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Volume 45, Number 7 The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee October 18, 2000 Third party presidential candidate Monica Moorehead to visit UWM Bryan G. Pfeifer System campuses in Stevens Program" on Wisconsin Public the other candidates is what people to an ever-shrinking Post Editor Point, LaCrosse and Madison. Radio. The hour-long call-in they see as a lack of commit­ handful of capitalist banks and The candidates will also be vis­ show, carried by 18 stations in ment to fighting racism. mega-corporations," stated Amid the hoopla surround­ iting various Milwaukee loca­ five states, focused on In a statement issued Oct. 3 Moorehead. ing the debates between tions (see full list below). Moorehead's support of social­ denouncing the lack of inclu­ Moorehead is an activist Republican presidential candi­ In mid-September, the ism as opposed to capitalism. sion of thi d party candidates at well known for her work in date George W. Bush and She also raised the support of Abu-Jamal. She was Democratic candidate Al Gore, issues of fighting a key organizer of the national many across the country say against rally held last spring at New the voices and issues of third Wisconsin's wel­ York's Madison Square Garden party candidates have been fare repeal and to demand a new trial for Abu- drowned out. supporting Jamal. University of Wisconsin- Pennsylvania death LaRiva is co-director of the Milwaukee students and com­ row prisoner West Coast office of the munity members had the Mumia Abu- International Action Center, an opportunity to hear one of Jamal. anti-war organization founded these third party candidates Workers World by former U.S. Attorney Sept. 27 when Green Party can­ Party, according to General Ramsey Clark. LaRiva didate Ralph Nader visited its weekly newspa­ is a national leader of the campus. per, "fights on all movement to end the U.S. Now, students will be get­ issues that face the blockade of Cuba. Last year ting another unique opportuni­ Monica Moorehead, Workers working class and Gloria Lariva she traveled to Belgrade, ty to hear from another third World Party candidate for oppressed peoples: for vice president. Yugoslavia, with Clark to doc­ Photo courtesy www.vote4workers.org party candidate, Monica president. Photo courtesy www.vote4workers.org black and white, ument the effects of the Moorehead of Workers World Wisconsin State Elections Latino, Asian, Arab and Native the first debate between Bush U.S./NATO bombing of civil­ Party, when she visits campus Board verified that peoples, women and men, and Gore in Boston, ian areas. Oct. 25 with her fellow party Moorehead/LaRiva qualified young and old, lesbian, gay, bi, Moorehead outlined her griev­ Both women are labor member and running mate for the November ballot in trans and straight, disabled, ances. unionists. Moorehead is a GloriaLaRiva. Wisconsin. Supporters were working, unemployed and stu­ "Bush and Gore both repre­ member of the National Moorehead/LaRiva will be able to solicit nearly 3,400 sig­ dents." sent the interests of Big Oil and Writers Union/Auto Workers speaking in UWM's Bolton natures, far more than the Moorehead, the only the Pentagon. Both are for the Local 1981, while LaRiva is Hall, Room 150 starting at 7 2,000 minimum needed to African American woman run­ racist death penalty, more active in the Typographers p.m. The event is free and open qualify candidates. ning for president, says that repression against communi­ Union. to the public. Moorehead has already Bush, Gore and even Nader, ties of color, more cops and The two candidates were on The UWM visit is the kick- made an appearance of sorts aren't focusing on many of the more prisons. Both represent the ballot in Wisconsin in 1996, off event for a statewide tour for this election campaign. She issues facing working people the campaign of capitalist glob­ Oct. 25-29, which will bring was the invited guest Sept. 27 today. The major critique that alization that is enslaving the See Moorehead the candidates to various UW on the "Katherine Dunn Moorehead and LaRiva level at world's workers and oppressed page 2 Supporters and skeptics address concern over school business partnerships Analisa Drew tion some 26, 27 years ago, but worse than those of the pre- ness view, and ask, what do the current use. News Editor it didn't get us where we hoped Brown South. It would repro­ customers need? The cus­ "It's not necessarily closing it would get us. Putting kids duce the separate-but-unequal- tomers are parents. The reality schools as much as it is Issues concerning business side by side did not give us a ly funded schools of the Jim is that with Choice and Charter redefining schools. We could involvement in the public side by side community." Crow era without providing the Schools, we are in competition use them for teacher training, school systems and communi­ Some critics are skeptical community-connected, all- with them. We have to leam other non-profit agencies, or ty-based public schools were of the "neighborhood" plan, black staffs who often commit­ how to sell to them. We have to even profit, I don't know," said the topic of discussion follow­ especially in regard to multi­ ted themselves to developing market ourselves better, along Korte. ing an address given by the cultural diversity and people of students' highest potential." with the rest of them," said Some people asked ques­ Milwaukee Public Schools color in Milwaukee, one of the "You have a lot more ques­ Korte. tions about Korte's plans, superintendent to a crowd of most segregated cities in the tions than we have answers," The plan calls for the including Elmer Winter, retired about 75 in The University of country. said Korte. spending of $98.4 million dol­ former president of Manpower, Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fireside In an article written for the Over 323 public meetings lars. The reason for this amount Inc. Manpower, Inc. is current­ Lounge on Oct. 9. spring edition of Rethinking have been held on this issue. is that, according to Korte, "the ly the number one employer in Spence Korte, who was Schools, Robert Lowe, profes­ The plan involves taking proposed savings by instituting the United States, with sales of appointed MPS superintendent sor of Educational Policy & money currently used for bus­ the neighborhood plan is $11.5 billion worldwide in in May 1999, came up with the Leadership at Marquette ing, and instead putting that roughly equal." 1999. Manpower, Inc. has also idea of community-based University, said, "The policy of money into building new "We will not use coercion signed an exclusive contract schools in an attempt to reduce re-creating more neighborhood schools, expanding and reno­ to stop parents from busing with University of Wisconsin- busing and overcrowding, and schools, however, is fundamen­ vating existing schools, and their children, but there will be Milwaukee's School of also to enhance services and tally a white initiative. Unless a creating new services, such as a sense of urgency in stopping Business in providing job- programs. return to neighborhood schools more bilingual education and it, since busing costs money," placement assistance. "It's all about bringing it includes control by the neigh­ establishing community part­ said Korte. "What do you think about back to the community," said borhood and guarantees ade­ nerships. Some of the current schools See Korte may be closed, or used for Korte during the breakfast quate resources, it threatens to "Some people may not like page 2 forum. "I supported desegrega­ create institutions that are this, but we have to have a busi­ other purposes besides their October 18, 2000 NEWS The UWM Post

Moorehead from •Restoring and expanding •Ending corporate global­ and not just the effects of that people) pagel social programs including uni­ ization. system. We are bringing ^Progressive Political versal child care, the GI Bill of Cuilen Carns-Hilliker of the Moorehead/LaRiva to UWM to Forum, Cross Lutheran 1996, when they campaigned Rights, money for schools and Progressive Student Network, offer students an opportunity to Church, 1821 N. 16th St., 5 against W-2. That year they not prisons and free tuition and the sponsoring student organi­ hear and see a real alternative p.m., to be followed by dinner received more votes than any open admissions at state uni­ zation of the third party forum to the corporate-owned presi­ and entertainment. other socialist candidates in the versities. that Moorehead/LaRiva will be dential candidates," he said. All events are free and open state. •Defending public educa­ speaking at, stated reasons for Moorehead/LaRiva, besides to the public. A few of the issues on the tion, which includes defending his support. speaking at UWM, will be For more information on WW platform include: and expanding affirmative "Monica Moorehead and speaking at four Milwaukee the Moorehead/LaRiva plat­ *Fighting racism in all action, bilingual education, Gloria LaRiva are the only can­ locations Oct. 28. They are as form etc., see their national forms including police brutali­ reducing class sizes and oppos­ didates running for President follows: campaign web site ty, racial profiling and the ing school vouchers. that focus on the issues of * International Building (1st www.vote4workers.org or con­ prison-industrial-complex. •Various environmental racism, police oppression, the floor), 611 W. National Ave, 10 tact the Wisconsin Committee *Union jobs at a living programs, including provisions death penalty, women's issues, a.m. for Moorehead/LaRiva at (414) wage which include a proposal to make corporations pay for and the prison industrial-com­ *Sweet Black Coffee, 722 374-1034 or email for a $12 minimum wage. clean up of inner city toxic plex," said Carns-Hilliker. E. Burleigh St., 2p.m. ajrc@execpc. com. *Full rights for lesbian, waste sites. "They are the only candi­ ^Repairers of the Breach, gay, bisexual and transgen­ •Shutting down the dates willing to look at the sys­ 14th & Vliet, 10 a.m. (day shel­ dered (lgbt) peoples. Pentagon. tematic problems in our society ter run by and for homeless

'»O00»O0M0M4OO»OOOM6M0eoWMOMW»m0OMOOM40OMOOOOOOOOMO» Korte from going to school. They can learn cial outcomes," said Kevin tionship with the business com­ economic necessity for the page 1 better skills so they don't have Kniffen, author and area vice munity," Korte concluded. business community. to think they're going to school president for the Birmingham All this comes on the heels Therefore, if the business com­ "What do you think about just to end up flipping ham­ chapter of the Graduate of research just completed here munity took control of acade- increasing partnerships with burgers. Business partners help Student Employees Union at UWM by the Center for the mia, then, what is to prevent corporations? I think that we make the transition from going Communication Workers of Analysis of Commercialism in the business community from need to bring corporations back to school to an adulthood of America Local 118, in his arti­ Education (CACE). The report, controlling what textbooks our into MPS, since the students working." cle "Give Me An $: titled students read? What is to pre­ will be the workforces of But some are not supportive Moonlighting in the Company COMMERCIALISM@SCHO vent them from influencing tomorrow for the corporations. of having business partnerships Boardroom." OL.COM , Superintendent Korte's MPS) asked Winter. "The domination of school an opportunity. I say to busi­ traces the number of citations to not order textbooks that edu­ "Well," responded Korte, governing boards by people ness, why don't you physically related to schoolhouse com­ cate students to think critically "I've seen 28 years of MPS whose worldviews are dictated come into our buildings. I'm mercialism in individual cate­ about issues such as the World falling in and out of love with by profit inevitably pressures hoping we can do that. We gories. Trade Organization, globaliza­ the business community. The schools to resemble the models have plans for moving a com­ "Commercial activities now tion and corporate greed. problem has been not articulat­ familiar to their governors. The puter assembly line into the shape the structure of the Books that criticize business ing what exactly businesses result is often what Robert classroom, and allowing kids school day, influence the cur­ and their potential threat to our can do for schools, and what Kuttner would identify as a to build the computers. It will riculum, and determine democracy would be taken out schools can do for businesses. 'boundary violation', his name give the kids 21st Century whether children have access of circulation because they crit­ We need to move the business for the invasion of market prin­ skills, and help us with to a variety of technologies. icize the business community. community and the schools ciples into enterprises (for resources," said Korte. Moreover, it appears that there Anything that is not part of the together, perhaps even allow­ example, healthcare, blood "We need to find the right is an emerging trend for mar­ business doctrine is fair game ing students to earn money donations, and educational set­ match between school princi­ keters to attempt to bundle to be taken out of the curricu­ while in school, so they can tings) where markets arguably ples and business. We need to together advertising and mar­ lum of the schools," said find out the reason they're do not result in socially benefi­ foster a serious intentional rela- keting programs in schools Robert Miranda, former across a variety of media and Student Association president thus gain a dominant position at UWM, and currently a mem­ News & Editorial in the schoolhouse market," ber of the board of directors of the Center for Campus Editor-in-Chief Bryan G. Pfeifer said Alex Molnar, professor in Organizing. News Editor Analisa Drew the Department of Curriculum Arts Editor Marisa Lange and instruction and co-author "These same academic Features Editor Nathan Kostiuk of the report. arguments had been brought up Sports Editor Casey Young Others are also afraid that in the 1800s and early 1900s Photo Editor Vernessa Richardson the negative things that may and yet, Superintendent Korte, Copy Editor Jenny Graskey come with corporate sponsor­ an 'educator,' wants to pursue Graphics & Layout Editor Tim Zwettler ship far outweigh the benefits. this. He should know the rami­ Technical Support Saad Akbar Khan "Horace Mann, a great edu­ fications of such initiatives," Delivery Eric Anderson cation advocate, once argued concluded Miranda. John Price that an educated worker was an Business & Advertising Business Manager Liz Limpel Advertising Manager Lisa Ridgely Thank you for supporting your Advertising Representatives Krista Gilson Eric Jelenski free local press. 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These included: the the lgbt community that fol­ Many special events were experiences not only on The over the "no promo homo" importance of being honest to lowed his death. held in conjunction with Real World, but in all aspects laws that seem to be springing yourself and others, being safe, An open discussion fol­ National Coming Out Week, an up all over the country, making and being educated by "finding lowed, with representatives important time for everyone it illegal to make an issue out out what's unlearned and from many different groups on and especially members of the of any aspect of homosexuality unread." campus and the community. lesbian, gay, bisexual and in our schools, workplaces and The forum was then opened Issues regarding the inter­ transgender (LGBT) communi­ communities. He expressed up to a question and answer action and involvement of the ties. the need for laws allowing period. Justin further elaborat­ lgbt community in the church, MTV's The Real World- same-sex marriages, and the ed on the importance of being education system, and society Hawaii cast member Justin need for more emphasis on honest and open. He also went in general were discussed. spoke to UWM students about of his life. education of acceptance of lgbt into more detail on his experi­ Police brutality and gay his experiences as a gay man Justin's activism and desire youth. ences on The Real World. bashings were also discussed. on National Coming Out Day, to share has now extended to Next, he discussed the idea Justin speech's was inspira­ Oct 11. This event, in the UWM. of "Coming Out When We're tional to many who attended UWM Student Union "Justin's experience on the Invited Day." He reiterated the the forum. Coming out is a Wisconsin Room, was spon­ hit reality-based television importance of accepting your process, not just a single event, sored by the Rainbow Alliance series The Real World provides lgbt friends and becoming a and through Justin's words, and UWM Programming, with an excellent forum for open, gay ally. many in attendance were able support from the Student honest discussion on the topic "Every day can be a to see the amount of support Safe Association. of gay and lesbian issues. It Coming Out Day," said Justin. needed to bring acceptance to "Coming Out Day is about also gives the campus commu­ He stressed the importance every community. & honesty, and being safe about nity the opportunity to relate to of being an activist for other On Oct 9, in the Union your honesty. A lot of coming true gay, lesbian, bisexual and issues, without making it an Theatre, the Rainbow Alliance Sexy out has to do with frustration. transgender experiences and to exclusively gay issue. He said sponsored a teach-in encom­ Coming out has so many foster a greater understanding that this can be done by form­ passing many lgbt issues, the aspects," said Justin, address­ of what it's like to be gay," said ing united fronts, composed of main focus being hate-crimes. Only in the UWM Post ing students, staff, faculty and the Rainbow Alliance. any other oppressed group, A video was presented on members of the community. Justin's speech covered such as indigenous peoples, Julio Rivera, a gay man who Originally from Texas and many topics in relation to the and abortion or welfare advo­ was beaten to death by three now attending law school in lgbt community. cates. men just for being gay. It was ttCWJCmMttSMW!^^ 9eB6eeasa6Ssee8SBassseaeiW)i^^ Campus organizations battle environmental polluters Analisa Drew are working on our first piece Alaska Native people for mil­ former partner Exxon," said There are many groups on News Editor of legislation as an organiza­ lennia. David Blouin of the Mining campus if you are interested in tion. This legislation will make A jury decision ordered Impact Coalition. working for environmental jus­ Our environment is quickly stronger laws that will control Exxon to pay about $5 billion The Mining Impact tice. deteriorating. Recently, the the pollution and lessen it,"said in punitive damages in 1989. It Coalition was founded in 1994. WISPIRG is currently hole in the ozone layer over Mary Ann Meyer, WISPIRG is now 11 years later, and they In spite of the tremendous working on additional cam­ Antarctica stretched over a campus organizer. have yet to pay. odds, and with little more than paigns: a national campaign to Chilean city when it ballooned "We are focusing on factory According to a report enthusiasm and outrage over save the national forests, an to a record size last month, the farms, one of the largest water issued by the Science Advisory the threat to the environment, environmental education cam­ first time it has reached a pop­ polluters in the state. We are Council along with a team ordinary Wisconsin residents paign, a campus and communi­ ulation center, scientists said also organizing river clean-ups, from the Department of began working together to take ty ecology campaign, and a on Oct. 5. Mutant frogs are where we will go out and clean Natural Resources in 1998, Rio on the threat. student vote 2000 campaign. being found all over Wisconsin up rivers. We are a part of the Algom also has a bad track It is now October of 2000, Another environmental and the nation. International Crandon Mine coalition record in regards to environ­ and Rio Algom still does not group is the Student organizations such as the through this campaign as mental issues. have permits to mine in Forest Environmental Action World Trade Organization well." "The report demonstrates County. All of this is due to the Coalition (SEAC), which is (WTO) make rulings that often In 1993, the Crandon that Rio Algom's mining track massive grassroots effort to active on campus on a variety trump any nation's sovereign Mining Company predicted record is far worse than that of stop it. of environmental issues. right to have environmental that it would have permits to For more information or to protection laws if they interfere mine at Crandon within three get involved, please contact with free trade, say anti-WTO years. The partnership of WISPIRG at (414) 229-4875, activists. Exxon and Rio Algom was Conversations about y$€m%owg\f or SEAC at 229-6522. Working to protect our confident that its political con­ environment not only on an nections and unlimited funds < international level, but also on would quickly steamroll any with Richard fhiemey 35th recipient of a local level is important, since opposition to its proposal to Trie (gamafief Chair in (Peace and Justice the whole earth is connected, mine at the headwaters of the claim these activists. What Wolf River. Sunday, October 22, 5:30 pm Dinner and Discussion: happens here will have effects Both Exxon and Rio Algom "Spirituality and Technology:The Transformation of the all over the world. are known environmental pol­ Self in the Digital Era" That's why the grassroots luters, say groups like movement to stop the Crandon WISPIRG and the Sierra Club. Thursday, October 26, 12noon-Lunch tyr first I y<»t __ - mm- • mm— ^ * m Mine in Crandon, Wisconsin Exxon is best remembered "Technology, Democracy and Power: How to Get It, has been so vital, argue envi­ for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. How to Use It film??rr||WS88S5 festiva5 l .' '. ronmentalists. A few minutes after midnight Documentary on the band Phiib Grassroots organizing on on March 24, 1989 the Exxon Documentary about the campus has been occurring in Valdez oil tanker hit Bligh Reef •^'H it: Location: fcomefess who £ve under NY cAv an attempt to battle the forces in Alaska's Prince William The Corner House of that, through corporate greed, Sound. Eleven million gallons i|p&l^ Lutheran Ministry Documentary about have been polluting our envi­ of oil spewed into one of the Ramblm'jackBitot ronment, claims the Wisconsin most bountiful marine ecosys­ 3074 N. Maryland JUPI^ Beach Party* Public Interest Research Group tems in the world. It killed at Kenwood Campy spoof on btachHwm (WISPIRG). WISPIRG has birds, marine mammals, and movittofthehO's Please call 962-9320 or been active on campus to help fish, and devastated the ecosys­ Each film plays for 1 week only! e-mail [email protected] combat the Crandon Mine. tem in the oil's path. North to make a reservation f>S23 W. North Ave. WiuiuaUKi 41-4-«)7-%72 "Our first statewide effort is Slope crude spoiled lands and our Clean Water campaign. We waters that had sustained October 18, 2000 NEWS The UWM Post Program encourages Bill introduced to aid students in study abroad in study abroad programs

underrepresented regions Analisa Drew successes and help far more anthropology, art, biology, News Editor students to have the same business, architecture, English, Analisa Drew Proposals will be awarded up access to study abroad opportu­ foreign languages, political sci­ News Editor to $8,000 per semester. In late September, a propos­ nities." ence, international relations, To be eligible to receive an al known as the International "We are definitely in favor and communication reap the The National Security Undergraduate NSEP Academic Opportunity Act of of this act. A large number of benefits of studying abroad. Education Program (NSEP) Fellowship an applicant must 2000 was introduced to the students who study abroad use The program, administered enables outstanding students to be: U.S. Congress, with the inten­ financial aid to do so. It will be by the U.S. State Department, pursue specialization in area 1. A citizen of the U.S. tion of easing the financial bur­ so wonderful for them to will provide grants of up to and language study or to add an 2. Matriculated as a fresh­ den of study abroad programs. receive grants instead of loans, $5,000 to individuals who meet important international dimen­ men, sophomore, junior or sen­ This bill would create a it will really ease the burden of the following requirements: sion to their education. NSEP ior in a U.S. post-secondary program similar to the Pell cost," said Judy Brodd, assis­ *You must be a student in supports students pursuing institution. Grant program by giving schol­ tant director of the Overseas good standing at an institution studies in those languages, cul­ 3. Applying to engage in a arships to qualified low- Program and Partnerships for of higher education in the tures, and world regions out­ study abroad experience that income students to study the center for International United States. side of Western Europe, meets home institution stan­ abroad while attending a U.S. Education. *You must be accepted at Canada, Australia, and New dards. college or university. "Study abroad is so impor­ an institution of higher educa­ Zealand. 4. Planning to use the schol- "It is becoming increasing­ tant for students because it tion outside the United States The scholarships are arhsip for study abroad (not in ly important for American stu­ changes their entire view of the for at least one semester. intended to provide support to U.S.). dents to be familiar with inter­ world and of themselves. They *You are receiving need- U.S. undergraduates who will 5. Graduating AFTER the national issues, ranging from become more independent and based student assistance under pursue the study of languages study abroad program ends. commerce to intellectual prop­ can handle other cultures. Not title IV of the Higher and cultures currently under- To apply, undergraduates erty rights," said Senator Russ only does it improve their Education Act of 1965, with represented in study abroad. should attend the NSEP Feingold (D-WI), who helped chances of employment, but it priority given to recipients of Applicants must demon­ Workshop on Tues. Nov. 7 introduce the bill. changes their entire lives in a Pell Grants. strate an interest in undertaking from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in "Fortunately, Wisconsin positive way," added Brodd. If you would like to find out serious study in foreign coun­ Pearse Hall, room 166. has been on the cutting edge of Each year over 250 UWM more about study abroad tries and to pursue appropriate Students must call (414) promoting equal access to students immerse themselves opportunities, please stop by and integrated study of foreign 229-6094 to rsvp for the work­ these opportunities through its in other cultures and pursue the Office of International languages. shop. If students cannot attend sister state relationships and personal and scholarly interests Studies and Programs in Awards are for a minimum the workshop, they should call promoting access to study in some 30 countries around Mitchell 138, call at (414) 229- of one academic term. For jun­ Margaret at (414) 229-2731 for abroad opportunities. The leg­ the world. Students from var­ 4846, or visit online at iors and seniors, full academic more information. islation will follow up on these ied disciplines including http://www. uwm. edu/Dept/Inte year programs are preferred. rnational/StudyA broad/ 1 rniTAi GTTHC

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Eric Ture Muhammad Perkins, an information tech­ who absolutely saw nothing to "We were attacked as a It won't be an easy task for nology consultant, won 5,668 vote for. People would call us result of heightened fear Mr. Perkins as the city's first (Final Call news wire) — votes against the 70-year-old protesters, but we were not amongst evil whites," said Ms. Black mayor and observers Garnering 60 percent of all Mr. Smitherman who received that. We saw the need to moti­ Sanders. "Cars were fire- suggest being in office may votes cast in a special runoff 3,712, or roughly 40 percent of vate and mobilize Blacks—to bombed in front of our offices prove to be more challenging election with the largest voter the ballots. In two previous get them caught up in the and the Smitherman camp tried than actually winning the elec­ turnout in Selma, Ala. history, campaigns, Mayor-elect moment, thus, producing a to blame us for the destruc­ tion itself. James Perkins, Jr. on Sept. 12 Perkins failed to draw the city's movement for change," she tion." "There are indications that defeated nine-term incumbent predominately Black popula­ told The Final Call. In addition, whites circulat­ the white community is mov­ Joe Smitherman to become the tion to the polls. Analysts Six months prior to the vot­ ed handbills that read "R.I.P," ing toward acceptance and I city's first Black mayor. attributed this fact to a disunit­ ing rights marches of 1965, a describing Ms. Sanders as see this as a good sign," com­ "Some have said that this ed Black opposition. white majority elected Mr. "poison" and called for her mented Selma historian Alston campaign was about Black and Combined with voter apa­ Smitherman in 1964, with only death. Immediately, freedom Fitts in published reports. white," began Mr. Perkins in thy, Mr. Smitherman was 150 Blacks registered to vote. fighters, entertainers, activists "Invitations are being extended his victory speech. "But, I allowed to remain in office for He became famous for his and civil rights organizations to him right now from Selma's stand here to tell you that ain't 36 years. In the Aug. 22 may­ hatred of Blacks and called the came to aid Ms. Sanders, civic clubs to outline his plans so. This campaign has been oral election however, Mr. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther including actor Sean Penn, for our future." about faith and fear. Faith won Smitherman trailed badly King, Jr., "Martin Luther activist Geronimo JiJaga Pratt, "We should give him a this campaign," he asserted. amongst Black voters. For the Coon." In the same year he the NAACP and Million chance," said Ms. Sanders. However, with charges of first time in his tenure, Mr. took office he sent troopers and Family March National "They gave Smitherman 36 abuse involving voter absentee Smitherman, a protege of the deputies to the Edmund Pettus Director Minister Benjamin F. years, in the process many mis­ ballots, candidates calling for late racist Alabama Governor Bridge, who then attacked hun­ Muhammad. takes were made. Factories state and federal pollsters, fire- George Wallace, failed to dreds of Black protesters in Although, Mr. Perkins has were closed, a million dollars bombing of properties and secure the required 50 percent what history recorded as refuted issues of race, for the was stolen, yet they are saying Justice Department interven­ of the vote necessary to avoid a "Bloody Sunday." majority of residents—Black that a Black mayor cannot be tion, the 14,000 registered vot­ runoff. As did his mentor Mr. as well as white—racism and effective," she said. ers (two-thirds of which are "We developed a separate Wallace, Mayor Smitherman segregation are alive and well "Smitherman has said pub­ Black) floodedthepolls. Many campaign from the Perkins fought for segregation and in Selma. Thirty-five years licly that Selma would go voted fearing a return to tactics campaign called, 'Joe's Gotta encouraged physical violence after federally-ordered integra­ down because a Black man fueled by the virulent racism of Go!'" said civil rights activist against Blacks and civil rights tion, whites still maintain large does not know how to balance years past. Others saw it as an and attorney Rose Sanders. "It organizers. Years later, as did enrollments in segregated pri­ a budget. So I am praying that opportunity to effect change. created a civil rights atmos­ his mentor, he apologized for vate schools, separate church­ this young brother would be Minus absentee ballot phere that tapped into the ener­ his past and openly cam­ es, Masonic orders, chambers righteous and do the right counts, the 47-year-old Mr. gy of young and poor people paigned for the Black vote. of commerce, civic and com­ thing. There was a solid white In his August campaign, munity organizations. vote against him, and I doubt if however, he excited the voting "Mr. Perkins ran a good he got 50 white votes in all of Cuban offer of doctors public by declaring that if Mr. race and I respect him," Mr. Selma," she concluded. Perkins were elected, the city Smitherman said in conceding appreciated by U.S. would have an all-Black gov­ defeat. "I had bad times as ernment and would force busi­ mayor, I had good times. 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Saul Kanowitz racism. 'The media are shamed' President Hari Dillon and Complications." Michael San Francisco The former prize fighter Pam Africa of International Chair Walter Riley of the Africa followed with a rap recounted how he maintained Concerned Family & Friends Vanguard Public Foundation, a piece about police abuses in (WW wire service) — An his dignity and determination of Mumia Abu-Jamal com­ sponsor of the event, presented Philadelphia. overflow crowd of more than in prison through many little mented on the absence of checks to Weinglass and Africa Walter Johnson, head of the 2,000 people filled the audito­ actions. He explained that each major corporate media from to support the legal defense and San Francisco Labor Council, rium at Mission High School person in the audience should the event. "The media are not organizing efforts. and Jack Heyman, president of Oct. 7 for an evening of soli­ not underestimate the effect here because they are shamed Standing with Dillon and Longshore and Warehouse darity with death-row political their individual actions can by this room because it is full. Riley was actor and activist union Local 10, offered the sol­ prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. have in helping to free Abu- We are victorious. Pick up Danny Glover, who said: "I idarity of the labor movement. The highlight of the evening Jamal. those phones. At what time do want to remind us there is a Former political prisoner was a moving personal account The audience also heard we shut them [the media] context in which we look at Angela Davis asked the audi­ by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter of from an array of activists and down?" Mumia's case. We have to talk ence "to renew our commit­ his 19-year fight for freedom celebrities who stood in soli­ Leonard Weinglass, Abu- about the draconian ment to free Mumia. The state from inside New Jersey's darity with Abu-Jamal. The Jamal's lead attorney, gave a Rockefeller drug laws, needs to be deprived forever of Trenton State Prison. Carter prisoner's son, Mazi Jamal, brief update on the case. women's right to choice and the power to kill." was framed for murder by a gave a passionate speech about Weinglass said one major dif­ globalization. To be involved is The event was organized by racist system that convicted never having physical contact ference between Abu-Jamal's to be included in all those the Bay Area Mobilization to him in spite of his innocence. with his father. situation and Carter's was due things." Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. "I am a survivor of the "It is an extremely strange to the 1996 Effective Death Michael Franti, a dynamic American criminal injustice experience to hear people talk Penalty Act, which basically progressive artist, brought peo­ system," Carter said. with so much passion about my repealed the constitutional ple to their feet with a spoken "Spending 20 years in prison, family," Jamal said. "I see it in right of habeas corpus—an word performance entitled narrowly escaping the electric people's eyes, how genuine independent federal review— "Give the Corporations Some chair, it is a great pleasure to be people feel about my father." for death-row prisoners. here in San Francisco—in fact, to be anywhere." The crowd it cante happen to arsy or?e of responded with thunderous iyou applause. puf your lite back together. Carter drew a parallel GYROS Vvte'rs here for Sara MSer fc< between his* case and Abu- as iong an it iakes;. Jamal's, explaining, "My case Greek Food was based on an appeal to Your donation Cocktails eowtd change racism rather than reason. a Slfa. Pieaca Evidence was concealed from Volunteers Dine In/Carry Out 1v8O<*£»9.O08»: ofAnserica* the jury. I have become a sym­ or visit 2239 N. Prospect Ave. - Milwaukee: WI 53291 www.W0.erg r\o: ->?<• r>: Joxt A >»*# bol to some of a criminal jus­ tice system infected with

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Nathan Kostiuk genuine, no-holds-barred and ing from, or how the next mort­ didate Ralph Nader is whip­ Features Editor fleshed out in its research. The gage payment might be met, ping concerned liberals into new book is not an exception. Gore was nurtured to power by rallied frenzy. Nader, The Harry W. Schwartz The life and work of Vice parents certain of his destiny," Cockburn and St. Clair share Bookshop at 2550 N. Downer President and Democratic pres­ write Cockburn and St. Clair. similar views on the vice presi­ Avenue is hosting leftist writer idential nominee Al Gore is "At his father's knee he dent and the Clinton era's mod­ Alexander Cockburn on Fri. scrutinized, and the finished learned the liberal idiom of the ern Democrat. 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The Compared to these stagger­ How many people have died or through smoke-filled streets, same group had killed seven in ing numbers, the alleged threat suffered needlessly for lack of stepping over bodies on the The Surgeon General's an incident several months ear­ from bioterrorism is just about these medicines? ground. Ambulances and heli­ office puts bioterrorism third lier in a Tokyo suburb. zero. There's a much, much The U.S. government also copters drown out the crackling on a list of four areas of global The only other case took greater risk of being hit by continues to claim that the gov­ of walkie-talkies. concern—after polio eradica­ place in Oregon in 1984, when lightning than being a victim of ernment of Iraq makes or It is not a movie. It is a tion and emerging and re- a religious cult purposely con­ bioterrorism. stockpiles biological and bioterrorism drill in the United emerging infectious diseases, taminated several salad bars In fact, the dangers from the chemical weapons, thus justi­ States. According to a program which include HIV/AIDS, with salmonella bacteria. Over "anti-terrorism" campaign are fying economic sanctions that currently underway, this scene tuberculosis and malaria. 700 people were sickened, but much greater than the virtually have already led to the deaths will be played out in at least Bioterrorism is ranked ahead of none died or were even sick non-existent danger from of over a million Iraqi people. 120 cities. In Wisconsin last food and blood safety. enough to be hospitalized. bioterrorism. But it is the United States that year, one cop taking part acci­ The Center for Disease Yet in news reports, press So why do the Clinton has the largest stockpile of dentally set off his pepper- Control and Prevention, based releases and conferences on administration and so many chemical weapons in the spray canister. With irritated in Atlanta, have launched a bioterrorism, these incidents federal, state and local health world, even though eyes and lungs, some of the national health alert network in are mentioned over and over agencies put bioterrorism at the Washington pledged to destroy participants panicked, thinking order to coordinate responses again to convince the public top of their agendas? these stocks. that the scenario they were fol­ to bioterrorist attacks. The that bioterrorism is a real The Pentagon spends more lowing had become real. Association of Schools of threat. Diverting public each year than the next 10 These Pentagon-led drills Public Health is trying to make health dollars biggest military powers com­ are just one part of a multi-bil­ bioterrorism a core item in the Real hazards downplayed bined. The U.S. stockpiles lion-dollar program known as education programs for all pub­ A major reason is that ter­ more "weapons of mass "bioterrorism initiatives." lic health students. Medical In 1984, the same year as rorism in general and bioterror­ destruction," including nuclear Research labs are studying journals have regular articles the salmonella attack, an indus­ ism in particular are useful for weapons, than the rest of the exotic toxins and diseases that about the need to train doctors trial accident in Bhopal, India, justifying bigger budgets for world added together. "might" be used in an attack. to recognize the symptoms of in a factory owned by the U.S. the Pentagon and Federal For decades the anti-com­ City and county health depart­ anthrax and smallpox in the corporation Union Carbide, Bureau of Investigation. munist red scare was used to ments have set up bioterrorism emergency rooms of local hos­ killed thousands of people—so Bioterrorism is also a handy justify the enormous waste of units to handle emergencies pitals. many that an accurate count excuse for all sorts of nasty military spending. With the fall that no one really expects to With all this attention and was never accomplished. Many business lumped in the budget of the Soviet Union, it is hard happen. A lot of resources that money, you might think that more were blinded or other­ under "defense." for the capitalists and their might otherwise have been bioterrorism has taken a huge wise permanently disabled. For example, the U.S. gov­ politicians to explain why hun­ used for public health are being toll in lives in the United States Every year in the United ernment claimed that a medi­ dreds of billions more are diverted to "protect" the public and other countries. States, according to testimony cine factory in the Sudan was needed every year. from bioterrorism. Think again. at congressional hearings, there making bioterrorism materials. Bioterrorism could become the What is bioterrorism? This In the United States, the are -approximately 60,000 The Pentagon destroyed the phantom menace of the new new word has come to mean number of people who have chemical spills, leaks and factory on Aug. 20, 1998, with millennium. the use of biological or chemi­ died due to bioterrorism attacks explosions, of which about two cruise missiles. Within cal—sometimes even in the last 100 years is exactly 8,000 are considered "serious." days, the allegations were nuclear—weapons in a terrorist zero. 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12 October 18, 2000 THEATER The UWM Post For the love of RENT! Michael J. Meindl in the show, but is also one of Staff writer the characters that have lost perspective on his priorities as One of the most talked far as friendships and relation­ about shows in Milwaukee is ships. He also mentions that the musical RENT. The show, Benny does have a good heart. created by Jonathan Larson, is On the other hand, his total mentioned by many people character is an exaggeration of with a lot of enthusiasm. the arrogant pompous rich guy True, this is one of the most everyone knows. popular musicals today, and The two areas that Love can some even say the most influ­ relate to are Benny's habit of ential and meaningful of all being meticulous and truly car­ musicals ever written. ing but hiding it (or in the case Unlike a lot of people, I of Benny, he goes one step fur­ joined the fan train relatively ther and puts up a front). far from its beginning. The By talking with Bryan I only song I knew from it was gained a whole new view of the "Seasons of Love" and had show. I think it's great to have never really felt a strong urge shows like RENT where every­ to go see it. But my time to The company in a scene from Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award- one can relate to some part of finally see the wonders of winning musical. it, even though RENT does RENT came when I got the Photo by Joan Marcus have its share of critics. I for chance to interview Brian one can truly identify with the Love, a cast member of the Cleveland Indians. After that wanted him as Benjamin Marquez (Saycon Sengbloh). feeling of wanting "One Song" touring group here in he worked for an ad agency for Coffin III (Benny). And he's This variety of subplots and to make something meaningful Milwaukee, over the phone a a couple of years. been Benny ever since. characters are the reason why out of my life and the need for little earlier this month. Theater, though not very The story of RENT is some­ Bryan Love thinks that the love in my everyday life in From the moment I strong at first, was present for a times a complex one to under­ show is "so biting and relative order to survive. But no matter received my assignment I hit long time in his life. He partic­ stand. It took me a couple to so many people." "It's one if you are new to the world of the articles and websites hard. ipated in shows in both high times listening to the recording show that touches on social RENT or a long time member, One of the first things I did was school and in college. But for and following the notes I had issues that people try to get you will find that the music buy the soundtrack. From the him, sports, and later on his before I "got it." The main away from by going to the the­ Larson wrote has such passion first note to the very last I job, were more important to idea of the show is about strug­ ater; issues like homelessness, and need to be shared with the enjoyed every minute I spent him, so theater remained a gling artists in the Lower East drugs, HIV+ people, and rela­ whole world. The values and listening to the songs. mere hobby for him. He would Side of New York City. Mark tionships of all kinds," he said. morals many of the songs tell Hit after memorable hit work during the day and then Cohen (Matt Caplan) and These issues are also presented us about are ones that are true poured through my speakers afterwards go and rehearse at Roger Davis (Christian Mena), in a way that they are confront­ for those people of the past, and touched my heart. I also regional theaters in Cleveland. who share an apartment togeth­ ed with obstacles, but succeed those of the future, and espe­ read many reviews and articles One of the things that made er, are constantly harassed by in overcoming them with love. cially for us today. about RENT and soon came to his theater ball pick up speed their old roommate, now land­ As Love puts it, "Live your life RENT is being performed at see what the big fuss was was his role of Jim in a produc­ lord, Benny. Benny hopes to in love and you can cope and the Riverside Theatre through about. And after all of this tion of Big River. During that be able to evict the homeless make it. 'No Day But Today."' Oct. 22. Tickets are available came the moment I was wait­ show Love "got the bug all that live in a nearby lot, which Bryan Love says that work­ at the Riverside box office or at ing for. After allowing Bryan over again." Some of his cred­ he wants to turn into a multi­ ing in the show has had a great all Ticketmaster outlets. Love time to recuperate after a its include Ain't Misbehavin', media studio. impact on his life: He is more Another great thing to look golfing accident, we started Kiss of the Spider Woman, and This main storyline is sur­ open-minded now, he under­ out for are the numerous seats talking about him and the a couple of cabaret shows. rounded by many more sub­ stands different lifestyles, his in the first several rows of the show. Then came his big break. plots that include the rest of the spirituality is strengthened, and orchestra being offered for Love grew up in the During the summer of cast: HIV+ computer genius he can now love people more only $20. These tickets start Cleveland suburb of Lorain, 1998, while on medical leave, Tom Collins (Mark Richard for who they are. He also selling ONLY two hours before OH. He then went to college at Love went to an open audition Ford), performance artist points out that fact that "at any the show. They are cash only John Carroll University, where for RENT. He carried with him Maureen Johnson (Maggie given moment everything you and there is a limit of two tick­ he studied mass communica­ no big realistic hopes of getting Benjamin), lawyer and have, or your family has, can ets per person. Ordinary tick­ tions and journalism. His in, but just wanted to have the Maureen's lover, Joanne be gone." ets are $55, $45, and $35. For hopes were to become a sports experience and learn from it. Jefferson (Jacqueline B. Love has also been able to any general ticket information journalist, but he got into the In July he was called to New Arnold), HIV+ transvestite learn about and even relate to please call (414) 224-3000. sports marketing aspect York to audition once again. street drummer Angel Shunard his character Benny. He says instead. In 1995 he interned as And finally in August he (Shaun Earl), and AIDS- that Benny is probably the a sports marketer for the received the message that they inflicted S&M dancer Mimi most misunderstood character PTTP's performance is truly sweeter than honey

Michael J. Meindl time and place. The set was and 28. Show times are all Staff writer simple and effective. Although 7:30 p.m., except for the one on some accents got in the way, the 18, which starts at 4 p.m. On the night of Oct. 11 I overall the show went off with­ Tickets can be ordered by was treated to a wonderful out a hitch. phone (414) 229-4308 or in night at the theatre. The Throughout the play the person at the UWM School of Professional Theatre Training audience is bombarded with the Arts Box Office. Program's second year stu­ both humor and drama. The dents, under the direction of characters truly supported each ALLEN KOMGSBERG*? James DePaul, put on a great other and the cast did a won­ production of Michael Frayn's derful job portraying them. AIRBORNE COLD FORMULA Wild Honey, which is based on -•; Sold in most Drug Stores or via our web site The one actor who truly did IU www.AirborneHealth.com the Play With No Name by steal the show was Jeremy HI. or call 1-800-590-9794 1 'AIRBORNE WORKS UKE MAGIC!' - P.WAI Anton Chekhov. Thomas (Michael Platonov). TREE SQUEAKY From the moment you walk He shone in his acting and into the theatre and gaze upon must be commended on a job the towers constructed with WAIRBORNEf well done. EVPK-.VKV::RW? COLD FORMULA %?• books and the hanging lamps, v. Sold in most Drug Stores or via our web site The show continues to run HI www.AirborneHealth.com you are transported to another Oct 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, H. or call 1-800-590-9794 ( j 'NOW t DON'T CATCH COLPSf - p.c. Smith. ch.H.ttt, HC'

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Tim Burton's The inspired with the joy Christmas hearted people whose inten­ Nightmare Before Christmas brings, so Jack decides to kid­ tions simply let things go Written by: Caroline nap Santa Claus and take over wrong. Thompson the Christmas holiday, with Burton also has a way of Based on an original story disastrous results. using normal situations and by: Tim Burton Though the film was not taking them to the next outra­ Directed by: Henry Selick directed by Burton, many his geous level with very humor­ trademarks are scattered ous results. As the children As technology and anima­ throughout the film. There is open up their presents from tion continue to revolutionize the unique and creepy visual Jack, they find severed heads the way we see films, it is style given to Halloweentown, and giant snakes instead of refreshing to see someone go which looks like it came right toys, which adds to the black back to the ways of old. Stop from a 1930's horror film. Just humor and unique tone to the motion animation has been take a look at Jack's nemesis, film. used for years. From seeing Oogie Boogie and his lair, Through the years, The King Kong on top of the which is designed like a Las Nightmare Before Christmas Empire State Building to giant Vegas casino with its lethal has achieved a cult status killing machines in The Empire poker cards and deadly slot among moviegoers who appre­ Strikes Back, the California machines. You never want to ciate the special world Tim Raisins and the Pillsbury even blink because you may Burton has created. For those Dough Boy peddling their miss some visual detail. who are technologically wares on television, and with Burton's long time musical col­ advanced, a special edition Wallace and Gromit and the laborator Danny Elfman wrote DVD has recently been film Chicken Run delighting the songs, which are catchy released containing story- youth and adults alike, stop and inventive. boards and deleted scenes. For motion never continues to There are the unique char­ everyone else, the film is amaze. In 1993, another stop acters, such as Sally, the rag returning Oct. 27 to the big motion milestone was born in doll who falls for Jack, and her screen for the first time in the form of The Nightmare inventor, Dr. Finklestein, who seven years. You now have the Before Christmas. has to scratch his brain literally chance to rediscover Halloweentown and its unique Developed by Tim Burton Jack Skellington and the restless rag doll Sally to get his creative juices flow­ inhabitants and a new genera­ when he was an animator at come together atop a spiral hill. ing. Then there is Jack him­ Disney in the early 1980s, it (c)Touchstone Pictures. All Rights Reserved self, the misunderstood hero tion can discover it for them­ was put on the shelf for years. figure that is often found in selves. It wasn't until Burton found Burton's films. Compare Jack success with Batman and The story concerns Jack tricks and treats he uses to to Edward Scissorhands or —Jason Keil Edward Scissorhands that the Skellington, the Pumpkin King scare kids for Halloween. One Pee-Wee Herman and you will project was rediscovered and of Halloweentown. He has night, he stumbles upon see that they are not so differ­ production was restarted. grown tired of the same old Christmastown and becomes ent. They are simply good-

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14 October 18, 2000 FILM The UWM Post The Ladies Man' doesn't quite make it The Ladies Man an up and coming black come­ from a rich lady that he loved a up line at a singles bar, and cer­ utes. It is a truly a welcome Starring: Tim Meadows, dian that wasn't so loud and long time ago, and so he digs tainly don't aspire to be classy sight to see the original "Ladies Will Ferrell angry, possibly the anti-Chris up his black book and begins or even very original. How Man" Billy Dee Williams as a Written by: Tim Rock. his search for her. But little many times must we be sub­ bartender and the film's narra­ Meadows, Dennis As Saturday Night Live does Leon know that an angry jected to circa 1978 Afro tor. He plays well off of McNicholas, and Andrew continues its downward spiral group of husbands whose jokes? Could we please recy­ Meadows and shows a flair for Steele to another Anthony Michael wives Leon has loved is hot on cle some more of those great comedy we never saw from Directed by: Reginald Hall era, Meadows has left the his trail and will stop at nothing jokes from Deuce Bigalow: those Colt .45 commercials. Hudlin comedy troupe just in time and to stop him and his loving Male Gigolo? Thank goodness for has taken his " The Ladies ways. Despite some of the unorig- Meadows that the movie never Tim Meadows has stood Man" skit to the big screen. The problem with any inality, there are some genuine­ veers off into the comedy void mostly on the sidelines during The wafer thin plot con­ movie based on a comedy skit ly funny moments in the film. A Night At The Roxbury his extremely long tenure at cerns Leon Phelps, the host of is trying to expand a sequence There is a great scene with brought us to. There are some Saturday Night Live. Until the "Ladies Man" radio show. that runs five minutes to 90 Meadows and Julianne Moore moments of sincere laughter Mike Meyers and Dennis Because of the show's ques­ minutes. Sometimes the (Yes, that Julianne Moore!) sprinkled throughout the pic­ Miller left, he was the token tionable subject matter, Leon results work well, but for every that will leave you rolling in ture. If anything, The Ladies black comedian that they used and his producer Julie are sent Wayne's World and Tommy Boy the aisles. Another welcome Man is a good starting point for to accentuate the black stereo­ out into the street. Every there is A Night At The Roxbury cameo appearance comes from Meadows and his post SNL type. He was finally able to attempt to move the show to just waiting to rear its ugly Kids In The Hall star Mark career. break out of that mold and the another radio station ends up in head. The Ladies Man is cer­ McKinney, who plays the head sketch "The Ladies Man" was failure. Just as things start to tainly no exception. Some of of a Christian radio station that — Jason Kreil born. It showed Meadows as look bleak, Leon gets a letter the jokes fall as flat as a pick­ hires Leon for about ten min-

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All Things Censored capital. That is how I came to Mumia Abu-Jamal, for­ be known as 'talented' but ward by Alice Walker 'expendable,'" he writes of the 79 written essays with mainstream media. audio CD In clear, crisp prose honed Seven Stories Press from years of writing for radio, Abu-Jamal here has written a "The state would rather collection of essays that is easy give me an Uzi than a micro­ and engaging to read. Most phone. " average only a few hundred or -Mumia Abu-Jamal thousand words but contain a power that has been forged in a "By reading (or hearing) lifetime of struggles and battle these very words, you are par­ against an oppressive system ticipating in a conspiracy of that has tried to take his life's resistance. I welcome you. For breath since he's been on this the spirit of resistance is, in earth. essence, the spirit of love. " This book doesn't belong -Mumia Abu-Jamal on a shelf. It was borne out of and belongs within the organ­ With these words, perhaps ized struggle to emancipate and the world's best-known politi­ liberate. All can gain from the cal prisoner calls to us from his "voice of the voiceless." Pennsylvania death row cell Abu-Jamal has already using the cartridge of a ball­ been victorious— the state, in point pen— the only imple­ all its countless efforts, has ment he is allowed. failed in silencing him. For if In his third book, All Things those who struggle for justice Censored, Mumia Abu-Jamal take just a small bit of strength once again illuminates for us from this valiant warrior we why the state is so intent on will free him and all those who killing him, and why millions are shackled to this oppressive around the world have system that maims and kills too demanded a new trial for this many. To do anything less than courageous man. to continue the struggle would­ An accompanying CD n't do justice to this man and includes readings by Abu- others like him who have given Jamal and other luminaries, us so much. writers and activists, including As Alice Walker says in her Adrienne Rich, Assata Shakur, forward, "I encourage you to Martin Sheen, Alice Walker, listen to his voice. Losing that Cornel West,. John Edgar voice would be like losing a Wideman, Howard Zinn, Sister color from the rainbow." Helen Prejean, and others. Abu-Jamal, an accom­ For more information on plished, award-winning jour­ Abu-Jamal's case log on nalist, was convicted for the www. m um ia. org or 1981 murder of Daniel on topics ranging from his days supposed to abide by. Writing tion, "Do you know what www.mumia.2000.org. Or call Faulkner, a Philadelphia police as a Black Panther and from the people's point of reporters are?" Abu-Jamal, a the International Concerned officer. His conviction has been Philadelphia journalist, his view, Abu-Jamal was cast aside young green journalist at the Family and Friends of Mumia contested on various constitu­ children and mother and father, and fired from numerous posts time said, "Sure, reporters are Abu-Jamal at (215) 476-8812 tional, legal, and moral on "justice," history, imperial­ because of racism and for writ­ people who give the news to o r e m a i I : grounds by legal scholars, ism, the prison-industrial com­ ing what he saw as the truth. the people." The response was [email protected]. activists, artists, and world plex, political prisoners, pop And for refusing to cut his a lesson not to be lost on the Readers can also contact bodies, including the European culture and more. dreadlocks, which are part of young Abu-Jamal. Millions for Mumia at (212) Parliament and African He also writes about his his spiritual beliefs. "No, reporters are a pack of 633-6646. National Congress, unions and banning in 1996 from National Recalling a conversation dogs fightingove r who's gonna In Milwaukee, contact A more. Public Radio's "All Things with one of his former bosses piss on a fire hydrant!" replied Job is a Right Campaign at At this time he sits in a Considered." The title of this at a major Philadelphia radio his boss. (414) 374-1034 or email: death row cell at the SCI book alludes to his being fired station, Abu-Jamal was quick As always, Abu-Jamal ajrc@execpc. com. Greene Prison in western as an on-air columnist after to learn that the media was doesn't mince words. Pennsylvania fighting a death NPR was pressured by law and nothing but a business. "It is a business, and the — Bryan G. Pfeifer sentence that was handed down order groups, specifically the Answering his boss' ques­ business of every business is for the 1981 death of Faulkner. Fraternal Order of the Police. A former Black Panther and The 19 unique and rare record­ journalist in the notoriously ings (produced by Prison racist city of Philadelphia in Radio), despite legal chal­ the 1970s, Abu-Jamal became lenges, are still in the hands of known as the "voice of the NPR. voiceless" for his uncompro­ In reading All Things mising work exposing police Censored, it is easy to see why and city hall injustice, specifi­ the state has gone to such great cally in regard to the majority lengths to silence Abu-Jamal. African American MOVE In the essay "Words From organization. An Outcast From the Fourth For this many feel he was Estate," he writes about his targeted and framed for the long and bitter struggle with killing of Faulkner. the Philadelphia media estab­ In All Things Censored, lishment. As a journalist Abu- Abu-Jamal writes eloquently Jamal confronted the so-called and poignantly in 79 writings objectivity that journalists are f

16 October 18, 2000 SPORTS The UWM Post UWM women's volleyball earn 4-1 in conference

Steve Koenig measure of Wright State on Staff writer October 7. The Raiders needed NOW HIRING five games to beat UW-Green You can't keep a good team Bay the previous night. ALL POSITIONS down. Yankus capped a five-point In this case the team is the run in the first game with a kill, UWM women's volleyball as the Panthers prevailed 15-7. team, which took two exciting Making sure that a come­ matches in Midwestern back wouldn't be necessary in Collegiate Conference action the second game, the Panthers recently at the Klotsche Center. exploded with 11 points in a The Panthers squared off row, as they effectively spread with Butler on Oct. 6. The out their offense. The result Bulldogs have a new coach but was an easy 15-5 win. Call Us still have a tall and powerful The Raiders, however, squad. weren't ready to throw in the The first game saw the towel. Scoring the first eight Panthers score six points in a points in the third game, the row to take a 6-4 lead. Butler Raiders took advantage of mis- stormed back later with a five- communication by the Panthers We Deliver point run, and had the Panthers to score a 15-3 romp. on the ropes leading 14-13. Dallenbach and Spoden led But the Panthers held off an eight-point charge in the 3139 N. Oakland Ave. game point, and came back on fourth game to give the a block by Chrissy Schurla, Panthers a 10-3 lead. and kills by Laura Dallenbach The Raiders launched a Milwaukee/UWM Campus and Larissa Cattanach to take a stubborn comeback of their 16-14 decision. own, but fell short as a kill by 332-6888 A seven-point eruption put Cattanach brought the Panthers the Panthers in front 9-4 in the a 15-11 win, bringing their second game, but the outstand­ overall record to 12-3 and their ing play of Keely Norris and conference mark to 4-1. Andrea King resulted in a ten- Dallenbach finished with point surge that put the 11 kills and 11 digs. Her fan­ Now Order Online at: Bulldogs at game point again, tastic play over that weekend this time at 14-9. earned her the Player of the This time the Panthers held Week award in the conference. off game point four times. Two of the Panther new­ Meanwhile, the offense pecked comers this season, Tari Boutin WWW.UWMD6MIN6S.C8M away at the lead until a block and Lindsey Spoden, say that by Schurla tied the game at 14. playing with the Panthers has Two aces by freshman been a great experience. Robin Alt followed, and the "I love the system," Boutin Panthers scored their second said. "It's different from the straight 16-14 win. Big East in that the players are T-n r- A block and a kill by smaller, quicker, and higher Carry-Out Special ; ; Late Right Special Allison Cox helped give the jumpers. I'm getting the feel of Bulldogs a 9-7 lead in the third this." game. "When I was named the 99 99 Anyone for deja vu? starting setter," Spoden said, "I A block and a kill by felt a little pressure at first. But $4. $5. Schurla gave the Panthers the my teammates are great. They lead for good, and three kills told me to just relax and play Small Medium and a block by Cattanach com­ my game." pleted an eight-point run that The Panthers traveled to 1-Topping Pizza 1-Topping Pizza propelled the Panthers to a 15- Cleveland State for a show­ 9 victory. down with the Vikings this past Hurry! Offer ends soon! Hurry! Offer ends soon! Norris led Butler with 19 Friday. Wednesday they went • Carry-out only. • After 8 p.m. only • Not valid with other coupons. I Deep Dish extra. I kills and six blocks; King fin­ to Chicago for a non-confer­ I I I - J ished with 16 kills; and Kylie ence match with DePaul. • MMM MM MB HI MM MMM MM MMM MM MI MM MM Galbraith had 48 assists and 21 Details of these matches will rnz— digs. be given in the next issue of the Large Special manager's Special Dallenbach finished with Post. 20 kills and 20 digs to lead the The Panthers then return 99 Panthers; Lindsey Spoden had home for matches Friday 99 54 assists, 17 digs and four against UW-Green Bay and $7. $9. blocks; and Julie Yankus had Saturday against Cincinnati. ten kills and 14 digs. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. at Large Any pizza, For the match, Butler hit the Klotsche Center. .157 while the Panthers hit 1-Topping Pizza any toppings .210. Hurry! Offer ends soon! Hurry! Offer ends soon! The Panthers then took the Additional pizzas $6.99 I additional pizzas $7.99 Deep Dish extra I I Deep Dish extra. I 1 I . I f

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Casey Young makes this the second straight Sports Editor week the MCC has recognized a Panther athlete's perform­ Tennis: The UWM ance. Mm FRI. & SAT. m OCT., PLUS OCT, 25 & 26 6:30 -10 m women's tennis team was Cooper, a powerful and stopped dead in their tracks at skilled defender in the back, ALL NEW! **t EXPANDED! the Ball State Invitational this has anchored the Panther past weekend, as they finished defense throughout the season, M $9 winless in the tournament. and has recorded two consecu­ Although the matches were tive shut outs in their last two &tit BOTW f&s #1S iWt VmmM V#at Yetrf/) called early due to harsh weath­ MCC games. Her ability to Rated Among the Best by the Milw. journal Sentine er conditions and limited remain calm in the back com­ indoor space, it could not stop bined with her willingness to the Panthers from recording 17 push forward and create scor­ weekend losses. ing opportunities for others, are t&p<&m>de& t%tt Marking * IW-ltoriUI <§mup$ VMc&mx^I "We hit a minor roadblock two of the qualities that have this weekend," said Head allowed Cooper to become Coach Erin Grambow. "...but such a dominating presence on it was a good opportunity to the field. In Friday's game see the top teams in the MCC. against Detroit, Cooper cap­ We feel we have a good shot tured her first point of the sea­ against Detriot this weekend son when she set up freshman and the team is eager to redeem teammate Lisa Bengtsson for themselves." the second goal of the match The Panthers are set to and the seventh on the season match up against Detroit on for Bengtsson. Cooper made a Saturday, Oct. 14. nice defensive play on the ball, Cross Country stripping a Titan defender. She and Volleyball then countered by pushing for­ UWM athletes, Aaron ward through the midfield and Nodolf and Laura Dallenbach making the assist. have been named the Coca The Panthers, who now sit Cola / UWM Athletes of the comfortably atop the confer­ Month for September. ence in first place with an over­ Nodolf, a senior cross coun­ all record of (7-5-1) and a con­ try runner, was named MCC ference record of 3-0, travel to Runner of the Week twice in Minnesota on Fri. Oct. 13 to try September. First, Nodolf and extend their winning streak received honors after winning to four games. the Pre-Conference meet in The women's team is also Green Bay on Sept. 9. Nodolf set to honor former player Lisa was then honored after his per­ Krzykowski by retiring her No. formance at the Central 21 jersey in a ceremony prior to Collegiate Championships, the kickoff of the Panthers' held in Mt. Pleasant, Mich, game against Butler on Sunday where he led the Panthers to a Oct. 15 at Elgelmann Field. fifth place finish. Nodolfs Krzykowski was a member recorded time of 25:21 was of the Panther team from 1994- more than a minuet and a half 1997, and was a major contrib­ better than his recorded time in utor on the 1997 team that went Microsoft Office 3000 Premium Edition (8 CD set) Green Bay. to the NCAA Tournament. She Dallenbach, a junior volley­ ended her UWM career as the Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Upgrade lp ball player, led the Panthers to a all-time leading scorer with 10-3 record in September, 141 points (57 goals, 27 Mfcagsoft Office 08/F.rontPage Bundle (Mac) §1313 which included a 2-1 start in assists). Krzykowski also holds MCC conference play. school records in: goals scored Microsoft. Windows 98 2nd Edition Upgrade y40 Dallenbach's statistics have in a season (16) in 1995 and ^ttb Mil been impressive in their overall 1997; assists in a season (12) in $ standing; as she leads the team 1996; assists in a game (5) on Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 0,0 Bundle in kills, service aces and digs. Oct. 18, 1996; points in a sea­ Through the end of September son (39) in 1997. she ranked eighth in the MCC "We are very fortunate to for service aces, and third for have a player like Lisa kills. Dallenbach's steady play Krzykowski in our program," also allowed her to be named said women's Head Coach Apple Mac OS 0 ^SS MCC Player of the Week, on Michael Moynihan. Sept. 11. "While our most gifted ath­ For more info, technical support, and licen Members of the athletic lete, Lisa was also our hardest details, see www.wi8C.edu/wl8c administration vote on nomina­ worker. She elevated our pro­ tions submitted by the UWM gram to a higher level and has W1SC software is only available to registered stuciei sports information staff. helped us keep it there by set­ at UW-Systeni schools arid Wisconsin Technical Colli Regardless of whether they are ting an example for all who fol­ selected as the Coca Cola / lowed. She rewrote our record UWM Athlete of the Month, all books and helped lead the nominees are eligible for con­ Panthers to our greatest heights sideration as the Coca Cola / in the history of the program. UWM Athlete of the Year. As a student, an athlete, and a Soccer person, Lisa represented UWM On Oct. 3, Fanta Cooper, a with the highest standards and senior defender on the UWM her contributions will live on women's soccer team, was forever." named the Brine MCC Player of the Week. Cooper's award 18 October 18, 2000 EDITORIAL The UWM Post Is voting the answer? This question often goes unanswered in the middle of any given election cycle. It is especially relevant when a presidential campaign is underway. As we write, voting campaigns are underway across campuses nationwide including UWM. Does voting make a difference? Here, instead of giving another 'go vote' pitch, we would like to pose some questions like those above to see if voting is in fact in the best interests of students. We will focus on the presidential campaign currently underway but we feel the issues here can be extrapolated to any given U.S. election in any form. Students and young voters in general have always been hot around election time. Those of the working class and oppressed communities are often in vogue during this time too. Politicians like Gore and Bush will say anything to get elected and when they do they will sell out those who voted for them, except for those who really control the political, economic, and social climate of course. Numerous articles and books including the landmark book, Market Elections: How Democracy Serves the Rich by Celebrating genocide Vince Copeland, document and prove this. This is more than evi­ dent in regard to African Americans in the United States. From Dancing in the streets of New York, the Senate candidates of that state, Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodman Clinton, along with New York Mayor Rudolph Guliani, celebrated genocide Oct. 12, a day slavery to Reconstruction to labor struggles, African Americans known as Columbus Day. have been sold out time and again by politicians claiming they In an affront to every Native American and indigenous person in the United States and elsewhere, stood for them. celebrations are still held across this country to commemorate a brutal homicidal man who was the But once in awhile we get some refreshing and candid honesty. harbinger of death and destruction to tens of millions of the real inhabitants of this land. In the article "It takes more than a president to affect the econ­ Upon landing on the Bahama Islands and meeting the Arawak people, Columbus wrote in his jour­ omy," published in the Oct. 10 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, nal: "With 50 men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want...As soon as I Bloomberg News Service reporter Chet Currier shines a spotlight arrived in the Indies, on the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order on the central issue. that they might learn and might give information of whatever there is in these parts." This account is "Political leaders of all ideologies know where the power lies. taken from the book A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present, by esteemed historian Witness how deferentially they treat Alan Greenspan and the Howard Zinn. Federal Reserve he chairs. Rock that boat, and you're likely to In Colorado over 150 Native Americans, indigenous people and their allies were arrested for drown," writes Currier. protesting this bloody day. The real criminals are those who rape and rob the reservations daily, and He continues: "If anybody tries a policy move that threatens those who produce the racist sports emblems and products with no compensation to those whose serious mischief for the economy, count on the markets to react images are used. We denounce the politicians who celebrated this day of genocide and we stand with our sisters and swiftly and emphatically." brothers in protesting this most racist and disrespetful day. There in all its glory (on the business pages of course) is the OWOWOWOOOOOWOWOWMOWOWOMQQQOgOMOOOMWWgWQWgOMWWOQ^ nugget: the market rules. If a politician tries to enact any reforms, much less revolution, that politician will be crushed by those who dictate and control the market economy. G.U.RS asks world for support For students this should be an alarming admission. For all the Statement from the General Union of Palestine Students dedicated hard work that students do to get politicians elected Currier tells us that it doesn't matter. Those who own and control As the world watches, the use of brutal force by Israeli Occupation continues against the coura­ geous Palestinian people defending and protecting their rights in their capital Jerusalem. The use of know this and laugh all the way to the bank and elsewhere when missiles and live ammunition against Palestinians adds a new testimony to the black harsh brutality the energy of the people is diverted into election campaigns. It's of Israelis. To date, over 27 martyrs and 700 Palestinian injuries have taken place. We detest and con­ time that students get wise to this ruse and start organizing them­ demn such blatant violations of our rights. selves into a mass movement that is based on struggle. We congratulate students on the great work they are doing and We in G.U.P.S. declare Jerusalem as our capital and at the core of our existence and struggle. of course legislation needs to get passed that lifts the most oppres­ Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive and dangerous issues of our plight and without it being recog­ sive burdens off the heads of the working class and oppressed. nized as our capital with complete sovereignty a true solution cannot be conceived. We ask the world But until students start organizing on a massive scale that is and our friends: focused on the economic system as the central problem we will be 1. To protest this new massacre against the Palestinian people and consider this week voting until the cows come home and then some while those who "Palestinian-Jerusalem Week." own and control laugh and profit some more. 2. To send protest letters and petitions to the UN, the Secretary General, the U.S. government, If Currier isn't enough to convince, some things to ponder are: and Israeli government to stop, these illegal actions and resume talks based on UN resolutions. Why are student voting campaigns being sanctioned by MTV, uni­ 3. To implement all UN resolutions pertaining to Palestinian questions, especially UN resolu­ versities and other institutions of the capitalist system? Why is tion 194. Ralph Nader being bandied about in the mainstream press instead G.U.P.S. declares that there can be no solution, no peace, no security, no stability in the region of being simply ignored? without rightful return of refugees as stated in UN resolution 194 and the return of Jerusalem as the Students on this campus will have a unique opportunity to hear capital of an independent Palestinian state in accordance with UN resolutions. from a presidential candidate that is running largely to point out much of the fallacies laid out above. The UWM Post invites readers to submit perspective pieces and Letters to the Editor. To be Monica Moorehead, the 2000 Workers World presidential can­ eligible for publication, letters and opinion pieces must include, for purposes of verification, didate, will be on campus with her running mate Gloria LaRiva the author's name, address and phone number and/or e-mail address. Names will be withheld Oct. 25 to offer students an alternative (see page 1). They are not if a compelling reason is given. We reserve the right to reject submissions that are offensive running to win the election, but to show that the system is the fun­ in any way. This includes, but is not limited to, racist, sexist, and anti-lesbian, gay, bi-sexu- damental problem. al, transgendered remarks directed at or to any individual, group or culture. Submissions We suggest students seriously consider third party candidates must be typed and double-spaced. The preferred length for letters is 250 words or less. like Moorehead/LaRiva who are pointing out the real reason for Opinions/perspective pieces should be no longer than 750 words. Deadline for submissions the majority of the world's misery: capitalism. is Wednesdays at 5 p.m.. The Post reserves the right to edit or reject submissions. www.uwmpost.com PERSPECTIVES October 18, 2000 19 The World March of Women How many ostriches Statement of Support by the Black Feminist Caucus (BFC) of the Black Radical Congress (BRC) does it take to screw

The Black Feminist Caucus of violence must be eliminated. tion, but are over 50 percent of (BFC) of the Black Radical Male violence is among the the women's prison population. in a light bulb? Congress (BRC) unites with various forms of violence Since the implementation of How should a college as an The first three are proactive our sisters around the globe Black women in the U.S. face the "war on drugs" in the mid- institution handle sexual and base their behavior on eth­ who are participating in the and resist. Many Black women 1980s, Black women's drug assault? There are different ical concern for students. Four World March of Women and men live together in com­ offense incarceration rate has kinds of initiatives, ranging and five are reactive. The last (WMW) on Oct. 15, 2000 and munities that all too often are risen over 800 percent. from proactive to reactive to three are non-active and exhib­ are fighting to end poverty and ravaged by poverty, substan­ — In addition to state vio­ non-active, which colleges it a school's motivation to violence against women. dard housing, and environmen­ lence against Black women in across the country act upon. avoid bad publicity and rev­ Consistent with the demands of tal hazards. Many of us are U.S. prisons, Black women Sexual Assault on Campus, enue loss. the WMW, the BFC opposes locked into dead end jobs that also face sexual abuse and by Carol Bohmer and Andrea It seems to me UWM is an patriarchy and capitalist don't pay a livable wage, and domestic violence which is Parrot, is a great book (which "ostrich" school, but instead of exploitation globally. We envi­ attend substandard schools. We shaped by class and patriarchal you can find in the lovely burying its head in the sand, it sion a holistic approach to the are subjected to similar struc­ structures. Poor women, in Women's Resource Center) buries it in its ass. The book liberation of women, one that tural policies that reinforce our general, are four times more that, based on the authors' says that schools in this catego­ fights on multiple fronts simul­ multiple oppressions, such as likely to be victims/survivors research, identifies eight cate­ ry "have not conducted any taneously. drug laws and legislative and of sexual violence. The stereo­ gories of university response. research on their campuses to The BFC also militantly judicial practices that dispro­ types of Black women as sexu­ These are very interesting and determine how many of their opposes white supremacy, portionately send Black ally loose has served to justify will hopefully students have national oppression, and het- women and men to prison, sexual violence against us and make you unreported erosexism as systems and cor­ healthcare procedures that has played a negative role in think about sexual vic­ responding ideologies of ignore and/or reinforce race- how Black survivors are treat­ how and why timization oppression that assault the gender health disparities, and ed within health facilities and this issue is e x p e r i - humanity of millions of women educational policies resulting by the courts. handled and ences...col­ all over the world. The BFC in the sub-education of our — One of the most egre­ mishandled at leges in the unites with the WMW's children. gious manifestations of global­ the university ostrich cate­ demands for international The BFC asserts that Black ization in the U.S. is the link level. gory have structural changes that will women's oppression in the between the rising funding dis­ Let's play probably not change women's lived condi­ U.S. is multiply determined by parities between prisons and a little game: done much in tions globally, including end­ the intersection of four broad public education; the majority as you read the way of ing neo-liberal structural internal and global structures: of states in the U.S. spend near­ through these training or adjustment programs and cut­ (a) globalization or global ly ten times more on prisons categories, education, backs in public services, and capitalism, an emerging social than on early education, and think about and their the cancellation of the debt of structure that pushes increased schools servicing urban Black which one administra­ all Third World countries. privatization and attempts to girls and boys carry the brunt UWM falls tors are prob­ The U.S. organizers of the erode the public sector; of the cutbacks. under. Then ably unin­ WMW have focused on the (b) patriarchy and sexism, — The intersection of class, see if your formed about universality of women's the beliefs of male superiority gender, and social oppression answer agrees acquaintance oppression and have proposed and female inferiority and the has had a devastating impact with mine! rape and sex­ three general demands: institutional subordination of on Black women's health in the Eight ways ual assault (a) Eliminate poverty and women; U.S. Black women are more colleges man­ and are ensure a fair distribution of the (c) white supremacy, the than twice as likely to develop age campus unsympathet­ planet's wealth between rich beliefs of white superiority and certain chronic and disabling sexual assault, from the most to ic to the needs of victims." and poor, and between women people of color inferiority and health conditions compared to the least severe: Sound familiar, UWM? and men; the corresponding institutional white women (e.g. lupus and 1. Victims' rights advo­ Sure, individuals working (b) Eliminate violence discrimination; and heart disease) and/or are signif­ cates: primary prevention is for the campus police may against women; and (d) homophobia and het- icantly more likely to die from the focus, with mandated care; but does the department (c) Ensure equality erosexism, the beliefs of het­ diseases such as breast cancer. extreme penalties for offenders as a whole care? A girl reports between women and men. erosexual superiority and nor­ Nearly 25 percent of reported found guilty by the campus a rape to campus police, and malcy, and institutional dis­ AIDS cases are women, and judicial system. they come to her room and— The BFC supports these crimination against lesbian, Black women are approximate­ 2. Ethical: colleges that before asking any questions— general demands. However, we gay, bisexual, and transgen­ ly 63 percent of these cases. will not tolerate sexual assault. immediately start shaking their also believe the general U.S. dered people. In the spirit of the WMW, 3. Concerned: colleges heads at her when they see an demands fail to capture the the BFC of the Black Radical that are primarily concerned empty bottle of rum. Why is racial and national complexi­ These ideological and Congress unites around collec­ about the quality of life of their she forced to be immediately ties of women's oppression. structural forms of oppression tive efforts to bring about students. defensive and have to explain The primary assumption interact to shape our lived structural changes in our world 4. There but for the that it was her roommate's underlying the three core U.S. experiences, and explain the — changes that will help to grace of God: schools that liquor? How does she explain demands is that women suffer disadvantaged social position eradicate the disgraceful eco­ respond after observing a that she only had two drinks similarly, regardless of class, of Black women in the U.S. nomic exploitation of workers messy legal case from another that night but somehow passed race, nationality, and sexual For example: and to eliminate the multiple campus. out? I'd go so far as to say the identity. Yet, there exist signif­ — Within our political eco­ forms of oppression con­ 5. Barn-door closers: police are sometimes "victim icant power differences among nomic structure, work (paid fronting women. We also offer colleges that attempt to blamers." these social and economic and unpaid) is both "raced" and the following demands that tar­ decrease the problems associat­ Individuals working in the groups. Liberation for all "gendered," such that poor and get the interlocking structures ed with sexual assault after dorms may feel a need to raise women demands that we working class Black women that serve to oppress Black handling a case poorly them­ awareness about assault that address the unique and inter­ are often relegated to low pay­ women in the United States. selves. happens there; but does secting oppressions of race, ing jobs, and/or left out of the 6. Don't rock the boat: Sandburg as a whole take a class, gender, sexual orienta­ paid job market altogether. The BFC adds these addi­ colleges that make their deci­ stance on those issues? Only if tion, and nationality. Complete Poor and working class Black tional demands to the WMW: sions regarding sexual assaults you ask. liberation also requires a fun­ women are disproportionately INCREASE ECONOMIC on a case-by-case basis, rather Does the university as a damental social and economic impacted by the erosion of wel­ SECURITY than based on policy. whole even care? Doesn't seem transformation of our society. fare and the loss of an econom­ 1.) Institutionalize a nation­ 7. Ostriches: schools like it. It's like the school's The oppression of Black ic safety net for the U.S.'s al living wage; that do not believe that sexual waiting for us to come to them women in the U.S. is linked to poorest people. 2.) Institutionalize public assault is a problem on their before they consider making a the oppression of our sisters — Poor and working class policy to ensure an economic campus, because no cases have move. Gimme a break, the around the world, and to our Black women in the U.S. are safety net for poor women, been reported there. most valuable information Black male counterparts. A sig­ grossly over-represented in the men and children, including 8. Victim blamers: col­ Norris could recommend to me nificant number of Black prison system. They account leges that blame the victims for women are victims/survivors for approximately 12 percent See Women the sexual assaults perpetrated See Safe & Sexy of male violence, and this type of the general female popula­ page 22 against them. page 23

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BSBBB 20 October 18, 2000 PERSPECTIVES The UWM Post The university is not a business The need for a Edward J. Muzik member criticized her work as contract was approved by the not meeting the standards of Board of Regents on the rec­ Million Family March Have you ever risen in the the course is ludicrous; but it ommendation of the chancellor morning and said to yourself: happened on one of our cam­ at UW-Madison and the Minister Louis Farrakhan United States of America. "The university is not a busi­ puses. In fact, it was a charge President of the UW System, Forty nine percent of those ness." It would be useful to do leveled against the faculty even though it denied universi­ [Editor's note: The follow­ qualified to vote actually voted so every day until the present member in the tenure dismissal ty employees the right to criti­ ing text is from a statement in the last election. This time group in charge of the UW case at UW-Superior. cize Reebok products. It was a delivered by Minister Louis around, while there is so much System administration is When someone says that is good business deal worth mil­ Farrakhan at the Salaam hoopla over the recent replaced. The leadership con­ the way business does it, tell lions of dollars to UW- restaurant in Chicago during a DemocraticNational sists of pro-business activists. him or her that the university is Madison. Sept. 11 press conference to Convention and the Republican Marketplace has become not a business. We don't make The NCAA violations were address plans and goals for the National Convention, when the mantra. The student is cus­ changes to fit the naYve notions trivialized as too harsh and the Oct. 16 Million Family you look at the Neilson Ratings tomer. General education is students bring to us. Rather we ethical considerations lost are a March.] (which are used to determine weakened. The credits needed encourage or force them to battle of recrimination and television viewership) you will to graduate have been short­ think about the subject matter, attack on the NCAA. The In the Name of Allah, The find that there is a disinterest in ened, worse than decimated in to analyze it, look at it from "Shoe Box Scandal" was Beneficent, The Merciful. the American people about some cases. many angles, and to arrive at a described as just another busi­ Five years ago, on the Mall such an important event as the When someone talks of the conclusion that can be defend­ ness deal. The doctoring of a in front of the Capitol Building election of the next President students as customers, tell ed intellectually. brochure is widely defended as of the United States, 1.6 mil­ of the United States. them the university is not a The liberal arts have been something that businesses reg­ lion Black men gathered on a Should the polls say three business. We are not in the weakened by decreasing the ularly do. Why get excited Day of Atonement, weeks from now that it is a vir­ business of making students general education require­ about it? Do we teach ethics Reconciliationand tual dead heat; then the Million "feel good." Our job is to edu­ ments, emphasizing job prepa­ by example? Responsibility. Family March could be instru­ cate them and if that is some­ ration, and paying pitifully Have we become numb to Religious leaders from mental in choosing who the times an unpleasant or grueling small salaries to those who the notion that we are not a every denomination of next President of the United experience, so be it. If the stu­ teach humanities and social business? We are not a factory, Christianity, members of the States will be. dents don't do well in their sciences and the fine arts. It is turning out identical objects on Hebrew Israelite community We have gathered scholars, work, we should be forthright done because of the market. It a four-year assembly line. We and members of the Muslim scientists of religion, social sci­ in our criticism. We thus pre­ is argued that markets are neu­ have no robotic slaves. Our community met at Rankin ence, psychology, and penolo­ pare them for the day when tral but that's not true. Markets work is singular, stimulating, Chapel at Howard University gy together to craft what we they will face the harsh reality are manipulated, even created. scientific or socially construc­ declaring Oct. 16 a Holy Day believe is an agenda that is in of the brave new world. If they Witness the sharp increases tive, creative, and laden with where Black people throughout the best interest, not only of fail to meet the requirements, in administrative salaries. We ethical considerations. These America would not work, Black, Hispanic and Native we should not practice social now compare ourselves to are not the normal activities of would not go to school, would American people, but in the advancement. The idea that a business; some chancellors not participate in any behavior interest of the American people student would bring a com­ refer to themselves as the Chief See University that would not be pleasant in as well. plaint because the faculty Executive Officer. The Reebok page 23 the Eyes of Allah (God). That We feel that, no matter how day created something good good a presidential hopeful among our people, the results may speak, there is, in our The abortion pill a victory but not a cure-all of which are still being mani­ judgment, a responsibility that Ellen Catalinotto been demonstrated. this type of medical abortion is fested. we have to make any presiden­ Approval for its use in the not the answer to every Five years later, three tial hopeful accountable for the On Sept. 28 the Food and United States has been delayed woman's needs. The pills must weeks before the first presiden­ promises that they make to us. Drug Administration approved for many years because of be taken within seven weeks of tial election of the new century Therefore, this Million Family the marketing of RU486, the right-wing threats of boycotts the last menstrual period— in and millennium, we are calling March will not necessarily be a "abortion pill" sought for many and protests—and the implied other words, before a woman these nearly two million men to march as such, it will be a cel­ years by advocates of women's threat of violence—against the has even missed her second return to Washington, to bring ebration of family, but, it will reproductive rights. Since these manufacturer, Roussel Ucalf. period. their wives, children, their girl­ be the mobilization of, hope­ abortion-inducing pills could To avoid becoming a target Menstrual periods usually friends, that we may recon­ fully, several millions of peo­ be dispensed from any doctor's of protests or boycotts in the occur every month in reproduc­ struct family life, not only ple that we may leverage our office, this could help end the U.S. that might cut its sales of tive-age women, but do not among our people, but there is unity toward government and isolation of abortion clinics, other medicines, the French happen like clockwork for a disintegration of the its responsibility to us and the which have become targets of drug maker donated its patent everyone. American family as well. We poor of this nation. right-wing attacks by anti- on mifepristone to the Women whose periods are are taught by the Honorable We do not believe that any abortion forces. Population Council, a non­ normally irregular, including Elijah Muhammad that the well-meaning presidential Those who are pro-choice profit U.S. group. This group many teenagers, and women family is the basic unit of civi­ hopeful can deliver what we welcome this drug's legaliza­ established a company to dis­ who are breastfeeding or using lization. A strong family makes need to improve the quality of tion, which expands the tribute the medication in this medications that make their a strong nation. A weak family our lives without a force that options and enhances the priva­ country. periods stop or become irregu­ weakens the nation. comes up from the people that cy of women seeking to end an How does RU486 work? lar may not realize they are One of the signs of the can be leveraged against those unwanted pregnancy. But they Mifepristone works by pregnant soon enough to use decline of a civilization is its forces that make presidential should be aware that it will be blocking progesterone, the hor­ RU486. Others who are unsure divorce rate. When you find hopefuls promise what they no magic cure-all for those mone made by a woman's body whether or not to end the preg­ that 50 percent of those who know they will not be able to wanting to guarantee women's to maintain a pregnancy. After nancy may be unable to come marry get divorced, often with­ deliver for the good of the rights to reproductive freedom. a medical examination to deter­ to a decision within that time in the first three years of their masses of the people. There are many battles mine that she is less than seven frame. marriage, this is not a healthy Lastly, there is no enemy on ahead to make RU486 legally weeks pregnant, the woman The procedure also sign for the American family. the outside of this nation that available and financially acces­ would take the pills. Then, involves multiple medical vis­ The disrespect of marriage as a can pose a military threat to the sible to those who want it. But after waiting 36 to 48 hours, its. The pregnancy must first be basic institution instituted by awesome power of this, the it may not be the appropriate she must take another medicine confirmed. Accurate dating is Allah (God), Himself, cannot greatest nation on the earth and way to terminate unwanted called misoprostol. This sec­ obtained by a pelvic exam to lead to the respect of women, the only remaining superpow­ pregnancy in all women. And ond drug brings on contrac­ check the size of the uterus. An the respect of children, and the er. America's downfall cannot there will still be a struggle to tions of the uterus that expel ultrasound may be required, respect of family life. come from without, but unfor­ make sure surgical abortions the fetal tissue and end the adding to the expense. Only Juxtaposed to the disinte­ tunately, unless change takes remain legal and that there are pregnancy. then can RU486 be prescribed gration of the family is a seri­ place, America's fall can come enough providers trained in The benefits of this proce­ and taken. ous political phenomenon that from within. and practicing these abortions. dure are that it can be done The second medication, should be studied by the wise. The Great Roman Empire Mifepristone, which was very early in pregnancy, it misoprostol, is administered at For the last two or three presi­ did not collapse from without, named RU486 by the French avoids the invasiveness of a a second visit two days later. A dential elections, less than 50 it collapsed from within. What company that developed it in surgical abortion, and it does third, follow-up visit is needed percent of those eligible to vote we see inside America is a 1980, has been used in over not require anesthesia. two weeks later to make certain actually took part in the most moral degeneracy, a fall into a half a million abortions in An option, not a panacea See Abortion important exercise of a demo­ See March Europe for over a decade. Its Those who support the right cratic society, and that is to safety and effectiveness have to choose should be aware that page 22 elect the President of the page 22 www.uwmpost.com PERSPECTIVES October 11, 2000 21 Stop police brutality, repression FAIR ACTION ALERT: and the criminalization of a generation 'San Francisco Chronicle' gives

October 22nd Coalition the criminalization of a genera­ tion for their opposition to short shrift to NAB protests tion. Join us on the National police brutality. Across the country the epi­ Day of Protest to Stop Police On October 22, 2000, the In what amounts to a news of the problem." "I told him demic of police brutality con­ Brutality, Repression, and the families of those killed by whiteout, the Sept. 21-23 again that I was a reporter for demonstrations at the National the Bay Guardian,^ writes tinues to intensify. Criminalization of a police and of those unjustly Association of Broadcasters Rhodes, "and he repeated that I From Los Angeles, where locked down behind prison Generation on October 22, (NAB) convention in San was part of the problem." the L.A.P.D. is engulfed in the 2000! walls will have a platform to Francisco received no coverage Police escorted him out of the largest police scandal in U.S. YOU MUST DO THIS tell how official violence and in any major mainstream press building under threat of arrest. history, to New York where the BECAUSE: abuse have devastated their or broadcast outlets outside the A NAB public relations courts allowed the cops who *Cops stop, search, harass lives. Stand with them. Stand Bay Area. official has since apologized gunned down Amadou Diallo and arrest people based solely with the youth who are tired of Given that the protests were for the incident, as has San in a hail of 41 bullets to walk on the color of their skin. Too being treated like criminals and meant to spotlight the undemo­ Francisco Police Chief Fred free, a wave of police killings many people have been victim­ eager to fight for a different cratic activities of the NAB and Lau. The Society of followed close on the heels of ized by the police for Driving future. Join the people who of corporate media in general, Professional Journalists has this shameful verdict. While Black or Brown (DWB), face police brutality every day, the lack of coverage is spoken out strongly against the Police and other law for walking while Black, for and join people from all walks deplorable but perhaps not a NAB's actions {Bay Guardian, surprise. What's more remark­ 9/27/00), noting that when a enforcement agents continue to using a cell phone while Black, of life standing together seek­ able is that even the city's group "whose members control brutalize and murder people at etc. ing justice. major hometown paper, the the vast majority of broadcast alarming rates and are still •Use of torture and other Last year on October 22, San Francisco Chronicle, ran news outlets nationwide con­ almost never punished by the forms of cruel, inhuman pun­ over 10,000 people took to the no news stories focusing on the siders working journalists to be courts. Meanwhile on the ishment against people in streets in over 60 cities across demonstrations. part of the problem, then the southern border, I.N.S. agents police custody is widespread in the U.S., large and small. The Chronicle's coverage American media has reached a and sheriffs work hand-in- the U.S. Many, many more people wore consisted of one news article sad and scary state of affairs glove with vigilantes who are •Youth of color are more black in solidarity with the detailing the arrest of three indeed." But no mainstream openly organizing the hunting likely to be arrested, held in jail protests and in memory of the National Lawyers Guild repre­ media other than the San and lynching of immigrants. and given longer sentences victims of brutal, murdering sentatives who were attempting Francisco Examiner have cov­ All too often, politicians cover than white youth, even when police. to gain access to jailed protest­ ered the NAB's decision to ban up this official brutality—or they face the same or similar This year we must come out ers (9/23/00) and one item selected members of the press. even applaud and encourage it. charges. even stronger. We must do this reporting (incorrectly, as it Another underreported The authorities have sub­ •Police departments around for all the victims whose lives turns out) that all charges story is the fate of those against the nine arrested pro­ activists arrested during the jected a whole generation of the country are increasingly have been stolen by law testers had been dropped demonstrations. FAIR'S Sept. our youth to a cycle of crimi­ employing harsh repressive enforcement. They can no (9/26/00). Before the protests, 26 update on the protests longer speak for themselves, so nalization which includes: tactics to suppress dissent. the paper also ran an op-ed reported that all charges harassment for the color of •Mumia Abu-Jamal, revo­ we must speak, and act, for addressing the local impact of against the demonstrators had their skin, the way they're lutionary and award-winning them. We must do this because the NAB's lobbying (9/18/00). been dropped; unfortunately, dressed or having too much journalist, victim of a trial that any of us could be victimized While the opinion piece that information was based on attitude, anti-gang laws that was a travesty of justice, by police brutality. And we was welcome, the Chronicle's false statements made by the make it illegal to have a beeper remains on death row because must step out on October 22 for news pages have devoted only San Francisco district attor­ or even just hang out, ware­ of his outspoken opposition to the future. half a sentence to activists' ney's office to the Lawyers housing them in prison; and police brutality and other gov­ Be out there to change the political concerns (9/23/00), Guild. legally lynching them on death ernment injustice. situation where police can bru­ noting that the arrests had In fact, the DA is pressing row. Many of our communities •Over 3,600 people are on talize people for being in the occurred while protesters were misdemeanor vandalism have been turned into killing death row in the U.S. Most of wrong neighborhood, speaking attempting "to call attention to charges against two activists what they contend is govern­ fields. We must transform theffi them are people of color, many the wrong language or being arrested during the Sept. 22 ment sanctioning of monopo­ demonstration outside the into arenas of resistance as we of them are innocent and the wrong color. Be out there to lization of the airwaves." building housing Clear join together to throw these almost all of them are too poor change the situation where In contrast, San Francisco's Channel radio stations KYLD vicious attacks back in their cops can murder people for to afford decent legal represen­ alternative weekly, the Bay and KMEL. The glass pane of a pulling out their wallet or their faces! tation. Guardian, featured extensive door to the station was cell phone. We must rally, In recent years many, many •Over two million people coverage of the NAB protests cracked— it is unclear by people of different races and are in prison in the U.S., the demonstrate, hold vigils, march and the issues behind them. whom— during a confronta­ from different backgrounds most in the world. The majori­ and in many other ways con­ The San Francisco Examiner's tion in which KYLD have joined in this important ty are non-violent offenders. front the powers-that-be. We coverage was less in-depth, but "Doghouse" morning show fight. Survivors of police Women are the fastest growing must stand together and deliver still outpaced the Chronicle's, crew members Dan "Elvis" attacks, youth tired of being section of the U.S. prison pop­ in a loud voice a single mes­ with three news articles about Lay and Joseph "Big Joe" treated like criminals, lawyers, ulation. sage: the issues behind the protests Lopez shoved and verbally abused demonstrators, appar­ religious leaders, teachers, stu­ •Each year, hundreds of STOP POLICE BRUTALI­ (9/20/00, 9/21/00, 9/24/00), one noting the four earliest ently broadcasting the incident dents and many others have immigrants die trying to cross TY, REPRESSION and the arrests (9/22/00) and one on their morning radio show. fought back, often in the face the U.S.-Mexico border CRIMINALIZATION of a examining the NAB's revoca­ (See FAIR'S Sept. 26 Activism GENERATION! of open and underhanded because the U.S. government tion of the press credentials Update.) Lopez and one other attacks. has militarized the border. In OCTOBER 22: NO MORE held by Bay Guardian reporter crew member have recently Stolen Lives: Killed by Law addition, many hundreds of STOLEN LIVES! Steve Rhodes and other inde­ been charged by police for Enforcement, which documents immigrants are incarcerated in WEAR BLACK! FIGHT pendent journalists (9/26/00). another, unrelated "prank." over 2,000 cases of people maximum-security prisons for BACK! The NAB's expulsion of Charges are not being pressed, killed by law enforcement in the crime of "trying to work". For more information con­ Rhodes and other independent however, against Lay and the U.S. in the 1990s, has put Also, at least 100 people are tact the October 22nd media from the Moscone Lopez for their actions during human faces on the problem of incarcerated under "secret evi­ Coalition to Stop Police Center, the site of the conven­ the Clear Channel protests. police murder. October 22nd dence" laws which deny the Brutality, Repression, and the tion, is itself newsworthy and The Chronicle has not fol­ has become the day to bring all person on trial access to evi­ Criminalization of a should alarm journalists every­ lowed up or corrected its Sept. this resistance together. This dence which the state is using Generation at (888)No- where. A credentialed reporter 26 story, "City Drops Charges year, in the midst of the nation­ against him or her. Brutality; E-mail: for the Bay Guardian, Rhodes Against NAB Protesters." al elections, we must force the •While killer cops continue Oct22@unstoppable. com; had his press credentials seized ACTION: Please contact while he was photographing problem of police brutality to go free, family members of Mail: Oct. 22, P.O. Box 2627, the San Francisco Chronicle four activists who had locked and ask why its news coverage even more into the light of day. police murder victims, witness­ New York, NY 10009. themselves together in the ignored the substance of the On October 22, 2000, we es in police brutality cases, Moscone Center entranceway. media democracy protests call on you to join us in saying activists, attorneys, and others When Rhodes requested an NO MORE! No more to police have been harassed, physically explanation, the NAB's Jack See NAB brutality, to repression and to attacked and arrested in retalia­ Knebel told him, "You are part page 22 22 October 18, 2000 NEWS The UWM Post

Women from RADICAL CONGRESS "normal" sexual identity). Abortion from March from page 19 (BRC) As radical Black feminists page 20 page 20 we see a holistic approach to that the pregnancy has been dismantling the Personal Statement of Purpose liberation as necessary, one license to do whatever one successfully terminated. This is wills to do in disrespect of self Responsibility and Work that fights on multiple fronts necessary since in about five simultaneously. and others, in the name of free­ Opportunity Reconciliation The Black Feminist Caucus percent of cases RU486 will Act of 1996. (BFC) is a women-led group We oppose imperialism dom of speech and the freedom not work and surgical abortion to be and do as we please. This END ALL FORMS OF working within the Black (political and economic domi­ will be needed afterwards. nation of nations and oppressed is causing the fall of the nation MISOGYNIST AND PATRI­ Radical Congress (BRC) to All this may make medical peoples both in the U.S. and from within. ARCHAL VIOLENCE build a movement for the liber­ abortion through RU486 and worldwide); capitalist exploita­ Therefore, this Million AGAINST WOMEN ation of Black people. misoprostol too complicated tion (the exploitation of the Family March is not just for the 3.) Eliminate cultures of We believe that the Black and costly for many women, majority — poor and working Black family, though the Black tolerance towards violence liberation movement fights for including the millions without people — for the benefit of the family will be the cornerstone against women and gay, les­ a world in which Black insurance. few — rich, ruling class and of this march/mobilization. We bian, bisexual, and transgen­ people and all people are In France, where medical corporate elites; and the corn- are appealing to the Latino dered peoples; free from economic exploita­ abortion has been available for 4.) End independent, cultur­ tion, and all forms of oppres­ modification of all aspects of family, to the Native American human existence); white many years and the costs are family, to the Arab, Asian, and al, and corporate-supported sion and discrimination. Our insured for everyone, only bigotry and defamation of history as oppressed people, supremacy (the belief in the white family, because each superiority of "whiteness" as a about one third of the women member of the American fami­ women in music, television, the tradition of women as lead­ seeking to end a pregnancy film, the internet, etc. ers and militant fighters, and racial category and the sys­ ly is feeling the effect of family temic domination of all people choose this method. unfriendly public policy and END HETEROSEXIST the inclusive definitions of Women still need AND HOMOPHOBIC BIAS family that many of us have of color under this hierarchy); family unfriendly foreign poli­ and national oppression (the full range of options AGAINST LESBIAN, GAY, embraced as survivors of slav­ cy. We intend, by the Grace of political, economic, and racial While early termination of BISEXUAL, AND TRANS­ ery and colonialism belie the Allah (God), to make a differ­ domination of Black people an unwanted pregnancy by GENDERED PEOPLES assumption that men are the ence. We have not entered the throughout the U.S.), as sys­ medical means is a welcome 6.) Challenge the discrimi­ "natural leaders" of our com­ politics of this world so that tems of oppression that assault option, approval for RU486 nation of non-traditional fami­ munity or movement or that business can be done as usual. the humanity of millions of will obviously not mean the lies. male-dominated families are We have entered the politics of women all over the world. We end of surgical abortions. 7.) End job, housing, and the best way to raise children. this world to really and truly insist that the fight against Advocates of women's repro­ other forms of heterosexist dis­ In contrast, history suggests make a difference. We find that patriarchy and homophobia is ductive rights must continue to crimination against lesbian, that it is only when women and in the campaign finance reform indivisible from the fight to work for the availability of sur­ that has been put forth by the gay, bisexual, and transgen­ men live and fight side by side gical abortion. that we move closer to a eliminate all other systems of candidates, it is a sign that the dered peoples. oppression and exploitation Already; anti-choice zealots END LEGAL/PRISON healthy and just society. We American people are being that intersect in all of our lives. are working to place the same robbed of the value of electoral INJUSTICES therefore insist that the BRC punitive restrictions on pre­ We understand that patri­ politics because corporate 8.) End drug legislation that maximize women's leadership scribing abortion pills that exist archy has existed throughout giants are spending nearly a requires jail time for non-vio­ as a way to guard against chau­ to curtail surgical services. In history in various economic billion dollars a year to get leg­ lent drug offenders; vinism of the past and present. some states, abortion providers and social systems. We recog­ islation in favor of corporate 9.) End policies that strip We ground our analysis in must register and report every incarcerated mothers of their the experiences of Black nize that if we eliminate just America while not necessarily imperialism and capitalist abortion. Detailed require­ legislation in the favor of the parental rights; women — women who bear ments for the design of facili­ 10.) Revoke Resolution HR the brunt of multiple oppres­ exploitation, we will not be American people. Corporate free; if we only eliminate white ties where abortions are provid­ America is not necessarily bad, 254 and make sure that the sions in this society. ed may also prevent the pre­ United States keeps its hands Specifically we give priority in supremacy, we will not be free; but corporate America if we eliminate only patriarchy scribing of RU486 by physi­ unchecked can take its natural off of Assata Shakur. our work to sisters at the very cians who do not already pro­ 11.) Reorient the federal bottom of the economic ladder; and heterosexism, we will not lust for the bottom line (profits) be free. Our vision is to forge a vide surgical abortions. budget expenditures away from sisters who every day suffer the to drive America's public poli­ radical Black feminist move­ Insurance and malpractice U.S. prisons and towards pub­ violence of poverty, sexual cy and drive America's foreign ment which battles on each of issues may pose further barriers lic education. abuse, physical abuse, the policy and make what could be these fronts simultaneously. to "mainstreaming" RU486. CREATE QUALITY, criminal (injustice system, good evil unless there is a force We unite with our sisters across For example, several weeks UNBIASED EDUCATION substandard or non-existent rising from the midst of the the globe who are fighting to ago, Searle, the manufacturer 12.) Substantially increase healthcare, poor working con­ people that can be leveraged eliminate the same systems of of misoprostol (the drug used funding for public K-16 educa­ ditions and low wages — when not only toward government, oppression. after RU486 has been taken), but toward corporate America tion, and equalize funding dis­ work exists, unemployment mailed letters to healthcare A radical Black feminist to make corporate America and parities between urban and and inadequate child care. The providers around the country vision challenges us to root out the government of the United suburban schools; people this society places last, warning that it is not approved injustices at every level and in States respond to the pressing 13.) End practices that dis­ we place first. for use in pregnancy. every crevice of our lives, and urgent needs of the proportionately place poor and We believe that the Black Obstetricians have used this communities, organizations American people. working class Black girls and liberation movement will only medication to induce, or bring and societies. None of this should make boys in "special" schools and be successful and principled on, labor leading to childbirth us think that the basic responsi­ keep them locked out of gifted when it consciously, consis­ in term pregnancies. tently, and aggressively fights The Black bility for change does not rest and college preparatory class­ Advances in technology are against patriarchy (the assump­ Radical Congress squarely on our shoulders. So es; welcome, but no pill, no elec­ tion that men should naturally the biggest question to answer 14.) Invest in girls' tion of a single candidate, no dominate the family and by National Office is, what are we willing to do extracurricular activities, law alone can safeguard the extension organizations, insti­ P.O. Box 490365 and what price are we willing including sports teams. right to choose. Constant vigi­ tutions, and society); misogyny Atlanta, GA 30349-0365 to pay to obtain freedom, jus­ PROMOTE GREATER lance and struggle on the part (the hateful and violent treat­ Phone: (404) 768-2529 tice and equality? Therefore, HEALTH AMONG WOMEN of all who support women's ment and depiction of women); Fax: (404) 614-8563 we call on all the families to be 15.) Provide medical insur­ rights must continue. sexism (the institutional subor­ present at the Million Family ance to all women, men and Ellen Catalinotto is a New dination of women); and rigid March for probably one of the children that includes both pre­ York-based certified Nurse- and narrow definitions of mas­ greatest demonstrations of vention and intervention care; Midwife. culinity, femininity and family family strength and beauty and 16.) Increase research and WWXWJWWWTOCfl medical services to better that compromise the humanity CONTACT: hopefully the beginning of understand and prevent the sig­ of women, children and men. NAB from Matthew Wilson, Executive family unity. We pray that we nificant health disparities in A critical part of our Black page 21 Editor San Francisco can preserve a nation rather Black girls and women (e.g. feminist vision is the militant Chronicle than let it continue on its destructive course. HIV/AIDS, Lupus, infant mor­ opposition to homophobia against the NAB. You might mfw@sfgate. com tality). (fear, animosity, discrimination also urge them to follow up Phone: 415-777-1111 Thank you. 17.) End toxic dumping and and violence against lesbians, continuing stories emerging Fax: 415-896-1107 gay, bisexual, and trans- gen­ other environmental practices from the protests, such as the As always, please remem­ For more information on dered people) and heterosex- in poor, primarily people of NAB's press credentials policy ber that your comments are the Million Family March and ism (the privileges, recognition color communities. and the DA's prosecution of the taken more seriously if you in-depth coverage, log on and rights enjoyed only by het­ activists arrested at Clear maintain a polite tone. 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