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'We All Live in Jena' · AUSTRALIA $1.50 · CANADA $1.50 · FRANCE 1.00 EURO · NEW ZEALAND $1.50 · SWEDEN KR10 · UK £.50 · U.S. $1.00 INSIDE Activities from Africa to Australia demand ‘Free the Cuban Five!’ — PAGE 6 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).
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