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Volume 9, No. 3 17th year 01 publication Oct. 25th - Nov. 7th 1983 San Diegans Assail Euromissiles As we go to press. police have arrested at least 20 people who engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience at General Dynamics! Convair in Kearny Mesa: eight activists are still in police custody. Over 400 people turned out to support the European Peace Movement's efforts to stop the planned IJ.S.iNAT0 deployment of Cruise and Pershing If missiles on that continent late this year. A Women's Peace Camp was set up from sunrise to sunset. and served as a colorful gathering place for many of the largest contractor for nuclear rind protesters. The actions were part of an conventional weapons in the world. International Week of protests against The nonviolent civil disobedience was UCSD Police Chief Comes Clean ... the deployment of the Euromissiles. organi7ed by the Ballast Point Those arrested were part of a larger Organi7ing Project. a confederation of group of people who moved. hand in local affinity groups. The legal Harassment or Em barassment? hand. in a wide line toward the main demonstration was sponsored by the The myth of "equality of law" would Ellis. President of the Black Student buildings of the Convair plant. Their Community Energy Action Network: have us believe that everyone is subject Union. and Craig Fra~ier. former purpose was to deliver a list of demands the Women's Peace Camp was to society's laws and those who violate President of the Black Student, and to the executives of the "Home of the sponsored by the Women's International the laws are subject to prosecution. Yet Acting UCSD Police Chief. John Cruise Missile." who had days before League for Peace and Freedom. in criminal courts across the country it Anderson. refused to meet with the activists. As the Five specific requests to General can be easily observed that law n.i.: Could you tell us what happened? police moved forward and warned the enforcement affects almost exclusively Dynamics put forth in the letter Daryl Ellis: What happened was that protesters that they were trespassing. at included: the working person and the poor. and, in least 20 people broke away from the line we just happen to stop by the Recreation 1) that General Dynamics sponsor a recent years. the political activist. In the and continued toward the building, at big cities non-whites predominate in Gym to play basketball ....We were there which time. they were taken into public meeting where the workers. playing for a while, say about 30 to 40 community and management have an regular court appearances. The other custody. criminals. the extremely wealthy. the minutes and we saw two police officers opportunity to express their views on the come down into the Recreation Gym. Participants in the legal march carried U.S.'s nuclear weapons policy; corporations. the landlords. and the banners and sang peace songs as they middle class white-collar workers are They then looked and walked around moved along the Kearny Villa Rd. 2) that General Dynamics establish a rarely prosecuted and almost never and went around the other door... then perimeter of Convair. while police task force including management. G. D. suffer the criminal court process as they kind of hung around outside for a rnounted on horseback and dirt bikes workers (wage and salary). and defendants. little while and we didn't see them for a looked on. At one point. a 12-foot community members to study the few minutes. Then about IS or 20 general principles of peace time Despite the fact that "individual minutes later they returned with 2 Spectre of Death glided slowly through responsibility" is the stated basis of our the protesters to a solemn solitary conversion; security guards so now t here were four of criminal law enforcement. just as "social them and they hung around the door drumbeat. As it passed the marchers. 3) that General Dynamics establish a conditions" explain the why of selected again. Then evidently their supervisor they fell to the ground ina symbolic Die- Research and Development component law enforcement. it is still the who they had been waiting for showed In. for economic conversion planning individual's economic and social class up which made five. Four of them stayed The Women's Peace Camp-first of including retraining of displaced and the color of his skin that determines workers due to contract fluctuations; down at the side door. one of the security its kind in San Diego-formed the his relationship to the legal system. guards stood on the opposite side- northern extremity of the protest. 4) that General Dynamics make full (Law Against The People. edited by door... as a matter of fact. the thing that Flanked by long banners proclaiming. public disclosure of their lobbying Robert Lefcourt, pp 22-23.) went through my mind was that they "We Are The Women Of The World." practices. environmental and social The ,folio 1c.ing is an interview were blocking everything off. the camp served as a reminder that impact. and arms sales agreements with conhrcted h.1, thc new indicator after the women constitute a powerful force in the nations other than the U.S.; profits. cost We just kept playing basketball. then recent incident at the Gym when several when we walked over to the side of the international peace movement. overruns; students were detained and Gym getting ready to pick up our stuff 5) that Peace and Conversion activists photographed for reasons that appear to The Convair plant is the assembly site and go.- then the officers came in. for Tomahawk Cruise missiles and have access to workers through a column be based on unfounded "suspicion". The launchers. General Dvnamics is the in the General Dynamics newsletter. three interviewed are students Darvl continued on page 7 Look For Me In The Whirlwind,,, West-Germany is one solid U.S. base. Germany's government has no rights in Everyone who takes part in actions contain the names of all people arrested Over 100 U.S.bases are scattered them. As institutions of an occupation and demonstrations against NATO and by the U.S. military police in time of civil throughout the country. These are some army. they have their own court system. the U.S. has his/ her data put into the unrest. of their functions: their own military and their own computer at the Heidelberg Sa~ing:I do not like this or that. that S ~~~i~~ the vietnam war, the criminal police. Resides their military headquarters. protest. Seeing to it rhat what I do nor headauarters in ~~id~lb~~~coordinated tasks. these police forces also carry out Accordine to the oneration nlan 101- like does not happen atijmore. that :F the fli'ght of the R-25 bombk against the Secret service. such. as the I, which ias been 'forced ipon the re~irtance- (Jlrik~.W~inhof ~ietnameseNational Liberation Front. of West (jerman citi7ens.In members of NATO by washiniton. the order to "protect the interest of US. J14ne2. 1967: RennoOhnesorg. astudent GI's for the Rapid Deployment Forces 11,s. ~~~~~~d~~-i~~-.,i~fin E~~~~~ is forces". they are increasingly directly to undertake his own actions of demonstrating against the Shah of lran are stationed there. engaged in the fight against any West repression there is -internal in West Berlin. is fatally wounded by a The runways for the IJ.S. military (icrman movement. unrest" in West-Germany. In all the ~~l~~~~~~,Karl Hein7 Kurras. transport airplanes are situated in West- countries of NATO. bl.wk-lists already Germany. The 1J.S. military launched 1j.s. anti-guerilla ",,its that used to be stationed in the panama have been established. These lists continued on page 5 the intervention in lran in Mav 1980 canalzone from Ramstein which together with the now heing used against resistancc in New Indicator Non-Profit Org. Runway West in Frankfurt is going to he Europe. Student Organization# U.S. Postage used as a launching base when the U.S. UC San Diego. 8-023 PAID Six [J.S. anti-terrorist specialists La Jolln, CA 92093 La Jolla. Calif. military's interects are endangcrcd in the together with their (icrrnan collepues Permit No. 256 Year East. were sent to Italy right after the The NATO long-term program kidnapping of' NATO General Do~ierhy decided on in 1978, called for enlarging the Rcd Brigades. the airports in Hamburg. Frankfurt and CIA agents took part in a Munich. dcmonstrr~tionof squatters in Berlin. in I1.S. military bases in West-Germany ordcr to study the structure and have cxtratcrritorial status. West- strategies of different groups. 2 Notes From the Collective Desk ... Media do not print "truth" and take media users. But at least in one sides only in editorials. Who is quoted. fundamental underlying sense. there is before they disregard their own rules and One more thing according to my what facts are selected, how much space no choice on the mass media level: Little Funky La Jolla bylaws. According to well founded sources. a Council resolution is expected The Object of Alternative Media is given a story. all reflect and or no consistent critique of our wasteful - theory the Coors boycott still stands! to be introduced regarding the alleged manipulate the point of view. It only and exploitative economic system. This By Rambling Rosie Before I explain. let me say that this is a donation. A censure would be the least appears to be objective when we accept is largely because the communications victory for the people dedicated to the Council can do for those memhers Well folks, we're back to reactionary the status quo.