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... +;$ '.! - . .- &:I . . -. - . %traight mena4 was how best-the participants could prwe to their 8 . . homosexual brothers and sis'tcrk .-by their practice. in the next several days that they were "struggling with .their sexisni." - 0 L One of the meetid'' places during the May Day wcek in Atlanta was the church of Ralph Abernatgy. It was reportedly at this site that Abernathy, addressing a n evening iession, was hissed and booed for mentioning the names of former Senator Eugene McCarthy and Daniel Ellsbcrg (who are regarded as hopeless liberals). This expression of d.is+pyroval was followed by a black hornoscxual participant's denunciation of the reaction to Abernathy as "racist. and was followed by the remainder of the homosexual nien in attendance. These actions led in turn to one outburst after anothc 0 This participant walked out and the evening ended in chaos. [;Q+cL, f R 5-/Icy-7 I F c A.k'-. /*Hbbj* 71 Finally, toward the end Qf the week's activities, a workshop was called simply to inform participants of various fall antiwar proposals. Only about 80 persons showed up, and after some objections that only 20 women and four homosexuals were present, the conference had its first discugsion on the antiwar struggle. What emerged from-the discussion The first, termed thc "New York City Give the Man'a IIeart'Attack proposal, called for civil disobcdicncc to * - w e r e t& outlines for fall action. shut.down the New York stock exchange on November 8. This proposal additionally called for participation along with the National P e a c e Action Coalition and the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice in a mass m a r c h at New York on November 6 . for smaller disruptive actions against "racist and sexist" targets in New Also included in this proposal was a call York on November 5.. (: ui-4 A;.*\ 9-5- &l$ 71 . The alternate proposal expressed more of a trend than a firm plan. ,Basically, the advocates of the second alternative sought a regional and local emphasis rather than a National May Day action. would cast May Day groups in the role of endorsing PCPJ actions and call for May Day adherents to participate in PCPJ-actions as contingents. Both pmposals were formrrlated to encompass illegal, civil disobcdiencc and rqject thc mass mobilization tactics of tho NPAC as non-productive. Neither proposal received clear endorscrnent, and implementation of various id'eas was IJt up to regions involvcd. In effect, it ,- One well-'ikormed radical left-wing observer,- SDS.foundcr C a r l Davidson. writing in the independent radical newspaper, the Guardian, concluded that the Atlanta conference marked a political c r i s i s within the I . a (:Ufi&Ut, -3 5 7' .- . 2 :