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A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE vol. 71/no. 38 october 15, 2007 Washington Myanmar ‘We all live in Jena’ debates Iraq military gov’t Mychal Bell released on bail, faces new trial partition cracks down Actions demanding justice for Jena 6 continue BY paul pederson The White House rejected a on protests September 26 nonbinding Senate By Patrick Brown resolution promoting the division AUCKLAND, New Zealand, of Iraq into a federation of regional October 2—The military government governments. U.S. Secretary of State in Myanmar, formerly Burma, has un- Condoleezza Rice said in an October 1 leashed a crackdown against working interview with the New York Post that people, students, and Buddhist monks Iraqis “reacted extremely badly to the protesting fuel price increases and de- idea of partitioning the country.” manding democratic change. At the same time, the political, mili- Rallies began in mid-August after the tary, and economic policies carried out government announced a fivefold rise in by the U.S. occupation forces head in fuel prices. By late September, tens of the direction of just such a partition. thousands across the country were pro- The Senate resolution, approved testing. A military dictatorship has ruled 75–23, calls for “actively support[ing] a Myanmar, a Southeast Asian country of political settlement among Iraq’s major 52 million, for more than four decades. factions” that would “allow for the cre- Buddhist monks, who number ation of federal regions.” The regions 500,000 nationwide, joined demonstra- could be modeled after the Kurdistan tions after the initial protests exploded. Militant/Ben O’Shaughnessy Regional Government (KRG), which “The recent economic hardship has One hundred students marched in New York October 1, part of nationwide school walkouts. the resolution calls “largely stable and caused monastery populations to swell peaceful.” with students from poor families,” re- BY JACQUIE HENDERSON who were protesting racist practices Rice acknowledged that Washington ported the September 22 Financial HOUSTON—Mychal Bell, one of at the school. Physical attacks against is promoting steps to give more power Times. the Black high school students known African American students went largely to regional governments, whether or not Naing Ko Ko, an exiled representative as the Jena Six, was released on bail unpunished. After Black students held the Baghdad government decides to for- of the Burma Trade Union Federation, September 27—one week after tens of a sit-in under a schoolyard tree, racists malize them as national policy. told the Militant that the monks are call- thousands rallied in Jena, Louisiana, to hung nooses from the tree but received “[E]ven though they haven’t passed ing on the generals to join a dialogue for demand his freedom. only brief school suspensions. an oil law, they are on a budget basis “national reconciliation.” Bell was arrested last December, Although only 16 at the time, Bell distributing the oil revenues to the prov- Some 100,000 people marched along with five other Black students was tried as an adult and convicted by inces by formula,” she told the New September 24 in the capital, Yangon. from Jena High School, after a white an all white jury of aggravated assault. York Post. “We’re trying to solidify and Over the following week, troops moved student filed charges following a fight. A state appeals court recently ruled indeed push forward this very positive against the monks, beating and hauling The fight happened after months of ha- that he should not have been tried in Continued on page 9 Continued on page 3 rassment of African American students Continued on page 7 ICE raids in N.Y. spark protest ‘Militant’ sub drive kicks off BY LUIS MADRID Diario/La Prensa that ICE agents ar- HEMPSTEAD, New York—“We are rested her husband while she was at Top sellers to be recognized each week not criminals,” said Omar Henríquez, work, leaving her four-month-old baby BY Olympia Newton board president of Workplace Project, alone for several hours. October 3—Militant supporters during a September 27 protest against At least one U.S. citizen was arrested around the world are kicking into cam- a wave of raids in central Long Island. in the raids. She was later released. paign gear as a seven-week drive to win Immigration and Customs Enforcement A number of those arrested are in de- 2,300 new subscribers gets going. (ICE) agents, backed up by Nassau and tention centers in Brooklyn, New York, Just five days into the campaign, dis- Suffolk county cops, arrested 186 immi- where relatives and supporters are try- tributors from 10 cities have raised their grant workers September 24–27. ing to get them out on bail. local quotas. Militant supporters have The operations were carried out Immigration authorities “cannot con- sold 353 subscriptions so far. mostly in homes in towns that included Continued on page 9 Reaching out with the Militant to win Hempstead, Westbury, Hicksville, Port new subscribers is the main way to meet Washington, Brentwood, Central Islip, workers, farmers, and youth who want and Huntington. In Hempstead, where ‘Militant’ Fund to fight against wars, racism, and attacks one car wash was also raided, six men on living and working conditions. The Militant/Stu Singer paper is dedicated to providing clear Willie Cotton sells Militant subscription at were arrested in one house alone. The September 15 peace march in Washington. predawn raids allegedly targeted sus- campaign starts working-class explanations to unfold- pected gang members with arrest war- BY sam manuel ing events from preventable mine disas- rants, but the ICE didn’t supply the war- WASHINGTON—As we start ters to protests in Myanmar against the rants to the local cops until four days the first week of a campaign to raise dictatorship there, to the vanguard role Also Inside: of the Black nationality in the United after the operations began. $100,000 to fund the Militant, five Illinois abortion clinic opens “They pushed their way in, manhan- new areas have made pledges—now States. dled those inside, yelled at them, threw at $96,925. The campaign began More than 100 people subscribed Sep- after 3-month fight 2 September 29 and ends November 25. tember 29—the first day of the drive— them on the floor, flipped mattresses, Sweden defense minister resigns and kicked and busted doors and locks,” The eight-week fund drive coin- at antiwar actions in Washington, Los over military transformation 3 said a witness to one raid who asked that cides with a seven-week campaign Angeles, and Syracuse, New York. Lisa to win 2,300 new subscribers to the Potash from Atlanta sold 8 subscriptions her name not be used. She described Washington march and rally how residents answered the door after socialist newsweekly. Combining the in Washington, almost half of them on heavy banging on it. Children saw their fund campaign with the effort to win the bus to the march. protests war in Iraq 3 fathers mistreated, handcuffed, and tak- new readers can maximize contribu- Josefina Otero, a steelworker from Forum in Chicago en away, she said. tions to the paper. Pennsylvania, sold five subscriptions. In another case, Marlene Martínez A member of the Service Employees “It was nothing spectacular, I just told protests racist vandalism 7 told the Spanish-language daily El Continued on page 4 Continued on page 4 Illinois abortion clinic opens after 3-month fight By Laura Anderson rightists at the meeting. AURORA, Illinois, October 2—A Four days later, 600 protested against new Planned Parenthood clinic here abortion rights in front of the clinic. will open October 9. The clinic has The city revoked the clinic’s permit the been at the center of three months next day. of actions by both defenders and op- President of Planned Parenthood ponents of a woman’s right to choose Federation of America Cecile Richards abortion. said the September 20 ruling “will “This is not just a victory for only serve to encourage the campaign Planned Parenthood, but also a vic- of harassment and intimidation being tory for women and families in that waged by anti-choice extremists.” area who want access to health care,” “Abortion is legal,” said an Illinois said Steve Trombley, president and National Organization for Women CEO of Planned Parenthood/Chicago press release September 25. “Women Area. A federal judge refused to allow the have the right to decide whether or not Daniel Grubb clinic to open September 20 in order to carry a pregnancy to term.” Supporters of a woman’s right to choose abortion rally September 25 in Aurora, Illinois. to scrutinize its occupancy permit. The permit was approved yesterday. At one rally September 25, 200 Pro-business collaboration marks N. Ireland gov’t abortion rights supporters rallied By Pete Clifford have contributed to the profit boom working people. chanting, “Open the clinic now!” and Ögmundur Jónsson there. Paisley wants Dublin’s econom- London fosters divisions between More than 200 abortion rights sup- BELFAST, northern Ireland—A ic growth to benefit capitalists in the Protestants and Catholics to maintain porters gathered outside a September coalition government formed here in north. The British government has so their control over northern Ireland, but 11 City Council meeting. Wearing May has been marked by collaboration far refused to change the rates. British imperialism’s grip is weakening. T-shirts and stickers that said, “This between Sinn Fein and the Democratic During a recent outbreak of foot British troops, deployed here since family supports Planned Parenthood,” Unionist Party (DUP). For decades and mouth disease among livestock 1969, can no longer be seen on the the activists were trying to get into the parties were on opposite sides of in Britain, Paisley worked with agri- streets. “Operation Banner,” the the meeting. There, opponents of a the Irish national struggle: Sinn Fein culture minister Michelle Gildernew, British Army’s brutal policing op- woman’s right to choose urged an led the fight for a united Ireland, and a Sinn Fein member, to secure ex- eration, formally came to an end in investigation into the clinic’s permit. the DUP supported London’s control emption from the United Kingdom’s July. At the height of the nationalist Abortion rights backers outnumbered of the north. restrictions on livestock movement. struggle, London had 27,000 troops The government is led by Ian Paisley The two also collaborated to retain occupying the north. The British of the DUP and Martin McGuinness of free movement across the border with government still keeps 5,000 troops Abortion Is a Sinn Fein. As it was coming to power, the Irish Republic. here—“training” in their barracks. Woman’s Right Paisley and McGuinness called on By adopting a policy that Sinn Fein Visible police presence has also de- By Pat Grogan London to lower corporation taxes in leaders dubbed “Fortress Ireland,” clined. The Police Service of Northern Why abortion rights are cen- tral to the fight for women’s northern Ireland to 12.5 percent, the Belfast avoided a European Union Ireland (PSNI), formerly the Royal emancipation, and to forging same as those in the Irish Republic. ban on meat imports from the United Ulster Constabulary, received the aFor fighting further labor movement. reading Business tax rates in the United Kingdom. “Fortress Ireland” included backing of Sinn Fein for the first time $5 Kingdom are up to 30 percent. Low setting out disinfectant mats at ports ever earlier this year. The support tax levels on businesses in the south and airports and banning movement paved the way for the coalition gov- of livestock from Britain to northern ernment. The PSNI, which remains Ireland—measures comparable to overwhelmingly Protestant, is seek- those in place in the south. The moves ing to recruit Catholics. protected the profits of the food indus- Still, huge fortresses marking www.pathfinderpress.com try bosses. militarized PSNI bases can be seen Archbishop Sean Brady, head of the throughout Belfast, and cops patrol Catholic Church in Ireland, has hailed with armored Land Rovers. Fight police brutality! the new “power-sharing” government. The Irish News reports that the Special He said he and Paisley share the same Branch of the police recently tried to re- From Atlanta to views on many social issues, includ- cruit a man to be an informer. Steven Chicago, from New York ing school segregation of Catholics Harper said that two officers “said that to New Orleans, the and Protestants. 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2 The Militant October 15, 2007 Swedish defense minister Washington march and resigns amid tensions over rally protest war in Iraq military transformation by Catharina Tirsén employees, including civilians, is 20,600, STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden’s with an additional 12,600 reservists and defense minister Mikael Odenberg re- 5,000 draftees. The military budget has signed here September 5 after a conflict not decreased to match. in the government over military funding. Finance Minister Anders Borg pro- The move highlights tensions among the posed cuts to military funding of almost Swedish rulers over the transformation 10 percent in a July speech. Defense of its armed forces already underway. Minister Odenberg resigned after it be- Organized during the Cold War to came clear that the government would stave off a presumed invasion from the back the proposal. east, the Swedish military is now a force Odenberg was a central figure in the for deployment. About 850 Swedish Moderate Party, the dominant party troops are abroad. Most are part of in the center-right government elected NATO-led operations in Kosova and in September 2006. Borg and Prime Afghanistan, with 385 and 380 troops Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt also belong respectively. The Swedish government to that party. has announced its goal to increase the Borg’s July proposal, which became number of troops deployed abroad to part of a budget presented September 19, Militant/Maura DeLuca 2,000. On September 26 the government was aimed primarily at cutting spend- Members of the University of Tennessee’s Progressive Student Alliance march behind ban- asked the military to prepare 200 troops ing for military equipment. Reinfeldt ner signed by fellow students at September 29 peace demonstration in Washington, D.C. to send to Chad, neighboring the Darfur and Borg say they will use the money province in Sudan, where Sweden will instead to finance tax cuts for employed BY sam manuel The protest was preceded by a also send 140 troops as part of a UN workers and professionals—as opposed WASHINGTON, September 29—A week-long “People’s Encampment” of force. The deployment to Darfur has to retirees, the unemployed, and people march and rally here today protested 200 in front of the Capitol. been delayed because of disagreement on sick leave or social welfare. Together the U.S.-led war in Iraq, in the second Elsewhere, about 500 people from the Khartoum government. with stricter rules for social benefits, of three national antiwar actions this marched and rallied in Los Angeles. Sweden now leads the Nordic Battle these politicians claim the tax cuts will fall. Among those marching were three Group, a European Union rapid deploy- increase the number of employed work- “Stop the war and fight racism here striking workers from Prudential ment force with 2,800 troops—2,300 of ers. Promises to do so were a central at home,” was the theme of the dem- Laundry in Vista, California, who are which are Swedish. That force will be plank in the Moderate Party’s election onstration of 2,500, organized by the fighting to win union recognition. A able to be deployed within 10 days any- campaign and part of its self-promotion Troops Out Now Coalition. Banners rally in Syracuse, New York, drew where in a 600-mile radius of Brussels, as a “new workers party.” and placards supported legalization 1,000. Belgium, as of Jan. 1, 2008. The funds being cut were used to buy for immigrants, more funding for The antiwar coalition United for In 1975 the Swedish military could military hardware produced mainly in schools and healthcare, and rebuilding Peace and Justice (UFPJ) has called mobilize 730,000 active and reserve Sweden. Given its size, Sweden has a New Orleans, among other issues. regional protests in 11 cities on troops. Today the number of military Continued on page 7 Larry Holmes, one of the rally October 27, including New York, chairs, said the antiwar movement Boston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, must “reach out to our troops.” He and San Francisco. For more informa- introduced retired army colonel Ann tion contact UFPJ at (212) 868-5545 or Wright, and Adam Kokesh of the Iraq www.unitedforpeace.org. Myanmar gov’t crackdown Veterans Against the War. Wright Continued from front page has major holdings inside Myanmar. participated in U.S. military opera- Osborne Hart and Emily Paul con- many away, and sealing off pagodas that The Associated Press noted that tions in Grenada and Somalia. tributed to this article. Naomi Craine had become organizing centers. the governments of China, India, and “The war in Iraq is bad policy,” said contributed from Los Angeles. Guns and tear gas were fired against Russia are “ruling out sanctions as they Kokesh, a former Marine sergeant. the thousands of civilians who con- jostle for a chance to get at Myanmar’s “It’s bad for national security, bad for tinued to resist. Activists say that hun- bountiful and largely untapped natural fighting terrorism, and bad for the im- calendar dreds have been killed, and many more resources, especially its oil and gas.” age of our nation.” thrown in jail—alongside the 1,100 al- Companies from south Korea and Kokesh’s and Wright’s remarks Meetings to celebrate ready there for political “crimes.” Thailand are also exploring energy ex- reflected the tactical differences be- ‘Our History Is Still Being Written: Some 20,000 troops are manning traction in Myanmar. tween many liberals and the Bush ad- The Story of Three Chinese-Cuban barricades in Yangon. “The place is Alongside this new oil rush, more ministration over how best to defend Generals in the Cuban Revolution’ like a graveyard, only dogs could be than 30 percent of Myanmar’s citizens U.S. “national” interests. Scotland heard barking,” wrote an unidentified live below the poverty line. Per capita Some placards at the march called GLASGOW Burmese man in a September 29 e-mail gross domestic product is less than one- for dropping charges against the Jena Speakers: Caroline Hoy, researcher printed by the BBC. quarter that of Thailand, Myanmar’s Six, who are Black high school stu- and speaker on Chinese migration; The government shut down public semicolonial neighbor. dents facing potentially long prison Jonathan Silberman, Pathfinder Books, London. Thur., Oct. 18. Reception, Internet access after news of the protests According to the CIA World Factbook, terms after challenging racist prac- 6:30 p.m.; program, 7 p.m. University and crackdown was broadcast widely. of the 70 percent of Myanmar’s popula- tices at their school in Louisiana (see of Glasgow, Bute Gardens, Adam Smith Indicating a continued mood of resis- tion living in rural areas, 37 percent do story on front page). Building, Room T316. Email: Pathfinder. [email protected], Tel: 07931571503. tance, however, occasional spontaneous not own land or livestock. A bullock- “We had 10 buses go to the rally Sponsors: Scottish Centre for Chinese protests against the siege have spilled drawn cart is the most common means in Jena,” Elizabeth Barger, a farmer Social Science Research, University of out from shops and workplaces, and dis- of rural transportation. from Summertown, Tennessee, said Glasgow; Pathfinder Books, Edinburgh. persed just as rapidly. The army numbers 400,000. Its forces proudly. Barger, who is white, said, “I EDINBURGH Hypocritically posturing as a defend- have more than doubled since the cur- knew what the Jena thing was about Speakers: Caroline Hoy, Jonathan er of democracy, U.S. president George rent junta was consolidated in 1989. as soon as I heard it. It smells of the Silberman. Fri., Oct. 19. Reception, Bush announced new sanctions against The military has ruled the country past.” 6:30 p.m.; program, 7 p.m. University Myanmar government leaders. The since a coup staged by General Ne Win of Edinburgh, George Square, David “I came because it’s important to Hume Tower, Faculty Room South. sanctions add to restrictions on trade in 1962. He had been a prominent leader show we’re against this war,” said Email: [email protected] and investment imposed in 1997 and of the government elected after inde- Khalia Kwali, who was marching with Tel: 07931571503. Sponsors: Confucius 2003. The investment of U.S. oil giant pendence was won from Britain follow- Institute for Scotland in the University of the District Council 37 union contin- Edinburgh; Pathfinder Books, Edinburgh; Chevron, through its subsidiary Unocal, ing World War II. gent from the American Federation Edinburgh University Chinese Students is exempt from the restrictions. Students and others seized on Ne of State, County and Municipal Association. Government ministers in the Win’s retirement in 1988 to stage mas- Employees. Association of South East Asian Nations sive anti-military demonstrations. The Members of the American-Iranian (ASEAN), of which Myanmar is a generals launched a bloodbath, killing Friendship Committee marched be- National mobilization member, issued a statement expressing up to 10,000 demonstrators. They placed hind a banner that read “End the war Sat.,to Oct.en d 27. the Boston; war Chicago; in iraq Jonesbor- “revulsion” over reports that “the dem- Aung San Suu Kyi, the most prominent on Iran! Lift the sanctions!” ough, TN; Los Angeles; New Orleans; New onstrations . . . are being suppressed by opposition figure, under house arrest. The Young Socialists and Socialist York; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia; Salt Lake violent force.” In 1990 Suu Kyi’s National League Workers Party contingent held signs City; San Francisco; Seattle. Sponsor: Unit- ed for Peace and Justice. For more infor- European Union members threatened for Democracy won elections in a land- demanding immediate withdrawal of mation, see directory on p. 8 or visit www. to extend already existing economic slide. The junta blocked the new parlia- U.S. troops from Iraq, Afghanistan, Oct27.org. sanctions. The French oil company Total ment from meeting. and anywhere else they are stationed. The Militant October 15, 2007 3 ‘Bring the troops home!’ demand Young Socialists at marches, campus event This column is written and edited by from a protest in Jena, Louisiana, members of the Young Socialists, a rev- to demand justice for the Jena Six. olutionary socialist youth organization. Speakers included Peter Carr, presi- For more information contact the YS at dent of the Howard University chap- 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, New York, ter of the NAACP; Joshua Senavoe, NY 10018; tel.: (212) 629-6649; e-mail: student body president of the Howard [email protected]. University Law School; and Ben O’Shaughnessy, organizer of the YS national steering committee. Socialist Young Socialists Workers Party leader Sam Manuel Militant/Maura DeLuca Young Socialists Ingrid Franco (left) from Newark, New Jersey, and Loretta VanPelt from chaired the forum. Atlanta lead YS contingent at September 29 march on Washington against the Iraq war. IN ACTION YS members also joined antiwar actions today in Los Angeles and O’Shaughnessy, the featured speaker. O’Shaughnessy said that YS mem- BY EMily paul Syracuse, New York. “They played up reactionary protests bers will support and run candidates WASHINGTON, D.C. September to further their war drive against Iran, on the Socialist Workers Party ticket 29—Marching behind a banner read- Ben Joyce and Michael Ortega con- Syria, north Korea, and any other in 2008. He said that SWP candidates ing, “Not one penny, not one person tributed to this article. government that will not bow to their put forward a working-class alterna- for Washington’s wars! Bring the ❖ dictates.” tive, independent of the Democrats troops home now,” Young Socialists BY casey logan O’Shaughnessy encouraged others and Republicans and any other capi- from half a dozen cities joined a ALBANY, New York—A to join antiwar actions and demand, talist party. march here today against the wars in September 27 meeting on the grow- “U.S. hands off Iran” and “Bring Ben Joyce, a member of the YS on Iraq and Afghanistan. The contingent ing crisis of imperialism and working the troops home now from Iraq, campus announced an October 11 also included signs like, “Hands off class resistance kicked off the Young Afghanistan, and any other country meeting on campus to demand the Iran!,” and “Justice for the Jena Six!” Socialist’s fall activities at the State where they are stationed.” He also re- release of five framed-up Cuban rev- YS members and socialist work- University of New York here. More ported on a September 20 protest in olutionaries held in U.S. jails and to ers came on buses and carpools from than 15 students and others attended Jena, Louisiana, to demand justice for discuss the life and political contribu- across the East Coast and Midwest the campus event. six Black youth facing possible prison tions of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The with students from Goucher College, “The U.S. rulers this week used the for fighting racist provocations. meeting is part of a series of activi- Temple University, the University of visit by [Iran’s] President Ahmadinejad During the discussion, two students ties for Latino Heritage Week at the Massachusetts at Lowell, and other to further whip up support for their asked what the YS thought young university and is sponsored by the YS campuses. ‘war on terror,’” said YS leader Ben people should do come election time. and Fuerza Latina. “This is my first demonstration,” said Anna Shelton, 19, a garment worker from Bowden, Georgia, who marched with the YS. “As soon as I Florida conference takes up anti-immigrant law heard about the demonstration I de- By Deborah Liatos gal documents; require immigration sage of the Development, Relief, and cided to jump in the car and go.” WINTER PARK, Florida—The checks on people applying for public Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) “We met other young people who Florida Immigrant Coalition and benefits or those arrested for driving Act, which would permit some immi- wanted to discuss the war in the con- Students Working for Equal Rights held or boating under the influence; and grant students who have grown up in the text of struggling against imperial- a conference at Rollins College here require public employers, contrac- United States to apply for legal status af- ism,” said Robert Silver, 22, a member September 21–23. Students, farm work- tors, and subcontractors to participate ter meeting numerous conditions over a of the YS from Minneapolis. “Many ers, and members of immigrant rights in a federal program to check immi- number of years. were there to discuss more than just organizations made up the more than gration status. It would also establish A few days later in Homestead, the war in Iraq.” 100 people attending. as an “unfair trade practice” hiring an Florida, more than 100 people rallied A Militant Labor Forum here af- The conference discussed how to undocumented worker the same day against Social Security no-match let- ter the action featured a report-back protest a bill now before the Florida a U.S. citizen or permanent resident ters. They also demanded legalization House of Representatives. is fired. The law would prohibit local for immigrants and an end to raids The law would limit driv- restrictions on enforcing immigration and deportations. 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4 The Militant October 15, 2007 on the picket line ment workers defied a government ban Militant. He said a police officer re- on public demonstrations and took to cently gave him a $90 ticket for im- the streets September 22 after their em- peding traffic. When he asked how he ployer, Nassa Group, locked them out. was impeding, the cop issued him an- The workers are demanding better pay, other ticket for disobeying an officer. including a higher annual bonus. They Yusuf, who declined to give his last currently earn about $25 a month. name, explained that the airport stag- —Cindy Jaquith ing area has only 300 parking places. Drivers can end up circling the air- port for hours before getting into the Atlanta cab drivers launch parking area, and then wait another union organizing drive three to four hours for a fare. Drivers ATLANTA—Hundreds of taxi driv- also cited rising costs, including $700 ers met here September 19 to launch a a month for their license, gas, and car union organizing drive. Nine days ear- maintenance. lier, airport cabbies carried out an im- More than 1,000 cab drivers, the promptu five-hour strike over job condi- majority of whom are African immi- tions. grants, work at Atlanta’s Hartsfield- “The cops harass us all the time,” Jackson International Airport. cab driver Sayid Omar, 30, told the —Karl Butts

AFP/Getty/Frajhana Khan Godhuly Locked-out garment workers fight cops at September 22 demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Natives in Canada protest uranium mining Thousands of workers protest ing that the company live up to an low pay in Egypt, Bangladesh agreement to pay them an annual bo- On September 23, some 27,000 nus of 45 days’ wages. They also call textile workers in Mahalla al-Kubra, for freeing five of their leaders who Egypt, went on strike against the are in jail, and for firing the head of Misr Helwan Spinning and Weaving the company. Company. The strikers are demand- In Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10,000 gar- Workers around world face rising food prices BY cindy jaquith of corn flour and tortillas skyrocketed. Rising food prices are hitting work- Basic cereal prices in Bangladesh ing people around the world, in many increased by 22 percent in the first cases sparking protests. three weeks of August alone. The in- A major cause of the inflation is ternational price for a metric ton of grain prices. Corn prices doubled high quality rice went from $260 in in one year from early 2006, and the 2005 to $340 this year. Militant/Mark Grieve price of wheat has jumped 60 percent The price jumps have also spread ARDOCH, Ontario, September 22—A rally of Native people and their supporters here today sent off a canoe caravan to demand a moratorium since January. to Central Asia. In Kyrgyzstan, bread on uranium mining. The canoes are heading from this small southeast Grain is used to feed livestock, prices have gone up 50 percent in the Ontario town to Ottawa, site of the federal government. which means that meat prices are also last few months. The government has Natives occupied a uranium exploration site on land they claim near going up. Tyson Foods, Inc., for ex- revised inflation projections for this Sharbot Lake June 29. The occupation has continued despite an August 27 ample, raised its chicken prices three year from 5–6 percent to 9 percent. court injunction. times this year. In neighboring Uzbekistan, bread The Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, the Shabot Obaadijwan First Nation, In the United States, grocery store prices have jumped between 50 and 100 and the Community Coalition Against Uranium Mining all participated in bills went up 8 percent the first half of percent. A kilogram of meat that used to today’s rally of 70. Robert Lovelace, a retired chief of the Ardoch Algonquin 2007. According to the U.S. Bureau of cost $3.75 now costs $6.00. According First Nation, told the rally that the delegation was “taking a message to the Labor Statistics, food prices increased to a UN news agency, demonstrations other governments . . . that the land we share with them must be regarded at double the rate of the previous year. have taken place against high prices in the way we do—as a sacred trust.” In advanced capitalist countries, food the Uzbek towns of Oltioriq, Andijon, —joe young amounts to between 10 and 20 percent Namangan, and Ferghana. of household spending. In the under- developed nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, food is a far larger por- 25, 50, and 75 years ago tion of a working-class family’s bud- get—making price spikes even more devastating. In India, food is on average about 46 percent of household expens- es. In some of the world’s most impov- October 15, 1982 October 14, 1957 October 15, 1932 erished nations, workers spend as much Iranian forces have scored fresh Launched Oct. 4 and now circling For the second time in less than as 65 percent of their income on food, victories in that country’s efforts to earth some 560 miles out in space at five years, the former head of the according to the United Nations Food end the two-year-old counterrevolu- about 18,000 miles per hour, the Soviet Communist International, Gregory and Agriculture Organization. tionary war launched by the Saddam Union’s man-made “moon” represents a Zinoviev, and the former chairman of On September 18, hundreds of peo- Hussein dictatorship in neighboring stupendous stride in man’s understand- the Russian party’s Political Bureau, ple in suburbs outside Conakry, capital Iraq. ing of the world and the universe. But Leo Kamenev, have been expelled by of the African nation Guinea, demon- In the heaviest fighting since July, this awesome scientific achievement has the ruling faction in the Russian party. strated, threw rocks, and burned tires Iranian troops and volunteers routed been greeted by the Big Business press From its own internal evidence only to protest high food prices. A 50-kilo- Iraqi units from about 90 square miles and leading figures in this country with one thing is clear: the charges against gram (.45 kilos = 1 lb.) bag of rice there of Iranian territory in an area along the scarcely concealed chagrin. Indeed, as Zinoviev and Kamenev, as well as the sells for about 120,000 Guinean francs border between the two countries. its full significance sinks in, the reaction other 22 party members who were ex- (about $30). A mid-level civil servant Saddam Hussein’s aim when he of American top circles approaches what pelled along with them, are a typical in Guinea makes about 150,000 francs sent his troops and armor into Iran in might be called “controlled panic.” product of that disloyalty and rudeness a month. September 1980 had been to topple Since 1945, when Truman ushered in for which Lenin stigmatized Stalin and In Mexico, flour prices rose 47 per- the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini the atomic age by slaughtering 200,000 demanded his removal from the post of cent as the price of a bushel of wheat and weaken the Iranian revolution. Japanese civilians with just two A- general party secretary. went from $4.90 in January to $8.50 Hussein feared the impact that the bombs, U.S. imperialism has been bran- Now more than ever before must in August. The baking industry now massive upsurge of the Iranian toilers dishing its military superiority all over Lenin’s last counsel to the party be projects raising bread prices by 15 to 17 was having on Iraqi working people. the globe. Now the Soviet Union has heeded: REMOVE STALIN! Restore percent. Protests broke out in Mexico’s This fear was shared by Washington actually beaten mighty U.S. capitalism the party to itself and to its rights and main cities last January after the price and other imperialist powers. to the punch. powers!

The Militant October 15, 2007 5 Activities from Africa to Australia demand ‘Free the Cuban Five!’

From Africa to Australia to the Assembly. torney, spoke on the trial United States, actions continue in the “It has been impossible for the U.S. of the five. During the international campaign to win freedom government to maintain Cuba in a discussion participants for five Cuban revolutionaries unjustly cage,” he said. He pointed to the more noted that relatives of held in U.S. jails than 100 countries that have diplomatic the Five are on tour in Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo Hernán- relations with Cuba, and the island’s col- Africa, having recently dez, Ramón Labañino, Fernando laboration with more than 120 countries visited Angola. Three of González, and René González were in education and health programs. The the Five were among the tried and convicted in Miami in 2001 foreign minister thanked those present 300,000 Cuban volun- for “conspiracy to commit espionage” for their support in the efforts to free the teer troops who fought for the Cuban government, “conspiracy five Cuban revolutionaries. alongside the Angolan to act as unregistered foreign agents,” Leonard Weinglass, one of the attor- army to defeat a U.S.- and, in the case of Hernández, “con- neys for the five Cubans, gave an update backed invasion by the spiracy to commit murder.” on the legal efforts to win their freedom. South African army of The Cuban Five, as they are known, He reported that Fernando González the apartheid regime. were in south Florida gathering infor- has been moved from a federal prison Present at the meeting mation on right-wing Cuban American in Wisconsin to another one in Indiana. were Cuban ambassador Daniel Sima Mikó (left), coordinator of the Cuban Five Solidarity groups known to carry out violent at- “We don’t know whether a planned visit Víctor Dreke; Venezu- Committee in Equatorial Guinea, and Cuban attorney Fidel Ernesto Verdecia at September 12 conference in Malabo. tacks on Cuba in collusion with the U.S. to Fernando, or the growing support for elan chargé d’affaires government. him in Wisconsin has anything to do Alex Holmqvist; José Nguema, presi- Terrorism Made in USA. Below are reports on events in sup- with the move,” he said. dent of the Association of Equatogu- The Venezuelan-made film traces port of the Five that are part of an inter- ❖ inean Graduates from Cuba; Francisco nearly five decades of violent attacks national month of solidarity which ends By Cindy Jaquith Edú, secretary general of the Socialist against Cuba by CIA-trained murderer October 8. Youth from Equatorial Guinea who Party of Equatorial Guinea; and Daniel Luis Posada Carriles. These include the ❖ have studied in Cuba were among the Sima Mikó, coordinator of the Cuban 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner over BY róger calero participants in a recent meeting in soli- Five Solidarity Committee of Equato- Barbados that killed 73 passengers, a NEW YORK—Cuba’s foreign min- darity with the Cuban Five in Malabo, rial Guinea. deadly string of Havana hotel bombings ister Felipe Pérez Roque spoke at a the capital of that west African nation, ❖ in 1997, and a foiled attempt to assas- September 24 meeting here with sup- according to a September 13 news re- BY Joanne Kuniansky sinate Cuban president Fidel Castro in porters of the campaign to free the lease from the Cuban consular office SYDNEY, Australia—Thirty people Panama in 2000. Cuban Five. Pérez Roque was in New there. attended a September 21 screening Protests around the world have de- York for the United Nation’s General Fidel Ernesto Verdecia, a Cuban at- of the documentary Posada Carriles: manded that the U.S. government extra- dite Posada to Venezuela so that he can be tried for his crimes. Cubans discuss culture, revolution at Toronto event The film showing raised $450 to- BY MICHEL DUGRÉ ward an April 2008 speaking tour of TORONTO—Three Cuban artists Australia and New Zealand by Leonard and writers addressed a meeting on Weinglass, the attorney for Antonio “Cuba: Culture and Revolution” here Guerrero. More than $9,000 has been September 13. raised. Speakers were Nicolás Hernández ❖ Guillén, president of a foundation that BY OMARI MUSA makes the poetry of his grandfather, MIAMI—More than 60 supporters Nicolás Guillén, more accessible; ac- of the Cuban Five attended a September claimed Cuban poet Nancy Morejón; 16 meeting here sponsored by Alianza and Norberto Codina, director of La Martiana, a coalition that calls for end- Gaceta de Cuba, a magazine published ing restrictions on travel to Cuba. by the Union of Writers and Artists of Andrés Gómez, director of the Cuba. Chaired by Keith Ellis, a retired Antonio Maceo Brigade, welcomed ev- professor of Caribbean literature at the eryone and introduced Max Lesnik, a University of Toronto, the meeting was popular Radio Miami commentator. attended by 85 people. Among those in Militant Lesnik spoke about provocative air the audience was Austin Clarke, author Cuban poet Nancy Morejón speaks at the University of Toronto September 13. To her left flights over Cuban territory by the of several novels on the difficult lives of is Keith Ellis, retired professor of Caribbean literature. To her right is Nicolás Hernández Miami-based rightist group Brothers to Guillén. Writer Norberto Codina is seated at the far right. Beside him is a translator. Caribbean immigrants in Toronto. the Rescue. In 1996, the Cuban air force “The 1961 literacy campaign con- social problems, such as the marginal- ing from a stay in a rural area of Cuba shot down two of the group’s planes firmed the popular character of the ization of a sector of the youth,” added this summer said that he was struck by when they violated Cuban airspace. Cuban revolution,” said Hernández. Hernández. “the openness of Cubans on questions Gerardo Hernández was found guilty “This massive mobilization, in par- “Through this process, Cubans are such as gay rights.” of “conspiracy to commit murder” for ticular of young people, succeeded in becoming more confident, take more The meeting was sponsored by the allegedly providing the Cuban govern- eradicating illiteracy in Cuba in a few responsibility for the revolution, and radio station CKLN; three book cen- ment with flight plans of the rightists. months. Today growing popular access develop their sense of criticism,” said ters oriented to the Black community, “The U.S. government knew what to science, art, and culture strengthens Morejón. Ashanti Room, A Different Booklist, [Brothers to the Rescue] were planning the revolution and our capacity to de- Codina noted that “La Gaceta de and Burke’s Bookstore; the Free the and doing,” Lesnik said. “Their aim was fend ourselves.” Cuba contributes in redefining what is Cuban Five Committee; the Free the to provoke a military confrontation be- “I am a product of the literacy cam- Cuban culture by publishing works of Cuban Five Cultural Committee; and tween Cuba and the U.S.” paign,” said Morejón. “When I got in- Cuban artists and writers living outside Pathfinder Books, distributor in Canada “It’s been almost 10 years since the volved in this campaign, I knew this was Cuba. La Gaceta has also served as a of La Gaceta de Cuba. five were arrested,” Gómez said. “The part of building a new society.” platform for a discussion on racism.” A similar meeting in Montreal reason the five are in jail is that the U.S. “The cultural process taking place “Cuban artists and writers are in- September 9 was chaired by Marie- government has not been able to over- in Cuba is like the revolution itself, full volved in the defense of the revolution,” Madeleine Raoult, the director of Pleine throw the Cuban Revolution and seeks of lights, shadows, and contradictions,” said Morejón during the discussion. Lune, a Quebec publishing house. all ways to make the Cuban people pay. said Codina. “This process began with She described Desde la Soledad y la More than a third of the more than 40 The fight to free the five will be a long the revolution. It went through a gray Esperanza (From Solitude and Hope), a participants there were Quebec artists one, and we will continue until they are period in the early 1970s, marked by at- new book by Cuban writers, poets, and and writers who wanted to know more freed.” tempts by dogmatic and orthodox sec- painters in defense of the Cuban Five. about Cuba and establish relations with ❖ tors to impose their views on the cultural The Cuban Five are Cuban revolutionar- a Cuban publishing house. By SAM MANUEL policy of the revolution. It is deepening ies currently jailed in the United States The two meetings raised more than WASHINGTON—About 60 people today through what is known in Cuba as on frame-up conspiracy charges. $600 to cover part of the costs of the par- attended a September 28 showing of the Battle of Ideas.” The meeting discussed education in ticipation of Cubans in the convention of The Process, a new film narrated by “Cuban people use this greater access Cuba and the role of the army in the the Latin American Studies Association, Danny Glover, about the trial of the to art and culture as a tool to confront Battle of Ideas. One participant return- held in Montreal September 5–8. Continued on page 7

6 The Militant October 15, 2007 Forum in Chicago protests racist vandalism

BY ILONA GERSH Che Guevara, and others published by CHICAGO—Supporters of the Pathfinder Press. Militant here defended their right The forum, called before the racist to hold public meetings without po- attack, was a panel discussion by par- litical harassment with a successful ticipants who went as part of a Chicago September 28 Militant Labor Forum. contingent of 1,000 to a September 20 The forum, part of a weekly series of march and rally in Jena, Louisiana. workers’ political meetings, was titled Shakria Hall, a student at Chicago “Justice for the Jena 6! Drop the charg- State University, told the audience of es now! What can be done next in the nearly 30 that her grandmother and fight against racism—From Jena to mother were worried for her safety in Chicago?” Jena. “Mom said, ‘Someone else can Racist and anti-gay graffiti were go,’” she said. “But what if everyone Militant/Ilona Gersh scrawled on the window of the Militant had said that during the civil rights Ashunda Harris, whose nephew Aaron Harrison was killed by Chicago cops, speaks at September 29 Militant Labor Forum on “Justice for Jena 6!” Seated are fellow panelists Laura Labor Forum hall above a display movement? Where would we be to- Anderson (center), Socialist Workers Party, and Shakria Hall, a student at Chicago State. of copies of the Militant September day? It’s up to us now. It’s up to the 23. The headline of the paper read: young people of the world.” has to join forces. All of our causes lows decades of struggle from Radical “Justice for the Jena 6! Drop the charg- Ashunda Harris, the aunt of 18-year- are basically the same.” She voiced Reconstruction following the Civil es now!” The windows also displayed old Aaron Harrison who was killed by support for an upcoming rally in sup- War to the civil rights movement of the a T-shirt demanding justice for the Chicago cops in August, explained how port of the Planned Parenthood clinic 1960s. “We need to win more fights, Jena Six, and books by Malcolm X, solidarity can unite different struggles in Aurora, Illinois, which anti-abor- build solidarity where anyone is fight- for justice. She reported that her sister, tion forces want to prevent from open- ing for dignity.” Aaron’s mother, was headed to the fo- ing. “We need that clinic so that we Anderson also spoke about a recent rum earlier that evening, but heard the can make choices,” she said. “Having rash of arrests and killing of Black Racists beat news of another killing on Chicago’s a child or not should be a woman’s youth by cops in Chicago. south side and went there instead to choice.” A CBS-TV news report of the vandal- Black student give solidarity to the family. “The only difference between Jena ism against the Militant Labor Forum “We need to give people a way to and Chicago is a bus ride,” said Laura hall was shown at the beginning of the respond to what is happening,” said Anderson of the Socialist Workers program, and after a lively discussion, in Florida Harris. “If there’s no action posed, Party. She pointed out that the fight $125 was collected to help defray the BY MAGGIE TROWE there will be no results. Everybody against racism is not new, but fol- costs of the forum’s defense. MIAMI—An 18-year old Black stu- dent was beaten by racists at Haulover Beach in Miami as he was returning Actions press justice for Jena 6 Cuban Five from a party on a nearby island early Continued from front page of more than 100 in New York City. A Continued from page 6 September 23. adult court. Reed Walters, the district student at Bushwick Community High Cuban Five. Stephen Barrett, a freshman at attorney prosecuting the case, said he School, Callender is one of the Bushwick “These five men were in the United Florida International University, was would appeal but abandoned that course 32—a group of youth arrested in May States to gather information about on a boat coming back from the par- shortly before Bell walked out on bail. If by cops in Brooklyn, New York, for groups that have carried out terrorist at- ty that he attended with two friends, he is found guilty in juvenile court, Bell “unlawful assembly” and “disorderly tacks on Cuba,” said Carlos Barros, dep- Christopher Eden and Daniel Cabezas. could be imprisoned until he turns 21. conduct” while on their way to a friend’s uty chief of the Cuban Interests Section, When the captain told passengers the Tens of thousands rallied in Jena and funeral. who introduced the film. boat was overloaded, several young in solidarity actions across the country Ashley Robertson traveled to Jena Earlier that day 20 people attended a men told Barrett to get off. Bystanders September 20 to demand justice for the September 20 from New Orleans’ press conference and rally outside the said one of the youths told Barrett, Six. Xavier University, which sent three Justice Department to demand the re- “Get off the boat, nigger.” “I am glad he is finally out of jail,” buses and 13 cars. Some students from lease of the five Cubans. Barrett and his two friends got off said Latasha Cooper, a Texas Southern Xavier went back to Jena September Ignacio Meneses, a coordinator of the and waited for the next boat, but when University (TSU) journalism student. 29–30 to see what they could do to help. National Network On Cuba, spoke at they arrived on shore the youths who “But I don’t see why he should have to “They keep saying in the papers that the both events and urged people to attend had verbally attacked Barrett were go to court again. Hasn’t he done enough Black students are at fault,” Robertson a November 9–11 solidarity conference waiting, armed with baseball bats, and time for them already?” Cooper, who said. “But the school administration did in Toronto, Canada, in which relatives of attacked them. went with busloads of fellow students to nothing to address the discrimination. It the five Cubans will participate. Barrett was taken to the hospital and Jena on September 20, added that TSU has to be held responsible for helping to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez, released later in the day. students are organizing another campus build up the tension over the months.” wives of two of the imprisoned Cuban Police arrested five young men— protest. revolutionaries, have been trying for Miguel Aranda, Jose Osorio, Gilberto On September 29, more than 100 pro- Ben O’Shaughnessy contributed to this eight years to visit their husbands in jail. Maakaroun, Nicholas Checa, and testers marched through the streets of article from New York. Washington has denied them visas each Marino Biondini. All but Osorio were Hartford, Connecticut, chanting, “Free time they applied. charged with assault and “prejudice the Jena Six!” while committing a crime.” Osorio On October 1, stu- was charged with aggravated bat- dents on more than 50 Swedish military tery. Aranda and Maakaroun are also college and high school Continued from page 3 charged with attempted felony mur- campuses across the large weapons and military industry. der. country participated in SAAB produces JAS military planes Cabezas told the Miami Herald that the National Student that compete with U.S.-built F16s. Aranda and Osorio were not involved Walkout—We All Live Kockums produces military ships and in the attack. He said another teen in Jena. It was called submarines, and Bofors produces how- who helped lead the attack remains at by the Malcolm X itzers and other cannons. large. Grassroots Movement, The Swedish government bought A coalition of Black ministers held Sankofa Community two-thirds of the goods from military a September 27 press conference in Empowerment, the production the last six years. In recent Overtown, one of Miami’s Black com- National Hip Hop years, the portion of exports has in- munities, denouncing the attack as part Political Convention, creased. of a “wave of social hatred” and tying and others. The budget presented by the govern- it to the case of the Jena Six. “When I found out ment September 19 also includes tax “My biggest concern was that the about the Jena Six, I raises on gas and tobacco, as well as behavior in Jena would not be mirrored saw this as an opportu- lower sick pay and unemployment bene- in my community,” said Carl Johnson, nity for a springboard fits for part-time workers. Tax breaks for minister at the 93rd Street Baptist to fight against insti- people who hire maids and gardeners to Church, who joined in the September tutional racism,” said work in their private homes, so called

20 protest in Jena, Louisiana. “My big- Asher Callender, 19, Militant/Jacquie Henderson domestic services, have been extended gest fear has become a reality.” who joined the walkout Protesters at September 20 march in Jena, Louisiana. further.

The Militant October 15, 2007 7 ‘Morality is a product of social development’ the other. The elementary moral pre- Below is an excerpt from Their Morals cepts turned out to be even more fragile and Ours: The Class Foundations of than the democratic institutions and re- Moral Practice by Leon Trotsky, one formist illusions. Lying, slander, bribery, of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for venality, coercion, murder, grew to un- October. In this collection of writings precedented dimensions. To a stunned from the 1930s, the Russian revolution- simpleton all these vexations seem a ary leader answers disillusioned intel- temporary result of war. Actually they lectuals who attempted to rationalize were and remain manifestations of im- their departure from revolutionary perialist decline. The decay of capital- Marxism with the argument that an ab- ism denotes the decay of contemporary stract notion of morality, not the neces- society with its laws and morals. sities of the class struggle, should be the The “synthesis” of imperialist turpi- guiding principle for those who fight to tude is fascism, directly begotten of the create more rational and humane cir- bankruptcy of bourgeois democracy cumstances of life. Copyright © 1969 confronted with the problems of the im- Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by permis- perialist epoch. Remnants of democracy sion. continue still to exist only in the rich cap- italist aristocracies: For each “democrat” Books of in England, France, Holland, Belgium, there is a certain number of colonial slaves; “Sixty Families” dominate the the month democracy of the United States, and so “Morality is a function of the class struggle,” writes Trotsky. “The sharpening of the class forth. Moreover, shoots of fascism grow struggle . . . irrevocably destroyed [democratic] morality.” Above, strikers try to rescue a by Leon Trotsky co-worker from arrest during a July 9, 1934, picket line at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. rapidly in all democracies. Stalinism Whoever does not care to return to in its turn is the product of imperialist Moses, Christ, or Mohammed; who- antagonistic content. The moral norm cessions are reconciled in the book- pressure upon a backward and isolated ever is not satisfied with eclectichodge - becomes the more categoric the less it keeping. During the epoch of capital- workers’ state, a symmetrical comple- podges must acknowledge that morality is “obligatory upon all.” The solidar- ist upsurge especially in the last few ment in its own genre to fascism. is a product of social development; that ity of workers, especially of strikers decades before the World War, these While idealistic philistines—among there is nothing immutable about it; that or barricade fighters, is incomparably concessions, at least in relation to the whom anarchists of course occupy it serves social interests; that these in- more “categoric” than human solidar- top layers of the proletariat, were of a first place—tirelessly unmask Marxist terests are contradictory; that morality ity in general. completely genuine nature. Industry “amoralism” in their press, the American more than any other form of ideology The bourgeoisie, which far sur- at that time expanded almost uninter- trusts, according to John L. Lewis (CIO), has a class character. . . . passes the proletariat in the complete- ruptedly. The prosperity of the civi- are spending not less than $80,000,000 The norms of “obligatory” morality ness and irreconcilability of its class lized nations increased—partially, too, a year on the practical struggle against are in reality filled with class, that is, consciousness, is vitally interested in that of the toiling masses. Democracy revolutionary “demoralization,” that is, imposing its moral philosophy upon appeared solid. Workers’ organiza- espionage, bribery of workers, frame- the exploited masses. It is exactly for tions grew. At the same time reform- ups, and dark-alley murders. The cat- this purpose that the concrete norms ist tendencies deepened. The relations egorical imperative sometimes chooses Books of the bourgeois catechism are con- between the classes softened, at least circuitous ways for its triumph! of the Month cealed under moral abstractions pa- outwardly. 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8 The Militant October 15, 2007 Editorial GM contract guts Mobilize to fight racist attacks healthcare, wages The release of Mychal Bell on bail this week is a Jim Crow segregation system was overthrown. BY cindy jaquith step toward justice for the Jena Six. It was a result of As one Tennessee farmer told the Militant The big business press is crowing about the new successful actions in Jena, Louisiana, and across the this week, the Jena Six case “smells of the past.” contract agreement between General Motors (GM) country on September 20. Hundreds of thousands—by marching or by wear- and the United Auto Workers union (UAW). GM stock The Jena Six case starts with the noose—a ing black in solidarity—have demonstrated their re- rose 9.4 percent after the contract was announced. symbol of terror from the days when lynchings fusal to go back to that past. The Wall Street Journal headlined its story: “GM by the Ku Klux Klan and other racist gangs were The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that Labor Deal Ushers In New Era for Auto Industry.” used to roll back gains made by freed slaves, to nooses have been hung at several other schools since The Financial Times said the agreement “represents a break the possibilities of an alliance between toil- the Jena Six case started getting national attention. milestone in efforts by U.S. companies to shift health- ing Blacks and whites, and to impose second-class In Anoka, Minnesota, racists burned a 10-foot by 6- care costs to their workers.” status on Blacks. In the decades between Radical foot cross into the lawn of a Black resident. Added to Under the contract, GM will no longer be respon- Reconstruction and the civil rights movement, this is the beating of a Black student in Florida, rac- sible for the medical insurance of its current employ- thousands of Blacks were killed at the hands of ist vandalism at the Chicago Militant Labor Forum ees, retirees, or spouses. Health-care costs will instead lynch mobs. Lynchings were commonly used to hall, and other acts of vigilantism. be paid out through a trust fund called a Voluntary drive Blacks off the land. Rightist gangs also tar- These rightist attacks must be answered. They Employees’ Beneficiary Association (VEBA), which geted immigrants and Jews. are attempts to take back ground lost when work- the UAW will manage. GM will put about $36 billion Refusing to be cowed by such violence, Blacks ers, farmers, and students poured out by the tens of into the VEBA. That’s about 70 percent of the $51 bil- over the decades convinced the overwhelming ma- thousands to demand justice for the Jena Six. lion liability the company has for health insurance. jority of working people in the United States that Street actions, speak-outs, and other public pro- The remaining 30 percent will supposedly come from lynchings are unacceptable. Black workers helped tests are the way to push back vigilantism and win investment of VEBA funds. lead battles that formed the industrial union move- justice for the Jena Six, not reliance on “hate crime” In the United States, GM employs 74,000 workers ment in the 1930s, increasing their confidence to legislation or the courts. The capitalist “justice” sys- and pays benefits to 340,000 retirees. fight racist terror and legal segregation. They fought tem is stacked against workers, especially Blacks, UAW president Ron Gettelfinger praised the VEBA, to end discrimination in the armed forces and war from the start. The only way to force some justice is saying it “will secure the benefits of our retirees and industries during World War II. Through mass, pro- by the kind of massive mobilizations we have wit- every seniority employee . . . and that stretches out in letarian-led battles in the 1950s and ’60s, the legal nessed in recent weeks. our projections for the next 80 years.” That’s not the way it worked out for UAW mem- bers at Caterpillar, Inc. They signed a contract with the company in 1998 that established a VEBA of $32.3 million. The money lasted six years. Today, 20,000 Washington debates Iraq partition Caterpillar retirees have to cover their own medical Continued from front page A local resident, Jalal Ali, told the paper, “You can costs. trend toward local control, if you will, or local gov- only work at the port if you join a militia. I thought The auto bosses are also gleeful over the attacks on ernance.” about it, but then my two cousins who had joined union rights and wages codified in the agreement. The Dallas-based Hunt Oil Company signed a produc- were badly wounded in a clash.” new contract introduces a permanent two-tier wage tion-sharing agreement with the KRG in northern Washington’s most recent military offensive has and benefit structure in GM plants. The new workers Iraq in September. U.S. State Department officials been based on the assumption—now affirmed in GM hires for “noncore positions” will earn far lower said the deal may be at cross-purposes with the ef- fact—that the occupation forces would find willing wages and have 401(k) plans instead of a pension. The forts of the national government to craft an oil law accomplices at the local level. Wall Street Journal reported that GM will be able to acceptable to the Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Shiite The plan was also based on the assumption that “define some entry-level production work and skilled- sections of Iraq’s ruling class. the two main contending factions in the Shiite rul- trade positions as a ‘noncore position,’ whereby they In the south of Iraq, the British force in Basra is ing class—the Jaysh al Mahdi led by Moqtada al- get paid about half or less” what GM workers current- being reduced by 1,000 and moving from a combat Sadr, and the Badr Corps led by Abdul Aziz al- ly earn. The Journal estimated GM could turn some role to training and backup, British prime minister Hakim—have little to gain from a continuing con- 24,000 of its current 74,000 jobs into “noncore posi- Gordon Brown announced October 2. frontation with U.S. occupation forces. They both tions.” “[W]ithin the next two months we can move to have substantial influence in the Shiite-dominated To win the UAW officials’ agreement to these oner- provincial control,” Brown said, “that is Iraqis tak- Iraqi government in Baghdad, and in southern ous terms, GM promised to maintain current jobs and ing responsibility for their security in the whole of Iraq, where the vast majority of the country’s oil invest in some plants. The company also agreed to in- Basra.” reserves are located. crease retiree pensions by $700 a year, which amounts The Iraqis Brown refers to are wealthy capitalist As a result, the offensive has focused mainly on to $58 a month. GM will pay a $3,000 signing bonus, families and their armed gangs working in collusion the Sunni Arab and mixed neighborhoods in the but there is no wage increase. with imperialism. capital city of Baghdad and surrounding provinc- The contract, once accepted by the union member- “In the town of Abu Al-Khaseeb, south of the es. ship, will bring unionized auto workers much closer to city, the newly rich are building palatial homes next The offensive itself has extended the fragmenta- the conditions faced by nonunion auto workers in the to mud huts,” reported a September 19 Christian tion of the country down to the level of the neighbor- United States. According to the Wall Street Journal, Science Monitor dispatch from Basra. “The man- hood. In the capital, U.S.-led forces have divided the “The raw hourly wages of U.S. auto workers em- sions often belong to those who have been able to city into separate districts and then set up small bas- ployed by Asian auto makers, such as Toyota, Honda cash in on the brisk business in the town’s Abu Flous es, called Joint Security Stations, in scores of neigh- and Nissan, are on par with wages on Detroit factory port, which is one of the province’s main four ports borhoods. Since June, these operations have spread floors—roughly $25 an hour. It’s the benefits that cre- and is widely considered to be controlled by the ma- from Baghdad into Anbar province, Baqoubah, and ate the gap.” Toyota, for example, pays health insur- fialike family, Bayet Ashour, and certain militias.” Diyala. ance premiums only for its workers, not their families. The Journal estimated that in terms of benefits, the nonunion plants pay $25 to $30 an hour less than GM. 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