First Published: The Call, Vol. 3, No. 5, February 1975.
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Los Angeles – Hundreds of people turned out in west coast cities to hear Guardian columnist Carl Davidson speak on the tasks of the revolutionary movement in the U.S. The speaking tour was jointly sponsored by THE CALL and The Guardian.
The tour took Davidson to Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington where he was joined by speakers from the October League and various independent groups. In Los Angeles, 250 people heard Mary Emerson representing the striking Sloane workers, now in the 23rd month of their struggle along with Davidson.
In his speech, Davidson showed how the “three magic weapons” of the Party, the United Front and the armed struggle had to be built in the face of the present capitalist crisis. He sharply criticized the reformism and the white chauvinism of the revisionist Communist Party and the ultra-“leftists” in the Revolutionary Union (RU).