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Socialist Party of Michigan Workers of the World, Unite! socialistsocialistThe MICHIGANMICHIGAN Vol. 2, No. 3 •• MayMay 20042004 50¢ ($1 Solidarity) Vol. 2, No. 3 • MAY 2004 1 The MICHIGAN party notes socialist Drop all charges against Ben Burgis! Editor MARTIN SCHREADER SPMI Chairperson MATT ERARD SPMI Secretary MIKE TREACY Socialist charged The Michigan Socialist is the voice of the Social- ist Party of Michigan (SPMI), affiliate of the Socialist Party USA. Party address: 909 Walwood for exercising rights Ct., No. 2, Kalamazoo, MI 49007; e-mail: [email protected]; WWW: http://news.mi- APRIL 26 — This morning, Ben Burgis, a of the First Amendment. socialists.org. supporter of the Socialist Party and candi- (In fact, the Marine stood and watched All submissions to the Michigan Socialist can date for Michigan State University Board the protest take place, and at no time raised be sent by mail or e-mail. Articles sent in hard- of Trustees, was arraigned on charges of dis- any concern about illegal activity.) copy format should have 1-inch margins all the orderly conduct and malicious destruction Secondly, the first anyone heard of charg- way around, and be printed in a basic, legible of property. es being pressed was the day before the na- typeface (e.g., Times New Roman or Helvetica). Articles sent electronically, either by e-mail or The charges stem from a protest held out- tional day of protest against the Iraq war on on diskette, should be in plain text (.txt), Rich side the East Lansing, Mich., recruiting sta- March 20, when a detective from the East Text (.rtf) or MS Word (.doc) format, although tion of the U.S. Marine Corps on March 1, Lansing Police Department had Burgis go any format will be accepted. Submissions sent in response to the “regime change” in Hai- down to the station and make a statement. by e-mail can be addressed to editor@mi- ti, organized by the regime in Washington. “The poster was just an excuse, some- socialists.org. It is alleged that Burgis removed a Ma- thing they could ‘get someone on’,” said Signed articles, columns and letters do not rine Corps poster from the wall and attempt- Burgis. “The real issue was the entirely le- necessarily reflect the viewpoint of the Socialist ed to burn it. The poster, mass produced by gal antiwar protest.” Party of Michigan, which are expressed in edi- the government, is valued at 10 cents. Burgis compared the charges to Robert torial statements, or the Socialist Party USA. The Editor of the Michigan Socialist reserves the Burgis was released on his own recogni- Kennedy’s famous line about prosecuting right to edit all articles for typography and spell- zance pending a pre-trial hearing on May Mafia figures in the 1960s, that he would ing without consultation. On all other matters 13. have them arrested for “spitting on the side- of editing, the Editor will attempt to collaborate Looking at the facts of the case, it is clear walk” if that was all on which he could get with authors as much as possible. that the pressing of charges by the State of them. Michigan is politically motivated. Socialist Party members will be showing Socialist Party USA: First of all, the Marine recruiter in charge up to support Burgis at his pre-trial hearing. Outline of Principles stated in an interview to the State News that If you are interested in helping with his de- the protest was an “American right,” im- fense, please contact the Michigan Socialist THE SOCIALIST PARTY strives to establish a plying that, in his opinion, what he saw take or the SPMI. # radical democracy that places people’s lives under place was legal and well within the bounds Martin Schreader their own control: where working people own and control the means of production and distribution, through democratically-controlled committees and I, the undersigned, desiring to bring about by democratic assemblies; where full employment is realized for Join the means a new society based upon democratic socialism, everyone who wants to work; where workers have Socialist hereby apply for membership in the Socialist Party USA, the right to form unions freely, and to strike and and subscribe to its principles. engage in other forms of job actions; and where the production of society is used for the benefit of all Party USA Name: _____________________________________________ humanity, not for the private profit of a few. We Annual Income Dues believe socialism and democracy are one and Address: ___________________________________________ indivisible. ❏ Striker/prisoner FREE The Socialist Party fights for progressive ❏ Student $10 __________________________________________________ changes compatible with a socialist future. We ❏ Under $20,000 $25 support union and electoral actions — independent City: ______________________ State: ______ Zip: _________ of the capitalist-controlled two-party system — to ❏ $20,000-35,000 $60 present socialist alternatives. We strive for ❏ $35,001-50,000 $125 Phone (optional): (_______)____________________________ democratic revolutions — radical and fundamental ❏ changes in the structure and nature of economic, $50,001 and up $250 E-Mail (optional): ____________________________________ political and social relations — to abolish the Waiver for poverty available power now exercised by the few who control the Interests (optional): ___________________________________ economy and the government. The Socialist Party is a democratic, multi- Send check or money order to 909 Walwood Ct., No. 2, Kalamazoo, Mich. 49007. tendency organization, with structure and practices Or go online to http://www.mi-socialists.org/join.html and sign up. visible and accessible to all members. CLIP HERE AND SEND ✁ 2 The MICHIGAN SOCIALIST lead article The real war of liberation has begun... All troops out now! By MARTIN SCHREADER ities and war crimes committed against ci- vilians suspected of being “sympathizers” of Editor, the Michigan Socialist the resistance forces. A LITTLE OVER a year ago, the Ameri- Many of these acts of aggression were can capitalists and their supporters thought carried out against an emerging movement they had every reason to celebrate. among the Shi’ite religious community in The invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Baghdad and the southern region of the Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime were country. Iraqi Shi’ites, who had been a fa- hailed in the media as an astounding suc- vored target of the Ba’athist regime due to cess. Nearly all the political representatives their religious kinship with Iran, began to of capitalism were triumphantly proclaim- organize themselves into militia groups. ing “a new day” for Iraq and reveling in the In March of this year, the American vice- belief that they brought “liberation” to the roy in Iraq, Paul Bremer, ordered the clo- Iraqi people. sure of a small newspaper aimed at the Shi’a In the 12 months since, as the invasion community in Baghdad’s “Sadr City” neigh- became an occupation, ongoing resistance borhood because, they claimed, the publi- chipped away at both the patience and the cation advocated violence against the oc- image of the occupiers. As the numbers of cupiers (an unsubstantiated charge). wounded and killed in action reached into And then, all hell broke loose. the hundreds, retaliation by occupation Within days of this act, Shi’ite militias forces escalated. throughout Baghdad and southern Iraq had The lucky ones: Young children made refu- By the end of 2003, the American occu- mobilized for combat. gees by the presence of U.S. Marines around piers, and their allies in the so-called “Coa- By the anniversary of the Americans’ en- the Iraqi city of Fallujah. These children are lition of the Willing,” had begun to take trance into the Iraqi capital, these militias, forced to endure the weather and military their aggression and frustration out on Iraqi now joined by hundreds of thousands of or- guard dogs in order to wait for a time when civilians. Reports began to surface of atroc- dinary Iraqis of all religions and ethnicities, they might be let back into their homes. Antiwar activist targeted by Grand Rapids police By BRIAN McAFEE tiwar meetings and rallies, collecting intel- tified any of them. ligence about the aims of activists.” Grand Rapids Police Chief Harry Dolan The Michigan Socialist Throughout the protests, demonstrators confirmed Puls’ statement, saying he feared IN THE MONTHS preceding and during have cited the lack of an evident link be- for his officers’ safety at peace demonstra- Bush’s war in Iraq last year the global and tween the attacks of Sept. 11 and Iraq, and tions. national protests included generally conser- the silence and tacit approval of the U.S. Police conduct at anti-war rallies first vative and birthplace of Amway, western when Saddam Hussein used poison gas in surfaced in February in Salon, an online Michigan. the Iran-Iraq war and against the Kurds in magazine, according to Roelof’s article. The cities of Grand Rapids, Muskegon 1988. Grand Rapids City Commissioner Rick and Holland, Mich., had regular weakly pro- Many demonstrators believe Bush’s pri- Tormala said of police conduct: “To moni- tests typically ranging in size from 30 to 200. mary motives to be a move toward Middle tor citizens and their activities when they Grand Rapids, the largest of the three, with East hegemony and control of the oil fields. are dissenting against the government is about 200,000 in population, was spotlight- Demonstrator Abby Puls, 24, a Spanish wrong.” ed in the Muskegon Chronicle last week, in interpreter at the Kent County Courthouse “People have a right to assemble and say an article titled, “Police infiltrate peace ral- was singled out by undercover police offic- what they want.” lies.” ers and told she could be fired for “choosing From Vietnam to the present, there has The article, written by Ted Roelof, ex- sides.” never been any instance of violence perpe- poses how the Grand Rapids Police Depart- She was also threatened with arrest for trated by protestors in western Michigan.
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