Alaniz gave examples from all the party's work to demonstrate that in every arena, the NCCC's role has been at the front of the bus. The excellent work of caucus members in areas from the defense of affirmative action to internal skills-building, she said, has created a track record to be proud of. Decide our duty, and do it well. In the final sessions, convention participants concentrated on establishing priorities for party work in the next period. The soaring radicalism of young workers and students, everywhere from Indonesia and Mexico to the U.S., underscores the need for socialist education, conventioneers believed.
Activists are hungry for the sustenance of history and ideas.
To emphasize publishing, the convention decided to begin issuing the Freedom Socialist more frequently in 2001 and approved plans to launch four new books by Red Letter Press in the next two years. FSP National Secretary Henry Noble urged expansive recruiting of new members and public and internal education to ready the party for the challenges ahead. He proposed that the party remain steadfast in the battle to free Mumia, keep running electoral candidates, get all comrades into union jobs, and combat competitiveness and sectarianism in the movements. Members enthusiastically agreed. After long days of intense discussions, evening hours were filled with raucous skits, raps and dance-fests.