The SMC was controlled entirely by the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA). Every SMC office was run from top to bottom by SWP/YSA members.
This is important, since the SMC was one of the leading sponsors of Kerry's anti-war demonstrations.
This is a most key point IMO. The SMC spinoffs the National Peace Action Committee (NPAC) and People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) were the two main organizers of the protests that included Dewey Canyon III.
Is it me? Or does the left wing groups seem to be organized the same as the Islamic tribes under Al Qaeda? Al Qaeda being the umbrella for finances and intelligence.
What is the umbrella for the left groups?