Health Rights Are Civil Rights: Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963–1978

Abbreviations

ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile ACLU American Civil Liberties Union AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children AFL-CIO American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AMA American Medical Association AMP Another Mother for Peace ARAL Association to Repeal Abortion Laws BPP Black Panther Party for Self Defense CAP Community Action Program (established under the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act) CAPC Community Anti-Poverty Committee CES Coalition for Economic Survival CORE Congress on Racial Equality CRD Committee for the Rights of the Disabled CREA California Real Estate Association DNC Democratic National Convention FAP Family Assistance Plan (Nixon proposal for guaranteed annual income) FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FHA Federal Housing Administration FWHC Feminist Women’s Health Center HEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare HMO Health Maintenance Organization Abbreviations • xiii • HOLC Home Owners Loan Corporation HUAC House Committee on Un-American Activities HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development LA CAN Los Angeles Community Action Network LAPD Los Angeles Police Department MCCR Medical Committee for Civil Rights MCHR Medical Committee for Human Rights MIC military-industrial complex NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NHC Neighborhood Health Center (program of the Office of Economic Opportunity) NMA National Medical Association NOW National Organization for Women NWRO National Welfare Rights Organization OEO Office of Economic Opportunity OHA Office of Health Affairs (initially established within OEO) PCPJ People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice PHP Prepaid Health Plan PSR Physicians for Social Responsibility PUSH People United to Save Humanity SAJE Strategic Actions for a Just Economy SANE National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference SDS Students for a Democratic Society SHA Society for Humane Abortions SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee UAW United Auto Workers UCLA University of California, Los Angeles UCRC United Civil Rights Committee xiv ABBREVIATIONS UNIDAD United Neighbors in Defense against Displacement Coalition USC University of Southern California VA Veterans Affairs WILPF Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom WLCAC Watts Labor Community Action Center WRO welfare rights organization (local organization affiliated with NWRO) WSP Women Strike for Peace ABBREVIATIONS xv This page intentionally left blank ...