Students for a Democratic Society 1608 West Madison Chicago, Illinois -Agitators- The Man let it be known through official "leaks* this week that indictments are about NEW to be issued against several "professional agitators" who travel to campuses to incite rebellion. The Justice Department claims to have "substantial evidence" and dossiers LEFT against such people—who presumably will be prosecuted under the Stokely Carmichael interstate riot act. People are reminded not to do the Man's work by giving him NOTES any information at all. Vol. 4, Number 11 LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE March 13, 1969

Mexico has a long history as a colony, first under the Mexico Spanish, then the French. Today, American business dominates the country. Last fall, more than 50 persons were murdered when they demonstrated for reforms: the struggle continues. For a look at Mexico's history and present situation, see page 2. Modern Greece exemplifies Greece the development of U.S. cold-war policy and its anti-communism. Litton Industries and the CIA helped make it that way. See story on page 2. Oil interests Middle East are strong here, where Al-Fatah is leading the struggle for National Liberation. For the third in a series, see page 4.

O - -rm 5, Ö0Q O zSw5 3 .3 & w h s S The Berkeley strike is now in its seventh week. For an Z tri O Q analysis of what's going on (and not going on), see Page 8. 2 March 13,1969 New Left Notes Mexican movement fights continued repression

by Bob Stewart marriage, confiscation of church lands, (In Mexico all schools of higher learning, By toe end of August, the struggle Chairman, Chicago and toe beginnings of agrarian reform. including vocational schools, are had begun to acquire toe characteristics Revolutionary Contingent However, because of the degeneration supposedly autonomous.) In response to of a mass movement, and toe largest of the Mexican government into a this incident the students at toe demonstration in toe history of Mexico To understand fully the events of last complete dictatorship of the moneyed Polytechnic Institute called a protest was held. On August 27, 700,000 people year in Mexico, as well as events in the classes under Porfirio Diaz and the demonstration for the 26th of July to gathered in toe Zocalo (the main square) future, it is essential to understand the growing influence of U.S. imperialism coincide with one called bythe university across from toe National Palace in history of Mexico. Unlike toe history (oil, textiles, mining, railroads), another in support of Cuba. Both demonstrations support of toe student demands. This we're taught in the U.S., it is not an upheaval was in toe making. And in 1910 were attacked by toe Granaderos. Two was the high point of the movement. abstract string of events seemingly the dam broke,ledbyFrancisco(Pancho) students were killed, 200 injured, and By this time 500,000 students were out unrelated to present-day activity, but Villa and Emiliano Zapata on toe left many were arrested. on strike throughout the country and rather an accumulation of experiences (peasants) and Francisco Madero, Comités de Lucha (struggle committees) that are manifested in Mexican political Alvaro ObregonandVeustanzioCarranza Demands, August Action wito a revolutionary perspective were life in a very direct way. Present-day on the right (bourgeoisie). Eight years The students responded by: 1) forming being formed not only in schools but Mexicans can relate political questions of civil war took place, first against the National Strike Council, 2) going out also in factories and workers' to events that took place centuries ago, the Diaz regime, and then between toe on strike (200,000 students), 3) drawing neighborhoods, and among peasants. and so have a sense of continuity wito left and right forces as well as against up six demands calling for freedom for history that makes political struggles U.S. invasions in 1914 and 1917. Though political prisoners, disbanding of toe Naturally, the government wasn't seem toe natural course of events the forces of the left lost, toey left Granaderos, etc., 4) setting up political happy. The Olympics were approaching rather than being unusual. a mark toat still remains, giving the brigades to get their side of the story fast and no amount of intimidation struggle an anti-feudal, anti-imperialist out to toe people, and 5) intensifying seemed to slow the movement down. Imperialist Invasion and anti-clerical character. Where toe the struggle in toe streets. Diaz Ordaz went on TV and radio revolutionary armies had not instituted During August there was at least one pledging to defend toe Mexican equivalent While Mexican history goes back over it themselves, toe government began of "Law and Order," but to no avail. 2000 years, the period of conquest is major demonstration a week, involving land reform. Where the foreign bosses tens, then hundreds of thousands of regarded as the beginning of modern had not already left, the government Repression Hits Hard history. Mexicans regarded toe conquest participants. While the demonstrations nationalized foreign enterprises. Today built solidarity and spirit among the period around 1520, when toe Aztec in Mexico all mining, petroleum, On September 19, toe government capital of Tenochtitlan was destroyed students and provoked bloody, but railroads, electricity, telephones and expensive, battles with the police made its most serious act of repression; by Cortez, not as the beginning of an telegraphs, as well as sections of the Mexican troops occupied the university, era of enlightenment and civilization, (Mexican students burn buses as a chemicals and metals industries, are means of hurting the government arrested everyone, including employees, but as toe opening battle in toe Mexican nationalized. and surrounded toe Polytechnic Institute, people's struggles against western financially). Political brigades worked painting slogans on wall s and distributing This was a serious blow to toe imperialism. Cortez, far from being movement, as it meant toe loss of more a hero, is regarded as a degenerate Popular Struggles Continue leaflets to workers. Students would jump on a bus (few Mexicans have cars) activists as well as the loss of a place and a thief, while Cuauhctemoc and The Mexico of today, however, is a of refuge and base of operations. Four Quitlac, two Indian chiefs who fought without paying, distribute leaflets, get far cry from toe revolutionary off at toe next stop, and get on another days of street fighting between students Cortez, are looked on as the first in expectations of Mexicans in toe 20's and and soldiers, wito many workers and a long line of resistance heroes. bus. In this manner the whole city was 30's; and the "revolution" which covered with leaflets in a short space working-class youth helping the Mexican schoolchildren are taught today Mexican politicians talk so much about students, followed the occupation. how their ancestors fought to toe last of time with a minimum of contact with has been abandoned in the face of U.S. the cops. Also, street meetings were Students used rifles and Molotov man against toe rifles and cannons of economic influence. U.S. factories like cocktails, and workers' wives helped the Spaniards. held in a sort of guerrilla-like fashion, General Motors, Ford, GJE., and since toe cops by raining down on toe cops various While toe Spaniards may have won Goodyear dot the landscape; Coca Cola would break up objects such as bottles, bricks, and the first round, toe Mexicans still signs cover storefronts, and Mexican any meeting tubs of ' hot water from apartment resisted. Uprisings by various Indian agricultural productivity has been very quickly. windows. Motorists would stop and allow groups, slave rebellions, and resistance increased (a benefit of the revolution)— students to siphon off gas. The to land seizures and feudal dues went on not to make Mexico self-sufficient in self-igniting Molotov cocktail was born for the next 300 years, the Spaniards food, but to provide cheap tomatoes, in the chemistry labs of toe Polytechnic livingparasitically off the sweat of toe oranges, lettuce, and cotton for the Indians and contributing nothing to toe U.S. markets. development of the country. It should also be understood that Mexican Resistance popular struggles have not stopped. In 1958 there was nearly a general Finally, about 1810, a Catholic priest strike, and toe Mexican peasants have named Hidalgo Gater excommunicated) put up a continual struggle for more started an uprising in the small town of land, modernized production, and higher by Stephanie On Dec. 3, 1944, the Athens EAM prices. In toe last four years there have Dolores, which, though defeated, sparked Rugoff and Beth called a demonstration in support of been four major peasant struggles in off a struggle that was finally able to Lyons, NYU SDS a larger voice for toe Resistance in throw «sut the Spanish. This struggle different parts of the republic. This is toe new government. 500,000 men, the setting for the student uprising of had a characteristic that is common to April 21, 1969 marks women, and children poured into the last year. all progressive struggles in Mexico: the second annivers - streets. The demonstration began it had a mass base of workers, peasants, In mid^July, 1968, a group of youths ary of toe Greek junta. peacefully. The demonstrators were slaves, artisans, and lower sections of from Vocational School Number 5 had The right-wing colonels attacked from hidden positions by the the clergy. This was not just a struggle a fight in which toe police intervened. seized control using police (some of whom had held toe same for a change in control; the struggle A battle between cops and students NATO weapons and the positions under the Nazis). What had also contained class demands toat started, and the Granaderos (riot NATO plan Prometheus and begun peacefully now turned into toe reflected toe interests of the most police) were called in. They invaded have maintained toeir power massacre still known as Bloody Sunday. oppressed as well as of the leaders. the school and beat both students with the aid of US capital and Hundreds were wounded or killed in toe In this case it was the abolition of and teachers. weapons. ambush. slavery and feudal dues and protection The fascist regime did not The next day Papandreou had toe gall for Indian lands. destroy democracy in Greece — to go on toe radio and declare toat his This did not end toe Mexican people's because democracy has never hands were clean of the responsibility. struggle for independence however; they existed. Since 1821, when toe Greek Further, he accused EAM of being remember well toe American invasion people fought the Ottomans, toey have responsible! of 1848, when the northern half of been fighting oppressors. The period Mexico was stolen by American which leads into toe current- US Battle of Athens slave-owners interested in Texas and involvement and toe junta began in 1933 The Bloody Sunday massacre was toe merchants interested in California gold. under toe fascist Axis regime of spark toat set off a spontaneous uprising But even more important was the Metaxas. During toe German occupation in Athens. George Papandreou resigned invasion of toe French in the 1860's of Greece in WW II, while the patriots on Dec. 4. On toat day, toe Battle of (with the backing of other European of the resistance were fighting toe Athens started. Tens of thousands of powers who wanted a foothold for a invaders, toe Metaxas regime and King people were killed as toe city was fought possible reconquest of South America]! George were still arresting over block by block. The British poured and the ensuing people's war against progressives. The effectiveness of toe in more and more of their troops, but Maximillian. After the expulsion resistance fighters is illustrated by a Athenian civilians and local members of toe French (supposedly toe statement of toe General Staff of toe of ELAS still fought back bitterly. The finest army in Europe) by Germany Army toat "in our estimation British were bombing indiscriminately the Mexican workers and 94% of toe Greek people are against us." all of Athens, and since toe regular peasants, social reforms The Greek resistance struggle played forces of ELAS could not bring any were instituted a decisive role in the successful assistance to the city, the reserves in including toe invasion of Italy and stopped toe flow Athens had to make a tactical decision. establishment of German men and materiel to toe In order to save Athens from complete of civil Middle East. demolition, toey decided to withdraw, During toe occupation, toe two forces and on toe night of Jan. 4-5 toey slipped representing Greece were EAM, toe out of toe city under cover of darkness. National Liberation Front (EPON, the World reaction forced the British to youth corps and ELAS, the military negotiate. The agreement included a section) and toe Allied-supported promise for a plebiscite for retention of government-in-exile headed for a time the monarchy within a year. However, by George Papandreou. Papandreou used immediately after the "agreement," ELAS to defeat toe Germans. Meanwhile, right terror groups called "X" organized wito British help, he was planning to and continued toe persecution and destroy it after the liberation. execution of resistance fighters, while never having war trials for toe collaborators. The people took up arms New Left Notes March 13,1969 3

civilization" and provides it wito international business contacts, but, Libertad a los most important, provides it with Presos Politicos millions of U.S. dollars to help offset its otherwise terrible balance of trade. For that reason, the ruling class wants to present a picture of affluence (i.e. financial success), and, most important of all, stability! The Olympics were seen as a way of doing this. The only problem was toat everyone in Mexico understood this tactic and resented toe money that was being used to lay out Cartel a los que the welcome mat for foreigners while domestic needs went unmet. reprimen al pueblo The National Strike Committee called Mexican student stickers: "Free the a rally in toe Plaza of Three Cultures political prisoners. Jail those who for Oct. 2 to keep things going. The repress toe people." Plaza, near downtown Mexico City, lies in a workers' high-rise housing complex Institute. and next to a vocational school. The day Nevertheless, toe movement was of the rally, troops surrounded toe beginning to feel the weight of 10,000 people gathered there, and repression, with leaders semi-under­ according to the strike committee, ground, 50-60 deaths, hundreds of plainclothes agents ofthearmyorpolice, wounded, thousands in jail and no real firing from one of the buildings onto the organized movement of support from troops on the other side of toe plaza, the workers or peasants toat could divert set off an hour-long massacre in which some of the repression. troops fired point blank into the crowd Importance of Olympics wito machine-guns, from helicopters and at buildings from tanks. On top of that toe Mexican government Unfortunately for toe soldiers (Mexico was getting more frantic as toe Olympics has a professional army of toe type got closer. It should be understood why Nixon wants here, not conscripts) many the Olympics were so important to the students at the school and in the government, really to toe entire Mexican buildings had arms and many soldiers ruling class. Mexico is very dependent were killed, and their commander was on two things: foreign investments and wounded. The fighting continued all night tourism. Foreign investments provide and spread through the city, though on access to sums of capital that cannot a small scale. be raised by the Mexican bourgeoisie themselves. Foreign investments make Serious Setback Mexican agriculture more productive The movement had suffered a serious as well as providing Mexico with a setback. Almost 200 people were killed great number of relatively cheap and many hundreds of others wounded finished goods. This leaves Mexican or arrested. This was the worst act of capital free for more profitable venture s repression since the time of Porfirio like construction and real estate. It also Diaz and sent the movement into a state provides jobs for toe growing Mexican of shock. All of the strike leaders were working class. Tourism is Mexico's underground and many students stayed second largest industry next to oil. hidden or away from the movement Tourists come, of course, from toe U.S., headquarters at the Polytechnic Institute. but also from France, West Germany, Shortly after, the Olympics started and and other European countries. This not schools were closed for vacations. By only gives the Mexican ruling class a the middle of November toe National fnnllnr flint It in n rant nf "wfitfrn profitable land for imperialism

again—the Civil War had begun. advertisement is that all trade unions since the Civil War (late 1940's). Some to international affairs. The Vietnamese It ended with toe British imperialists in Greece have been banned. of toe ways toe junta stops its own struggle against imperialism goes leaving and the US imperialists moving student unrest is to torture and imprison beyond the confines of Southeast Asia. in. In toe same year toat toe CP was Until the end of last year, one of toe leftist students. Greece today has all the trappings of outlawed, 1947, US economic aid to companies involved was toe infamous Other ways toe junta stops student Vietnam ten years ago. Although the Greece began under the Marshall Plan. conglomerate Litton Industries (see unrest are to limit toe student struggle of the Greek people will be 40% of the Marshall Plan money was "Ramparts") whose chairman, Tex enrollment to certain specified groups. long and laborious, we must respond used for military purposes. Although Thornton, is a good friend of LBJ's. A loyalty statement is required—even to their justified demands for toeir the Marshall Plan was formally Litton was paid for its expenses plus those who sign are rejected if the junta freedom as well as to prevent the terminated in 1962 when assistance 11% by toe junta. In addition, Litton deems toem politically unfit. Eliminated far-reaching consequences if toey are reached $3.5 billion, US aid to Greece received a fee of about 2(5 for every from toe student population are children defeated once more. has continued. In fact, toe US has given dollar of private money invested in of known or suspected leftist parents. Greece more money relative to its Greece. Aside from applying "systems Demokratia has been toe only population than it has provided for any analysis" to the job of staking out Agnew and Greek CIA committee to publish a monthly other country with toe exception of investment projects in Greece's historic newsletter, establish a Greek relief Western Pelqppennesus region and on Where goeto toe corporations, there Vietnam. Now, toe Greek Army is goest toe CIA. The Greek CIA, KYP, fund for the families of political planning to send troops to Vietnam. the island of Crete, Litton tried to prisoners, initiate a chapter at NYU, recruit toe foreign capital needed to is totally controlled and funded by toe US CIA. Daniel Brewster, toe head of and hold continuous political and Greece Profitable Ground operate the projects. The aim was to cultural programs. pump $240 million into the target areas the State Department Greek Desk, is a CIA agent. The US is interested in Greece for within toe next 3 1/2 years. On March 20-25, through toe numerous reasons. Greece exemplifies These CIA connections are made co-operation and support of NYU the development of American cold-war Student Situation visible here in Vice President Agnew. All-Square Congress, NYU Lawyers' policy and its anti-communism. Greece, Aristotle Onassis has now taken over "The millionaire mystery man behind Guild, NYU Demokratia, NY Regional as a NATO base, is strategically the function of attracting private capital Spiro Agnew" who also "swung votes SDS, and the Anti-Fascist Committee important to toe US because of its to Greece. Olympic Airways, owned and for Richard Nixon* at the Republican of York University, Toronto, a teach-in proximity to the Soviet Union and toe operated by Onassis, has recently been Convention (Daily News, Aug. 9, 1968) on Greece will be presented. Middle East. NATO is operating its running an ad in American newspapers. was Thomas Pappas, major contributor most important European missile base The main copy reads, "Eleven Ways to to toe Republican Party and head of a The high point of toe teach-in will be on the island of Crete and the US 6th Stop Student Unrest." The method $190 million industrial complex in a talk (Tuesday, Mar. 25) on toe Fleet uses Greek ports for supply bases suggested is to send students to visit Greece including Esso-Pappas, which liberation struggle in Greece, by Tony and harbors. The rightist Greek army 11 places in Greece. It is ironic toat controls 97% of the oil in Greece. Ambatielos, representative of the has proven itself as toe only European they omitted toe islands of Yiannos and Pappas' family in Boston controls toe Patriotic Front and a Founder of toe army to successfully fight a full-scale Leros where thousands of political Pappas Foundation of Greece and toe Greek Seamen's Union. Mr. Ambatielos, war against toe communists (Coulambis, prisoners are held and tortured, USA, a right-wing CIA conduit. One of who has long been associated wito toe Greek Political Reaction to American including some who have been there the directors of Esso-Pappas, who ran struggle of toe Greek people to and NATO Influences, 1966). the Greek Ministry of Public Order, establish democracy in Greece, has Economically, Greece is profitable resigned his post to devote full time recently been touring Europe speaking ground for American business. to helping the Army men prepare toe to labor organizations, etc., trying to According to a special advertising coup. Pappas has been a friend of create ties and means of cooperation supplement in the "New York Times" Nixon's since at least 1952 and was for toe current struggle in Greece. (March 3, 1968), "Greece... Ideal Pres. Johnson's special envoy to toe Country for Investors," sponsored by funeral of King Paul of Greece. For further information, contact NYU the Greek government and US and Greek SDS, 10 W. 4th Street. NYC. 212-598-3956 business interests, toe Greek For over a year, some members or Demokratia, 346 W 20th St, NYC, government guarantees complete of NYU SDS have been working wito 212-929-2390. protection for foreign capital investors, Demokratia, a radical anti-junta Our struggle against imperialism enjoyment of tax exemptions and organization. Demokratia's primary must not be parochial. In whatever way assurances against the expropriation of aim has been to inform Americans possible, toe struggle of various peoples property. An additional factor about toe current political developments for self-determination must be conveniently omitted from this Ll CIA in Greece and relajj^heia^^he r implications supported. 4 March 13,1969 New Left Notes History of Middle East liberation struggl

by Susan Eanet satisfactory settlement of toe crisis is gives toe political perspective of the We have lost many men in this war, guaranteed." The reason for his trip leadership and toe youth corps of the but, in the type of action that we must This is the third part in a series here was to purchase F-104 bombers Al-Fatah, toe vanguard of toe struggle carry out, we cannot hope to avoid on the Middle East liberation struggle. from the U.S. Imperialism continues to of Palestine. considerable loss of life. It is necessary Part 1 discussed Middle East history, profit from both sides of this war. to die many times to obtain freedom." Part 2, Arab women.) One of toe main actions of toe six-day Our contact wito Al-Fatah had begun We got ready to take leave of Abou war of June 1967 is described below in two days earlier, in an Arab city. There Amar. We were to make a short tour There are major splits in the Arab the excerpted article from Tricontinental we met toe first representatives of toe of some zones where toe commandos' world over toe Palestinian and other magazine. What happened during toat Palestinian people. The underground secret bases are located and then rest national struggles. For example, toe war is similar to toe strategy followed networks of Al-Fatah have achieved toe for what remained of the night. commando activities are outlawed in by the U.S. In Vietnam: bomb toe cities creation of an organization capable of Before we left, Abou Amar broke off Saudi Arabia, which is also trying to into toe ground, level toe villages. In throwing back toe enemy's attempt at a discussion to tell us: crush the struggle of the people of Vietnam toe U.S. uses toe excuse toat penetration. Everything is organized "We have many problems. Our South Yemen (Aden). The rulers of the village has been harboring Viet and dispersed. In one house we were movement is maintained fundamentally those countries whose economies are Cong; but toe Israelis need only toe provided wito some of toe things thanks to toe voluntary contributions most closely aligned with American existence of Arab villages to justify necessary for toe trip to the commando of the Palestinian people: toat is toe interests are opposed to the their destruction and the accompanying bases. In another we received clothing, basic source of our finances, and we development of anti-imperialist struggle. annihilation of children and peasants. while further on, now in mountains bare are glad this is the case. We maintain But toe inspiration provided by toe Aside from toe 240,000 new Palestinian of vegetation, we once again made absolute independence; we do not belong Al-Fatah and toe Front of South Yemen refugees who were forced to flee from contact wito toe clandestine networks to any political party, nor do we depend are too great to be crushed. the western bank of toe Jordan in toe that—although far from the scene toat on any government. But every day we June War, about 200 to 300 new refugees has nothing to do wito the normalcy must turn down dozens of young Holy War Reactionary a day continue to enter Jordan even of this city—act with toe same vigilance Palestinians who want to join toe In any national liberation struggle now. They live out in toe non-arable and care toat characterizes toe entire commandos: each new fighter represents the elements of toe history and culture rocky or desert lands, wito barely any military apparatus. uniforms, weapons, shoes, food—in a shelter, food or clothing. of the struggling people plays a We arrived at a tent after making word, there are many problems to solve. In addition, each new member is prominent role in unifying and mobilizing Support Al-Fatah contact with toe first fighters of toe the masses. In no case has this been Front, wearing toe camouflage uniform analyzed in depth. The enemy tries to more strong a factor than in toe Arab OSPAAL (toe Organization of that identifies toe commandos and penetrate our organization. We must be struggles, in which the traditional Solidarity with toe Peoples of Asia, armed with automatic rifles. We were very careful about this, and toe day Muslim concept of the "jihad" or Holy Africa, and Latin America) released received by the guards of the camp. we discover someone sent by toe enemy War has been fully utilized to unite toe a position on toe Middle East in July Inside toe tent were an old wooden table he will be punished in toe only way people. This is the non-progressive 1967 in which it stated that "Old and some rough chairs; under a small possible for those who betray a people's aspect of toe Palestinian liberation alliances toat are not really based on gas lamp, a relatively young man struggle." struggle, it is toe factor that tends to the interests of toe Arab peoples have wearing the olive-green uniform toat lend credibility to the harangues of toe been exposed....It is not possible, also symbolizes toe liberation struggle Medical Volunteers Arab bourgeoisie, to Nasser, to Saud, under the cloak of so-called brotherhood, of other peoples: Abou Amar, one of In toe early hours of toe morning who use it to keep toe people from toeir to unite progressive and revolutionary the small group that began to organize we conversed with the director of toe own throats by trying to relegate the governments with corrupt, feudal Al-Fatah 14 years ago in Gaza and is recently built hospital where we were Palestinian struggle to the level of a monarchies, completely sold out to today one of the few leaders who is to spend the rest of the night. religious war. They fail to encourage imperialist policy." known to toe public. He explained: toe Jewish workers in Palestine to unite One year later in July 1968 OSPAAL We offered him our impressions and "We completed this hospital just wito toe Arab people against international made an international call for material three weeks ago for giving basic care imperialism, and toey thereby limit toe told him of our desire to get to know support for Al-Fatah, as the vanguard the truth of toe "Palestine problem"; to the combatants. In the actions which level of the struggle and its potential of toe revolutionary struggle in toe because of their nature can cause us for success. In this context of a religious we spoke to him of toe lies with which Middle East. In the opinion of toe the corrupt press of the capitalist world many casualties, a doctor accompanies war, is it possible toat a socialist OSPAAL secretariat, Al - Fatah the fighters to toe point nearest toe consciousness can emerge and toat toe tries to give toe world a false picture recognizes toe necessity to wage of the objectives pursued by toe action. In any case, there is always Arab people can win, both against toe internal struggle in the Arab countries a doctor near the scene of the fighting Zionists and against the reactionary Palestinian people. Abou Amar as well as against Zionism, to combat commented: to give first aid to the wounded and Arab rulers? the doctrine of religiou? war and •kkk- iJinnnitftli Nni There are other important replace it wito hard political education, Not Waging Racial War •there-afe a few doctors, but in toe contradictions. For instance, although and has a strong sense of international next dew weeks doctors will come from Cairo supports toe Al-Fatah, Nasser responsibility. In toe year since toe "It is true that imperialism has tried Algeria, Syria, and other Arab countries jails Egyptian communists. The Al-Fatah June War, OSPAAL arrived at this to confuse world public opinion; it has to work as volunteers wito us." was forced to remain secret for toe conclusion and called on toe even found spokesmen who try to The director of the hospital is a young first ten years of its existence to avoid revolutionaries in the world to support present the struggle as one of Israel, man; expressive; wito an affable being crushed by Arab leaders. King Al-Fatah. a small people of two million Jews, personality, broad knowledge, and an Hussein of Jordan appeared on "Meet The following article appeared in toe threatened wito extermination by a interest in international affairs. Along the Press" last year and hinted that Tricontinental, the theoretical organ of hundred million Arabs. We have not wito Abou Amar, he is one of those who the Arab governments would be willing the secretariat of OSPAAL, in toe taken up arms to force two million founded Al Fatah 14 years ago. We to recognize Israel "provided a November-December, 1968 issue. It Jews into toe sea or to wage a religious asked him about toe development of toe or racial war. The Jews lived struggle and its difficulties, and he told alongside toe Arabs, including toe us: Palestinians, for many years, and w^ "Our movement must face many have never proposed to expel toe Jews difficulties. It differs greatly from toe from, Palestine. We are carrying toe national liberation movements of Latin war forward to expel from our country America in some aspects, and from all a military occupation force set up by the other national liberation movements international imperialism and led by in others. For example, we cannot count the US Government, British imperialism on the support of workers, peasants, and international Zionism — which or any group of people whatsoever in served as toe instrument for carrying Israel; they have all declared themselves out imperialist policy in toe creation of to be our enemies, although our struggle Israel. is against imperialism and for toe liberation of our country. Another We are showing toat, in reality, aspect is the terrain. As there are no the struggle is being waged between mountains or wooded plains, we must an imperialist army of occupation (which carry out commando actions in zones has toe full support of the mostpowerful completely lacking in vegetation; this is capitalist governments) and a handful of why we have not been able to make Palestinian patriots who, wito toeir commando actions, keep toat army checkmated. Our struggle is for Palestine, for the Arab people, for the world. We are a national liberation movement which is struggling, just like the fighters of Vietnam, Bolivia, or any other people of toe world. The enemy has a concentration of 25,000 soldiers along 110 kilometers of the border that it has forced upon us and, in addition, uses toe most advanced techniques: electronic circuits that detect toe presence of any person crossing its positions, soldiers lying in ambush wito rifles equipped wito infrared sights and reflectors, mined fields, and other modern techniques. However, all these resources cannot contain toe daily actions of toe commandos. The enemy has claimed that it has 1600 prisoners. We can say that there have been some 150 Al-Fatah men who have been arrested or wounded in combat in toe occupied zones; at least half of the rest are completely innocent. Al-Fatah-traln«äd Arab girl practices with her gun. Imperialist Isreali troopers look for AL-Fafc jJewLeft Notes March 13,1969 5 e: Part 3

better use of toe revolutionary experiences of other peoples. We must create our own methods, our own tactics, constantly." While we rede in the commandos' jeep, we mentally reviewed our impressions and toe ideas formulated on the bases of operations: toe fighters, their families, toeir Vman problems in general, toe difficulties and prospects of their struggle, and their need of support for toe revolutionaries of the world. On stopping, we were taken out of our meditations by the hospitable and fraternal embrace of toe commander in chief of this zone of operations at the commandos, at one of whose bases we had just arrived. The major is a young man. His life as a revolutionary began many years ago. Twice imprisoned in an Arab country which opposed toe struggle of the Palestinian people, he was a member of the military and after toe June War joined toe commandos. Today he is chief of a zone of operations. We left wito him, and after a few hours, arrived at the hamlet of United Nations grants Israel 54 percent In 1948 the Zionists took over 80.48 Area occupied as a result of (he June, Ï «8» • Kerameh, opposite the Jordan River percent of the country by force. aggression and Valley, on the "border" of toe "Granrna. zone occupied by Israel; we walked along the main street; Kerameh was commandos. The tanks had taken up "Al Assifa is organizing militias of best training is actual combat against deserted, its entire population having positions just before the entrance to toe workers, peasants, professionals, and the enemy. All our instructors are been forced to leave a few months village, and from there they began to a large majority of young students, Palestinians, and all, before coming before. On the main street not a house fire indiscriminately against the flimsy who are trained on their days off from here to instruct toe new recruits, have was standing; everything had been houses, most of them made of baked work or study. had combat experience. We believe toat clay, occupied by toe Jordanian you cannot teach anyone how to act in destroyed. Desolation and death were Commando Training reflected everywhere. population of Kerameh. The tanks did combat if you haven't experienced it not at any time leave the main street: yourself. The youngsters you see in The Major narrated what took place "These men use their free time to toey were afraid of the commandos, who, join us and receive commando training; civilian clothes—you asked what toey in Kerameh last March 21: hidden in the side streets, rained steady were doing in toe camp—are candidates "We knew several days before that they learn how to engage in sabotage bazooka fire at them. From all over, and harass toe enemy in toe cities and for our next commando training course. the Israelis were going to attack us. our fighters used toeir automatic rifles They come here on toeir days off as a They are never able to carry out an towns of occupied territory. As we see against the Zionist infantry. In the face it, we must organize and develop way of persuading us to let toem begin action against us without our finding out of this situation, a brigade of amphibious training earlier. They spend all their about it in advance and preparing for it. resistance, toe struggle against the tanks crossed toe river between toe occupiers, against imperialism, whose free time wito us. We can't admit and Thus, before toe attack, we had taken up Allenby and Damiya Bridges, while a train aU those who claim toeir right to key positions to throw back toe new principal leader is the United States of brigade of light tanks crossed the latter America. The most important thing for fight for the liberation of our country; Zionist aggression. This hamlet is part in order to reinforce toe aggressor we try to make toem understand that of Jordanian territory, but we decided us is to go back to Palestine, to obtain troops. It was then toat toe artillery our freedom, to return their land and they have to wait but toat toey will be if end it, and we brought toe of toe Jordanian Army, made up of a admitted soon." commandos from their bases of their homes to all our people. In order large portion of Palestinians, began to to be a member of Al-Fatah, toe operations and concentrated a force of support our action, thus defending toeir about 100 men here. All those who came important, thing is not toat one is a country's soil, which was once again member of the left, center, or any other (Note: In toe New York Times, on did so as volunteers. We were not able being invaded. The amphibious and light to concentrate more men for fear of faction. What we demand is that the March 6, 1969, the latest Israeli tanks were forced to retreat, and many people who want to fight at our side strategy for continued occupation of the weakening our positions in toe occupied of toem were destroyed before they were territory. understand the role of imperialism, seized lands is reported. Defense able to cross toe river again and enter understand toat imperialism tries to Minister Moshe Dayan, reports the occupied territory. Kerameh Action condemn us to live isolated in toe world Times, calls for a string of Israeli "After more than 12 hours of fighting as refugees and considers us subhuman settlements in the Judaean hills, on toe At five in the morning, Israeli tanks the Israelis withdrew; a truce was beings, objects dispersed throughout the occupied west bank of toe Jordan. He and jeeps preceded toe advance of toe declared so they could remove their world. Our principal watchword is to also says toat Egyptian and Jordanian infantry against toe Damiya and Allenby dead and wounded. Fifteen tanks had struggle for the liberation of Palestine, law should be replaced by Israeli law, Bridges in an operation against been totally destroyed, and more than but we are also part of toe national and that toe occupied areas should be Kerameh, while on the bank of toe 75 Zionist troops were killed. liberation struggle of toe entire world, "integrated economically with Israel". Jordan, outside toe territory occupied Twenty-five AI Assifa fighters died in and we fight together with Vietnam, It is perfectly clear from this speech in June, toe Israeli paratroops came this action, and three were captured by Cuba, and China to win our freedom. by Dayan that toe Zionist expansionists down and advanced towards toe small the enemy. What you see here today This is why we study not only the have no intention of returning by hamlet. To toe east, in toe mountains, is the result of toat aggression. struggle in Palestine, but also the negotiation toe lands seized in the June another group of paratroops was dropped *We consider toe Kerameh action to be revolutionary experiences in otoerparts War, and that they have narrowed the to complete toe encirclement. Our one of prime importance, but our tactics of toe world." range of alternative settlements to commandos had occupied positions in do not include this type of operations military means.) the inner streets of Kerameh and to against the enemy. the east and west of the village, Youth are Fighters foreseeing the enemy encirclement. Al-Fatah Tactics tfFrom toe first moment, toe Israeli The doubts that we had expressed to troops suffered the consequences of "•We will continue to launch swift Abou Amar days before were being their tactical failure, and the paratrcop surprise attacks. Before the enemy can dissipated. We were getting a brigade toat was dropped in toe foothills recover from one attack, we will begin comprehensive picture of toe situation of the mountains to toe east of Kerameh another: he will never know when or convulsing this part of toe world. was completely wiped out by the where we will strike next. We will The camp is located in a small, continue this war of attrition, and our semiforested zone surrounded by a attacks on enemy positions will be complex mountainous system which greater and more frequent as our contrasts sharply with the verdure territory expands." surrounding the -small tents. We found out that 80% of the men in this camp We left Kerameh, and, after a long are no more than 18 years old. Our host journey, arrived at the Major's from toe Political Section spoke to us commando base. Kerameh is a living about toe problems of the struggle, demonstration of toe type of warfare about how long it will take, and, hence, being waged by toe people of Palestine, about the pressing need for Palestinian of toe reality of the so-called Middle youth to assume responsibility for the East crisis. It shows who is directly future. suffering from toe consequences of this crisis; it gives toe lie to toe United The head of the camp told us: "Here Nations cease-fire "agreement." we teach toe Palestinians not only to Palestinian combatants. The former fight toe enemy wito weapons, but also inhabitants of Kerameh, seemed to be to appreciate the objective of our excluded from the terms of this struggle. We have to train ourselves "agreement"—at least, this is toe way in commando techniques, ranging from the Israelis saw it. Here it was plain hand-to-hand combat to the handling of to see that toe war is being waged by all the types of arms our organization a handful of courageous, poorly armed has. The first phase of training here Palestinians, struggling not only for in this camp is very short: the their country but also—and at the cost commando receives basic training to of their lives—for toe land and liberty familiarize himself wito toe war. The Al-Fatah poster says,"This is the of toeir Jordanian brothers.» second phase is combat itself, as toe way to liberation of my homeland. i commandos. And so, my brothers, I'll fight on." Mexico (continued from Page 3) Strike Committee had dissolved itself and most schools voted to discontinue the strike. After Christmas vacation, toe movement began to recover. One-day strikes took place in different schools, and around the end of January a one-day strike took place at the University, all protesting the continuing repression. A national Comité de Lucha was formed to replace the Strike Council, and political brigades began to work again with leaflets as well as with toe paint brush. It is mainly because the movement did not have a revolutionary perspective that it was defeated by the government. The movement seemed to be operating on the basis that the government really PJI HP Ji^' could free all political prisoners, disband the Granaderos, and Are the police chief of Mexico City, as if it I had any means other than repression for stopping up toe volcano of discontent. It is not just a question of the use of Education in North Vietnam legal forms of struggle, which still do have some validity, but of out-and-out by David Tobis A. Marxism-Leninism is our who are not born amidst libraries and reformist strategy, though wito very Liberation News Service philosophy. It is a compulsory subject who do not have parents who are radical tactics. matter for any school, any discipline, professors and teachers. 96.8 per cent (This is an interview with Ta Quang in toe social or natural sciences, of our students are from worker and Many activists in the movement Buu, North Vietnamese Minister of because we think it is the basis. peasant origins. We educate our students seem to understand this and are talking of organizing Comités de Lucha in Education and professor of mathematics. The main thing is to teach in toe spirit that they are peasants and factories, villages, and workers' He was chief of toe Vietnamese Marxism-Leninism in a systematic way workers in colleges. Our motto now neighborhoods as well as uniting wito delegation to the 1954 Geneva without being scholastic and dogmatic. is toat a Vietnamese soldier is a such committees where toey already Conference, and speaks fluent English. ... We must make our students proud peasant in a uniform. Our army has exist. Whether the movement develops David Tobis visited North Vietnam in of the lines of the Party without being class character. these forms and along wito them a March, 1968.) chauvinists. revolutionary perspective in practice Student Role Q. How do you integrate theory and as well as in words remains to be seen, Q. What is toe role of toe Party in practice in toe university? but while these struggles go on in toe education ? Q. What role do students play in the A. What we call practice, we do not city, in toe countryside the guerrillas A. For someone from toe United management of toe colleges ? mean technological practice, because wait. States it is very difficult for you to A. The students are the true masters there I think toe Americans do better understand toe role of toe Party and of their colleges. They have toe right than we do because of your economic Today in Guerrero a liberated zone how it insures democracy. You imagine to tell a teacher toat his teaching is development. What we mean by practice has been established and an armed group the Party as someone with a big strong not very clear. That he has repeated is revolutionary practice, toe fighting of about 300 men moves quite freely hand. But the Party is a leader whose what I have heard the other day from spirit of laboring people, how they solve on two fronts over a very large area. principal task is to regulate and to another teacher. That his teaching does the problems of production on military There is a great deal of support among educate toe relation between man and not seem to be fundamental, modernized, questions. Schools and colleges are the peasants and the government has had man in toe society and in toe college. and very useful to the Vietnamese. isolated from that kind of practice. to send in 10,000 troops to try and An example of what we understand as We have more heroes in toe army than isolate the guerrillas. The guerrillas We call toe relations between man Vietnamese teaching: for many years in our schools and colleges. When a operate primarily as armed education and man class relations. Once we taught in our medical collegi. iresnman enters college morally he is brigades, taking towns to talk to toe relations are solved, toe other relations physiological constants that were better than when he goes out. Even now. inhabitants about the movement and its are very easily solved. I dont imagine relevant for European bodytypes; so now But when he goes from college he is necessity. They have executed a number democracy without the resolution of we have to develop our scientific much better in technology and science. of mayors who were tried by toe class relations. research to make our teaching We can tell our government that he is villagers and found to be guilty of Q. Is Mao read extensively North Vietnamese. an engineer. But it is difficult to say serious crimes like assassinations, etc. Vietnam? Democracy in the management of our that he is a better man than when he They have had a number of engagements A. We respect toe experience of our colleges has played a very great role went in. wito the army and have captured many neighbors. But for us it is only an in the raising of the standards in toe arms and even shot down a U.S. experience. Our line is the line of our colleges. It is not so much in toe helicopter. But basically their group is Q. Marx said toat in a capitalist interested in base building and socialist Party. The lines of all other parties participation of toe students in changing society family relations are a form of are great experiences but we do not the curriculum. Here toe teacher is education, waiting to open up new class relations. Do you have this . fronts. have to put toem into practice. responsible, but he has to consult his problem in North Vietnam? Is there Otherwise we would have too many students. The principal role played by a generation gap? Where is Mexico going? Revolution heads. the student is how to teach, and how to without a doubt, but when depends on A: The parents in our country are Q. How is Marxism taught? teach to sons of workers and peasants the seriousness of the city movement still somewhat backward, but there is and its ability to link up with and aid no practical gap. They still want toeir the struggle in the countryside. sons and daughters to be a doctor, Movement people have not lost their Vol.111, no. 1 Of RADICAL AMERICA a professor, to be someone in the scale revolutionary optimism in the face of of society. In that sense toey are repression, but rather it has increased. is a comic book?!!? somewhat backward in their relations As one activist put it, "the problem of to toeir children. But the gap is not the students and the people has not Right! 40 packed pages featuring SMILING SERGEANT DEATH & HIS very great because of democracy. stopped, because the racist government MERCILESS MAYHEM PATROL (and featuring WONDER I have four sons and two daughters. of Diaz Ordaz has not solved toe WARTHOG), the Meth Freaks Fight the Feds to the Finish, THOSE The four sons want to be tanMsts in problems of our people. The only FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS, Nard 'n Pat, BILLY the army, not mathematicians. They response he has given has been insults, GRAHAM REACHES THE DOPE MYSTICS and(incredibly) more! dislike mathematics because in toeir lies, deaths, thousands of injuries, an«l 50•••••• II llllll II (ill 11IIIIII III III lllllllllllllllllllllll j New Left Notes j Z New Left Notes is published weekly (except June and July, when publication Z j- is bi-weekly) by Students for a Democratic Society, 1608 West Madison Z Z Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612 (312-666-3874). 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Demanding an end to police occupation In response to Gooder's offer toe of toe schools, more than 20 Los Angeles strike committee issued the following schools (including junior high schools, statement: high schools, and junior colleges) "blew "In order to show good faith so toat out" last week after police and students negotiations of campus and social issues fought at Carver Junior High. might begin, we demand toe following: The blow-out grew out of a week-old "D All barricades remain intact by strike at all-black'South West Junior the order of toe president. College in toe south side ghetto. The *2) The college president and other newly-built ghetto school, hurriedly administrators must join in toe peoples' built after threatened actions by the cause and stand with toe people on toe black community, obviously couldn't barricades. meet toat community's needs for quality "3) The above stand as preconditions education. The Black Students' Union to negotiate existing demands. (BSU) at South West called a strike "We find these terms necessary March 7, demanding, among other because of a long history of dishonesty things, a black studies program and on toe part of toe administration.* an end to toe school's racist practices. Forty-one of toe 64 teachers formed Strike Growing a racist caucus and refused to teach The Black Students' Alliance (BSA) as long as they were "intimidated* by —an alliance of all toe city's BSU's— the black students at toe school. The issued a statement which calls for toe remaining teachers organized a radical spreading of the strike throughout the caucus and offered to teach "liberation city and to toe white schools. Liberation classes* called by toe students. schools were set up in toe black A member of South West BSU, James community, run by striking students. by Roger Lippman Jones, went to all-black Carver Junior Demonstrations are already taking High to speak at a Carver BSU meeting place at many white high schools, called SEATTLE: Over 2000 University of Washington students demonstrated Mar. 6 there, intending to rally support for by SDS. At East Los Angeles College, against ROTC, and more than 8000 students on this 30,000 student campus the strike. The principal at Carver hundreds of students marched from a looked on. Meanwhile, a raUy called by toe student government for toe purpose called police in to throw out Jones. support rally to toe political science of holding "rational dialogue* on toe limits of dissent (i.e., to compete wito the He was arrested and charged wito building chanting "On strike, shut it demonstration) drew about a thousand students. "disrupting a school.* down!* It was alleged that thousands of The demonstration was called by SDS as part of its anti-militarization, dollars " damage was done to the anti-imperialism program. SDS has demanded: Arrests, Beatings building. No more ROTC Following his arrest, Carver students The black community in Pacoima had No more military or corporate recruiters sat in at toe principal's office, protesting a meeting and issued a statement of No more war research the arrest and demanding that Jones be' support for the striking students. They No more classes which are apologies for imperialism. released. Police were called in once raised eight demands including one that SDS made it clear that the issue has nothing to do wito toe "limits of dissent* again, arresting ten students, ranging called for a new junior college toj be (as the administration, toe student government, and toe campus newspaper in age from 12 to 14 years old. Many built in the Pacoima ghetto instead of tried to pose the question), nor does it have anything to do with purifying toe Carver students were clubbed and the proposed site, Nortoridge, an university. The real issue is toat the university is an integral part of toe beaten. Two girls were hospitalized, all-white community. Other demands apparatus of imperialism, and particularly toat ROTC is important to toe one with a busted kidney, toe other dealt with community control of the military and therefore must be stopped. a broken leg. schools and quality of education. The The demonstrators marched through classroom buildings chanting "Join us" The following Sunday, a community community high school, San Fernando and "Smash ROTC*. They marched around two ROTC buildimgs and through meeting was called in South Central High, also called a strike. a third. There was no confrontation wito authorities, but an SDS speaker at Los Angeles. More than a thousand After one week of building, toe strike the rally at toe end of toe march said, "The black people have a saying, 'As a people attended and voted to call a strike gives every indication toat it will grow house goes up, a house must come down.' This house went up on violence. of all city schools attended by black »iPBuyiw« we'wty, nut* We'll be back next quarter to shut this place down." students. support of white students. At Los Angeles City College, the strike committee — composed of delegates from BSU, SDS and UMAS, WHAT IS TO BE DONE? the United Mexican-American Students —called a support strike and set up noted briefly —The burning questions barricades around the entrances to toe before toe movement— school. Cadres of striking students went Three days after local 1-561 of toe Afro-American Society, blocked Chase intcveiassrooms rallying support for toe Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Manhattan recruiters. They forced toeir Black Nationalism: strike. Demands were raised, including announced toe launching of an way between two lines of campus cops Is it progressive ? full acceptance ofBSA's8-pointprogram international boycott against Standard and broke into rooms in the School of on the campus, kicking all pigs off Oil of California to compel Standard Business and Public Administration— Students and workers: campus, an end to police science to bargain ia good faith wito the union where toe recruiters were—forcing How to link up? department and free access to the the company reached an agreement wito them to leave. campus by members of toe community the union toat will settle the strike Ten days ago, at a stormy meeting Revolutionary youth: without fear of police harassment or at Standard's refinery in Richmond. during a three-day symposium on South What program? arrest. However, the union is still on strike Africa, Cornell President Perkins (on Chase Manhattan's Board of Revolutionary organization: The student government at LACC, against toe Chevron Chemical plant in Richmond, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Directors) was unable to justify large What kind? composed almost entirely of members Cornell holdings in member banks of of BSU, UMAS and SDS, turned over Standard Oil of California, and toe international boycott against Standard the famous "South Africa consortium/ The Militant, a socialist weekly, $92,000 in student body funds to toe He maintained toat investments are is currently featuring a series of bail fund for toe striking students. products, exempting products produced under fair conditions, will continue until made sclcly to "maximize return"; Irs discussion articles on the political In a state of panic, President Gooder this strike is settled too. left the hall when a black student held issues now being debated in SDS offered concessions to toe strike The strike at the Chevron Chemical him by toe collar and interrupted his and other sections of toe movement. committee. He offered to issue a public speech. Since then it has been revealed A number of these articles present statement in sympathy with the Carver plant, which is continuing, involves a more substantial issue, toe continued that toe stocks were actually sold, for a critique of the recently adopted Junior High students and promised to "financial reasons," months ago. SDS National Council resolutions "humanitarianize" toe police science existence of a union shop at toe plant. The company has made this a negotiating Cornell SDS has called this a partial on black nationalism and the point and wants toe union to surrender victory, and has called for toe University building of a revolutionary youth •y-sksfeslcstcskslcskaleafeafeaksksksicsfesiesfe v movement. Some of the articles A *^1— —I* 4*^^*^eppopu^ep^.*^epop.ae^unf.ort\iepflg aet*l0e^ J^ the union shop clause. to put its funds in productive areas, including support for the South African are devoted to an analysis of toe * NC NC NC * G. T. (Jake) Jacobs, secretary and revolutionaries, low-income housing in viewpoint of toe Progressive Labor ' NC NC NC treasurer of local 1-561, called the Ithaca, and black studies programs. Party. * settlement at the refinery a victory for For a Marxist assessment of toe NC NC NC * the union. issues in debate, subscribe to The * "Considering what we were up NC NC NC * Militant for three months for $1. against, we did pretty well. We got Standard Oil of California came to Indicate if you want the previous * NC NC NC * San Jose State to recruit some of those * * double toe original offer of toe company 6 issues with articles on toe SDS NC NC NC and we forced the company to rescind "slightly corrupt" chemists and National Council decisions. * the firings of the workers fired for acountants and salesmen it needs. * NC NC NC strike activities and to agree to take Instead, on Thursday, Feb. 27, Cal-Standard's five-man recruiting team The Militant, 873 Broadway, New NC NC NC no further reprisals," said Jacobs, "and York, N. Y. 10003 NC NC NC anytime you can do toat wito Standard faced 100 angry students—who smashed * it's a victory." windows, kicked in doors, pelted campus police wito mud, and kept all NC NC NC * "We wouldn't have been able to make LARGEST SELECTION OF LEFT * these gains if it weren't for toe help intervieweees away for several hours. * NC NC NC BOOKS AND PERIODICALS * we received from outside, such as toe The .SDS/Student Strike Committee IN THE STATES * NC NC NC * Third World and other students and toe action was in support of toe striking * * iL longshoremen," he said. oil workers in Richmond—one of whom 10% DISCOUNT * national was killed by a scab truck. council meeting £ The Cal-Standard recruiting brochure TO SDS MEMBERS If austin texas march 27-30 * Two weeks of controversy over is titled "Jobs Should Be Exciting," WRITE FOR FREE CATALOGUE* * Cornell University's role in supporting but toe recruiters seemed to feel that the racist South African regime came theirs was getting a bit out of hand. PROGRESSIVE BOOK SHOP ^be there to a head on Monday, March 10, as about They canceled their Friday appointments 1506 WEST 7TH STREET m\\0 -^0 u\\j\\0 *\t\0 ^m\t* *tJ0 mttltt* *\>M\E0 +fa %K)! " «W; ' ^0 *XW *J^ *m-0 -%j\\0 ^^ e-mkP LOS ANGELES 90W7 4e^n 0^n*\r^n ui^n 0^^ 0^Pk 0^^ 0^% 0^% «W** ^T^ ^^^^^ ^1^^^^^^^^^" ^^^ 300 students, led by SDS and the and fled the campus. by David Wolfinson Third World people have had very few Leon Marzittter experiences where white people have Berkeley Campus SDS shown toat they would join toe fight THE BERKELEY STRIKE against racism. Because of this, toe TWLF felt toat it could not win students The strike at Berkeley is now in its to its fight. So toey too said toat toey seventh week. Throughout, toe strategy responsibility of the TWLF and of the TWLF demands purely as a were fighting for student power and toat has vacillated from a level of militancy primarily of toe SSC to bring white student power issue. They said toatonce white students should join toe strike on unprecedented in toe student movement students to the understanding that the Third World students had "control" any grounds that could possibly mobilize to outright pacifism of toe worst kind. fighting against toe special oppression of their own college it wouldn't be long them. The TWLF essentially took a Thursday, Feb. 20, marked toe high of Third World peoples through support before we, as white students, could nationalist position (i.e., toat white and point of toe struggle. Thousands of for toeir special demands is in toe "justly* demand control of our black students each had to fight for students were fighting back in a war-like interest of all people! education. their own thing—Third World and white scene against tear-gas, MACE, Efforts of the SSC were principally student power). pepper-gas and hundreds of vicious concentrated on getting as many bodies The student-power myth has been pigs. The next day, Friday, saw this on the lines as possible, regardless of exposed for a long time in SDS, both Also, toe TWLF was responsible for mass struggle stopped cold by a failure whether toey understood the TWLF at toe national level and here in the continual cooling of toe militancy to recognize toe necessity of at least demands or not. The method used was Berkeley. We have come to understand of toe strikers. The Third World maintaining, or at best intensifying, the traditional Berkeley technique: the naivete and arrogance of the concept leadership never had the strategy of the level of struggle. The word was watering down of the politics to popular of an autonomous university serving toe closing down the university. Instead, "cool it,* because "we have to show toat liberal issues such as free speech, interests of its students. In fact, toe toey saw the strike as a pressure tactic the TWLF is still in control of toe academic freedom, or student power university is part of society, and it has —putting the heat on and off toe strike," ör Reagan will use the National (or a combination of these); the pigs to serve either the capitalist class or administration to see if toey could Guard and/or replace "liberal" would then attack us on campus, toe the people. If students take over control negotiate a good deal. However, toe chancellor Heyns with "conservative" ensuing confrontation would polarize of toe university and try to use it administration needs more than a little Curtis LeMay. That day, 5,000 people the students and the strike would be against toe ruling class ("critical convincing; toey will only grant toe attended a "peaceful" rally, and became won. This "strategy,* apart from the university,* "liberation school,* etc.), demands when they have to choose thoroughly demoralized. As toe "cool it" final conclusion, worked for a few days. the men in power will not hesitate to between a university wito a Third World tactics persisted ,toe following weeks, There is a great deal of anti-pig feeling smash toem. Sophisticated advocates college or no university at all. the size and toe militancy of toe picket on toe Berkeley campus and just toe of student power say: "we know toat lines diminished considerably, and toe continual visible presence of 50 armed it's the wrong fight, but we wage it Developing Unity precisely to show that the system cannot only confrontation wito toe police was representatives of Ronald Reagan, plus Moreover, this strategic mistake also a defeat for toe students. During these the feelings of general oppression, grant the demand." But this attitude cannot be looked at in isolation fror weeks, the strike has been going dMlMMllMfatMMtoi*'-«**«*""*- the r of white students. If body ("they can't understand what we downhill, and it is no accident: toe armed battle against toem. white students had defeated toeir °»ow n understand, so we will have to teach reasons become clear if we examine racism enough to fully support toe Anti-racism vs. Student Power them toe hard way"), and it breeds the political history of the strike. demands of the TWLF, the Third World defeatism: if we know we can't win, The main political line toat TWLF leadership might well have seen a more Political Scene why fight? leaders propagated was toe effective way of winning than dealing The leading political group in this self-determination of Third World The consequence of this is toat toe with the administration. And if toe struggle is the TWLF (Third World peoples and the fight against racism. vast majority of the students were not Third World leadership had persisted Liberation Front). This is toe central Through leaflets, fact-filled pamphlets, willing to risk felony charges, expulsion, in their liberal pressure politics and body for Third World peoples. White performances of the Radical Arts or flunking out. The only reason for there had been 5,000 white students strikers are working on the strike troupe, and classroom education, we the occasional sharp struggle of masses ready to shut down toe University, there primarily through the Strike Support attempted to explain to toe students how of white students is toeir general would be no guarantee that the Third Committee (SSC), and through toeir fighting for toe special demands of toe oppression, and toeir hatred for toe World rank-and-file would have settled individual organizations such as SDS, Third World was in toeir interests. pigs. Lacking toe political perspective for applying a little pressure here and PL, ISC (Independent Socialist Club), We tried to show toe need for unity of the fight against racism, most there. By now, UC would be closed YSA (Young Socialist Alliance), RSU of Third World and white students students dropped out of the struggle. down. (Radical Student Union, a splinter group (as well as workers) and we explained from SDS), plus various liberal groups how this unity could only be gained by TWLF Leadership It is easy to overemphasize toe which wavered (toe school newspaper, white students joining in the fight negative aspects of this struggle. The leaders of the experimental courses, against toe racism of toe ruling class. However, to place the entire blame strike (which is still in progress) has the student government). The TWLF However, toe efforts of the SSC (and on the SSC and totally absolve toe TWLF been the longest and most intense was formed at toe inception of toe of most of the other individual would be incorrect (as well as struggle in toe history of toe movement strike as a consolidation of the black, organizations working in it: ISC, YSA, paternalistic). The TWLF, PRIMARILY at Berkeley. And whether or not the Chicano, and Asian political groups. RSU) did not have this orientation. AS A RESULT OF THE RACISM OF demands are finally won, two major The principal demand of toe strike Rather, members of toe SSC were WHITE STUDENTS, also took an advances have been achieved. First, toe was the demand for an autonomous constantly making statements about opportunist line. They felt, and no one strike united all the Third World groups Third World college; other demands racism being an abstract and unappealing demonstrated the contrary to toem, toat at Cal for toe first time. Secondly, and include admissions and hiring policies issue. But for Third World people, and racist white students would not be willing most important, due to toe strike there of the University and amnesty. These for the majority of white students, such to join the fight against racism. Third has been growing confidence of toe demands represent toe response of toe as those who become teachers, racism World people have been screwed and white students in Third World students, Third World people to toe special is real and it is very important. sold out by white people from the and vice versa. This developing unity oppression toey face in toe community These self-styled radicals chose to beginning of slavery in this country can only strengthen the movement in and at toe University. It was the interpret the self-determination aspect through the Civil Rights movement, future struggles at Berkeley.

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