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Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Vol. 57, No. 14 April 9, 2015 $1 April 2 tribunal on police violence Editorial 10 Political prisoner’s health scare ignites mass action By Scott Williams Philadelphia

March 31 — At 1 p.m. EDT on March 30, political pris- oner Mumia Abu-Jamal had a medical emergency, and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit at Schuylkill Med- ical Center in Pottsville, Pa. As of this morning, almost no information has been provided by hospital or prison authorities regarding his health and well-being. Free Finally, just before noon today, Mumia’s spouse, Wadiya, and his brother, Keith Cook, were allowed into his hospital room, following a people’s campaign de- manding access for the family. Mumia Mumia Abu-Jamal is the legendary Black journalist and theorist. As a youth, he was a Black Panther orga- nizer in Philadelphia in the 1970s. He spent almost 30 Abu-Jamal! years on Pennsylvania death row after he was convicted of first-degree murder on July 3, 1982, for the 1981 kill- ing of a white police officer in Philadelphia. Mumia has proclaimed his innocence since his arrest on Dec. 9, 1981, which was followed by a sham trial. His state and federal appeals for a new trial to prove his in- nocence have been systematically denied by the courts. While in prison, Abu-Jamal has authored six books and recorded hundreds of political columns thanks to Prison Radio. Many of these transcribed columns have Continued on page 10 Leslie Feinberg united movements

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By G. Dunkel  In the U.S. New York Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health scare ignites mass action . . 1

A little more than a year after a gas explosion in East Gas explosion leaves two dead, 25 injured ...... 2 Harlem left eight people dead, scores injured and two Detroit faces massive tax foreclosure crisis ...... 3 buildings demolished, a gas explosion on Second Avenue Bosses get $243 billion subsidy for paying low wages . .3 in the East Village, another Manhattan neighborhood a Autoworkers want equal pay for equal work ...... 4 few miles away from East Harlem, left two dead, 25 in- jured and four buildings collapsed. King County, Wash.: Questions contract with Veolia . . .4 Four of the injured are still listed as “serious” accord- Leslie Feinberg united all struggles for liberation . . . . 5 ing to a WNYC broadcast on March 30. Big business media criminalizes victims of police killings . 6 While the National Transportation Safety Board has yet to issue a final determination on the East Harlem ex- Killer of Dontre Hamilton stays fired ...... 6 plosion, the NTSB’s preliminary findings indicate leaks Philadelphia.: Report reveals extent of police shootings . 7 from gas mains over 120 years old were responsible. Philly 10 resist cops’ racism and vilification ...... 7 Con Edison has admitted that it found an illegal instal- WW PHOTO: JOHNNIE STEVENS lation of gas lines servicing the renovated apartments at Detroit to Moscow: FIST report on conference ...... 8 121 Second Avenue. The company knew that the gas going than when they had buildings on them. Condos in a new Women fight back against racist killer cops ...... 9 into that building was only supposed to be enough to sup- building a few blocks away started at $1 million. ply the sushi restaurant on the ground floor. Posts and comments on Facebook talk about the un- What has come out about the latest explosion is a bit capping of an outlet in another Manhattan neighborhood  Around the world more complicated than aging gas mains and a careless in order to put in a new light and finding gas still flow- Where is Kenya’s Field Marshal Kimathi buried? . . . . .8 supplier. ing in the outlet even though the building was converted Why U.S. rulers fear new Asian investment bank . . . . .9 It involves a landlord who kept her tenants supplied from gas light to electricity 80 years ago. Washington’s Saudi ally bombs Yemen ...... 11 with gas even after Con Edison shut it off; a utility which In 2004, a woman and her dog were electrocuted by relies on private contractors to do critical safety inspec- stray voltage from a utility access cover for which Con tions that Con Ed used to do; a general contractor who is Edison was responsible. In 2006, the utility admitted  Editorial facing charges of bribing Department of Building inspec- that it had found 1,214 electrically charged covers in the Why the April 2 People’s Tribunal is timely ...... 10 tors; and a city charged with supervising construction to past year. (New York Times, March 4, 2006) Two workers ensure the safety of its residents but which is really more in the East Village were seriously burned by a charged  Noticias en Español concerned with increasing real estate values. cover last year. (Facebook comment) People walking their dogs in the East Village avoid utility access covers, even Evento en NY marca 70 años federación Below the surface during warm, dry summer months. mundial de mujeres arriesga trabajadores ...... 12 Many areas of New York City, especially in lower Man- Parts of Manhattan look glitzy and spiffy. Underneath Asociación psicológica estadounidense hattan, like the East Village (which is conveniently close this look, however, is an old, crumbling infrastructure conspira en tortura ...... 12 to Wall Street), are old, dilapidated and subject to intense that is patched but not truly repaired. gentrification. The building which exploded was reported Deirdre Sinnott, who lives in the East Village, told to be more than 100 years old. The landlord, who reno- Workers World: “This was a very scary incident. If it oc- vated the building’s apartments last summer, seemingly curred later in the day, many more people might have died. wanted to do the job on the cheap. It should be thoroughly investigated, preferably by the fed- Speculation in the coffee shops and buses running in eral government, and neighborhood residents should be the East Village is that the empty lots will be worth more fully involved.” Workers World 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Fl. 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By Abayomi Azikiwe ference were held outside the Coleman Community responds to crisis to tear down structures, creating more Detroit A. Young Municipal Center before an in- By March 31, residents will lose title to flight and abandonment in remaining tervention at the City Council meeting. their homes if delinquent taxes for 2012 ­neighborhoods. A broad-based coalition of Detroit or- There, dozens of people testified about are not paid or payment arrangements Moreover, Wayne County is being ganizations is fighting for a moratorium the crisis, calling for a moratorium. Peo- made. Within six months, the homes threatened with emergency management on property tax foreclosures on 62,000 ple explained their plight under the re- could be auctioned off, with unscrupu- and bankruptcy, similar to Detroit’s ex- homes, apartment buildings, small busi- pressive tax laws. lous “developers” prioritized over resi- perience in 2013 and 2014. Massive fore- nesses and lots in the city slated for sei- Speakers represented the Russell dents seeking to repurchase properties closures will not prevent a state takeover zure by Wayne County. Another 15,000 Woods Neighborhood Association, Mor- lost to foreclosure. A demonstration is of Wayne County’s operations. tax foreclosures are scheduled for the atorium NOW!, Detroit Eviction Defense, scheduled March 31 at the Wayne County Under Detroit’s emergency manage- broader county. Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, Treasurer’s office. ment and bankruptcy, the state of Mich- Tens of thousands more properties will Detroit People’s Platform and We the It was chaotic at the Treasurer’s office igan seized billions of dollars in medical revert back to foreclosure since owners People. Unaffiliated Detroit residents on March 27 as people crowded inside in benefits, pensions and public assets and could not fulfill payment plans estab- also participated, seeking relief from a desperate attempt to avoid foreclosure. turned them over to private interests. On lished last year. The county treasurer has their representatives. Although several Members of Detroit Eviction Defense, the March 1, the monthly pension payment encouraged people to sign agreements to council members expressed concern and Detroit Active Retirees and Employees cuts began for 32,000 city retirees and pay in installments. However, with the discussed a resolution they were prepar- Association (DAREA) and Moratorium their families, which were approved in city government over-assessing declin- ing for March 30, the ultimate decisions NOW! distributed thousands of leaflets a postbankruptcy “plan of adjustment.” ing properties and at least 40 percent of lie with the county treasurer and Gov. there. Their health care benefits were severed Detroit residents living in poverty, it is Rick Snyder. At a March 28 demonstration orga- one year ago, months before the federal highly unlikely these agreements will be Moratorium NOW! activists distribut- nized by clergy honoring the 50th an- court approved the plan of adjustment. fulfilled. ed fact sheets to City Council members, niversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery The plan of adjustment is unraveling One woman with disabilities told stating, ”The funds are sitting in Lansing march, leaflets were distributed calling as retirees face foreclosures and rising Workers World she receives $769 in to stop these foreclosures. According to for people to take action. health care costs. Corporate-imposed monthly benefits. Yet, in a desperate the January 2015 Helping Michigan’s On March 29, members of Moratori- Mayor Mike Duggan, the first white may- attempt to stave off homelessness, she Hardest Hit Homeowner report, $251 um NOW! and DAREA leafleted for the or in 40 years, has failed to attract invest- signed an agreement with the treasurer’s million of the $498 million in federal March 31 protest door to door in the ments that could create jobs and econom- office to pay $500 a month until her de- Helping Hardest Hit Homeowner funds Boston Edison Historic District, one of ic opportunities for African Americans, linquent property taxes are paid. that were provided to the state in 2010 the city’s hardest hit residential sections now 82 percent of the city’s population. remain unspent. where homes are vacant due to mortgage Duggan was crying broke by March Declare a state of emergency “These funds could … pay off delin- and tax foreclosures. 29, saying the blight-removal funds were On March 19, members of the Morato- quent property tax bills for occupied drying up and more money was needed rium NOW! Coalition, Detroit Eviction homes and prevent thousands of fore- No solution by banks or government from Washington to tear down vacant Defense and others attended a Wayne closures. … Release of these funds will Plans undertaken by the Detroit Land homes in Detroit. County Commissioners meeting and de- not only stop the destruction of our com- Bank Authority, a quasi-governmental The banks, corporations and their sur- manded an immediate halt to the foreclo- munities, but go a long way to resolving agency, and the Detroit Blight Removal rogates in government have no real plans sures. More than a dozen people testified the financial crisis in Wayne County and Task Force, headed by billionaire banker to revitalize Detroit. Only a coalition of there. Detroit which in large part is a result of and corporate mogul Dan Gilbert, have neighborhood and mass organizations Delinquent water bills have been declining revenues as a result of tax fore- failed to revitalize the city. Bankers’ ini- rooted in the working class can create the placed on property taxes in many house- closures.” tiatives have wasted tens of millions of conditions to overturn the bank-led Sny- holds. Often, water bills are higher than After the meeting, people marched dollars earmarked for blight removal. der-Duggan program of fiscal austerity, the owed tax payments. from City Hall to the Wayne County Trea- Federal funds allocated to keep people in mass impoverishment and forced remov- On March 24, a rally and press con- surer’s office. their homes are being misappropriated als of people from their homes. Bosses get $243 billion subsidy for paying low wages

By Fred Goldstein ly known as welfare). It did not include Workers want Medicaid and subsidized housing. bosses to pay them The capitalist class has found more This dramatic number — nearly a quar- a living wage. Pro- and more ways to pay tens of millions ter of a trillion dollars needed to supple- test in Baltimore, of workers below-subsistence wages by ment below-subsistence wages — flows May 2014. shifting what should be the cost of wages from the enormous growth of low-wage WW PHOTO: SHARON BLACK onto government at various levels. This jobs and the drastic rise in forced part- shift of wage and benefit costs off the time employment in the United States. payrolls of the bosses and onto the gov- ernment amounts to a massive subsidy Fast food and big-box workers paid to many of the richest corporations and below subsistence it was 18.5 percent. biggest employers in the U.S. for paying Low-wage fast food workers were That amounts to poverty or below-poverty wages. forced to apply for $7 billion in public as- 7.4 million workers Every dollar not paid by the corpora- sistance in 2013 through such programs forced to work part tions to keep their workers at a livable as Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health time when they wage is another dollar in profit for fast Insurance Program), among others. Low- need full-time jobs food and big-box billionaires, as well as wage workers at a single 300-employee to survive. (advisorperspectives.com, by the worker but for which he or she is other companies that pay low wages. Walmart Supercenter are on average March 9) not paid. This part is kept by the boss in Between 2007 and 2011, the federal gov- forced to apply for about $1 million in the form of profit. ernment spent $243 billion a year on sup- government benefits just to stay at the Marx on wages and profits The way the boss raises profits is to take plements for poor workers, according to a subsistence level. Karl Marx gave a basic definition of more surplus value. The main way to do University of California study published in A study by Americans for Tax Fair- wages in his analysis of capitalist ex- this is to lower wages. The bosses get the 2013. (Think Progress, Oct. 13, 2013) ness, a coalition of 400 groups, showed ploitation which can help in understand- government to pay for food through food The study focused on fast food work- that Walmart workers in 2013 were ing this situation. Under capitalism, all stamps, Medicaid for the poor, subsidized ers, who represent a typical segment of forced to apply for $6.2 billion in food workers must sell their labor power to health care and housing, etc. These are the low-paid workforce, but included a stamps, Medicaid, subsidized housing, some boss in order to survive. The price the basics of life that the bosses should broader section of low-paid workers. It etc. Walmart has 1.4 million workers. of that labor power is the wage or salary. pay for by giving workers a living wage. aimed to show the “last line of defense (Forbes, April 15, 2014) But the wage received is far below the By shifting their labor costs onto the between America’s growing low-in- Forbes reported that McDonald’s value created by the worker. The total val- federal government, the bosses raise come workforce and the want of basic workers had to apply for $1.2 billion in ue created by the worker belongs to the their profits while paying below-subsis- ­necessities.” government subsistence benefits and boss in the form of the product or service tence wages. The study limited itself to the cost of workers at Yum Brands (Pizza Hut, Taco provided. The boss sells the product or It is this that is fueling the low-wage food stamps (Supplemental Nutrition As- Bell and KFC) needed $648 million. service for money and gives the worker workers’ campaign — a just campaign sistance Program or SNAP), the Earned This situation has been intensified just enough to live on. The boss pays part whose goal must be to force the capital- Income Tax Credit for low-income work- by the growth of involuntary part-time of the money received for materials, ma- ists to pay a living wage, not just a barely ers, and the TANF program (Temporary work. In 1968, 13.5 percent of U.S. work- chines, rent, interest, etc. What is left is subsistence wage, but enough to cover the Assistance for Needy Families; former- ers were employed part time. In February, surplus value — that is, the value created cost of having a decent life. Page 4 April 9, 2015 workers.org UAW Bargaining Convention Autoworkers want equal pay for equal work

By Martha Grevatt Detroit: the three contracts Speakers against the resolution op- Detroit with General Motors, Ford posed the weak and deliberately vague and Chrysler in 2007. phrase, “bridging the gap,” a slogan re- This year, the United Auto Work- In reality, there are peated throughout the convention. Local ers union will negotiate new con- more than just two tiers 551 Vice President Scott Houldieson from tracts with auto and truck manu- of wages in the auto in- Ford’s Chicago assembly plant proposed facturers General Motors, Ford and dustry. Alongside UAW changing the word “bridging” to “elimi- Chrysler, as well as with tractor and members at Ford, GM nating” so the result would read, “elim- farm equipment maker John Deere, and Chrysler are outside inating the gap,” that is, making sure and other major corporations. On company employees there is equal pay for equal work. March 24 and 25, the union held its who are paid even low- Speaking for the top UAW officials, In- “Special Bargaining Convention” in er wages. In contracts ternational President Dennis Williams Detroit. with parts suppliers rebuffed Houldieson’s amendment. But Keeping with tradition, the del- there are often more many rank-and-file delegates embraced egates from hundreds of locals than two pay scales. language that spoke to fighting for equal- around the country and in Canada and nent lower wage, but only for workers Autoworkers, especially the vast major- ity and justice. Puerto Rico discussed and passed a 72- who have not yet been hired. Eventually, ity who are unorganized, are part of the Delegates also voiced anger about the page resolution, prepared in advance and through attrition — the loss of higher se- low-wage workforce — making little more “alternative work schedules” that under- reflecting the orientation of the UAW’s niority workers who retire, quit or die — than their counterparts at McDonald’s mine the eight-hour day. “You will create International Executive Board. The UAW all of the workers left will be those who and Walmart. a lot of jobs,” said delegate Kathy Smith has more than 390,000 active members started at the lower wage. That in itself A prime example of low pay is the Lear from Chrysler’s Trenton Engine Plant, and more than 600,000 retired members cuts all workers’ wages. plant in Selma, Ala., which supplies seats because “workers will die” from work- in the United States, Canada and Puerto It’s not the only downside to two-tier to Hyundai. Workers there are fighting ing long hours and constantly switching Rico. wages. In the interim period, workers for a living wage. It was announced at from day shift to night shift. The reso- While there was a controlled and even work side by side but get unequal pay for the convention that Kim King, a leader in lution says nothing about restoring the staged atmosphere, the rumblings on the the same work. As a leaflet distributed that fight, had just been fired. eight-hour day and the weekend, which plant floors could be felt on the floor of by the rank-and-file group “Autoworker past generations fought and died for. Debate over the resolution the convention. For two days, two-tier Caravan” points out, this leads to a divi- At last year’s Constitutional Conven- pay was the hot topic among the rank- sive “us and them mentality” that turns Taken in its entirety the resolution tion, the leaders asked for and got a dues and-file delegates. worker against worker and disrupts the was a series of contradictory statements. increase, with the stated purpose of bol- Here is the message the shop floor worker solidarity needed for a successful Statements that, “We’ve had to fight to stering the strike fund. Now the union sent to the convention: The companies struggle against the bosses. win fair contracts” contrasted with sup- must start talking about using the funds are making record profits. Every worker Two-tier began in the airline and retail port for “the German co-determination for their intended purpose — to support deserves a raise. A fight at the bargain- sectors in the 1980s. It is now common- model.” The German model is supposed to a strike. Only by fighting for their rights ing table for “equal pay for equal work” is place in both public and private sector substitute discussion between the union can the auto workers halt the fall in wag- long overdue. contracts. The first two-tier contract with and management for raw class struggle. es and benefits, heal the divisions and the UAW was at the construction and In effect, “co-determination” reinforces strengthen solidarity. What is two-tier pay? mining equipment manufacturer Cat- collaboration between the union leader- Martha Grevatt is a 27-year Chrysler Two-tier pay is a capitalist scheme to erpillar after the company succeeded in ship and the bosses by limiting what is- worker who represented UAW Local drive wages down for all workers. As breaking a long strike. Two-tier wages sues can be addressed through collective 869 at the convention as an alternate a first step, a union agrees to a perma- then spread to the parts suppliers and to bargaining and the grievance procedure. delegate. King County, Wash. Councilmembers question contract with Veolia union-busters

Our regular readers know that the urging the County Executive to act,” said 2008, Access users report that the ser- vices changed its name from that of a militant Boston school bus drivers Katie Wilson, General Secretary of the vice has deteriorated. Costs to the County subsidiary wholly owned by Veolia En- union, USW Local 8751, has been com- Transit Riders Union. “We hope that Dow have gone up by 30 percent, but Veolia/ vironnement to that of a new subsidiary bating a union-busting attack from Veo- Constantine and Metro will act quickly Transdev has cut training hours in half wholly owned by Transdev, which is pres- lia and Transdev, the companies which and decisively to end their contract with and cut back on vehicle maintenance. Ac- ently only 50 percent owned by Veolia took over the bus contract. Workers Veolia/Transdev. Doing so will not only cess drivers report impossible scheduling Environnement and 50 percent owned World reprints below a news release improve our community, it will send a of pickups, disrespectful scheduling of by a French financial institution. (Veo- from Susan Koppelman in King Coun- strong message that union-busting multi- hours and low wages. lia Environnement has since changed its ty, Wash., that exposes more Veolia/ national corporations seeking to privatize The March 1 fare increases, which name to Veolia Group.) Transdev anti-worker and anti-people and operate our public goods and services make our public transportation among “The name change of the subsidiary wrongdoing in pursuit of profits. for their own profit will not be tolerated in the most expensive in the country, hit Ac- from Veolia Transportation Services Seattle, March 26 — Members of the Martin Luther King Jr. County.” cess users hardest. Fares went up twen- Inc., a Maryland company, to Transdev King County Council have asked King The letter follows a resolution from ty-five cents for all riders except Access Services Inc., undeniably represents a County Executive Dow Constantine to September 2014 in which the Martin Lu- users, whose fares increased by fifty change in ownership,” said Susan Kop- reconsider the county’s contract with ther King County Labor Council – local cents and whose monthly pass cost in- pelman of Stop Veolia Seattle, an emerg- Veolia and Transdev for operation of Ac- affiliate of the National AFL-CIO repre- creased by $17. ing coalition of local groups and resi- cess paratransit bus service. On March senting over 150 labor organizations and Veolia is under attack international- dents who practice solidarity for each 18, Chair Larry Phillips of the King 75,000 workers – voted unanimously to ly from labor and human rights groups other alongside resistance to the Veolia/ County Council sent a letter to Constan- pass a resolution to end the contract with for a variety of anti-labor practices and Transdev contract. “This is a change that tine signed by the five Democrats of the Veolia, to preclude Veolia from bidding flagrant human rights abuses, including King County and all entities that were nine-person Council, urging the execu- on future contracts, and to bring Metro profiteering off inflated water costs as the contracted with Veolia Transportation tive to investigate “serious concerns for Access in-house. The resolution was in- largest privatizer of water in the world. Services need to know about.” many aspects of Access service, includ- troduced by the Amalgamated Transit Veolia is also suspected of “fraudulent If it is recognized that Transdev Ser- ing rider experience, labor protections Union Local 587. misrepresentation” concerning the legal vices is a new entity, this suggests that and wages, and potential cost overruns According to Ninus Hopkins, ATU ownership changes attached to its name when Veolia Transportation Services to our government.” 587 Executive Board officer and Seattle change and rebranding. In a July 15, ceased to exist, all of its contracts should According to Metro General Manager Personal Transit driver, “The policies of 2014, letter to King County Department have been reopened to a public bidding Kevin Desmond, signing with Veolia was Veolia are completely inconsistent with of Transportation in Washington State, process. supposed to save King County $1 million Executive Constantine’s stated objective Veolia Transportation wrote: “Veolia For more information, contact annually. But changes to the contract of achieving equity and social justice in Transportation will be going through a ­Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587, three years later approved an additional Martin Luther King Jr. County.” name change and rebranding process. … Norma Appel: 206-448-8588; $7 million in annual costs incurred to The Access program provides There are no other changes — no changes Transit Riders Union, Katie Wilson: King County. ADA-mandated service for folks with dis- in ownership, in management, or in any 206-781-7204; and Stop Veolia Seattle, “We thank the County Councilmem- abilities and the elderly, but since Veolia other aspect of our operations.” Susan Koppelman: 617-775-4864. bers for responding to our concerns and Transportation took over the contract in But in fact, Veolia Transportation Ser- workers.org April 9, 2015 Page 5 Transgender warrior Leslie Feinberg united all struggles for liberation

By Minnie Bruce Pratt New York

Workers World Party commemorated and celebrated the life and contributions of our beloved comrade, Leslie Feinberg, with a memorial in New York City on March 28 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center at 1199 SEIU United Health- care Workers East. Leslie was a member of the party’s national committee. Feinberg joined Workers World Party in 1973 through its branch in her Buffa- lo, N.Y., hometown and died at age 65 in November after decades of illness from Rosemary Neidenberg speaking at Leslie tick-borne diseases. Her last, very de- Feinberg’s memorial. liberate words were: “Remember me as WW PHOTO: JOE PIETTE a revolutionary communist. Hasten the revolution!” Building on the groundbreaking work her whole adult life building a revolu- Minorities Archive, spoke of one of Fein- took on, from the 1974 school desegrega- of WWP member Bob McCubbin in his tionary Marxist-Leninist combat party berg’s last acts in support of the political tion struggle in Boston to the 1988 an- “Roots of Gay and Lesbian Oppression” to overthrow imperialism and build a so- development of the working class and es- ti-Klan march in Atlanta. (1976), Leslie developed the first Marxist cialist future.” pecially of transgender people — the dona- analysis of the origins of transgender op- McCubbin told of meeting with Fein- tion of her research library to the Archive, ‘Only socialism will free us all’ pression in “Transgender Warriors: Mak- berg at the beginning of her life in the where it will be freely accessible to all. Throughout the memorial, comrades ing History” (1997) and numerous writ- party; how she talked to him as a worker and friends emphasized that Feinberg ings. She was internationally recognized who had, in her words, “barely completed Rooted in the working class always used insights into her own op- for this theoretical work, as well as her high school;” how she spoke of the intimi- Feinberg’s deep roots in the working pressions to forge connections with all activism for workers’ rights; lesbian, gay, dation of weighty ideas; and how the par- class and her long connection to Workers oppressions, including international sol- bi, trans and queer liberation; the rights of ty nurtured her as a worker-intellectual, World Party were highlighted by found- idarity with countries under assault by women, prisoners and people with disabil- who then created her groundbreaking ing comrade Milt Neidenberg. He not- neocolonialism and imperialism. Her ities; and against racism and imperialism. theoretical work. McCubbin emphasized ed that her father, a bitterly anti-union very first Workers World demonstration During her life, Feinberg was clear this that Feinberg — using the Marxist dia- worker at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo, bene- was in support of Palestine in 1973, as work sprang from principles established lectical-materialist method to interpret fitted from the successful 1949 strike led comrade Betsey Piette noted, and com- for Workers World Party by founding both her own life and that of other work- by comrades who went on to found WWP. rade Joyce Chediac spoke of her last in- comrade Sam Marcy, including his insis- ers within broad social, political and eco- Neidenberg first met Feinberg when ternational travel in 2007 in support of tence that LGBT lives were to be honored nomic developments — was able to bring she spoke at a 1968 street meeting for ASWAT, an organization of Palestinian and LGBT oppression was to be fought hope to millions that the “capitalist night- the United Farm Workers in Buffalo. Her lesbian women. against as integral to the working-class mare” could be ended. commitment to labor militancy stretched Comrade Frank Neisser was emphatic, struggle. Feinberg defined herself as “an an- from then through the 1994 founding “Leslie’s legacy is clear: militancy, soli- Feinberg requested no memorial except ti-racist white, working-class, secular of Pride at Work, to which she helped darity, struggle, communism.” WWP sec- one given by Workers World Party. She Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, contribute the word “transgender” to its retariat member Teresa Gutierrez spoke asked that this be used to strengthen the revolutionary communist.” She used the self-definition, and the 2002 Harvard of Feinberg’s love of the glorious Cuban party and to bring comrades and friends complexities of her identities as the start- Living Wage sit-in struggle. She was a revolution. Gutierrez affirmed that Fein- together to share lessons of political expe- ing point for a Marxist-Leninist analysis. proud member of United Auto Workers berg made a unique contribution with her rience relevant to ongoing struggles. International Action Center co-di- Local 1981, the National Writers Union. book, “Rainbow Solidarity: In Defense of The memorial movingly and amply rector and WWP secretariat member Because discrimination against her as a Cuba” (2009), by countering U.S. impe- documented Feinberg’s life dedicated Sara Flounders stressed that Feinberg transgender person made it impossible for rialist misinformation about LGBTQ life to “hastening the revolution,” and con- exemplified the process by which “the her to get steady work, Feinberg earned a in Cuba. Gutierrez stated what Feinberg tained many pointed and poignant les- oppressed themselves bring their own living for most of her life through a series knew: “Only socialism will free us all.” sons in building a “workers’ world.” issues and lives into the struggle” using of low-wage temp jobs. And as a trans We mourned comrade Leslie Feinberg Marxism as a tool. person, she also experienced violence, as comrade Pam Parker sang Nina Sim- Building a workers’ world Feinberg shared those insights with constant physical abuse, threats and dis- one’s “I wish I knew how/It would feel A program of WWP members and the working class, not just through her respect, as comrade Tom Scahill reflect- to be free /I wish I could break/All the friends from across the U.S. offered anec- individual writings, but by serving as a ed. These experiences grounded her com- chains holdin’ me.” And we mourned as dotes of moments when Feinberg extend- managing editor of Workers World news- mitment to medical care and access for comrade Martha Grevatt spoke the po- ed respect, solidarity, empathy, access, paper, writing hundreds of articles and transgender people, her work for women’s etry Lenin quoted on Frederich Engel’s compassion, caring, political insight and serving for some years as editor of the access to abortion, and her participation death: “What a torch of reason ceased to revolutionary optimism in individual political prisoners’ page. Workers World in clinic defense against 1992 and 1998 burn, what a heart has ceased to beat!” personal encounters and day-to-day po- editor and party secretariat member anti-abortion assaults in Buffalo. We vowed to emulate Feinberg when litical work. Comrade LeiLani Dowell, a Deirdre Griswold reflected that Feinberg Comrade René Imperato noted that WWP secretariat member and a WW managing editor of WW, summed up the never allowed her individual fame in the Feinberg’s “contributions to all of hu- managing editor Monica Moorehead said, impact of those moments, “I want to say, wider LGBTQ movement and literary manity” included “fighting in the streets” “Leslie Feinberg, you fought for your own fist held high, Black and queer and proud, world to be used by the ruling class to di- — through street rallies, marches and liberation and that of your class until the that I and my comrades will forever con- vide her from the working class. Instead, demonstrations and in literal street bat- very end!” tinue the struggle in Leslie’s name.” through her work Feinberg “made people tles — to defend the most oppressed. Im- And at the end, we affirmed Feinberg’s Bob McCubbin placed these moments feel the significance of their own lives.” perato and Feinberg fought side by side commitment to a revolutionary commu- in context, saying, “Leslie Feinberg spent Bet Power Alwin, director of the Sexual against bigots attacking gay and trans nist workers’ world by singing the “Inter- people — mostly people of color — at a nationale,” the revolutionary anthem of bar once located only 100 yards from the the world working class: “Arise ye pris- meeting hall. oners of starvation, Arise, ye wretched of Feinberg’s fighting spirit continued the earth, … The earth shall rise on new through her 2012 arrest to protest the im- foundations; … We have been naught, we prisonment of African-American trans shall be all!” woman CeCe McDonald, jailed for “dar- Note about pronouns: Leslie said in ing to fight back against those who would a 2006 interview: “For me, pronouns kill her,” as comrade Kris Hamel, a WW are always placed within context.” Over managing editor, recounted. the years, comrades and friends have A video was shown of Feinberg’s related to Leslie through a range of pro- speech to a standing-room-only Madi- nouns. But Leslie’s preferred pronouns son Square Garden event to free political with close friends and family were she/ prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Feinberg her and ze/hir, and thus the former have was one of the founders of Rainbow Flags been used here. for Mumia, which organized the meeting Minnie Bruce Pratt is Leslie in 2000. Comrades spoke of her key roles ­Feinberg’s partner and spouse Display of Leslie’s work and photos in other anti-racist campaigns that WWP of 22 years. WW PHOTO: BRENDA RYAN Page 6 April 9, 2015 workers.org Big business media criminalizes victims St. Louis Rams pro-football players, know the truth behind the slogan, of police killings ‘Hands up, don’t shoot.’ It’s what the corporate media wants to stop. By Abayomi Azikiwe when he was shot to death by Wilson. other slogans that grew out of the Af- Editor, Pan-African News Wire The DOJ report, which was cit- rican-American liberation movement ed in the article, attempted to justify of the 1960s were advanced from un- To further illustrate the widespread the killing of Brown by saying that he truths. law-enforcement abuses in Ferguson, had committed a robbery and, when Such logic means the African-Ameri- Mo., and throughout the United States, stopped, reached into the police ve- can people and other oppressed nations Jeffrey Williams, charged with the shoot- hicle, punched Wilson and attempted in the U.S. have no real reason to make ing of two Ferguson cops, has said that he to grab his gun. The grand jury testimony math of the Aug. 9 killing and subsequent demands on the state and the ruling class was forced to confess after suffering inju- presented by Dorian Johnson, who was deaths of African-American youths at the to end racist violence by police, armed ries from the police. Williams’ sustained with Brown when he was killed by Wilson, hands of police around the U.S. white individuals and organizations. The injuries were documented by his attor- was attacked as being inaccurate. According to these media, African racist claims perpetuated by the media ney, Jerryl Christmas. This is not the first time that an attempt Americans such as Michael Brown, Eric deny the humanity of the oppressed and “He told me that he never fired a has been made to criminalize Brown, Garner, Tamir Rice, Aiyana Stanley their striving for freedom and social weapon,” said Christmas of Williams, Johnson and the entire movement that ig- Jones, Dontre Hamilton and so many transformation. the 20-year-old African-American man nited in Ferguson and spread around the others — and their families and loved accused in the March 12 shooting of the country demanding an end to racist police ones — do not deserve the support of the Fight racist illegal murders two Ferguson police officers. (Press TV, killings. Since the beginning of the demon- people. Such reasoning represents the de- The only real counterweight to the March 18) strations and rebellions on Aug. 9, the Fer- gree to which the ruling class in the Unit- institutional racism practiced not only Christmas said his client was in a “tre- guson police, prosecutors and the city ad- ed States, imbued with racism and class in Ferguson but across the U.S. is the mendous amount of pain” resulting from ministration have maintained that Wilson bias, despises the masses of the people. popular movements organized and led being pistol-whipped while in police cus- did nothing wrong by shooting to death an This is why the DOJ report serves to by the people. The police killings of Mi- tody. “I think under those circumstances unarmed African-American youth. fortify the status quo, by presenting the chael Brown and Eric Garner were distin- he would have said anything. ... Anytime The Washington Post in these articles contradictory narrative that the Fergu- guished by the groundswell of opposition someone is questioned without counsel attacked the Black Lives Matter move- son and St. Louis County police, courts that grew up spontaneously in cities and and then I see that kind of bruising, then ment and emphasized that the facts in the and municipal administrations engage in towns across the country. African Amer- I’m suspicious about any statements that DOJ report were at variance with actual systematic campaigns to profile, penalize, icans and Latinos/as are killed routinely he may have voluntarily given.” developments conveyed by eyewitnesses. criminalize and cover up injustices com- by police and vigilantes with very little This big business newspaper asserts in mitted against African Americans, yet at political response. Newspaper launches new attack so many ways that the people who were the same time this racist regime and its The fact is that it has never been illegal During the course of one week the on the scene when Brown was killed and agents should not be held accountable in the U.S. for cops or others to kill Af- Washington Post published at least three left to lie in his blood for four hours were for its actions. Since there are no crimi- rican Americans. Many of the lynchings articles suggesting that former Ferguson not to be believed, but the cops and those nal charges against police for oppressing carried out from the 1880s through the police officer Darren Wilson killed Mi- who were not there, including the DOJ African Americans with unjustified cita- Great Depression — nearly 5,000 docu- chael Brown in self-defense. This line of investigators, are the only ones to be tak- tions, jail and prison sentencings, beat- mented and many more unrecorded — in- argument stems from the questionable en seriously. ings and even death, then these criminal volved the participation of the police and findings of both the St. Louis County actions by the police will continue unim- the courts. Photographs and eyewitness grand jury and Department of Justice Attempt to dampen outrage peded by the judicial arm of the state. accounts of these atrocities were shared reports, which were designed to provide at police actions The anti-racist movement can only through postcards and public festivals. a rationale for not pursuing criminal Corporate media pundits across the view these latest attempts to slander the The U.S. federal government never charges against Wilson. country picked up on the Washington struggle as a continuation of a pattern passed one anti-lynching bill despite the In the March 16 article entitled “Hands Post articles and then claimed that Brown extending back 150 years, since the end widespread public awareness, press ac- Up, Don’t Shoot Was Based on a Lie,” Jon- was aggressively pursuing Wilson, so the of the Civil War and legalized slavery counts and protests against this form of athan Capehart wrote that Brown was an slogan “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” should and the beginning of Reconstruction. To egregious mob violence. “inappropriate symbol” for police violence never have been used. This represents a even suggest that the “Hands Up, Don’t Almost all the urban rebellions that against African Americans. The Washing- renewed attempt by sections of the rul- Shoot” slogan is based on falsehood is have occurred since the 1960s have been ton Post writer asserted that the actual ing class not only to convict Brown in his tantamount to saying that “Freedom sparked by police misconduct and brutal- facts revealed in the DOJ report indicat- own death, but to slander the anti-racist Now,” “By Any Means Necessary,” “Black ity stemming from a racist and exploit- ed that Brown did not have his hands up movement that has grown up in the after- Power,” “All Power to the People” and ative political and economic system. Killer of Dontre Hamilton stays fired

By Workers World Milwaukee Bureau This is for us; United! We love you all and through Milwaukee. The family is now we are honored to stand side by side with pushing federal courts to charge Manney. As a result of mass people's resistance you in this war on injustice!" Milwaukee police Chief Edward Flynn led by the Hamilton family, Christopher The coalition added: "We will win, but fired Manney last fall, allegedly because Manney, the cop who shot and killed haven't fully won yet. It doesn't stop here, Manney conducted an out-of-procedure Dontre Hamilton, will not get his job and in order to continue to make changes pat-down on Hamilton. back. Manney shot Dontre Hamilton 14 to this city we must continue to organize Despite Flynn’s platitudes about “pro- times on April 30, 2014, at Red Arrow and mobilize, plan and practice, agitate cedure,” the resistance led by the Coali- porters packed the hearing and adjacent Park in downtown Milwaukee, killing and demonstrate, educate and emanci- tion for Justice has turned a national and rooms and kept vigil outside. They let the him instantly. pate. We need you to join us. Come fight international spotlight on Hamilton’s police and their banking and corporate On March 23, after a five-day hearing, with us." (facebook.com/justicefordontre) case and related police terror in Wis- bosses know that the struggle for justice three Milwaukee fire and police commis- consin, such as the Madison cop killing for Dontre Hamilton is moving forward sioners, who served as the jury to decide Resistance led to cop being fired of Tony Robinson, a 19-year-old Afri- and they won’t tolerate Manney’s rein- whether Manney would be reinstated, Hamilton, a 31-year-old African-Amer- can-American youth, on March 6. statement. Over the weekend, members rendered a decision that Manney's firing ican man, was resting peacefully in the The ongoing determination of the people of the Coalition for Justice mobilized its would be upheld. The jury was made up park when Manney began a pat-down of Ferguson, Mo., the courage of the Ham- members and supporters to keep up a of chairperson Sarah Morgan, vice chair search. When Hamilton objected to being ilton family and the relentless struggle of presence at the Municipal Building. Kathryn Hein and attorney Steven De- accosted, the cop Manney shot him dead the Black Lives Matter movement in Mil- Nate Hamilton, Dontre’s brother, said Vougas. To establish if Manney violated in broad daylight. waukee and elsewhere are why Manney’s the following at a March 20 press confer- rules, the jury used the lowest burden of Hamilton’s family and supporters re- public appeal hearing even took place. ence at the conclusion of that day’s hearing: proof — a preponderance of the evidence. acted, forming the Coalition for Justice, “I love our community. When we got really In a March 24 statement, the Coalition which has ever since been leading some Hamilton supporters fill hearing room involved and came out as a family, the com- for Justice wrote, "We must also take of the largest mass protests and direct ac- As the appeal hearing began March 19 munity did so as well. My hat’s off to our our hats off to all of you. Our deepest tions against police terror in Milwaukee’s at the Municipal Building, police accost- community that wants change, that wants thank you is extended to all of the folks history. Black, Brown, other people of ed supporters of the Hamilton family and truth, that desires equal rights for all peo- who have come out and stood with us, color and working-class whites have been the general public, refusing them entry ple. That says racial profiling is wrong. marched through the streets, went to jail, participating in this struggle for justice. to the hearing room. The cops forced the “If we think that profiling is something came to meetings, made signs and post- On Dec. 23, Milwaukee District Attor- public to view proceedings from a room that saves lives — it’s not. It ends lives. We’ve ers, wrote letters, made phone calls, sent ney Jonathan Chisholm said he would where there was a live-feed and prevent- been seeing it around the nation where emails, posted on social media, talked to bring no criminal charges against Man- ed them from bringing placards into the young unarmed Black men and women are your neighbors and friends, etc. Each and ney. In response, mass protests shut down public building. being profiled, and it comes to where they everyone of you are a part of this victory. I-43, a major interstate highway that runs Despite this repression, dozens of sup- are beaten half to death and killed or shot workers.org April 9, 2015 Page 7 PHILADELPHIA Gov’t report reveals extent of police shootings

By Betsey Piette combining the two boards that review po- cy. The study recommends that the PAC Dec. 15. His family has also called for the Philadelphia lice shootings and including “at least one have access to “all pertinent documenta- PPD to release surveillance video of the community member.” tion related to an [officer-involved shoot- shooting. The ink had barely dried on a U.S. ing] investigation” but stops short of call- Police departments are quick to broad- Department of Justice report made pub- Lack of transparency ing for an independent civilian review cast victims’ arrest or conviction histo- lic on March 23 citing excessive police The COPS review describes “significant board of the police or an independent ries, as if this somehow justifies officers’ shootings in Philadelphia when police contention between the city’s external prosecutor — two key demands raised by use of deadly force. Yet it is often the shot and wounded a 24-year-old man as oversight Police Advisory Commission the anti-police brutality movement. police themselves who have histories of he ran from them on March 24. and the PPD regarding access to data The COPS report does not address in- abuse which the departments have kept The DOJ’s Office of Community Ori- and files.” The PPD has refused to com- adequate funding of the advisory board. hidden. Kevin Robinson and Sean McK- ented Policing Services (COPS) report is ply with Police Advisory Commission Since its creation, the PAC has lacked night, the PPD officers recently indicted entitled “Collaborative Reform Initiative: requests made in 2013 to release data on necessary funding to hire adequate in- for brutally beating Najee Rivera in 2013, An Assessment of Deadly Force in the these shootings. vestigatory staff or to purchase technical each had seven prior complaints of abuse Philadelphia Police Department.” (tinyurl. DOJ investigators were provided support to analyze data. Its annual bud- listed in internal PPD records. com/nnaj7oc) It documents patterns of with “various sets of data available from get is around $225,000 – one-eighth that The DOJ report was requested by Com- the PPD’s use of deadly force and other the PPD, including use-of-force data, of the police oversight board in Wash- missioner Ramsey in 2013 and is largely questionable practices from 2007 to 2013. ‘­officer-involved shooting’ investiga- ington, D.C., which annually receives $2 an advisory document. While there are The report cites a lack of transparency in tive files, police board of inquiry hear- million. Philadelphia’s population is 1.5 provisions for follow-up, the DOJ has no the department’s shooting review process ings and findings, and recruit academy million, while Washington’s is 659,000. means to enforce recommendations since and criticizes its inadequate training. course evaluations” While many cities’ police departments the study was “voluntary” by the PPD. Specifically, a provision of the PPD’s Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Charles publicize their investigative reports after Simply introducing some minor reforms existing “use of deadly force” policies pro- Ramsey stonewalled requests from PAC reviews are completed, this is not so in does not address the real issues. hibits officers from firing at fleeing indi- Executive Director Kelvyn Anderson for Philadelphia, where the PPD still refuses Police departments like Philadelphia’s viduals to subdue them, yet that is what these data. Calling for the DOJ report to be to release the names of officers involved. serve as occupation forces to maintain happened on March 24. The DOJ found made public, Anderson noted a “huge dis- This is a key concern of protesters who exploitation of oppressed communities 394 officer-involved shootings in Phila- connect” between the PPD’s current policy have demanded the names of officers and to keep them from rising up against delphia — averaging one per week — in and the recommendations for transparen- who fatally shot Brandon Tate-Brown on the capitalist system. the seven-year period. Some 540 officers, the majority white men, fired their guns; 68 were involved in multiple shootings. In nearly 3-in-10 shootings, two or more Philly 10 resist cops’ racism & vilification police officers were involved. Fifty-nine victims were unarmed. The report asserts “significant strife By Matty Starrdust March 26 outside Philadelphia City Hall disarmed and disbanded.” between the community and the depart- Philadelphia to counter the cops’ continued racist me- Rufus Farmer, another of the 10 arrest- ment.” More than 90 percent of the peo- dia vilification of the movement against ees, called Commissioner Charles Ram- ple shot by police were Black, Latino or A police-led panel discussion in Phil- police brutality and murder. sey and the PPD’s version of events “com- Latina, averaging 20 years of age but as adelphia’s northeast area on March 19 Megan Malachi, a member of the pletely out of touch with reality.” young as 13. Given these statistics, it ap- quickly turned violent as officers bru- R.E.A.L. Justice Coalition and one of the Despite this intensification of violent pears that “a state sponsored war against tally attacked and arrested 10 protesters Philly 10, told the media: “The actions of police repression, the Philly Coalition for Black and Brown youth” more accurately affiliated with the Black Lives Matter the PPD at the community policing panel R.E.A.L. Justice shows no signs of slow- describes this crisis. ­movement. is a prime example of their wanton, vi- ing down or backing off. The report concludes that the PPD’s The protesters, all members of the grass- olent aggression in response to dissent A full press statement is available at use-of-force policies are “fragmented, roots Philly Coalition for R.E.A.L. (Racial, from the people they are charged to ‘pro- phillyrealjustice.tumblr.com. vague and confusing” to officers and need Economic And Legal) Justice, attended the tect and serve.’ It is clear that we can no The writer is a member of the R.E.A.L. revising. It recommends that officers meeting to demand justice for Brandon longer attempt to reform the PPD. They Justice Coalition and attended the press be given “de-escalation” training, with Tate-Brown, who was killed by police un- should be immediately disempowered, conference. increased training for veteran officers der suspicious circumstances on Dec. 15. to include instruction on “unconscious The protesters, now known as the bias.” The assessment further suggests Philly 10, held a press conference on

August 2014, Milwaukee protest in solidarity with the Ferguson, Mo., rebel- lion and demanding justice for Dontre Hamilton. PHOTO: JOE BRUSKY PHOTOGRAPHY

tality rates are triple that for whites, and the unemploy- ment rate for Black males between 18 and 35 years of age has been over 50 per- down. This can’t continue to happen. cent. Austerity policies such as imposing “People can’t assume and continue to Workfare, as well as those the right-wing make assumptions because they may Legislature recently enacted, are worsen- believe someone is homeless or believe ing these conditions. they may have a mental health issue. That On April 1, the food stamp program doesn’t give [Manney or other cops] any in Wisconsin, called Food Share, will re- right to say people need to be searched.” quire adults between the ages of 18 and ‘Philly 10 hold press conference to 49 to work, be “in training” or “prove” combat cops’ racist propaganda. The struggle goes on they are looking for work 80 hours a Police repression against Wisconsin’s month if they are to get any Food Share WW PHOTO: JOE PIETTE Black communities accompanies Gov. assistance at all. Scott Walker’s anti-union, anti-worker The new, 2015-17 Wisconsin Legisla- “right-to-work” law, which went into ef- ture is now “debating” laws that attack project labor agreements. These include ilton with its next action April 5, called fect March 9 as part of his austerity pro- every single sector of the working class imposing a “right-to-work” law, which "Faith in Action: Rally and March for gram. Given the combined impact of these and oppressed in Wisconsin. These ini- means workers have the “right” to work Peace and Justice in Milwaukee." At this two attacks, the political servants of Wall tiatives include eviscerating historically for lower wages. event members and supporters will put Street have to worry that a mass rebellion progressive and earth-saving environ- Walker, who is in the process of ex- a spotlight on the cases of Dontre, Tony in Milwaukee could unite wide sectors mental laws; semi-privatizing the Uni- ploring a 2016 run for the presidency, is Robinson and others murdered by killer of the working class and oppressed and versity of Wisconsin system; and imple- traveling the country, appealing to the far cops and focus on police terror and the spread throughout Wisconsin. menting cuts of hundreds of millions of right, especially those with money to do- conditions Black people face in Wiscon- Black people living in Wisconsin live dollars to social safety nets. There is also nate. He is visiting areas such as Arizona sin. Activists will also share tactics and under virtual apartheid-like conditions. an attempt to wipe out progressive and and South Carolina, with a planned trip strategies of how to fight back. The state has the greatest disproportion other laws benefiting workers and com- to Israel in April. For updates and information, see of Black prisoners in the country. In seg- munities, such as workers’ compensa- The Coalition for Justice is continuing facebook.com/justicefordontre or regated Milwaukee, Black infant mor- tion regulations and prevailing wage and its struggle for justice for Dontre Ham- #JusticeForDontre Page 8 April 9, 2015 workers.org Where is Kenya’s Field Marshal Kimathi buried?

By Stephen Millies One hundred thousand workers joined paying the judge a 20,000 pound According to David Anderson’s a general strike to protest. Nairobi was bribe. “Histories of the Hanged,” 1,090 The British ruling class has lavished paralyzed for nine days. It took a mobi- Baring hoped Kenyatta’s Africans were hanged in Kenya millions to rebury King Richard III, who lization of the British army and colonial frame-up would demoralize Af- during this righteous upris- was killed 530 years ago. Almost $3 mil- police to crush this uprising. ricans. It ignited years of guer- ing. Just for supplying lion was spent on the tomb alone. (The Freedom demanded that an armed rilla warfare instead. food to guerrilla fighters Telegraph, March 22) struggle be launched. Kenya’s Land and Mau Mau fighters liberated — labeled “consorting” Yet British colonialism still refuses Freedom Army was born. weapons and ammunition from — the British settlers sent to reveal where the body of Field Mar- Kenya’s colonial governor, Evelyn the colonialist army and police. Field Marshal 207 people to their deaths. shal Dedan Kimathi is buried. Kimathi, Baring, responded by declaring a state Mau Mau-supporting blacksmiths Kimathi ‘s A posse led by Ian Hen- a leader of Kenya’s Land and Freedom of emergency on Oct. 20, 1952. The gov- made hundreds of guns. monument derson, a notorious tor- in Nairobi. Army, was hanged on Feb. 18, 1957. ernor’s family controlled Barings Bank, Britain mobilized 55,000 soldiers turer of Mau Mau sus- Being captured with a loaded revolver founded in 1762 by the slave trader Fran- and cops to fight the Mau Mau. The pects, finally captured was enough to send this African freedom cis Baring. Baring himself was named a Royal Air Force bombed guerrilla strong- Field Marshal Kimathi on Oct. 21, 1956. fighter to the gallows. baron in 1960. holds in Aberdares Forest and Kirinyaga. Henderson’s cruelty couldn’t stop the Queen Victoria’s storm troopers seized Caroline Elkins estimated that the co- freedom struggle. Kenya in 1895. Aristocrats stole the land Media helped lynch freedom fighters lonial forces threw 300,000 Kenyans into Twenty thousand Mau Mau guerrillas with Lord Delamere alone grabbing Shakespeare’s play, “Richard III,” prob- concentration camps and forced another didn’t die in vain. Kenya declared its in- 160,000 acres. ably slandered this king. That’s not sur- million into 800 “emergency villages” dependence on Dec. 12, 1963. Africans were forced at gunpoint into prising since Queen Elizabeth I — a mem- built with the Africans’ own slave labor. Henderson later spent 30 well-paid “native reserves,” which were modeled on ber of the Tudor family gang that wasted For Africans in Kenya, British Prime years as head of Bahrain’s secret police. Indian reservations in the United States. Richard’s Plantagenet family and seized Minister Winston Churchill was their On June 3, 1997, anti-war leader and Oppression sparked resistance. When the throne — was then ruling England. Hitler. Guards used Alsatian dogs to maul British Parliament member George Gal- 8,000 Africans rallied in Nairobi on March But Shakespeare’s slanders were noth- women inmates at the Athi River camp, loway told the House of Commons that 14, 1922, to protest the exiling of African ing in comparison with the world capital- and the guards themselves clubbed pris- Henderson was a war criminal. leader Harry Thuku, police opened fire. ist media lies against freedom fighters in oners arriving at the Manyani camp. Mau Mau veterans filed a suit in 2006 White settlers standing on the Norfolk Kenya, who were labeled “Mau Mau.” Six hundred children were confined against the British government for repa- Hotel’s porch joined in the shooting. Fif- Sixty years ago, the media called Jomo in Kamati camp alone. Almost none sur- rations, charging it with systematic tor- ty-eight Africans were murdered. Kenyatta, who later became the leader vived. ture of Kenyan freedom fighters. The East African Trade Union Con- of independent Kenya, a “terrorist.” His Prisoners labeled as “hard-core Mau Africa remembers its heroes. Kimathi’s gress was founded on May 1, 1949. The son, Uhuru Kenyatta, is Kenya’s current Mau” were selected to bury the children. execution is commemorated and streets average yearly wage of African workers in president. “They would be tied in bundles of six are named in his honor. A statue of Kenya was then $73. Baring ordered the colonial police to babies,” recalled former inmate Helen Dedan Kimathi was unveiled in Nairobi On May Day in 1950, the EATUC is- frame up Jomo Kenyatta and other in- Macharia. on Dec. 11, 2006. sued a call for independence and ma- dependence fighters and imprison them. Uncle Sam helped this genocide by When Nelson Mandela visited Ken- jority rule. These genuine labor leaders There was no jury. financing Nairobi’s Embakasi Airport. ya, he asked to see where Field Marshal in Kenya were immediately arrested by According to Caroline Elkins’ Pulitzer Now called Jomo Kenyatta International Dedan Kimathi was buried. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Prize winning book, “Imperial Reckon- Airport, it was built by the slave labor of But the British imperialists still refuse the “Labour Party.” ing,” Baring guaranteed a conviction by Mau Mau prisoners. to reveal this hero’s burial site. Traveling from Detroit to Moscow FIST report on anti-imperialist conference By Tom Michalak Ukraine, where the U.S. State Department “Black Lives Matter” movement outside Moscow handpicked the Kiev junta leadership, the the U.S. Embassy. Russian government has defended its in- As I arrived at the Hotel Metropol in terests. From Moscow’s viewpoint, the Human toll in Donbass bombing Moscow, directly across from the en- Kiev coup was one intervention, one en- In Donbass, the southeastern region trance to Red Square, I saw the Anti- croachment too far. Because Moscow is in Ukraine that is in revolt against the Maidan demonstration being set up to standing up for its interests, the Russian Kiev regime, the U.S.-armed and -di- commemorate the one-year anniversary government has come under attack. rected Ukrain­ian army indiscriminate- of the neofascist coup in Ukraine, whose The result is a game of chicken be- ly bombs the civilian population. In the social support came from regressive tween the world’s largest superpower last year, an estimated 6,000 people have demonstrations in Maidan Square in and its NATO military bloc on one side, died in the fighting, many of whom are Kiev. and Russia on the other. Russia’s large noncombatants. Nearly 100,000 people marched in military is designed to defend Russian While in Moscow, I visited a hospi- Moscow, representing various political territory. The U.S. Armed Forces, on the tal where seven Ukrainian children are forces in Russia, including the Commu- contrary, stretch across a myriad of bases being treated for injuries sustained in Tom Michalak speaking at Moscow littered around the entire globe. Should nist Party of the Russian Federation, conference. the shelling. One was a 10-year-old boy Russian veteran organizations, Greens Washington’s aggressive stance lead to named Vanya, who is a famous case. and Nightwolf Bikers, among many oth- lessly plotting the demise of the so-called conflict between two nuclear powers, it One day when Vanya and his five-year- ers. Their aim was to send a message “Land of the Free.” As Russia has begun could mean the end of humanity. old brother were playing outside in the that a “Russian Maidan” or a color “rev- to get back on its feet after the overthrow Our host during our stay in Moscow garden, the junta’s shelling struck their olution” orchestrated by Washington or of the Soviet Union and the abolishment was Alexander Ionov, president of the home, bringing it completely to the a Western non-governmental organiza- of socialist measures during the turbulent Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia. ground. Vanya’s brother died, and Van- tion would be resisted. It was a show of 1990s, it has once again started to stand This is not a homogenous organization ya’s legs were blown off, he lost one arm, strength among what could be referred to up for itself and its allies. Russia’s defense representing one ideological current. and he was entirely blinded by shrapnel. as patriotic Russian elements. of Iran and Syria from U.S. imperialism, Some of its members subscribe to Korean We visited others whose conditions I went to Moscow as part of a small del- while based on self-interest, is neverthe- socialism and some are “Putinists,” that were not as serious, but whose lives will egation of peace activists from the United less very much appreciated by these coun- is, champions of the Russian president, be forever altered by this conflict that States. Our goal was to demonstrate that tries as well as by anti-imperialist activ- among other tendencies. The underly- they had no responsibility for starting among working people of all countries, ists around the world. ing current among the membership is and had no say in. The head doctor at the cooperation is possible and in our best With the Russian government refusing staunch opposition to Western imperi- facility has publicly called for Ukrainian interests. The other delegates were Ós- to be pushed around at will by the U.S., alism and the belief that all nations have President Petro Poroshenko, President car Hernández-Santoyo of Milwaukee, it is facing “consequences.” Since 1990, the right to self-determination. Barack Obama, German Chancellor An- an immigrant rights activist with “Youth NATO has expanded into 12 countries On the wall in the group’s office are gela Merkel and Russian President Putin Empowered in the Struggle,” and Joe in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet framed photographs of Hafez and Bashar to conduct their negotiations over the Iosbaker, of the Rasmea [Odeh] Defense Union, most of thom are former mem- Al-Assad of Syria, Kim Il Sung of social- conflict near Vanya’s hospital bed, so they Committee and the Committee to Stop bers of the Warsaw Pact, which was the ist Korea, Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, can be aware of the human toll at stake FBI Repression. military alliance of the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro and Che Guevara of Cuba, and to highlight who is bearing the brunt its allies. NATO is thus encircling Russia Moammar Gadhafi of Libya and Omar of the suffering. Demonizing Russia and expanding NATO militarily and politically. The goal is to Torrijos of Panama — all political leaders Most of the attendees at the Anti-­ In the last few years, the mouthpieces of intimidate and apply pressure on Russia, that U.S. imperialism has demonized. Globalization Movement conference held the Pentagon and State Department and just as the U.S. did to the USSR decades The Anti-Globalization Movement held in Moscow in late February were young their obedient media have once again be- ago, which had a significant role in the weekly demonstrations in solidarity with and belonged to the organization. Besides gun hyping up the imaginary threat of the USSR’s dismemberment. the Cuban 5 political prisoners as well as great Russian bear in the Kremlin, end- Since the U.S./EU-backed coup in a demonstration in solidarity with the Continued to page 10 workers.org April 9, 2015 Page 9 Why U.S. rulers fear new investment bank By Deirdre Griswold hurt the environment, all to benefit the the wealth extracted from them by colo- the last drop of blood out of them. They financial institutions of the imperialists. nial rule — have instead been forced to turn up the heat until, finally, the whole Britain, France, Italy and Germany Take the West African countries of cut back on health care, education and cauldron blows up.” He referred to these have agreed to join China in establish- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, for other services in order to pay interest on social explosions as “IMF riots,” point- ing an Asian Infrastructure Investment example, which have been going through loans. ing to what happened when the IMF Bank. China has already announced it the most horrific public health emergency eliminated food and fuel subsidies in will put up $50 billion in initial capital. caused by the spread of the Ebola virus. Bretton Woods, the IMF and World Bank Indonesia in 1998, when it made Bolivia It is too early to say what role this These countries are so poor that, even af- Why does the U.S. ruling class feel increase water prices in 2000, and when bank will play in helping underdeveloped ter Liberia declared an end to new cases, particularly threatened by this new Chi- the World Bank imposed a rise in cook- countries modernize their infrastruc- a televised news report on the return of na-headed development bank? Because ing gas prices on Ecuador in February ture. Negotiations among the principals a score of students to classes pointed out U.S. banks have dominated the financial 2001. (“IMF’s Four Steps to Damnation,” on the bank’s structure and policies are that their grammar school, which when architecture of the capitalist world for de- The Observer, April 29, 2001) expected to take place for at least a year. full serves 1,000 students, has no elec- cades. The U.S. emerged from World War In Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, What will emerge cannot be predicted at tricity and no running water. II as the undisputed global industrial and the people have tried to get rid of govern- this time. On Dec. 22, The Lancet, a preemi- financial powerhouse, while Europe and ments that served as tools of these impe- But one thing is very clear: Wall Street nent British medical journal, published Japan were in ruins and all regions in- rialist-dominated financial institutions and Washington are fuming over the fact a commentary called “The International volved in the world war were suffering. and have looked for other ways to climb that the European imperialist countries Monetary Fund and the Ebola outbreak.” The intention of the U.S. imperialist out of poverty. In Latin America, the re- are joining in, despite strong U.S. pres- It reads: “A major reason why the out- ruling class to translate its military and sult has been ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance sure to stay out. break spread so rapidly was the weakness industrial muscle into financial dom- for the Peoples of Our America) — an al- Criticism of the new development bank of health systems in the region. ... Since ination over the rest of the world was liance of countries, led by Venezuela, that by the U.S. has begun, with government 1990, the IMF has provided support to made clear even before the war ended, is trying to break free of the stranglehold officials telling the media they fear it will Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, for 21, with the founding of the International over their economies imposed by U.S. im- undermine the “good work” done by the 7 and 19 years, respectively, and at the Monetary Fund and the World Bank at perialism for nearly two centuries. International Monetary Fund and World time that Ebola emerged, all three coun- the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944. The anti-colonial revolutions that began Bank, which, they say, have aided devel- tries were under IMF programs. How- This conclave in New Hampshire of the in Asia in the 1930s and spread through- oping countries while imposing regula- ever, IMF lending comes with strings soon-to-be-victorious Allied powers was out the so-called Third World in the 1950s tions to protect the environment and help attached — so-called ‘conditionalities’ dominated by Washington and London. and 1960s drove out the structures of di- the poor. — that require recipient governments to It established the “tradition” that the rect colonial rule. Bretton Woods was the You’re choking on this outrageous lie adopt policies that have been criticized president of the World Bank would al- answer of the imperialists: Keep the mass- right now? So are we. for prioritizing short-term economic ob- ways come from the U.S. es of people enslaved to the banks. Tons of both popular and scholarly jectives over investment in health and One can read many critiques of these Washington’s objections to the new analyses of these institutions, and es- education.” institutions. One was an interview by Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank pecially of the “structural adjustment The authors add that “economic re- Greg Palast with Joseph Stieglitz, a for- have nothing to do with anything except programs” they have forced down the form programs by the IMF have required mer chief economist of the World Bank, the fear of U.S. capitalists that they could throats of poor countries, show that the reductions in government spending, member of Bill Clinton’s cabinet and chair be losing their grip on what has been kind of “development” they foster has prioritization of debt service, and bol- of his Council of Economic Advisers who their main tool for world domination. As usually done just the opposite: stripped stering of foreign exchange reserves.” In turned against his former bosses. a backup, of course, they have the Penta- countries of needed government ser- other words, recipient countries — which Stieglitz told Palast that when nations gon, making the struggle against impe- vices, increased their indebtedness and should be receiving reparations for all are “down and out, [the IMF] squeezes rialist war ever more urgent. Women fight back against racist killer cops

By John Parker Los Angeles es women face as they combat racism, Los Angeles police terror and the unfortunate tol- erance that enables the objectification Women leaders in the anti-police bru- of women. Longchamps said this sexist tality struggle that reaches from Oak- objectification of women must be fought, land, Calif., to New York City gathered especially by those organizations which at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social consider themselves progressive. Justice here on March 22 to discuss the Commenting on the success of the growing movement against racist police meeting, Maggie Vascassenno, of Work- terror and to highlight the growing num- ers World Party in Los Angeles, who co- ber of women being targeted. ordinated the event, Gloria Verdieu, from San Diego’s said, “There’s a Committee Against Police Brutality and beautiful new move- People’s Power Assembly, set the tone ment against police throughout the meeting as she emceed terror growing in this Workers World-sponsored event. WW PHOTO: JOHN PARKER this country, and Verdieu presented a powerful slide militant actions in Oakland, includ- this meeting once show with the faces of women who have ing the shutting down of the Bay again highlights the lost their lives to police terror all across Area Rapid Transit system. Brooks fact that women are the United States. Although most were inspired the audience with her de- in the leadership of women of color — since people of color scription of how the APTP is organiz- this movement, in are the primary targets of police attacks ing communities, including political particular women — the multinational character of the vic- education on tactics, messaging and of color, lesbian and tims dramatically exposed the fact that activism, with an emphasis on main- trans women.” no one is safe from police murder. Verdieu taining leadership by people of color. Boston said the killing of women by police can no WW PHOTO: LIZ GREEN longer remain invisible to this movement. A ‘beautiful new movement’ gles, not deny and counterpose them as Boston IWD forum The slides continued to run through- Lesbian activist Teresa Gutierrez, a Arquette did. These remarks were es- On March 21, the Women’s Fightback out the meeting, intensifying every Workers World Party leader and co-chair pecially appreciated by members of the Network, Team Solidarity and Work- speaker’s words. of the May 1st Coalition for Worker and African-American Caucus of the Ser- ers World Party held an International Ishtyme Robinson, of Mothers Against Immigrant Rights, gave a rousing talk vice Employees’ United Long Term Care Women’s Day forum in Boston attended Youth Genocide, talked about her loss of that scrutinized the backward slight Workers who attended the meeting. They by women and men on the theme, “Ev- two children to police terror, while em- made by Patricia Arquette at the Oscars told about their union’s campaign to raise ery Issue Is a Women’s Issue! Globalize phasizing that she didn’t want people’s against people of color and lesbian, gay, the minimum wage to $15. Women’s Solidarity!” The forum was ad- pity or any gestures to help her. What she bisexual, transgender and queer commu- All the speakers were excited about dressed by women speakers from Black wanted was for people to join the strug- nities. That, said Gutierrez, was an action the youth who activated this nationwide Lives Matter, the Boston School Bus gle against police killings and to examine against solidarity that pushed the wom- movement against police terror. Danielle Union, Veterans for Peace, the People and eliminate whatever distractions they en’s movement in a backward direction. Longchamps, a leader of the youth orga- with Disabilities Caucus, the Women’s may have that keep them from fighting She explained how fighting for those in nization FIST (Fight Imperialism, Stand Fightback Network and Workers World back against police repression. the streets of Ferguson and against the Together) in Baltimore, highlighted the Party. A leader of a high school walkout The gathering also heard from Cat attacks on LGBTQ people were women’s work being done in that city by sever- talked about the struggle that precipitat- Brooks, the leader of the Anti-Police Ter- issues that strengthen all women. al organizations to keep the Black Lives ed the walkout. ror Project and co-chair of ONYX, groups Gutierrez said that white women es- Matter movement active there. She gave The Boston WW Bureau contributed that have courageously participated in pecially had to champion those strug- a personal account of the daily challeng- to this article. Page 10 April 9, 2015 workers.org

Mumia Abu-Jamal’s health scare ignites mass action

Continued from page 1 rival, Mumia’s brother, Keith Cook, was Why the April 2 People’s been read all over the world by political not allowed to visit his brother. Cook activists seeking analysis of the situa- was part of a delegation in Harrisburg, tion in the United States. He has found the Pennsylvania capitol, March 30 to international support for his determina- challenge the Revictimization Relief Act, Tribunal is timely tion to fight for his freedom and continue which denies First Amendment rights to his journalism in the belly of the racist, Pennsylvania prisoners. The opening session of the “People’s captured on videotape. anti-poor prison system in solidarity In an attempt to learn more about Tribunal on Police Violence and Struc- But police terror is just one aspect of with the world’s workers and oppressed. Mumia’s condition, Mumia supporters tural Racism” scheduled for April 2 at the the structural racism based on white su- Millions of people have marched for his were feet away from his hospital door at National Black Theatre in Harlem, N.Y., premacy that helps to sustain the prof- freedom and fought to get him off death the Schuylkill Medical Center; yet four could not have come at a better time. it-driven capitalist system. Consider the row, from which he was finally removed police officers stood in their way, block- A project of the Peoples Power Assem- controversial video of white members of in 2012 after almost 31 years. ing the answers they sought. Hundreds blies, the tribunal is being organized be- the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity from Despite being off of death row, Mumia of supporters have called SCI Mahanoy cause “The cases of Michael Brown, Eric Oklahoma University singing a song rid- is still serving a life sentence without Superintendent John Kerestes. This led Garner, Ramarley Graham, Amadou dled with the racist “N” word and call- possibility of parole for a killing he did Kerestes’ office to turn off his phone, forc- Diallo and countless others have shown ing for the lynching of African Ameri- not commit. The struggle to free him ing concerned people to leave ­messages. that the legal system is incapable of de- cans. There is also the recent lynching continues. Undoubtedly, more support for Mumia livering justice in cases of police brutal- of a Black riverboat worker, Otis Byrd, Abu-Jamal’s worrisome hospitaliza- will be forthcoming until he is safe and ity. The system has failed the people, so in Port Gibson, Miss., which has gotten tion comes only months after the death ultimately until he is free from the racist the people will hold their own court. We very little national attention. of MOVE leader Phil Africa, who died prison system. must put the police on trial and let the In a March 4 Workers World news- under suspicious circumstances at the Mumia’s life is in danger. The media people judge!” (Peoples Power Assem- paper article, “Oscars and mass in- State Correctional Institution in Dallas, and people concerned about Mumia’s blies, Facebook) carceration show why BLACK LIVES Pa., in January. Phil Africa was secretly health are encouraged to contact the The Facebook page continues: “Over MATTER,” Monica Moorehead wrote, taken from the prison to a Wilkes Barre, following individuals and institutions the coming weeks and months, at com- “African Americans make up an estimat- Pa., hospital without any contact with his responsible for the health care of Penn- munity hearings across the country, the ed 13.6 percent of the U.S. population, friends and family for several days before sylvania prisoners and demand answers People’s Tribunal on Police Violence and but in 2010, Black men alone constituted his shocking death. regarding Mumia’s medical condition Structural Racism will hear testimony 40.2 percent of prisoners, according to With this tragic loss fresh in the minds and family visitation rights in this urgent from the victims of police violence and the U.S. Census Bureau.” of MOVE and Mumia supporters, more case. their families, along with the insight of The article continues, “Here is a break- than 15 people travelled immediately to To keep informed on how to help activists engaged in the struggle. Testi- down of these 2010 percentages: Black where Mumia was hospitalized in order Mumia Abu-Jamal and his family and mony will cover the full range of police men were incarcerated at a rate of 3,074 to demand more information. Upon ar- friends, see iacenter.org. offenses, from everyday harassment to per 100,000 residents; Latinos at 1,258 WW PHOTOS: JOE PIETTE summary executions. per 100,000; and white men at 459 per “Related issues, including but not 100,000. (Population Reference Bureau, limited to mass incarceration, the mili- Aug. 2012) The Bureau of Justice Sta- tarization of schools, the War on Drugs tistics states that one out of three young and domestic violence will also be ad- Black men will go to prison in their life- dressed in order to illustrate the con- time.” nection between police brutality and the These staggering statistics and heinous larger system of state violence and struc- examples of killings and murders are just tural racism. Later this year the Tribunal the tip of the iceberg in terms of unearth- will hold a final session to present its ing the divide-and-conquer capitalist findings, conclusions, and recommenda- system that thrives on institutionalized tions.” racism. People of color, especially youth Since the police murders of Michael and young workers, in disproportionate Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and numbers, along with a growing number of countless other Black people including white youth, increasingly have no future women, there has been an ever-growing as the global capitalist crisis deepens. increase in police terror. This includes Youth need decent jobs at union-scale the vicious beatings of Martese Johnson, wages, not police and state terror. a student at the University of Virginia in The April 2 meeting will help lay the Charlottesville, and 57-year-old Floyd basis for indicting the entire capitalist Dent, a United Auto Worker member in system, with a strong demand to disarm Inkster, Mich. Both of these attacks were the police.

From Moscow to Detroit

Report on anti-imperialist conference Top: Mumia Abu-Jamal is held at this hospital in Pennsylvania. Above: Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters outside March 30 court hearing on state’s attempt to stop prisoners from speak- Continued from page 8 Russian capitalists are in no way ca- ing out — aimed at the Black political prisoner. our U.S. delegation, there was a speaker pable of, let alone interested in, landing from Iran and a Venezuelan Embassy on U.S. shores or bombing U.S. cities as representative. The declaration of the they are portrayed in the Western media. The Black Lives Matter movement & supporting WW conference, which this writer had a role To believe such tales, one would have to in drafting, was based on mutual coop- be completely ignorant of the balance of The Black Lives Matter movement, If you appreciate this coverage, it’s eration among the various peoples of the forces vis-a-vis NATO. Russia does not which started in response to the killing of time to join the Workers World Supporter world. This understanding shaped the have bases stretching across the world. It unarmed Michael Brown by a racist cop in Program. Please help us continue to pub- character of the event. does not have troops in Mexico and Can- Ferguson, Mo., is the latest heroic chapter lish anti-racist, working-class truth and From what I could see and ascertain, ada. The vast majority of Russia’s army is in the centuries-long struggle to end the build the struggles needed to make revo- the Russian government does not seek behind Russia’s borders. vile saga of racism and national oppres- lutionary change. conflict with the West, from which it can We hope to further cultivate a rela- sion, including slavery, that permeates We invite you to sign up today! Write gain nothing. The sanctions imposed on tionship among the Anti-Globalization the history and everyday reality of life checks to Workers World. Send them them — which also affect the economy Movement, the Russian people and our- in the United States. WW writes about to Workers World, 147 W. 24th St., 2nd of the European Union countries — are selves. To stop U.S. leaders from plunging the struggle against racism in depth floor, New York, NY 10011. Include your all year, every year. Our coverage of the name and address. Or donate online at mutually harmful to all parties, with the humanity into a nuclear armageddon, we Black struggle here and around the world workers.org/articles/donate/ exception of a miniscule grouping inside will be vocally on the side of those de- is based on the principle of supporting It’s also possible to contribute there the NATO sphere. The Russian ruling fending themselves from reckless impe- national self-determination: Oppressed by joining the Workers World Supporter capitalists themselves, at this present rialist aggression. people have the right to fight to end all Program and giving either a lump sum or stage, are primarily interested in com- Tom Michalak is an activist in Detroit forms of inequality and injustice — “by a monthly donation. Be sure to check it merce, and even German imperialists with the national youth group Fight any means necessary” – Malcolm X. out. And thanks! lose business because of the sanctions. Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST). workers.org April 9, 2015 Page 11 Washington’s Saudi ally bombs Yemen

By Abayomi Azikiwe archies of the Gulf, including Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and the United March 30 — The Gulf Cooperation Arab Emirates as well as Saudi Arabia. Council, under Saudi Arabia’s direction, The Saudi monarchy has framed the announced on March 26 that it began current conflict as a battle against Ira- bombing Ansurallah positions in Yemen. nian influence in Yemen. Saudi aerial At the same time, the Egyptian re- bombardments have killed and injured gime, product of a July 2013 military dozens of Yemeni civilians. coup that ousted a Muslim-Brother- The Ansurallah movement, more hood-led elected government, has taken commonly known as Houthi, has been in steps toward forming a regional mili- conflict with the Western-backed Yeme- tary force to intervene in the North Af- ni government for more than a decade. rican-Western Asian region. Western media frame the struggle Behind these aggressive moves by re- in Yemen, which involves the Houthi gional powers is Washington’s military movement, as a proxy war guided by escalation in the entire region, aimed at Saudi forces on the government side expanding the corporate, financial and battling Iranian influence. Because the strategic interests of the U.S. super-rich. Saudi ruling class is Sunni and the Ira- Earlier in March the Obama admin- nians are Shiite, this proxy war exacer- istration announced plans to keep a bates sectarian hostility in the entire large occupation force in Afghanistan. region and increases overall instabil- Meanwhile, the NATO-led war of re- ity. Washington treats Saudi Arabia as gime-change continues in Syria where a friendly client and supplies — mainly Islamic State fighters and other oppo- sells — weapons and military and intel- sition groups seek to overthrow Pres- ligence support to its ruling family. ident Bashar al-Assad. The Pentagon In addition to the struggle of Houthi has bombed inside Iraq and in neigh- fighters against President Abed Rabbo boring Syria, and has deployed more Mansour Hadi’s government, a seces- The Gulf Cooperation Council is a group of reactionary oil-rich monarchies on the than 3,100 U.S. troops to train the Iraqi sionist movement is rising in Yemen’s ­Arabian Peninsula; these states are dependent on U.S. imperialism and have now army. Such “advisers” often pave the South, where a socialist-oriented re- ­started bombing Yemen. road to a land invasion. public existed between 1967 and the Like George W. Bush before him, late 1980s. Large demonstrations were 2004 and reportedly was killed by Ye- Obama is using Pentagon terror to pro- recently held where the flag was flown meni army forces that September. Led mote U.S. imperialist interests. With of the People’s Democratic Republic of by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the move- the U.S. military tied up with airstrikes Yemen. ment made substantial gains begin- and ground operations in Iraq and Syr- ning in September 2014 and continu- Recent events in Yemen ia, the administration is attempting to ing through today. Psicólogos utilize regional pro-Western regimes Houthi fighters took over Sana’a, Ye- to implement bombing campaigns and men’s capital, in September, including Egypt calls for regional military force ground invasions designed to support the parliament. Recently, they took over Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah y tortura U.S. interests — without using large Taiz. Saudi Arabia took action when the al-Sisi presented a proposal to the Arab Viene de la página 12 numbers of U.S. ground troops. Houthi movement was about to launch League Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh a major offensive in the southern port on March 28 to establish a regional moldeado para ajustarse a los propósit- U.S. foreign policy destabilizes Yemen city of Aden. military force that would intervene in os de quienes están en el poder. Por esa The Saudi bombing operation rep- The International Organization for states facing internal conflicts. razón, las posiciones más lucrativas en el resents the collapse of U.S. foreign pol- Migration announced on March 30 that Saudi airstrikes will not be enough campo de la investigación científica y la icy in Yemen. Recently, the Pentagon 45 people were killed and 65 others to halt the Houthi fighters’ advances or ingeniería, están en el campo militar. El withdrew 100 special forces and diplo- wounded in air attacks on a displaced to stabilize the security situation in Ye- ejército de EUA financia gran parte de la matic personnel. Jeff Rathke, U.S. State persons’ camp in the country’s north- men based on U.S. interests. Al-Manar investigación científica y tecnológica tan- Department spokesperson, said, “Due west. (AFP) Television of Lebanon reported March to dentro como fuera de las paredes de la to the deteriorating security situation in Pablo Marco, Doctors without Bor- 29 that Saudi Arabia is deploying thou- academia. Yemen, the U.S. government has tempo- ders operational manager in Yemen, sands of Islamic Sunni rebels to fight Las destrezas de los científicos, técnic- rarily relocated its remaining personnel said civilian bodies and people injured against the Houthi movement. os de información e ingenieros también se out of Yemen.” (BBC, March 25) in the airstrike were taken to Haradh Al-Manar noted, “Five Persian Gulf someten a las necesidades de otras indus- Rathke stressed that the Obama ad- Hospital near the camp in Hajja prov- States — Saudi Arabia, the United Arab trias corporativas como la farmacéutica y ministration would continue to support ince. (pressTV, March 30) Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar and Ku- a las grandes compañías de gas y petróleo. the state’s “political transition” and Press TV also reported that the wait — backed by the U.S. have declared No hay ninguna faceta intelectual, teórica monitor “terrorist threats” emerging al-Mazrak camp has sheltered Yemenis war on Yemen in a joint statement. ... o científica que pueda escapar de las exi- from Yemen, the most underdeveloped displaced by conflicts, which have in- U.S. President Barack Obama authorized gencias del régimen de lucro sin el riesgo country in the region. tensified since 2009, calling the camp’s ... logistical and intelligence support to de perder ingresos y el ostracismo. Saudi Arabia occupies a vast territory bombing an escalation of the Saudi the military operations, National Secu- Como una ciencia, la psicología es una with a population of 31 million people operation: “The airstrikes began late rity Council Spokesperson Bernadette recién llegada relativamente. Ha teni- and enormous oil wealth concentrated in Sunday (March 29) and continued un- Meehan said. ... She added that while do que competir por un lugar, con otros the royal family. The Saudi military buys abated for almost nine hours. ... Riyadh U.S. forces were not taking direct mili- campos más poderosos como la medici- hundreds of billions of dollars worth of says it has launched the airstrikes, the tary action in Yemen, Washington was na. Desde la década de 1940, el ejército U.S.-manufactured warplanes and other first round of which was carried out on establishing a Joint Planning Cell with ha proporcionado un refugio seguro para armaments. Impoverished Yemen’s terri- March 26, to defend the ‘legitimate gov- Saudi Arabia to coordinate U.S. military los psicólogos, empleándolos en su masivo tory on the southeast corner of the Arabi- ernment’ of Yemen’s fugitive president, and intelligence support.” Departamento de Veteranos así como en el an peninsula is only one-quarter that of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who fled to During the Arab League’s summit, Servicio Selectivo, inteligencia y combate. Saudi Arabia, but Yemen’s population is the Saudi capital on the same day. Ri- Egyptian President Al-Sisi argued that Después del 9/11, cuando la “necesidad” large, at 25 million. yadh has vowed to press ahead with the a regional force was essential to “de- para conseguir “buena inteligencia” de The Pentagon’s withdrawal from al- bombing until Hadi is reinstated.” fend our [Arab] nation­.” (Washington los “enemigos” capturados se volvió más Anad air base occurred March 20 after The Saudi monarchy has intervened Post, March 30) His Egyptian military urgente, había prisa por encontrar una an alleged offensive by al-Qaida fighters in Yemen before, seeking to bolster regime, however, has been hostile to excusa científica para tanto la extracción in nearby al-Houta. Reportedly, al-Qa- former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s Palestinian Arabs and has cooperated eficaz de información como para la re- ida was soon forced to retreat from the government. He was forced to resign with Israel, especially by locking down sponsabilidad ética. La profesión médica, city as a result of Yemen’s military forc- after a nationwide uprising in 2011. the border to Gaza. en su mayor parte, se negó a participar, es’ defensive operations. Recent reports suggest that Yemeni Since the bulk of arms and intelli- pero el establecimiento psicológico, que Pentagon military forces stationed at military forces loyal to Saleh have op- gence sharing for such a regional force tenía una relación más dependiente con the base were conducting training op- posed Saudi airstrikes and are working in Egypt and the Gulf Cooperation los militares, estuvo dispuesta y lista. erations for Yemeni soldiers allegedly with Houthi fighters. This alliance has Council will be provided by the Pen- Las necesidades humanas bajo el siste- to support their fight against al-Qaida. given Houthi forces a decisive advan- tagon, it will be able to carry out only ma capitalista están superadas por la av- For years now the U.S. has engaged in tage in their offensive in the country’s those actions that are in accord with aricia corporativa. A pesar de su hipócri- drone attacks, targeted assassinations south. (New York Times, March 25) Washington and Wall Street’s foreign ta recomendación para la investigación and other efforts aimed at suppressing Houthis are a Zaidi Shiite group lo- policy aims. de sus propias prácticas, a la Asociación any popular uprisings. cated in Yemen. The movement takes Azikiwe is the editor of Pan-African Americana de Psicología se le debe re- The Gulf Cooperation Council con- its name from Hussein Badreddin al- News Wire, where a version of this ar- sponsabilizar por su aprobación oficial sists of all the oil-rich reactionary mon- Houthi, who launched an uprising in ticle was originally published. de la tortura. Correspondencia sobre artículos en Workers World/Mundo Obrero pueden ser enviadas a: [email protected]

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Por Sue Davis La misión de la FDIM es “promover la jeres allí están luchando una batalla ciento de quienes no están en la fuerza Nueva York presencia de las mujeres en la toma de cuesta arriba por un salario igual. Delia laboral son mujeres; que el salario mín- decisiones a todos los niveles, la lucha Selene de Dios, de la Unión Nacional imo es de $10 por día, con las mujeres El llamado a la solidaridad internacio- contra la discriminación y la violencia de Mujeres de México, destacó que la ganando un 35 por ciento de lo que los nal en la lucha por la igualdad y la justi- contra las mujeres, y la denuncia de la economía mexicana está retrocediendo hombres hacen; y que las mujeres que cia para las mujeres fue fuerte y claro el desigualdad practicada contra las mu- debido a que el gobierno neoliberal actu- trabajan por contratos ganan un dólar 17 de marzo cuando representantes de la jeres”. Y añadió: “Tenemos un largo al está al servicio de los bancos del mun- al día. “No es de extrañarse que haya 12 Federación Democrática Internacional camino por recorrer para alcanzar estos do. Condenó la “feminización del trabajo millones de trabajadoras migrantes fili- de Mujeres celebró su reunión anual en objetivos”. mal pagado”. pinos en todo el mundo”, afirmó. el Centro de Iglesia de las Naciones Uni- Campos presentó una mesa redon- Al señalar que la población carcelaria Dos mujeres fueron reconocidas des- das en la ciudad de Nueva York. da, titulada “Beijing + 20, la Mujer y el de Estados Unidos es la más grande del de el podio: Layla Naffa Hamarneh, de La consumada educadora, activista y Trabajo: Igualdad de Remuneración por mundo, Berta Joubert-Ceci, de la Red la Organización de Mujeres Árabes de actriz Vinie Burrows, representante de Igual Trabajo”, que evalúa el progreso de Mujeres en Lucha del Centro de Ac- Jordania, quien agradeció a todas/os la FDIM ante la ONU, abrió la reunión de las mujeres en sus países 20 años ción Internacional, señaló que las mu- por su apoyo a la lucha del pueblo pales- con un breve vídeo y lideró una entusi- después de la Cuarta Conferencia Mun- jeres pobres de color, encarceladas en tino. Hubo un gran aplauso cuando dijo: asta ovación celebrando la libertad de dial de la ONU sobre la Mujer, celebrada su mayoría por delitos de supervivencia, “Estamos firmes con Palestina y con los 5 cubanos, a quien Estados Unidos en China en 1995. son el segmento de mayor crecimiento todos los movimientos de liberación”. encarceló injustamente por tantos años. de prisioneros y a menudo se enfrentan Bathabile O Dlamani, del Departamen- Alicia Campos Pérez, miembro de la ‘Un fuerte movimiento de mujeres a abuso sexual generalizado e inadecua- to de Desarrollo Social de la República Federación de Mujeres Cubanas y co- es una necesidad’ da atención médica como muchas mu- de Sudáfrica, dijo: “FDIM debe trabajar ordinadora de la Oficina Regional de Maria Gabriela anunció que la Orga- jeres encarceladas. Denunció la última para que la Comisión de la Condición de América Latina y el Caribe de la FDIM, nización de Mujeres de Angola está con- hostilidad de Estados Unidos hacia Ven- la Mujer sea vital nuevamente. Un mov- presidió la reunión. Señaló que la orga- trarrestando la desigualdad económica ezuela, diciendo: ¡“Este país, con tantos imiento en pro de los derechos de las nización, fundada en 1945 por mujeres con una campaña nacional de educación crímenes contra las mujeres, se atreve a mujeres es imperativo. No podemos per- socialistas y comunistas, celebra su 70 a nivel comunitario. Viviane Prado, en atacar a la Revolución Bolivariana”! mitir que la Comisión sobre el estado de aniversario dedicada a la solidaridad representación del sindicato de arquit- Joan Salvador, de la organización Ga- la mujer de la ONU hable sobre nosotras internacional y a la lucha por la paz. ectas/os brasileños, señaló que las mu- briela en Filipinas, señaló que el 69 por sin nosotras”. Asociación psicológica estadounidense conspira en tortura

Por Sue Harris Tanto Mitchell y Jes- parte fundamental de este programa, sen tenían un doctorado ya sea en la habitación, mientras que Un informe presentado por el Comi- y experiencia en áreas estas personas estaban siendo tortura- té Selecto del Senado sobre Inteligencia relacionadas con las das o viéndolas en una cinta de video. acerca del uso de tortura por la CIA en técnicas de interrogato- … Mientras haya psicólogos formados Guantánamo y en otros lugares afirma rio y tortura. Sin embar- en el programa SERE [Supervivencia, que gran parte de las torturas fueron su- go, tenían vínculos con la Evasión, Resistencia, Escape] durante pervisadas e inspiradas por psicólogos. CIA y experiencia militar, esos interrogatorios que están dicien- La Asociación Americana de Psi- y habían sido recomenda- do que estos detenidos pueden soportar cología respondió a este informe dos por sus asociados. Su este tratamiento y que no se perjudican declarando: “La publicación del docu- premiada recomendación psicológicamente, entonces, no se trata mento reconoce el derecho de los ciu- para recabar información de tortura”. dadanos estadounidenses a saber sobre de los detenidos fue utili- Benjamin señaló también que “en el Camp X-Ray en la Bahía de Guantánamo, Cuba. acciones previas de su gobierno y es la zando el concepto de “in- último par de días la administración de mejor manera de asegurarse de que de defensión aprendida”, que Obama ha anunciado que nadie, ni la ahora en adelante, Estados Unidos se teligencia Nacional”, editado por Car- fue desarrollada por E. P. Seligman en su gente que lleva a cabo el programa de dedique a programas de seguridad na- rie H. Kennedy y Thomas J. Williams, investigación con perros sobre condicio- tortura, ni las personas que diseñaron el cional que salvaguarden los derechos ilustra estas prácticas: “El campo de namiento clásico. programa, ni las personas que autoriza- humanos y cumplan con el derecho in- psicología y, en consecuencia, su nivel En 2009, Democracy Now entrevistó ron el programa, ni la gente que dijeron ternacional. Los nuevos datos facilitados de práctica, están evolucionando y cre- al corresponsal nacional de Salon, Mark que era legal aunque sabían que franca- por el informe sobre el alcance y la barba- ciendo a un ritmo rápido. Ahora más que Benjamin y a la periodista Katherine mente no lo era, ninguna de esas perso- rie de técnicas de tortura utilizados por nunca, los conocimientos de psicólogos Eban de Vanity Fair, quienes escribieron nas nunca enfrentarán cargos. El Fiscal la CIA son repugnantes y moralmente se emplean diariamente por los miem- artículos en 2007 sobre Mitchell y Jes- General ha anunciado que no sólo eso, reprobables”. (apa.org, 9 de diciembre) bros de las fuerzas militares, de servi- sen. Eban dijo, “Los psicólogos prestaron sino que el gobierno pagará los gastos A pesar de esta moralizadora exención cios de inteligencia nacional y de seguri- sus nombres y sus credenciales y su doc- legales de la persona que enfrentara car- de responsabilidades, James Risen, en su dad pública de comunidades”. torado a este tipo de actividad y funda- gos en cualquier parte del mundo o que libro “Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Risen informa que dos psicólogos, mentalmente fueron utilizados por la tenga atestiguar frente al Congreso”. Endless War” [Pagar cualquier precio: James Mitchell y Bruce Jessen, idearon administración Bush para proporcionar Mitchell y Jessen recomendaron la codicia, poder, y guerra infinita], revela una lista de técnicas coercitivas para ser una especie de “salir libre de la cárcel” imposición de terror y dolor en los su- que la APA ha modificado su código de utilizados para cuestionar los prisioner- a las personas, como ustedes saben, es- jetos a fin de obtener información y ética para permitir ese tipo de interrog- os. Personalmente condujeron interrog- taban haciendo estos interrogatorios.” para que fueran obedientes y maleables atorios. A pesar de los muchos esfuerzos atorios torturando detenidos de la CIA (democracynow.org, 21 de abril de 2009) para lograr su cooperación. Los dos ya realizados por la Coalición por una Psi- y entrenaron a miles de “técnicos” para Benjamin dijo: “no creo que se pueda se han jubilado, pero su labor continúa, cología Ética y a otras organizaciones hacer lo mismo. exagerar el grado en que el Departa- protegidos por la actual administración para prohibir la participación de psicólo- En 2005, los dos formaron Mitchell mento de Justicia se basó en el asesora- y la APA a pesar de las declaraciones. gos con la CIA, el liderazgo de la APA se Jessen & Associates para específica- miento y el consentimiento y la par- ¿Cómo sucede esto? negó a intervenir en los interrogatorios mente realizar ese trabajo con la CIA. ticipación de los psicólogos, no sólo en En la búsqueda de ganancias rápidas conjuntos de la CIA y sus psicólogos. Entre 2005 y 2009, la firma recaudó 81 la elaboración de los programas, sino que caracteriza al sistema capitalis- Una nota del año 2011 para el libro millones de dólares de la CIA. La empre- llevándolos a cabo y argumentando ta, cada tecnología y marco teórico está “Práctica Ética Operacional en Psi- sa contaba con 120 empleados y trabajó que eran seguros y que no constituían cología: Militares y Aplicaciones de In- en una serie de instalaciones militares. tortura. Quiero decir, que fueron una Continúa en la página 11