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The national organizat ion maintains an
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around local chapters and their subgroups. It
is largely at this level that the goals and activities of the organ ization are defined . Yearly
Sftp is basically financed by its members.
We do not depend on government or foundation money. Memberships, pledges, donations, magazine subscriptions and literature
sales are our major sources of income. We
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regional or national meetings are organized
to allow for discussion of the broader political
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What Does SftP Publishl
Our principal publication is the bimonthly
magazine Science for the People . The
magazine deals with c urre nt issues on the use
and misuse of science and describes Sftp activities. More extensive discussion of the politics and principles of the organization can be
found in the Internal Discussion Bulleting
(lOB) received by those who become members. In addition, we publish a wide variety of
issue-oriented material. We have published
two well-received books: China : Science
Walks on Two Legs and Biology as a Social
Weapon. We also publish material on nutrition and agribusiness, IQ, genetics and racism
and sociobiology. A current list of our literature is available from the SftP office.
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A variety of people. As well as scientists,
health care workers, engineers and laboratory
workers, our members also include community activists, office workers, students,
teachers, and others concerned with the
social effects of science and technology. We
rely on the energies, ski lls and participation of
many people.
SftP is at present a loose federation of
about 20 chapters in cities and towns across
the US and Canada. We try to put our political
goals into practice in our organization. That is,
we try to work collectively and non-hierarchically, and to arrive at decisions by open dis-
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Our goals are to help people gain control
over the decisions that affect their lives. Decisions such as building a nuclear reactor, doing
a certain kind of potentially harmful biological research, or keeping a polluting factory in
operation should not be made by an elite few
who hold power, money, and technical skills.
Once decision-making, ownership, and
control of technology is in the hands of the
large majority of people, we can then build a
science that serves people's needs to create
clean, safe alternative sources of energy,
healthy workplaces and quality health care for
all. This means a demystification of science
and radical changes in our present political,
economic and class system to include worker
and community control, non-hierarchical
forms of organization, common ownership of
natural resources and other socialist goals.
We are committed to the goals of feminism ,
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Science for the People (SftP) is an
organization working to build a science and
technology responsive to people's needs.
Under our present political and economic
system in which relatively few control wealth
and power, scie nce is bound to be develope d
for the be nefit of those few. Science for the
People is both a political and a scientific
organization trying to bring about progressive changes in the system that would enable
us to replace harmful , oppressive, alienating
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You can join SftP by getting involved in
an activity group or sending in the
accompanying membership form . If there is a
local chapter in your area, we ca n, if you wish,
put them in touch with you. If you would like
to stan a local chapter the national office can
provide you with assistance . Joining SftP
implies a general commitment to our political
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genetic engineering, and sociobiology. We
attend national scientific meetings to fight
against the use of science which promotes
racism and sexism, and to debate social issues
like IQ and g""etics. We have organized two
trips to China to study the role of science and
technology in socialist countries. Through
workshops, debates, political theater, and
demonstrations we contact people in their
workplace, neighborhood, or school. We also
reach people through our magazine, books,
pamphlets and other resource materials. We
have formed study groups to help us in our
understanding of how science shapes and
influences social life.
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