I found the quotes of Mr. Cannon's testimony most relevant today with the United States again at war. He does a good job of outlining the necessary tasks of propagandizing and agitating against the war drive.

Gary Willhite
Santee, California

Declining capitalist world
By now you should have received my $15 for the continuing of my subscription.

I really rely on the Militant. I've been without a TV and the so-called "main newspapers" now for over eight years. But guess what? Many of the TV and main paper guys come to me for the truth about what's really going on behind the scenes of the declining capitalist world.

They suspect that they are being lied to by the main media.

B.Q.
Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Opposition to U.S. war
About 100 people attended a meeting in Fremont, California, December 22 on the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The meeting, called "Afghanistan Uncensored," was sponsored by the Afghan Muslim Association (AMA), and featured a panel of speakers who presented their opinions for and against the imperialist assault and Washington's attacks on workers' rights.

Fremont is home to the largest Afghan community in the United States. Several recent actions there have backed the exiled monarch Mohammed Zahir Shah or the Northern Alliance. But as the Afghan civilian casualty count grows, and more immigrants from the Middle East are targeted by the U.S. government here, fissures in this sentiment have appeared.

One speaker said what is happening today can be traced back to the 1996 antiterrorism legislation signed by then-president William Clinton. Another added: "People need to be outraged at the attacks on civil liberties. Now is the time to stand up and defend them."

Agha Saeed of the American Muslim Alliance had earlier protested to a local newspaper about the number of Fremont residents, many of whom are U.S. citizens, who have been approached by the FBI.

Bill Kalman
San Francisco, California

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