Democratic Party, [[San Francisco]]
 
*[[Deborah Moy]], chair Asian/Pacific Caucus of California Democratic Party, [[San Francisco]]
 
*[[Estella Mejia]], housing activist [[Watsonville]]
 
*[[Estella Mejia]], housing activist [[Watsonville]]
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==References==
 
==References==
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[[Category:League of Revolutionary Struggle]]
 
[[Category:League of Revolutionary Struggle]]
 
[[Category:Unity Organizing Committee]]
 
[[Category:Unity Organizing Committee]]

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Unity Organizing Committee was the revisionist faction formed out of the 1990 split in the League of Revolutionary Struggle.

Split

In September 1990 League of Revolutionary Struggle split, with one group ( including most of the Asian comrades) dropping Maoism, and maintaining control of Unity, becoming the Unity Organizing Committee. The other faction kept a more traditional outlook, becoming the Socialist Organizing Network, which later merged with Freedom Road Socialist Organization .

Democratic Party

At the September 8 1990 conference, the majority of League members voted to disavow Marxism-Leninism, and devote themselves to electoral politics, especially the left wing of the Democratic Party.[1]

Stanford Unity committee

A group of Stanford students, faculty and staff are in the process of organizing a local committee as part of a new national coalition dedicated to progressive change in the United States. Known as Unity, the organization hopes to promote "fundamental change in [the U.S.] policy system," said sophomore Adriana Martinez, who is helping introduce the coalition to the Stanford campus.

Martinez said Unity values "true multiculturalism" — minority groups working together with mainstream white people who favor progressive change. The group is named for and is forming around Unity newspaper, an Oakland-based socialist newspaper that has been active since 1978. In an article in its January issue titled, "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond," the newspaper urged the creation of a new, broad-based coalition that would "meet the new challenges of our day."

Among the more than 100 people who signed the article are several affiliated with Stanford, including Black Community Service Center Director Keith Archuleta, ASSU senators David Brown and Mae Lee and Council of Presidents member Ingrid Nava. Brown has been a Stanford distributor of Unity newspaper for the past three years. Recently, he said he has played an active role getting students involved in the local committee. About 35 Stanford students are now forming the local committee, which is intended to focus primarily on educational rights issues. Local Unity groups at other California campuses have initiated a lobbying effort against planned 40 percent to 60 percent tuition increases at University of California schools, Martinez said.

Unity newspaper, when founded, was the newspaper of the League of Revolutionary Struggle, a national Marxist-Leninist organization. The League announced Sept. 7 that it had dissolved after a period of internal self-evaluation. The Unity coalition aims to create a universal forum, both culturally and politically, organizers said. Archuleta, an active participant in the local Unity organizing committee, said the group plans to provide "a way that all these particular groups can link to broader issues." Organizers said Unity hopes to provide a forum for diverse opinions, to conduct fact-finding research, and to lobby on issues such as the Persian Gulf war, the draft, the peace dividend, poverty, homelessness, education and racism. Archuleta, who is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition, said he sees Unity as having a broader perspective than other political organizations. "We have all these lines that divide us," Archuleta said. While it remains important for women to join with women and blacks to join with blacks in exploring their needs and goals, an organization such as Unity has the potential to "bridge a lot gaps," he added. There exists a great opportunity to educate a broader group on issues affecting different groups, Archuleta said.[2]

"A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond"

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Unity, January 28 1991, issued a statement "A call to build an organization for the 1990s and beyond" on pages 4 to 6.

This group was a split in the League of Revolutionary Struggle which soon became the Unity Organizing Committee.

Those listed as supporters of the call included;

References

  1. ↑ Statement on dissolution of the League of Revolutionary Struggle, nd. typewritten. Quoted in The Asian American Movement By William Wei page 237]
  2. ↑ [The Stanford Daily, Volume 199, Issue 9, 14 February 1991]
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