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2 PNL 5/79 Contents Peace Newsletter The Contents Credits The PEACE NEWSLETTER (PNL) is publish- Regular Features Special Section: Harrisburg APRIL MAILING PARTY ed monthly through the collective effort s 4 Letter s Respons e Greg Lester, Ron Morse, Linda Wal - of SPC workers & staff . The PNL uniquely 28 Book Review lace, Jack Stevens, Vince Sgambat , serves 2 functions : that of a paper offering „ 30 PEACE S 12 - 2 5 Cindy Putnam, Maurie Heins, Elain e news, analysis & services ; and that of th e 31 Classifieds , Ingulli, Glenda Neff, Mike Hunger - internal organ of SPC, the traditiona l ford, Saira Friedma n newsletter role . The page top descriptions SPC Reports ; Dik Cool,Enid are intended to help readers distinguish ' MAY PRODUCTION 26 Birthday Dinner 7 Middle East r these 2 separate but complementary func- ; Edwards,Steve Costello,Jim Ellis a 8 Iran David Goldman, Ed Kinane,Deborah , tions . We welcome suggestions, articles, ' 27 Domed Stadium g Rizzo, Barb Dunn,Linda Wallace cultural work & production assistance . Upcomin 29 IQ . Mark Solomon, Sue Lord Movement groups are encouraged to re - 2 Garage Sale print ; please give credit . The PNL is a 32 Calendar member of the Alternative Press Syndicat e Next Month (APS), and subscribes to Liberation New s Editor: Dik Coo l Service (LNS) . The PNL is available on With a sweet but determined air, 9-year old Copy Deadline : Sunday, May 20th microfilm from APS . Subscriptions : $5 or Alicia Mikles displays the poster she de - Production : Monday 5/21 'til 11pm ; more/year; free or donation to prisoners signed and made for the occasion : SPC' s Tues . 5/22 very late - and low income people ; institutions, $10/ 'til done . "Shut 'em All Down" March & Rally, held on :Mailing Party : Thursday,5/24 ; year . PNL circulation is 5,000 : 2,000 by , April 5 . Tiny Lee, who-filmed the event, con - , mindless fun and i Schmidts ! ! direct mail & 3,000 thru 95 outlets in templates his next shot in the background . CNY . We have very reasonable ad rates . Photo by Mima Cataldo
Syracuse Peace Counci l We feel that education, agitation and organization lead to The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC) is a non profit, communit y .social change . based, autonomous antiwar/social justice organization . We have SPC membership involves being on the mailing list and feeling an affiliation with Clergy & Laity Concerned (CALC) . We have a that you're a member . Simple as that . SPC is supported primarily vision of a world where war, violence & exploitation of all kind s through members contributions & monthly pledges and fund raisin g (economic ,racial, sexual ,age,etc .) do not exist . Primary function s events . It's an unending struggle to raise our $25,000 annual bud- of SPC (which has a basic commitment to nonviolence) are to hel p get . SPC's major work is done through committees and the three people work for progressive social change and to overcome ou r collectives that work out of the SPC office : the program staff, th e sense of powerlessness thru mutual support . , SPC Press, arid The Front Room Bookstore. Moving? Spring Cleaning ? De-clutter your life and support SPC I SPC GARAGE SALE Saturday May 79th 1979
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WORKSHOP #1 CLASSROOM CONFLIC T MANAGEMENT AND PEACE EDUCATION . SUMMER 79 EDU 300 . Sec . 1 ; PAF 400 Sec 2 EDU 700 . Sec . 1 . ♦ SOS 600 . Sec . 1 WORKSHOP #2 DECISION-MAKING SKILL S - . May 29-June 15 . 4 :00-6 :30 . AND SOCIAL CHANGE STRATEGIES . MTWThF . PAF 400 . Sec . 1 PROGRAM IN SOS 600 . Sec . 2 . The course will explore the man y NONVIOLENT dimensions of creative conflic June 4-June 15 . 12 :00-3 :50 . t MTWThF . management, especially those mos t CONFLICT & relevant to classroom teachinw, and This workshop will help participant s peacemaking skills . It will be understand the processes and dynamic s CHANGE conducted in a workshop format of humanized social change and crea - 249 Physics Bldg . and will examine resources on tive decision making . Students will Syracuse University York 1321 0 peace education, role playing , examine a variety of ways by which Syracuse, New 423 .3870 discipline problems, puppetry , individual, institutional, and so- listening and cooperation builders , cietal change has come about . This and simulations . Participants are information will be applied t o encouraged to juse their own class - current social issues and ex- Education for o Bgtter Future room conflicts as the primary pro - periences which the participant s blem areas in need of resolution . bring to the course . causal & training workshops
Help Support SPC 5/79 PNL 3 Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming, Folks ! i4 Dear Sisters & Brothers at SPC: P.S . I don't want to miss a single is - Here's a small check - I only wish I have written to Hershey Foods , sue of the Newsletter or your specia l it could be more, for, I am as broke Hershey, Pa ., informing them I will publications . as the SPC, but anyway - I gave u p no longer purchase the ldxuries of Keep up the outstanding journal - smoking, so you get what I would their products until all nuclear plant s ism and commitment to our earth have given to the tobacco industry . are closed. I am recommending w e and our lives . Please keep up the good work . notify industries (such as G .E .) of Love, Louis Towsley our boycott of non-essentials, until Mary Lamb Schenectady, NY this war on nuclear fallout and waste Albany, NY Dear Syracuse Peace Council , is over. 'voice in the wilderness' i s Sorry for having had to wait until a n Dear folks at SPC , Your 'accident' before I've awakened t o Glad to see you're taking a break . being heard. action . I didn't even mind the skinny news - Long has the SPC Newsletter spok- letter this month, as it was good t o en put on the dangers of nuclear en- Dear Staff, read about you setting priorities -- ergy dependence. Three Mile Island This bit of money remained in the the main one for you right now being accident should have proven what w e checkbook at the end of the week. been told by NRC couldn' t rest and reorganization . all have Most unusual . I felt it was yours . Enclosed is a check to cover news - happen. Bob and I both wish that we had letter costs . Sorry there ' s not more The accident in Pennsylvania re - more time and energy for sharing right now minded me of Pearl Harbor, the fea r with you all . Sincerely, of war, disaster, except this tim e We hope this April allows you a Diane Cas s there was no 'enemy' to strike bac k bit of space and time to collect your - at. Even our government official s to side in with the nuclear selves . My Dearest Friends , seemed I continue to be amazed by the en- From here in "Lotus Land" where industry, trying to calm our wors t ergy, courage and commitment yo u often the idea of survival :is all fears, as we sat downwind, knowin g folks give evidence to m mixed up with making it on the free - there is no escape from this fallout . . And I a President Carter claims we need thankful to know you . ways, finding the necessary fuel for Warmly, the omnipresent automobile, and nuclear energy, without exploring the "looking good", it is a refreshing other possibilities such as solar col - KC Russell lectors, wood-fired steam generators , Dear Friends - Newsletter that brings things back garbage conversion to methane o r . . . The Newsletter is one of the to reality . The Newsletter is no gasohol. few publications I get through th e substitute for dropping in and having Thanks to the news media, such a s mail which has consistently outstand- lunch, or working on an SPC dinner , SPC, we learn the real dangers o f ing articles and information . or working on one of the myriad pro- The Energy Primer showed such ob- jectslikely to be spawned out of th e Three Mile Island. Keep up the goo d minds of SPC people, but it does work . Please accept this smal l vious commitment to factual, care - help contribution as appreciation of your fully researched articles . I have . . . continued service wished I had a lot more money to Love, Peace Enthusiasm, Arividerci send you to financially support your Pasquale [Pat] Vitacolonna . Jim Moulton ! ! _ a wood-burner work . Tujunga, Californi a Harrisburg happened and the Syracuse Peace Council's (SPC) cry o f Here's $6 for the PNL for 197 9 "Shut 'em All Down" -r following years of solid community educa- tion around the nuclear power issue -- resounded as a logical and _ Add me to your mailing lis t responsible demand . And here's an extra contribution Harrisburg happened and within hours SPC was mobilizing a mas s protest action . I can give time; please contact me Harrisburg happened and people from all over the area called SPC , _ I want to pledge $_ monthly; seeking honest information they knew they were not getting from th e please send me a pledge card government or the 'straight' media . Harrisburg happened and the importance of a community-based organ- ization like SPC became vividly real . . Nam With clear beautiful voices, you're telling us -- each other -- through letters like those above, through phone calls, through increased acti- e I Address I vism, through your voices 'at the Rally just how much the Peace Coun- cil is needed . But to continue, the Peace Council needs your money . If the importance of having SPC flashed on you during the Harrisbur g near-disaster, then please --a right now -- send in some contribution , even Sl, to SPC today . Mail to Syracuse ,Peace Council, 924 Burnet 1 Thank. you, wonderful people . Ave., Syracuse, NY 13203 ; 472-5478,
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p jet - Muriel Rukeyser PAUL JACOB S ch . 'reen,rapher- Anna Sokolow AND THE NUCLEAR GANG LOVEJOY'S NUCLEAR WA R WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8 7 & 9 :30pm A powerful, chilling account of the effects o f WEDNESDAY JULY in 7 & 9 :3Up m low-level radiation on Utah residents afte r In marry ways, Sa A Lovejoy ' s toppling of a the Nevada bomb tests in the 1950's . Impor- 50u-ii . tower in 1974, mares trie beginnin g tant viewine . Directed by lack Willis . of tn.e activist anti-nuke movement . Include s War Without Winners (shown first ) -interviews with Dr . Jrun Gofrnar and autno r A new film prod iced by the Center for Defens e and advocate of civil disobedience Howar d Information, A thoughtful and compelling look Zinn . Green Mountain Post Production - at the need for world-wide disarmament .
4 PNL 5/79 Regular Feature - Letters our best ; to romanticize others' present A response ,to Cindy 'Squillace' review leads to the mood so prevalent recent- of Against Our Willby Susan Brown- Leiters ly among peace activists : disillusion- miller, continued from the, April PNl,. ment, confusion, and despair . Many of us matured politically in Dear Friends in SPC : the anti-Viet Nam war movement . What Her discussion of the Scottsboro r We have appreciated receiving you we discovered about our country dur- case and the chapter "A Question publications since leaving Syracuse , ing that war we will not forget . Yet of Race" deserves some attention , especially the PEOPLE'S ENERGY PRI- we also accepted a simplistic, static also . The supposedly objective . Moving to the southeast corne r MER view of the world that said, basically, skeptical tone and evaluation of of North Carolina on our retirement that any forces opposed to American the "facts" lead the reader into her from Grace Episcopal Church has bee n ,imperialism who at least gave lip ser- confusing analysis . At the same a real EXPERIENCE ! vice to egalitarian ideals were, quite time she criticizes Amerikkkan ra- We find ourselves within eight mile s simply, the good guys . To understand cism and genocidal lynching of of two nuclear energy plants . Also , the wars in Indochina at present, is Black men, she herself falls into r plants in'South Carolina send thei to try to understand our own mistake n racist traps by calling the Scotts- wastes for burial beside the waste from perceptions, which has led to despai r boro defendants "bewildered heroes " the Southport plants . at seeing "political ideals sacrifice d and "a handful of pathetic semi- lit- We are also ten miles from "Sunny to power . " erate fellows . . .who only wanted to Point" munitions depot for the entir e In considering international event s beat the rap," Are we supposed to east coast. Explosives are sent fro m we need to, and we haven't yet, re - see bug-eyed, Shuffling submissive here all over the states and abroad . turn to the principles that we espous e Black men who are partially literate It would make a great "hit" spot! for ourselves: value people greater by choice ? Qur Brunswick County rates with two than parties, greater than borders , Her attack on the Left and the Com- others as generating more hazardou s greater than profit, and greater tha n munist Party's defense of the Scotts- waste than any other counties in N .C. religious orthodoxy . boro men because "liberals" would An oil refinery rejected by Marylan d This brings me to Toni Taverone' s then see lying women as the root of is being invited into our area . Litte r article, "Iran : Sorting the Pieces . " the South's problems of segregation abounds and the shellfish are period- To assume that any direction the Ir- and genocide twists the focus of ically polluted from malfunctioning i anian revolution takes is necessarily struggle from the right-wing racist s septic tanks, etc . "progressive" because it defeated the to those fighting racism and ijust - So you see, there are a few thing s Shah and Western capitalist interest, ice . It is these kinds of errors that you don't have to fight up there i n is to undermine any chance to evalu - reveal how Brownmiller views Syracuse . ate the events with consideration fo r women's struggle as isolated fro m Wish the_enclosed could be larger. our own principles . It is one of my all other oppressed people . More power to you in the great wor k beliefs that anyone who claims their Brownmiller also calls for a dang- you are doing! power derives from "god" is a tyrant . erous "law and order" prosecution Sincerely, From the judgement of god there is no approach to rape because she can Marie Wels h appeal. By minimizing the fascistic offer no other strategy without a views of the "holy" minds that ar e ,class analysis . Her so-called sol- apparently leading the Iranian revolu- ution (making women 50% of the For reasons of space we needed t o tion we make the job harder for thos e police forces and incarceration of severely cut the length of Jack's let - Iranian people who might be struggling rapists) ignores the racist role o f ter, but we found its message too for principles similar to our own . police and even contradicts her own valuable to ignore . The truth is that, for all our con- analysis of the nature of prisons in cern , the American peace and socia l this society . When women call for 'justice, Thoughts on Recent International movements have little effec t a law and order approach to rape we Events and the March PNL on any of these events, while our gov- are allying with the forces that are ernment, not representing us, manipu - In recent years, two visions, rough- oppressing us and victimizing Black, lates everyone to the advantage o f ly approximating a domestic and a for- poor and gay communities . multi-national business interests and Further state repression.is not the eign policy, have evolved in Peace an d the peril of the world's people . Our answer to sexism and rape! W e Social Justice Organizations. Both task is to win back our governmen t visions are utopian . We envision in must analyze the source of our op- and make it represent principles o f pression, make clear alliances with our communities the potential for new peace and social justice . With our all people who are being exploited ways of being and new ways to work nuclear weapons dismantled, and ou r by capitalism/imperialism, together lovingly . We also scan the and build goal of living on and with the eart h world, particularly amongst America' our unified strategy to defeat thi s s peacefully, lovingly made apparen t victims, for alternatives to the exploi- system and build a socialist one- - by our actions, then we might sit learning from the women and men i n tation endemic in capitalist economi c down with our counterparts around th e places like Cuba, Mozambique, relations . In the first case, we hav e An- globe and discuss, as Chris Murra y idealized what we are capable of be - gola and Viet Nam . suggests . "how fearful and threatene d coming; in the second, we have ideal- For Unity, i we all feel." ized what others already are . To ro- Mairead' Connor manticize our future spurs us to work , Jack Manno grants us hope, and demands from us
Upcoming 5/79 PNL 5 Teaching the Viet Nam War What Did You Learn In School Today?
Fine tributes to John and Bill hav e This book is a close and critical authpred by SPC members Bill Griffe n been paid by such respected critics examination of 28 school texts ' treat- and John Marciano, Both are profes- as Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky : ment of the Viet Namese war, partic - sors of education at SUNY/Cortland . ularly with regard to their interpreta- "I have read through these page s tion of American motives and the pre- The publisher continue s and I think you have done a remark - cise facts of American participation Despite the plethora of available able job in putting together, succinct- before .and after initial military actions ly, a history of the war which i s involving Americans . This examina- information contradicting official Ad - concise, accurate, and powerful . I tion not only that the texts gen- ministration statements, school finds don't know of any place else where erally err as to history, but',for th e children in this country are bein g one can find such a compact summary most part merely record and play bac k taught that, except for a few diehard of the American war in Viet Nam . It government-establishment statement s dissidents, the country wasunited , is valuable in itself, aside from its !i of policy, motive, and events : her leaders brave, steadfast and true , and the issues of the war clear-cut , usefulness as a test of the worth of In noisy demonstrations [says one involving no taint of American aggres- the textbook material -- and I hope it will be available in some form . text] war protesters brought pres- sion or racism . As the facts reced e " sure on President Johnson. But from the intense glare of publicity , " . . .I think you are making a rea l the President would not change hi s it becomes increasingly urgent to contribution ." Howard Zin n stand . He insisted that for its ow n avert the' tragedy of a new "cover- sefety, the United States must .help up" . the one billion people in non-Com- "It is really an outstanding job. . . munist Asian lands to defend them - John and Bill undertook this en- All in all I think it is . really first- selves . . deavor to ensure that our children b e blass job ." Noam Chomsk y taught the accurate history of th e . They began their work nearly ' Watch for the grand announcement 'This is how Allanheld, Osmun , War of "Teaching tare Viet Nam War" an d the publisher of "Teaching the Vie t five years ago, but writing book s critical of the status quo never en- a publication party at The Front Room Nam War" , describes the textbook sures early publication . Bookstore !
Since the signing of the,Paris Peace April 30, 1979 Agreements in 1973, the Peace Counci l has been demanding that the US normal- ize relations with,Viet Nam, grant re - 4th Anniversary of the construction aid and end our trade em- bargo of the country we ravaged . Never Liberation of Viet Nam before has the meeting of these demand s appeared so urgent . For while the US ' attempt to isolate Viet Nam economically Silent Vigil at Noon and politically had been seen as a vin- w dictive policy born of humiliation, no We demand that our government : it's clear that this policy was part of a grander Southeast Asian strategy, involv- normalize relations with Viet Nam ; ing super-power play-offs . Indeed, by end the executive trade embargo ; pushing Viet Nam closer to Moscow, it and move to heal the wounds of war . heightened Viet Nam-China-Kampuche a tensions to the point of war . (See March Columbus Circle I PNL, pp . 10-11) FC- (7) L L • . P I . We don't condone Viet Nam's invasion of Kampuchea; but we refuse to allow U S warmakers to use the invasion to justif y their quarter-century of unparallele d bloodshed . The US is not out of Viet Nam . And at least until that happens, some of us will bear public witness each year on April 30.
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The Egyptian' -Israeli Treaty: Peace? t= by Judy Bjorkman Probably the greatest accomplish- made . Indeed, some Israelis have npmic sanctions against Egypt for melt of the recently signed Israeli- stated (some with relief; others with signing the treaty with Israel . Jor- Egyptian treaty is that it'has di mo- horror) that the agreements made at dan and Syria have proposed a lished many of the psyIchologidal bar- Camp David will inevitably lead to peace conference under United Na - riers to the making of , lasting peace a Palestinian state . And, since Mr. tions auspices with all parties par - in the Middle East . Another posi- Begin at one time said that "not a ticipating . Terrorism between Pa - tive consequence is that theidiscus- grain of sand in Sinai" would ever be lestinians and Israelis has bee n sion of what is needed for lasting • relinquished, perhaps some hope for stepped up, with marketplace bomb - peace has; finally, decades late, 49- self-determination for the Palesti- ings in Israel and military bombing s cused considerable public attention nians exists . of Palestinian bases in Southern on the issue. Wbich-is'atthe heart "of Despite a united front opposing Lebanon. Moshe Dayan has hinte d the conflict--Palestinian self-deter- the treaty, Palestinian Arabs have -not that the Golan Heights could be, mination . - entirely closed the door. Officials ; returned to Syria in exchange for a Yet, I find myself, in reluctant a- of the PIA (Palestine Liberation Org- peace treaty . greement with one of Henry Nissin- anization) have said that if a chance Obviously, these are crucial time s ger's ' recent statements, that "soon for eventual self-determination exists, for the future of peace in the after the, ,ggyptian-Israeli peace trea- ' they ' d want to seize the opportunity . Middle East . It has long been the ' ty goes into effect, a deadlock"will Butthey ha#e very little with which position of the American Friend s developdver Palestinian home rule on to bargain and do not wish to partici- Service Committee that only a solu - the West Bank of Joraan . " Such a <- pate in "determining" the shape of a tion which provides for the self- --deadlock would confirm Arab suspi- West Bank to be pock-marked with determination of both Israeli Jew s cions that the treaty is nothing more Arab ghettos and criss-crossed with and Palestinian Arabs has the chance than a separate Israeli-Egyptian Israeli roads and settlements . (This of bringing real peace . As dovish peace, and thus ;not_a ' rea1 step to- last is the vision of General Ariel Israelis have otten pointed out , ward the comprehensive peace which Sharon, one of the members of the neither its vast military superiorit y the people of the area need and de= Israeli negotiating team for the talks nor its retention of Arab lands ha s sire. beginning in May) . brought peace to Israel . A willing- What kinds of straws in the wind. The U.S. apparently has a percep- ness to trade land for peace and are emanating from the Middle - East tion'of "self-rule" which is much more normalization of relations has worke d and the United- Stat.oO There are liberal than the official Israeli ver- with Egypt . The Israeli expression eigns, indied--simultaneously hope- sion. But the V. S . has not offered of openness to the same with Syri a ful, distressing, and confusing . any hope to the Arabs that sdah a view is a positive sign . Some expressio n The basic problem lies in the 4a- could prevail in the negotiations, des- with a ray of hope for eventual Pa - ture of' the -vague "self-rule" plan pite repeated U .S . statements that the lestinian self-determination in th e which the treaty proposes for the Egyptian-Israeli treaty is merely the West Bank and Gaza could turn the Palestinians in the West Bank and, foundation for the comprehensive peace May negotiations into something the Gaza Strip. What will "self- needed. meaningful for comprehensive'peace rule"-finally be--an authentic step` ' In the meantime, Arab states have by assuring that the Jordanians an d toward eventual Palestinian self-de- imposed some minor political and eco- Palestinians will also agree to be termination in those areas (whose , present. populations, are" 99% Palestinian), ar - a few cosmetic changes which will only result in solidifying Israeli con- . ` trol? The Israeli government prono lun- cements on "self-rule" are not reas - suring. The Ben-Elissar Committee re- ` port, for example, envisions Israel i retention of control over water, land,A — settlement, and military rights under "self-rule" in the occupied areas . m In addition, Mr . Begin has made re- / 11 +f peated statements that there will ne - ver be a Palestinian state in the West c Bank and Gaza . Optimistically, one (D could say that the Israelis are mere r N ly constructing , a bargaining posi- L o \ tfon from which concessions might be 1 S~ S – Judy 8lorkman is the Middle East peace education _ z staff person of AFSC . For resources, speakers, or -' to commel* on this column call 475-4822 .
8 PNL 5/79 Internationa l Empowerment Key to Revolution An Interview With Don Luce
Q . Can you describe what happene d in ,Iran when the Shah left ? A. I was in Iran from January 10-23/ When I got there I took the bus t o Boroujerd, a town of about 50,000 , where I had some Iranian friends . Boroujerd was considered a totally liberated town even before the Sha h left . On January 1st, the police had Toni Tavarone interviewed Don Luce for the Peace Newsletter, while Don was visitin g gone into the home of a respecte d here in early April . Don, a former director of Clergy & Laity Concerned (CALC), made his third fact-finding journey to Iran this past January . He also had a personal interview mullah [priest], dragged him out of with Ayatollah Khomeini just prior to the Ayatollah's assuming power . his house, beat him up and broke Toni has been writing on Iran for the PNL for the past several months . three ribs, and then blew up hi s When the Shah left on the 15th, the Q . What do you think was the most house . Then the police just starte d police were completely demoralized important factor in this process of lib- going to houses and shops and loot- and left the building, leaving no on e erating Iran ? ing . The people of course got very to guard the statue . On that day I angry and began to recognize who the was having lunch with two Irania n A. Ayatollah Khomeini was able to police were,. and they set up &reward teachers and someone came running get every single group in Iran to be system so that children who found in to the house shouting, "The Sha h unified against the Shah . This in- out the house of a policeman would is gone! The Shah is gone!" Every- cluded the Marxist-Leninist Fedayeen , get a $15 reward, and if they found one went out into the streets and the Moslem Marxist Mojahadeen, one of the officer's houses the y gathered around the statue . At this the tribal groups, the peasants, and would get a $20 reward . So peopl e point • the army came (When the truck the ordinary working people in Iran . started going to those houses - - pulled up, four of the soldiers threw The process I described above which crowds of people,— so that the po- off their army jackets and joined the happened in Boroujerd was a proces s licemen who were looting would ge t crowd, and were immediately heros .) of empowerment of people -- the peo- these messages on their walkie-talk- and the other soldiers started guard- ple took control . ies: "There's an angry crowd at Of- ing the statue,, The people were Q . How will the Iranian revolutio n ficer So-and-so's house." So he shouting "Tear it down . Tear the would go home . So all the polic e affect the balance of power in th e Shah dawn!" Then other people said Middle East ? started going home . _ "Don't bother the soldiers . The sol- In all of the alleyways, there were diers are our brothers ." Ayatollah A. The situation in Iran has had a markers with directions to help peo- Khomeini had sent a message to Iran lot of impact on the balance of powe r ple being chased by the police . earlier saying that there would be el- in the Middle East . First of all, the There were signs that said "dead - ements trying to create problems be- Shah was one of the biggest guaran- end alley" to warn people that if the y tween the army and the people, an d teers of the Israeli government , were being chased by the polic e that the, people must protect the sol- through arms and oil . Khomeini will they shouldn't go down that alley . diers . not sell oil to Israel . He and others are angry about Israel ' s relationship In the other alleys they would hav e Q . Did Khomeini say who these el- to the Shah, and angry about Israel' s markers pointing the way out of the ements were ? alley to guide people who were be- role in training SAVAK, the hated se- ing chased, and there would be peo- A . He didn't say specifically, but it cret police of the Shah . Because-of ple up on roofs throwing bricks and was clear that he meant the general s Israel's relationship to the Shah, he will not have an Israeli embassy i stones at the police, so the polic e and higher-ups, and also countrie s n began to get discouraged. _like the US that were trying to create Iran -- he is afraid of pro-Shah sub - a situation where the soldiers would version . So the revolution has def- By the time the Shah left [January be shooting at the people, and the n initely weakened Israel's position . 15], the police had retreated to one the Shah could more easily move in Iran also has a problem with Egypt . building overlooking the Sh'ah's stat - and take over. (As it was, you had Egypt invited the Shah to come ther e ue in the town . This statue was con- this massive resistance against th e as a first step in his exile . Now the sidered the only thing in Boroujerd Shah which spread through every US had been putting pressure on bot h which was not liberated . They were group and prevented the Shah from be - Egypt and Israel to sign a "peace up on the third floor of the buildin g ing able to control it even though he pact" . This "peace agreement" was and had trained a machine gun on the had some of the most advanced weap- negotiated without the other Arab Shah's statue, and were guarding it. onry in the world .) statesand without the Palestinians .
Internationa l 5/79 PNL 9 This is meaningless . A peace agree- ment between the US, Egypt, and Is - rael is basically an agreement be- cgs # 3t'ais has tween the people on one side of th e policy. argument . To have any agreement xilt itrGit~tn r `#~S`~` cu#xyting c 3 that means anything, you have t o h t td* tevreraitg to a have at least somebody from the oth- US interests thou er side of the argument . I would ar- gue that maybe five years ago, Egyp t was on the other side of the argument . But by the time the "treaty" was be - ' ing negotiated, Egypt had alread y moved over to the Israeli side . So the role of Iran in the signing of the treaty was that it probably speeded 'Of Pq din it up -- it made both Israel and butair t 8 record fZQ9i `ofro+l Egypt feel that it was more necessary . .tl it tettive So I feel that the Iranian revolution 15 has swayed the balance of powe r sr, drastically to the Palestinians side gt1 a IAA, rather-than treaties, masks con- ' review ~t~tga~aair+bal and approval of the argument, and I would argu e . hat Nam in that this is one of the reasons why 1~ dF entrsyfine in the the "peace treaty" was signed . ztheae a.~v t dQiIr'us. l have ire ciyt',gtrn Orteti'strugglB p newly. lgrted'tt uttvc Agreement or.oyi a Q . How do you see the Iranian rev- IS l ,both' al1owinig us troops .to` erti olution moving in the future ? -'"!n a'ccurdance with s .utuelly A . . One of the problems that Kho- meini has is that many people in Iran feel that he selected the moder- ates and liberals for the new govern- ment instead of getting some of the more radical people . The prime min- ister, foreign minister, minister of labor and several of the other people all come out of the human right s groups, and the people who had been in Mossadegh ' s cabinet . The whole r grouping basically came from the an pa National Front, a liberal sort of group , t#vn'B pG cy,. it is u. t6, en p # rather than the more radical or revolu- is}i ai Untied =testes to, tionary groups . If there's movement , I would predict it moving toward th e left -- towards a more radical direc- tion . in other countries t at saw t e re o - gue that the US is one of the least lution in Iran are sensing that power Q . What forces in Iran would push democratic countries . I don't thin k thb revolution towards the left ? too. I've ever been in a country for any A . Well, the Marxist-Leninis t length of time where people have suc h Q . What about the question of wo- Fedayeen would play a key role . a helplessness about themselves - - men? Many Western feminists are quite upset 'over the attitude toward s They are not a large group, but they about having any effect over what the ' women on the part of the new gov- are a very articulate group (also the government does as here in the US . Mojahadeen, the Moslem Marxist We have one of the lowest voting ernment . group) . ,Another factor that I feel will rates of any country . Very few peopl e A. First, we have to deal with th e push Iran to the left is that for th e participate in any way in the decis- myth that the Shah tried to create — first time Iranians are able todis- ions that are made, or feel that there that he was in favor of women's lib- cuss their political feelings onenly, is anything they can do that will af- eration . The Shah did not liberat e without fear of being imprisoned or fect what the government does . That women . It has been argued that th e shot . is exactly what the centers of power Shah tried to modernize and educat e Another factor is that people i n in our government and the corporation s women but that the people were Iran now have a great deal of a sense want Americans to feel . They want against it because they were so con- of power over their lives . I would Americans to feel helpless and they servative . That ' s a particularly ra- argue that if you define democrac y go through all sorts of things to mak e cist and false argument . Most fam- as participlation in the government , Americans feel helpless . So one of ilies had so little money that educa- I would say that Iran has far more the things that Iran represents is an tion was out of the question . The democracy than the US . I would ar- empowerment of people . And people continued on p .10
10 PNL 5/79 Internationa l continued from p .9 sibility,of angry, violent outbursts . 50 Faithful Trudge Through ` It's not really a difference in analy- 'Shah had about $20 billion a year in sis,. it's 'a difference in tactics . resources . In a country of 35 million Squall to Hear Don. Luce people, that would have gone a long And the 50 were treated to a speaker Q . What about US policy in general ? way towards programs which would and program that were not only polit- have benefitted not only women but ically insightful but very warm and A. In a more, general sense, I think , the whole family . But he didn't human. Don Luce visited here from US policy will move to the right as a spend that money that way . As a re- April 4 - April 7. Under the sponsor- result of the events in Iran . One of sult, basic living needs of the peo- ship of the Peace Council, he spok e the things William Sullivan said wa s ple were scarce, and Iran has one of at SUNY/Oswego, Cornell University, that "The lesson we have learned th& highest rates of illiteracy in the and Syracuse University, as well a s from Iran is that when a dictator lib- world -- particularly high for women . at our squall-beset community pres- eralizes, there's bound to be trouble . Under these circumstances it is ri- entation. This sums up the US government' s diculous to say that the Shah was at attitude, The US, in general, ha s all concerned with women's develop- to cause economic chaos and politi- not had a foreign policy *friendship ment . He made a few token gesture s cal problems in Iran . with the people of other nations . The and tried to maintain an image of sup - Then I talked with William Sulli- US has had a policy of protecting the porting women ' s rights to gain West- van who was the .US ambassador to interests of the 'multi-national corpor- ern support . Iran and I asked him "Do you think ations . The US had a policy of sup- The advantage that women have now the Shah will come back to Iran? " porting dictators all over the world , over a year ago is that they feel a He said "Well you wouldn't think so dictators who offer multi-national s sense of power that they never felt today, but the hi,story of Persian very attractive and profitable situa - under the Shah . The process of over - politics is a very fickle history . tions . Our foreign policy is based throwing the Shah has empowered What if there was economic chao s on strengthing the multi-nationals ' them, as it has everyone . That i s and political problems -- if the army right to. exploit . Since the US has why they are out in the streets dem- ' started fighting with the religiou d "lost" in Iran, the government i s onstrating . No matter how Khomeini groups, if the Marxist-Leninist s working hard to strengthen its hold s feels about women's liberation, he started fighting, if the tribal groups elsewhere ., Carter just signed a has helped create that feeling of were demanding autonomy .-- would- $500 million aid package with Mar- power among people, and they'r e n't a lot of people want to see the cos in the Philippines, against al l going to use it . He has created Shah come back?" So, ironically , human rights agreements . The US something that will be very hard for what the Iranians were predicting has supported Taiwan all this time , him to slop no matter how he feels . would ' be the US policy, is what even though Chiang agreed to clos e The overthrow of the Shah was th e William Sullivan was speculating the schools when there was a labor single most important condition for would happen . shortage so the children could work the liberation of women in Iran . No in the factories and keep the price of matter what Khomeini says and n o Q . Did any of the Iranians you talked labor down. . This is the record of matter who replaces him, women are to say what the plan of action would the US, and it will be getting wors e going to be demanding more freedom be if the US or any other group tried now that we have lost our influence and equality -- it ' s coming . to infiltrate the revolution ? in Iran. A . Well, this is one of the main rea - Q . What has been the role of th e Q. What can we do about it ? sons why the Fedayeen and Mofaha- Fedayeen in the women's movement ? deenhave not given their arms back A. I think we have to do as the Iran- A . They have been very supportive , to the government as Khomeini ha s ians did and earlier what the Viet and so have the Mojahadeen . asked . They are afraid that the US Namese did . We have to recognize These two groups have played and will come in and stage a coup. Their that we will have power only when we will play an important role in the argument is that in order to prevent a are working together . We have to struggle for women's rights . coup, it is very important that the y recognize the empowerment of a keep their guns so that they can re- group. In Iran, everybody participat - Q . How do you think US foreign pol- spond to force with force . ed in the revolution, and that is wh y icy will be influenced by the event s it succeeded . . The thing that rekrolu- tion is all about is the simple task o f in Iran? Q . But Khomeini still wants them to give in their arms . Isn't he afraid of reaching people . If we want to chang A. I was talking to a Fedayeen i n a coup ? the politics of this country, and hav e Gaza prison while I was in Iran . I a government and a foreign policy tha t asked him what he thought the US ' A . When we talked with Khomeini , is concerned with the peonle of anoth- response would be to the Irania n he said he felt that it wasn't too late er country apd is not trying to protec t Revolution and his answer wa s for the US and Iran to be friends, but the dictators and the multi-nationals , " another Chile" . This was the con - that the US must not interfere in the we have got to participate here in de- sensus among many political prison- internal affairs of Iran . He also said manding those basic changes . The ers (and also Moslem leaders) that I that it was very hard tor aim to imag- multi-nationals are not going to giv e talked with about US policy -~ mean- ine the US not trying to interfere . it to us, and Jimmy Carter, and the ing, of course, that the US'govern- So he is aware of the possibility of a rest of the government represents the ment would try to infiltrate the polit- coup, but he doesn't want the people multi-nationals and not us . We have ical groups and the economy and try to have arms because he sees the pos- to move .
Harrisburg Rssponse 5179 PNL 1 1 A Funny'Thing Happened on the Way to the Home for Burned-Out Activists! It was Wednesday, March 28- . enough to caucus and decide to sus was easily reached on a list of Just about the time the accidents a t 1) call a news conference for late r demands-(see p . 3 of "The Harrisburg IT began occurring, we were that afternoon; and 2) call an emer- Syndrome" leaflet which is p . 23 of putting the finishing touches on th e gency strategizing meeting for th e this Newsletter) . The group created April Peace Newsletter. That News- next day . The ink was still we t four task forces: media, mass ac- letter was the skinny 8-pager we bad when we released a press statement tion, leaflet (production and distribu- limited ourselves to so we could a couple of hours later in which we tion) and legislative . Within fou r draw some deep breaths, shape u p demanded that the safety of peopl e days we planned and executed anoth- the office systems, the office and take precedence over saving the nu- er news conference (by this time N- M ourselves . I had just returned from ciear power industry and demanded was claiming "It can't happen here " taking that Newsletter to the printe r -- for the first time -- that the nuke s and that lie had to be publicly refut - when SPC Press-woman Sue Lord be shut down forever . The latter was ed), the April 5 "Shut 'Em All Down " called up with the initial bulletin on to become not only our rallying cry March & Rally which was also in - Harrisburg ., That seemed like th e during the subsequent week but th e last deep breath we would take for point around which the Peace Coun- awhile . cil's antinuke work will revolve un- For'years we had been anticipatin g til it happens! ~. Harrisburg . It was difficult .to be- lieve that it had happened ; but of course it had happened .: These feel- ings wanted, to mix with other feel - ings of horror . But it was relatively easy to block all of these and vie w . The Saturday emergency meeting Harrisburg as a crisis happenin g was one of those buoying experi- out there that demanded our response. ences that make all our work pur- poseful . Antinuke activists, SP C Sue's telephone call was the first staff and office workers, people of of what would seem a million . Peo- political consensus with the Peac e ple wanted to know : what was a Council -- all were recruited in a meltdown? was there a 'safe' radia- hurried fashion by word of mouth . tion level? was evacuating Syracuse a reasonable action? Mostly the y Some of us (particularly myself) tended to organize leafletters, pro- hoped we were privy to information went to the meeting with a good deal duced "The Harrisburg Syndrome " that they knew was being withheld of queasy excitement : there was an leaflet (over 200 people have distrib- and distorted by the NRC, Met Ed , incredible amount of importance rid- uted 35,000; see reprint on p . 21-24) , and the media . People called be - ing on this meeting . It was damn im- and established an on-going proces s cause they needed to communicate portant to come up with a politicall y for influencing legislation and legis- with folks who were solidly oppose d responsible course of action and i n lators on the Federal and state level to nukes and would understand thei r a matter of a few hours . What would (Call John Maddaus,475-3279, t o fears . And people called becaus e the dynamics of the group be like ? help!). they wanted to be put to work . They Would consensus on whatever flow were willing to do anything as lon g easily? People were willing to work , This was our immediate respons e as it would help, in the smallest of to be sure ; but tensions, given this to Harrisburg . What ' s ahead? Well , ways, ` to stop a nuke . near-catastrophe, were running high . one clear goal is organizing the peo - Would they get in the ple of the Syracuse area in a rea l What unfolded was a definite sense way? The first uplifting sight was 30 grassroots fashion to stop nuclear of there being lots and lots of folkfolkss eager people out on that Saturday af- power . To begin that and to put t o out there, who all along were ternoon . We had to move the meet- work all those good willing folks , posed r nuclear power, who kept ing from SPC to the Women's Informa- everyone will be busy planning T-co- to do something about Itpt, meaning tion Center . The meeting began with hesive program during the next coupl e and were now doing it . Harrisburg these 30 people coming together with of months . (Please see p . 18 for de - was pushing them to Ha., What personal sharing -- a sharing of how tails .) was also unfolding was the definitedefinite each of us was then feeling and ou r of a ass-based sense antinuke expectations of the meeting . Sever- We will surely succeed if we can movement! al people spoke to the importance of trust the politics of empowerment By Friday, the crisis level in Har- having the Peace Council at a time that were expressed at our April 5th risburg was being matched by the like this : the Peace Council provided Rally . They were incredible ! And clamor in the Peace Council . Some- people with a forum for mobilizing what's more, that was all of us up time around noon, everyone -- it and for speaking out. there on the speaker's truck express - seemed like there must have been 50 Fears about the dynamics of this ing them ! people -- froze in their places,,long meeting soon dissipated . Consen- -- Chris Murray
12 PNL 5/79 Harrisburg Respons Reassurances and Concealment : NRC and Press Serve Nuke Industry P .R.
by Norman Balabanian No Swept Folks, . Jus A U'M E PROBLE M HERE I A number of actors had roles in the N drama that unfolded after the accident ~ Tg£ CORE at the Three Mile Island nuclear pow- er plant on Wednesday, March 28 . These included the Metropolitan Edi- son (Met Ed) power company, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC ) the White House and its public rela - -~ nrrc. tions apparatus, the nuclear indus- try, and the press . Auih Or& would imagine 'that these I players would have diverging inter- ests; that the primary concern of at least the NRC would be the safety The NRC was completely in the concerned about a meltdown o n and welfare of the people ; that the dark as to what was going on . Friday and he urged a mass evac- primary concern of at least the pres s "We are operating almost com- uation of the area - would be the truth . This was not th e pletely in the blind" NRC Chair - The failure to order an evacuatio n case . The primary concern of all of man Hendrie says . No one had a was a political decision made to them was to ensure the survival of a clear idea how to eliminate the protect the, survival of nuclear power, thriving nuclear power system . For hydrogen bubble that had bee n not the survival of people . The fact this purpose, it was necessary to re - generated . is, as an NRC staff report make s assure the public blandly that all wa s Far from being an independen t clear, for the first 13-14 hours afte r well, that the reactor was stable , agency, the NRC was continuous- the accident the reactor core over - that there was not cause for alarm- - ly in contact with the public rela- heated and then began to disinte- even though the opposite was true . tions apparatus of the White grate . Met Ed technicia~hs had no During the first few days, the re - House and worked hard to mak e understanding of what was happenin g leases emanating from various "offi- sure onl y, "reassurin g " information and were contemplating depressuri- cials" were contradictory and confus- would reach the public . zing the reactor vessel . The NRC ing . (In this regard, it should be The single item to which the NRC, staff report makes clear, accordin g food for thought that, in an earlier devoted the most sustained atten- to the April 20 issue of Science mag - situation, it was President Eisen- tion was the wording of press re - azine, that good luck had as much to hower's deliberate policy, through leases, which they debated for do with it as engineering know-how contradictory news reports, to sow hours) Concealment was th e that they didn't make this mistake n confusion in the minds of the Ameri- major motivation, not truth . move . If they had, it might. well ha v can public regarding the degree of At one point Hendrie admitted to caused a meltdown, with all the dis- safety of the atomic tests then bein g to PA Governor Thornburgh that th e astrous consequences . conducted in Nevada .) But it has been health consequences of the re The people of Central NY will neve extremely revealing to read the tran- lease of radioactive gas have not know how closely a tragedy wa s scripts of meetings of the NRC and "been studied or understood in a averted by reading the Post-Standar d phone calls of its staff extending real way . " (P-5), although there was one attem ; from March 30, two days after th e The NRC had almost no confidenc e to breach the editorial screen . Not accident, to April 4 . These tran - in the technical ability of Met Ed. only does the P-S conceal the truth . scripts lead to a number of conclu- At one point in the meeting, Hen- but it shows a remarkable degree of sions : drie says : "Met Ed is not all tha t outright ignorance and malevolence strongtec hicalln y . " toward any who question the advisa - Norman Balabanian is a professor of The safety director of the NRC, bility of nuclear power . These "pro - electrical engineering at Syracuse Roger Mattson, was very greatly University . cont'd on p . 13 w
Harrisburg Respons e 5179 PNL 1 3 cont'd from p . l 2 phets of doom", says the P-S, are down to the lowest levels . Many fidence in their technical ability . "hysterically demandihg" that the whose relatives are dying of cance r And how many others to which the NR C Inukes be shut down . (Editorial 4/3/ and leukemia due to earlier exposur e has issued licenses does it regard a s 79 .) In that same editorial, P- S to radiation are being educated the technically incompetent? It should claims that "scientists working for hard way . It is time that the publish- find out if the Rasmussen Safety the Atomic Energy Commission an d ers and editors of the P-S educate Study of a few years ago had consi- other technologists . . . in nuclear themselves on the , seriousness of th e dered the possibility of a hydroge n physics believe they are employing issues which they treat in such a bubble in its calculations of acci- every safeguard to prevent what hap- cavalier fashion . dent possibilities . (It had not . ) pened in Harrisburg from ever occur- The P-S thought so highly of a Kil- And if not, what does this do to the ring . " Apparently the P-S doesn't patrick column that on 4/10 the y safety conclusions of that study, know that no scientists work for th e wrote an editorial which containe d which the P- & eagerly used to quote ? AEC because it went out of existgnc e nothing but quotes from the 'column What about all the blunders at several years ago! Its regulatory they had already printed two day s Three Mile Island found by the functions were assigned to the NRC . earlier. The column chastised "the NRC staff; had these been con- But what is important, the P-S does- doomsday press" and gave out bland sidered by that study? , n't know that several scientists have reassurances that all was well; in The Post Standard should open it s resigned precisely because they kne w particular: "The core cooling machin- columns to reasoned debate on th e "every safeguard" was not bein g ery did exactly what it was suppose d serious issues of nuclear power and taken . One of these is Robert Pollard, to do . " That is false, since the core nondestructive alternative energy an electrical engineering graduate o f cooling system left the core partially paths for the future . But that i s Syracuse University . exposed for 13-14 hours while temp- maybe too much to ask for becaus e On the same day a P-S headline eratures inside the reactor vesse l the P-S commitment to nuclear powe r said: "Greatest Foe Near Nuke Plant s climbed so high that the readings wen t is ideological and perhaps no amount Isn't Radiation - It's Fear" . The off the recording charts . of reason or remdnders of the truth- story goes.on to quote various ex- If the P-S wants to serve the truth , serving role of the press will have perts who pooh-pooh concerns over its reporters should seek out Robert any influence . But perhaps reflectio n radiation and tell people with such Pollard to learn about the laxity of the on the consequences of the accident fears to educate themselves . The . NRC safety procedures . They should will lead to a more responsible treat- American people are indeed being ed- find out from the NRC why it issued a ment of the issue . ucated to the dangers of radiation, license to Met Ed when it had no con-
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Three Mile . Island Aftermath : Lies and False Consciousness by William Sunderlin
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BE PART OF AN EXCITIN G MAY 1 ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT! ! ! JUNE On Occasion of Workshops: the Annual Stockholders' Meeting 1980 People's Energy COME TO A Calendar I. Energy Issues and
Ratepayers Rally We will need all kinds of help - Where' to Plug In see paip 6- especially during pro- We see an all day workshop for at Niagara -Mohawk duction weeks in June and July . learning about various aspects of Ask for Dik or Glenda at 472-547 8 the .nuclear power/sane energy issue; NOON HOUR a "plug in" element provides th e opportunity for project development .' MAY12 II. Organizing Skits MA Y Rally to Stop Nuclear Power Workshops II will focus on ,orga - East Park, Oswego nizing skills applicable to grass - roots issues ; for example, how to Anti-nuke Cocktail Party write press releases, meeting SATURDAY 1 pm facilitation, dealing with sexism FRIDAY 8 - 11 pm at EC-OH in groups . Call 472-5478 for details / George Wald . $2 .80 admissio n SUNDAYS IN JUNE SUNDAYS IN JUNE donations for drinks , (he's been on our side fora long time . ) refreshments and live music Joe Frantz AUGUST:6 9 A Benefit to pay for the 35, 00 0 United Steelworkers Local 101 0 leaflets being distributed city-wid e *We want everyone to be able fo ld come . If you need a ride, or if Hiroshima-Na City-wide you have a van or car with room to spare, please call 472-547 8 Memorial Leafletting- Campamn Take our new leaflet, "The Harris - Irrig the whole icy! The activity is open to the depth of burg Syndrome" to your neighbors . our concern and sensibilities . We want to cover the whole county! Call 472-5478 if you would like to Are you sick at the thought of plan or help in any way. . East : Danny 479-892 9 paying your utility to produc e North : Debbie 7479-614 2 nuclear power(and plutonium and Northeast: Debbie 422-502 4 strontium 90 and iodine 131 and. . ) West : Cindy 478-532 2 AUG. 25-SEPT. 3 South: . Ann 425-179 3 Ni-Mo Rate Strike 1979 NY State Fair The Front Room Bookstore - we wee pay for nuclear pewee Our SPC booth and puppet-chow are now familiar neighbors at the The Front Room stocks books , Put some pressure on Ni-Mo by State Fair . Designing, setting up pamphlets, buttons, records, an d having hundreds of utility bill s and staffing the booth takes all bumperstickers . It can always us e deduct 12%(about 12% of electricit y kinds of talents and odd jobs . Con- a little more care and attention, in NYS comes from nukes) tributions and ideas from acros s even for just a few hours . If this idea strikes your fancy , the state are welcome . Write or Call Lois at 478-2998 or 472-5478 help organize! Call William at SPC call us at SPC. Don't. Mott, Organize/ Ray in Oswego on May. 12thl
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Fear, Compassion, Anger, Deter- Shut 'em All Down! mination. Did you see the surge of emotions take shape in your home- A march and vigil of 200 people HUDSON VALLEY town? Across the state we reacted was organized by Auburn Coalitio n On April 2nd two hundred peopl e to the news of the Three Mile Acci- for Safe Power on April 4th . Contact gathered at Empire State Plaza to dent; then we acted. In tens, hun- them at 315/724-6309 . voice their objections to nuclea r dreds, thousands, we said : It Ca n power and weapons . It was orga- Happen Here, We All Live In Harris- On April 8th Citizens Concerne d nized by the Capitol District Anti- burg, Shut 'Em All Dowd ! About Sterling held a candleligh t Nuclear Alliance 518/449-5324. Be inspired by this scant recount vigil in Fairhaven . As the snow be- Rallies were held in Elienville , of the last few weeks . Call th e gan to fall, about forty people sang Fishkill and at Indian Point durin g nearest contacts for more info about in a circle of light . 315/594-8298 . April . The second rally at India n upcoming events . Time and spac e Point drew 2000 people . (Indian Pt . limited our listing, find out more l During the weeks following the II & III have been cited as the most beginning of the Harrisburg accident , dangerous plants in the world . ) WESTERN NEW YORK rallies were held in downtown Ithaca , Shad Alliance is at 914/682-0488 . at Cornell University and Ithaca Col- On April 29th the Hudson Valley April 18th saw 500 people gather lege . A street theater group, MUD , Alliance(246-2450 in Bearsville) cele- at Buffalo's City Hail, march pas t has formed; Ithacans are organizin g brates Hudson Valley Preservatio n Niagara Mohawk Power Corp . to the for the Lakeshore Alliance Rally i n Day in Saugerties with exhibits & fun ! Marine Midland Building, where th e Oswego on May 12th(as are all the annual stockholders' meeting was other groups in central NY,) as well held. The rally was sponsored by as for the DC rally on May 6th . Call an ad hoc group, CANCER(Coalitio n the Self Reliance Center at 272-3040 Against Nuclear Contamination and . Economic Recklessness.) Future activities include a June 2nd actio n C0NMKFa6 me AMOUNT OF and participation in the Master Energy R MATIM VOW COMPANY'S am Plan hearings. Call 716/833-9100 . W1S WLEASEq WMAT OF VITAL W#ORTAIQ V&L 8E MOST SCURA WS r' On May 6th the Love Canal Home- AFFECTED dY IM DISASTER ? owners Association is organizing a Walk Against Waste . Call them a t CHJ R 716/773-1426 for details . PROFIT'S . ,' During March the Rochester Safe Energy Alliance was busy leafletting the showings of The China Syndrome. On May 31st an ad hoc group of acti- NEW YORK CITY victs(railfed at the Ginna Nuclear Plant. The following Saturday, Apri l 7th, almost 700 people picketed a On April 18th the Mohawk Valle y Some 3-4000 protesters marched on t People for Safe Energy sponsored a April 6th from the Con Ed Headquarter s Rochester Gas & Electric, then rally in downtown Utica . One hun- to Gov. Carey's office demanding the marched through downtown to a rally . dred fifty people marched to the The Alliance closure of Indian Point . Several hun- is planning an Alterna - Ni-Mo office. A Teach-In on Nuclear dred also rallied against the propose d tive Energy Fair for June 2nd & 3rd . Power, & Alternative Energy is planned In the meantime they are also' or- Columbia University reactor : ;Sha d for Saturday, May 12 at Mohaw k Alliance 212/744-0735 and Mobiliza - ganizing for the May 6th DC actio n Valley Community College, 9 :30 am . tion for Survival 673-180 8 and the Lakeshore Alliance Rally o n For info call 315/841-8235 . May 12th in Oswego . LONG ISLAND Call 716/244/7191 . In Oneonta things are hoppin' ] On Long Island 200 people] leaflet- Look fora Spring Energy Festival o n ted the annual stockholders'! meetin g OM,MRAL NEW WRK May 12th to celebrate Life without of Long Island Lighting Co . Long Is- The Syracuse Peace Council' s Nuclear Power. It promises to be a land Citizens in Action(796=4646) activities are illustrated on page s Circus M inimus . 607/433-2367 . have begun a municipal power cam- 11,16,17, 18 . We were joined by paign . On June 2 & 3 the Shad Alli- Zoology Action of Oswego and Cort- We heard people are stirring inthe ance will sponsor a rally at! Shoreham , land Counties as well as by many Binghamton/Tri-City area, too . where a nuclear plant is near comple- Syracuse community groups in ou r Buses are available for the DC rally tion . There will also be a non-vio - APHI 5th rally, which drew 4-50 0 on May 6th . Call Don Sargent a t lent occupation at the site ; "I call 360- people. See upcominc events on Dlf 754-8877 or Betsy Johnson 797-2583 0045 for info on necessary training .
Harrisburg Response 20 PNL 5/7 9 Better Active Today Tha n Upcoming In Th e Spring Action s Radioactive Tomorrow! ;Sunday May 6 Anti-Nuclear Rally in Wash ., D.C. PEACE NEWSLETTE R "Nuclear Power On Trial " JUNE JUNE JUN E Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dick Gregory ** Syracuse Feminist Community Responds T o Ralph Nader Maggie Kuhn Graham Nash Rape by Women's Information Cente r Barry Commoner Dr. Helen. Caldicott Dan Fogelberg Sam Lovejoy Michael Harrington John Hall ** Cultural Workers Barb Dunn & Laura Wilansky talk about their two month cros s Contact NYPIRG 476-7545 for transportation inf o . country tou r ** Implications of China's Current Foreign Sat . May 12- Rally in Oswego - see page 1 8 Policy--Internal and External by Ed Kinan e Sat;. May 19- Mobilization for Survival "Armed,Force s **Nuke Legislative Update by Mike Hungerford Day" march and rally . "New York City . ** Antinuke News & Event s March 11am, rally 1pm . Seymour Melman, Michio Kaku, Pete Seeger . 212/673-1808 for more info . JULY JULY JULY
Sun . May 20- Women's march & rally in Harrisburg t o * * Midwifery in Syracuse by Beth Batki close down Three Mile Island perman- * * Elections and Real Freedom In Zimbabwe- - ently . Speakers : Barbara Ehrenreich & An In Depth Report by the Syracuse ZANU Donna Warnock . Call 425-128 4 committe e Sat'. & Sun .- International Days of Protest Agains t * * XYY Chromosome and the Politics of Socio - June 2-3 Nuclear Power. Stay tuned for SPC Biology by SPC' s Science for the Peopl e plans . committe e Mass occupation of the Shoreham nuke on Long Island . For more info, contac t AUGUST AUGUST AUGUS T SPC 472-5478 or Shad Alliance (212 ) ** Hiroshima and Nagasaki day action s 533-0796
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On pages 21-24 we reprint exactly the emergency Harrisburg Syndrome mass leaflet produced by an SPC (con't . p. 22) 5/79 PNL 2 1 'THE HARRISBURG SYNDROM E Answers: Et Actions forNYS Residents Published by: Syracuse Peace Council 824 Burnet Ave. Syracuse,NY13293 (315)472-5478 WHAT IS A MELTDOWN ? DOES NUCLEAR POWER PROMOTE UTILITY A meltdown is a situation where a nuclear reac- PROFITS OVER PEOPLE'S SAFETY ? tor goes out of control and its uranium fuel get s Yes. The nuclear industry never initiates so hot that it can melt concrete ... If the reactor's design changes for improved safety which will containment vessel is broken, massive amounts . cost them money, and decrease profits . And they of radioactivity are released into the environment fight the public when it pressures for such change . According to the federal government, if only a Because of the Price-Anderson Act, all utilitie s fraction of the radioactive material gets out, i t have limited financial liability in the case of a could kill thousands in the short term, and man y . The U.S. government estimate s t nuclear accident more in the long term, from cancer . It could cos that damage from a nuclear meltdown could run billions of dollars and necessitate the evacuatio n y of an area the size of Pennsylvania for generations $17 billion . But the law limits the total liabilit . claims to $560 million, with taxpayers payin g It is generally agreed that in a meltdown, radia - $70 million of that . tion would be lethal within about a 30-mile radius The behavior of utility officials throughout th e and could be carried much farther depending o n s the winds and severity of the accident . With five Harrisburg accident has frightening implication nuclear plants operating and seven more planne d for public safety . Harrisburg utility spokespeople or under construction, N.Y residents are particu- minimized the danger to the public from the begin- larly vulnerable. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ti NEW YORK STATE HAS ANYONE .EVER BEEN HARMED OR KILLED BY NUCLEAR POWER ? Yes ! Every nuclear reactor regularly releases radioactivity . This supplements the background radiation and adds to our risk of developing can- cer and genetic mutations . There is no such thing as a "safe" dose of radiation . The damage ROCHESTER % SYRACUSE is directly proportional to the dose, right dow n BUFFALO_ w.f / to the lowest doses . Radiation can't be detect- .'ALBAN Y ed by the senses and its harmful effects may no t show up for 15-30 years or several generations . When they 4o, they don't wear little flags say- ing what caused them . Industry exploits this e' I" aspect of cancer when it says that no one ha s r t NEW YORK ` ever been hurt . No one disputes the fact that radiation causes cancer . I~ARRISBURG~ l~ We are now suffering from the weapons testin g 1 * I ♦ fallout and we also see rising cancer rates amon g 1 tiww~ ~ l g those regularly exposed to radiation, includin IN OPERATION . workers at nuclear plants and those who live near or downwind from such plants . (We are NAM E LOCATION OWNERSHIP downwind from Harrisburg--winds were blowing IA Indian Point #1 * Buchanan Consolidated Edison IA Indian Point #2 Buchanan Consolidated Edison our way when that plant released radiation) . ia Indian Point #3 Buchanan Power Authority Of NYS Nonetheless, the industry likes to compare nu- ia Nine Mile Point #1 Scribe Niagara Mohawk ♦ (near Oswego ) clear power plant radiation exposures to thos e I James A . Fitzpatrick Scribe Power Authority of NYS V Ginna Unit #1 Ontario Rochester Gas & Electric front x-rays' . But Dr. Irwin Bross' research at UNDER CONSTRUCTION the Roswell Park Memorial Cancer Institute i n Ilt Shoreham Nuclear Brookhaven Long Island Lighting Co . Buffalo shows that infants whose parents had IG Nine Mile Point #2 Scriba Niagara Mohawk & 3 other utilitie s been exposed to x-rays nearly doubled the rate *Indian Point # I ceased operation in 1974 . of leukemia in men . Our use of x-rays can be minimized by using them only for absolutely KEY TO MAP essential health protection, but as long as at- Small circles indicate the lethal dos e zone in the event of a meltdown - 30 miles . omic plants are operating we don't have a choice Large circleWdelineate the possible range of substantial doses depending upon weather conditions - 100 miles . about accidental exposures . L
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ning--their allegiance was clearly to their stock - The State Dept . ' Of Environmental Conservation's ! holders . It is absurd and dangerous for peopl e energy demand forecast shows' that .N.Y. doesn't whose jobs are to promote confidence in nuclear need any new powerplants until the 1990's, i f power also to be making decisions regarding evac - demend grows at its, present rate of 2-3% per year. uations and public safety. Demand forecasts have been dropping year by yea r since 1973. Studies show that conservation could reduce ou r IS NUCLEAR POWER AN ANSWER TO OUR energy usage by 40% without any change in life - ECONOMIC NEEDS ? style . Conservation doesn't mean making do with No . Nuclear power provides fewer jobs pe r less, rather doing more with what we've got .. dollar invested than any other energy source . A study done for Suffolk County, NY, analyzing WHY IS THERE AN ENERGY CRISIS? energy usage on Long Island from 1975-95,found The U.S. fs suffering from an energy crisis for that a .combination of conservation and solar en- three basic reasons : ergy development would produce 4 times as many 1. We use too much' energy . , With only 6% of jobs as building two nuclear plants . the world's population, we use 30% of its energy . Nuclear power is also the most expensive The energy industry encourages this glutton y power option, particularly when all hidden cost s through discriminatoryand 'energy consumptive are considered . In fact, it would not be economical .rate structures . The more you buy, the cheaper for utilities without the massive subsidies pro- the rates . vided by the 17. S . government . The costs are, con- 2. The U.S. relies on non-renewable energy stantly rising . The unknown costs of safety and sources . We are going to run out of oil, coal permanently storing nuclear wastes have neve r and uranium . Were we to use renewable fuels been determined . such as,1 sun, water and wind, we would not If we are dependent on nuclear power when - suffer a shortage . uranium fuel supplies run out, an economic col - 3. Energy is being produced !for profit . Deci- lapse appears certain . Nuclear power now pro- sions are not based on efficiency, need, or en- vides a small enough percentage of our energ y vironmental sanity . It is the almighty ,buck that that we could abandon it, relying upon our sur- rules . plus energy and employing conservation measures during the transition to an economy based o n HOW FEASIBLE ARE THE ALTERNATIVES IF WE -small scale fuel sources which are renewabl e WERE TO STOP PRODUCING NUCLEAR POWER? and won't run out . We must call an end to nu - Conservation is our biggest resource . Numer - clear power while we still have the option . ous studies conclude the U.S. could use 40% less energy without a change in lifestyle . More effi- DO WE NEED NUCLEAR POWER ? cient design, insulation of buildings, and reason- No! N.Y. utilities produce 30-50% more elec- able lighting standards can greatly reduce energ y tricity (depending on the season) than its resi- needs . Energy recovery from municipal soli d dents use, though the required reserve is only waste is another grove„ resource . The reuse of 23% . If we relied on local, smalI-scale'renewa- industrial steam (cogeneration) could provide U .S. ble resources (such as solar, hydro and windpow- industry with half of its electricity needs by1985, er) rather than centralized,high-technology power- according to a Dow Chemical study . This could plants,which use fuels that will one day run out , save $20-50 billion in capital investment, equiv- we could lower this 23% requirement . alent to 2-3 million barrels of oil per day,and
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35 , 000 . The city/county-wide distribution (als o The Harrisburg Syndrome using a petition) continues with (epn't . P . 24) 5/74 PNL 2 3 eliminate .the need for 50 'large nuclear reactors . they need public pressure to be developed . Since 1952, reports have shown that sola r Large energy corporations are resisting their . energy is a viable, workable and safe source of development because they don't lend themselve s energy which could contribute to employment an d to massive profit-making . the economy more constructively than nuclea r WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NUCLEA R power' (even in cloddy N.Y.) . New reports contin - POWER AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS? ue. to say that with an aggressive effort, sola r After the first nuclear weapons had been use d energy could produce much of this country' s to wreak an unimaginable death toll, they wer e space heating and hot water needs . never to be used again. The splitting of th e Hydropower is particularly abundant in Never _ "peaceful atom" was to generate electricity "too York. Over L600 potential sites have' been iden- cheap to meter. " We now find ourselves payin g tified where small or medium-sized hydropower dearly for that energy with threats to life as grav e generators could be built. as those from, nuclear warfare . The average . Publicly controlled, ; small-scale, decentral - nuclear power reactor contains the same amoun t ised power. by its very nature is far more demo- of radioactive poisons as 1, 000 Hiroshima bombs . cratic than high-technolA'gy_gentralized, private- 'Nuclear powerplants contribute to the threat o f ly owned powercompanies . All of these alter- international proliferation . Nuclear materials natives, including windpower .and methane from diverted by terrorists from commercial nuclea r animal and crop waste, are feasible now, bu t facilities might also be used to fashion bombs .
We demand that people's lives rather than th e we Demand nuclear. industry's image be given first priority . n : We demand long-term health monitoring of th e 18 Immeftt8 & per1118tietlt residents of the area . We demand that 'the Met- ropolitan Edison Company pay all damage . cost s doemm Ofy'8fl tree nuclear incurred in the Three Mile Island tragedy and Lake Onb&. that these costs come from corporate profits not The three plants are Fitzpatrick and Nine Mile I ratepayers . Caution should be the key in deter- near Oswego and Girma just east of. Rochester . mining the extent of further evacuation . The. gov We also demand that plans for future plant s ernment should include health and safety expert s (Sterling, Nine Mile 11, New Haven I and II) in from the Union of Concerned Scientists and oth- this region be abandoned, with alternative jo b er,public interest organizations expressing re- placement guaranteed to all displaced workers . servations about nuclear energy in its decisio n We demand that Niagara-Mohawk get completely making and/or fact finding bodies to insure that out of the nuclear business and that nuclear the people's rather than the corporate interest s power be stopped everywhere in the United States . are at least aired . We call for a repeaiof the fin- aneial liability ceilings imposed by the Price - n That N"am-111 r"m& tease Anderson Act, effective. retroactively . Let the , VYBC ipt11NC1 power utilities pay the full price of nuclear power with - out passiAg the costs onto their customers ! such as Masan. r WE DEMAND THAT LOCAL RADIATION READINGS . On March 29, NiMo announced it would not'co- BE TAKEN DAILY IN THE ,SYRACUSE AREA AN D operate with a court-order allowing the city of MADE PUBLIC . WE DEMAND THAT A TEST EVACUATION BE HEL D Masson to appropriate NiMo facilities . In a A '1977 letter to stockholders, NiMo president FOR NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES IN ONONDAG John Haehl showed rare candor ; "we will protec t COUNTY . n WE SAY NO MORE N1 Mo RATE HIKES FO R the interests of stockholders . : . by cofitinuing to NUCLEAR POWER PLANTSCONSTRUCTION 1 exert absolute opposition to this (Massena take - over) effort" . Municipal rates average 30% low WE,DEMAND THAT ENERGY SECRETARY JAMES er aeross the U.S. than private utility rates. SCHLESINGER BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ! n ~e eve iu__ of the four- STOP NUCLEAR POWER ! county area sarrounding Thee-Mite MUNICIPALIZE ENERGY ! MWW. as bq as the situadw POWER FOR PEOPLE- remains a tical and the Possibi y ..NOT FOR PROFIT! - .,- ~ SAF, SANE ENERGY NOW i.
(con't . from P . 23) over 200 people working . To help call 472-2818 . 24 PNL 5/7'9 0 Th e Harrisburg Syndrom e Whad We Can ol 1. INFORM YOURSELF. After reading this leaflet R we suggest the "People's Energy Primer" (W NO MORE NMEA from SPC) . Several good books: No Nuked by Anna Gyorgy and Nuclear Madness by Helen Caldicott ; both available (along With a great variety of other antinuke/sane energy resources ) from The Front Room bookstore, 924 Burnet Ave . 2. DISTRIBUTE THIS LEAFLET ($3/100) in your AXt neighborhood, workplace, school or any place . \ 2T 3. CALL NIAGARA-MOHAWK and tell John G . Haehl, Jr . (president), (315)474-1511 x1833, to get NiMo out of the nuclear business . 4. SET UP A LITERATURE TABLE . Contact Th e Front Room bookstore, 472-5478 . 5 • CONTACT STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES (Send copies of letters to area newspapers) : a. Tell Gov. Hugh Carey (State Capital, Al- bany, NY 12224) to completely stop nuclear pow- er and waste storage in NYS . budget is $25,000) almost entirely on individua l b. Also tell other elected officials to stop contributions and fundrainsing events WE organ- nuclear power. ize We urgently need your financial support * US Reps . James Hanley (32nd District), Gary since we currently are laboring under a_$600 0 Lee (33rd), Matthew McHugh(27th), Robert debt! (See below .) McEwen (30th), Donald Mitchell (319t) , House Office Bldg . Washington,DC 20515 . 7. SUPPORT PUBLIC POWER for our communitie s * US Senators (for NYS) Jacob Javits & Daniel following Massena's example . P . Moynihan, Senate Office Bldg . Washing - 8. CONSERVE ENERGY: ton, DC 20510 . tea . US households account for only 14 .7% of US * Pres . Jimmy Carter,White House,DC 20500 . energy use . We must place the major burden o f * NYS Senators Martin Auer & Tarky Lombardi conservation where it belongs--on the major use r and NYS Assemblypeople Leonard Bersani , b. Industrial (factories) and commercial (store s Hyman Miller, •Melvin Zimmer, William Bush, & MALLS) account for 44 .5% . Legislative Office Bldg . Albany, NY 12247 . c. Transportation (over 1/2 car use) is 24 .8% . * If you don't know your representatives call d. Electric utilities (to generate electricity) 16 % the Board of Elections 425-3312 . In your workplace, school or neighborhood op - c. Join local delegations to visit representa- pose high energy use construction such as Syra- tives . Call Lohn Maddaus after 61)m (475-3279) cuse University's proposed 'Carrier Dome' . forihis or other information . Press for job-creating conservation projects . 6 . MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO SPC'S ANTINUK E 9 . CIRCULATE A PETITION. SPC HAS ONE . WORK . Founded in 1936 SPC survives (our yearly Ili . REFUSE TO PAY RATE HIKES . ------Clio & Mail. Syracuse Peace Council, 924 Burnet Ave ., Syracuse NY 13203 (315) 472-547 $ We d\like ~copies-of this leaflet at $3/100 $ . We'd also like to become involved in ~ ($4 by mail) . We'd like to subscribe to the antinuke work ; contact us at . Here i s PEACE NEWSLETTER, SPC's monthly paper which a contribution of $ towards SPC's'ongoin g extensively covers antinuke news and action in sane energy struggle . Send us The Front Roo m Upstate NY . Subscriptions are $6 or more per bookstore's complete list of energy books and 1 year; lessAo low income people . Enclosed is resources„
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Harrisburg Response 5/79 PNL 2 5 nvisible But Rea by Jim Ellis
This is the text of a statement prepared for th e Unlike the Post-Standard, which •It's right to be here today, con- Anti-Nuclear Rally at the Syracuse Federa l in an article a couple days back ad- fronting these institutions and de- Building, April 5 1979 . vised us that the problem isn't ra - manding an end to all nuclear power. dioactivity anyway, but only our But as we think about those Syra- The National Organization for an fear of it, we know that radioactivi- American Revolution strongly sup - cusans who aren't here today--real- ty, though it is invisible, is horrify- ports the demand to stop all nuc- izing that without many more of the m ingly real . In the same way, the at- lear power now . Its dangers are in- actively on our side we cannot stop titudes, priorities, goals, and val- herent and unavoidable and mea n nuclear power--let's be realistic ues of the American people, thoug h any attempt, well-meaning or not , and admit that it's not just a ques- they are less visible than these to better regulate nuclear power tion of "getting them the facts, " buildings, are real, and in fact ar e safety a grave mistake . We see though that is important, but als o is the ultimately determining force in nuclear power as the most frighten - of directly challenging the wide - deciding where our country goes . ing example of our country's addic- spread apathy that is so intensel y Haven't those of us who oppose nu- tion to technology and incessant e- dangerous in this technologically clear power been consistently guilt y conomic growth regardless of thei r overdeveloped, country and era . We of denying the reality of our people's should be asking ourselves if ou r human or environmental costs . attitudes, and forgetting the funda- We're speaking today between th immediate goal, of stopping nuclea r e mental importance of those attitudes Federal Building on the one hand , power, is really attainable as lon g in developing a strategy to change as our demonstrations continue to and Niagara Mohawk across th e this society? We have too single - street on tale other . The government look and feel like Ten Year Reunion s mindedly vented our anger at the of the Anti-War Movement . And in bureaucracy, though it contains well institutions that promote and profit meaning individuals, has proven it- the long run, we know we have t o from nuclear power, without takin g create an America that no longer pro- self largely incapable of even ad - seriously or realistically enough the dressing the most serious question s duces monsters like nuclear power hearts and minds of the only force and weapons, or tragedies like th e before America ; such as the energ y that can stop it . crisis . It is best suited to perpetu- South Bronx, or the "normal" horrors We can't have an energy-sane A - in our lives such as the inability of ating itself and, as in the case of . merica as long as many American s the Nuclear Regulatory Commission , women to walk the streets alone any- want several TVs in their homes . more', even in the daytime now . Can to working out complicated compro- We can't-have a real self-govern- mises with the Devil . And Niagara we really attain that long-term goal ment while so many of us live by the if, along with' confronting institu - Mohawk is a well-loved local exam- r philosophy of "Look out for Numbe tions, we aren't at the same time ple of the huge corporations that One and think politics is someone dominate our economy and govern- honestly challenging all Americans , else's responsibility . We can't including ourselves, to begin th e ment today, and whose primary con- make intelligent democratic decis- cerns, as demonstrated all too clear- very difficult but urgent task of in- ions about technology as long as the tegrating political responsibility ly in Harrisburg, are maintainin g majority of our people regard science profits and a " good public image, " into our day-to-day lives ? as a kind of God . Attitudes like For those of us here today, thi s no matter what this means for Ameri- these are just as incompatible with cans or the world . The bureaucracy is one of the great challenges lying a safer, more human America as i s ahead . and the corporations are the visible , Niagara Mohawk's greed for profits . sxternal forces we are going to be ;onfronting in the years ahead, if w e ire willing to fight for what we be- ieve in: in this case, the very fu- ure of life on earth. But I want to conclude my corn - tents by raising an issue that i s tore complex than the pretty obviou s ocial irresponsibility of these tw o istitutions . How did we end up ith nuclear power in the first plac e Id why hove so many American s tmained so indifferent to its pro- end dangers?
Jim is a member of the Syracuse branch of the National Organization for an American Revo - 26 PNL 5/7 9 SPC's 43rd Birthday Dinner hears David Truong-
The 43rd SPC Birthday Dinner he was -surprised to find`Chris Mur- ,war slide shQw -More ludricrous wer e promised "savory friends, spice y ray' s article, "The US against Viet FBI photos of David's apartment suc h laughter and fragrant conversation, " Nam : More War and Witch Hunts. " as his clothes closet, stacks o f as well as a stimulating discussio n A year later he was invited to spea k books and files, and FBI burglar s of David Troung's Viet Nam Trial . The at our Birthday Dinner which revive d watching his television ( hundred or so SPC'ers who attende d his memory of that incident of support . The absurdity of the evidence con- would surely agree ; tables graced For over a year before the arrests trasts with the dead seriousness of with the dry field flowers of winte r of David Troung and Ronald Humphrey , the-,charges and convictions . Beside s were surrounded by spaghetti mounds ' his co-defendent, the State and jus- allowing unwarranted surveillance th e and the chatter of old and new friends . tice Departments worked to build a n government is branding leaks of infor- A special treat was the most mouth - "espionage" case based on illega l mation as "theft of government pro- watering bread fresh from the ovens o f surveillance of all types . Their perty. " This is a warning to future . of Yeast Affection . success has very serious implica- 'Daniel Ellsburg's' who make a n tions for both foreign and domestic ethical decision about what the public 1979 Peace Award policies of the US government . has aright to know . 'With appetites satiated, steerin g n David strongly related his case to committee member Linda DeStefano Shades of Nixo . through .a program of rous- US imperialism in Southeast Asia guided us From the domestic perspective , - ing sing-a-longs and an entreating His arrest was used by the US govern the "spy ring" image was orches- ment to deport UN Ambassador Din h fund appeal . Chris Murray then pre- trated to set legal precedents for Ba Thi when no evidence ever sup - sented the 1979 Peace Award to Bob executive powers . The court accep- ported such action. The trial came Russell for his long time earnest com - ted evidence procured by electroni c mitment to, non-violence and socia l at a sensitive time of Paris negotia- surveillance(wiretaps and micro - tions for normalizing US-VN relations . change activism . Bob was intensely phones,) opening of mail, secre t The. most recent events in Indochina involved in the local scene during the videotaping of Ronald's office, an d Indochina Waf, the dramatization of along with US foreign policy move's a search of David ' s home, all with - in China give reason, David believes , Thieu's tiger cages in downtown Syra - out judicial warrants . Syracuse is one example of his efforts. to the apparent attitude that the wa r Even.with reams of evidence fro m against Viet Nam is not over . In all its facets Bob's life reflect s these illegal means the justice De- a love of justice and humanity . A question directed to David at th e partment was never able to prov e dinner was "Why did you do it?" He s that any of the documents or cable replied: "I didn't do 'it .' I didn't On January 31, 1978 David Troun g e David received or transmitted wer commit espionage . Everyone in DC was arrested on a seven count indict- - related to military defense - a neces is leaking or receiving governmen t ment including espionage and theft o f sary element in the usual legal defi- d information : workers, media, lobby - government property . David opene nition of espionage . In fact, two his talk to us describing his strict ists, scholars; it is a fact of life . " different State Department assess - David ended his talk with a clea r jail confinement during the month s g ments concluded that "compromisin and serious warning: the suspensio n before the trial . He was kept in a the information within the diplomatic solitary cell, not allowed to speak , of civil liberties in the name of na- cables would result in "minor or no ` tional security has created a prece- exercize or socialize with other pri- damage . soners . The Justice Department por- dent . In this case David's nationali - trayed David as a dangerous spy who To prove David to be a spy the ty provided a cold war shield, nex t had threatened national security by . prosecution was left with evidenc e time it may be a minority or dissident handing over US diplomatic cables to downright comical . For example; a with an American issue , David's Viet Namese living in France . Anothe r slide of Washington, DC with a n case must be given serious attentio n prisoner, however, managed to smug - inked in "target box" of a B-52 by all people concerned with freedom , gle a March 1978 Peace Newsletter turned out to be part of an anti - peace and justice . into his cell . David recounted how Viet Nam Trial Support Committee
David needs and deserves our help , financially and politically . Send your contribution to the address VIET NAM TRIAL SUPPORT COMMITTE E below . (By the way, only transpor- 1322 ' 18th'STREE`r ti.W . tation .costs were paid to, David for WASHINGFTON, D .C . 20036 his visit with us .)
Local Analysts 5179 PNL 2 7
.S.U. Dome : Bogus Benefit --. Bona Fide Snafu
by Stephen Costello
Despite an article in the March PNL, the Syracuse University Domed aoAtc MobVF-Ir—ATION-S ? Stadium project is still alive." As the court battle to halt construction o f the Dome moves toward a State
appellate court hearing in early May, ~~ . neighborhood people who have bee n fighting for their right to participate in decisions that affect them are 1 0 finding it difficult to keep from be - coming cynical.. It's not hard to understand their frustration . S. U. has managed t o totally avoid any public input in this huge project from the beginning . Regulations dealing with public'hear- ings, air quality reviews, environ- mental impact statements, and work - able traffic plans have been bent be- yond recognition as the university It turns out that Carrier's involve- way . Holms is also on the Syracuse and Carrier Corporation politcally ment in the Dome project and in the University Board of Trustees ; Eggers elbow a seat for their stadium in th e Archbold site decision was muc h is also Chairman of the City Chambe r most densely populated area in larger than had been publicly an - of Commerce. Syracuse . Attorney Richard Schecter nounced. What had the appearanc e If, as expected, the Dome runs is trying to convince the courts that of a civic-minded, generous, donation . into soaring construction costs and this project should be required to com - of $2 . 7B million was part of a muc h can't pay for its operating expense s ply with State, County, and City larger process . when it's done, there will be no pub- planning laws like any other projec t It began around June 1st, 1978, lic notice or dramatic announcement . of this kind would, but has so fa r when Carrier representatives asked Because S . U . has an agreement with been unsuccessful. to see the Dome plans' being firmed the First Trust and Deposit Co. (Eggers The political lessons of this neigh- up by realtor Jim Kelly around a sit e sits on the Board) to borrow up to borhood effort are not lost on man y in East Syracuse . Two months be= $13 . S million if the Dome fund drive residents, though . As they try to fore, the County Stadium Commissio n doesn't produce enough, the probable keep control over the quality of life had recommended the E . Syracus e result is a perpetual Dome fund drive . in their area and are confronted b y site in its Final Report . The faculty are already feeling the the power, self-interest ; and greed Holms had the professional staff effect of funding priority going to the of the S .U . administration, it has at Carrier rework the plans, ac - project. Academic and support pro - become clear to many people how cording to Kelly, along lines decide d grams are being shelved for lack of hard and expensive it is just to keep on at a private meeting with Melvin donated funds, and a whole new open the possibility that thei r Eggers and County government leaders . building that was planned is now on - - interests as residents of the kneigh- When the proposal was presented t o the back burner indefinitely due to borhood will be taken into account . the State for funding, it was for a the shift in priorities . There is a feeling that City legisla- Dome on the Archbold site, to almos t Meanwhile, the University' s tors have given assurances to pla- everyone's suprise . traffic consultants have recommende d cate them, but don't intend to firm- Almost everyone . The small grou p drastic road changes be made around ly take a stand on the issue . Whe n of University, Carrier, and Count y S . U. and 4, 600 parking spaces be residents' "representatives" ask them heavies who engineered the switch in squeezed into the area to accommodate to be patient because of the complica- sites are also the only people who crowds . tions of the legislative process, they can conceivably benefit from the new The plans get worse, the costs are growing less ready to believe that location . City and County officials to the neighborhood rise, and for now the process is the real barrier. asked admit the site is a bad idea , all hopes of stopping this madness Stephen Costello writes on loca l but the ball is rolling and area poli- are pinned on the court process. Issues . This is the second in a ticians don't seem to want to see Maybe residents ought to be thinking series on the Sti t)nma . WhAt w911 1,Anno- if 01—1 ..fnn in ito —i ..7a al a aU_ . . 1
28 PNL 5/79 Book Revie w {, at the windmill of history - were th e The Russian Anarchists Russian anarchists .
THE RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS, Paul Avrich, Norton Paperback, 1978, (Orig . Princeto n University Press, 1967), 303 pp; index, chronology, 35 p . annotated, updated Paul Avrich, professor of history bibliography (with primary sources in Russian and other European languages) , at Queens College, has provided u s 16 p . of photos ; $4 .9 5 with a scrupulously researched, yet individuals and communities hav e exceedingly readable and fast pace d The human species evolved for far less political power - have far study of the anarchists' impact on hundreds of thousands of years under less control over their own fate - the Russian Revolution . conditions radically different fro m than they once had . With broad brushstrokes, fleshed those undef which'we have lived for Power has become increasingly out with interesting, colorful, con- the past several centuries . Until centralized in multinational corpora- crete, pertinent detail, he examine s very recently (in terns of evolution- tions and states . And these have the historical and ideological back - ary time) we spent our entire live s developed interests of their own ground and the class composition o f in small groups . apart from, and generally antagonis- revolutionary anarchists . In these small communities all tic to, those of individuals and com- He introduces us to the personality , decisions were made by the individ- munities. values, and actions of the major uals themselves, by consensus, o r Their decisions penetrate more and anarchists (eg the gentle scholarl y by home-grown leaders . The decisio n more into our every day life - even Peter Kropotkin and the fiery violent makers were present and familiar , unto the marrow of our bones : (The Bakunin) and to the anarchist organ- accessible and expert . citizens of Harrisburg, captives of izations . He distinguishes care - This was the practical nonhierarch- a deadly industry, recently had a fully between the three categories o f ical democracy that prevailed nearly jolting reminder of this penetratio n Russian anarchism : anarchist-com- everywhere and at all times for 99 .5% and of their powerlessness .) munism, anarcho-syndicalism, and of human history . anarchist -individualism . In 1905 and 1917 the Russian peo - These could differ, greatly in their But in the past several thousand ple - peasants, workers, students , commitment to violence or non-vio- years, with the origin of cities and t captive nationalities - pushed to the lence. They also held distinct views of the state, most human beings have uttermost limits of provocation, ros e of the role of the proletariat in the become increasingly removed from , up against their czarist masters . revolution . the locus of power . They have for- They sought to reclaim their demo- One of the book's majo r, threads is. feited decision making to remote cratic birthright ; they sought control the anarchist critique of Marxis m leaders and . institutions ignorant and over their own lives and over the con- and of the Bolsheviks - especiall y indifferent to their needs . ditions of their labor. once they came to power . The industrial revolution has furthe r Those heroic struggles were a s eroded the autonomy of the individual , much tragedy as triumph : yes, th e While broadly sympathetic to the family clan and community, and ha s czars were overthrown, but power anarchist vision, Avrich is not blinde d even rendered weaker states subser- and capital became increasingl y to the excesses and inadequacies of. vient to the more colessal . The in- centralized, and remain so today . its practitioners : dustrial revolution has meant th e How much control do individuals and "Visionary utopians, the anarchist s concentration of energy, capital, and communities now have over decisions paid scant attention to the practical the devices of coercion and socia l vitally affecting their lives in indus- needs of a,rapidly changing world ; control into fewer and fewer, and trial soviet Russia? The battle wa s :they generally avoided careful anal- more alien, hands . won . . .but was the war ? ysis of social and economic condi- While some of us may now have In the first two decades of thi s tions, nor were they able or eve n unthinkable amounts of mechanical/ century a small but influential force willing to come to terms withthe electrical power at our command , sought the overthrow not ' only of th e inescapable realities of political czars but of the state and state (;ap- power . " (p .253) Ed is an anarchist and paleolithic reactionary. ifalicm_ ThacP l)nn 0ii1srntaa — tiltinn -Ed Kinane
Analysts 5/79 PNL 2 9 To Each According To Their IQ . . .
flinty Goddard in 1992 tested immigrants for 1937, the tests showed no difference . es of the test designers . An example the U .S . Government, establishing that "83% The reason for the change was not that from James McKeen Catell, father of of the jaws, 80% of the Hungarians, 79% of the the testing movement in America and Italians and 87% of the Russians were feeble women had suddenly become smarter , minded . " but rather that the test had been re- longtime editor of Science and Popu- vised to improve their scores . This lar Science Monthly, concerning the "There,are intelligence genes which are found Black population in the U .S . : "A in populations in different proportions . . .The num- was done simply by adding question s ber of intelligence genes seems lower, overall , for which women on the average were savage brought up in a cultivated so- in the black population than in the white . " known to perform better than men . If ciety will not only retain his dark -- Arthur Jensen, 196 9 the IQ score is in fact intended to b e skin, but is likely to have the inco- "Nature has color-coded groups of Individual s a measure of intelligence, then thi s herent mind of his race ." Remark s so that statistically reliable predictions of their of this kind have not been uncommo n adaptability to intellectually rewarding and effec- change can have one and only one in - tive lives can be made and profitably used by th e terpretation : women from then on were among the test designers . pragmatic man on the street . " apparently to be assumed on the aver- The argument that the results of I Q -- William Shockley, 1971 age to have the same intelligence as tests consistently prove the intellec- tual inferiority of certain groups i s thus circular, since the tests were It is accepted by most people that SOME SAMPLE IQ TEST QUESTIONS designed in the first place with thi s the IQ test performs an important inferiority as a built-in assumption . human service by differentiating be- QUESTION : What's the thing for you to do when you are on your way to school and notic e The tests are of course reasonabl y tween people of superior and inferior that you are in danger of being late? good pred ictors of success in a class - 'Caliber. For racists, it confirm s y CORRECT ANSWERS : biased society precisely because the their view that people of darker shade s Hurry. are class-biased tests . To claim are also less intelligent and genetic - Go right ahead to school . that they measure intelligence is ab- ally destined for more menial kinds of Take the street bus. surd, especially since no serious at - work . As seen by the liberals as well, WRONG ANSWERS : tempt was even made to define intel- : poor the test measures intelligence Go on to school and tell my teacher why I'm late . ligence . Not stop. performance, however, indicates not We live in a hierarchical social genes ; but degrading social sur - lust keep on going. bad Get a late card . structure, and the hierarchy has bee n i roundings . Thus, those who do poorly largely unaffected by social reforms . rye stupid, but it's not their fault and QUESTION : Which is prettier? The social order has always seen the ,we should be kind to them . Let u s need to designate various groups for examine these beliefs by studying unequal rewards . The IQ test serve s briefly the history and content of the the useful function of helping to legi- IQ test . timize this process on the basis of an The test was invented by a French allegedly inherent quality to which psychologist, Alfred Binet, aroun d the test's users give the name "intel- 1910 . His method was to separate ligence" . The designer of the test children into two groups, smart and gets to decide which groups will com e dull, on the sole basis of ratings pro- out ahead, depending on whose inter- vided by their teachers . The childre n ests are to be served . The winner s were then subjected to a series o f men, no more, no less . The change can then justify their eventual pro- tests and the test questions rated as was called "standardization" . gress to positions of special privilege to their ability to distinguish betwee n Today' s IQ test still shows differ- on the basis of actual or potential the two groups . The questions that ences in score that correlate with quality; the deficient scores of the were most effective in making the dis - race, ethnic group, and economic losers help to tranquilize them by per- tinction were used to form the early class . However, the tests have nev- suading them that their poverty is a n "intelligence" tests . The early IQ er been standardized for any of these unfortunate result of their incompe- tests thus served as a quantitative factors . Clearly, a decision to stan- tence and thus they deserve a smalle r easure of what a school teacher i n dardize must be a political one .* A proportion of the benefits of the soci- hose days considered intelligence . test can be made to reflect what it s ety. And, most important, testing An important change in the IQ tes t designer wants it to reflect . The bias serves to persuade winners and losers curred in 1937 . Before this time , of a test will therefore reflect the bia s alike that since those on top are there males had scored consistently highe r of the designer, and we can then ask because they are superior, the statu s sn the average than females . After ourselves what were some of the bias - quo is justified. This gives moral and This article .was written by the SPC Science, theoretical justification to the general Collective . The article is based on material i n issues of the publication Science for the People , *In fact, even the results of the standardized- IQ resistance to fundamental social We recommend in particular the March, 197 4 tests for women are easily circumvented In prac- chance . 1/s4e . tice, as Is well known .
WORDS TO REMEMBER Some amazing quotes related to the Three Mile Island near-catastrophe .
"But cancers will develop from thi s accident--this is not in dispute . " - Dr. Paul Milvy, Mt. Sinai School CELEBRATE MAY DAY ! of Medicine In most nations of the world May 1/ "I would assume the worst was goin g is May Day, the International Work - to happen and, plan accordingly . If ers'Day. It is a-day of commemora- it doesn't happen, so what? " tion and. celebration of the rights and -Dr . Jan Beyea, nuclear physicist struggles of working people every- who has studied nuclear acci- where . Ironically it is little known dents for Swedish Energy Comm . in the US even though May Day orig- inated in 1886 as part of the .massive "A meltdown. would . require lon g,term movement for the eight hour day that restrictions on agriculture over a. gripped American labor . Some land area about half the size of the 340,000 workers dramatized their de- area east. of the Mississippi River . " mands with nationwide strikes an d -AEC 1957 accident study demonstrations . Three years later "Accidents will happen . " the International Socialist Congress , -The Village Voice meeting in Paris, adopted May 1 as International Workers 'Day. . . .the company (Metropolitan Edi- What could be more appropriate , not contact the state Civil son) did this year than to celebrate May Day Defense until lam, three hours after by attending the protest rally at the accident . We will investigate Niagara-Mohawk's annual stockhold- whether there was any lag . " er's meeting (see p . 32) ! -Syracuse Herald-Journal front S 3/28/7 9 BOYCOTT CHIOU/TA BANANA page AP story, Once again the United Farm Work- BRUCE BEYER X DAIS "Which amendment is it that guaran - ers of America AFL-CIO (UFW), led Buffalo native Bruce Beyer, repre- tees freedom of the press? Well, I by Cesar 'Chavez, are turning to the sented by former US Attorney General am against it . " national boycott as a weapon of just - Ramsey Clark, was given a 30 day - Joseph M . Hendrie, chairman ice . Following in the wake of the "symbolic" sentence on April 9 .1979 Nuclear Regulatory Comm . (NRC) successful grape and Gallo boycott s by Federal Judge John T . Curtin . Pennsylvania Gov . Richalyd Thorn- is the call to BOYCOTT CHIQUITA Bruce is the Viet Nam war resister burgh : "Is there anyone-in the coun- BANANAS ! ! who lived in exile for 6 1/2 years be- try who has experience with the United Brands Co ., (formerly fore returning to the US on October 20, 1977 . Bruce's return openly chal health consequences of such a re- United Fruit) is the parent company - lenged the government's failure to lease (of radioactive gas)?" Josep h of Chiquita . United Brands als o grant universal;, unconditional am- Hendrie: "Ah, not in the sense that owns Sun-Harvest, which is the na - nesty to all of the estimate it's been studied and understood in tion's biggest iceberg lettuce Pro- d any real way . " ducer . The UFW has had contract s 1,000„000 Viet Nam era veterans an d with them for years but now they are civilians that would benefit from it . "We have got an accident that w e refusing to negotiate in good faith . (see 10/77 PNL ) have not been designed to accommo- In the words of Cesar Chavez: Judge Curtin, who is now seeming- date and. I don't have a reason for not "The company is bringing in strike - ly sympathetic to Bruce's antiwar moving people . I don't know what breakers and using the rural court stance, imposed the sentence to up- you are protecting by not moving and sheriffs in a concerted effort to hold law and order . Bruce describes people . " break our strike . This curtails ou r the sentence as a slap in the face to -Roger Mattson, NRC ' s director of ability to picket, arid the violence o f resisters Who have not yet returned safety systems speaking from the growers and threats of more murd- home . Letters are needed 1p Pres . Three Mile Island to NRC Com- ers of our sisters and brothers lik e Carter calling for a pardon for Bruce missioners in Washington Rufino Contreras (who was killed in and total amnesty . The Viet Nam "If anyone is hurt or killed in an inci- the lettuce fields February 10, 1979) war ended on April 30, 1975, (see p . dent such as the one in Harrisburg , force us once again to ask for your 5) but the US callously continues it s they should be thought of as casual - help . diplomatic war against the Vietnam- ties and treated as soldiers who suf- If the UFW can carry the struggle ese; and it continues its civil war fer in the line of duty . More may in the fields, we can certainly do the against Americans who had the cour- yet fall in the fight for energy inde- same in the stores, so please Boy - age and foresight to oppose the war's pendence . " cott Chiquita ! For more info or to injustice . More info : Bruce Beyer -Letter to the editor, Syracuse help call Dave Wendt 476-2891 . Defense Comm . 124 Jewett' Parkway, Post-Standard VIVA LA CAUSA! ! Buffalo, NY 14214 (716)836-1815 .
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Anti-nuke ~_ Taos* May 1, 1979 Noon ECOH ;day Ma y 4, 1979 9-/1 pm Garage Sale Committee 'Today is SUN DAY! ! KARL MARX'S Birthday ! pp ~J(~ CoffeeHouse Conventio n & A I 1\~~JV fee due . See May 22 . f meets at SPC, 6:15 . 2 Grace Paley speaks at 3 Anti-Nuclear 4 Paper Aluminum Drive 5 Sheldon Hall, SUNY i n Real Food Co-op .620 Ken - 4th Anniversary US out of SPC Part ! sington Rd Viet Nam . Noon Vigil at Oswego . 4pm . loam-3pm , Music Survival Skills Columbus Circle .See p . 5 Environmental Hazards of ae ECO Info call Health85 Access & Resources for Electromagnetic Fields(as Stop Open to public Holistic Health Assoc . of More info see p . 18 Syr . the non-classical must - National Demonstration Demo at NI-Mo! in High Voltage Power Olympic Prison at ECOH . 475-463 6 cian .Ongoing til May 21st against Registration and Lines)by Robert Becker M D National Demonstration in 339 E .Onondaga St . Info the Draft,Washington DC Give Your Views to Ni-Mg 12noon Weiskotten Hall S U Washin on .Info call NYS All Day Super Clean-u p at SPC call 475-5414 or 683-9460 the Bill Harley 475- 4822 Stockholders .Noon . p . 18 Upstate Med .Ctr .473-4361 Council of Ch .s 446-6151 Office closed .Pleas e hel p . Every Tuesday : Dinne r ~ I Rosalie Sorrels will be 12 Nuclear Power 6 7 at the Westcott Cafe . 9 f0 at the Market House 550 Westcott St .,6-8pm Music Hall, Oswego Central NY Coalition for 424.972 5 Central NY NOW Gen .Mtg . Syr . Council of America n National Rally Against the. on Trial Free Choice mtg . at First 7 :30mp Federal Bldg . Dtn . Youth Hostels meets, 6 :30 Death Penalty,Atlanta,G A May -2391 .2, $3 , Baptist Ch . 215 E . Jetfer- SPC Steering Committe e Rm 1117 . Info 472-420 0 at ECOH. Info 475-4636 Info call Fellowship of Re - I-343-2391 . in Wash.D4C son St . 12noon. Meeting . Topic ; Finances . I consillation (404)525-149 0 East park, 1pm See p . 18 For local info call NYPIRG j' Potluck a 7 h Wed . morning. 476-8381 .See ad p . 20 Devil mtg . t at 7n m sharp! Coffee hour 10-12 . Syr . Disabled in Action at Women's INFO , 60 1 Square Dance at ECOH w Anti-Nuke Rally ECOH, 7 :30 475-4636 . Allen St . 478-4636 . Cranberry Lake . 475-4636 in Oswego May 18th-20th Today i s R Today is MALCOLM X' s g MOTHER's DAY! I3 14 I J I ~ 1 7 metropolitan Community (v and HO CHI MINH's I / Gayla Moore talks on Lead SWORDS into PLOWSHARES Annual ACLU Membership Church District Conferenc e Birthday . Feminist Service at Poisoning .Free with Fre e Dinner .Info call 471-2821 Info call 478-522 5 Body Movement-Bod y 1 Conference on Reversing May Memorial Unitarian childcare .l0am-12noon at the Arms Race . 9am-5pm Cafe Dinner Awareness Worksh op.$12 Women's INFO 478-463 6 Onon . Vally Presbyteria n Onon. County Human Rgt s includes Childcare,Lunch Church . Info 469-0946 Coalition,7 :30 May Mem . ; for SPC Press 9am-6pm INFO 478-463 6 Greater Syracuse NOW Benefit/Celebration mtg . at 7:30 Grace Church 5-8pm,$3 at Westcott Cafe SPC Garage Sale Info 472-5478 At ECOH loam-4p m Every Friday : Dinner 20 2 1 22 23 24 at the Westcott Cafe . 25 26 550 Westcott St .6-8pm Julia 424-9725 Welcome Back, Gifford Aud . , 7 &9: 30p m A POLICE BRUTALITY HOT - LINE, 471-6839, is now in Sally & John! Syracuse . A central sourc e I GARAGE SALE Syr . Institut e for collecting such inform First Annual CoffeeHouse Convention & Songwriters Showcase . By S U for Enabling Ed . at ECOH s & CoffeeHouse Artist s Guild .Fee due May 5th .$30 .Information call Info call 475-463 6 forion oll acting ocn it ! Dents Friscia 473-3493 or Peter Schillo 423-4240 . Today is 27 28 29 3C AFRICANC LIBERATION day ! Music at the Westcott Cafe with Barb Dun n PNL Calenda r and Laura fanski , Dr. Strangelove to benefit Cafe. and NO ACT OF GOD (ant1 - Vigil Against Nuclear Wea- Paste-up & layout for June More Paste-Up and Layout nuke film) Gifford Aud . May 1979 pons .Griffis AFB Rome NY All-Nighter-Lots-o-laughs 7 and 9 :30pm . 3:30-4 :30 Info 475-4822 pNL . Come and Help ! Late night Goodies! m