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tremendous courage . I often agre e Unity Kitchen with SPC editorials, but I can't re - member being made more furious an d Syracuse, N Y disappointed than by this one . From the Unity Kitchen Annua l Richard Weiskopf Lette r IL "We certainly are not out to solv e qgeltig the 'street people problem ; ' whic h Syracuse, N Y we see as a symptom rather than a Thought your unsigned editoria l problem : a sympton of a dying cul- in Nov . 81 issue was smug, hypo - ture which no longer values huma n critical, and misleading, Sada t life, In the face of nuclear mad - Impeach Reagan was no bargain, but also no sha h ness, poor people are prophetic t o He was mourned by the "Egyptia n us They are a warning to us o f Syracuse, NY masses" as much as any head o f how far we've gone in this natio n It was the clear intent of the fra- state is mourned . I also have n o in denying the value and giftednes s mers of the Constitution that thos e great admiration for Begin but he i s of every human life, of how willin g bodies which contain the broades t no more conservative or fascis t we are to sacrifice human values , representation of the people of th e than Arafat and any leader of an y even human lives to our military / U .S . should have the power to de- Arab state at this time , industrial idol , cide whether to declare, or not t o If you are going to relate thi s We are facing a treacherous win - 3 declare, war . The Constitution wa s matter to W` VIII and oil you should ter financially, just as all the poo r that way to check the power of th e suggest some reasonable alternativ e will be bending under the eve r President , M'_d, bast policy . Do you admir e greater oppression from Niagara Mo- Since. his election President Rea- the freedom loving government of hawk . Last winter the poor had t o gan has persistently tried to start a Iran and Syria? The pro gressiv e choose between eating and heating . war between the U .S . and the USSR . leaders of Libya and Yemen ? This year with Reagan ' s cutbacks oi n He brushed aside an offer by the So- Israel is no more likely to han d foodstamps and Family Assistance , viet to discuss differences betwee n itself over to the Palestinian tha n and with Niagara Mohawk's drain- the two countries, He has illegall y Jordan is, and the case is just a s ing of the poor, there won't eve n sent members of the U .S . arme d strong (or weak ) be that choice : very little for heat - forces into El Salvador to shore u p I do like your paper and you r inn or eating . In Unity Kitchen , one of the most bloody dictatorship s movies, we always live hand to m r_rth, be t in the world, with the excuse tha t William Mangi n this w i nter it is even more threat- it was necessary to oppose Sovie t ening . " expansion , Rolling Stones We have reprinted this letter be - Reagan has tried to evade the in - cause the im p ortance of the caus e tent of the Constitution and to usur p Syracuse, N Y is clear , Please give if you can . the powers of Congress . He mus t The popularity of the Rollin g Unity Kitche n be stripped of the powers he ha s Stones has reached astronomica l 243 W Adams St . abased, removed from the office h e proportions < Unfortunately, excep t Syracuse ; NY 1320 2 has dishonored, and severed fro m for some women's groups , fe w people have been sensitive to t 'hei - the leadership of the nation whic h OUR APOLOGIES TO JEFF GRABELSKY his actions have placed in morta l anti-female themes . Many of their songs have lyrics that are abusiv e danger . Jeff Crabelsky wrote an articl e to women like "Under rry thumb " Angus MacDonal d called"Reflections on Elections " and the songs of the Some Girls al - for the November PNL . It was a bum . response to Ron Ehrenreich " s, "The Response to Sadat Editoria l In 1976, the Rolling Stones adver- Left and Fecal Politics, " publishe d tising campaign included a billboard Syracuse, N Y the previous mont h of a woman in chains with bruise I was angered and incensed upo n d During the Production process , legs and face and a caption readin g reading the editorial, "Why W e the night before we went to press , "I am black and blue from the Rol - Don't Mourn Sadato" In my opinio n the first three paragraphs of his art- ling Stones and I love it , " the editorial expressed a most nar- icle accidently got pasted up in th e row, intolerant and unforgivin g Women's bodies have become a commodity to be exploited for finan- wrong place : If those consecutiv e point of view- not at all worthy of paragraphs (beginning with ' w e cial greed . The song "Under m y SPC- and was in extremely poor are to turn < . ' at the bottom of th e taste, No matter what we though t thumb" and the billboard are classi c examples of this attitude, Violenc e middle column on p, 16) were put at of Sadat- and no doubt there wa s their rightful place at the beginnin g room for disagreement about that - against women in the media get s of the article, the page would hav e d translated into a violent climate he was a man, a human, gunne read properly , down . for women both in the streets and at home , This exploitation is not onl y We regret the confusion this ma y Like most humans he was comple x have caused our readers . But mor e and did some good and bad things . damaging to women ; it demean s men as well, and transforms societ y importantly we feel bad that Jeff' s In my opinion his efforts were a work didn't get the attentive care step toward peace and he showed into a vast, cruel "meat market, " Usha Fairbank & Deborah Rizzo that it and all PNL articles deserve , 2 Peace Newsletter 12/81 IN THIS ISSUE We are flow, we are the ebb, Following up last month's editoria l we are the weavers, we are the web on the Sadat Assassination, E d . Kinane analyzes the interface of 2,500 Women in Procession Through Arlington Cemetery Nov . 16, 1981 nonviolence and assassination , ,t. His article pushes forward ou r understanding of nonviolence . Fo r Linda DeStefano, global popula- tion is as much a crisis as ever , but several myths undermine ou r paying serious attention to th e problem, William Sunderlin in- vites us to look at M . , the jour- nal of the national pro-feminist / anti-sexist men's movement . Ou r centerfold carries two articles o n the Syracuse Real Food Co-op . By far the most successful loca l movement business, the Co-op i s also a political organization wit h a broad base . It is a powerful , living example of an alternativ e organization based in cooperation . The PNL will be taking its year- ly holiday break and returns t o you in February . COVER Editorial Committee Twenty-five hundred women gathered at the Pentagon on Novec ;uer 15--l b W illiam Sunderlin, Production Coor- to oppose military madness and patriarchy . Mary Beth O 'Connor, who dinator ; Ed Kinane, Karen Beetle , went down to D .C . with a group of 23 local women, caught the spiri t Gary Weinstein : of the event with this photograph . SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL Workers 5 Peace Council New s Ed Kinane, Karen Beetle, Geof f 6 Monday Night Potluck s Navias, 'Dik Cool, Mairead Connor , 7 American Myths 1982 Calenda r Laura Wilansky, Peggy Galvagno , LOCAL Glenda Neff, Gary Weinstein , 8 Local disarmament/anti-nuclear project s Carol Baum, William Sunderlin , 11 December 5 Nine Mile II demonstratio n Annette Greff, Linda DeStefano , 11 New political theater group needs support : Kevin Osborne . 12 Syracuse Real Food Coo p NATIONA Mailing Party Worker s L 14 Stopping the "dollar draft" : tax resistanc Sammy, Danny & Peggy Galvagno , e Suzanne Burns, Joye Hirsch, Caro l INTERNATIONAL Baum, Dik Cool, Pat Hoffman , 15 International briefs : Reagan is "peacemaker"/East Timor updat e Karen Beetle, Glenda Neff , 16 Assassination and the lirnits of non-violenc e 18 Population, consumption and survival - part I Next Month's CULTURAL Production 21 M . gentle men for gender justice (a nationwide journal ) Mon . & Tues ., January 25 & 26,193 2 REGULARS Deadlines 2 Letter s Space Requests January 5 9 PEACE S Display Ad Deadline January 1 2 10 NVS Fil m Feb . 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News from the SPC House SPC Collectives, Committees & Projects o 've (seine bi g tiie Peace Council house lately , New people are always welcome to join any of these activi t es . 'L : eft, ;nit entice the amazingly elegant ex - Contact the person listed to find out what you can do . , .ietc: 1111y ,e11a with a russet clay trim . W e t i thank Brent Bleier for'the many hours ire put in . there's been nary a quiet moment . Staff Collective The Front Room Bookstor e _,mericue Niyt'on 1982 Calendar is back from the n Collective Leis . WOW Better pick yours up soon, becaus e Glenda Neff, William Sunderli Karen Beetl e ry likely to sell out . Flowers of_Liberation, the Carol Baum, Dik Coo l et cin cultural work w`iicn accompanies the celen - SPC Pres s is in ita right . ;ffperson Karen Beetle is quickl y Gary Weinstei n ere(ste her introduction on nex t Outer feces will see, or voices you wil l on e ,e, on a regular basis are Mar y Peace Newslette r Steering Committe e U'Cot :t t, lt . . : Cteveliag, and Pat Hoffmann . Brent Bleier, Jim Doherty , ore ; ;reteiul fur t is contributions, great an d This month's editorial corn- _w :i ltec cent in. Our back salary debt i s mittee : SPC staff 472-547 8 Kath Buffington, Mimi Satter , utaly O'nri :S;L and salaries have tee n Ed Kinane, Gary Weinstei n Vince Sgamikati, Carol Bau m

lathe tot n your _,_tk a half now . 422-288 7 Pi we hope to have a breather . Th e Promotion & Distribution : ill i ;a close ! etween Christmas and New Year . Glenda Neff 472-547 8 I U cone tit en ;n,vays, so give a cal l Classifieds :

Le , E - .' town the rtolidays . ) Peggy Galvagno 656-829 7 Advertising : needs someone! see page 5 PNL Calendar 472-5478

What is SPC SPC Programs/Project s SPC in Coalition s T .:e nyLecusc be .ice Council(SPC) is a non-profit , Defense Spending in Onondaga Citizens United Against Polic e u :aty eased, .,utonomous anti-war/social justic e County : Brutality : niz_,irn, . We have an affiliation with Clergy An d Gary Weinstein 472-5475 Angus MacDonald 476-806 2 t . C eratn(C,+LC) . We have a vision of a worl d Philippines : Cruise Missile Project and oltwce , a ,d exploitation of all kind s Sally & John Brute 445-U698 Seneca Army Depot 472-547 8 ,on,is :, ri!wei, .Liixn.al, age, etc .) cie not exist , Animal Rights : Nuclear Weapons Freez e i',L .m•r, 1_ : :crust ,tat SPC are to hel_, people work fo r Linda DeStefano 475-0062 Campaign : esc,_r ,cml c :r:,n ;e and to overcome our sens e Nestle Boycott : Louise Mullen 682-933 6 e s_ :era_ ; Ln,o ugh mutual support . We fee l Sam Martin 472-2983 Syracuse Citizens for th e :tic n, agitation, and organization lead t o Energy Legislation : Prevention of Nuclear War : (ma is.:e . [he hove a basic commitment to non - Diane & Peter Sword. 011ie Clubb 479-597 7 eiencc . 479-565 8 Syracuse Public Powe r SPC .tte uersht 0 revolves being on the mailing lis t NVS Films : Coalition : Inc: !eeling ti,at you're a member . Simple as that . SP C Dik Cool 472-547 8 Ann Stevenson 472-392 1 -ported i_t ;arrly through members' contribution s Political Economy Study Group : Upstate Resistance : monthly pledges, and f _cireising events . It's a n Jane Begley 478-852 1 Kath Buffington 471-692 3 ine •t .it' t = tr, ;-gide to raise our $36'i, 000 annual budget . Syracuse Science Collective : Women Working for a Non - SPC 's mil jerwork is done through committees and i n A .P . Balachandran 479-882 6 Nuclear Future : coaNttoes . Three collectives work out of tine SPC SPC Film Committee : Pat Rector 446-238 0 office : the :,rogiam staff, the SPC Press, and Th e Lois Levitan 478-299 8 East Timor Human Right s Front Root. Bookstore . SPC Potluck Series : Committee : Lois Levitan 478-299 8 Mike Chamberlain -173-502 0 Syracuse Peace Counci l American Myths Calendar : Nine Mile II Coalition : Dik Cool 472-547 8 Williatm. Sunderlin 472-547 8 924 Burnet Avenu e War & Peace Promotion an d Friends of Central Americ a 'Distribution : United in Support(FOCUS ) Syracuse, NY 13203 William Sunderlin 472-547 8 Gary Weinstein 472-547 8 Women ' s Pentagon Action : Upstate Peace Network : 315/472-5478 Karen Beetle 472-5478 Geoff Navias 47 8-441 4 4 Peace Newsletter 12/81

Introducing the New Staffperson at SPC There is only one choice . I just got rack from the Wo- Hello! I have been working hard(many long hours) at men ' s Pentagon Action ; I' m rea l the Peace Council for nearly a month now . I 'm beginning eager to be working with other Y Y Y Y to get a sense of Syracuse-at least by bus . It's been ex- on the connections between milita- citing meeting those of you who have stopped by . rism and feminism . I'm also inter - Before I came to Syracuse I was living in Portland, Ore- ested in helping to plan actions around Call it Freedom . gon and organizing for the Diablo Canyon Blockade . How - the first prosecutions of non-regis- ever I've spent most of my life in Albany, NY . I like Up- trants . I've peen discovering laten t stae NY . I grew up in a Quaker family, and have been in- anarchist tendencies in myself latel y -M . Pierc y volved in peace and disarmament work for a while, start- (explosive ideas for cold winte r 0 ing with taking part in the Continental Walk for Disarma- nights .) Is anyone out there inter- ment and Social Justice in 1976 . In the summer of 1980 I ested in an anarchist study group ? went to the USSR with a peace delegation for three weeks . --Let me know! ! I 'm interested in talking about that experience . I als o In addition to changing the world and myself, I like t o spent some time in Rhode Island working with AFSC, an d bake bread, play my guitar, hang out with friends, an d learning to print with an IWW printing collective . escape to the woods . -Karen Beetl e

Whither the Annual Dinner ? Peace Newsletter Editorial Committee You may be wondering what happened to that high - needs people in various capacities : light of the fall season, SPC ' s Annual Dinner . Th e **editorial committee members to plan and produce th e present steering committee is very small, as its mem- Peace Newsletter . Call William atSPC . bers wait for the new committees(Organizational Main- **someone to solicit, co-ordinate and produce ads fo r tenance and Program & Evaluation) to begin in January . * the Peace Newsletter, someone to do billing . So with the limited energy available we decided to make **someone to send out monthly mailings to Internationa l make the transition to new committees our priority . and bulk Peace Newsletters subscribers . There will be no Annual Dinner in 1981 . At the talk b y Noam Chomsky on Thursday, January 21st(see bac k Projects calendar for details) you will have the o pportunity t o meet the people serving on the two new steering com- **Nestle Boycott : local leafletting planned for January . If mittees . Please plan to come . you can help call Sam Martin at 472-2983(evenings . ) **Maintenance of a phone and letter network to monito *Yes, we are still interviewing for these committees ; r you still have a chance to consider serving on one o f government moves concerning the arms race . call SPC **Ongoing education and organizing about the Cruise Mis them . Contact Glenda or Carol at SPC . - sile at Griffiss Air Force Base, and the Seneca Arm y Wallflower Order and Grupo Raiz Depot . Call SPC . **Promotion and distribution of War & Peace . Call Kare n The performance by these two groups left us deepl y or William at SPC . touched and renewed . Upstage, the production company which brought them here, knew money would be lost on th e project . Unfortunately, even more money was lost tha n SPC Staff Position Ope n they expected(partly due to the low ticket prices, also a At the end of January William Sunderlin will be leav- political decision .) Upstage asks for cdntributions(tax- ing the SPC staff. We are looking for a new staffperso n deductible) be made, payable to Wallflower Order c/ o to begin in early January, learning from William durin g Upstage 114 Eddy St . #6 Ithaca NY 14850 . About $1000 mus t that time . As we do not necessarily want an all-wome n be raised to pay the artists adequately . Please contac t staff, we encourage men with feminist values to apply . Upstage if you can consider helping them with a loan . Contact Glenda Neff at SPC-315/472-5478 .

To stop nuclear madness and build a peacefu l Upstate Resistance Aler t world, we must educate ourselves and others ... It is expected that Selective Service will make the move in December or January to begin prosecution of youn g men who have not registered for the draft . The Nationa l Resistance Committee is planning to have simultaneous dem- 4 onstrations in 28 cities immediately after the first indictmen t et-rL4 or arrest is made . Upstate Resistance is part of NRC and i s organizing to hold actions in Buffalo, Rochester and Syracus e `War Peac on the Saturday following the first move by the SS . People A Handbook for Psachnaking e are needed now to be part of telephone trees, ready to call in Upstate New York others to mobilize for these demonstrations . Call Kat h onwirore 1 - 9 Copies — Buffington at 471-6923(evenings) or SPC at 472-5478(days . ) Syracuse Peace Counci l These actions will show the government that we are seriou s 924 Burnet Ave. 85c a piece, post pai d about supporting non-registrants and will not be intimidated . Syracuse. NY 13203 BULK RATES AVAILABLE

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December 7 Reflections on 2 Years In Ireland : Social & Cultural Issues Ann & Dale Tussing have recently returned from a 2 year stay in Ireland - - their third such trip in 10 years — and their presentation will includ e daily life in Ireland, inequalities, Ireland as a peripheral economy, th e status of women & the North , December 14 Sing-Along : Songs of Freedom & Struggl e For all musicmakers & songsters, instrumentalists & listeners — an informa l gathering to share the songs of progressives past and present , 6p.m. DINNER: bring a dish or beverage to share 7 - 9 pm DISCUSSION Experienced childcare available . $1 donation requested . THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE-821 EUCLI D (NEAR THE CORNER OF WESCOTT STREET • ACROSS FROM ECOH )

New Arrivals at The Front Roo m , e/zl.oi2t~l/716 BEYOND THE FRAGMENTS : Feminism & the Making %9fi ?oo o~d , / of Socialism, Rowbotham, Segal & Wainwright . $ 7 /,a /ai?. 7d e/// CRACKS IN THE IMAGE : Stories by Gay Men . Ga y Men's Press . $5 .5 0 THE HAUNTED POOL, George Sand . $3 .9 5 Jade/r/ LAND & LIBERTY : Anarchist Influences in the Mex- ican Revolution, Magon . $5 .95 LESBIAN FICTION : An Anthology . ed. Bulkin . $9 MAKING ROOM : Women & Architecture . Heresie s #11 . $4 .25 THE PLOWSHARES 8 : The Crime, The Trial, Th e Issues . Plowshares 8 Support Cmte . $ 2 SEX ISSUE . Heresies #12 . $4 .2 5 THE SOUL OF MAN UNDER SOCIALISM . Osca r Wilde . $1, 25 THE SPIRAL PATH : A Gay Contribution to Huma n Woman Sexuality: Survival . Fernbach, $6 .9 5 THIS BRIDGE CALLED MY BACK : Writings by Radica l a workshop day for wome n Women of Color, ed . Moraga & Anzaldua . $ 9 WHITE PAPER WHITEWASH : Interviews with Phili p date: Saturday, Dec. 12, 1981 Agee on the CIA & El Salvador . ed . Poelchau . 6 .5 0 time: 9 am to 5 p m fee: $12 .00 (or reciprocity) Mail Orders : Please add 20% under $,5 and 15% over , includes lunch and childcar e THE FRONT ROOM BOOKSTORE of the Syracuse Peace Council Sponsored by : The Women's Info Cente r 601 Allen Stree t 924 Bumet Ave . Syracuse, NY 13203 (315) 4725478 . Hours: 9-5 M-F except Wed. to 9pm : Saturday 11-4. 478-463 6 6 Peace Newsletter 12/81

Local Disarmament/Non-Nuclear Actio n POTASSIUM IODIDE lington Cemetary to the Pentagon . projects for Syracuse . We encourag e Potassium Iodide (KI) is a sub - Women who went last year will re - all women to come and get involved . stance that can prevent the absorp- member the four stages- MOURNING If you have any questions, sugges- tion of harmful radioactive iodine int o for women )tilled by the Patriarchy ; tions, etc . call Karen at 472-5478 . the body . The Potassium Iodid e ANGER at the forces of hate and vio- works by saturating the thyroid gland lence that bring us daily closer t o S.U. ORGANIZES thus not allowing the thyroid to ab- nuclear annihilation ; EM?OWERMEN T by strangling the pentagon with ou r On November 11, Coleman Mc - sorb any radioactive iodine in the en- Carthy spoke at Syracuse Universit y vironment weaving ; and DEFIANCE through civi l . For 15 years, the preven- as part of a convocation on Nuclea r tive quality of KI has been recog- disobedience . This year 105 wome n were arrested for pouring blood or War . The group of graduate student s nized; and it is recommended that th e and faculty who worked on the con - substance be stockpiled neat- all nu - blocking entrances . The day ende d vocation are forming a speaker s clear facilities . A deficiency in the with a closing ritual in which w e bureau on disarmament . If you ar e safety code exists if KI is not avail - celebrated our strength , and renew- ed our hope for the future . interested in being part of the speak - able . ers bureau, booking a speaker o r Women Working for a Non-Nuclea r getting involved in Syracuse Citizens ' Future is working on creating publi c for the Prevention of Nuclear Wa r e awareness of the need to stockpil contact 011ie Club at 423-3802 . Potassium Iodide, On January 13 a t Le Moyne College, Women Workin g for a Non-Nuclear Future is holdin g SENECA ARMY DEPOT a public forum on the health arid Since the evidence of nuclea r politics of the KI issue . Stanle y weapon storage at'Seneca Army De - Fink, a local health authority and pot hit the news last month(see th e . For physician, will be the speaker summary in Novemuer PNL), peopl e r more information contact Pat Recto in the Finger Lakes region hav e at 446-2360 . made their concern visible . On short notice almost 100 people vigiled o n WOMEN'S PENTAGON ACTION November 1st outside the Depot gate . On November 15 and 16, 23 wome n On November 23, about 30 activist s from the Syracuse area went to Wash- met in Geneva to discuss now t o ington for the two days of activities . spread the word about the Depot an d On Sunday morning some women wen t Women who went to the Pentago n its place in the strategy of "limite d to workshops on racism, health is - want to share our feelings and tal k nuclear war . " Many groups are al - sues, nuclear power, feminism and with other women about the action . ready planning their own activities ; militarism and other survival issues ; Some of us are excited about work- an action at the Depot is planned fo r while others were prepared to d o ing on feminism and violence issue s Saturday, December 19th at 2 pm . I f peacekeeping . Later we marched t o in the Syracuse area . A take back you ' d like to be involved in publi c the Air and Space Museum, and some the night march has been mentione d education and organizing about th e of us vigiled that evening at th e as a possibility . Seneca Army Depot, contact SPC . White House . We are holding a meeting on Wed . We can put you in touch with other After sleeping in churches or at December 16, at 7 :30 at Mini Sat- people and groups who were at th e friend's homes we gathered on th e ter's house on 1668 W , Colvin St . 11/23 meeting . For more information mall and walked silently through Ar - to report on the i n n d

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Local THEATRE " ren hand o f d commit - 4 TMI: STOP THE RESTART work , to help, t o One of the two nuclear plants a t Three Mile Island near Harrisburg ma y resume operation in December . Gen- workin g eral Public Utilities (GPU), owner o f money . the TMI facility, is seeking NRC Per - mission to reopen the undamage d lots of Unit I, closed since the accident i n ''eatre , May '79 . financial support base . Pledges are S to Citizen groups in Central Pennsyl- non-binding but good faith promises . vania have mobilized a 'Campaign t o If enough are made and all els e HAITIAN BOAT PEOPLE OUT IN THE COL D Stop the Restart .' The NRC decisio n goes well, the co-op credit unio n may be delayed while the NRC defend s should be open for business in Marc h During World Wei- II prise's-ir e itself against the Campaign in cour t '82 . To make your pledge and to g et Nazi concentrutior c:amici .here force d for refusing to consider the issue o f more information, drop by and talk t o to stand naked outdoors in tie winter .. psychological stress (on area resi - the good folks at the Syracuse Rea l They were part of medico t experiment s dents) during their hearings on TMI . Food Co-op . testing the reactions ci rumen he ' The hearings have recently bee n to conditions of extreme eo Id . Such grisly inhumanity eet re- reopened to consider the cheating b y ; rn a ee e GPU nuclear reactor operators on li- stricted to Le , est s form , censing exams . The ruling on the Re - tyre experiments ere about to he re- sumed . This time the motive Is o start will be one of the first major medical, but political . decisions of Reagan's NRC . This winter, by Presicieet Peegoi .' s If the Pennsylvania Citizens group s : ,1 are successful in stopping the Restart , order, 4000 non-docunleetr :lien :; it will deny the waning nuke industr y will be moved from dete ;rtioe ceetc r Mostly in toe Suurti to ;a;s:rrCoM p a much needed victory . at Fort Drum military case near Water - For more information call (717) 233 - town in northern. New York 4241 . , Most of the prisoners Hait- ian refugees fleeing the poverty an d repression of their Ceribi .e : 'honrei.3rr ~ While presumably they'll_ ! u cleteerl and boo semi, the sudden forced reio- CO-0P CREDIT UNION FOR SYRACUS E natian of these tropical people- to -, , area of extreme c>ld is curtain t o Some members of the Syracus e lead to pain and disease . Real Food Co-op (see pp 13,14) ar e Fort Drum is so wintry thot in te e working to set up a credit union. months to come it will he the site nor A credit union is a federally char- cold-weather treblirrn for 7000 sa l tered and insured 'bank' controlle d diers . Fort Drum a bI also ine by a board elected i ;y the depositors . site for testing classified oir , - LNS OUT OF PRIN It would do for money what the Co-o p T ground missiles under cold-wr :-rthr r does for food . We have lost a staunch ally in th e conditions . Credit unions generally pay higher struggle . The Liberation News Servic e Added to this Si! ;erian scenerto r ., than commercial bank rates on saving s ceased publication in September . Fo r the fact of isolation : in this remot e and provide loans at 2-3% lower inter - 14 years it provided a stream of new s outpost tine Creole-speakinn visor , est . Members pool their savings , a•d graphics to scores of anti-war/ will be cut off from Hearty ell out Bid e which in turn are invested accordin g social justice media . contact and support, as well a s to policies democratically determine d It searched out the national an d ficient translators and legal a by the members . international news the New York Time s Not only does .Subjection file thtl itu ._n Thus savings would no longer nee d was afraid to find, The Peace News - to these conditions constitute crut " i to be put at the service of nuclea r letterwas a longtime subscriber . and unusual punishment - it r. . delti ; - power, South Africa, or multi-nationa l The New York City-based collectiv e erate, selective and discrindretory . business . Instead, the credit unio n paid themselves $65 a week, but eve n Its part of the Justice Department ' could invest in socially useful pro- that, it seems, wasn 't low enough . policy of deterence and irareese,er,.t jects like home improvement, sola r Shortage of money was one problem ; designed to stem the flew vesper *e energy and alternative businesses . another was lack of workers who wer e Haitians out of the squalor. of net WS , A campaign is now underway thr u 'even slightly interested in figuring satellite . December 31 to raise $25, 000-10, OO h out how to manage money' (Wi n Readers are urged to write t th e in deposit pledges . These are neede d 12/15/81) . President, the Lnn,i_n-atron _s ! N_;tur;i- to convince the National Credit Unio n There's a lesson here for grassroot s ization Service, anal t'-~r ,s, ;1Itmine y Administration that there is a sufficient groups : Don 't mourn - keep organized! General . 14/81 Peace Newsletter 9

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EVERY FRIDAY * DECEMBER 1981 * GRANT AUD ., S .U. CAMPUS * $1 .50 POTASS Potassium Io d stance that can Schedule Change ! THIS SHOWING AT SUMNER SCHOO L tion of harmful - c . films at SUMNER SCHOO L (Corner of S . Beech & Bassett Sts .) the body . Thee) conflicts with dome events . works by sa t RED NOVEMBER, .HE WIZARD OF OZ will be show n h as not , BLACK NOVEMBER on Dec . 11 replacing the Olde Tim e n Friday Dec RED NOVEMBER, BLAC K . 18 7 & 9:3 0 NOVEMBER on the 18th not the 11th . Sally Alvarez & Carolyn Jung, 198 1 On November 3, 1979, 5 people were gunned down during an anti-Klan demonstration i n THIS SHOWING AT SUMNER SCHOO L Greensboro, North Carolina, by Nazis and K u (Corner of S . Beech & Bassett Sts .) Klux Klan (KKK) members. The five, all Com- n munist Workers Party (CWP) members, were MEN'S LIVES and BETWEEN ME N labor and youth organizers, textile workers an d :30 medical activists . On November 17, 1980, si x n Friday Dec . 4 7 & 9 Klan/Nazis were found not guilty of the murder s n Two pioneering works which begin the enor- even though there are witnesses and film foot - moos task of examining and changing mal e age. Since the film's completion, the role of a n values government provacateur has slowly emerged . . BETWEEN MEN (Will Roberts, 1979 ) The film, thcugh marred by CWP rhetoric, i s n examines the relationship between masculinity n and militarism and the resulting effect on U .S . well done . Its urgent role of documenting and n society . MEN'S LI\/ES (Josh Hanig and Wil l making visible the massacre could not be more Roberts, 1974) is a lively, affectionate an d important in the face of mounting right win g n humorous look at men's attitudes toward sex - repression in the U .S. ▪ ua!ity and how they see themselves as men . ▪n Both films have won many awards . Will Robert s RED NOVEMBER , n will lead a discussion at 9PM following the firs t BLACK NOVEMBER n showing . Red November, Black Novembe r In Summer School Bleak November, black and red; Hallowed month of labor's martyrs , THE WIZARD OF OZ Labor's heroes, labor's dead . n Friday, Dec . 11, 7 Labor's wrath and hope and sorro w ▪n :30 & 9 :30 • Bring ; :iliows, tounc'hies & drinks . Red the promise, black the threat Who are we not to remember? n▪ I he most beloved film fair e to the magical land of Oz , Who are we to dare forget? n tale . rt :ill time, ll~r It i-ar J Garland gave her most mem- n n or n i. the rl .issit against orable performance . Th e Black and red the colors blended , n seti .-h all family films mus t Wicked Witch of the \Ves t Black and red the pledge we made n n hr measure, . I he Scarecrow , (Margaret I lamiltun) has en- Red until the fight is ended n Tllc Tin .Man, t he Cowardl y dured as the scariest- . an d Black until the debt is paid . n lion . . uul the •Munch - most thoroughly satisfying — Ralph Chaplin, 1933 n kin`, hair brcumc part of ou r villainess in the movies . Older n , n commor. hrri huge ludo Gar- audiences may view this film written in honor of the state of Utah Joe Hill, executed by November 19, 191 5 n 1111 .1 s pure, wistful version o f with fond memories and a nn the (Is trNs inning song ()te r sense of nostalgia, but eac h Fridays n thr Ramhow ' • became he r successive generation discov- in January 1982 : n tridenr.irkAn .l as Dorothy . ers within the film the fresh , HAROLD & MAUDE 1/1 5 n thr itotorent girl from Kansa s endearing qualities that mak e POURQUOI PAS! (Why Not! ) 1/2 2 n \5i„ r, transpetted vtacvclon e it timeless . n TELL ME A RIDDLE 1/2 9 Alternatives in the Arts at The Front Room BY POPULAR DEMAND : Plays & Other Works by the Sa n POLITICAL PLAYS FOR CHILDREN: The Grips Theate r Francisco Mime Troupe . $8 of Berlin, ed . Zipes . $ 4 CREATIVE DIFFERENCES : Profiles of Hollywood Dissi - THE QUILTERS : Women & Domestic Art , Cooper & dents . Talbot & Zheutlin, $5,4 0 Buferd, $6 .9 5 THE DODO BIRD . Fried . $1 .5 0 THE RADICAL THEATRE NOTEBOOK . Sainer . $2 .65 EMBROIDERING OUR HERITAGE : The Dinner Part y REEL CHANGE : A Guide to Social Issue Films . ed . Needlework . Chic'ado . $15 .95 Peyton, $6 .9 5 THI. ESSENTIAL O 'CASEY : A Study of the Twelve Major THE SUCCESS & FAILURE OF PICASSO . Berger . $4 .95 Plays of Sean O'Casey . Mitchell . $2 9 5 THEATRE FOR THE 98%, Klein . $4 .5 0 FIRE MUSIC : A Political History of Jazz,. Backus . $ 4 WOMEN & MUSIC . Heresies CO . $4 .25 'I DI : AEW WOMEN'S THEATRE : Ten Plays by Contempor - ary American Women . ed, Moore . $5 .9 5

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As the six of us sit, struggling and .I Slowly "THE OPEN HAND THEATRE " laughing, trying to arrive at a nam e becomes our name . The open hand of for our theater group, I think bac k welcome, willingness, and commit- i over the past year , ment ; hands which do hard work , r?aching out to each other to help, t o Back to the revolution---Theatre i s share joy, to comfort . no miracle worker . It helps the sou l One year ago the theatre group wa s 4% confront itself ; it is expansive . an idea in a living room . Today - We support the theatre by workin g Theatre . . .a necessity like dreaming , after a year of meeting, working o n part time jobs and donating money . our theatre skills, slowly learnin g provides a way for people to ac t We need support, materials, lots o how to work together, integrating the f symbolically . love ; good theatre/political theatr e T art of life, politics and theatre- w e is hard to come by . Our work is to Through movement, light and sound , are ready. But first we are makin g tell the stories of our times, of th to dream together---collectively ex- the move out of the living room an d e people of Upstate N .Y ., of our ploring, celebrating and exposing th e into Eureka Studios downtown . Wit h cultures, of our hopes and fears, ou r symbolic language of old and ne w more usable space, our work ca n struggles and joys . cultures . grow . . . enough room to practice . . . Traditionaly, theater has served th e to build productions . . . a theatre home . Watch for our productions . (Tw o interests of the ruling classes (a s that are currently in process are : have most of our powerful cultura l As we work and play(wresting theatre THE OLD WOMIN LEAVES ,& TH E experiences such as organized reli- away from show biz, spirituality fro m REBELLION OF CUTTING STRINGS) . gion, media, politics, $sell-abration the exclusive domain of organized Give us a call if you would like t o etc .) religion, and hope from the politic s support this work with time, skills , lives materials, or money . Theatre, as an integration of dreams/ of fear), within our spirits, our , our revolution, we need to listen to spirituality, media/politics, an d You are invited to our open house : both our dreams of peace and of horror . celebration/ritual, is a product an d December 12 & 13 11 :00am-6 :OOp m creator of cultures, Evolution Eureka Studios 122 Walton St . justice will not happen by changing th e (315) 478-4414 or 472-938 6 The core members of the Ope . Han d the mastheads of our present cultura l Theater are Cindy bquiiiac, , structures . The structures, the lan- Jennifer Papin, Geoff Navias , The soul, the culture that confront s guage, the symbols through which w e Linda DeStefano ; Jack Manno, , an d itself, often has unforseen journie s think and live must change . n short, Justine Fenu . to take . . .back to the revolution . new cultures .

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Local CO-OP PIONEERS SOLAR ENERGY IN SYRACUS E

by Peter McCarth y Shortly after the Food Co-op pur- chased the storefront, a Buildin g Committee was formed to work on it s maintenance, repairs _ .id improve- ments . The Committee soon turned it s attention to the suuject of energ y efficiency . This was the beginning o f the Syracuse Real Food Co-op Sola r Project . Two Challenges: Solar Et Conservation An analysis of the building's energ y consumption snowed one "plus" and one "minus" . The negative feature was that an uninsulated concret e clock building wastes tremendou s amounts of heat . Thus a program o f approved . The Buildi ; - Committe e By spring, the D .O .E . funds had . insulation and weatherizing becam e was dumbfounded, Soddenly the grou p come in and work began in earnest . the first priority . was faced with the task of ta ;kiiin c. Co-op members, now working tw o The positive feature was that th e half-baked collection of good idea s Saturdays a month, attacked the out - cuilding 's south wall had a virtuall y and translating them into reality . side walls, and constructed a framewor k unobstructed exposure to the southern After many meetings and much research , to hold the insulation and wood siding . sun - a perfect place for a solar collec- detailec plans began taking shape . Other materials were purchased, and tor . Solar energy - a cheap, clean , Tne walls (and .#loor) would be insul- the design for the collector and hea t decentralized and permanent energ y ated with fiberglass, over w'rich ne w distribution system began to take fina l source - would provide a chance t o wood siding rvnuld he .golierl - .... - shape . By August, the framing on th e demonstrate a working alternativ e nrovinrl the building reoronce . . walls was nearly finished, an old stie d to some of our society's most basic a bonds . The ceiling . . lb : e o :, the south wall had been remove d problems . sulated with cellulose . and the framework for the collecto r Once these two priorities had bee n The collector design. went tnro u was erected . By this time over tw o identified, planning for their imple- several cnanges . The de sig . fmnell y ndred people had worked on the pro- mentation began . Some people invest- chosen was toe "Model TEA" ooliecto : , ject . Many returned over and over , igated funding sources, while others which was developed by Total Rica iron- ;,ringing friends to help, making new began planning the solar collecto r inent Action, an alternative energ y friends, learning, sharing skills , and insulation options . These becam e group rn New Halnpsnirc . The Mt-de l working together . Some people came to the two working groups of the Sola r TEA is a thoroughly tested desirth te r work on the project and joined the Project . The Administrative group deal s an efficient hot air collector whic h Co-op afterwards . with budgeting, records and publicity, could be construct(}G on the „lre l :y Starting in September 1981, workday s while the Construction-Design grou p people witn moderate skills . Th e were held every Saturday . By lat e nandles, logically enough, constructio n collector consists or a black absorbe r November the collector framework wa s and design tasks . In early 198U a pro- p late of industrial t mum complete . The insulation and siding posal was submitted to the U .S . covered with glass . foe s_ ._ . :,e,at ~ were nearly finished and the heat stor- Department of Energy ' s Appropriat e the metal . Air is bloc, behind to e age system was begun . The target dat e Technology Small Grants Program . With metal, warmed, and , loann : into th e for completion is January 1982 . a budget of $11, 135, the Co-op pro - store . Surplus heat will be blown int o By mid-winter solar energy wil l posed to insulate the building and in - an insulated box of steee, w'.iich will. oegin to provide heat to the Co-op . stall a solar collector on the south wall . provide some heat at rain nt . Calculations indicate that even wwjt h The major part of the labor would com e Syracuse's cloudy skies, the syste m from Co-op members, who receive a The Community Pitches I n should provide approximately one 10% discount on purchases in retur n By early 1981 the major aecrsicra tnird of the heat needed for the store . for working in the store or on Co-o p had been made, and work oe th e It may be possible to increase tha t projects . .wilding began . One Sunday mo ..tl-4 percentage through further conservatio n Several months later, the Co-op wa s was designated a work clay, and Cv-si p measures . The Food Co-op will becom e informed that the proposal had bee n members began to pre: ate the ceiiir q_ en example of what people workin g for insulation . This we s work tha t together on a small scale can do t o Peter :,rcdarthy 7_ cooriir . toL :J r could be done for little money, usin g provide themselves , in a responsibl e the p olar Iro ;ect . y .' is a ca1f- way, with some of our basic needs - employed carper ter in the Gyrlcus e Co-op funds, since grant money 'ha d area . not yet arrived . food and energy . 12 Peace Newsletter 12/81 Local SYRACUSE REAL FOOD CO-O P It's origins and Promise for the Future t T, .L . by Al Rossino The history of the Syracuse Rea l Food Co-op since its beginning i n September 1973 is actually th e story of two different organizations . The first organization, which laste d from 1973 to 1977, was a pre-order , pre-pay buying club . It operated tw o weekday evenings and Saturday morn - ings out of a member's basement , then a garage and finally a coffee - house on Westcott St . before it moved to its present location o n Kensington Road .

Early Success annual sales were down t o $75, 000 . Future Goals During that time membership grew Bankruptcy was averted b y only $100 . This goal - of usin g; the Co-op a s rapidly from a start of 20 to ove r This too mirrored co-op experience s a base for mobilizing the membershii_ - 1000 individuals, and sales grew across the land; and it was only b y around local and national icsees - accordingly from $80 a week to a hig h exchange of information at regiona l has been retained from tile start o f of $2000 in 1975 . Decisions wer e and national conferences that know- the organization and leas recently bee n made by consensus at the monthly ledge was gained to deal with th e realized, if only in a small way . A general memberst}ip meetings and al l crisis . The task, it appeared, was t o recent example illustrates the point . members were required to work . Ever y combine the democratic decision - The Co-op ' s Solar Project ran int o effort was made to involve individual s making aspects of the organizatio n a problem during tee early phases o f in every aspect of the Co-op ' s oper- with the task of managing a busines s construction when an appeal for a ation via job rotation, in keeping wit h in a competitive merketpiace . Hence , zoning variance threatened to dela y the membership ' s explicit orientatio n the idea of a storefront was born . or terminate the project, VVit ;lin thre e toward cooperative, democratic par- days of notification of the hearing , ticipation in personal as well a s The Store Fron t so many Co-op members were mobill- social change . Since that time changes have bee n ized to attend the event that the rnem- Distributing food was only one made in the organization to give i t eers of the zonin g_ board offere d goal of the early Co-op years . Th e wider appeal . These include the ex- "three cheers for the Co-op" an d other was the cultivation of coopera- pansion of operating hours, inventory , p assed the variance without hesitation tive and responsible behavior amon g staff, and services ; the creation o f . This successful moeilzation of mem- its members . In this respect the Co-o p an elected Co-op Council ; and an in - creasing degree of communicatio n eership may have been as significan t was similar to thousands of other as getting the variance . co-ops that developed across th e and cooperation with other co-ops i n A strong, local alternative econom y U .S . in the waning years of the Vie t New York in particular and the U .S . in general . 's already happening, to some extent , Nam war, reflecting the desire o f through the extension of alternativ e many people to demonstrate th e The Co-op now has over 1500 men. - eers, does in excess of $250, 000 i n work credit to other social chang e superiority of cooperation over com- organizations in the area . In addition, petition as a basis for social organ- annual sales, and is one of the fast- est growing storefronts in upstate New the Co-op may soon de in a positio n ization. to subsidize local and regional agri- York . The coming year promises to be The rapid growth of the Co-op i n development of worker - one of the most exciting and prosperou s culture, the ' the first few years, however, put a f ones in its history . Contacts hav e managed businesses, the spread o tremendous strain on tile organization . cooperatively-owned :rousing, an d Membership began to decline as com- been made with representatives of th e National Consumer Co-op Bank re- the cooperative provision of transpor- plaints about inconvenience and lac k tation, communication, energy, an d of coordination multiplied . By 1978 , garding the possibility of a large loa n to finance relocation into a lar g er recycling services . one year after decisions had bee n As changes occur in all t,iese sec - made to relax the work requiremen t facility, or the opening of anothe r co-op in another neighborhood . I n tors, the vision of the Co-op ' s found- and hire two part-time staffpersons , ing members - the transformation o f membership had dwindled to 200 an d either case, the Co-op will only b e that much closer to its goal of cre- the U .S . from a com p etitive and con- Al Rossino is a long-rime coop ating a strong alternative economy i n sumptive society into a cooperativ e activist and student et nonviolen t Syracuse and translating its economi c and constructive one - will be tha t social change . ' 9ower into political Dower . much closer to realization . 12/81 Peace Newsletter 13

National opposing the "Dollar Draft" : Tax Resistance

by Diane Swords Most of us w eld say we do not support the current military build-up . Yet, if we are law-abiding taxpayers , we are indeed supporting it, 52% o f income tax payments this year will g o to the military, Income taxes hav e historically been war taxes . Now , as warmekino has become mechan- ized, money is needed mare than per- Principles and non-proliferatio n alternative for people morally oppose d sonnel, While resistance to th e treaties are cited in this regard, a s to paying for war e " physical draft" remains essential , are the First and Ninth Amendments , refusing the "dellar draft " is equall y There are two general forms o f Legal vs . Illegal essential , tax resistance with many variations , When choosing your method of re- Thus our Therm—sat to resist a hor - sistance it is important to distinguis h ror barely ima g inabie, we stand t o Avoidance between legal and illegal method s jeopardize the da'-to-day life that i s One can live under taxable incom e Some feel that illegal methods suc h so much mere real to pus . Becaus e level or on nontaxable income . T o as refusal to file a tax return are tax resistance is a complex and im- make an impact with this, one mis t necessary to dissociate themselve s portant decision, 1 am I) briefly sum- let the government and the publi c from an immoral system and that the y marizing in this article the literatur e know, It can be done legally . make a stronger statement . Others I have found ; 21 collecting som e prefer legal methods such as claimin g leaflets which clearly detail the " Ho w Refusal a military tax deduction or credit . To" and Ii. '. ccurequcnces of tax re- One can refuse some or all ta x Tnis gives the refuser appeal rights , sistanee : 3) referring readers t o payments . organizations active in particula r - The telephone tax is a military phases of tax resistance . tax and a straightforward one to re - Consequence s There are basically three direction s fuse . Simply deduct U .S . tax fro m Consequences of taking these de- from which people approach tax re- the itemized bill and send a lette r ductions are inconsistent, The IR S sistance . of explanation to the IRS with you r doe not often exercise its right t o I) Men rc liuions teach non - phone bill , criminally proseoate conscientiou s clenco, "Tradi'.Pmalh' the stronges t - Income tax refusal is more com- resisters for simple refusal to pay . In this rc' and !eaten Peen the Ceakers , plex r, 't can make a strong statemen t Any action involving fraud or fals e Church of the Brethren, and Mennon - and can be directly useful : Refuser s information runs a greater risk , often pool refused taxes into local a 2) M^, .gym' r .~niu to this stance fro m alternative funds which make loans o r a humanistic- approach, This may or grants to worthwhile projects . A na- For a 1istin of national o_ ;ani - zatiens with information on tax may net be baited in reli gion , tional organization called Conscienc e resistance, for "How To" and .,:at_ 3) Some are rrTtivated by politica l and Military Tax Campaign has a n If" leaflets, or to gr--t in taut and legal considerations based o n escrow account holding funds pendin g with other people contemplating o r natural or constitutional law . Inter- enactment of a World Peace Tax Fun d actively enyayed in tax resi c t rice , natio .mat laws such as Nuremberg bill, This fund would provide a legal contact the Syracuse Peace Council .

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International Further Reflections on Sadat's Killing -- Assassination and the Limits of Nonviolence

by Ed Kinan e the person of everyone, even one' s violence and the quest for power , Anwar Sadat's death left me wit h enemy . - - Regardless of who the leader is , mixed feelings . I did not like th e - - Assassination is elitist and un- there will be little liberation unles s power games he was playing in th e democratic . The decision to kill i s the whole people are organized for em- Middle Last It was becoming clea r made by a few unelected, unrepre- powerment . Assassination can be n o that h wasn't actin g on behalf of sentative individuals- There is no substitute for this difficult, tho abso- those he was meant to serve, th e input from the people at large, i e lutely necessary task . Egyptian neopde . those who maybe profoundly affecte d - - The attack may increase the t , - Instead, to bolster his own dicta- by the decision- Nor is there inpu t get ' s (or his successor's) paranoi a torial power, he was conforming to from those diverse activists whos e and estrangement from the people . a now sadly familiar pattern in worl d valuable perspectives might lead to In his efforts to protect himself fro m affairs : he was playing the puppe t rethinking the strategy, to findin g future risk he may become further iso- on behalf of an alien superpowe r more effective alternative s lated, thereby cutting himself off al l (see November '81 PNL) . -- Assassination requires secrecy , the more from the realities of the na- So I'm clad such a slick characte r Nonviolence, on the other hand, re - tion's life . The trauma and isolatio n has been removed from the scene . quires that insofar as possible ac- may lead him - with the encourage- But I'm Iron h ind the way it ha p - tions must be transparent, A secre t ment of unscrupulous aides - to ras h pened and Pm still not clear how to means is inconsistent with the end and unstable acts, In a nuclear ag e reconcile oladness with my com- of creating a society in which all po- this could be deadly . mitment to Nonviolenc e litical decision making and implemen- This short essay, then, is an at - tation are open to the scrutiny of all . "Assassination is elitist and tem p t to think al p :d a dilemma whic h n I have n et to resolv e The above points stem from Nonvio- undemocratic . The decisio lent values ; there are also argument s to kill is made by a few Advocates of Nonviolence believ e based on Nonviolent strategy : unrepresentative individuals. " that an assassination attempt - - Usually it is the entire system (th e whether s1F~ssful or not - is a vio- power structure and even the culture ) lent not et eFerta immoral .: that is oppressive, Insofar as it sanc- -- Most assassinations are a kin d - - A r sina :i c is a means ineoi - tions exploitation, the system is th e of quick 'fix' that applies a misbe- sisteut with t'

ness of 'H _ i-an life, every human - - Unless the system itself is radi- action might lead to consequence s life, It re' to respect cally changed, it's likely that anyon e beyond anyone ' s control ; again : in succeeding the assassinated leade r a nuclear age this could be deadly . will be a product of the same force s that produced him ; it's likely that th e The case against assassination a s successor will have been corrupted by a tool of liberation is a strong one ,

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International

Yet such a case is weakened whe n protect trade routes and sources of may be better weys ~! c dh lh it's made from an armchair thousand s energy and raw materials in nearb y systematically retire' si e t , ' of miles from t! e event . And the dis- countries . This is especially true i n assassination - eeeeL' tance in miles between Syracuse an d the oil-cursed Middle East . tyrant is impossthln 0 Cairo is slight compared to the dis- With this view of the role that Sa- cause he ' s eettie e tance between our way of life and tha t aid from en e l of the Egyptian people , dat played in U .S. foreign policy an d in the welfare of his own nation , rant must h p From our comfortable vantage poin t to safece, . we're not only ignorant of their ex- we're better prepared to contemplat e an argument that might be made to tion, and to r ploitation, but we are in no danger of justify his assassination . The part s h-lnodshed a n sharing in their suffering . Further, of the argument go in order step-wis e )n,Tasion . many of us remain willfully ignorant from general to specific, from leas t of our part in adding to that suffering . to most convincing . The first par t I find comnellien t i~I s Tiie Nigh rate of consumption of en- tries to justify the assassination o f soning that sect s ergy and materials in the industrial , any leader ; the second and third tr y m arder . . . bu t over-developed world is criminal . It to justify the assassination of onl y her erguniee t is a major cause of the destruction o f those leaders who, are also tyrants ; The values , the global habitat and of the oppres - and the last tries to justify the as- of Nanvio h sion of hundreds of millions through - sassination of only those leader/ty- have no t out the world. raets who, like Sadat, are also trai- uation, Pe t U .S, foreign policy - which is onl y tors . Nonviolenc e faintly opposed by the American peo- I'm convinced 1 1 ple - has the single-minded goal o f the opportu r insuring that vast supplies of energ y The State (ie the government appar- - must and materials are drained into the U .S . atus) is the tool of the controllin g peace and t from abroad- This provides unimagin- powers of a nation . Thus the Stat e tice Nan'.ti able profits for that tiny minority wh o by its very nature is oppressiv e Nonvio l control the levers of power . It als o From this it might follow that th e these wh o provides unthinkable amounts of ma - chief executive is often the person to all r lon g ial goodies for. a large majority o f most responsible for such oppression , in its torn, Americans (who seldom dare thin k For some this is sufficient justifica- to coede :n e about where the_ wealth comes from . ) tion for his assassination , exhloite =i_? To acquire its wealth the U .S . must Others might argue that since lead- be used t o create 'friends' in certain strategi c ers are tong going to be with us, th e are wrong to nations . Somoza of Nicaragua wa s way to deal with the leadership/hier- violence of t one such friend ; the Shah was another ; archy problem isn't assassinatio n cia 1 1 .7, an an Sadat was still another . except in the case of a tyrant . A to the materiel ci s In exchange for the financial and tyrant, they would say, deserve s developed world . military aid that keeps them in power , execution; or rather : he people de - these men - pimps, really - give U .S . serve to be protected from such a corporations the open door to rap e crimina l their land, sucking it dry of raw ma- Other, cooler heads balk at vig- terials and cheap labor . ilante justice - except where th e The U .S . sets up its friends eve n tyrant has systematically made it in countries like Egypt, which lack impossible to express dissent an d raw materials, since these can pinv .de to work for greater freedom and so- bases for the U .S . military . Suc h cial justice . bases are , needed for the muscle to Still others might argue that there

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Population, Consumption and Survival - Part I

by Linda DeStefan o ance the former lack of coverage) . he r ate of .re o'lery I,0 t ) nl years , Part II, in the next PNL, will ti e R DC it Wan- one every I r years . them together , Teem : it is (Dee every 'seer . Sue : "Mother I'nrth has too man y Exam pie- : E .acc : year in the U .S . , children ! " The earth is finite in area and re - more titan three ,nillioe acres of ara- sources, and living things exist in a ble srl are paved over to make roo m Lou : " Nonsense! If resources wer e complex, inter-connected web Th e for uriiun u,,rowl , distributed eguirabl,r, there would b e human species has assaulted th e Drew ;nlibit interpret the above ex - plenty f r c n e earth's finite capacity to support thi s -a mr is ro tfor rng his point - peo - complex variety of life = assaulted i t lc eo atm. sod the earth rather tha n Drew : "`.A` r l ~ .ilation can contin- both by the species' phenomenal in - is treasures in a thoughtful , ue to grow at its current rate without crease in absolute numbers and by it s cc 'rnsc. .vinr, Watt, 1es, but that isn' t dire eons, if wealthy an d r t_cre rapacious using up and wasting of the whole The nrindbogglin g middle-clnc ne ;cIe will adopt a topsoil, clean air, clean water, for- rate ,f panieel .i ,ri growth (see graph ) simpler li [ ests, animals, metals, minerals an d and the toot that we have 4 . 5 fuel s billion i-conle on an earth with man y Does tie_ air,ve debate sound fa- Example : Some metals are bein g non r~r~.c :va~,le and dwindli n g resource s miliar? Alt three of these ideas con- rapidly depleted : It was estimate d moons tha t 0 simpler life style is nec- tain valid i r» atien, but the tenden- in 1972 that, at the current globa l ssa ry bet n o st sufficien t cy is to chit 's_' roe and defend it t o rate of consumption, mercury woul d If ever.' orlon on earth had th e the exclusion of the other ideas, In be gone in 13 years, lead in 26 years , livin g standard of an average Europea n many of the ;ro ;ressive publication s and copper in 36 years (The s i n (cv'hicir !it s consumptive than that I read, incl rdin'r the Peace Newslet - virtually inexhaustible but copper t o fan iicitorenie r, :ericen), the earth' s ter, I think the tendency is to focu s make solar collectors is not . ) res c hrc_, os e :,ld support only half o f on L,> 's pi's .ti ' n, with lesser adher- Example : Despite rapid expansio n its present population - and only the n ence to Drew's and denial or ignorin g and modern methods, the world fis h for a short time . And five days , of Sue's_ it's a ;rave mistake to ig- catch has not kept pace with huma n one million more p e ople ,.rre added t o nore l cwneln'- or reject any of thes e population growth . Between 197 0 the world Matron . concepts . Reality is too complicate d and 1973 the average per capita sup - It is ne ssara, het not sufficient , for single s'l ,itions . . ply of fish declined 11% . Overfishin g that the ''-, .ldi- r, , e of wealthy individ- Thus, this two-part article wil l has depleted the stocks of many fis h uals and m .lti-national corporation s try to synthesize these notions, Part species , he re-distribnteri ; but no matter ho w I will focus on Sue ' s position (to bal - Example : Every day, an estimate d you divide the pie, it is still a shrink - 210,958,904 pct of :caz_r-1 s ing pie It's true that technology ca n toxic wastes are dumped into th e temporarily provide higher yields o n earth's water by U .S . chemical in- the limited amount of arable land, an d 1 dustries alone , people can subdue the few remainin g rtieat . Sh e Example : Although extinction of wild areas to make them habitable . 1u1 an d But at what cost to our environment ? rrh, ha s species is a natural course of evolu- houid b e tion, it is the rapidly accelerate d Tisemp'_ T' lowering of the Arizon a for a no w ratewhich is a modern phenomenon . watertable by over-irrigation require s Prior to 1950, species disappeared at getting water from elsewhere, to th e

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International

detriment of those areas, . (Becaus e In summary, there is over-popula- of this, states are fighting over th e tion of the globe both in terms of ab- Colorado River . ) solute numbers of people and i n terms of over-consumption and reck- And what about the quality of Ife less waste by some groups of peopl e Do we want a world which consists o n at the expense of other people, ani- ly of farms, cities, and a token num- mals, plants and the earth as a ber of over-peopled parks? Already , whole . parks, wildlife preserves and beache s Activists for a Letter world shoul d are over-crowded Because of a rec- not deepen the false dichotomy be- ord level of visits to U .S . nationa l tween concern for over-populatio n parks in 1975, park rangers limite d and concern for social justice, W e entrance to some parks, More area s should respect what each perspec- were deleted in 1975 from: the Unite d tive brings to a balanced whole . Fo r Nations' list of national parks an d instance, those of us concentrating reserves than had been establisla d on birth control programs need to b e in 1974 . Ir Africa, some parks an d reminded of the desireiillty of local- 200 programs . And thos e animal reserves have been encroache d Years ly-controlled upon by family farm s of us concentrating on movements fo r A society with fair distribution of social justice need to he reminde d resources and improved standard o f that many poor people, especiall y living tends to lead to a reduction i n women, have expressed a desire for the birth rate . But it doesn't follo w birth control now, but fled it is co t that birth control ororrams are doome d available . (Must they wait for a re v to fait in every ether kind of society ; olution to receive the ' :el_.- they seek? ) Example : Cuba is a society wher e Thus, it is essential that activist s everyone has an acted . gate supply of work for social justice, respect fo r the necessities, and thor e s ncc clas s our environment and a week on over - with a hugelo ciicprot sti :riate an ,'nont population all at the same time . of wealth . Id contrast, Maxi, o st!l l has a large poverty-strick o i Ilee an d Note : Some of the -opulat i a organi- a very wealth v elite Yet both Ceib a zations I think deserve s, . i,port are : and Mexico share this In common : Association for Voluntary Sterilization , their birth rate is deciininc, in shar p 708 Third Avenue, NY, NY Ic~_iI ; ~ .d contrast to mist of Latin ',meta .a In National Alliance for Optional Parent - several million years the human each, population edication and avail - hood, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue , pupulation grew slowly . By 177 6 Washington, DC 20036; as well a s ability of birth control services hav e were an estimated 800 million the Planned Parenthood Centel o played a part in the alowad growth . oplo . Since then populatio n f I don 't mean to impl'' that there 7rus'rn has accelerated rapidly . In Syracuse , is no connection between achievin g the last 200 years it has grown t o social justice and achieving 3 reduce d 4 .5 billion . Once it took Lena f r_tic-1uands of years for th e birth rate One could argue that con- Sources : .rrn'a population to double ; no w trol over one's reproductive capacitie s Conservancy , -- if. preaen*_ trends continue - - Federation , enhances self-esteem and leads t o it will double again in only 3 8 tute, Limit 3 empowered people who are mare likely leans . latu n to demand social justice With

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M . is much more than a voic e Batter" ; "Caring for Children Fro m calling out to men inclined t o Battered Homes" ; "Sexism and change in this direction . It is a Review Hetero-sexism : Different Name , cultural and philosophical forum fo r Same Father" ; "A National Anti - men in the movement to communi- Sexist Men's Organization" -- a cate and learn from one another . call to men in the movement to for m an organization . It is important to understand tha t M . M . is the official forum of the emer- ging anti-sexist men's movement . Gentle Men for This was decided in August 1981 a t Gender Justice the Seventh National Conference o n A Nationwide Journa l Men and Masculinity . It was th e only decision at the conferenc e consensed u pon! No doubt th e by William Sunderli n participants were impressed icy M .'s exemplary -irossroots orientation . M . tries to oe accountable to, an d strongly encourages participatio n from, its readers . M . not onl y This is more a promotion than a articulates tee :novement'e ,assion s review of M . I want it known at th e -Jed ideas but it reflects what see m outset that I am totally taken wit h to be the movement's prevailin g this journal . organizational values : collectivity ; M . is the voice of a movement consensus ; open criticisms, prais e which sees that men can becom e and expression of feelings ; rotate d gentle, non-oppressive huma n and shared responsieility . Eac h beings . issue is published in a different The men who write and read M . city, reflecting tie geographic dis- tend to see that patriarchy is a tribution of the editorial committe e fundamental proulem in the worl d members . Each issue contains a today -- that is', a system in whic h listing of men ' s groups across th e men wield eisproportionate socia l country, providin g a way for inter- and political power . This power i s ested men to get involved in th e maintained through sex-role condi- movement . tioning . The worst manifestation o f M . is helping to forge the new mal e II I have any criticism of M . it' s this power is violence or the threa t identity through poetry, art, litera- teat it nasn 't done much on tae issu e thereof -- beating, rape, murder , ture, lyrics, biography, letters t o of male conditioning in relation to war. the editor, photography, reporting , the military mentality ; also, it'nas- Men are not happy, in the bes t satire, simple prose and inflamma- n't yet embraced met's issues i n sense of the word, with their power . tory calls to action . relation to race and class wel l Nor with the deeply engrained trait s Space doesn 't allow a full report- e : ougn . Though the movement seem s that tend to accompany masculin e ing (much less an evaluation) o f to be of left persuasion, M . hasn' t privilege : emotional repression , what's been carried in the six issue s yet carried articles on the relatio n distrust, competitiveness, self - to date, but a listing of some of th e of patriarchy and capitalism . righteousness, authoritarianism . articles will give you a better sens e These criticisms aside, I find tha t The men involved with M . have a of what the journal is about ; "No M . is the most hopful sign in prin t vision . They believe that men ca n More Lies, No More Victims" -- a that a'healthy male identity en d liberate themselves from the mascu- review of the homophobic film s culture is possible -- indeed, grow- line role and become more whole , "Cruising" and "Windows", explain- ing . M . is a vital part of a vita l emotional, nurturing and happ y ing why gays and lesbians are boy - movement . Please support it ! beings . They see this goal a s cotting them and demanding a mor e having an essential unity with th e accurate portrayal of their lives ; yentie men women's and gay movements . T o "The Fetus as Penis : Male Self - 306 isro{m s become a non-oppressive man is to Interest and Abortion Rights" - - ▪ , bliecn,'m i affirm women working together to contending that much of the chal- throw off their oppression by me n lenge to women's reproductive free- :Subscril and to undo their own sex-rol e dom is rooted in men's repressiv e conditioning . To become a non - sexual behavior ; "A Call for a Fem- - ice oppressive man is to transcend inist Men's History" ; "If Your Frien d - line' i t society's hetero-sexist fixation an d Gets Raped" ; "The Ecology of Birt h Control" support women 's inclinations to ; "Cowboy Hero : The Sex- 7 . in availel,I Yr koo m love women and men's inclination s ual Politics of Ronald Reagan" ; 3'ookstorn, 924 burn,_ r Ac's . to love men . "Bringing the War Home: Vets Who Syracuse, NY .

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