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guess is that his remark that "second ratc or available, and neither is it so secure that i1 are instruments of they are \l minds are often the fruit of fìrst rate egos" political and social actions could nor re Weapons fear; 4. Stewart was arrested on Lincoln, six not a wise man's tools blocks from Fullerton and HalstGd in the ( might more aptly apply to Mr. Berrigan, strict it furdher. L¡ncoln árrest. He uses thern only when he has no choice. himself, and that hc should look into it The angcr that comes from women is quiet He also adds: lN MY DAY Ì with somc humility. not that they do not value that life within Peace ønd are dear to his heart, .. "DAY 3 30 I t, ' And vìctory øo cause re¡oicing. HIROSHIMA FAST FROM TAXED AL. Strangely, Mr. Berrigan's obsession with them,.but that they resent being told or be- for COHOLTC DRINK IN THE YEAR you you delight OF the middle-east hasn't led him to concern ing limited in what they can do, in their If reioice in victory, th¿n THE BOMB-XXX. The language you sug. himself about tho othcr half of the Arab ability to exercise their own individuality in killíng; gested is OK for the errors attented to but mole.errors n6ed correct¡on. population-the slavery of women therc. and make their own moral decisions. Ifyou delight in killíns; you cannot Îulfrll ' 5. The handwrltten for a WRL tax- I wcnt bananas today rcading Dan Berri- Israel's patriarchal aggression in that area' We should always be extremely careful yourselÍ,.,,. draft gan's rcmarks 7/24175] about Rose refusal leaflet was already hanctwritten [-WlN, will in no wise improve their lot, but it of defining or linriting the individual moral llthen nuny people are beíng killed, prior to the afternoon ¡t was qu¡ckprlntecl. mary Reüthcr in his Middlc liast piecc. His rvould bc comforting to have sor¡e indica- choices of other people, especially when They sltould be mourned in heortfelt sor- 6. ln re; the North Atlant¡c in 1944-45, statcmsnt about "sccond ratc minds with ..death,' tion that Mr. Berrigan is not the total we nevet have, or could be, in the same fow. depth charges, not charges. ñrst ratc cgos" rcveals snide, petty a atti- misogynist he appears to bc. position, Our concern should always try to. That ís why a víctory must be obsened lllæ, 7. I was sent back from Europe dlrectly tudc that has no placc in Movemcnt poli- to hospltals in the before later þe¡ng As for rabbis sitting doWn to talk to be with the real human needs of the people a South tics. What is painfully clea¡ is that Dan is in we funeroL shipped.to one in the Chlcago area (not 'thc priests, this is no real surprisu they're boih meet. -DAVID Þ:. WHITIT -LEo B,RKE Chlcaqo). classic "no man's land" in regard to thc same business, as Bruce August 14,1975 Vol. Xl, No. 29 in the Lenny ob Somervillc, Mass. GarY, Ind. re: g€ttin9 ¡s / womcn's 8. ln a ha¡rcut: integration movcment-othcrwise he would sewed, Perhaps it would be wise for M¡. not the iivord I wd use, I regard mys€lf as havc dispcnscd with thc lst rate, 2nd rate Berrigan to consider a consciousnessF Re: Chuck F'ager's hopes for,.a serious attemptlng to desogregate that barbershop 4. Why Labor / Stoughton Lynd . CORRECTIONS 1949, Raclsm belng as peÌsistent as ¡t is hicrarchical shit & thc consciousness that raising session rvith Ms, Reuther and Mary reexamination" of abo¡tion (what he calls :¡nrln produccd po¡nting Ch¡iago, I don't know whether that 7. The AFL-CIO and'the ñew Depres- that statcment. Daly as well. I mean, not all the ¡abbis he's "that area") on the left IWIN,5/221751 and Joffre Stewart wrote us out these barbershop arrors i¡r Leslle Ann Brownriggls att¡cle €v€r became dèsegrêgated or sion Ernest l;cminisnr providcs cveryono with equal his . I Lendler communed with have "first rate mintls," assertion thât "the definite outlincs of: aboùt ritm twtN, 6/19/751: integrated. acccss to criticism & scholarship, One does do they? a liberal-left aiti.abortion 9. Regarding the Student Peace Unlon, stancc are be- 1. . ,the poetry 9. MovingToward Revolution ! not have to bc ¿ or a scholar" to ". author fUses several the sentence structure can be migtèading ¡f "saint Oh heresy, oh witchcraft, oh Jesus. . . ginning to cmergc, and. . .we will be hear- r€adlngs wlth one wh¡ch dicl.rove ¡from David McReynolds . comb ovcr the New Tcstament and come It leads one to thlnk that there was an wh¡, ¿orru', Mr. Berrigan devote some of ing more about it." [WtN, 7/24l?51 berth to berth'and whlch I did not atways SPU ofganization at Roosevelt U, Ther€ head up," 14. Hard Times-Some lnternational to ce¡tain conclusions. For that matter, one his worthy pacifist attentions to the prob- I think that Clruck Fager is accurate in were SPU lnd¡vlduals tike Tor Fa6gre. 2, Stewart learned tlocsn't havc to value what those saints & lcms in lreland? Let the Jewish and Arab reporting on a ncw casc of nerves on thc about CORE durlng an 10. lt is important to note that F¡nke & Aspects I Ddbid Barrett earller detention while be¡ng processed at scholars have or have failed to discover in .women work together on the problems of maledominated left. Whereas Chêrnow regard themselves as 2/4 of the not too long C€ntral Poilce Station for having refused to pfêsent printlng 17. Who Were the Luddites? An Open their study. \ryitness how ncgligent these Palestine, . .wouldn't that be a treat for a Omega operation, not ago, male lefties could advocate liberalizing respond to induction notlces. He had no 2l2t as lmplled by the artlcl6. They thlnk Letter to Sam Lovejoy I lohn Lam- samc saints & scholars have been about change? Shouldn't we encourage that? or rcpealing abortion laws, sincc thcre was cèllmate in D cage. of ono of thelr partners, Bob Freeston,.as pert¡ womcn's rolc all these thousands of yearó. (They speak virtually the same language). an immediate benefit that would aocrue to 3, "Persons who destroy€d draft flles ¡n being more ldentlfled wlth CAORE and its The absolutc zinger has to be the As I said above, I don't think Mr. Berii them (they Evanston & Berwyn eventually werê aF past than the name "Om€ga" whlch derlves 18. Changes could fuck aìound ånd not risk prehênded. " from that past, phrase, "learned lady." Please, Brother, gan has demonst¡ated antisemitism, but nasty paternity suits, shotgun marriagcs, 20. Revi,ews' get it togethcr. As a woman in a move since he is aware that his wo¡ds have in- child support payments, etc.), now it seems. ¡nent we once shared I wondcr if you're flamed it in some Catholics, he has a rE- that some of these nlen are having second With three friends who also work with Movement for a New Sóciety, I ar' Cover: Pot¿to print by Mark Morris still runnirig with mè or any of my sisters sponsibility to speak to these people and thoughts. And beneath the acadentic ethics, rived 31st for a visit at the WIN farm to find the electricity out in the or if rve are on diflcrcnt tracks? Even batþ cool their ardo¡. To ignore the consequences the (male) logii and July objectivity, herc is quarters. This meant no typesetting machine as well as no rooms arc changing from "Ladies" to of his words here, whilc dabbling in the what I think some of those sccond thoughts barn/offðe/living paternalistic, heat. next day we helped dig a trench to uncover the "Womcn"-so stop the feudal, niiddleeast, wdtld indicate antisemitic in- really are: "lf it truly is a woman's right to fan for the 95o The bclittling bit been damaged. No luck' A new cable may & the accompanying attitude. tent. -LEAH FRITZ decide when and whethcr to birth a cliild cahf e the electrician felt may have It degradcs nre, Rosemary Reuther & your- (the undead) (i.c,, to makc the decisions in a rnatter have to be strung, a new pole put'ûp. Or else the WlNners migQt be in for a' t self. lt breeds the kind of divisivness that New York, NY which most directly conce¡ns her), I might lot of digging. Then they'll have to do something about the refrigerator whose joy STAFF brings to Guy Goodwin & gentlemen not gct to'have' nry son, my on-going self, moter seems to have burnt out due to low voltage. of the night. -ANNE WALSH mf imitation me. Worse yet, if nty niothe"r happened on the day WIN was going to try to do something about All this Maris Cakars'Susan Cakars. Chuck Faier Stoughton, MasS. I am hêsitant âbout adding anothervoice had that right,1 nright never havc been the overdue phone bill, overdue printing.þill, overdue salar¡es-everything .had Mary Mayo. Mark Morris . Susan Pines to the controversy on abortion but feel born. But worst of all, if women kecp' overdue. (lt was also the day Murray and Susan P. went into Kingston to get I must indeed be a witch, because reading uneasy alrout the animosity this issue Fred Rosen . Murray Rosenblith is claiming more and rnore rights to self- Susgn's car repa¡red, only to have the r4diator in Murray's van burst. But Daniel Berrigan's interview IV'llN, 1 12417 5l , causing bctween people who should be who will be reassure determination, left to that's another story.) I felt the flames licking at my heels, How friends and allies. The¡e is more to this nre that I am a man (i.e., onc whosc rights UNINDICTED he managed to includc an Despite all this-plus lightening knocking out the telephones the next attack on Rose' than the question of when'a human life be- to self-detcrmination are privileged, by CO.CONSPIRATORS mary Reuther's analysis ofJhe ncw testa- gins, There is the questlon of power, and cultu¡al definition and social and legal night (fixed in 18 hours)-this WIN is comiñg to you on schedule, to en- ment and the proabortion movement you, the rights of women ove¡ their own bodies. sanction)?" -JOHN STOLTI'INBItRG lighten and amuse as WIN does every week. lf where you are life has not .Tom within the confines of a discussion on thc Jan Barry ' Lance Bolville Brucl(ar I know ofno woman who woutd not con- been quite so complicated recently, won't you share your good fortune with Jerry Coffln Lynne Coffln . Ann Davldon middleeast is a feat of Jesuitical virtuosity a serious ' . sider abortion matter, but to asse¡t those hard-work¡ng fol ks at WlN. -George Carns D¡ana Davles. Ruth Dear Ralph OlGla awesome to contemplate! Nq I don't the recent events in Br¡an Doh€rty Wlll¡am Douthard. Karen Durbln that human lit'e begins at conce ption is Those refìecting on Madison, Wisconsin ' consider Mr. Berrigan responsible for the conceptually Vietnam nnA helpful the ageless wis Seth Foldy. Jlm Forest ' Leah Ftltz' Larry êara to reach within her body and mifnt Joan Llbby Hawk. Ne¡l Haworth Ed HÇdemann inquisition, nor do think is ' r I he especially hold he¡ captive to that life in her womb. dom of the Tao Te Ching Chapter Thirty- SUMMER BREAK crace Hedemann. Hendrlk Hertzberg. Karla Jay antisemitic, but I do remember that, in He¡ freedom is rest¡icted in a most drastic one statcs in part: Marty Jezer. Becky Johnson . Nancy Jbhnson addition to tewg millions of witches were Aftcr this issue we'll be taking our regular summer break, ln addition to dig- Paul Johnson ¡Alllion Karpel .Cralg Kafp.6l way, and in a way that men have historically Good wøpons ore ínstruments ol lear: all liquidated by Catholics during the middle gingup the electric lines, we'l'í use thi-s time ts catch up on office work as üell John Kyper. Elllot Llnzer.. Jackson Mäc Lo$, claimed rights over wornen, In a very rcal cleLtutres h^te thenl Davld McReynolds, Dav¡d Morrls. Jlm Pecli ages. I have not yet re¿d Ms Reuthe¡'s practical as get a little rest. Some of us will be travelling out to Parkville, Missouri for and sense the freedom ofwomen Therefore followers oÍ Tao never use thenL Tad Richards. lgal Roodonko. Nancy Flosen ¡t. boo( but intend to now that.Mn Berrigan WRL's national conference. Hope to see you therel issue WIN Ed Sand€rs. Wendy Schwartz. Mârtha Thomas6. to make this thei¡ own moral decision is not The wise ûan prefers the kft, The next of so kindly called my attention to it. My ArtWaskow. Allen Youngr Bêverly Woodwârd assured today. Abortion is not always easy The man of war prefers the rtght. will have a cover date of September 18, copy deadline September 5. -The WIN Box 547 / Rifton i New York 12471 $29,66'.t.28 Telephone: 91 4-339-4585 WIN ls published weekly exèept for the flrst two weeks ln January, the last we€k ln March, $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $30,000 the ñrst week ¡n June, th€ last two we€ks in $35,000 $40,000 $45,000 $50,000 August, and the flrst two weeks ln Septcmb€r by the WIN Publlsh¡ng Empirewith the iupport , of the war Reslsters League. Subscrlpiions ar€ $11,00 pef yeaf. Second class postage pald at New York, NY lO0Ol. lndlvldual wrlt€rs afr ' .;+Íir; respons¡ble for opinlons expressed and âccuracy of facts given. 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Lenjnist sect, but his experience while at work con- vinced him to leave it. Summing up, Steve writes: I think the deepest needs of my friends here, the needs thqt require radicol chonges, ore those some un' cleor thìngs that brought me into the Moveryent long ogo. t felt then thot history wos.ready for the develop- ment of o whole new kind of perSon. Somehow things like community, ort, sex roles, iust¡ce' porticipotory, , democrocy, creotivity-somehow things like this were-- almost remolded into o new vision, Around 1970 I begon to forget or obondon those politics, But that newer, free-er, wider, higher vision ? is whot the overoge people need. lt's the only thìng o that Billy ond my other friends could really throw their lives into.4 ll 'I . So far, all I've'said is that working people are like other,Americans, wanting the same things and natural' ly using the same words. Wìy, then, a special importance for labor? A cardinal feature of the civil'rights and anti-war movements was the ability to isolate and focus on the simple relationship at the heart of the larger social is- 5Ue. Thus "civil rights," an abstraction, became the human act of walking to tþe registrar's office and ask- ing to register tci vote, ln the same way, the war þecame the draft. The war, we said;13 the draft. "Unless you can draft peo- ple, you can't run your obscene war. And we're going to stop you from drafting people." ln both cases there was an over-simplification, as there always is in singling out part of a whole. The draft was not the whole of the war. Nixon was able i to run the war with air power alone for several years after we had more or less closed off the option of es' calated draft calls. Yet, in neither case were we essentially wrong' We ¡, had hold of the gist of the pituation. By concentrat' ing on the essential movin$ part, we were able to have things the movement believed in the early '60's. leverage on the whole machine. A strange thing has been happening. Movement Now there is a consensus that a new or regrouped survivors, scorning participatory democracy as a petty- movement must go beyond single issues and confront as a whole. But bourgeois ideology long outgrown, have taken iobs in the capitalist scheme of institutions factories to preach Marxism-Leninism to the'workers. the "cap¡tal¡st scheme of institutions" is an abstrac- For their part, the workers want to talk about par- tion. How to get at it? How to begin? ticipatory democracy. Needless to say the conversa' ln the same way that civil rights was the right to capitalism is tion has been halting. vote, and the war wos the draft, I think What do I mean, they want to lalk about partici- the employer-employee relationship. can be I would patory democracy? For instance: The vision of what is and what that like to see broadcast by a new moúement-would com- Our union wos created from the'top down. lle've " trast our society's democratic ideology with the un' been soddled with o "Big Daddy will take care of you, democratic, arbitrary powpr which private employers we'll moke the decisions, pie in the sky" sort of thing, have over those who work for them. sticks in our crow not having the right to ratify It For instance, the American Revolution happened contracts. because the British Parliament declared: lile have to |eorn how to soy "No." The average guy in the mitl thinks he con't say "No," he's got to That the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and go along wìth the big shot, The compony hos a boss consent of the Lords spiritualpnd temporal ond Com' over him, The union hqs a boss over him. , .So where mons of Greøt Britain in porliàment.ossembled, hod,. do the people show any fìght ony more? They've got hqth, ond of right ought to hove, full power and to learn how to do this all over agoin.3 authority to make laws ond statutes of suffìcient force people The best articulation of the conclusion that work- and validity to bind the colonies and the of : ing people want what the movement talked about in America, subjects of the crown of Greot Britoin' in qll cases whatsoever,S the early '60's is in a lust-published article by Stevtr Packard. Steve worked in a steel mill for six months. Naturally, you say. That's intolerable! No Ameri- When he went to work he was a member of a Marxist- can would stand for it!

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Why, then, do so many Americans stand, and in- It is true that white-collar workers, feachers, law deed run, bow, and scrape, for the following: clerks, laboratory technicians, nurses, and (save for The.compo,ny retaihs the exclusive right to monlge the absence of a boss) the editoríal staff of WlN, are the business ond plants ond to direct the working ' workers. forces, The rights to manoge the business ond plonts It is not true that this recognition relieves us of the ond to direct the working forces ìnclude the right to responsibility of beginníng and sustaining a conversa- hire, suspend or discharge for proper cause, or trans- tion with other workers. fer, ond the right t,o relieve emplolees from duty be- It should make the conversation easier to know job caus.e lqck legitimate reasons.6, that our employment scars-the humiliating appli- AFL-CIO of of work or for other The cations, the firings, the blacklistings, the ti,mes when ln a word, they can fire us, but we can't f¡re them. ls we swallowed our dignity and obeyed, the times when this democratic? Of courle not. But Americans are'so we didn't-are as real as anyone else's. 'deeply power habituated to thinking of the employer's But the conversation should be,carried on in an as "management," something quite different from andúhe awareness that, while all Americans use the same takes much patient conversation, "government," that it political language (and in this sense have no class cul- painful experimental action, learning-all those things ture), yet there are profound cultural differences be which a social movement should do and be-before the tween different'groups of American workers which dollar signs drop from our eyes, and see the arbi- we must be translated-across, if not overcome, if a I\ew power trary of the boss as a systematic insult to genuinely, mass movement is to be born. - : demoiracy and to us, How óan anyone learn those cultural nuances? power The of the boss means that when we leave There is no need to "learn" them in a sense different parking punch the lot and in we leave behind us most than the other person is learning your sub-culture. The of our rights as citizens. real poin!, in my opinion, is dramatically simple: you proven guilty. On the outside, are innocent till The seed groups o(a new movement should not be \¡. ,,, On the inside, you are fired first, and then have the befun by first bringing together a nucleus of survivors -fN ç\ burden of showing why you sh'ould not have been. r60's, of the movement of the and then, as a second . On the outside, even high school students can step, reaching out to "the others." (thanks to the movement of the '60's) wear.political 9TÊ Rather, each of us should plant that seed-with buttons and arm bands while "at work." Try doing one or more others who were not part of movement ,J this ôn the\assembly line, and according to the law and fhe òf thé but who, through working (or studying, 0t}ß tþe National Labor Relations Board, you can be '60's, or living) together, we have to feel/share cânned. come the same values. The point I am'trying to make is, not that workers . lf a group is begun by calling together one's old are special, but that the employer-employee relation- movement friends, a dynamic is set up which makes it ship is the heart and essence of the problem a new harder and harder for new people to join in. movement must try to solve. . From the very first meeting, most of those in the Every time an employee straightens his or her back room should be the kind of person whom one hopes and says "No" at the risk of being fired, capitalism is to be a majority of the movement when it is fully that much weaker. built. t Every time a worker ceases to seek gratification and lf this simple rule is rigorously observed, problems promotion from the boss, and seeks approval instead I of sub-culture translation will take care of themselves. from his or her fellow-workers, a bribk in the new "Organizing," in this context, is a natural and I society has been laid. human, rather than a strained and artificial, undertak- BY Life the song says: ing.8 14¡" seek to sólve common problems that arise ú.u ln our hands there is o power greater thon their on the job. As we do so, it becomes clear that the Ernest lendler hoarde1 god, only sensible way to solve the problems is to run ' The economic cl'isis of the last few years-a combina- with the so-called controls on wages and prices. Wages Greoter thon the power ormies a of mognified things ourselves. tion of recession, inflation and high corporate profits, increases were held down, but profits and prices soared. thousondfold, ,an impossibility according to traditional economic During all this the organized labor movement wäs lile can bring to birth a new world from the oshes l. The first incident is related by Liêutenant Will¡am Barton thinking-þ¿5 confusçd most of us. Only six years ago essentially silent except for an occasional loud noise the old, of the Flrst New Jersey Regiment, and retold ln REBELS and protest resolutioís. Part of the reason for this of AND REDCOATS, ed, Scheer and Rankln,-pp. 405-06, The the unemployment rate was3.3%, the inflation rate For our unión mokes us stronq.T second Inê¡dent w¡ll be found ln Joseph Plum Martln, A was 4.20/0, and the gross national product was con- silence and lack of affirmative actior¡ is that there is NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTVRES, DANGERS AND climbing. Today, the natlonal unemployment not a unified labor movement, and qrganized labor is SUFFERINGS OF A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER. stantly il¡ rate is almost 10%, inflation is over '10%, and the not as strong as we are constaritly led to believe. Less then250/o of the non-managerial workforce belongs to Surprise! You too are a worker. 2, Al¡ce ancl Staughton Lynd, ed,, RANK AND FILE¡ gross national product dropped 9.30/oin the last three PERSONAL HISTORIES BY WORKING.CLASS OR. labor unions, and only approximately 18% to AFL' there is any reader of these remarks who does months of 1974 and continues to fall. Six years ago, lf GANIZERS, Beacon Pr€ss, $3.95 (paperl. CIO unions. The remainder of the organized work' not now, has not in the recent past, or will not in the in 1969, Richard Nixon, taking the advice of con- 3. RANK AND FILE, pp. 267-68 (condensed sl¡ghtly). by Burns, decided force belongs to independent unions such as the near future, have to work for íboss to make a living servative economists led Arthur the 4.2o/o annual inflation.rate was too high, and United Mine Workers, United Automobile Workers, I will be surprised (and that person'is fortunate). 4. Steve Packard, "Steel Mill Blues," LIBERATION, May 1975. while business approved and labor watched, he took lnternational Brotherhood of Teamsters, lnternational' Surely, this is what it means that we have ceased to (ILWU), appropriate action. Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union be a student movement: we too are workers. 5. The Declaratoty Act of 1766. 'fhe goal was to reduce inflation by slowing down United Electr¡cal Workers, Locomotive Engineers To repeat, âny one who sells his or her labor power Even the 6. Managemeht prerogative clause, Baslc gteel Contract. the economy through "tight money and high interest and Distributive Workers. within AFL-ClO for a time to another, giving that other more-or-less policies and non-action of Most union contracts have a slmilar clause. rates." Quickly unemployment began to rise (accord' theref is opposition to the president, l arbitrary power to order, for that time, his or her increased the federation and its Georgê Meany. At 7. '¡solidarity Forever," I believe the song orlginally sa¡cl, ing to plan),,but higher lnterest rates only labor-is a worker. I "For the Union makes us strong." Presumably this referred inflatidn, businessmen passed on the higher cost of best, Georgg Meany and the ofücial AFL'CIO state- t 'money This discovery has often been misunderstood, I to the "One Blg Unlon" wh¡ch the IWW was try¡ng to build to consumers, and corþorate profits rose. ln ments actually represent less than half of organized and to,be. I th¡nk lt is falthful to the or¡ginal lntent to say i (about Although think. Sometimes people say: "Right on! And now (small "197'l a patch was placed on the cracking economy labor 10%of the total workforce). I "our union" "u"), mean¡ng, our unity. , that we know we too are workers, we neþd no lònger George Meany hardly represents the labor movement, I 8. The same lssue of Ll BERATION which contains Stevo Erneçt Lendler is ø free lonce wrlter ond consultont all the attent¡on. worry about the labor movement, and can return, I he and the AFL-ClO'receive Packard's artlcle ¡ncludes some modest ancl hetpfut !' bosed trqde thoughts to.o New :Yorþ Clty union,) 7 guilt-freé, to doing our thing." about on-th+job organiz¡ng. I wrN I

6 WIN ì l i / i I The AFL-ClO finally began _ to take some action in However the lanuary, 1975 when ít'releãsed its,,erogramloïäc_" AFL-CIO cannot be expected to tion.'The the program, direcrion o. i"tiàniî official program is basicaliyiiãnasn of tne wtrn.l_.tf,ql1 arul New Deat rne economic crisis.. Their only activity prior which fiited-the cracks ¿ri¡í.,g iñ. tasr de- pl::rjT. The program. inctudes u iiitlè åi'ru.ryrhing: , j;!,ll!'"ipr'¿#*';:,5,:;i;,#ljÉ'.ïi;H;,i;:il. I ax cuts for individuals and cuts in corporah îaxes" oetng..rnetr to stimulate inveirment. only criteria. The AFL-ClOis current R reductionìn-i-nàr.rt r.ut"S. muddled Federat funds for n..* t efforrs wilt nor bring iUãri';loùs fo, *rìnËiãîìil;ril;. Revitati-, ; Att" no marter how zation of mass transit an¿ moäerniiätir" ,r"r, iäñrã"irä J|"Àgr", äf the rail_ might make. roads. Some, bur nor extensive, tiiièlãir. Federái Onq has loans ro ciries and srates. to look not to the AFL-CIO head_ exteí¿lnÈ t-f.,Jiirc r.r. . guarters im ptementation in Washington but to ináiui¿ual of env i ron r""tãl Ëräi."iiànr. n ,nion, guorl9n oit imporrs a.nd tocals, both añtiateã-r"lh;'äËiäid'.n¿ wirh no irp"iiiäã, rhe Arab dependenr, tg ¡n- counrtes. tmport quotas to protect find direct airiäni,'n.i,"ri,îtlng and iobs and US even some criricism '- rnoustnes trom unfair foreign compétition. of capitalism. o¡lritï riéb, And, Nationat. Union most imporrantly, a of s"sp¡tåi ãnJ"Heii;d'äre e full ,"it" prog;* ;¡;rbi;;;". pt oyees (A m_ vtce employment. F L.cto). rru,'i"¿ piåäiräåiifi isr,", utility rates in New ¡ersey and has held a çon- As far as it goes, the ,,program fe¡91ce , for Action,, looks of union stewardi on ;h;;;;rric crisis. on. paper but, excepr for the pubtic wh ich supported narionat iritioi ãiüäïä-in¿uo serytcel]:T:I1-:"g"gh employment^sectio_n, is essentially to b.e ig- try and curs in military spending.'t-À. nored. úäri Court The AFL-CIO itself is spending tìíne only"on Longshoremen (tLWu)'rohu"niìfi'oit, ;;ñ"á' ;ä, concept of pubtic service jó0, tionatizarion of , .the. t' ã, iir,åriìons-l and añ ;;-;Ë;rriä'ii^""-"r_ " fi stoga n evaders" ,,úsing qhtþq /oås ør.A t t :ndlcaie. il'ìtra¡ gn and to "ndUS mif itãrv'mrr"l, out of the t ,safe':fo, ìo New Deal, with referencei tó tt WorL make rhe wortd Us Projecr ìil;ilrr];ä¿ Adm in istrarioq (weA) an J iirniur' " u¡condirional amnesty. "urn ñr, o.ul Sucn unìoïs-år'o¡lir¡rt-Ë Os pf o! ms fi I I i n g A F pu (D istr ib urive Wor !._C lO O t icaiiãn r."ûn hàn, n"t.- ke r5f ; Am¿i¡ r.n ã¿ãiur,:o n' ry tr^sla or ls n.olonger 1935 and FDR isn,t thê president. )rate, uounty and Municipal Employees (AfL- Ar L_C|O program cto); and l. and actions have all the at- Dístrict rtggli, rè"å¡';J'r;ii;;¡" utoures.oï^_,,-! running.in place. drives; There appears to be ac- gl1idne and a growing nuníoåi fi ro."r"r_ luon.and an expenditure of energy, btit there untons are using strikes to prevent morion, is no lavoffs. No campaign is being oirlii"J.iir,.i ,t tt Atthough signifìcant, these actions by'unions memÞers ot both., organízed labor or the general public in" within rhe AFL-Cto,an¿ in¿ìpeñúr,ìi' tru. support of the limited program. not been No"effãrì lías ueen coordinated an¿ have uóãñ-fuñr,rr. ¡ro- made ro d-evetop denied n.* unrruià á. ff;;i åia'onu, ¡n l19u 1na impacr U.cuuie áî'u'nläiiotul the.face racK of the new realities. fn"r. ìi n"uttimpr to of medaa attention.. TIe- media almost atways Photo by Davld FentonfLNS, parts onty g1k:j[_b-.-rr_T of the progra; ä;,üåi"r"nt,,, lo1.u'o ol the AFL-ct-o h;äq;;;;;;s in wasr¡. srress on bringing rngton and its presiden.t, 19 rhe unorganiz ed 7 S% of ihe George Meäny, iãntinrãiy BY David À/cReynolds lloraoor rorce tnto trade unions (ofganizing the unor- reinforcing in the pubtic mind the irug, oì ganized). Local program, cumbent u ,.- Hard ti'mes surround us. A'mi"iräerous foreign policy apartments identical to my own, is that while their or aàiõns ai.îåi ,ponror.o movement. The AFL-ClO t-!l and.those pursued by -" will -stultified'labor weighs upon the conscience of every informed radi- windows open onto grimy air shafts, and their doors local unions ur" nåiãsiisiC¿. tesrify in fronr of more Congirrrionåi ,ä1n. And no one in AFL_CIO officialdom mittees, conrinue , cal. We are not searching for evils wíth.a microscope- open uBon a grimy street and their day stretches out seems to be iak- buyíng ;Ji;täinil'pi"'r, ,on_ ing a hard look at who owns they loom under us, in front of us, and over us. The to welfare ofüces or hard and alienating labor or to and contróts Âm"r¡ca to promóre a"d, new New oéui pro- and why there is the current gramI::i...: they :tl iãbr.- problem is not seeing the problem, b{lt finding ways the task of tending childrên, from my window you economic crisis, or at, as cannot begin to implement. Móie the recen r I of dealing with it. can see Paris, and when I walk out the door it may be LWU convent¡on statàã,"t'ñe-; uãåp"n ing formidable. direcr acrion, bri";í;; ;h;',-iri.îr*J"ir.¿ ;;;;" de pression that] has.sev"*t sented 7S% to step forth on a street in San Francisco or Phila- I t ;h; [ä;' il" iià'ü ir ity or of the workforr""inio Let me begin where môst of us began. White and capitalist delphia or Tokyo. Let us, therefore, have no illusions economies,,' tabor movemenr and besin;in;r'åi middle class. I write'that not as a put dowñ but a. rù äii*' l"uo, placed approach ro rhe econom¡c simply as a statement of fact, a starting point which about the situation in which we have ourselves: .. Ever since rãat¡tl¿ï-"i nráirc, *¡li a losing battte against the Taft-Hart_ have to wait. helps to explain something of our strength, and of for us there is always hope, options, inner realities of tey Law ín the lare ig¿oï"ì?ãîårå"lu¡# education and training, and'these things mark us off attempred rl"rn,, our weakness. We are not, with few exceptions, sons to lead or even iatõ püilnãîational e+l and daughters of workers. We may live in poverty but from those among whom we movê and with whom politicat campaign of a¡y.nature. fh. nFläö,'' s. we were not raised in it. Our childhood and early we may make the error of ionfusing ourselves. We after p.urging as IJ many leit¡sts as rh;y .orlã ¿¡" youth were suffciently secure and affiuent that we may workfor a living but yet are not "workers." We the-1950,s,'tras :n spent-inË üri;i"u;;;, I can turn our backs on the affiuent society. But that may have no money but yét 4r:e not "poor" in the oeçomtngfy:r a ïtxture \) in. Washington, busy lob.bying JJ decision, which leads some of us to commune3 and sense of that poverty which riddles the lives of thoSe Congress, electing,,friends +r - --' o. a) some of us to slums in the various cities of the nation, on our blocks. ganizing, FT\ and thul not growing."f"ñ;r;';"duiî (â How and why each of us found ourselves in the : does not m¡ke proletarians of us. Even in our poverty radical movemdnt is something a series Besides the near disaste.rous 3 we know the weapons available for oui survival: only of auto- April 26 Rally for cù bibgraphies could answer. But in part we have found Jobs, rhe AFL-cto i3 continuìng''ii; clinics and how to use them, friendly'lawyers and i; uàär, .r legal defense associations, parents or friends in the ourselves where we áre because we believed the values non-acrion and ng sot utiõni ñ . .proposi tnã låiãersfr i p o society taught us, and rebelled against a society which has remembered for 40 years. -rn" middle and upper classes who will come forward on À.Èt'-,-ðiò N"w, 1i (i violated the values it worked so to instill. Or, tYuyJT srated in an árticte t our behalf when needed or shelter us if qe want a hard 9f Lni¡írfi-.{ãor. F*\ more accurately, something in us, some stroke of Carries Fight for Jobs to public;;:-;;L;oöïà" respite from our commúnes and slums. sage-expressed lucK or fact of health (or neurosis-you can take your in hard-hitting Congresionãl't'esti_ I may occupy an apartment in a slum, but what pick) mony by AFL-C|O president-Ge"rsö gave us the willingness to choose among the fvluãnî and in marks me out as diferent from th.e men and'women values offered newspaper adverrisements us, and to choose those values that in eight Ë¡t¡äi_*å, ttår' who share my building with me, ànd who live in made jobs represenr ,rhe only rebels of us. sotutioiitJ-Ãr"¡ät Let me spell out how our movem1ent toward iadi- ailments.,, and. .economic urgedrun¡ãn- -¿;-;i:"'rLä¡î" to David McReynolds is on the stoff of the lüar Resisters cal social change differs from thatjfor example, of "write their^ Senarors and ,RãpresË-- Leogue, o frequent contributor to WlN, ond one of Southern blacks. We were'not born into a class of the editors of thesé Hord Times issues, The second oppressed people. (Even the most forceful advocate I WrN port of this orticle will be printed in September. of women's liberation, or the Ínost militant of gay

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liberationists, was born into a situation of substantial T_h. last groups, women'5 consciousness raising groups' knew the facts. But there are facts and then there are i thing we want.to take up on our agenda raising privilege if contrasted to women or homosexuals born ., is other facts. Workers, for example, were not able to the need to transform social and economic insiitu- eav liberation workshops, human sensitivity sessions. inro rhe working ciass). We did not view the p"iicããi middle pick and choose their iobs. To refuse military con' tions. We think first of cha-nging ttre etites iÅ Ãlí vali¿. All having merit. And all essentially enemies but as employees, as protectors. The B¡ll of "meñ cnarge iracts meant the mortage would go unpaid. For of rhe apparatus. Firing evil ana rejla"ing class and, in profound ways, deflections from the strug' . Rights was written foi øs, and when we found the thõm workers to make a morãl responie to the rather (to with.good men or womln. We w¡ll ¿umþ LélIWe sle to overturn the basic structure' State ín violation of it, our,response was less fear " ' abstract issues involving death in a distant than witt impeach Nixon. We wiil uoyioäScirtTr-Âfrican Since I am attacking some of the ðurrent sacred them) anger. Contrast this with the position of a Southern would have quite immediate and (t9 them) diamonds. We have an atmost ¡nrtlnitlü ro*i ottl't. mouet.nf(it has become almqst an act black born into the Crow structure i'toir rror- gay "ouniry results in their own lives-loss of work. Jim that existed tion agalnst revolutìonary change. of courage to raise questions aböut women's and devastating intact only twenty years ago. t iãm"mOår u"ry meant p¡ison. For a blackyouth , That young man or peace, movóment liberatioñ movements), let me sêy I accept the merit For troopito desert woman grew ãame momå nàrilv l,n- up in a situation where it was taken for srucKI:l,ll1,r!: .bf these movements, I recognize they are dealing with . to refuse conscription meant a fêlon's record.wilh.far and certa¡n elements withdrew_such as Róbert t granted that the police i on tu t" employmerit än¿'ËÒ* were agents to enforce the Pincus and the World Without Wuierorpl;S:;;;ù; 'real problems, and no reJolution would be authentic áìr.r"n i mpl icaiions iu laws agoinst the black commuãity. The Bill of are raising. To sible success than such a record would mean for a'' nilnts ly at the point it was clear many trãä'Ërgrn that denied the issues these movemenJs (and the whole of the Constitutión) was orîi to middle class white youth. never in-- move toward chaltengìng the systen point ouf that the Civil Rights.movement in the '50's tended for blacks. The tumulr wüiri eunurut ¿ This us often with a certain contèmpt, a cer' of the civil Rights the war in Viernam, ánã not and '60's or the Vietnamese lilieration struggle gave left movement iímjiy';h;;;;;F;;;;å;" a tendency to act as if was centered entirely on the strugãle of wor. That momentary little time to these isuses, or that that United Farm tain sense of elitism, and with confusion anA ¿i"¡lion *tlütr how to : .Southern blacks tb gain for themselves c€rta¡; rights took place ,60's Workers give little time to them now, is not an we had power rather than as if our task was , (voting¡ pubhc in the early was mæke¿ lütr issues accorñodatloñ)-iË;r;; au tomaricat., at all-only a statement.that these tbree movg build a genuine base of power. Three examples: such as anri-Communism, nega tó oppáiä u¡olãnce, .answer ly enjoyed by the rest of us. -rhe pioblems w¡th which (1) During the Chicago trial there was a mass gtc. (t9,, how coutd any of us calt ments overlooked important Ou-r actions flowed from a sense of ioi ùõTiti¿ruru.l . student anti'war conference in Cleveland, in tþe moral outrase. from Vietnam when thât they should have been concerned. ts{rt I would main' not of necessity. We fought meanr a Cóñ";íst;ñ;i which one of the young men working on .class to extend t, ãit eË and when tain these are secondary movements, not a substitute course of . r:glllyg oursetúes such a withdrawal would mean a vi"tory us, and ob- ll atreadf had. Thii'was trrè oi þy for a serious thrust at the bas¡c structure of society. the Chicago trial came and reported to : rne Llvtf v iolen t revolutionary forces? ) leaders, Ktghts movement and equally true of the One can salute the formation of communes and served how uniust it was that the fate of our Vietnam generally pointless movementr lt was always a fi!_a itJp¡¿'ãn¿ efforr ro find any food collectives and stil,l suggest these are not a sub' eÍceptional 'men such as Dellinger and Hoffman and , .,easily disproven - ^^I,|;f:f,aposslþte middle ground in which ' lie-that the cad'rã of-ãr.it ,"r¡si*, the war misht be st¡tute for revolution-ónly, at their best, an aspect of Rubin, rested in the hands of a iury of "mere" ¡vhite : . segfins their endect w¡thout revolutionary change. and file American : ¡tgJg own way out of military ,uiu¡ré. Varioris radicals a serious revolutionary movement. These all-cöm' workers, of reactionary, racist,,rank Ë.ach of the young from the '30's looked and sáw wùs that our men who risked prison-had ttreî¡rect¡oïín which munes, collectives, consciousness raising religious citizens. What the young man was saying aÞundant the youth were.marching resources by which legal exempt¡ons could and insteid oirrggårjinË-" groupings, drug experiments-were forms of individu' leaders ought not to be iudged by the very American '. '. been æcured. ways to make the march easier, .havg rÉe .tro¡i, Jir.r¡äí.. *usa swifter, anð-moreler- al response to the social crisis. public for which we so often claimed to speak' I sus- tain, placed themselves ;.I.1il"l a necessary survivat r..rponj.. W. op. in opposition to it. They were There was the other response, the organized con' pect he was astonished when that-and other-iuries poseol-l1j the vietnam.war otr by the drugs, the because we felt it wrong_not ?rrt the sex, the music. Oniy a'few, frontatiqnal response of the '60's. This, too, was a baffled the government by refusing to bring in bec¿use we would such as the late die fighting in it. Sam Coleman, could find the politiéal response'shaped by the middle class nature of our string of coñvictions on which Mitchell had counted. Our actions and psychological ,lold ' '' ,.: often haã mas-sive blind spots. We insight to relate their own movement. lt was spasmodic, founded on certain il' (i) ngáin, during the '60's we had the "Assembly .....'' Lett" posit¡ons with the an_gry voices on the campus lusions, and when it failed it too swiftly gave way to of Unreplesented Pèoples" in Washington, which fr,onted us on tv every night) an¿ i¿rniifv'wíth and. keep ope¡ a dialogue. Generally produced the dramatic photograph of Staughton ' yer the the,movement the more individual respqnses discussed above..We be' Vietnamese. ofteir thi American.social i n s-ti getting with red t.,.' i'Jü;üiänis wr,o $1'1rr tu tions deeply frightened gan with Teach-lns, because we honestly believed that Lynd and Dave Dellinger splashed I demonstrated in ch¡cago, peopte who ha9 iá wasiinsion,äna ¡n a thought of themselves ås radiðals. As lf only people could be tåught what we knew-if only páint. The original title of that project was cute-and thousand spots around-tÉ. events of the '50's and generated heads .ornìrv,'r*i¿ norr"ã tf,. '60,s r.uotrtionãiy- the government itself could b-q ihformed of the facts iymbolic of where our collective were at. lt olacKs tn their own slums and ghettoes ajt¡tlggl among younger pedple, People. The because those so it drove many ih in äüi pori.rt¡on-foticv woùld b" changed. Su.rely was C.O.U.P.-Congress of Unrepreserited of reatiry were nor the Old Lefr roward vðry dtil ïpg:!: iiluñrinated eactr nigtriãl conieriative foliticï. Kennedv and Rusk and Rostow would not deliberate' objections of some of us to the implications of the tetevtslon. onty peopte knew the titÍe resulted in it being called an Assembly. B,lt the "movement,, itself was typicallv , ly murd'er people in Vietnam. lf "COUP" We made way forward very slowly. . rn,*,, sVid are not represented by Con- .. 9gr Our educa. the way if finany .ng'gãã1ñäi;;;;;'i; iacts! Surely workers would not build instruments of Now, if we had we patct.to.r largely by others_the Vietnamese, 9la¡s.i1 gress, and small as we may be, were in Washington to Ir_* Tas bat. we had begun by assuming ""r. death if they knew the facts. Surely'troops would tor example. lt is a characteristic of the the sysiem couid be people that Congress does not middle clasó retormed. As it became desert rather than kill innocent people. lf only people ie4ind the American I that when firsr confronred clear the structure itself was by criminál ulüiv-¡or on thesource of the problem, l the part of the State (or any'of and ttrat chine¡nãi'he t' the agenciei the State leadership resolved nothing_that represents-corporations, church, etå\, LB.l wai as"murder- itdãnies the ous as Goldwater, and F behavior J K the creatór of the êreen is criminal. We could not at frrst really be_ 6erets-w€ s9ught either personal salvation lieve the evits with which we we* from the ãå"i-"t.a. lf cnaos and evil in which we seemed engulfed, black youth was shot to death in tfre ghetto " or we iurety sought "instant revolurion." Keep the blame must rest w¡th the youth_[olice in ñ,i"ã thii ii,, officeis very àature of our response to th; syst;m . would not fire without reason. bombs *iipr*un- lf killed soine al, that we were driven by values, civilians in Vietnam thar not necessity; and it. was unfortJnãt"-Uui ttre is.not so_surprising that real problem rested lo many sought.s.ap" in Lsìi. wirh agents of disordei iiained in like my friend pet'èr Stafford, Moscow. lf the unemployrient oire;f th;;;ãitirs or rate.is high, ii ¡, U._ the drug culture, who could íeriously causg many people do teap'ovei tne fact : not really want to work. That of rats in Harlem buildings --" murder shou.[d actually plonned, and urge LSO'r, tfi, uni- be that unãmploy- versal solvenr in which ali problemi ment might be policy ãeteimined by powerful woul¿ uinisñ.'ilt ece is an ínreresting sociologicàt note nomac torces, would be unthinkable. tñuiit;,;;ind cnangtng." drugs were not popular with ghètt-o youth, When it became clear to us that in fact some police who preferred the nirvana of smack did shoot withour cause, thar to tÉe ris'kí of ror.'*ri, i.,ãã ;;Iúr; seeing even.more of rheiruearity basis,t' our response waj that somethins wiirr-r_sDi."iil, no, had iome surprising that Rennie Davis riomentar¡ly unhinged in the enãed up a foltowár of system_ñot that the that.youth fled inro gare fristrna,åntrur, fystem itself needed to be changed. lf we were un- {",ql11 or became Children of God. Nor is it surprising that wirh events in Chile, Rrekisinger. if we naa Ituqqy so.fa.r as I know most of those involve¿ i'n ttlesi had bad luck with Presidents, elect a lüoman. nðw lf local religious group.s are middle class cop.s and nãt i¡,å'ð-1l-¡t¿rrn i were bruhl,_get a new ¡ chief of police. Because 01 workers. lt is not each ot these even surprising that the women notions has merit, they are hard to in I the movement turned on t'he ,jn-a s"rãnOãiy tar- argue.with.. One must, in fact, agree with ttemruen clramatic .photo of Dave get.but one more easily at hand-rather than upon That Delllnger, Staughton tfiow¡ng they fail to tne l Lynd and Bob Moses splashed w¡th palnt. touch the basic problem. oasrc soc¡al structure. We had men's consciousness ¡

to wlN wrN ll spea.k for us, that would have been legitimate. i But we' immediately after I tended with unconsc.ious elitism ìá the invasion of Cambodia limited expected than had been possible. That Rennie,Davis within a structure that ultimately needed to be \ u-r?rrä*. Ntxon's options. The in fact speak for al "orl¿ inner councils of the government turned to a guru was somehow logical, part pf the mid' changed. lmeric;:'i;;;ö;;i"orrr", trembled at our numbers. white racisrs, Uncle Tom blacks, ,ãripí"ãå"t youth, We might have bõen ãiffrr" dle class search for instant solutions and salfations, of Today even Rustin's old allies, such as Michael old peopte, and often in error, we made corñil.ss ,irt"tär, l9311jon?ry an¿ ttre cuituiañv facrwar¿ Urt spasmodic involvement in struggle. l-Jarrington, haye deserted him, and I think h¡s mtddte ctass_i,e., teast we. were ín motion and moving with a foróe "t the majority of Ameriia). The un- power.that and Let me contrast our actions, which used thb present positio¡ is one where he ended up trapped by nappy ïact was curbed the power of ttrõgovernmãnt. that Congress, corrupt as it was, re_ rhetoric of revolution and thereby disillusioned our the structure rather than able to effect further change. u,gliql,urv as ir was, Fo.r those of us who reprelentód rnorã-p.oô1, rhan we were within äre movement to peopfe, With the tactics of Ba'iard Rustin during the But for that period he met his targets and reached did. We were an Assembly examine olr misrakes is in oràei. ot some iníiJlrr"ntr¿ offat Foitf.,ärã *Ëä stood CiVil Rights peribd. Rustin is now sitting l'infhe camp them. We reached our targetalmost by aðcident- people. We were a very long a safe disrance ano inJti the to suggest we exâmine preaching chanþe, we managed to *ay from Uãirìi able to ¡uiiinä iñiJtiä" ov--- of enemy" and it,is risky I revolutionary only se¡i¡s our errors as o w-hote'orcuèn ioi'uny 9¡lv trave lesi trrãn án hõnoiuLle ,.nr". the merits of what he did in the-t50's and earllr '60's' reform American policy enouþh to end the direct.in- '::?!-fZ:!!,malor l*!.t: of rhe history through segment of them. *t ¡"r, ïrrJ i"iîä".¿. But he acted with the advice and support.of A.J. yolvement in Vietnam. We could not sav,e Allelde;'bn- {3) We burned our people out with illusions "åiu" ly protest against his murder. And now, at the poirf potenc.y of we,did not possess. Each action was the ,,ul_ of the deepest economic crisis since thè Great Depres- timare" action. Each action *u, ioi¿-on'tü! basis that sion, the movement of the '60's is shattered, finding succeed !.1vo.uld simply uecauie ii ñaã io ,ur."r¿. refqge in communes, in consciousness raising.groups, â This , is a rheme that ìan through ouiãitìáñi an the and in odd little Marxist sects that sþeak and think way from the submarine jirmping i" ñ;* lãñ;on;" and write with such remarkable dogma that one knowó the Maydays in Washingtôn. it w"us_oishoulã ñ;" they exist outside of social reality. been-obvious pausing that the çourageous assaults on the But I believe we are, hopefully, only before Polaris subma '' rine coul d' o n ù'n"i, oã * iï, oo the next step. And that step is, very broadly define{, ii_ planting en t isr 6 roade, prAtií,r pport revolutíon. I do not mean the of bombs, the liil -.J 1 ry.o,sru.r,.ro lyl'9h, rncidentally, happened.) But people oïten felt seizure of tv stations, sudden insurrection. But I do rna[ Dy social and econqmic thetr act¡ons, by their willingness to take the m.ean fundamental change in the total risk of drowning ¡n tne cn¡ti.wa'iàir-Jfrr.* insiitutions that make uþ America. I db not think we coutd octuaily sr-ç,p tú Þ;t;iii progrurn could have taken on this task unless we had first been anoL"lj:l-rl:t contem- wnen they found outthe fish of death were bro(en. We would not have been vüilling to rereased to patrol the seas there was a feeline of plate a seríous struggle for socialism until we had tried Again, the Maydays .gyra pãiii'trv the path of reform. We would not have learned of our "ctosed,l1,ilTl:. ñ"i nuu. down_the government.,, ln fact.they didn,t failings and our errors if we had not lived through evdn slow rraffic. We.llrrls{ 30,000 iourigéous youth them. apain_sr.the might of Nixon', góurrnr"ni8i-tt u'u"ri, When the movement began, so long ago now, when rnar rnts acilon would really work: lf you don,t close Rosa Parlssat in.the "wrong" seçtion of a bus in down rhe war, we wil ctoie'dówn'ir,Ë ËõüuLirrnt. Montgomery, Alabama and started the chain of lne war conilnued. The government fu-nctioned. events from which a new Left emerged, our responses Many of our oèoote *"r.]ãÞiilrriã,iååî"är, tr,.v were typical of our class. We wero born as a move- had been oveisotä. Rennie ó'avll,Ëiäiäu ment into a time when there was no longer a viable the äì. mosr charismaric or tne yôuih Ë;ã;;;: ä'n¿.¿"r to Left from which we could learn, no militant labor : *.rtt march., each demonstrarion, in¿îf,ãnnal movement with which we could ally. ourselves. Our convutstonTl! of the Maydays, as if thai action would errors are natural. They were inevitable. f,reedom' end the f war. rides. Teach-ins. Confrontations. Mass rallies, Draft We acted because we had a certain illusion oi card burnings. Sit-downs, sit-ins, be-ins. Yellow sub' power. We came from.the same class ai th-oiä wno ran marines and terror bombing. the machinery of dearh. We often weii iä"t-È, ,ur. But I believe that from all that has gone down we coleges rhey had attended. We acted on the . have learned. We learned it is not enough to give tion assump. that these men of power *;;;;""h;i;iulàitner blacks the right to bat in the best restaurant in At- m.orally or because rhe weighr otori ¡ürn6"r,rv"üi¿ lanta if they don't have the money to pay for the frigh.ten them. When we faiïed, or,l.un[i'iñinil.ïi_ meal. We learned racísm is at least as deeply rooted in , ter rhe Maydays rhey disintegi"trã. fál tf," p.rt the North as in the Soûth. We learned that.the Peace we sought ,ori to confront power"as it*à rr.ä p"*er. Corps is nôt enough. That liberalism, far from being-a demonstrarions our ' were oigan izeà ;; ;; i;irecte¿ Photo bY Nell Pablo. solution, üas port of the problem. (Not the "main at.the My crucial poìnt is convenrions of thã major "roupurii.r,ìlì not at all to suggest the Maydays gains. 'enemy"-simply part problem.) We set in äi estab_ were wrong. Múste in a limited way for limited He never of the out I ish i ng. som e pot i Only to suggest that tical base of'ou i ã;;.'W.eï ;; ;- õur trdops would sold each action as the final action. He knew that 1955 to reform our structures. We looked to Ralph very differe¡t no[.nave bqen so demoralized they from rhe-Childieñ of Iriuuiv-flo i"rched if had been trained there was then no hope. of revoluticjn. The objective Nader and'Eugene McCarthy and Bobby-.Kennedy- rhe,wails in the knowledgc thar thís wis of Jericho, thinkinjthæ årirort n"rrr_ Was simple: Ío create sufficient political force to com- and Eldridge Cleaver, B

.-,j . ;"' To the extent that a discussion of hard ti,¡.e!:focuses pressures groups within their own countnes, both in productivity and in purchasing narrowly.on the situation of peoplç in thiiiountry, from opposition cou ntries. power, would be of value to the world economy. an essential aspect of what has_been ocðurring 4 is loít. concern aböUt There has been an urgent effort to do something It means that rhe full effects of hard times_iñcluJin? Developed.nations, expressing the poverty have, over thq years, .through the UN about the situ4tion. The oil countriês, D the interrrefation between economic conditiãns of'third world countries, and given and tñeir'campaign for oil pricôs at levels much great- world conflict-are not recognized. discussed how more aid might be to them-in' cluding aid aimed at building up their productivity. er than they have received over past years, are inte- l' It's appar_ent Americans have little recognition how But where increased productivity has centered on ex' grated into that effort. Other developing countries see much the US economy. is part of an interdËóen¿ent panded output of raw materials-and it usually has- them as making the first breakthrough in a cãmpaign world.economy-. O ._ometh just nce in a wh il e i n g'håppens there has not been an increase in returns to the peo- focused on higher prices for raw materials, a price to.makethe point, like the effect in"rrasur'¡nih" ples of those countries. ,. determined'by the relative þrices of ¡n6tls1¡¡¿ll goods. price imporred , of oil is h.aving on the operaïion of the lncreasingly the developing countries are making The prioes of manufactured goods determines both economy. But that merely hiñts at tt¡e ä¡meîi¡ons of the point that if they were receiving somethitlg near the needs for foreign exchange of raw material, and the situatíon. to an appropriate amount for what they contribute to the capacity of manufacturers to pay for raw mater- :. At-the same tìme that recession has occurred world industrial production, and if thQy did ¡ot have ials. . here part played lnreRnRTþnRL there have been hard times all over the *orlã. to pay such high'prices for what they ñeeded to buy A maior element in the situation is the õoiuin- parts corporations. Discussions of maior third world countries,have been particularly nar¿ïii; from the industrialized of the world, they could by multinational . and.it has taken especially painfui do much more for themselves, and would not need aid. economic issues iñ the US have tended to focus on forms,iuån as tne ¿'Trade-Not-Aid" ramtnes tn central The slogan is widely used. thg'econorhic (and political) power centered in the Africa-and Bangladesh. Developing 'i: count.ries have been in a frustrating position b."rrr" Theänalogy is made to the situatibn of farmers in great conglomerates,. and their disregard for the ef- quite policies were having on inflation (their many aredependent on their relati-ons with the this country whose economic condition was iects theii ..leveloped government stepped in to assure that tendency to pass on, ãnd exaggerate increases Tn nationi ând thus have little strensîh in bad until the US nègotiation. lt is that kind of economic frusätion the prices they received for their contribution to pro- costs-retaining and expanding large profits), the co that causes-is causing-conflict. Beçaus" oiii,, int"r. duction was commensurate with the prices they had ex¡stence of high profits and unemployment, their pay goods contribution to pollution and to waòting natural re retattons between economies in today's world. these to for the they needed to buy. This re- parity-pricing. Whereas sources, and their effects on distribution of income¡ conflicts constantly threaren to escalâte. OfiËå ra¿¡cal quired government controlled requ i before US farmers had constantly to be helped, they The term "multinational" suggests the dirnensions :oJ.ul9n:.are. red to. solve economic problems, problems Ue ãA¿e¿ to the above list. but it ¡s the frustration that causes changô to take in- are now able to tâke care of themselves well. lndeed of the that should necessarily violent forms théy are in a position to add to demand for manu- These firms shift the locus of their production to factured goods, and thus to strengthen the industrial where they can obtain cheaper labor, good tax bene- At the United Nations these days-and in a number part of th-e economy. Further, US farmers have de- fits, etc. Another, basis for attack on the multination- oflJN speciatized (especiáily agencies iË üN í;;;ï;- veloped a capacity to produce, which is an invaluable als has been their involvement in production and sale at D*evelopment Organization and the UN Conference asset to the US, and indee{, the world economy-due of military equipment to developing countries, This on lrade and Development), and UN sponsored con_ particularly to their high incoriìè, and thus, their high has political overtones, linked to accusations that de- rl ferences-the directic¡n of discussion t,?l on economic"-' and investment levels. ln the past, US agricultural prices veloped countries have assured that those in power in social issues has taken BYDovld a revolutionarv trin. ! were among the few prices determined by market such countries were those friendly to them. BonEtt Analysis of the antecedents of the current forces, whereas industrial goods were priced by Critics of the role of developed countries in third i - situå- tion can be paraphrased: The vast maiority ofiurient oligopolistic groups in a position to m&nage prices.ln world nations over recent years assert that the whole member nations were formerly coloníes. Íhev w.re effect, ¿gricultural prices were now also taken out of population of developed nations share in the benefits treated primarily as supplíers of low-cost raw materi- the market category, whenever they dropped below from exploitation ofthe pooîer developing nations. aJs, as _and markets for surpluses of a number of rela- i specified levels-and thus monopolistic factors were Thus workers in US firms will argue for protection'of tively deleloped nations. With their independence introduced in that sector as well. There are serious their firms from thé competition of foreign firms using since World War ll, they have achieved uütonornow shortcomings to tlìis solution: many farmers who cheap labor, and also will try to protect their firms in governments, but their economies frequently con- I have not been in need of government supp.ort have an effort to augment the incomes of the deyeloped na- tinued to serve the same functionsfor'dèveláped I profited from this legisaltion. And in the case of tion at the cost of the third world. nations that they had before-sometimes shífiing I labor, wage determination was also taken out of the The problems of unemployment in this country- dependence from one developed nation to anothîer. market place, and monopolistic forces were intro- the special problems of blacks, women, youth, Puerto The re-sult is that they continue to receíve a low por- duced as a union bargained for all workers in an in- Ricans and Chic4nos, etc., in the labor market, the tion of the income that results from their contribu- dustry. The wage situation improved greatly. How- problems of infladon, polf qtion, waste, etc.-are seen tions to world production, as problems a oarning a both for the raw materials I ever profiteering has gone on. And the worker tends of country which'i3 higþly r obtained from them and for the servíces of the to look at his narrow interests, not that of needy disproportionate part of the income resulting from workers from these countries. deserving people in general-neither his unemployed, world production, but which has not even worked non-union colleagues, nor the workeis of other na' through the problem of fair distribution within the The chronic poverty in third world countries is of nation. The problems of food shortage, of population attribute-d.primarily to this situation, and the govern- tions. pa¡ts growth, of widespread deep chronic poverty, are ments of these nations (despite earlier concerñabout ' ln effect, the developed of the world have able to levels growth and pros- primarily the problems of the developing nation. antagonizing the develôped nations on which there been achieve high of is ' Workers in both developed and third-world nations heavy. dependence) are increasingly making the point. perity by keeping down to low levels the share that have had certain parallels in their attacks on multi4a- I nat rs ln part because increasingly they are feeling those in develcping countries received. lt comes as a surprise to most Americans to discover the cxtent to tional corporations. ln both instances they see them- which the success of our economy is a result of the selves regarded as disposable, as an input cost that low compensation we have given to our partners in should be kept at a minimum f gure. The multination- Dwid Borett currently teoches economics at SUNy the production process-and it is important to underl al itself feels the pressure to keep costs down and to New Paltz. He has hod IJN ossignments in New york stand the point well, in order to define the dimensions avoid employment of people when production does and overseqs, of the problem and the kinds of remedies that are not justify it. Some in the labor movement believe Cartoon f¡om NACLA. needed. Stlcngthening the economies of developing that they cannot fornrulate adequate union policíes. if 14 WtN wi¡¡ rs spiracy-even going so far as to ölaim it was all fi- nanced with French gold!) ln any case, without ques- they do not take into consideration the situation of tion the Luddite movement had the support of nearly workers in poorer countries who both compete with all wprking-class people in the affeoted areas. There WHO WERE THE LUDDITES I them, and share their.problems. ? are many stories showing how magistrates and army The multinationals have pointed out role they sent r, the An Open.Letter to Sam Loveioy officers to suppress the outbreaks were regarded play in introducing industry into countries and regions as mu.ch I enemies-in the same way as Americans in in which industrialization was lagging and that only South Vietnam. One notorious owner (no,t a I little I , ' Dear r a such resources as the multinationals pr:ovide were Sam: one) was often driven into frenzies by imall children i capable of getting things underway. The result is that who would run after his horse calling "l'm General l lwas glad to hear your talk some time ago at Dart- t, opportunities open for the impoverished in those Ludd! I'm General Ludd!" i, mouth College where I teach, and I agreed with much countries-opportunit¡es which might not otherw¡se There were very many troops stationed Ir of what you had to say. Of course I had already . through;' appear for many years ahead. response, the period; ln critic heard about your feat ín bringing down the weather out the countryside during this the soldiers; of the multinat¡onals asks the whpther well.being of tower that was put up to help plan for an atomic had to be frequently changed and their offcers con- people of these countries cannot prevent be better serveä. power station in your town. And knew that you stantly on the alert in order to them from be- Should they I people's i not have more say in what is occurring turned yourself in to the police afterwards, that you coming sympathetic to the cause. One par- l; to and for them? ls the multinational truly the -' case stands out. On 1 'l 1812, molt were tried on felony charges for destruction of ticular April , Luddites effective way of achieving what they are attempted a major attack on a at accompliih. property and that you were acquitted on a tqçhni- mill Rawfolds in ir' ing? Don't thçy introduce negative that could Yorkshire, seeking to desfroy some of its.new features . cality. You must have done a finê educational job on successfully be avoided? machinery and to intimidate other manufacturers. the judge, the jury and the communi,try. Congptula- lf something is done to deal with the problems of The attack failed, for the mill was strongly defénded tions ! the developing nations;¡t can mean more lnflationary by owner and a body of soldiers; two of the at- But there was one thing you said which saddened its pressures in the US and elsewhere in the developed ' tackers_yere killed and others wounded. During the ir me. (l wanted to tell you about it at the time, but it world, it may mean more danger of rece¡sipn aj firms battle, one of the defenders was seen to be not firing I was pretty hard to get in a word.) That was when respond to higher input prices, some raising the prices his weapon. The owner, Cartwright, asked him whyl I someone asked if you thought the right approach of their products (thus reducing consurnpti-on), , I míght hit some of my brgthers!" was the others was to get rid of technology itself; to live without us- "Because moving out of .the US to less developed nat¡ons. Yet proud answer l, ìng any eleðtric power at all, for example. Your an- price the target can and should be channelling production swer, as best I can remember, was about like this: The of such defiance was not cheap. The toward meeting both the immediate food needs and "Hell no-l'm no Lucldite!" soldier who refused to shoot his class brothers was I the developmental needs of developlng countries- Sam, I th¡nk that a Luddite is just what you really sentenced by court martial to 300 lashes; that is, to L and thìs can have a highl.y stimulating effect on the . be flogged tqdeath. (ln fact, the sentence was not I ¡ vre. That is not meant to be a put-down; on the con- economies of developed land, if efiectively managed. trary. The Luddites have gotten a bad press over the carried out to its finish, for the sympathy of the A switch from military to economlc spending can be years (mostly written by their enemies), but the fact populace and a plea for clemency by Cartwright him- an enormous boost to the development of developing is they were far from being a.bunch of fools blindly self combined to save his life.) Surely that nameless countries and a great reduction of waste; the,point is opposed to progress. Thefwere workers who fought private has a claim on our respect and admiration for often made but intense effort is needed to accomplish .¡ against 0 certain kind of technology, one that wal be- his example of decency and courage; he too was a steps ¡n that direction. ing introduced in an antihtrman w3y. They went so Luddite. There is one major addendum . ln 1812, Parliament acted decisívely to solve the reguired to the above: ' far as to destroy property which wäs contributing to if the situation of developing nations changes .." problem: a Bill was passed providing the death penal- and . : . ' the oppression of their class. Nöt a few of them were ê they receive more for their products and pãy less ty for machine-breaking. One of the few to oppose ìú for - ' executed for this crime. They. may have been mis- what they must buy, that does not automatically this exemplary measure was the poet Lord Byron. His re. gtuided in theiT strategy, and they qertainly made bound to the benefit ofthe ordinary man in those t speech to the House of Lords against the Bill makps . , mistakes. But there is no valid reason for'prer countries. We are familiar with the widespread exis- .mañy good reading today. .l :ent-day radicals to be so quick to denytany sympathy tence of leadèrs who channel Well, Sam, there is a lot more that could be said, new benefts to the few, for them. including themselves. A significant step has Ueén tateh ' bu,t I'm sure you see my point. The Luddites ivere '. , knows for sure who the fabulous "Ned if the foreign exploiters leãve the sce¡e, and attention , ¡No,one iust defeated, bottr by a bloody repression and by im- ' Ludd" really was, but the name "Luddite" goes back can focus on domestic figures in leadership positions. proved post-war conditions for the textile trade which '. J úo the period from 1 81 1 to about 1 816 in the English A complication ís that those who are domeitic ex. relieved the general sufferingand desperation. Whether : Midlands. This was a very hard time for workers in ploiters may feel the need to take advantage of the they achieved anything cohcrete is debatable. Resist- fact that they control natural resources próduction¡ ing the inhumane use of teçhnology was an important to foreign wars), wages were low when work could be labor, and perhaps some initial processing industries. feature of their movement, but it was not its goal. ' fou¡d at all, and food prices were sky high. The suf- flnd This is merely to suggest how important it is to keep of course the introduction'of the new machinãry was fering of working-class families was apparent even to the full dimension of the problem in mind. not stopped; it war hardly even delayed for long. the authorities of the day. Moreover, almost any form The problem can be put th¡s way: There is world- And yet there ís a lot we can leatn from them. I of Workers' organization or trade union activity was il- wide sharíng of these hard times, with heavier impact think it is clear that they have their.plaee-and un, i ' legal and the penalties were severe. On top of all this honorable one-in our revolutionary heritage. When came the elimination of many jobs when unscrupulous you destroyed that tower, you werenit opposing ' manufacturers tried to cut costs even further by in- "þrogréss" or "science" as such-you were acting troducing new "labor-saving" machiner.y into their against the misuse of science for short-term advãnhge, mills. counter to the real needs of most people. That's jusl Some sort of rebellion was inevitable-and was what the Luddites were doing. Your kinship to the original Luddites is for real, blocked by the government, the movement had to be whether you recognize it or not, you an illegal one. Breaking up some of the new machin- I think if take the time to get better acquainted with your brothers, ery was one of the forms the rebellion took; it is only you may find that the relationship is one this feature which is commonly remembered. of which you can be proud. What did the'Luddites want? Some historians thirk their goals were limited to irnrnediate relief: nrore With best work, decent pay and lower prices. Their rebellion, in wishes, other words,,Wa5'a form of trade-union activity; it Lamperti was "cólleçtive bargaining by riot." But others be- )ohn lieve that àt least some.of the Luddites had really PS. lf you do want to know more, a good place to revolu(i¡rnary aims. (Many contemporaries on the es- look is in E.P. Thompsonls monumental book ,l968).The 16 WIN tablishriibnt'side believed in a revolutionary con- Moking of the Engl¡sh ltlorkìng C/øss (pelican, wtN l7 ,oAN LTTTLE ,r TRIAL RESUMES ." Sff ñ?fig$$ fr,ffr,r,f" ii:ü?,:î: ijifl#:åffi:ï:,ff, The tr.ial of.Joan PERON DROPS LOPEZ REGA Ljttle resumed todav vernon - -_ vi$tor to Brazil where a right-wing graduating class of the lnter-Mountain wtth the acceþtance Jordan Jr., a member or ffiirir",iåi"rl"Jå"?i:i,:,..triïïïåli' FROM GOV'T, BUT HER RIG HT- junta c of what muy oroí" Ford's cremencv juv military has been in þower s'ínce lndian School at Brigham City, Utah . to-be key prosecution b'oard, oi zt- ffi'Ä;;;;ù'r,ffi"î'äîffiier WING FOLLOWERS REMAIN evidence óon_ as a consequence within 1964. : are approached regularly, he said. He of his firsthand a 'The tained. in wrirings ana marginai nãils perience ex- aay ãi id;p;q"¡n; r"i"i'ir,, pressure militant labor movement and also stated that FBI informants are on thar uoar¿-isiüeã u made_by Miss Little while in rhe Beau- rtut" ãrîoru dissatisfied with both its the left and left Peronist guerrilla sometimes paid through BIA progràn¡s, lort ment saying: ',t cail for completq-¡m_ p;o;ur;;ã County.iail before the slaying of mediate, ;;;;ñ.'ïË;;lure or mgvements, have opposed Lopez Riga so that money doesn't appear to comè the.nighr jailer, universar un¿ unro'iái*inår' irrü¿itrititnriiiå,i"ir'¡äpäîranr Clarence T. Aliis;od. nor Argentina's. President' l sabel Peron gave for some time. But even the army from the tBl. amnesty." onlyto h Later, the prosecution laid tñe the Society, but significant in in to enormous pressurè'July 11 from recently counseled Peron that her ad- Vernon ßellecourt announced that groundwork rharhisnew_posi- for presentation of evi- .,-]"tdll..Iptained iiöririgrttingonerineof division in organized labor, left-wing guerillas and visor was too controversial a figure to AIM is declaring a 30-day amnesty for tron on this issue is resurr dence by the state "rhe orirï Àriliä;sï;i;i;""rlü;i''rhu keep a high government people crime laboratorv experience on rhe presid.ni¡"r- -' "'' irrr. the army and dropped her top advisor, safely on in lndian working for the FBl. technicians about the sites ' oi*t,o- ir-r, b;ì;;;ö;irhe furure. . post. Öome of sáb clemency board. an ex.perience Jose Lopez Rega, from her new -LNS 'lFor all who back to their" A wounds in the chest of Mr. AllieÒod that ïtr immediate point of contehtion cabinet. brothers and sisters and tell AlVl tne brought home and corresponding ro r. tr,, rll¡ ,niäir- *"r;¡,ãä-b;î_ñ!-ä;'lìeide, bloodsta¡ni õn n¡, ness of the treatment But the removal of Lopez Reja; an A PLAN TO MAKE cJetails of wha! they did and how they, outer shirt and accor¿e¿ io'ine p.esånuy Vice president undershirL categories of the extreme right-winger who served as ELECTRICITY WITH H. were recruited there is amnesty for Both matters 9ifferent or p"opt" ca-ulni- [ryãñ.n', coalítion rhe BOMBS . are considered impor- rn the snares for Third Social Welfare Minister and as Peron's IS DROPPED them.'i tr rhe prosecurion, of our svstem of miräaivr"rrrrsr cenrury, *no poìntää rhe writingi justice." / ori ti,ut private secretary, appears to be nir T hë Federal Government has given "There will be no amnesty for those becausellil i'üåän or the speakers "il they are believed to indicaie He concluded: rt,or"n'fi'it more than a symbolic gesture to ap- up a plan to creatq electricity by who partiçipated in assassination at- Litrle "presidenr Ford, öåI,¡ãy to addl.esi ih, pease it lfrut Y.t expected ro be our of who was compassionate ir,'r*'pr.nurv." the oppositíon. " exploding hydrogen bombs in aban- tempts, shoótings and other physical me soon enough tJ ruriiån, were white, mare, Jatt and the laboratory evi- pardon Richard Amerrcans, The new 8-man cabinet is dominated doned salt mines in Mississippi, harms to lndian people," he said. d.ence N¡xon..shouiå'årrã ãnã'ihrr" were because ít may help to dimon- u. onty a relarivelysmalt by politicians close to Lopez Rega and Louisiana, Texas and the Gulf of strate. the positìon .::J?3::¡on.lq enough'ro paraon-tr,ãie pffi rtion änääinor¡tv -LNS of Mr.'Alligood,s wno were r¡ght about is expected'to follow his same right- Mexico because the program wciuld ctothing when he was stabbed: waranã-- ;r;üpt represented"¡;;;; among the paner wing policies, those whose service for.th.eir"n.euir including,the economic be too expensive, accordlng to repre- prosecution will argue .oi'tri ti'r"rã"". caucusing went on that . ..Thç that Ms. has resulted in rhe unfair,rifer;;;'' -men day austeríty measures that sparked.the sentative Frederick W. Richmbnd. Lrtile tured the 62-year_old jailer ' fiäg women and angered by CONGRESS APPROVES into punishmenr ora bad current crisis in Argentina and forced The Brooklyn Democrat, who an- the cell and killed him ín aiscrrir!ã.;i iñ-ir"i"""i, ;i;-d'ñ;-r;ïi;;ilå;'r,"" 'the BU ILDUP IN. INDIANbCEAN an'escape at_ Jordan included entire cabinet to resign on Sunday, nounced the plans by the Energy tempt. She contends . - this state-ment wo.mefl were praced that she kilied hrs kevnote in on ã pËnury ,r* July 6. Research and Devleopment Admln- A five-year debaie in Congress ap,- him in self-defense speech to,the 65th innuar rioir rir,"¿uËãï;h; in the course ofa få'i;iing a"y. These austerity measures, which istration last April 17, said that the parently ended July 29 with a Senate s sexual assault. Rodrigo called a "shock treatment" ' agençy had informed him by letter of vote rejecting a resolution by Senate WIN correspondent .. Nick DiSpoldo. for the Argentine economy, have been its intention to drop the plan. majority leader Mike Mansfield that drsturbed by the unscientific references .!r'lnç,i;nixj[";,¿"¡::' by the noramlly pro- ' He said that Maj. Ernest Grave.s, would have blocked funds for expan- to.the sperm --- gåïilr:n.li'i#i{ifil¡fr;tiiffi Ford.boàrd's recent.delib-. ,denounced on Alligood,s thighi, iîîfi".o views of the futurè. The government General Labor Confedera- director' of military application sion of US naval facilities on Diego called Durham im peck for Coun'ty Medicai -f firsr_rhe way the nrirruiv'*r, tion (CGT). Conservative union oficials the agency, said "Due to funding Garcia, the first US military base in the Examiner Russell periy for an inter_ ranged_holds the future tó be in"r- con_ had their hands full throughout une limitations, has no plans ar lndian Ocean. The Navy is now free to vtew with. the hope J IERDAI of getting an ex_ trol of those wh.o control the present; trying t9 suppress wildcat strikes this time to continue its study of the proceed with construction of port perr oplnion about Alligood,s orgasm. the furure is to be pre-packagid, pie, against the new policies. PrBssured,by Pacer Fusion Energy Concept." facilities to handle an aircraft carrier urspoldo reports: structured, and presented for the . their militant rank and file. the GGT Nukes Bureau task force and nuclear submarínes, and l.tool th9 autopsy report -WlN with me ATTN. BACH many according to the values and finallv called a demonstration o150,- a 12,000-foot runway that could q anct gra.duolly steered the MAI AIM FBI conversation CONTRIBUTORS biases of the few. The second vision. 000 in fiont of the presidential paíace handle B-52s. qr9u1d to loon Lìttle's case, Her INFORM ER SURFACES : trial one which I believe was reflæteð6y in Buenos Aíres on lune 27. . The Pentagon contends that ß b.eing.conducted in t¡llN lhe . Roleigh, orrty iO 17l24l75l carríed a brief in the majoríty of those attending ihe' A general strike which paralyzed , The identity of an FBI informer in the. Diego Garcia expansion is necdiiary to yjl.gs ond CHANGES-stating thar ' _from,Du (om, tt'is'o,ii¡iri IRS had with- Assembly, sees the future as open- the country was organized a week and American.lndian Movement (AlM) maintain a military balance in the , ' ol ¡ntense local controversy. (lrawn tax exemption from Bach Mai ended, democratic, pluralistic, crea- a half later to dernand that Peron per- was revealed in mid-July. Bernie Morn- lndian Ocean with the Soviet Union Dr. Peny, Cracker ExtiaordinoÌre. Hospital Emergency Rglief t Fund. On ttve-not necessarily unplanned or un- mit negotiated wage increases which ing Gun, recruited as an FBI informer Senate Armed Services Committee i rgluctontly conflrmed thot sperm luly 21, rhe Bosroñ office ! in of IRS structured, but flexibly planned with she had previously said she would not in '1973, spoke at a conference of In- chairman f ohn Stennis termed the base the anterior urethro ¡ùeons ihat Att¡- notified th.e Fund that the ,,has t'absolute rulíng full participation by peoples reore- respect. Peron gave in to the strikers' dian youth held at Caroll College in an necessity," and the New .i¡ i good hod on orgasm in that cell, t¡een recalled by the 'i,'¡i ,,yoiu national ofiçe for senting a variety of national. rabial. demands and agreed to the wage hikes, Montana about his work for the FBI Yorþ Times said it was "worth the rela- "But," he odded¡ further consideration. ' r know, øh oot " That means and sexual values. This vision but her decision to kêep the same añd warned lndian youth FBI tively modest expenditure." mcit own theory. doesînd about Ah think he lieen' It'1!9tt' Mai Hospirat Emergcniy its place in the Society, esÞeciallv = Minister. of the Economy is likely to methods of recruitment, Critics maint¿in, however, that the fuckin'thot nìggoh gal forat leost a Rllief Fund remains øx dedüitibíe. through the activities of its more than anger Militant workers once again. When hç was first recruited, he was $30 million in planned construction on tew nìghts afore she stabbed him,', The original IRS ruling had been de 20 local chapters in cities in tt¡is cãun- Lopez Riga, who said he was step: asked to identify lndians who had the island is only'the top of a $10 bil- I pressed Perry os to whot mokes nounced.as discriminatorr.,t-¡i, p".k try and abroad, yet when it came ping down as a "patriotic gesture to provided support for the Trail of lion Pentagon iceberg Which will be ! him. thinþ that but he shrugged, ,,lest time qo piepare the Assembly, help pacify the perturbed,spirits," has Broken Treaties Caravan in the fall requested to build a permanent lñdian moh own theory," _News it was the of . i , Desk first viewpoinr which piédominateá. been Peron's closcst advísof through- 1972.This spring he was told to go to Ocean fleet. Thei, also warn that a US. The Society stresses that it is itself ' out her first year in offce, ànd has Sioux Falls and infiltrate the defense build-up in the highly volatile and unj neutral great power ' 3n.d non-partisan regarding wielded in the government. committee of a particular case. He was stable lndian Ocean region could lead '", SOSTRE SUES THE STATE ñ3Hlb'È8f,il,To%,,," futuristic issues, but it musibe señsi- Recent Argentine newSpaper reports, told to gather information on the to Vietnam-type interventions. Th is The. ,,An tive tô the fact that the way it is and charges by legislators, have linked committee's strategy. and fu nding was given credence by the Pentagon it- . _' Political prisoner, Martin Sostre, was World Future Society, Asso structured may alone.proclaim a him to a right-wing terrorist group sources, and to infiltrate natíonal AIM self, which told Congress last year that recently transferred to the fedeial de- crarlon f9r the Study of Alternative political stance in favor of,,safe,, called the Argenti ne Anti-Communist to find out about European travel, the US has vital interests in oil and tention cender in New York City since ¡uturesr" held its Second General futures. ln short, it has now become Alliance (AAA) which has assassinated Dennis Banks and Ve,rnon Bellecourt's other raw materials in that area, adding the federäl courrs considered hii life Asembly from 2-5 in Washing- June the "crisis and opportunity" over 200 people in the last year. sources of funds in Europe, and that the US role would be "just like to be endangered by the officials in ton, DC.9iven rhe rheme ,,fne of the years: ñéït World Future Society to vísibly The AAA has denounced those it whether AIM was getting guns in the policeman oh'the beat who deters the New York state prison system. twenty-Five Crisis and Opfor- demonstrate in the manner ¡n which threatens with death as "marxists and Europe. He was also told, he said, to crime just by being there." The "crimes" Sostre is suing parts'òf the siate prison t-unit¡" the Assembly attracted over it conducts its business that it is truiv iudaizers.'r The press close'to Lopez provoke vitrlence when possible to dis. to be deterred apparently include un- system for reilress ánd release on the 2000 of its 16,000 mômbers ro rhe committed to the díssemination of ii- Riga has flaunted slightly altered credit AlM. friendly changes of government in any basis of their past trearmenr Washington Hilton. The Assemblv was formation about alternative fytures. swastikas, and thq government tele- Morning fJun spoke of FBI recruit- of th.e African, Middle Eastern, South "t Ifr.r" carefully structured in advance acc.or¡l- -Dennis Livingston vision station has iun a series of Nazi ment proceciures for informants. The or Souttieast Asian nations bordering . .1 16 WIN war,films. Lopez Riga is also a frequent top ten and other members of the on the lndian Ocean. -lnternews

WIN 19 poems, certain lines, wordl and_even punctuation marks not only the story of the Arab intellectual Fouzi eþAsmar, were prohibited. Nevertheless, el-Asmar wenf along_and pub. but also of the ill-treated Palestinian Arab community in ls- lished the material which the censor.didapprove. Shortly rael. Despite the numerous printing mistakes, the Uoot< is a after, as an obvious result of its publìcation, with no p_roper must by äny one concerned'with tñe question of peace and put { reason, he was arrested and in.jail where he spent 15 war in ihe Middle East. -ñadav Katz months. No charges have ever been brought against him, and ù I no trial has ever äken place. The authorlties úere allowed "legally" to do so by using the colônial British mandatory - emergency regulations which allow a military officer to iail citizens fór uñlimited periods of time with no specific rea- sons. While under arrest, el-Asmar learned nrhat beating and Vr,C torturing during interrogation in an lsraeli prison meant. A r numberõf times he was offered passage to leave the country, \ * but he repeatedly refused to accept. Not even the kidnapping of his sister and brother from Cyprus by the authorities, and + the evèntual arrest of his brother.brought his spirit to its knees. lndeed, while in prison, he wEs one of the organizers of a series of hunger strikes which toôk place simultaneously among the political prisoners in different prisons throughout the country and which were internationally publicized. t'. El-Asmar was later transferred to Lydda, although a resi- dent of Tel-Avív by that time, and was not allowed to leave the town without a proper permission obtained from the local police, to which he was required to report daily. All, TO BE AN ARAB IN ISRAEL without any charges or trial. After a year in Lydda he was ing for the "wrong" party-the Zionist left Fouzi el-Asmar / Frances Pinter, 161 West End Lane, Lon- oriented Mapam invited by friends to the US for a lecture tour from which party. ln order to avoid troubles, he don Forward by l.F. Stone lntroduction by Uri Davis was required to chànge . he has yet to return home. / / / his 208 pp. name to a Hebrew one, while working as a labourer oria As i result of his experience, one might expect to find in kibbutz, which just increased his conviction that"something el-Asmar a greatamouñt of hatred towa"rds lsiaeli f ews and 'LOVEIOy,S To be an Arab in lsrael is to live deprived of the basic hu- must be done.. - NUCLEAR WAR general. But this is ngl so-. lndeed, great number of grossreceiprs, man and civil rights, constantly humiliated and harassed. ln Haifa, where he later moved to continue lg*! !n ? õï¡ni . ;"1";åtr: úü¡ì ijri * SO% ot . his secondary his friends are Jews and lsraelis. People such . This is the message revealed to the reader of Fouzi el-As- ' education, he discovered, llt^it: il;'i;;;; i, h¡sh;;:;¡;",,r¡liu¡" ioipúr"rr"iè. õontaci: among other things, that an ad in Davis, Haim Hanegbi, "t Y:i posi'Rims, mar's outstandíng book,'To be an Arab in lsrael. ln his the newspaper which announces I'll:llB!*il-q Tlil_gtl.l'.1-1Yl õ;ä* M"ñt"¡"n Box 26e, irro,no. r, Monrague, an open employment posi- for a long time, stood his (their) s.t¡uæ!e,^r9¡jy11ce g.rå.'lrurott,01351, shocking and depressi ng au tobiography, el-Asmar tion, þehiqd tel. ¿tS-aeã.¿iSi or'+tg-967-9374. illustrates does not really refer to Arabs. ñor doei an'ad announc- and humanity, and are highly praised by him. He e.ven de in the most sincere and humane way the horr,ible ing a experi- flat fqrlent When.applying to the Technion (Haifa votes a wholó chapter in ihe-bôok,to a iight wing parliament Sam Loveioy is the young organic farmer who toppled a ence which a Palestinian Arab faces in lsrael, while lnstitute of his, or Technology), he discovered that only in certain .member in tsrael, and despite th€ir maioi ideological and 500 foot weather-tower in Montague, Massachusetts on her, only "crime" has been to be born an Aiaþ in Palestine, departments is an Arab allowed É, to study, the other depart- political differences, desciibes him as 'ia human being," af- ' Washington's birthday ln 1974. Northeast Utilities had and to have remained there after the establishinent ments are exclusively . è of the for Jewish students. i:er a long acquaintance erectedlhe tower to help, plan a nuclear power plant an'd i Zionist state. , El-Asmar decided to resort to writing. He moved ro TeÊ nuclear power plants I No uñexpectedly, el-Asmar's experience would lead him Loveioy toppled it because he believes El-Asmar, is a well known Palestinian poet and journalist. Aviv where he received a job in an Arablc newspaper. He was I to a search as to what is the cause, and,¡vhere are the roots are dangerous. Dr. John Gorman, who once worked for the He was born in Haifa in 1938, to a family that hadbeep liv- quite successful in his new but his refuiat t'o join the f ¡ob, of the tragedy which his people, includíng himself, have Atomic Energy Commission, is one of a number of respected " ing in the country for at least 18 generations. He spent his ,fewish-Zionist party to which the paper belonged, cost him the safety of I been exposed to. Rightly so, he arrives afthe conclusíon nuclear scieniists who have doubts about childhood in the job. the cities of f affa and Lydda..From the age of As a concerned lsraeli Arab, he ioined-with other that the problem is rooted in the exclusivist:racist Zionist nuclear'power. ln the film Gorman argues tha( Lovejoy's ac' 10, he started to experience Arabs, and attempted to ;i r the taste of living as an Arab organize the party al-'Ard (the land)-' ideology, and its plantation in Palestine. By definition, ls- tion wai justified since a nuclear powãr plant is a "threat to under lsraeli rule. As a young child, he saw his own people which would represent the Arab community in lsrael, and lÌ rael as a f ewish state woul-d alwa¡ls be a racistone, and there. a man's personal life, to his family, to his land, and all that .'.':, brutally expelled from their homes deal with its social, economic and political : by the Zionist aimed difficulties. No fore, the de-Zionization of the country is a must. he holds'dear.l' ¡í forces, become, other Arab party and what is known today as the Palestinian has ever been in existence in lsrael, and El-Asmar is lead to this conclusion throúgh a painful ex- Loveioy's Nuclcar War is a lively account of Sam Love " refugees. El-Asmar's immediate family, like a number the only political party in which Arabs have been treated of as perience of what Zionism is af l about Uri Davis arrives at ioy's personal struggle, of the reaction of the townspeople, I other Arab families equàls has been the communist party. in Lydda, was not expelled, but rather But this attempt failed, the same conclusion in his impressive introduction to the and of Loveioy's trial. At the same time the film explores remained living in the ghetto," due after "legal" maneuvers on the part I 1 "Arab to his father's of the authorities, such book. Davis, in an artistic presentation, completes the pic- the entire núciear power controversy in an interesting and job at that time as a railroad employe_e. But despite the as ex.iling its,Supporters, and not allowíng the party to run in I ture, and in analyzing some of the more important symbols . enlightening way. The thing that struck me most abo-ut the. good feeling of not being forced to leave their home in oc- the "de m oc ratic' parl i ame nt4.r:y electio ns. of the Jewish staîe, ile. the lsraeli anthem Hotikva (the hope), fitm*is the sönseiive way Lbiveioy deelt w¡th his neigtibors. cupied Palestine, remaining there could hafdly be con- El-Asmar continued writing.in,attempt to voice his and the popular song lerusolem of Gold, illustrates the ev Lovejoy is the radical equivalent of a good politician. Sò it l sidered a treat, Constant discrimination, humiliation and people's cry for normal humane and civil treatment: the end sential Zionist thinklng-an exclusivist-rãcist f ewish society comis ås no surprise whên the iudge lèts him 9ff on â tech' I terrorization was the price they,.and other Arabs, immediate- of confiscation of Arab land, the abolishment of the British jurors L in Palestine, with comþlete disregard for its Arab inhabitants. 'nicality or when the interviewed after the trial tell us ',' ly had to pay. . I emergency regulations, etc. But the more concerned and de It is rather symbolic to find both, a Hebrew. (lsraeli f ew) they were leaning toward acquittal. I Already as a young child, el-Asmar felt what voted jqstice, it mean to he was for the cause of the more troubles he Uri Davis and a Palestinian Arab, Fouzi el.Asmar, combining Another reason I liked the film was the absence of the be committing an caught "illegal" action. . .picking figs brought on himself. He even found it to,be true while work- their efforts to produce this book. Both are strong believtrri &cowboy-movie mentality that mars m.any radical films from tree which P the used'to belsng to his family unt¡f the ing ai the editor of the Arabic weekly Hoda at-'Atam, alãng in the eventual bi-ñational, i.e., Hebrew Palestiniai, soc¡ety and so much radical writing. Neither the Northeast Utilities Zionist invasion. ln school, being forced to sing the lsraeli with its mother paper, ho-'Qlam ho-:Ze, published by uri in Palestine as the solution to this tragic ilispute, a goal executives nor hostile townspeople are made to wear black anthem, coupled with intentionally degrading Arab history Avneri. After establishing his own publishing house, he whích can be achieved by the constant cooperation between hats lnstead, lhey are treated as respected opponents and and heritage, reflected by the attitude of the new Hebrew found himself in a direct confrontation with the authorities, the left oriented forces within both peoples allowed to speak their minds. teachers as well as from the material provided by the which,resulted in the confiscation of his notes and other lncluding the fair forword by l.F. Stòne, oræ must con- Loveioy'i Nuclear War is an excelledt introduction to the ministry of education, brought a tremendous agony and material. clude that el-Asmar's painful aùtobiographical account is practice of civil disobedience and to the nuclear power con' anger to young el-Asmar. An addition to this feeling was A new chapter in his life opened when he decided to pub- more than iust an autóbiography. lt ¡s an importanr historic- troversy. One advantage of the film is that it shows that caused constant searches in his family resi{ence by þV !!r . lish his first poetry book, The Promised Lond.But poetry socio-economic and politiðal chåpter and document of a civil disobedience is relevant to areas where it has hardly the authorities, the arrest of his parents, and the eventual can reVeal very important security secrets, or so at least whole segment of the Palestinian people who remained in been ûied. The film is well suited for either class.room use loss of his father's job for no proper reason other than vot- thought the censor. As a result, the publication of whole Palestine after the establishment of the state of lsrael lt is or as a fund-raiær for movement groups. -Henry Bas

20 wtN wtN 2l rHE BANKERS ruëerSc, onêweek conference:"4 Non. It.4Tt¡! Meyer / New York / Weybright & Tailey I ca. SSO pp. I vlolent Soc¡ety-lts Beginn¡ngs and lts Pos" $1s.00 sib¡lit¡esr" e/25-9/l at Camp lnd¡anbrook, Plymouth Un¡on, Vermont. Wrlte NOVA, FOOD AFSC, 48 lnman St., Cambrldge, MA 02139. Martin Meyer begins this racy tome with the observation (6 I 7-864-3150). that since 1 960 a subsurface revolution has transformed the world of banking and that bankers themselves have yet Gay.radio ln Philly every Sunday, "Amazon Country," l-2 pm; "Sunshlne Gaydream," to realize its nature. Whereupon, having hooked the inno- 2-3 pm. WXPN, 88,9 FM. cent reader, Mayer tells the story of banking from its ob- scure beginnings (not among ltalian moneylenders gold., OPPORTUNITIES smiths, he claims) down through the American Civi'i War. Characteristic of Meyer's method of writing bestsellers gay printing collect¡ve needs others to shaÍe teach¡n g non-commerc¡al movêment prlnt- is that this S0-page résume of banking history is a minor ¡ng. exper¡mental/9raph¡c enViron ment- masterpiecc of condensation and clarity, but turns to exper¡ence unnecessary-wof k¡n9/llv¡ng i out bear no relation to the question it was billed to answer. The 212-675-3043. WIN Staff OPening "¡svqhj1i6¡" transforming banking turns out to be merely a i Collectively run day care center in Southern We need someone right awaY to takc person matter of banks now engaging directly in financial opera- NH,seeks new staff with ðctual or ac- serlous potential lnterest in chlld/carel Call responsibility for WIN's business i tions which heretofore were the province of shady charac- 603-868-5412 between J.uly 28 and August tivities.-.fund raisi production, etc. ters,like loansharks and stockbrokers. Turns out, in short, 1 6 froin 8:3o-12-or send resume to Little th expericncc ]. PUBLICATIONS People's 542, We Preferably I to be no revolution centef, Box Dufhafn, DlH. at all. As R.H. Tawney demonstrated'in be lntervlewlns in oi in movement I Ne¡ghborhoocl will Aus. 6j7 &.8. eitlier Relìgion and the Rise o:f Capitalism (1922), purely '"¡How To start A Food co, a mer- operative And Make lt Prosper," 38 pp; fund ra wfltrng, rc- cenary motivation has become not only mó.ie consp¡racles, 165 w, Harv€y, Ph¡la- i) : I reputable in Food porti ar[work a Western civilization with each passing generation, but more delphia, PA 19144' $l;5o. Also, "Nature Job opening for Alternativ€€tclrooi¡böin l'' Centers: How To Survive ln The Face Of munlty Resources Coordlnatgr. PuOdlng; Pf us. ovemþnt the essense of that civilizâtion. What Martin Meyer demon- publ¡c iåsponsl'' . i Urban D¡sintegrat¡on"' $10-S14.95 for relat¡ons, adminlstrath¡€ Many benefits. Phone 4) People Seek¡ng Alteina' strates is that the process didntt stop in1922 but rather has cassette. For Alternatives. b¡llt¡es. contact cralg Newby, The 54'7, Rifton, t t¡ve School, 3950 Ra¡nbow, Kansas City, 339-4585 or write Box accelerated, especially since 1 960. ' lnterested in land trusts? Vegetarian cook- Kansas 66 l03 (9 13-236-67¡9). NY 12471 telling us somqthing, about Toward the middle of his tome, after a couple hundred ¡ng? Rad¡cal music? Gandh¡'s writings? yourself.. Anarch¡sm? Rad¡cal h¡story? The Good- SoURcE, a radlcal research collectlve, needs ll pages likely (anec- ' to bore outsiders to the banking world Boox catalog has titles in all these areas, full-time staff interested ¡n polltical change. dotes, old school ties, etc.) Meyer recaptured my flagging in- David Morris spent a weekend here at the WIN farm just be- and more. lt's free from Box 437-W Boston, hard, meanlngful wprk, subsistênce lifestylê' MA Write Box terest with a bold statement that the entire banking system fore leaving on a trip to lndia. The last night he was here, he 02102. We especially need women now. 21066, wash., OC 20OO9, (2O2) 387-1145. is heading for the rocks. Why? After sifting through 100 made this curry. He'd never made it with eggplant before: COME FOR TO SING-a new folk mus¡c subsequent pages of technical innovations, the rocks which that's what we happened to have in the refrigerator-but he quarterly. Please wi¡ter COME FOR TO JOB: Wðsh¡ngton DC-Staff person ¡s needed pleased SING, J/o The Old Town School of Folk for the Wash¡ngton Peace Center to help threaten banking turn out merely to be the danger that sheer was well with the results. Usually het made this Music, 909 West Armitage Avenue, Chicago, plan and coordinate program and ¡nvolve paperwork volume, especially the number of checks to be curry with beef. (lf you prefer a beef curry, substitute beef lllinois 60614. volunteerg. Opportunlty for creat¡ve develop- cubes for the eggplant.) ment of peace eclucat¡on program. Pô¡d posi- cleared, will overwhelm the pace of technical innovation and BAR NONE: exposes hi¡rrors of prison and t¡on-full time. Please contact: V¡ctor Kauf' swamp the system. David grew up in Madras, thènsouthernmost state of ln- beaut¡ful elements of ¡ts inmates. Free to man, 11402 Cam Court, Kens¡ngton, Mary- pr¡soners-Outs¡ders-clonation. PO teq, (3Of (evenings). dia & thus the.bne with the hottest climate & as a conse- .e., oi land, 20795 ) 942-0584 Up to this point (about page 350) the main attraction of W. Somerville, Mass. 02144. HELP! *. .the book is the ultra-clear exposition which Meyer performs quence the hoitest food. He made.the curry so hot that coMMUNE seeks people of all ages and .1, two of the WIN staff couldn't eat it. He kept saying he RECON August issue includes: M¡l¡tary skills who wish to dedicate themselves fully ANT t-wA R n¡¡rHòlocv-wanted poenrs, for many obscure banking functions-all expounded from Spending Causés Unemployment, Army have to new age of love and harmony. Call Art sgn9s, conscient¡ous ob¡ector statéments. the viewpoint of the banker. There follows a long chapter needn't made it that hot but I'm not so sure. lt seen* Moves Nerve Gas, W¡tch-hunt for Navy Les- at; Aguarian Research (2f5) 849-f259. Please send to Mark Kramrisch, 55.çåmber: written. from the viewpoint government to me that a real part qf the dish is its hotness. I'm.not sure bians, book review ol "Grand Strategy," well chulch Street, London sE5. of agencies set up i and much more. Send 3sdlcopy or $3/yearjl to regulate the banking industry, another from the view-' it's worth making except for; folks who want to eat some- (12 issues) to RECON, PO Box 14602, point of the multi-level Salomon Brothers brokerage cod- thing really hot. This recipe serves about 12. Ph¡1a., PA 19134. glomerate on Wall Street, and then one of the best explica- EGGPLANT CURRY PEACEWOR K-Nonviolent soc¡al change tions of the Eurodollor glut to be found. (But without the : news reported ¡n lively monthly New Eng. MOVING TH!S FALL? 1 onion, chopped land newsletter, Subscr¡pt¡on $3, sample historical perspective provided by Rolfe and Burtle's The butter copy free, PEACEWORK, 48 lnman St., Now is the time to tcll us, bccause the nexi time we cnter changcs ¡n Greot lAheel (1973) or, better, the works of Frenchman 2T. Cambridge, MA 02139. I ;;spl;;; r, t in 314" c¡rbes (skin'left on) the mailing l¡st will be early in September. lf you do not want to miss facques Rueff.) journal 2 handfuls mushrooms, ECsTASY, a new non-sex¡st erotlc WIN this fãll, please give us your new addrrlss in time. Love, Mary. Martin Meyer pretty well shows what's dangerous about sliced needs fict¡on and graph¡cs. Wr¡te Box 92l, _ 1 potato, diced Half the corner the banks have worked themselves into. His chap- Moon Bay, CA 94019. 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