The internationally known American Communist Party official Angela Davis was among those who signed the call for the conference. The March conference expressed similar concernBecause the Nixon Supreme Court decisions are turning back the clock on civil rights and civil liberties. Extensive police and army intelligence networks. legalized wiretapping. "noknock" laws and other repressive legislation have already eroded our rights . . . Chicanos. Latinos. Africans. Asians. Arabs and other nationals are unjustly deported for their political activities. Workers rights to organize and strike are beaten down by antilabor legislation and executive orders.... The call to the May conference assertedThe repression of this period is calculated. organized and systematic.
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