A Voice for Peace and Social Justice in Central New Yor k
Spirituality and Politics pp. 15-21
Published Monthly by the Syracuse Peace Council- Founded in 1936
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Peace is not just a world without Dear editor , war, but the creation of a new socie- I would like to make a comment on ty that has self-determination for al l April's letter to the editor, "Prolifers ' people--including women, and in- Ad Upsetting," by unsigned . cluding children who are unwanted I do not see the connection between or inconvenient because of bad tim- Prolifers for Survival, and sexism an d Pro-Lifers Reach Ou t ing, disability or poverty . Peace i s militarism . a society which cares for and sup- I see an ad from Pro-lifers as a n Dear Friends , ports all its members, born or unborn , attempt to connect with other group s I was very pleased to see a Pro- male or female . on a very important issue which as lifers for Survival ad in the Peace As the editor of the Prolifers for they state is Prolifers for Survival . Newsletter . One of the aspects of Survival newspaper, as well as a This statement in itself represents peacework I find refreshing is th e member of Feminists for Life, I wel- . anti-militarism to me . diversity of people that are involved come dialogue about this issue and However, the connections betwee n Militarism is the problem to be I thank "Unsigned " for her/his mar- dealt with whether it be sexist or sexism and militarism can no longe r vellous letter! be ignored . - PATRICIA NARCISO not . I myself would not feel an y Women must have the right to mak e better about being blown up by bomb s choices about their lives and not be Contribution for Solidarit y developed by non-sexists . controlled by male ideals about thei r Dear SPC , If people's intolerance for othe r bodies and lives . This includes not While at an education conference people's religious or spiritual belief s being taken in by the abortion indus- in Oswego we met two peace activ- (whether is concerns sexism, repro- try that is owned, by and large, b y ists from West Germany . Our friend s ductive freedom, race, color, or men, and controlled by doctor s from abroad, Liselotte and Dietlef creed) continues to block groups from (mostly men), using techniques de- Niklaus, were encouraged to hear of honest communication, there may n o veloped by male-dominated researc h our opposition to Pershing 2 & Cruis e longer be sexism or the need to dis- laboratories that cause violence and Missile deployment in Europe . They cuss prolife vs . free choice, as there trauma to both women and their child- gave us $20 to contribute to the Syr- ` won't be any one left to discuss these ren . Just as people have a right to acuse Peace Council in expression issues . choose not to be destroyed by nu - of their solidarity against the arm s - MARGARET A . HALLET T clear madness that is a manifestation race madness . President of Menta l of the same mentality . - BILL GRIFFEN & JOHN MARCIANO Patients Allianc e
Tom Buckel - Coao to Syracuse's' Lawye r Regina Canuso - S.B.I.v. ; Local 925 JOBS with PEACE TOWN MEETING Doris Chertow - County Legislator and SPEAK OUT! ! Gary Weinstein - Syracuse Peace Counci l Thursday May 10th 6-9p .m. Rocky Malamud - Van Robinson - N .A .A .C .P . 6-7p.a. Social Hour Nat'l Organization for Women Paul Welch - Syracuse Teacher' s 7-$p.m. Town Meeting Coalition for Health 6 Welfare Assoc . Rep . PANELISTS ST . ANTHONY 'S CHURCH - PADUAN HAL L (On Midland between Colvin and Fage ; Enter Fage St.) , Of Particular Interest ... CHRIST IN A PONCHO-A . Perez Esquivel (6 .95) WARRIORS OF PEACE-del Vasto (7 .95) A THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION-Gutierrez (7 .95) GANDHI THROUGH WESTERN EYES - Alexande r LOOK ME IN THE EYE/Old Women, Aging, & (8 .95) Ageism-Macdonald & Rich (5 .95) . GUIDE TO WAR TAX RESISTANCE - WRL (6 . 00) GUATEMALA IN REBELLION: Unfinished Histor y WOMAN-CENTERED PREGNANCY & BIRTH - Fried, Gettleman, Levenson, Peckenham (8 . 95) Cassidy-Brinn, Hornstein, & Downer (11 .95) SANDINO 'S DAUGHTERS-Randall (6 .95) NICARAGUA : Development Under Fire - Fact s THE WORD REMAINS : A Life of Oscar Romero - for Action ( .50) Brockman (12 .95) GUIDE TO THE MILITARY BUDGET -FY 85 - SADAKO AND THE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES - SANE ( .25) Coerr (3 .00) SOVIET THREAT: Myths & Realities (2 .50) The Front Room Bookstores 924 Burnet Ave/107 Walton St . 472-5478/425-0112 ; Mail Orders : Add 20% under $5, 15% over 2 Peace Newsletter 5./84
In This Issue This month's PNL contains a spe- cial section on Spirituality and Poli- • tics . See the introduction on pg . 1 6 for details . We also conclude Part I I of our special section on the "84 elec- tions . Per Herngren, former SPC staf • fer, writes on the need to vote wit h our lives . Dave Edelstein presents a case for Third Party political actio n while Gary Weinstein writes on hi s political growth since 1980 urging all to use the '84 elections to dum p Reagan . Articles on Hart and Mondale explain their positions on key issues. We are pleased to be reviewing from Everson Exhibit Mercenaries and Interrogations May 4 - June 24t h Jack Manno's book on the militari- zation of space . Also included in thi s issue is a list of activities for th e spring week of actions at Griffis s AFB . An finally ; report from P&E o n the issue of interaction with the FBI . May 1984 PNL 50 7 Editorial Committee COVER Drawing by Jan Peterson . Karen Beetle, Katie Froelich, Rand y The way to peace never ends but flows in circle s Gimpel, Angus MacDonald, Diane Swords, Joni Myer (observing) SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL 5 SPC New s Production Workers 6 SPC Policy : Don't Talk to the FBI by the P & E Committe e The Editorial Committee and Zandil e 7 Monday Night Potluck s Mkwanazi, Richard Gardner, Norber t REGULARS - Hawnerland, Martha Kahne, Debora h 2 Letters 8 Reports 24 PEACES 30 Classified s Lowe, Linda DeStefano, Amy Hubbard Carole Resnick, Andy Mager, Jim Pf- MILITARISM eiffer, Louise Hoffman, Lesley Pease. 9 A Week of Actions at Griffis s Sharon Wolfe, Peter Doyle, Gary 10 Opposing Specific Weapons by Bob Staley-Mays Weinstein, Bob Staley-Mays, Caro l 12 Survey of Seneca : What the Media Missed Baum, Maura McNulty, Allen Smith , 13 Book Review of Arming the Heavens by Jack Manno rev . by Maura McNult y Ron Ehrenreich, Chris Cramer, Paul 14 Singing a New Song : Music of Hope and Protest in Chile by Louise Hoffma n Germano, Sandee Resnick, Ja n Peterson, Tom Parr, and Posie Smith . SPIRITUALITY AND POLITICS 16 Being a Jewish Activist : Thoughts for Pesac h 17 We Are the Turning of the Tide - An Interview with Starhaw k Mailing Party Workers 18 The Great Jim Thorpe Longest Run Allen Smith, Chris Cramer, Dave 19 Native Spirituality: Some Thoughts from Dennis Bank s Stearn, JoAnne Knox, Evy Smith, Rut h 19 Embracing the Indigenou s Lyman, Tracy Jackson 20 Walking the Spiritual Path - An Interview with Jun Sa n 21 One Quaker's Perspective - Invisible Social Chang e Nest Month's 22 Liberation * Theology: God's Spirit in the Midst of Struggle by Jim Smucke r Layout : Monday and Tuesday, 23 Wellspring of Action - The Biblical Imperative May 21 and 22 . Proofreading : Wednesday, May 2 3 ,SPC AND THE '84 ELECTIONS - PART H 25 Third Parties Revisited by Dave Edelstei n Deadlines 26 Hart Strong on Environment, Rights, and Non-interventio n 27 Mondale : Ally of Organized Labor and Wome n Space Requests : May 1 1 28 Voting Not Ideal but a Necessary Tactic by Gary Weinstein Display Ads : May 1 8 29 And They Voted With Their Live s Classifieds/Calendar : May 18 The PEACE NEWSLETTER (PNL) is published 10 times per year (except January an d Station, New York, N.Y . 10023) ; is listed in the Alternative Press Index (quarterly fro m August) by the Syracuse Peace Council (SPC) . SPC, founded in 1936, is a nonprofit , P .O . Box 7229 Baltimore MD 21218) and is available on microfilm from APS . community based organization . The PNL is collectively produced by the Editorial Subscriptions are $8 for the U .S . ; $12 for Canada and Mexico; and $20 for overseas. The Committee, workers and SPC staff. The PNL serves two functions: that of a paper institutional rate is $12 . Free or donation to prisoners and low inc6me people. Your offering news, analysis and upcoming events; and that of the internal organ of SPC, th e organization, co-op, etc . can receive 15-25 PNL's each month at a bulk subscription o f traditional newsletter role . We welcome suggestions and assistance of all kinds . The PN L $25 per year . Contributions to SPC beyond PNL subscriptions support our activist has very reasonable ad rates ; call or write for our rate card. Movement groups, please programs. PEACE NEWSLETTER/SPC 924 Burnet Ave . Syracuse, NY 13203 (315) feel free to reprint or use graphics, but please give credit . Profit groups, please inquire. 472-5478 . Circulation : 5,000 . Printed by Lakeside Printing, Skaneateles, N .Y . The PNL is a member of the Alternative Press Syndicate (APS P .O . Box 1347, Ansonia
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Syracuse Peace Council SPC Collectives, News from Committees 85 Projects The SPC House New people are always welcome to join any of these activities . April has been an active month at SPC . Carol ha s Contact the person listed to find out what you can do . been very busy with the Front Room Too, and spends Staff Collectiv e The SPC Pres s much of her time there, so we don't see her as muc h Maura McNult y as we'd like to at the house . Things are progressing , Karen Beetle, Per Herngren , Allen Smith, Gary Weinstei n though . Front Room Bookstore Collectiv e I've had lots of work to do at the press, and hav e Carol Baum, Dik Cool , been able to keep Jeffrey Schwartz, my soon-to-b e Steering Committees : Jean Wittma n 'v e partner, up with all the printshop news, since we Organizational Maintenance been in close contact . He'll be up in May to visi t . Pat Hoffman, Brent Bleier , and househunt, which were all looking forward to Peter Scheibe, Allen Smith , Peace Newslette r Karen is planning a bike tri to Ithaca ; she' s Margaret Palmieri, been very busy with planning tor the Griffiss action . Charlotte Haa s Karen Beetle, Paul Germano , Fortunately, we've had help this month on the PN L Per Herngren, Diane Swords , from Jim Pfeiffer, who came from Rhode Island fo r Angus McDonald, Katie Program & Evaluatio n Froelich, Randy Gimpe l a visit and has been working doggedly all week . Lisa johns, Ann Tierney , Allen has just returned from a Socialist Scholar s Carole Resnick, Elys e Book Review Editor : Conference in New York City . There were 150 0 Meltz, Tim McLaughlin , Carol Baum 472-547 8 Gary Weinstein people there, and he tells us it was terrific - Distribution : especially because he finally saw "Seeing Red" - Karen Beetle 472-547 8 which he thinks lives up to its most positiv e PNL Calender : reviews . Meanwhile, Gary has been mopping th e Corinne Kinane 422-165 9 floors, and now they veritably glow ! Of course, we're all thinking of Per, waiting for SPC Project s the latest word and wishing him the best . And were SPC Potlucks : expecting May to be a pleasant and productive mont h Central America Committee : Allen Smith 472-547 8 SPC Staff 472-547 8 - Maura McNult y Disarmament Project '84: Upstate Resistance : Gary Weinstein 472-547 8 Andy Mager 472-701 0 Middle East Study Group : NVS Films : Brent Bleier : 479-539 3 Dik Cool 474-113 2 SPC Posters : Jerry O'Callaghan 425-701 2 SPC Dik Coo l 474-1132 SPC Film Committee : Syracuse Science Collective : Margaret Palmieri 476-690 6 A . P . Balachandran 479-882 6 473-435 0 Statement of Purpose Jim Dessauer 479-597 7 The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), founded in 1936, is an antiwar/socia l Local Weapons Facilities : justice organization . It is community-based, autonomous and funded by the Carol Baum 472-547 8 contributions of its supporters . Philippines : Sally & John Brule 445-069 8 Dennis Banks Support Comm . : SPC educates, agitates and organizes for a world where war, violence an d Jan Peterson 476-610 3 exploitation in any form will no longer exist . It challenges the existing unjust power relationships among nations, among people and betwee n ourselves and the environment . As members, we work to replace inequality , Alliances, Coalitions & Contacts with whom SPC works : hierarchy, domination and powerlessness with mutual respect, persona l empowerment, cooperation and a sense of community . Tax Resistance Support Group : United Campuses Agains t Present social injustices cannot be understood in isolation from eac h Peter Swords 479-565 8 Nuclear War (UCAM) : other nor can they be overcome without recognizing their economic an d Friends of Central Americ a Tekla Lewin 423-374 9 militaristic roots . SPC stresses a strategy that makes these connection s United in Support (FOCUS) : Doug Cooper 425-698 0 clear. We initiate and support activities that help build this sense o f Ron Shuffler 471-667 7 Physicians for Socia l community and help tear down the walls of oppression . A fundamenta l Syracuse Cultura l Responsibility : basis for peace and justice is an economic system that places human nee d Workers Project : Bob Kantor 473-580 0 above monetary profit . We establish relationships among people based o n Dik Cool 474-113 2 Upstaters Agains t cooperation rather than competition or the threat of destruction . Nuclear Weapons Freeze : Corporate Blackmail : Our political values and personal lives shape and reflect each other . I n Marty Bartlett 458-626 6 Jim Elli s 476-153 6 both we are committed to nonviolent means of conflict resolution and to a Finger Lakes Peace Alliance : Finger Lakes Militar y process of decision-making that responds to the needs of all . Gary Weinstein 472-547 8 Counselling & Info . Center : East Timor Human Rights Comm . Days : 789-7543/Eves : 587-951 2 Mike Chamberlain 673-326 8 Friends of the Philippino People : Upstate Peace Network : Jim Zwick 423-387 0 Geoff Navias 472-177 7 Weapons Facilitie s 4racuse Peace Council Conversion Network : Women's Peace Encampment : Andy Mager 472-701 0 Karen Beetle 472-547 8 924 Burnet Ave. Ongoing Affinity Groups : Syracuse Men's Group : Information Call 472-547 8 Paul Barfoot Syracuse, N.Y. 13203 446-812 7 People for Animal Rights : Educators for Linda DeStefano 475-006 2 (315) 472-5478 Social Responsibility : Joan Goldberg 673-1083 4 Peace Newsletter 5/84
Happy Birthday - SPC he peace council page
The Peace Council's 48th Annual Birthday Dinner wil l be held on May 12th . The featured speaker will be Elizabeth McAlister of the Griffiss Plowshares, and several others from the group will be present . The dinner program will include music, speaker , some comedy and the presentation of the annual Peac e Award . This will also be Gary and Karen's last dinner a s staff people for the Peace Council and we will join i n a farewell to them for their years of service to the Peac e Council . The Fall dinner's food arrangement was so suc- cessful we will be repeating it for the spring . SPC wil l provide salad, desert, and beverages whi'e we will be asking numerous people to bring a main dish . People who bring a dish may pay less . The dinner will be at the Harrision Center, 1342 Lan - caster Ave . It will begin with a reception at 5 :30pm an d the dinner will start at 6pm . Costs are $5 to $8 on a sliding scale . Children under 12 are $2 and childcare will be provided during the program .
Community Recycling In Action Likewise, you may want to know how our major pro- The annual Peace Council Garage Sale is approaching jects are faring and how you can get involved ; Centra l fast . It will be held on June 9th at the Euclid Communit y America crisis work, Draft resistance and counter re- Open House(ECOH) from 10 till 5 . This is an important criutment work, and the Disarmament Project '84 . All are SPC fundraiser along with a day of community recycling . flourishing and need your p recious time to do even fine r The sale always brings out many unusual items and lot s work . Contact the Peace Council office to get involved . of books, so mark your calender now for a potpourri o f bargains . To make the sale a success we need lots of items Jobs with Peace Town Meeting and donated . As you do your spring cleaning, consider makin g Speak Out - May 10th a donation to the Peace Council . Just bring them by th e SPC house or call Allen to arrange a pick-up . May 5 - 12 is National Jobs with Peace Week . On Thursday evening, May 10th, at St . Anthony's Churc h (corner Midland and Colvin), SPC is holding a Jobs wit h Leaflet the Seneca Army Depo t Peace Town Meeting and Speak Out in conjunction wit h Part of our ongoing commitment to opposing and a number of other community and social service group s It promises to be wide ranging and informational ; a n eventually converting the Seneca Army Depot to peacefu l excellent opportunity for diverse people opposing Rea- uses is to help in the rotation of weekly leaf letting at th e gonomics and the military buildup to come together . Depot . The Finger Lakes Peace Alliance, which the Peac e Council has been part of for almost three years, has bee n Support SPC and the entire anti-Reagan movement b y leaf letting workers at the Depot gates weekly for over tw o coming on that night . Mark the date! See page years . Every six weeks or so, the Peace Council take s its turn . News From The Front Room Bookstore It is a memorable experience . In the spring and sum _ mer you can spot the famous white dear grazing by th e We'd like to thank everyone who helped with an d road . Leafletting workers at the storage site of the neu- came to our Tax Day Sale and Autograph Party for Jac k tron bomb and Pershing missile is an eerie, eye openin g Manno's book, Arming the Heavens . It was a little con- activism tou'll long remember . Call the SPC office, wel l fusing that the sale was held at SPC, since we've bee n •get you signed up . focusing on TFR Too (we started promoting the sale befor e we knew we'd remain at the Walton St . space) . We've SPC Council Meeting Followup been busy painting, making the space comfortable, an d getting a new phone (425-0112) . Immediate plans includ e If ya p missed the 6th SPC C-uncil meeting on Apri l building a bookcase and creating window displays . 29th and want to know what transpired, let us know . We We're trying to find a new name for the store tha t have minutes we can send you . SPC Projects were dis- better communicates what we're about . Let your imagi- cussed and evaluated . Finances, staff search and FB I nation soar and tell us what you come up with ! policy were also touched on . Most exciting was initia l In May several of us are attending the first meetin g discussions of plans for SPC's 50th anniversary . You'l l of the Northeast Progressive Booksellers Associatio n want to know 1,vhat went on . in Amherst, MA . We're excited about it . 5/84 Peace Newsletter 5 Syracuse Peace Counci l SPC Policy: Don't Talk to the FBI. The following is the text of the The Program & Evaluation committe e Current FBI Harrassmen t statement drawn up by the Program & has adopted the following policy in Concern over FBI activities is Evaluation committee (P&E), report- regard to SPC 's relation to the FBI . neither theoretical nor a thing of th e ing their decision on the question o f It is the firm policy of the Syracus e past . In Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9 SPC relations with the FBI . Peace Council not to cooperate, inter - act or in any way volunteer informatio n individuals received visits from FB I Preface to the FBI about ourselves or our agents in Dec ., '83 and Jan ., '84 . Six months ago, in the fall of 1983 , activities . According to the Milwaukee Sanctu- . a debate began within the Peace Coun- This policy applies to all SPC staff , ary Coordinating Committee, 4 o f cil on the wisdom of political tactic s office workers, steering committee these people belong to the loca l which involve talking with the FBI . members and people participating i n sanctuary group and also to the Cen- tral America Solidarity Coalition. The debate arose over tactics prop- SPC projects . It also applies to anyone osed by Upstate Resistance in thei r speaking on behalf of SPC or holding a The groups chose to deal with the FB I work on Andy Mager's draft resistanc e position of responsibility for the wel l through a lawyer . At this time a n case . being and security of SPC . agreement has been reached that no more questioning will take place Since then, there has been an out - We also strongly recommend that all . pouring of opinion and emotion on the individuals who share our goals and This campaign appears to be con- subject . A two-part article debating values and who consider themselve s nected to the US government's-ex- the merits of total non-cooperatio n members of SPC also observe this pol - panding definition of "terrorism", i n its attempt to control and contai n with the FBI versus tactical interaction icy . It is important to know that it i s political opposition . Behind the Mil- with them was published in the Nov . , one's legal right not to talk with the waukee "witch hunt" is a government - 1983 Peace Newsletter . This stimulat- FBI. ed a call by many SPC members for a In the case of emergencies, whic h al allegation of a link betwee n clarificdtion of SPC policy, especially will undoubtedly arise, anyone expect- CISPES (US Committee in Solidarit y since the article supporting possibl e ing the need to suspend this policy or with the People of El Salvador) and interaction was written by Kare n act in contradiction to it, will be recent bombings of federal facilitie s Beetle, a current SPC staff member . expected to raise the circumstances of in Washington, D . C . and New York . In response, the P&E committee that emergency before the staff and The local groups are alleged to be determined that it was our responsi- steering committees, if at all possible , transferring large sums of money to bility to more formally. poll membershi p for full discussion before action i s national CISPES and/or Central Amer - opinion on the question of dealing s taken. ican "terrorist" groups! The FB I with the FBI, and to clarify SPC pol- attack appears to be generally on sol- icy . Consequently, a letter and a idarity and sanctuary work . Th e in . . . " In addition, the P&E staf f reprint of the PNL debate was sent t o SPC government's aim is to create confus- about 200 SPC activists in Feb ., 1984 . person, Gary Weinstein, has attempt- ion, cause splits and scare people , ed to fulfill his charge of being a By mid March, 60 letters had bee n as well as to isolate-Central Americ a "coordinator, organizer and interprete r received in return . This volume o f groups from other parts of the of SPC policy" according to the Thigm o response is probably unprecedented progressive movement . final narrative which outlines SP . The sentimen t C in recent SPC history structures and responsibility . s Know Your Rights expressed was very nearly unanimou P&E hopes this effort will result i n You do not have to talk with the for noncooperation and has provide d strengthening SPC members' securit y FBI. The best policy is to say noth- the basis for the statement of SP C and unity . policy which we articulate below . ing . Simply, "I don't want to talk to The process has been extremely dif- you, I want to speak to my lawyer" , ficult and the decision seriously con- Results is all that is necessary . Similarly , sidered . It has required a great dea l Although ,the ideas communicate d the FBI has no right to enter your of SPC time and energy . This is i n were extremely varied, the tally o n home without a search warrant. part due to the intensity of feeling the specific questions stated was a s One reason that it is so 'important which the FBI issue stimulates . W e follows : to stick firmly to your right to sa y feel it is also in part due to the rel- (1) Should we talk with the FBI ? nothing is that anything you sa y ative newness of actually implement- 49 No ; 7 Yes ; 6 Ambiguou s definitely can be used against you . I ing the decision making structure pu t (2) Should SPC have a policy on this ? It is a federal crime to lie to an FB d forward by "Thigmo" in establishing 26 Yes ; 7 N o agent . Any person who is contacte the "new SPC structure" in late 1981 . In addition to the letters received, th e by the FBI should immediately inform r P&E has attempted to fulfill it s overwhelming majority of verbal opinio n the Peace Council and any othe t political organizations with which charge of " . . .maintaining the focu s favored an organizational policy agains of SPC . . . " and " . . .acting as a listen- talking with the FBI . they are involved . ing body for various perspectives with- 6 Peace Newsletter 5/84
Syracuse Peace Counci l
p THE SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL' S
OPEN TO ALL AT NO ADMISSION CHARGE FOR COMRADERIE, DINNER & DISCUSSIO N •DINNER at 6pm (bring a dish or beverage to share) •DISCUSSION from 7-9pm
May 7th
The Holly Near / Intl Illimani concert will be long remembered as an evenin g of inspiration and the celebration of struggle . Inti Illimani will be making it s first appearance ever in Syracuse . An exiled Chilean folk group, their music rekindles the spirit and soul of the Chilean resistance to fascism and dic- tatorship . An evening you will not want to miss .
May 14th Representatives from different socialist groups in Syracuse will discus s the history and strategy of their respective groups . Groups included so fa r are the Socialist Party, National Organization for an American Revolution , Democratic Socialists of America, the Communist Party, the Democrati c Worker's Party . Other groups are urged to attend, as are the many othe r socialists and activists in the community curious about what the varie d national movements are doing . May 21st
Each year, Marge Rusk, a long time SPC member, takes interested peopl e on a walking tour of Syracuse's varied and fascinating edible plants . Scrumptious! Be on hand for this Syracuse spring tradition . Bring a hungr y friend or two .
May 28th We usually skip our Potluck on the Memorial Day weekend . Get out an d enjoy the first three day weekend of the all-too-precious Syracuse spring .
THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 821 Euclid (near the corner of Westcott, across from ECOH ) I FOR INFORMATION/INPUT ON POTLUCK DISCUSSIONS CALL SPC AT (315) 472-5478
Moving ? harmony design , TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ! That's how much SP C construction pays the Post Office every time someone on group our mailing list move s without telling us . Please 736 south beech st. syrocuse, n.y. help us cut costs! Notify us 315 474 - 7070 13210 yourself before you move ! 1 5/84 Peace Newsletter 7
Militarism
Another Sword Bites the Dust At 4:30 on Easter morning 8 peace activists, calling Monday, April 23, was their first appearance in court . themselves the Pershing Plowshares, cut through th e Their initial charges are 3 Florida state felonies (burglary , fence of Martin Marietta's Orlando, Florida plant . They possession of burglary tools, and criminal mischief) and entered the Pershing pit area, where completed Pershing one Florida state misdemeanor (trespassing) . Bail ha s kits are stored before being sent to West Germany . There been set at $100,000 per person . They presented two ora l they split into two groups . Per Herngren (SPC's intern motions, one an order for preservation of evidence, th e from Sweden), Tim Lietzke (Richmond, VA), Patrick O'Neil l other to be allowed to meet together (they are represent - (Greenville, NC), and Sr . Anne Mont- ing themselves) . Their motions were gomery (NYC) stayed in the yard and denied . Their next court appearanc e found a missile launcher . The y is set for May 11 . poured their own blood on it, ham- The Orlando peace community i s mered it, and cut the wiring in th e small, but spirited . The local freez e hydraulic hoses for the launchers . group, of which former SPC activis t They also hung a banner saying Saviz Shafaie is a part, will hel p "Pershings into Plowshares" . as much as they can . The support The other group, Todd Kaplan (Wash- committee for the action can use ou r ington D .C .), Paul Magno Jr . (Wash- support . Send contributions to ington D .C .), James Perkins (Balti- Pershing Plowshares Support Com- more, MD), and Christin Schmidt (RI ) mittee, PO Box 585, Orlando F L pried open the door of the Pershin g 32802 . kit building and poured blood on a The Pershing Plowshares are being long table of electronic component s jailed in separate cells . Per is do- of missiles . Then they hammered o n ing well and says hi . He is in a 5 or 6 components of an actual Per- cell with 10 other men who see m shing missile kit . They hung a ban- mostly supportive of the action . And ner, which said in both English and he said that the action was wonderful . German, "Violence Ends Where Lov e They can receive letters . Just be Begins . " aware that all mail is read first . Th e Both groups came back together for address for the men is Orange Co . a worship service, after having left Jail, Orlando Annex, PO Box 114 , criminal indictments charging Marti n Orlando FL 32801 . The women' s Marietta of crimes against humanity address is Orange Co . Jail, 33rd St . due to its role in producing Pershin g Annex, 2424 33rd St ., Orlando FL IIs . They were discovered at 5 :15am , 32809 . -Carol Baum and were held until the police came . Per at the United Nations Planting Taxes for Peac e Non-Violence Conferenc e Members and friends of the Military Tax Resistanc e On April 6-8, over 100 people from Upstate, NY , Support Group and Upstate Resistance were not looking southern Ontario and beyond gathered to share our wor k forward to the arrival of April 15--the day on which ou r and ideas about non-violent direct action . We came to government forces us to throw aside our consciences an d learn from one another, and to strategize together to convictions, or risk severe penalties plus interest and make our work more effective . even jail, for following them . It is with great anguis h The conference brought together people with varyin g and frustration that we pay that portion of our tax (if w e levels of experience with direct action . We had hoped choose to pay it) which goes for military purposes- - that the conference would be much broader than th e planning destruction rather than affirming life . "peace movement", and draw in people involved in al l Therefore we "took to the streets" handing our leaf - types of work for social change . This happened only t o lets every day downtown during the noon hour for th e a slight extent : there were also people active in Cen- two weeks prior to April 15 . The leaflets simply state d tral America solidarity work, anti-pomograph} 'work , our concern and asked people to joi n disabled rights and others at the conference . us in resisting the military portion o f Workshop topics included : Jail Time, Responses t o the tax dollar . A vigil was held the evening of US Intervention, Confronting Authority, Feminism & Non - Violence, Long Term Direct Action Campaigns & others . April 16 from 9 :30pm to midnight at th e The binational character of the conference was on e Taft Road Post Office, and more lea- of its strengths ; about 1/3 of the participants were flets were distributed . We hope tha t Canadian . We hope that this closer working relation - the seeds we have scattered will tak e . Discussion has begun fo r root and grow . ship will continue to build . - Elva Seybol d a meeting during the summer for continued networking - Andy Mage r 8 Peace Newsletter 5/84
Militaris m A Week of Peace Actions at Griffi s Schedule of Events May 19-27: Door to door leafletting in Rome May 28-31 : Educational forums in Rome and Utica June 1 : Gathering at the Unemployment office, Utic a June 2: Noon Picnic at Bellamy Park in Rome,1 pm walk to Mohawk Gate of Griffiss June 3: Non-Violence Preparation Sessions Inter-Religious Service for Peace (Utica) June 4: Non-Violent Blockade of Griffiss
During 1983 thousands of people * Stop US intervention in Centra l in Upstate NY, millions around th e America and elsewhere country, and 10s of millions around * Promote self-determination a t the world demonstrated against an d home and abroa d resisted the deployment of Cruise & * Stop Cruise testing & production Pershing II missiles . Much of thi s in Canada . " work reflected a growing awarenes s of the role of the arms race in ou r People-to-People work own regions and communities . Fo r As a result of our past work bot h example, in October there were at Griffiss and at Seneca we felt i demonstrations at weapons facilitie s t around the world . was important to focus alot of energ y on educational work . This will tak e Here in Upstate NY, a network of 3 primary forms : the establishmen affinity groups was formed after th e t It's Time to Act! ! October Actions at the Seneca Arm y and staffing of a peace resource cen- -publicize the actions in your are a ter in Utica (2011 Genesee St .), ex- Depot . Early in 1984 this grou p (posters & leaflets are availabl e tensive distribution of a 4 page tab- decided to begin organizing a cam- from the address below) loid about the arms race, peace con - paign focussed on Griffiss Air Forc e - come distribute the broadsheets i n version and non-violent action in th e Base for this spring. The Griffis s Rome (May 19-27, call Carolyn Action Coalition was formed . (Se e Rome/Utica area, and educationa l Mow, 607-273-5255 for more info) forums in Utica and Rome . bottom of page for sponsors list . ) - help staff the resource center The common statement of purpos e - come to the June 1 gathering at th e for the campaign is : unemployment office in Utica , "During this week of events we wil l and/or the walk and vigil on June' 2 express through non-violent action , - organize an affinity group in you r our outrage at the continuing arm s local area & participate in the June race . We hope to build broad com- 4 blockade of Griffiss . munity participation, particularly in the Rome/Utica area, in peac e CONTACTS : related issues . Through our action s we will continue our resistance t o Resource Cente r the deployment and testing of Ai r 2011 Genesee St . Launched Cruise missiles, house d Utica, NY 1350 1 at Griffiss Air Force Base . Ou r goals include : Civil Disobedience Collective * Halt and reverse the deployment o f c/o 130 Sear Stree t Cruise & Pershing II missile s Ithaca, NY 1485 0 * Fund Human Need s 315-273-525 5 * Convert Griffiss to peaceful use
SPONSORS : Syracuse Peace Council, Western New York Peace Center, Cruise Missile Conversion Project, Tompkins County Citizens Party, Liberal Party of Onon . County, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, Finger Lakes Peace Alliance, Niagara Univ . Students for Peace, Peace Center for the Southern Tier, Ithaca Women' s affinity group, Wayne County Woodchucks for Peace, Binghamton Comm . on Latin America, Women's Encampment, Griffiss Plowshares, Rochester Peace & Justic e Education Center ; groups which have not endorsed the blockade, American Friends Service Committee, Mohawk Valley Alliance for Peace & Social Justice, Broome County Nuclear Weapons Campaign . (Partial List, still in formation) 5/84 Peace Newsletter 9 Militaris m OpposingThe SPC Disarmament Project. Specific 1984 Weapons The Weapons Keep Coming - What are They? Can We Stop Them ?
The weapons keep coming . Under 1985 budget calls for the construc- On 20 subs with 24 missiles, eac h the Reagan administration, there ha s tion of 40 missiles at a cost of ove r with 14 warheads, there will be 672 0 been an uninterrupted flow of advanced , $5 Billion . Representative Charle s H-Bombs targetted on Soviet silo s more deadly weaponry in increasin g Bennett (D-Fla) and Nicholas Mav- and airfields from beneath the sea . numbers never before seen . Yet i n roules will offer an amendment t o There are only 1400 Soviet silos and the final year of the Reagan term , the FY 1985 budget which will delet e a handful of airfields . The FY 198 5 there are signs of fatigue and chang e MX funding for FY 1985 and rescin d budget calls for over $2 billion fo r in Congress . There are real hope s previous FY 1984 production funding . one Trident submarine and over $2 . 3 of defeating the MX, of stemming th e The vote is expected to come up i n billion for Trident II missile Euromissile deployment, of curbing May . There is a possibility of de- construction . space and chemical weaponry . Th e feating the MX . It would be the first first, necessary step is to be in - Reagan-backed weapons system to Euromissiles Continued ? formed . be defeated by Congress . Frank The first installment of 46 4 Reagan Administration secret wa r Horton, Republican representative ground-launched Cruise missile s plans are embodied in the Pentago n from Rochester, is considered an (GLCMs) and 108 Pershing II missile s Defense Guidance Plan and th e important swing vote . Write to him destined for five West Europebn coun- President's National Security Docu- urging support for the Bennet-Mav- tries was declared operational o n ment 13 . Three ideas stand out : roules amendment . January l,despite massive opposition . FY 1985 budget calls for 120 GLCM s developing the capability to strik e Part of the MX basing plan dea l .2 million . Th e military targets, being able to con- worked out by the Administratio n at a total cost of $7.97 d trol and fight a prolonged nuclear last year with Congressional moder- cost of the program has skyrockete and cohventional war, and havin g from $1 .9 billion to $3 .6 billion sinc e ates who voted against the MX i n . If all missiles are the power to win . This war-fightin g 1982 was to develop a more accurat e initiated in 1977 doctrine is summed up in SIOP 6 single warhead missile called "Mid- sent to the six European bases, annu- 1 (Single Integrated Operational Plan) , getman ." The 38 foot long missile al operating costs could be over $ billion . The total cost of more tha n to be achieved when the new gener- will have a range of over 6000 nauti- 9,000 of three different varieties of ation of weapons becomes operation - cal miles . It will have an accurac y . al . Components of SIOP 6 are th e of 100 feet . 1,000 will be deploye d cruise missiles will be $27 billion - MX, Trident II, Pershing, Cruise , on 45-ton armored transporters , FY 1985 budget calls for 180 sea launched Cruise missiles (SLCMs ) and B-1 Bomber, each with warhead s called "armadillos " , which will roa m .5 million which have pinpoint accuracy . New 12,500 square miles of military-owne d at $670 .5 million and $154 for-air-launched Cruise missile s technologies to destroy satellites , land . FY 1985 budget expends $46 5 breakthroughs in anti-submarine war - million on the Midgetman . Production (ALCMs) . 1,800 ALCMs have alread y fare and "defense" from ballistic mis- figures now range to $70 billion . T o been procured and ALCMs have bee n . siles are also included . the best of our knowledge, both Hart deployed on B-52 bombers since Dec w and Mondale favor this weapon . 1982 . They will be placed on the ne The MX B-1 bomber as well . The MX is a 10-warhead land - Trident II The Cruise Missile has under- based missile designed to add high- The Trident II is basically a sea - gone many free flight tests in th e er accuracy and greater destructiv e launched MX missile . It is a bi t United States, with significant power to the U .S .'s intercontinenta l fancier; it may have 14 warheads rath - failures which received little pub- ballistic missile (ICBM) force . Th e er than 10, it is much smaller, and it lic attention . On March 6, 198 4 MX is even more dangerous tha n may carry even more sophisticate d a B-52 "test flight" was held ove r existing ICBMs because it has firs t guidance equipment . It is part of th e Cold Lake in Alberta, Canada . strike capacity . The present MX "first strike triad ." The Air Force ha s The test flight originated from Grif- plan calls for deployment of 100 M X the MX, the Army has the Pershing II , fiss Air Force Base and was aime d missiles in existing Minuteman si- and the Navy will get the Trident II . at what Air Force officials calle d los . The best estimate for the cos t The Trident II missile can be launche d a "validation" of the route to b e of the MX program, with the war - from the Trident submarine from jus t used next year when a Cruise mis- heads, is $31 .5 billion, or an aver - off Soviet shores with no warning . A sile is fired over the same terrain , age cost of over $300 million pe r Trident submarine holds 24 missile s considered similar to Soviet ter- operational missile . and 192 warheads . ritory . Arms control groups are makin g The currently planned program of 2 0 There will be three amendment s a concerted effort this year to defea t subs and up to 900 Trident II missile s offered this year to the Defens e any appropriations for the MX mis- will cost an estimated $92 billion . Authorization Bill (H . R . 5167) t o file in the FY 1985 budget . The FY 10 Peace Newsletter 5/84
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militaris m delay or halt deployment of cruis e nearly $400 million a plane, wil l "Power Protection " and Pershing II missiles in Europe . serve as America ' s "penetrating " Intervention and "power projec- The first will be an amendment to bomber for only four or five years tion" forces are skyrocketing a s delay further deployment for one until the "stealth" bomber is de - well under Reagan . These include year and will be offered by Rep . ployed . FY 1985 calls for 34 B- 1 air and sealift capabilities, over - Ron Dellums . (D-Cal) . The other bombers at a total cost of $13 . 5 seas military construction, direc t two amendments will offer to cu t billions . military aid to foreign government s the FY 1985 procurement request s and covert operations . According for the GLCM and Pershing II Mis - Anti-Satellite Warfare to Reagan officials, the U .S . mus t siles . These amendments will als o The new U .S . anti-satellit e be able to intervene militarily in be offered by Ron Dellums . weapon (ASAT), a miniature vehi- any number of regions around the Consideration of the Defens e cle fired from F-15 planes, firs t world--possibly simultaneously . Authorization bill for FY 1985 will tested in January 1984, is startin g Cruisers, destroyers, reacti- begin on the floor of the House of a frightening new U .S. -Soviet vated battleships and new fleets of Representatives as early as the arms competition which threaten s attack submarines fall under Rea- first week in May . critical satellites on both sides . gan ' s drive for a . 600 ship navy . The governments of the Nether - The MAT is estimated to cos t A "carrier battle group" as was ac- lands and Belgium have not yet $27 billion over the next fiv e tively engaged in the Lebanes e agreed to deployment . Letters of years . Full deployment is possi- civil war earlier this year, con- opposition by U .S . citizens should ble in the year 2000 at a cost o f tains 90 planes, 9 anti-submarin e be sent to the following people : $95 billion . Many experts believe helicopters and a convoy of 14 at - I that these new technologies wil l tack submarines . A battle grou p Meindert Leerling, Hendrik va n never be feasible, and that the costs $19 .3 billion to build and $ 1 Rossum, Gert J. Schutte, Dr . B . ultimate cost could be in the $20 0 billion a year to operate . Vries, and Dr . Ed . H .T . M . Nijpel s to $500 billion range . Planes, helicopters, and land Postbus 20018, 2500 ES's-Gravenhag e A moratorium on testing ASATs i s combat forces and overall opera- The Netherlands being sought in the House by H .j. ting costs fill out the picture . Th e Res . 120 sponsored by Joe M oakle y U .S . air force has more different 'Mr . Karel Blanckert, Mr . 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The President has, how - i ! What you can do ever, signed National Security Join The The Navy is developing a new Directive Decision #85 entitled , "Eliminating the Threat from Bal- advanced cruise missile (ACM) . SPO Disarmament Project '84! listic Missiles" which starts a re - The ACM has increased accuracy . The Peace Council's major ne w The amount of money budgeted i n search effort to develope ballistic disarmament effort . We need you ! FY 1985 for the ACM is classifie d missile defense (BMD) . Former Nex t Secretary of Defense Harold Brow n information . Meeting : Wednesday May 23rd says this "could well become the 7 :30pm 1115 E . Genesee B-1 first trillion-dollar defense system . " The original rationale for th e Although arms control expert s Join The SPO Rapid Response d B-1 bomber was that it was neede have already warned that the testing Phone Network! as a "penetrating " bomber to re - of lasers and radars would jeopardiz e place the aging B-52s . The Penta- Imagine the effectiveness of U .S . compliance to the 1972 Anti - .- r generating 100 letters or phone gon is now touting the B-1B bombe Ballistic missile tready, the Admin- calls on a crucial issue in a as a cruise missile launcher an d istration's "Star Wars" FY 1985 bud - conventional bomber . Congres s moment's notice! You can help . get contains $7 million for these wea- n placed the B-i bomber productio pons and there is $175 million mor e on a "fast track " last year by ap- in FY 1985 Dept . of Energy Authoriza- Pledge or contribute financial proving multiyear procurement . tion Bill . Rep . G . Brown (D-Cal ) help to our work! Congressional critics charged tha t will offer a joint resolution calling the B-1 will exceed the Pentagon' s Subscribe to the Peace Newsletter . on the President not to endanger o r Pledge monthly support to SPC . $28 billion estimate "by billions of abrogate the ABM Treaty withou t dollars ." Even the Pentagon ad- consulting Congress . He is looking mits that the B-1, at a cost of for co-sponsors for the bill . Write Congress!! 5/84 Peace Newsletter 11 Militarism Social Research at Senec a Central New Yorkers, lon g accustomed to answering tes t ket surveys on new products , found themselves answering a to be former 60's activists getting 0( different kind of "test market sur- "reactivated : As one man said , vey" at the Seneca Army Depo t "I came to see what the movement' s last October . Syracuse Universit y like now . " students, equipped with clipboard s If the Seneca survey is any indi- and pens, wandered through th e cation, the movement is getting ) 5000 strong peace rally at Sampson very middle-aged . Half of th e range of opinions they held on th e State Park on October 22 and polle d protesters were between the age s deployment of the Euromissiles . members of the crowd on thei r of 25 and 44 and 23% were ove r The Depot was overwhelmingl y feelings about nonviolence, nuclea r 45 . perceived as having a positiv e war, and political change . In th e And the movement is ver y effect on the local economy and ye t two weeks following the rally (an d committed to nonviolence . Sevent y half the residents said they wer e the civil disobedience action o n percent said they were personall y concerned about the possibility of October 24), the students phone d opposed to the use of violenc e an accident involving the transport residents in the area to learn thei r even when used in pursuit of a of nuclear materials to the Depot . feelings about the protesters , politically desireable goal . Half also said they believed tha t the Depot, and nuclear war . Unfortunately, this strong the Depot's presence made th e One of the overall findings of the commitment to nonviolence was los t community a more likely target fo r survey , according to SU Professor on some of the residents livin g a nuclear attack . Neil Katz who helped direct th e near the Depot . Although 45 % Although 38% supported the missile deployment, an project, is that protesters an d felt that the civil disobedienc e , equally residents alike don't fit easil y action was peaceful, 1% called i t large group declared themselve s 24% into popular sterectypes . " On e somewhat or mostly violent . neutral and opposed the deploy- ment of our main findings," explaine d Not surprisingly,i' some of th e . Women were more likely t o be neutral on deployment than men . Katz, "is that protesters are more residents expressed anger over th e Half the men supported deploymen t mainstream and the residents ar e actions of the protesters and quit e compared to 30% of the women more multi-faceted than we expect- a few lumped the October actio n . Forty-six percent of the women wer e ed . in with the Women's Peace Encamp- neutral compared to 25% of the men . "I was surprised at how man y ment . But despite this, 51% felt Equal percentages of men and wome newcomers there were," reporte d that the protesters had a legitimate n (24%) were opposed . SU graduate student Brad Bennett . grievance in opposing the missil e Furthermore, 40% of the resident s "We had a lot of rookies and a lo t deployment . One man who sup - felt that the U .S . had the righ t of second-timers ." Bennett, wh o ported deployment said that "peopl e number of nuclear weapons but designed the protester questionnaire have to act on what they feel an d 30% take a moral stand ." A woman who felt we had too many . Only 20% pointed out that 30% of the,11 6 opposed deployment emphasize d felt we needed more while 10% sai d people surveyed were attending that "even if it irritated peopl e they didn't know . their first peace rally . Nearl y it made them think . " two-thirds of the protesters ha d But what surprised the SU re - The Seneca survey was designe d demonstrated on only one othe r and carried out by SU Professor Nei l searchers most about the finding s Katz, graduate students Brad Bennett , issue besides nuclear weapons an d was an underlying ambivalenc e sometimes that demonstration ha d Melissa McCormick and Amy Hubbard o f the residents expressed about the Program in Nonviolent Conflic taken place years ago . A small bu t t nuclear weapons and the broad and Change . significant group of people appeared
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12 Peace Newsletter 5/84 Militarism Arming the Heavens: typical of the arms race on earth . Ever better C 3 I requires more and The Hidden Military Agend a more sophisticated satellites whic h are also more vulnerable and requir e for space, 1945 - 199 5 improved defensive measures, whic h inspire offensive measures and so on . The implication of all this is that , by Jack Manno Dodd, Mead & Co . 1984 87 .9 5 in order to stop the space race, we need to derail counterforce strategies , and radically alter first world-thir d world relations . Manno suggests tha t by Maura McNulty fit of all nations, At the same time , space weapons schemes are especially the possibility of a coordinated , vulnerable to anti-nuclear lobbying . Jack Manno's book, Arming th e global war looms large in the military Since the overall space enterprise i s Heavens, is part of a new, encour- imagination, and so it is not reall y extremely complex, uncertain an d aging trend of writings on space re - suprising that no sooner had spac e exceptionally costly (even as weap- search and militarization , and th e flight become technically feasible ons systems go), its individua l impending full scale arms race i n than the military and their industria l componants are relatively easy t o space . What is most striking abou t supporters joined to capitalize on it s stop, if we initiate our efforts be- that trend is that it did not appea r military possibilities . Although see- fore the momentum of things become s earlier, perhaps in the 1950's, when ing the earth from space served t o too great . the major elements of Reagan' s augment the international peace move - The book is important because i t "Star Wars" strategy were first ment, Manno says, "it is not th e provides a dense description of how formulated . This book helps explai n vision of good stewardship that ha s our military agenda for space evolved . why : confusion has always existe d guided the journey into space . " However, he lacks an in-depth an- about what our space strategy should If we are to stop the space arm s alysis of international conflict , be and how it should be implemented . race, then we need to investigat e which I find crucial in understanding He successfully shows how strategie s the sources of it . Manno points ou t the arms race . While he refers to th e are determined according to techno- that the use of space will be a majo r military-industrial complex and th e logical innovations, and sometimes , source of ten - In spite of practically insuperabl e sion and perhap s technical obstacles . Manno also re- war in the 21s t fers to the military industrial com- century . Th e plex, as well as to interservice ri- conflict would valries and the Cold War, to explai n be between th e why the U .S . has shielded its mili- poor nations , tary space plans from the genera l which favor th e public . internationally What I found so striking in thi s cooperative us e book is its reminder of how genuine- of space tech- ly new and different our militarizatio n nologies to th e of space really is . I needed to b e benefit of third reminded that the space race is no t world and in- just another part of the arms race , dustrial coun - but represents a whole new level of tries alike, and the rich nations , Cold War, and less frequently, t o warfare . What he makes unforgettabl e which favor the use of space to mil- rich nation/poor nation conflicts , is that space, for the first time , itary ends . According to Manno, "U .S . one rarely gets a sense of what wa s male s a truly global perspective o n space policy for the 1980's and 1990's , really happening between the Sovie t the earth possible : he calls "the mos t as it is currently being fashioned, ha s Union and the West, or how this con- important resource " of space it s these conflicts as much in mind a s flict is tied to our relations with th e "broad overview of the earth ." Thi s U .S . - Soviet competition in space . " third world . Manno ends his boo k has enormous implications for the us e His premise is that if the U .S . remain s with a number of incisive points .Rn of power- either to make peace or committed to counterforce militar y how anti-nuclear activists migh t war . International borders becom e strategies, and the control of third - best proceed, but without suggestion : irrelevant, and weather patternin g world resources for its own benefit , on how a first world-third world and improved communications, for then it will need an ever more sophis- perspective on the arms race should example, could be used for the bene - ticated satellite network providin g be addressed . Until these problem s what is known as C 3 I - command , are crystallized, and movement to - control, communications and intelli- ward the restructuring of the indus- Maura works with the SPC Press , gence . This will open up the arms rac e trialized economies achieved , integratin g and is interested in in space, because it will lead to th e space technology will always b e the solidarity and anti-nuclea r kind of offensive/defensive spiral so oriented toward military use . movements . 5/84 Peace Newsletter 13
Militarism Singing a New Song : Music of Hope and Protest in Chil e
by Louise Hoffma n singer Pete Seeger Before the junta murdered folksinger Because of hi s Victor Jara in Santiago's sports sta- praise of Ne w dium in 1973, he managed to smuggle Song and criticism out a song : of the junta's hu - man rights viola - To see myself among so much horror and so many moments of infinit y tions, Seeger' s in which silence and screams recordings are ba r are the end of my song . ned in Chile . He What I see I have never seen sees New Song a s What I have felt and what I fee l an educational to o Will give birth to . . the moment in the U .S . "Trull What Jara gave birth to is Nuev a the people here a n Cancion, or New Song . It was firs t still vastly igno - popularized by critics of social con- rant of Latin Amer - ditions in Chile before Salvatore All- ica, while U .S . enc:e's election . businessmen make Inti-Illimani, a New Song group wh o profits down ther e had worked closely with Jara, wa s and help keep dic - touring Europe when the coup occured . tators in power . others who embraced Allende's ideals . Today, the band lives in exile in Italy , Nueva Cancion festivals are for - but members still strive to focus in- "A gorilla sat on the government , bidden, but "spontaneous concerts " killed the president, expelled impor- ternational outrage on the terroris t occur frequently . A large group wil l tant Chileans, shot a large number o f regime of Augusto Pinochet, hoping to come together to sing their distain f i create a political climate which would people and began a police state, " say s the junta's policies, but will disper ; allow them to go home . Inti-Illimani member Jorge Coulon . before the police arrive to break u p New Song started as a rejection o f But Nueva Cancion survived th e the gathering . These "concerts" alo : the importation of culture into Lati n exiles and executions . Samuel Chav- with general protests, are becomin g America . The music turned back to kin, author of The Murder of Chile, more frequent and better attended, i s traditional values and used Andrea n writes that songs can stir people in - spite of the severe punishment Pino- definitely rhythms and instruments to expres s . " The images they bring t o chet has prescribed for the participa the social reality of the Chilea n life are inspirational . Even post- tors . - people, according to Horacio Alvare z humously, Jara is able to reach ove r Suprisingly, New Song can be he a f of Inti-Illimani . The music also cele- the junta and catapult his message o on Chilean television, according t o brated the country's beauty, and a defiance to those chafing under it s an article in The New York Times . hope for the future . repression," says Chavkin . But the junta limits the amount of tir The hope had rested on the electio n People have been chafing for more the music can be broadcast an d of Allende . In 1969, Jara travele d than 10 years now, and the music ha s chooses the songs to be played . Pro throughout Chile, giving performance s changed to reflect the agony of grow- ducers who have aired tapes of Inti - to support his campaign, which march- ing numbers of the population . Beside s Illimani and other exiled singers ha \ folk, hard rock is used and young ed to the strains of Nueva Cancion . been jailed . After the election, the music flourish- Chileans have widened the themes to The music has been described a s ed, creating a cultural renaisanc e include human rights and the arm s essentially humanist, speaking of tt race . The country ' fully supported by Allende and hi s s high unemploy – hopes of people, the rights to live , government . In addition to performing ent rate makes economics a favorit e love, work and to be free . And now , in theaters and on television and radio , topic . renewed demands for a return to de m New Song artists also sang in plazas , But Pinochet holds anything tha t ocratic rule and an end to Pinochet' s factories and schools . might be construed as anti-junta to be terrorism have made New Song a n When the military seized power, it illegal, so political ideas often ente r important tool for change once agai n rounded up Jara and thousands o f songs indirectly . "People are carefu l It has been linked with simila r about what they sing, " adds Coulon . music in other countries under militz Louise is celebrating her gradu- "When someone in Santiago sing s rule . Even Jara admitted that hi s ation from Syracuse University wit h The tenderness united can never b e a degree in Nonviolent Conflict an d music was not exclusively Chilean . Change & Newspapers . Know anyone wh o defeated, ' those listening know it "Any song with courage is Nueva wants to give her a job? means the people, " explains folk - Cancion, " he wrote . 14 Peace Newsletter 5/84
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Spirituality and Politics An Introductio n ting new rituals, writing theology that speaks to our strug Many of us came to understand the need for socia l gles, and hammering Pershings into Plowshares . Ques- change through our spiritual and religious connections . tions about the relationship between spirituality and poli- Others of us are discovering a need for a spiritual ele- tics are alive in movements for peace and justice from ment in our lives through our work for peace and justice . Syracuse to South Africa, from the Onondaga Nation to Some of are are struggling with the relevance of tradition - Central America . al forms of spirituality with our more political work fo r In this section, authors explore Quakerism and socia l change . And some of us are finding new (or old) concept s change, celebrating Pesach in a new context, liberatio n of spirituality that help us to explore the connectednes s theology's role in the church and in action in Syracuse . between different aspects of our lives . Dennis Banks, Starhawk, and Jun San share thoughts o n We are reinterpreting traditional celebrations, . enac- Native American spirituality, witchcraft, and Buddhism . Being a Jewish Activist: Thoughts at Pesach At Pesach (Passover) Jews aroun d of great wisdom, and each generatio n forces in Israel who demonstrate a n the world are telling how the Jew s interprets its tradition with its own struggle against them, follows ou r escaped from their slavery in Egypt understandings . As a Jew, I wish to tradition . thousands of years ago . We read th e share our traditions, as we are un- Within our community, as withi n Haggadah (means the "Telling") at derstanding them with family and the international community, we m u the traditional meal, which is called friends'. To include the broader com- combat anti-semitism as we comba t the Seder (which means Order) . In munity in the sharing, some of u s all forms of persecution . Those w h the last decade many progressiv e plan to hold a Community Seder at stand vigilant guard against anti-s e Jews, often as part of a collectiv e Passover 5745 (1985) in Syracuse . itism, have a duty to be equall y process, have revised the traditiona l As I invite you to share in our trad- zealous in combatting the other forr Haggadah . The modern Haggadah s itions, I must also ask you to respect of persecution . include the history of the Jews upt o our differences . As we all work to- We must not accept derogatory e] the present times, telling both of the gether in fighting for peace with jus- pressions or images of ourselves n c persecution of Jews and of Jewis h tice, I must ask you to choose non- of others . We must never let our it resistance . These revised progres- sectarian practices at public meet- dividual anger lessen our resolve t r sive Haggadahs call on Jews to re - ings which include our tradition . At fight against all stereotyping .And f member their history, and through the times, those who hold the majority nally, whoever we are, we must ne remembering call on them to act i n belief overlook that there are differ- ver hide . accordance with the noblest Jewis h ences among us . We can all respec t As Rabbi Hillel Said: traditions . and enjoy our differences . If I will not be for myself , As Jews: I ask both Jew and non-Jew to re - who will be for me ? - We were oppressed, therefore we cognize that to be a Zionist and t o If I am not for others , know what Its like to feel oppres - be a Jew are NOT synonomous . The what am I ? sion, and it is our duty to end al l inverse is also true, that to be anti - If not now, when . ? people's oppression . Zionist is not to be anti-semitic . I We may not live to complete the ta : - We resisted oppression, fro m know that the policies of the ruling But neither may we refrain from be - Egyptian times through the time of clique in Israel are not policie s ginning . which benefit the majority of peopl e from the Talmud ( the com- the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 5703 pilation of Jewish Oral La (1943) through the present, therefor e in Israel, nor which are in the inte- ' rests of the majority of Jews in the it is our duty to support resistanc e - Elana Levy to persecution, and it is our duty t o world, nor which are, more impor- support resistance to oppressive con- ' tantly, in the interest of the majorit y ditions today . of people on Earth . To shout ou t - We were strangers in the land o f against the Israeli government's op ' Egypt ( and in many lands since pressive policies, and to back those those times) therefore we know wha t it feels like to be a stranger, and w e must not let others feel like stran- gers in our land . - We leave a cup of wine for the Prophet Elijah . For Elijah will return each generation as one of the poorest of the poor, and he will judge the ge- neration by how he is treated upon his return, thereby demanding of u s to respect each person as a prophet , for any person we meet may in fac t be the Prophet Elijah . Every people have traditions born 16 Peace Newsletter 5/84 Spirituality and Politics
PNL - What is important to you abou t don't have to derive our authority t o were friendly, saying, " Boy, you ? identifying as a witch act from a source outside of us - - guys had us running around all after - S - I should first explain what witch- some set of laws or code or leader . noon, chasing you over the hills . " craft is : Witchcraft is the pre- We each have our own inner author- We thought that if they have to us e christian tradition of Western Europe . ity and we need to listen to that and 50 to stop 13 of us and there are 40 0 It sees the Earth, the human being s act on that authority . I think that' s of us roaming around this base, w e on it and the interconnection of lif e what we do when we take direct ac- have disrupted them . It is tremen- as what is sacred, the manifestatio n tion. dous power . of spirit . It doesn't see a separation PNL - What else about non-violent PNL - Would you talk about the dif- between the world and God, or as w e direct action allows you to express ference between doing things tha t call her, Goddess, the Goddess wh o a spiritual perspective more than male a concrete impact, and the is immanent . To me, identifying as other kinds of political work ? change that comes about on the spiri- a witch is important for several rea- S - Coming from that view of spiri- tual plane ? sons . One is because it's what I am . tuality that says authority is within S- That's an interesting and comple x It's the religion I practice . The pre- means that we have to figure out how question to me . Magic is the tech- judices that the word 'witch' bring s we can create structures that allow nology of changing consciousness , up have to do with people's fear o f us to move from within . We are the art of changing consciousnes s women and women who have power , struggling with forms of organization at will . Its come down from witch - fear that there might be power the that reflect that sense of coming from craft because the religion practice d state can't get a handle on . I believ e within . We organize in affinit y a lot of the techniques . One of th e there is another kind of power and a m groups . Decisions are made from the principles is that you're directin g committed to working with it, devel- affinity groups on up rather than fro m spiritually and you change thing s oping it, practicing it . the leaders on down . We don't have through visualizing and it's not PNL - In your book, DREAMING THE DARK , a leader ; we rotate responsibilities . enough to visualize -- you have t o you talked about blockading Diabl o We connect in ways that look more direct energy through it . One wa y Canyon and how that gave you mor e n understanding of power-from-within . like networks or webs rather than to do that is through enacting . I Will you relate that to what you'v e hierarchical pyramids . In the groups a sense, we could think about th e been saying ? I'm involved with we use consensu s blockade as enacting the chang e S - When we use the word power, we decision making -- making decision s which means that we enact both on usually think of power-over . Tha t where everyone has a voice . It' s a spiritual and on a concrete level . kind of power ultimately goes back t o not just a form of decision making ; When you stop the military, th e violence . There is another kind of it means a commitment to listening power of that act goes beyond th e power that I call the power that come s to people ' s feelings as well as their moment to moment effectiveness . from within . That is power from a thoughts, to having respect for eac h I always hear people talking about different source . It's closer to th e other, to equalizing participation . change happening on the spiritua l root of the word which means ability , One aspect of empowerment is th e level ; but if they're not willing to to be able to do something . The sys- process ; the other is direct action . take any action, then you have to tems of power-over rest on unspoke n Actually confronting all those thing s question how serious they are . Fo r consent-- you agree to them by not we're taught to see as fearful : the me the spiritual is not split from challenging them . If we empowe r police, the military, saying, "Hey , the material . ourselves to challenge them directly we can do something to challeng e We are the power in everyon e then we'll be undermining the base o f this ; we can do something to change We are the dance of the croon and the su n that power-over . To me that empow- this ; is empowering . At Vandenburg We are the hope that will not hid e erment comes out of a spiritual sense , AFB last March, 400-500 of us es- We are the turning of the tid e a sense that what we call spiritual , sentially invaded the base . There Starhawk was interviewed for the what we call Goddess of God, what must have been 50 military patrollin g PNL by Karen Beetle, Mary Loehr, an d we value is within each of us . We and 13 in my group . The military Linda Smith in Albany. 5/84 Peace Newsletter 17
Spirituality and Politics The Great Jim Thorpe Longest Ru n
Noon, May 28, 1984 will mark the beginning of an incredible 5 3 day relay, "The Longest Run", which will cross 14 states, a tota l of 3600 miles . Dennis Banks, National Run Coordinator and Amer- ican Indian Movement (AIM) co-founder will run with some 4 0 athletes, including his 10 year old daughter Tasina, to the boun- dary of the Onondaga Nation, south of Syracuse, N .Y. (Dennis , now living in sanctuary at the Onondaga Nation, cannot leave without risking arrest by federal officials for "unlawful flight t o avoid prosecution", a charge he is now seeking to overturn b y petitioning the US Congress to investigate his case . ) The Run will end July 19 in Los Angeles, and begin the Jim Thorpe Memorial Pow Wow and Native Games (July 19-22) a t Whittier Narrows Park near the site of the International Summe r Olympics . Native runners who "go all the way" will be considere d for the native national running team . On the morning of May 28, native runners will receive sacre d medicine in a special ceremony in the Longhouse of the Six Na- tions . This medicine will be carried throughout the 3600 mile Longest Run . Jack Thorpe, son of Jim Thorpe, will officially kic k off the Longest Run . The event will literally and symbolicall y unite native people from east to west coasts in celebration o f Native American and 1912 Olympic medal winner, Jim Thorpe . Th e Run and the Native Games will provide a place for native people t o THE LONGEST RUN POSTE R compete fairly and to further disclose the kind of racism agains t Indians which allowed Jim Thorpe to be stripped of his Olympi c Published by the Syracuse Cultural Worker s medals . The medals were returned in 1983, only after a 70-year Project for The Longest Run . Poster is $4 i n struggle. stores . By mail $5 .25 each, 3/$12 from SCWP , The first leg of the Run will extend from the Onondaga Nation t o Box 6367, Syracuse, NY 13217 (315) 474-1132 . Chicago, and then to the Wisconsin border . From there, Oneida s and Winnebagos will run to the Minnesota border, meeting the Stops are planned along the way for rest and Anishinabe who will carry the medicine to the South Dakota border , special ceremonies inlcluding one at a native where they will meet Dakota and Lakota people who will continue "survival school" in the Minneapolis/St. Paul to the Wyoming border . From there the Arapaho and Northern Chey - area, and another at the now famous Wounde d enne will run and meet the Utes at the Colorado border . At Duch- Knee . esne, Utah, the Utes will be joined by Ouray Nation people . At T-shirts silk screened with the Longest Ru n Ely, Nevada, they will meet Western Shoshones who will cros s logo ($8), a poster commemorating the event ($4) , Nevada to the California line meeting eight Indian running teams . and bumper stickers and buttons ($1 each), ar e who will finish at the Native Games . available at the Front Room Bookstore, and b y Other runs will converge with the Longest Run . Two runs, one mail from the Syracuse Cultural Workers Project , from NYC and one from Akwesasne, will join at the Onondag a Box 6367, Syracuse, N .Y. 13217 . Nation . Runs from Oklahoma, Vancouver, and Big Mountain, Ariz- For information call the Dennis Banks Suppor t ona will meet near Los Angeles . Committee of SPC at 476-6103 or 474-1132 . Native American Cultural Appreciation Wee k The week of Mon . 5/21 - Mon . 5/28 will promote Native People's culture and crafts . A 3 day arts and crafts exposi - tion at the Onondaga Nation creates a direct link for the Native People to the general public and promotes cont j,0uity i n the creation of Native American Handmade items . This event will be an excellent opportunity for the general public t o educate itself to the intricacies of the culture of the Haudenosaunee People . Monday 5/21 - Friday 5/25 : Film festival begins at Westcott Cinema and other locations, TBA, call 474-1132 . Friday 5/25 : Concert and film, with the Thunderbird Sisters, Floyd Westerman, Chain Saw (Native comedian), & MORE! ! PLACE : Westcott Cinema, 524 Westcott St ., Syracuse TIME: 6:30 Open House & Receptio n PRICE : $3-6 Sliding scale 8 :00 Concert & film Saturday 5/26 - Monday 5/28 : Cultural arts & crafts exposition at the Onondaga Nation Firebarn, Onondaga Traditiona l Singers, with Lee Lyons as emcee, and Gretchen Oehler (from "Another World") appearing daily . Monday 5/28 : 9AM a 10k Run sponsored by the Jim Thorpe Memorial Longest Run Committee from the Firebar n 12 Noon - Longest Run leaves the Onondaga Nation . EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT ALL EVENTS . Call the Dennis Banks Support Committee of SPC at 476-6103 or 474-1132 18 Peace Newsletter 5/84 Spirituality and Politics Native Spirituality___some Thoughts by Dennis Banks
This Way of Life which we hav e Old Songs are heard again --- th e Not afraid, but frightened . Thi s chosen to follow is good for our children are happy and make dances . worries us that our understanding people --- good as it was when the And in this happiness the maple with this Earth-Relationship is i n Creator first gave it to us . Wh y tree shares with us the Strength o f serious jeopardy . should we change? Should the eagl e Her Heart . It is a good way to live . This is why we are quarrelin g abandon its young and follow th e We intend to keep those Ways alive . with this government . We wer e ways of the crow --- or the hawk ? It is what some people call Spiritu- given land to care for and they have Should the beaver abandon the ality. taken most away from us . How ca n creeks and streams and live as the we fulfill our duties of caring for raccoon or porcupine? Then wha t the land when we no longer hav e would happen to the young eagle s access to it? Our spiritual way s and beavers? They would los e have originated with this Earth . W e their songs, and no longer be able now act to protect these Ways . to sing the songs of their heritage . In the beginning the American In- Also lost would be their Old Ways --- dian Movement (AIM) was concerne d their strength and prayers, and soo n primarily with defending our people . they would become weak and die . We must act now to protect the land . So these things which we cal l Long before the U .S . government We must warn our brothers and sis- prayer, song, habit and practice s was born our people understood ou r ters of other nations of the danger s are like the veins of the maple tre e duty and responsibilities to eac h ahead ; we must warn our neighbor s --- without them the sap woul d other and recognized the rights o f of different colors to be careful o f cease to run . And this is importan t all living species . From our ances- the water --- it is our element o f to our people . tors we have learned to respect ou r life ; to be careful of the air ; bu t In the early springtime our people neighbors who came often to visi t above all we must attempt ever y look forward to the ceremony calle d and share game with us . We wer e method to bring us back to th e "When the Sap Runs . " At that tim e taught respect of this earth whic h Right Path . we offer tobacco, cedar, sage and provided fruit and good water for our prayers of thanksgiving . Our chil- life . Now all that is changing and - Nowa Cumig, Anishinab e Also known as Dennis Bank s dren enjoy this time of year . The we feel frightened of the results .
Embracing the Indigenous : Healing Not Dividing the Eart h When Europeans reached the Americas, they found a tend to be civilized if our ways destroy the source o f profoundly spiritual people who had a sophisticated , life, our Mother Earth, faster than She can repair Her - participatory government . Survival, spirituality an d self? It can't be ! government were One, just as these natural people wer e There is another way, a healing path . It is right for u s at-one with the earth and all life . Why didn't European s to want to escape our enslavement to technology --- t o see that they had discovered a model for living whic h live more simply, in harmony with the Earth . It is right was more than they could have wished for? Like prison- to want to bear our children naturally, to teach them th e ers stumbling into the light of day, their vision was dim , Ways of the Circle and to learn from them as well . It i s their hearts calloused . right to want to work, play and give thanks togethe We descendents of Europeans should be very careful ! r to form our own communities, to care for the land an d Our world-view remains more like our ancestors tha n each other, to create our own spirituality . like the traditional people they manipulated and slaugh- We are not alone . The Earth, our brothers and sisters - - tered . Despite our good intentions or our "progressive " of all colors, our kin of the air, the water and the lan d politics, we have bought the underlying values whic h cry out. They should be our Teachers . We must liste n fuel the exploitive policies of the industrialized nations . to our native friends and to our ancient inner selves . W e We talk about "social change", but our goal is CONTIN- can reclaim our indigenous rights --- our right to live i n UATION not CHANGE, for at best, we hope to extend the harmony --- for we were once all indigenous to thi s short-term benefits of our technological world to every - planet . Finding the Way may seem scary, but it is a one . How can we be whole if everything we touch i s good way, one that offers genuine hope to our unborn . torn, dissected, analyzed, processed and put up fo r - Jan Peterson sale? How can we possess spirituality if every waking "Rationality is a curse since i t moment is filled with double-talk, with a constant can cause humans to forget th e assault from high-tech paraphernalia? How can we pre - natural order of things . " --Russell Means, Oglala Lakota and AIM co-founde r 5/84 Peace Newsletter 19 Spirituality and Politics An Interview with Jun San - "American Indian people hav e Walking Along a Spiritual Path very beautiful tradition and ver y peaceful philosophy because the y always respect plants and nature . Jun Yasuda, a Buddhist monk, re - This kind of idea of what's import - turned last month from a two-mont h ant is why we should help them . . . trek on foot to Washington, D .C . Modern civilization people are to o While there, the 35-year-old woma n weak ; they find easy ride sittin g prayed and periodically fasted i n inside air conditioning, as if with - the building of the Justice Depart- out air conditioning they can' t ment . Hers is a very personal an d survive . very spiritual witness . "Some people say peace movemen t Japanese by birth, Jun San (as sh e is a political movement, but I thin k is respectfully known) spent severa l everything comes out of people ' s years in India where she becam e spirit . . .Buddhism teaches first not part of a small, modern Buddhis t killing . If you have compassion , order . "My teacher taught just med- don't kill . We just refer to thi s itation . We pray outside, not insid e teaching . . .I really respect peac e . . .we don't have monasteries, " movement people because they al - says Jun San . "One hour of prayin g ways think about peace . So I always on a street corner is worth 100 hour s try to help them . I don't know ho w on the mountain . much I can help . This [prayer] is no t Jun-san at the Wcmen's Encampment , " I am not religious person, be - an instant way . It is like flower'see d cause religious ways are mistaken . "Before I became monk, I wa s planted in ground and growing . I a m Religious persons become prisoner s living very materialistically . I wa s planting seed . " or become materialists . I am not getting money and things easily . While praying, Jun San beats he r interested in these things . People still give me things but now drum and chants, "Na Mu Myo H o Jun Yasuda was interviewed b y I give them things back ." And wha t Ren Ge Kyo ." When asked what th e Michael Grimm, Karen Grimm, Dan Roo t Jun San gives them is her persona l chant means, she replied, "If peopl e at the Onondaga Nation on Friday , involvement in Native American strug- want to know, they should walk wit h April 13th . gles and in the peace movement . me . " Natural Gourmet Cookery with Annemarie Colbi n Author of The Book of Whole Meals
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I wa s plications for the impor- active among Friends for twenty tance of spirituality an d years before I was willing to join . social action . Sheldrake , Meditation was central to Friends ' a British biologist, theo- way of life, but I could not quiet m y rizes that there are non - mind . Friends were active in priso n material (morphogenetic ) reform, international relations, an d structures which retai n the learning done by mem- Native American concerns, but I wa s not . So, I concluded, I could not bers of each species (se e be a Friend . Besides, although I New Age Magazine, Feb- liked Friends in the abstract, I did ruary, 1984), In Th e not like some members of the Meet- Hundredth Monkey, Keye s ing . provides an example con- At a national gathering of Friend s sistent with thi s in July, 1982, I heard a wise Quake r ing marriage, so I sought help fro m theory . On a Pacific island, on e woman encourage Friends to stop a skilled psychiatrist . My husband, monkey began washing her potatoe s contending with each other and ge t who had seemed difficult to live with , before eating them, and other mon- on with the Lord's business . is now a delightful person and exact- keys copied her . When about 10 0 "Friends," she said, "We are stuc k ly right for me . In high school, I en- monkeys had copied her, the prac- with each other, so we might as wel l joyed a close friendship with a wo - tice spread to monkeys on other is - make the best of it ." Her restate- man, so I set out to create severa l lands who had had no contact wit h ment of the old Quaker adage, "Loo k such friendships in my current life . the original group . According t o for that of God in everyone," gav e I now have close friends and a m Sheldrake's theory, the non-mater- me new insight . I joined the Syra- part of a group of women committe d ial structures had made the concep t cuse Meeting . to helping each other state our wild- of washing potatoes available to al l After I joined, I discovered m y est dreams outloud and make the m members of the species . own spiritual style . I meditate b y come true . Sheldrake's theory implies tha t becoming completely absorbed i n Although the social activism I one individual's insights or solu- each task I do . I center myself by have described so far deals wit h tions are potentially sufficient t o doing aerobic exercise . And a t people I know personally, I als o provide the human race with th e Meeting, I worship by snuggling my - share Friends' deep concern for th e tools it needs to solve a particula r self into the lap of the Mother God- national and international situation . problem . The combination of man y dess and waiting in Her arms for th e In this larger sphere, I use my abi- individuals solving many differen t Meeting to unfold . lities to image and create . Marilyn problems may be sufficient to brin g My social change style has als o Ferguson's The Aquarian Conspirac y out the global transformation whic h become clearer to me . I have discov- has provided me with a vision of th e our times require . We are on th e ered that, in my own way, I am a s personal and social transformation s right track when we "walk cheerfull y active as other Friends . I image the taking place in our culture . Wit h over the world, answering that of future I want and then act in a wa y her guidance, I can see the rela- God in everyone . " which will bring it about . For ex - tionship between my participatio n Nancy Riffer is a member of th e in local activities, e .g ., holistic ample, I envisioned a more satisfying Syracuse Friends Meetin g Resources on Spirituality THE POLITICS OF WOMEN'S SPIRI - THE WHEEL - poems by Wendell Berr y 'TUALITY - Spretnak (ed) (12 .95 ) (5 .00 ) WOMAN,CHURCH & STATE- Gag e PEACE EYES - McSorley,S .J . (5 .95 ) (7 .95 ) ANCIENT MIRRORS OF WOMANHOOD - Volumes I & II - Stone (7 .95ea . ) The Front Room Bookstores : 92 4 Burnet Ave, (472-5478) ,weekdays & . WOMEN AND RELIGION- A Feminis t Saturday 10-2 ; 107 Walton St . , Sourcebook of Christian Though t (425-0112),weekdays 11-3 . -Clark & Richardson (8 .95)
5/84 Peace Newsletter 21 Spirituality and Politics Liberation Theology God's Spirit in the Midst of Struggl e
by James Smucke r theological proclamation of freedom dispenser of justice-- an d Liberation theology is a descrip- from religious and political dogma s provider of the one and only road to tive term applied to fresh new ex- which have oppressed women an d salvation . The vision of a differen t periences about the work of God' s Blacks for centuries . kind of pluralistic world with re- spirit in the world today . Becaus e Sixteenth-century Christian ex- demptive communities of love an d this "theologizing" is an expressio n perience, both Protestant and Cath- forgiveness modeling the way of of contemporary experiences, it i s olic, is Western Europe ' s history . peace was set aside by leadershi p judged by some to be a fragile theo- It knew nothing of modern scientifi c interested in maintaining guideline s logical reed, unable to maintai n knowledge ; could not comprehen d for a hierarchical and judgementa l itself against the authentic and God's many splendored creation ; church . This church reserved th e authoritarian truth of either th e nor perceive the vastness of God' s right to interpret the only Biblica l Catholic or Protestant Reformatio n universe . It still assumed the divin e and sure road to salvation . It called Church . Others perceive it a s rights of rulers ; the dominant role for harsh punishment to those wh o building on the past while creating of men of property ; the proper plac e deviated--leading to eternal dam - a new theological framework mor e for women and children ; and an utte r nation and it set the stage for con- adequate for speaking to the world disdain for other cultures, other re- tinuing witch hunts, persecution as it is today . ligions, and people of color . and heresy trials . There are five major expression s In like manner, governments buil t of Christian liberation theologica l their justification for the denial o f thought : Asian, African, Lati n human rights and for war itself o n American, Black North American an d those religious insights . Violenc e Feminist . All have unique differ- and hatred in the name of an out - ences because each reflects a dif- raged God were always acceptable . ferent historical context and per- War to maintain the power and author- spective . All have the following i n ity of Christian governments was ob- common : viously to the glory of God . Purit y A. The expression of God' s of doctrine was intertwined with th e power and presence is in the strug- development of societal structure s gle to throw off oppression and t o which maintained the superior statu s secure freedom . It is recognition o f of those in power who also claime d the oft repeated Biblical truth tha t divine sanction . Our own nation God identifies with the poor and th e with its priceless perception of free- oppressed . dom nevertheless sought the sup - B. Theology is written out of th e port of Christian religion to justif y struggle for freedom against oppres- the oppression and disenfranchise- sion in the world . We engage th e ment of women, slaves, and Native denomic powers of the world (Praxis ) Americans, discrimination agains t and reflect on it in the Biblical con - Yet through all of that, the Spiri t other religions and cultures, and t o text . In this reflection, theolog y moved, the on-going process of lib- affirm the sacredness of capitalism . for our day is born . eration continued and we have al l Still, it was and is the power of C. The oppression against whic h been influenced for the good . We have God's Spirit in our midst which hel- the struggle takes place is ofte n benefitted immensely from these his- ped to change these perceptions . European and North American poli- tories but liberation thought proclaim s The Judeo/Christian experience o f tical entities and European and we are not bound to it forever . W e God's love has led to reforms in ou r North American church structures - are, in fact, bound to going abou t relationships and the way we struc- Protestant and Catholic . the business of continuing Reformat - ture society both in religion and In the cases of Asia, Africa and ion . The image of God developed b y government . It has encouraged a Latin America, liberation though t 16th-century Christian leaders wa s sense of diversity and an acceptanc e interprets the struggle for politica l one designed to encourage conform- of pluralism -- unheard of in the Eu- freedom and for freedom from th e ity and it helped provide a rational e ropean Reformation experience . It cultural limitations of Protestan t for tyranny and war . God is portraye d has led to new theological expres- and Catholic Western Europea n as a shining light of perfect righteous- sions from people whose historie s religious experience . In the case s ness and an intense hater of evil , are different from 16th century mal e of North American Black and Fem- especially in the form of persona l Europe . And, it proclaims that th e inist Theology, it represents a sin . Even the coming of the lovin g mighty acts of God are in the strug- gle for peace and justice every - f and compassionate Jesus did no t Jim is with the United Church o where . Liberation Theology is a re - Christ in Syracuse . He has a long seriously alter the need to portray a n cording of those mighty acts today . term interest in Liberation theology . authoritarian God--hater of evil- - 22 Peace Newsletter 5/84
Spirituality and Politics Liberation Theology in Action On April 8, Plymouth Congregational Church becam e ture" status torefugees, and expressed solidarity wit h the second religious congregation in Syracuse (after Ma y churches of El Salvador and other 3rd World nation s Memorial Unitarian Society) and the 111th nationwide t o which have declared their "preferential option for the poor. declare sanctuary for Salvadoran refugees . In doing so , Opponents of sanctuary questioned whether the situa- Plymouth reaffirmed a religious tradition extending back tion in Central America justified such action and note d to Old Testament times and including the actions of th e the risk involved in "harboring an illegal alien . " church's founders in aiding runaway slaves in the 1850s . The vote on sanctuary was held after 3 months of Proponents argued that sanctuary was needed to aid intense information sharing and discussion . This includ- Salvadorans who had fled from the death squads in thei r ed forums, films and information packets being mailed t o homeland and were in danger of arrest and deportation a 11 church members (information for and against sanctuar y back to the land they had fled . They also argued that was included) . The margin of passage (65 for, 15 agains t churches, by declaring sanctuary, pointed up the failur e 1 abstain) far exceeded the 2/3s majority required and of the US government to grant "extended voluntary depar- surprised even active proponents . - John Maddaus A Biblical Imperative- Join Us at the Trial an d at Griffiss Wellspring of Action Support the Griffiss Plowshare s with you participation in upcoming I have a sort of fantasy movie i n hope that the actions bespeak is actions at Griffiss AFB ! ! See page my mind . In the movie Liz McAlis- less that we destroy a particula r 9 for details . ter and six of her friends are i n weapon and more that, in our effor t Building 101, Griffiss Air Force Base , to be obedient to the Spirit, to life , Rome, N .Y. on Thanksgiving morn- the Spirit might become more presen t ing, November 24, 1983 . Liz i s in our world, empowering more an d standing shaking with fear, know- more of us to act, in whatever way ing that bullets may stream throug h we can, to say a clear "NO! " t o the open door at any moment . With such destructive weaponry ; to say a one hand she holds a hammer with clear "NO!" to policies that cal l which she is banging the hell out o f for the use of such weaponry . " a B52 bomber . With the other sh e In another message they said , is gripping the hand of God s o "We act in obedience to the pro- tightly that her knuckles turn white . phets ; we act in obedience to th e But let me give you instead th e law of love;" and finally, "We ac t words and_the vision of the Griffis s in Thanksgiving for the Hope . " Plowshares Seven : Only when we ACT ; only whe n " The actions spring from ou r we ourselves do SOMETHING, n o prayerful reflection on the Biblica l matter how small, for peace, can we mandate out of Isaiah and Micah t o experience hope . "Beat swords into plowshares ; Want a piece of the action ? spears into pruning hooks . " The y SPC's Birthday Dinne spring from our shared realization r Monday, May 14 : Show up at the that even as the arms race has bee n Saturday, May 12 : Go to the SPC trial of the Griffiss Seven in Federa l built weapon by weapon, decisio n 48th Annual Birthday Dinner, 5 :3 0 Court in Syracuse . Call SPC, 472- by decision, disarmament needs to p .m ., Harrison Center, 1342 Lancas- 5478, for exact time of day . occur weapon by weapon, decision ter Ave . Elizabeth McAlister is th e Let's grab for ourselves, and for by decision . Or as one person ex- featured speaker and other members the world, the exhilaration of hope ! pressed it, "dent by dent ." The of the Griffiss Plowshares will be there - Angus MacDonal d
We Are All Part of One Another. A Barbara Deming Reader
"Barbara Deming ' s work reaches to the heart of the trouble s which the world faces today . Her delicately sensitive perceptions , her keen intellect, her beautifully crafted writing and her caring guide us toward the most complex and realistic of hopes . I a m grateful for this book ." - Susan Griffi n (ed) Jane Meyerding Available at The Front Room Bookstore $10.95 5/84 Peace Newsletter 23 Regula r 7000 Brasilia DF, Brazil . Donation , and letters of support can be sent tc Union of Indian Nations, c/o CIM I CAIXA Postal 10 .2382, 70835 Brasili , DF, Brazil . tions of known rapists, the campaig n hopes to establish a new information Women on the Move Run Tools for Peace network to warn women . Oxfam, an international agenc y If you have knowledge of a rapist , funding self-help development pro- send a full description(including age , jects and disaster relief throughou t height, weight, haircolor and style., Asia, Africa and Latin America, ha s distinguising characteristics) location announced its "Tools for Peace Cam- of the rape, and any other pertinen t paign ." It is designed to provide con- information to : crete action thru which North American s Women Against Rape (WAR ) can voice their desires for peacefu l PO Box 883 1 ON THE MOVE Teall Statio n development in Central America . Ox- Women's Info . Center is sponsor- fam's campaign unites health profes- Syracuse, NY, 1321 7 You need not sign your name . For ing their Fourth Annual Women On sionals, farmers, teachers, students , the Move Run . The run will be held women, religious groups, and othe r the handbill "We Can Fight Back " Saturday, May 19th at 10 :00am a t agencies in an effort to raise mone y and other information, send a SASE . Long Branch Park, part of Onondaga and gifts for Nicaragua . Hoping t o Park . After the run, people are invi- fill an entire ship with much neede d Brazilian Laws Woul d ted to participate in a picnic, s o farm tools, spareparts, medicine , bring your basket or purchase foo d and supplies, Tools for Peace has se t Destroy Native Rights there . The run will consist of a 1 0 May 21, 1984 as departure date fro m The Indian communities in Brazi l km(6.2 miles), 5km(3 . 1 miles) an d San Francisco harbor . are currently undergoing what must a one mile run . There will be trophies Your contribution of agricultural , be described as a concentrated legis- and prizes awarded for estimate d health and/or educational material s lative attack . In the past severa l timings, completing the run and fo r will make a crucial difference to Nic- months a series of laws have bee n competitive timing . araguan trying to make a better lif e promulgated by the Federal govern- Registration forms are available a t for themselves and their country . Con- ment which are extremely injurious to Chappels store ; or call Women's In - tributions for the Tools for Peace Cam- the precious few rights Indians have formation Center, 478-4636 and paign may be sent to : been able to retain before Brazilia n they'll send you a form . T-shirts are Oxfam America, 115 Broadway , law . included with registration . Registra- Boston MA . 02116 . tion before May 12th costs $6 .50 ; after May 12th, $8 .00 . Child care Opposition Still Strong will be provided . If you need "warm- at Diablo ing up" a group of women will b e As predicted by opponents, Diablo running Monday and Tuesday a t Canyon's low-power testing has bee n 5 :15 from Women's Info . Center . delayed once again . Although the plant was recently granted a licens e Congratulations for the testing, despite acknowledge d design flaws and potential safet y New Women's Times violations, a leaky cooling water The editors of New Women's Time s pump forced PG&E to halt testing . a national feminist newspaper based Local activists predict even furthe r in Rochester announced that 198 4 problems with the plant's start-up makes the 10th anniversary of th e and promise their opposition will con- newspaper's publication . Founded i n tinue through the summer and into th e These new laws would declare In- 1975 "for the enjoyment and better- fall . Hundreds have already bee n dian people "Absolutely incapable be - ment of womankind, " the paper ha s arrested for trying to prevent the ope r fore the law", a status which deprive s grown from a local women's raper to opening of the plant . To support the Indians of the exercise of civil right s a national publication with subscri- actions, write : Diablo Canyon Pro- independent of the official Indian A- bers in some fifteen foreign countrie s ject, 452 Higuerra St . San Luis Obis- gency, FUNAI ; and denies emancipated New Women's Times has sponsor- po, CA 9340 1 Indian people any legal protection o f ed workshops, cultural events, an d their lands . Proposed laws woul d political gatherings for the Rocheste r Fight Back Against Rap e also open land in the heart of Yano- community, as well as collected ex- Women Against Rape(WAR), loca l mami Indian land, for cassiterite mi- tensive reference and research mater - women angered about rape in ou r ning using Indian labor . ial on women's issues . For further community, recently announced thei r Telegrams can be sent to : Excmo . information and to extend congratula - "Know Your Local Rapist" campaign . Sr . Joao Batista Figuereido, Pres . tions, write : New Women's Times , Designed to supply detailed descrip - da Republica, Palacio do Planalto, 804 Meigs St . Rochester, NY 14620 . 24 Peace Newsletter 5/84 SPC and the '84 Elections Third Parties Revisite d The Importance of Independent Political Actio n
lems, while they share a commo n by Dave Edelstei n root . We need a rainbow coalitio n In the '84 elections,leftists are of the left, in opposition to both the once again urged to support th e Democratic and Republican Parties , "lesser-evil" . But there is an op- and to the Capitalist System for portunity in this campaign to buil d which they stand . support for left political action in - Is it possible to build a broad , dependent of the twin capitalist par - independent socialistic party in the ties . The Citizens Party, whic h U .S. ? The history of the Peace and sometimes calls itself the America n Freedom Party of California(P & F) version of the West German "Greens " shows that the left can overcome ob- will be running a presidential candi- stacles where a section of the popu- crats is an interesting fantasy, bu t date, perhaps thirty Congressiona l lation is radicalized . This party wa s unlikely ; and if it happens it will b e candidates, and others in loca l formed in 1967 by civil rights and too late for organizing an effectiv e elections . anti-war activists . The number o f independent campaign . Those favor- lesser-evi l The siren song of the registered P & F voters in California ing independent action had bes t g has been the bane of those seekin was 41, 000 in 1980 and has been a s build an independent party now . to build left third parties in America . high as 100, 000 . Its vote for stat e Support for the lesser-evilism i s and county offices has often been The Citizens Party perennially proposed as a tactic fo r sizable, and above all, it has no t The Citizens Party(CiP) is our bes t the moment, and we are urged t o become an adjunct of the Democrati c choice in '84 . The CiP has becom e postpone independent action until a Party . A broad spectrum of leftist s a grassroots-up party compose d more favorable time" . Unfortunate- have united in the P & F, and in 197 4 largely of community activists . ly, we don't have the option o f it adopted a socialist program . The Sonia Johnson, the well-known rad- scrolling history forward or backwar d 1980 program stated : "We support ical feminist excommunicated from to a more favorable time, and if w e social ownership and democrati c the Mormon Church, is the only an- did the lesser evil would surely fol- management of all industry and nat- nounced candidate for the president- low us . ural resources . . . Politically, social - ial nomination of the CiP . She is There are good reasons for an ind- ism is the massive extension of dem- not a socialist but is not hostile to ependent campaign now ; there ar e ocracy, from the neighborhood and socialism . The CiP and the Socialis t compelling reasons to abandon less - workplace to the widest levels o f Party have formed a 1984 Congres- er-evilism forever . society . . ." . sional Coalition seeking candidate s in 30 or so districts . Other compat- A Left Third Party? A left third party can do conscious- Forget the Democrat s able left and progressive parties ness-raising, on a national level , The Democratic Party cannot be have been invited to join . The Ci P f which ties together our efforts a t reformed . People have tried for dec- is also seeking the endorsement o the Socialist Party and the P & F local organizing and single-issue ades and certainly leftists who wis h party for its presidential campaign . politics . A left third party can pro - to try will have to devote decade s Ultimately, democratic socialis m vide a vehicle for many dissentin g more to this task . Long before suc- requires a radical transformation fro m voices and a forum for the divers e cess is approached, the reformer s below, based on grassroots move- left to find common ground, and will be absorbed into the amorphou s ments . Third party campaigns ca n develop cooperative relations, thu s mass of conventional politicians who, expose the capitalist system, build preparing ourselves for the practica l above all else, want to be elected , left unity, and offer the opportunity work ahead . then re-elected . Radical proposal s to prbsent an alternative socialis t We can use the presidential an d will be turned into token reforms to vision . Breaking the grip of the two - congressional elections to reach the undercut discontent . party system is a step along the wa y millions who have never heard a co- But hasn't Jesse Jackson's cam- to socialism . For this, Eugene Deb' s herent criticism of capitalism, nor paign been a breath of fresh air ? dictum is more useful than ever : shared our vision of a democrati c 'Hasn't he raised important issue s socialist future . The various evil s and pushed politics to the left ? being fought by single-issue group s Those who worked for the Jackso n "It is better to vote for what you want campaign needn't be criticized for are inter-connected by the socia l and not get it, than to vote for fabric of capitalism . Our separate seeking a hopeful voice, but the . " work on these issues fosters th e primaries are almost over . How what you don't want and get it illusion that they are separate prob - about the election? There's still - Eugene Deb s time to go into opposition, in th e Dave is an activist with th e Socialist Party and is writing a streets as well as through support With this approach and a radical , book on democratic revolutionar y of left independent political action . visible alternative, we can begin t o socialism . Jackson's walking out on the Demo push American politics to the left . 5/84 Peace Newsletter 25
SPC and the '84 Elections Mondale : Ally of Organized Labor and wome n 'I would rather have a Presiden t tually, SEIU and a number of other in- who speaks for the 'special interests ' ternational unions did a comprehensive of American workers . . . than a Presi - poll of their membership before the en- dent who speaks for the 'specia l dorsement . More than a majority pre- interests' of the IT&T's and th e ferred Mondale . United Technologies of corporat e America ." - Women : The National Organizatio n - Walter J . Butler , of Women's endorsement was base d pres . local 200 SEIU on Mondale's longstanding sup- What are Walter Mondale' s port for a wide range of issue s special interests? The press woul d of concern to women . He sup- have us believe that these ar e ports the Equal Rights A- something foreign, against "our " mendment . His concern for interests . Walter J . Butler, writ - the elderly and for dis- ing for the Service Employee' s armament are important T "Local 200 Reporter" says Mon - factors in their choice . VIPLOYMEN dale's "special interests" are Betty Bone Schiess, NOW "you and me" . Is he intereste d member and Mondale delegate, re - wants to keep some troops in Hondur- in you ? calls Mondale battling for legislation as to bargin for concessions from Nic- -Labor: Walter Mondale began his favoring early childhood education du- aragua . He speaks of operation s law career as a labor lawyer fo r ring the Nixon years . against Nicaragua to impede arm s SEIU Local 113 in Minneapolis . The - Arms Control : Walter Mondale ha s shipments to El Salavador, althoug h unions feel they can communicat e supported a US/USSR nuclear arm s these are not clearly defined . Th e with him . He continues to repre - freeze since 1982 . He advocates a March 31, 1984 issue of "The Nation " sent overall union concerns : job s "Quick Freeze" on testing and deploy- said "Mondale's progressivism wa s and the economy, full employment , ment of nuclear weapons that is im- always circumscribed by labor' s closing tax loopholes on corpora- mediately verifiable by th US and demands to keep quiet on Viet Nam , tions and .the wealthy, heavie r USSR while negotiating for a compre- scuttle Salt II and pour money into windfall taxes on big oil, contin- hensive freeze. He would initiate a the Pentagon . " ued control of gas and oil . In th e ban on testing anti-satellite weapons While it is true that most union s article referred to above, Walter and a ban on undergroud nuclear test - have traditionally supported militar y Butler points out that the "new s ing if the Soviets would do the same . spending, largely because of the jobs chains owning networks of news - Mondale endorses negotiations to it was supposed to create, man y papers or TV stations . . . are balance the number of Cruise missile s unionists are finding that militar y not news chains . They are corpor - and Soviet SS 20's, but without a n spending is actually one reason wh y ate chains, and as such they reflec t agreement he would not remove the so many Americans are out of work , the news that is in their best in - already deployed Cruise or Pershing according to issue No . 21 of Ameri- terest and almost issue-for-issu e II missiles from Europe . can Labor, published by the Amer- not in the interest of workers . " - Intervention : Though Mondale has ican Labor Education Center i n This explains why the medi a denounced Third World intervention , Washington, D . C . Hopefully , repeatedly refers to "special in - he opposes a complete pullout from Mondale, with union support, wil l terests" and makes AFL-CIO en- Central America . He apparently doe s continue to progress in understanding dorsement sound sinister, imply - not rule out US military action i n this relationship . ing that the endorsement was mad e other conflict situations, including by "labor chiefs" who "no longe r possible use of US ground troops t o Compiled by Diane Swords . Thanks speak for their membership . " Ac - protect Middle East oil supplies . He to Dennis Eames and Betty Bon e Schiess .
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STAR WARS : the military i n space - with Jack Maaino
SUNDAY, MAY 13th, 3 to 5p m At the Westcott Cafe , 550 Westcott St .
MAY DAY PARTY ! 9pm-1 1pm at the Cafe
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SPC and the '84 Elections Hart Strong on Environment; Rights; Non-Interventio n When choosing who I will vote for , Hart favors the freeze - a halt to and 92% in the 97th Congress . I look at where the person stands o n the testing, production and deploy - Hart describes himself as a leade r important issues and whether thei r ment of new nuclear weapons . He in the Senate to protect civil right s record is consistent with their state d opposes first-strike, destabilizin g and economic and educational pro - positions . Some of these issues are weapons, such as the MX . Car l grams vital to minority groups . Har t the environment, the military, foreig n Sagan, a well-known scientist an d took stands on some controversial is - policy, human rights and labor . Gar y writer, has alerted many to the dan- sues . He sponsored a resolution t o Hart's 8 years as senator from Colo- gers of nuclear war . Sagan support s deny tax-exempt status to privat e rado provides a voting record we ca n the nuclear freeze and supports Har t schools which discriminate on th e scrutinize . for president . He has known Hart for basis of race; opposed efforts t o The League of Conservation Voter s years and apparently trusts him o n prohibit the use of Justice Departmen t prepared an extensive analysis o f this issue . funds in enforcing court-ordere d the presidential candidates vis-a-vi s Hart opposes military interventio n school bussing ; opposed US policie s the environment (including energy) . in CentralAmerica, Grenada and Leb- which demonstrate acceptance o f "Of all the contenders, Senator Gar y anon. When US troops invaded Grena- human rights violations in South Afri- Hart . . . has been active on more is - da, Hart immediately opposed it (eve n ca ; urged reform of US immigratio n sues and has done more to influenc e though much public opinion was fa-. and refugee policies to make the m environmental legislation than any vorable to this US "victory") . Withi n more humane . He also supported a of the others . . . . Hart has been a n 36 hours he introduced a Senate res- long list of social programs whic h effective leader in many importan t olution which passed and require d came under attack from the Reaga n environmental battles : He worked to the withdrawal of troops within 6 0 Administration . strengthen the Clean Air Act in 197 7 days . In September 1982 Hart calle d Hart was endorsed by the Colorad o and defended it from attack in the for the removal of US Marines fro m State AFL-CIO and the national AFL - 1980's ; he fought the Reagan Admin- Lebanon ; if his call had been heede d CIO in both of his Senatorial cam- istration's Environmental Protection the bombing death of 300 of the m paigns . As with civil rights, workers ' Agency budget cuts and bogus 'reg - would not have happened . He oppo- rights have been sacrificed unde r ulatory reform' proposals ; he worke d ses US troops in Central America an d Reagan, and Hart has been one o f to protect and extend the Nationa l wants to stop aid to the regime i n the people trying to fight the damage . Wilderness System and the Nationa l El Salvador until it abolishes the For example, he opposed every aspec t Wildlife Refuge System ; he increase d right-wing death squads and marked- of Reagan's tax cut program, whic h funding for solar energy ; he improve d ly improves human rights . He favor s he says is slanted in favor of the rich . nuclear safety standards ; and he ha s the immediate cessation of US covert He opposed Reagan 's attempts to re - fought to stop the proliferation .of operations against Nicaragua . He duce federal unemployment benefit s nuclear weapons and achieve arm s sees poverty as the enemy in Centra l and to weaken the minimum wage law . control . " America . Hart opposes the Clinch River Hart supports the Equal Right s For more information, call Dou g Breeder reactor, opposes subsidie s Amendment, freedom of choice i n Williams at 424-0779, Nancy Jacob - to the nuclear industry and oppose s abortion, and is the chief Democratic son at 478-3990 or Linda DeStefan o continued production of plutoniu m sponsor in the Senate of the Economi c at 475-0062 . (an extremely toxic radioactive ma- Equity Act . The National Women' s Linda is a voter, a military ta x terial, which can be used to mak e Political Caucus rated Hart's votin g resister and a lover of the divers e bombs) . record as 100% in the 96th Congress inhabitants of this earth . FREE PUBLIC LECTURE ON . . . 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SPC and the '84 Election s Voting - Not Ideal, but A Necessary Tacti c Comments on Personal & Political Growth
by Gary Weinstein
Nightmar e It is 1987 . Reagan has been reelec- not poo-pooed . Women fought for over ted . Roe v . Wade has been reversed , 70 years in this country to get the rig h removing women's legal right to abor- to vote . In England women died for it . tion . The Euromissile deployment ha s (This is how "authentic social change' been completed ahead of time . The U .S . occurs . . . to requote myself from 198 C and the Soviets have not met in nego- Yet whereas advanced feminists of tiations for over four years . "Arm s 1920 cherished advocacy of women' s control" is an antiquated notion of th e suffrage, there are women in the U .S . late 1970's. left today who reject voting as anti - Lightening air strikes by U .S . plane s feminist, who see it at odds with ou r have struck over El Salvador and Ni- "vision" . What accounts for this con- tradiction ? caragua, decimating the Salvadora n 1980 . That's how soon I began t o change Likewise, the U .S . civil war and revolution and crippling the Sandini- my mind after writing the article . ) sta government . The Salvadoran AREN the civil rights movement 100 year s A I was mistaken in three ways . First , party and its death squads fire their later tore this country apart for, amon c my class analysis was weak . Second , guns into the night sky, celebrating other things, the right for Blacks t o , I dogmatically condemned "hierarchy" , as they did the evening of Reagan' s vote . Yet it is still Blacks who sta y and last, my understanding of the dia- away from the polls in great numbers . victory . lectics of history was all wet . Jackson's rainbow coalition drive em - Reagan Supreme Court and Nationa l n There were no differences betwee bodies this argument - that the right Labor Relations Board appointee s Republicans and Democrats, I said . reach a majority . Their tenure wil l to vote, once struggled and died for , But there are . Yes, they are both of th e can and should be used to turn th e outlast the century, crushing civi l capitalist class, with the same clas s rights, unions and minority gains . tide of racism and reaction wheneve r interests, overall . But no, they diffe r it can . The second Reagan recession grind s on how to make capitalism "work" . It is 1984, not 1987 . We face a to an end leaving 20 million peopl e These differences are important to un- permanently out of work . possible nightmare . What should we derstand and to exploit . A class analy- do ? A long dark tunnel of anti-communism , sis that overlooks these distinction s Neither idealism nor cynicism shoul i economic collapse, U .S . wars in th e is irresponsible and uninformed . third world and domestic repressio n get in the way of our realizing bot h the need and the possibility of defeat- seems almost endless . Voting as Revolutionary Duty Could this have been curbed o r ing Reaganism . Ironically, the cynic - stopped? Should we have voted in 1984 ? I condemned voting because it legi- ism, idealism and glibness of my 198 0 timated "hierarchy" . Yet, a look a t article are the product of privilege . In 1980, I advocated a "Don't Vote! " revolutionary societies (Cuba, Nicara - The isolation of the U .S .left from th e position . In a PNL article in the Oct- gua, China, USSR), showed for example, majorit y of working people is seldom ober 1980 issue entitled "Don't Vote - that the minister of agriculture , more apparent than when we fail t o It Only Encourages Them!", I surveye d elected by her peers, has roots in the appreciate that the difference between the Presidential field, applied an out - same class - the working class-. a s Reaganism and the Democratic alterna - look I called "anarchist-feminist " everyone "below" her . Hierarchy begin s tive has concrete, material meaning and urged people to boycott the polls . to be abolished when the person votin g to those at the bottom of U .S . societ y The analysis was cynical, idealistic , and the person elected have the sam e In the case of Central America and glib . It was glib anarchism to sugges t material interests . For those who hav e millions of others resisting U .S . im- that not voting would discourage Rea- struggled and died to overthrow dic- perialism abroad, it means life an d gan in his viciousness . It was ideal- tatorship and czarism, voting is revo- death . We have to get beyond the istic to think that boycotting the poll s lutionary democracy . individualism that underlies our anal- would empower us or would prove our Lastly, I cited Parenti's interpretatio n ysis, swallow hard and vote Reaga n awareness of the electoral sham . Many that voting rights throughout histor y out this time . were cynical . Even labor somehow sa w had been "extended down" from the Yes,it will be the lesser of two evil s no difference between Carter and Reagan . ruling elites to people as the elites in November . That's reality unde r (See same PNL ; pages 15 & 20) . saw fit . Voting therefore was to be monopoly capitalism in the U .S . to- We were wrong to not vote, I hav e rejected as a means of social control . day . We don't have to boycott th e since come to feel . (Ironically I went But in reality, the history of clas s polls to prove we know this . Boy- out and voted for Barry Commoner i n struggle shows that suffrage has bee n cotting the polls in 1980 was a mis- Gary is on staff wrenched down from the elites by peo- take we can learn from . Boycotting with the Peace Council ple and should defended and extended , the polls in 1984 could be fatal . 28 Peace Newsletter 5/84 SPC and the '84 Elections And They Voted with Their Lives Going to the polls every two o r is it when one or two people hav e four years is easy ; it requires no the power to blow us all up withou t sacrifice, lulls us into a fals e our consent ; with only our com- sense of democratic procedure, and plicity and our silence? Congres s at this point in "nuclear end" time s will not be consulted in the even t in America, it is a lie . of a nuclear war . Even the chai n unavoidable . Voting? Who are w e Every day we vote with our live s of command created by the Con- kidding ? by what we wear and eat, how w e sti tution will be bypassed . N o For citizens with an inflamme d live and transport ourselves, wher e war even has to be going on fo r conscience, direct action in th e we work and what we do with ou r war to happen, as the Vietna m form of divine obedience (or Civi l leisure time, and how we pay ou r disaster so clearly demonstrated , Disobedience) is the one remainin g taxes and what we own . This vot- and as events with U .S . interven- avenue left for us to travel . If a ing is the real issue, and make s tion in Central America are rapidl y miracle is to happen, other tha n the real difference . Voting on pa - revealing to us . through divine intervention, it wil l per gives us an illusory sense o f The commander of a Trident sub - come about as the result of votin g participation . At this point it i s marine is the third most powerfu l with our whole lives, the whole o f clear there is little difference be- man in the world, with the power t o our efforts . Such a turning poin t tween the two American parties : destroy every major city in the North - will come about as a result of th e both promise global annihilation i n ern Hemisphere . Who elected him ? moral force of our whole weight ; one form or another ; both part y The National Security State, maske d not one iota less is required of us . leaders are equally skilled in de- by the false cloak called "security " Yes, vote--then vote with you r ception, in pushing buttons, an d ("defense") is actually the glove d whole life ! in creating a nuclear shadow tha t hand of a police state ; the court s looms larger and larger for all mem- clearly and legally support the nu - Per Herngren, Christin Schmidt an d bers of the human family . clear Armageddon we are approach - Sunshine Appleby . Per and Christi n The time for representative gov- ing ; electoral politics are mocke d voted at Martin Marietta's Pershin g ernment has gone the way of chea p by the nuclear confrontation we II Division in Orlando, FL, earl y Easter morning . See pg . 8 for details . gasoline . What sort of democracy are told is, practically speaking,
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