Contents: BACKGROUND • POLITICAL PLATFORM • 1. LIBERATION SUPPORT MOVEMENT (LSM) • 2. LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA • 3. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONTRADICTION OF OUR ERA • 4. CAPITALISM IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXPANSIONIST SYSTEM • 5. IMPERIALISM HAS EXTENDED CAPITALISM'S LEASE ON LIFE • 6. THE UNITED STATE • 7. IN THE PERIPHERY • 8. IN THE PERIPHERY, CAPITALISM MEANS UNDERDEVELOPMENT • 9. ONLY SOCIALISM CAN DEVELOP THE PERIPHERY • 10. THE PRINCIPAL CONTRADICTION WITHIN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM • 11. A GROWING NUMBER OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED CAPITALISM • 12. IN NORTH AMERICA • 13. THE EXISTENCE OF NATIONAL MINORITIES AND OPPRESSED NATIONALITIES • 14. THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN...
Contents: BACKGROUND • POLITICAL PLATFORM • 1. LIBERATION SUPPORT MOVEMENT (LSM) • 2. LOCATED IN NORTH AMERICA • 3. THE FUNDAMENTAL CONTRADICTION OF OUR ERA • 4. CAPITALISM IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXPANSIONIST SYSTEM • 5. IMPERIALISM HAS EXTENDED CAPITALISM'S LEASE ON LIFE • 6. THE UNITED STATE • 7. IN THE PERIPHERY • 8. IN THE PERIPHERY, CAPITALISM MEANS UNDERDEVELOPMENT • 9. ONLY SOCIALISM CAN DEVELOP THE PERIPHERY • 10. THE PRINCIPAL CONTRADICTION WITHIN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM • 11. A GROWING NUMBER OF THE WORLD'S PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED CAPITALISM • 12. IN NORTH AMERICA • 13. THE EXISTENCE OF NATIONAL MINORITIES AND OPPRESSED NATIONALITIES • 14. THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN • 15. INTERNATIONALISM-IN DEED AS WELL AS IN WORDS IS INDISPENSABLE • 16. WE SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-SECTARIAN NON-DOGMATIC LEFT • PROGRAM OF WORK • BASIC STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF WORK • The pamphlet answers the question "What is the Liberation Support Movement?" by publishing its platform of unity and summaries of other documents following its Second Congress in October 1977. It discusses the importance of internationalist work which "must complement domestic-oriented political work and help raise our consciousness about the fact that exploitation is truly international ..." The peoples of Vietnam, Cuba, Palestine, Guinea-Bissau, and Southern Africa challenged many myths and gave political direction to vague feeling of dissatisfaction many had that something, somewhere was wrong. The pamphlet discusses MPLA, a printshop for SWAPO, Frelimo, solidarity work, Don Barnett, scientific socialism, the LSM Information Center, the PFLO of Oman, technical and medical needs, and LSM News.
