Before you order another Domino's Pizza. we thought you'd like .to know ...

Domino's . . . Discriminates• Domino's Denies NOW Access to Public Facilities In May 1988. Domino's Pizza denied the Ann Arbor/Washta­ now County Chapter of the National Organization for Women the right to hold a hayride tundralser at their corporate headquarters. even though they allowed • Rlght­ to-Ufe • to do so. NOW was told they could not use Dom­ Ino ·s public facilities because the owner of Domino's Pizza. Tom Monaghan. Is religiously opposed to NOW's support for abortion rights. As a result. Ann Arbor/Washta­ now County NOW flied a complaint with the Michigan Civil Rights Department charging Domino's with violation of Michigan's Elliot-larson Civil Rights Act.

The Owner of Domino's Contributes Thousands to Anti-Choice Causes On Nov. 8. 1988 a proposal to outlaw Medicaid funding for abortion services passed In Michigan. Tom Monaghan. owner of Domino's Pizza. donated over $50,000 to ·The Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortions:

What Can You Do? let your local Domino's franchise know how you feel about their discriminatory policies. Help educate others by spreading the word.

When It Comes To Equality ... Domino's Doesn't Deliver!

For More Informal ion and Add~lonol Fliers Contact Mk::hlgan NOW • Box 18063 • Lansing, Ml 48901 • (517)-485-'1687 US. 'O!TAGf. IUI.JC • .ua PAID 0 O•l•oit, .Wch. r,,~ ; , U& JCOI

DETROIT METRO TIMES ATTN: WOMEN/S EDITOR 800 DAVID WH I TNEY BLDG DETROIT. MI 48226

MEN, TIIEIR R!GILTS A.ND ~OTHING MORE; WOMEN, THEIR RIGHTS AND NOTHING LESS April/May 1989

~ STATE CONFERENCE

CALEJVpACJ{ "Making Connections NOWl" Conference goers will APRIL is the theme of this year's have the evening to them Michigan NOW State Conference selves to enjoy local rest 29 Operation Bully will try aurants and theatres both to close women's health held this year in Detroit, clinics, To help call May 20 and 21. in Detroit and across the RCAR 833-7086, Alison Hine, a member of the river. Board of Directors for Women's Sunday will see the last MAY Action for Nuclear Disarmament, part of the b~siness meet­ will- give the luncheon keynote 7 "The Law & Human Imperative ing including the· announce­ for Human Rights", dramatic address. Ms. Hine is a stirring ments of the elections. All readings at B'ham Temple speaker who should enable us this will take place at the Choir, 2 pm. Call 577-3453 all to take the conference theme Day•s Inn at Michigan and to heart. 12-14 Det, Area Faith & Resist­ Following the lunch there Washington Blvd. ance Retreat, Call 549-3888, The fee will be $35 for 963-4539. 822-2055. will be workshops on racism/ the entire conference. For affirmative action, the state further information con­ commission report on domestic 13 Conference to discuss sult the latest Michigan raising the minimum wage, violence, and the State Supreme NOW Times or call Detroit Dave Miller Bldg, 9-2 pm Court hearings on gender dis­ NOW. Don't for get a Confer $5. crimination in the courts. ence organi zers deeply 14 Peace Child, theatre piece, Between 4 and 5 there will be appreciate your early reg­ Central Methodist Church, an action relating to the boy­ istration. Detroit, 3 pm, Also May 19 cott on Domino's pizza. And the at Trenton Theatre, 7a30, organized merriment will be and May 21 at Baldwin Th. capped off with a cocktail party Royal Oak, 3 pm. Alternative Housing Needed( at the Trolley Plaza _ ~t 5 pm. 19-21 Rev, T. Simon Faransani's tour for a health clinic in refugee camp in S, Africa, Call MCHR, 832-4400 Detrbit8VOW _.GACLU 14 RCAR Memorial to Women The abortion case of the 15- --The Connecticut regulation Denied Choice, Christ Ch. year old rape victim was turned (denying Medicaid abortions) Cranbrook, 4-5 pm down at the circuit court level does not impinge upon the fund­ but is being appealed. Detroit 20-21 Mich. NOW State Conf., Days amental right of privacy recog­ Inn, Detroit NOW along with eight other orgar nized in Roe v. Wade that pro­ izations tried to enter the tects a woman from unduly bur­ JUNE case as intervening plaintiffs densome interference with her but were denied. Ironically, freedom to decide whether or 24 Pride '89 Festival, Call RTL and even six individuals not to terminate her pregnancy. 549-3851, 646-8784 were admitted as intervening plaintiffs. JULY --Although the impact of the Here are some gems from that (Hyde) Amendment falls on the 20-23 NOW National Conf., decision written by Judge John indigent, that fact does not Cinncinnati, Ohio H. Hausner. itself render the funding re- NOMINEES NEEDED FOR Domino's cont. FEMINISTS OF THE YEAR can stop his influence. His Word of God organization, estimated at 20,000 members It's time once again to plan for our annual nationally, met in Ann Arbor in the summer of August 26 celebration. CVetroit !{OW 'S8 with some ten thousand in attendance. The In addition to the gen cult believes that women are "handmaidens of eral good time and feel ~Soard of Q;recto" ~ ings we have then, we men," forces arranged marriages, and supports a always recognize people school 1n Honduras believed to shelter the who deserve special re­ President Contras. Monaghan's Puebla Institute in Ann cognition for their con Karen Sundberg 345-9644 Arbor is headed by a man who reportedly was tributions to the strug gle for women's rights. Immediate Past President Nicaraguan dictator Somoza's former editor of The awards are in four Maxine Parshall 569-1287 La Prenza. (These connections have been catagoriesa people who documented in detail by Detroit writer Russ have worked in politics, V, Pres, Membership Bellant in his November articles in the New in the community, in Faith Robinson 835-5033 NOW and special awards. York Times and 1n the National Catholic We have honored judges, Treasurer Reporter.) legislators, news people, Debra Renner 835-5033 and petition solicitors, men ' as well as women. Recording Secretary Monaghan has tried to depict himself as a self­ Please send your nomin David Sobelsohn 961-0582 made man who has overcome an ophaned ations to Detroit NOW. childhood to succeed. The reported facts are Corresponding Secretary quite different. His mother was a single parent Jacquie Steingold 838-6152 RCAR MEMORIAL struggling to support two children and earn a v. Pres. Political Action nursing degree. According to family friends, This Mother's Day will Bill Allgeyer 531-8777 young Tom was so abusive to her that in have a special signifi­ cance for feminists. The Violence Against Women desperation she temporarily placed him in foster Religious Coaltion for Diana Warshay 861-1051 care. Abortion Rights will hold a celebration of woman's Reproductive Freedom Monaghan' s vindictiveness is often public: when choice on May 14, at Kirsty Moore 925-7411 Christ Church Cranbrook he discovered that Tiger star Kirk Gibson was from 4-5 pm. The service Labels generously donated li ving unmarried with his girl friend, Monaghan will also be a memorial by Jennifer Kundak and ca lled Gibhy a slob and ~orse. Gibson left the for those women who died Jeff Cowells Tigers and the rest is baseball history. from self-induced or il­ legal abortions and in Monaghan also fired · his key vice president for child berth. franchising, based on a personal extra-marital affair. Many other key employees have profits for right wing, anti-American causes. .. resigned" ~ithout explanation after they were Those who do--we'll recognize. Their pressure known to have disagreed with Monaghan. might force a change.

According to a Free Press article, Tom However, we hope many local businesses will Monaghan now believes that he lives in a state find Monaghan's actions in violation of their of grace with God. This fanatical belief places business contracts, and switch to another chain him in a class with the Ayatollah of Iran. or go independent. To those who refuse to act we can only say, "if you lie down with dogs, yo~ fair to the local pizza owners? get fleas."

We are asking franchise owners to take a --By Jan BenDor April. l989. THE :'-IEWS \'OW ___ _! esp_onsible posture _against the use of Domino's

··, ' ·· MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION I wish to ioin NOW arid commit myself to take action to bring women into full This spact~ participation in the mainstream of American society now. exercising lull nghls available for and respons1blilt1es 1n partnership with men. your ad. Call 273-7400 for I FIRST NAME details. LAST NAME------ADDRESS------

Business ads CITY ------STATE __ ZIP --- PHONE NO. ( ) .. ______Personal ads Greetings I ENCLOSE: NATIONAL, MICHIGAN. AND CHAPTER DUES

$_ __ Regular Dues ($40) TOTAL ENCLOSED$ ------$_ __ Reduced Dues ($16 · $39) . CHAPTER OF , $ __. Additional Contribution ;; YOUR CHOICE ------c ;;;"' ~ Mail to Detroit NOW membership processing 14900 Archedale, Detroit, MI 48227 c/11essage From Our President DETROIT NOW/ ACLU cont.

· I write this as I am music, and literature. strictions constitutionally at Washington National Recently I just realized, invalid, for poverty, is- not a Airport waiting to board this is my life! These suspect classification, my return flight to issue~ unfortunately, Detroit after the aren't going to go away __There is no right under the historic March for any time soon, and we may equal protection guarantees of Women's Equality/Women's well be fighting these the State Constitution (even Lives in the nation's fights for many years to one with an E.R.A.) to have the Capitol today. What a come. In fact, as the state subsidize the individual thrill it was to assemble saying goes, the fight exercise of a constitutionally near the Washington has only just begun, I'm protected right when it chooses monument this morning, to afraid. to subsidize alternative con­ see familiar faces from stitutional rights. all over Michigan and the So come on, people, rest of the country, as we need each and every --The mere fact that only women well as to meet and make one of you, not just on a are affected by this statute new friends! What a once-a-year basis when does not necessarily mean that thrill it was to march you pay your dues, but on women are being discriminated along Constitution Ave. a regular basis, even against on the basis of sex. and down Pennsylvania daily, to do your part in --••• the prevailing view amonst Ave. to the Capitol steps furthering NOW's purpose, (which we couldn't even which is, "to take action our sister state jurisdictions get near due to the mobs to bring women into full is that the E.R.A. does not pro­ of people)! What a participation in the hibit differential treatment thrill it was to survey mainstream of American among the sexes when, that treat the houndreds of society now, exercising ment is reasonably and genuinely thousands of faces of all rights and responsi­ based on physical characterist­ those who came so many bilities thereof in truly ics unique to one sex, miles, from all over the equal partnership with world, to march and men." --••• the legalization of abortion demonstrate for women's in Michigan occurred not right to choose and the Plan to attend our because of the State Constitu­ ERA! state conference, which tion and rights found therein, Detroit NOW is hosting, but by virtue of the u.s. Con It came to me while at the Day's Inn in stitution as interpreted by marching that I guess I downtown Detroit, on May the Roe decision ••• It is the will have to invest in 20 and 21, 1989. We'll publrc-policy of the state to some white garments after hold an action again proscribe abortion, all, if this fight is Domino's Pizza at 4:00 going to go on as it has. p.m. on . Sat., the 20th. --••• a State is under no con (White is our marching Hope to see you there! stitutional duty to provide color.) Three years ago substantive services for those at the March for Choice - Karen Sundberg within its border, in Washington, I was Detroit NOW still hoping there could President In all fairness to Judge be an end to all this Hausner, he didn't come up with marching and demon­ all these great ideas by him­ strating, that these self. In most cases, he is quot­ issues would be settled ing from other decisions. once and for all, and that I could go back to my life, which is art,

STATE CONFERENCE cont. ACLU FUND The Michigan ACLU has esta­ blished a revolving fund for Alternative Housing Needed! sexual harassment cases, Such funds would be used to cover the you can offer a spare bed incidental expenses incurred or sofa to a state conf­ No one has to tell you from such cases. women don't make much money. erence ·goer, call Karen If you are in need of such Alternative housing is the Sundberg 345-9644 evenings financial assistance, call only way some women can or Detroit NOW 273-7400, Howard Simon at the ACLU's attend NOW conferences. If Detroit office (961-4662). DOMINO'S PIZZA BOYCOTT UPDATE

Following the resolutjon of the National Now junction of U.S. 23 and M14 northwest of Ann Board to Boycott Domino's Pizza,. chapters Arbor) has proceeded in spite of numerous around the U.S. have begun to take action. In protests by neighbors, and in apparent violation Madison, ·Wisconsin, local feminists of the local land use ordinance. The office demonstrated in front of a local Domino's zoning ·is flaunted· by the constant schedule of franchise. In Chicago, Students for Choice have " public relations events (antique car shows etc.), distributed boycott fliers. New Orleans- NOW a petting -zoo, and the visitor center with its held a press conference to publicize their local party facilities. boycott. In response to the neighbO"rhood group's public This pizza is bad for your health · outcry, Monaghan said, "It· doesn't matter what the neighbors -think--in ten years I'll OWN The profits from sales _of Domino's pizza are THEM." supporting a single owner whose actions--both personal and "corporate"--go directly against Domino's Farms(sic)--the corporate your civil rights as an American. headquarters--has bought up surrounding homes from elderly people, man-y· of them widows who The Ann Arbor Washtenaw Chapter of NOW have lived in the area all their lives. A number was forced to file a complaint on the basis of of the women have told of how Domino's religious discrimination after Domi·no's lawyers harassed them almost daily to get them Headquarters· cancelled NOW's pro-choice to agree to sell. Then they were not offered fundraiser scheduled in the conipany:s public money but trades of land or estate trusts. facility for group parties. Domino's -officials stated .that the cancellation· was explicitly due to Monaghan continues to buy up land and "Mr. Monaghan's religious beliefs agai_nst businesses in the area: the local Marriott, a large abortion." tract planned for $1 million homes; land for a new baseball stadium; a field designed for cable There have been other civil rights complaints TV links. One AP reporter bas suggested that filed. We have sent a Freedom of Information Monaghan's ultimate design will be a Disney request to the state Civil Rights Department to World type of empire, exempt from state laws on ·determine the - extent ·-and categ-ory of environment, building, and civil rights. discrimination cases filed. We have heard many informal reports that incidents have involved Anti-union race, sex, and - religious discrimination. The ACLU has taken the case of an employee forced Domino's has employed. every technique to to cut his hair. prevent the formation of unions among its employees. Organizers ·ar~ rapidly pushed out. And the record is becoming worse. Each pizza sold, whether at a franchise location or at a However, the building of Domino's pizza outlets directly owned outlet, produces a profit for ·use with non-union labor has run the company into by Mr. Monaghan. In 1988 · he contributed trouble with several communities. In Granite $50,000 to the media campaign that resulted in the denial of reproductive rights to poor women City, Illinois, construction ·trades unions have in Michigan; on television he promised another initiated a boycott with wide support. $50,000 of his personal money, an·d his In Michigan, UAW workers have urged a similar corporation contributed another $10,000. At the action based on the purchase of large fleets of same time, the world headquarters facilities foreign-made trucks for delivery of pizzas. were donated for frequent and well publicized fundraisers for Right to Life and for right wing The corporate excuse is that Domino's does not political candidates. decide franchise actions. Of course, had Monaghan any concern with his image, Domino's No Women May Apply could very well have maintained control over policy in franchising agreements. Future outle.ts At a Domino's corporate conference, executives will be directly owned, due to the fall-off 1n were asked why there are no women on the sales of franchises, so don't believe the excuses. "executive team." Dave Black, Monaghan's #2 executive, said, "We used to, but there were too A ven&eful fanatic many complaints from tbeir(sic) men." Tom Monaghan's personal story reveals a On the Way to Empire fanatical man who will only become more socially dangerous as he controls more wealth. The rapid expansion of the Domino's Boycotting his pizza empire is only one way w_e headquarters in Ann Arbor township (at the NOMINEES NEEDED FOR Domino's cont. FEMINISTS OF THE YEAR can stop his influence. His Word of God It's time once again organization, estimated at 20,000 members to plan for our annual nationally, met in Ann Arbor in the summer of August 26 celebration. 'Detroit !{OW '-88 with some ten thousand in attendance. The In addition to the gen cult believes that women are "handmaidens of eral good time and feel ings we have then, we men," forces arranged marriages, and supports a always recognize people school tn Honduras believed to shelter the who deserve special re­ President Karen Sundberg )45-9644 Contras. Monaghan's Puebla Institute in Ann cognition for their con tributions to the strug Arbor is headed by a man who reportedly was gle for women's rights. Immediate Past President Nicaraguan dictator Somoza's former editor of The awards are in four Maxine Parshall 569-1287 La Prenza. (These connections have been catagoriest people who V. Pres. Membership documented in detail by Detroit writer Russ have worked in politics, in the community, in Faith Robinson 8)5-503) Bellant in his November articles in the New NOW and special awards, York Times and tn the National Catholic We have honored judges, Treasurer legislators, news people, Debra Renner 835-5033 Reoorter.) and petition solicitors, men ' as well as women. Recording Secretary Monaghan has tried to depict himself as a self­ Please send your nomin David Sobelsohn 961-0582 made man who has overcome an ophaned ations to Detroit NOW, Corresponding Secretary childhood to succeed. The reported facts are Jacquie Steingold 8)8-6152 quite different. His mother was a single parent RCAR MEMORIAL struggling to support two children and earn a V, Pres, Political Action nursing degree. According to family friends, This Mother's Day will Bill Allgeyer 531-8777 young Tom was so abusive to her that in have a special signifi­ cance for feminists. The Violence Against Women desperation she temporarily placed him in foster Religious Coaltion for Diana warshay 861-1051 care. Abortion Rights will hold a celebration of woman's Reproductive Freedom choice on May 14, at Kirsty Moore 925-7411 Monaghan's vindictiveness is often public: when Christ Church Cranbrook he discovered that Tiger star Kirk Gibson was from 4-5 pm. The service Labels generously donated living unmarried with his girl friend, Monaghan will also be a memorial by Jennifer Kundak and called Gibby a slob and worse. Gibson left the for those women who died Jeff Cowells from self-induced or il­ Tigers and the rest is baseball history. legal abortions and in Monaghan also fired· his key vice president for child barth. franchising, based on a personal extra-marital profits for right wing, anti-American causes. affair. Many other key employees have Those who do--we'll recognize. Their pressure ··resigned" without explanation after they were might force a change. known to have disagreed with Monaghan. However, we hope many local businesses will According to a Free Press article, Tom find Monaghan's actions in violation of their Monaghan now believes that he lives in a state business contracts, and switch to another chain of grace with God. This fanatical belief places him in a class with the Ayatollah of Iran. or go independent. To those who refuse to act we can only say, "if you lie down with dogs, yo~ get fleas." Fair to the local pizza owners?

April. !989. THE :-

. ·.~ .. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION I wish to ioin NOW arid commit my sell to take action to bring women into full spaet~ This partiCipation m the mainstream of American society now. exercising lull rigtlts available for and respons1b1l1hes m partnership with men. your ad. Call 27J-7400 for I FIRST NAME details. LASTNAME------ADDRESS------

...... Business ads CITY------STATE--- ZIP --- PHONE NO. ( , _ _ __ _

Personal ads To M eompleled by Uembenhlp Proce ..or only: TOTAL s SEN-T I CHAPTER ITIJJ ~.~r.:::R D TO NATIONAL Greetings crl_L.J IY ' yeo) I I I ENCLOSE: NATIONAL, MICHIGAN. AND CHAPTER DUES $_ ___ Regular Dues ($40) TOTAL ENCLOSED S ------$ _ __ Reduced Dues ($16 .. $39) CHAPTER OF $ _ _ Addllional Contribution YOUR CHOICE ------

~ · Mail to Detroit NOW membership processin~ 14900 Archedale, Detroit, MI 48227 ~

- -- - ======~===== C2lilaaa

Oakland County Chapter Of NOW - May, 1989

Ma.~ch..Ma.~ch.,Ma.~ch.!

IT WAS GREAT! - Metro Detroit Mc:>n.a.gh.a.n. Ma.yh.E3nt was well represented at one of the largest demonstrations ever held in our June 6th meeting will be a Washionton D.c. Two buses left from special presentation regarding the Oakland Mall and three from Wayne State Domino Pizza boycott. Initiated by University. Many marchers filled air Oakland NOW and co-sponsored by all planes and went by car. metro chapters including Oakland, To those of you who donated Macomb, North Oakland, Detroit, Down funds to support the march, a big thank River ' and Western Wayne - the event. you. All proceeds went for scholar­ promises to propose challeng1ng ships. Thanks to ypur generosity, four questions concerning Tom Monaghan's people who did not have adequate funds activities. were able to attend the march. We can Why has Monaghan become the man stand proud. everyone loves to hate - feminists, · Of course, the march was not the environmentalists, unionists, peace end but only a part of our activists, stadi urn preservationists, et continuing struggle. Please don't al. How dangerous are Monaghan's ideas forget to write to Supreme Court and influence to us all? Come to the Justices O'Connor, Scalia and Kennedy, June 6 meeting and find out. urging them to uphold Roe vs. Wade. If Our special guest speaker will you have a personal story to tell be Mr. Russ Bellant, a freelance writer (yourself, friend, relative) demon­ and researcher who is an expert on this strating why abortion must be safe, subject, having written nume~ous available and legal to all women, tell articles about Monaghan's connect1ons it in that letter. and controversial activities. Put the enclosed flyer by your calender, mark the date and let your friends know, too. Hope to see you there!

A Wc:>nta.n.'s Life Is A H-u.nta.n. Life. Did you know: One ~oman dJ.es every three minutes world w1de due to a botched abortion .•• needlessly. WILL IT BE OUR SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS, TOO? WOMAN-KILLING MUST END. wE! l c::: C>"ID.E! Natioanl NOW Conference A.t.-la.::rge Me:rn.l::>E!::rs

We are fortunate to have a This month we are sending this national conference so close to home - newsletter to at-large members in next year it will be held on the west Oakland county, encouraging them to coast. If you have never attended a NOW affiliate with Oakland County NOW. National Conference, you are missing a By being a member of Oakland truly feminist happening. You will NOW, active or not active, you provide witness and be a part of setting clout to the activities and influence agendas, selecting leaders - an exhil­ of our local chapter. While affiliating arating sisterly battle of wills and with Oakland NOW costs nothing extra, priorities. it increases our membership and some of Oakland NOW chapter is your dues are forwarded to this chapter authorized to have eight voting dele­ They are used to support local actions, gates and two alternates to this con­ and events. As an extra bonus, you will ference. Other members are invited to be made aware through our newsletter attend as well. If you are interested and other mailings of what ' s happening in being considered for the position of in the metro area on issues that you delegate or alternate, please contact support. Pat franz at 542-3110 or Gerrie Barclay But ... we can't affiliate you at 644-4392, no later than June 5th. unless you authorize us to do so. Call, also, if you need any information Please take the time (I know, there's on the conference. never enough) to fill out, clip, and mail this form to: Oakland NOW, P.O. Box 1381, Royal Oak, MI, 48068 President Presents Pathetic Appeal

Thanks to your new memberships and renewals, our chapter has received enough funds to cover our meetings, normal mailings and most actions for the past year. The funds, however, are .getting low - not because we are weak, but because we are strong! So much time, energy and funds have gone into work, extra productions and mailings for Proposl A actions and coalitions, as well as, for the April 9th march - 1Strengthen the women's networking web 1 that no time has been spent on fund J by ordering from your local, feminist raising. Thus, we are operating a -- - book source - little lean, which can make us less I daring. I could promise a magnificent ! fund raiser, but, quite truthfully, i a Yoaea 's history boo.t.serYice I unless it's a joyous, outrageous femi­ I I can order any title!! nist event, I really hate to urge our I judith Houk I active members into meaningless tasks. 765 Lovell j Troy, MJ .f8098 That's why I'm hoping that, in addition I to your important membership support, 852-5394 you'll find a few spare dollars to send (by check) to: Oakland NOW, P.O. Box 1381, Royal Oak, MI, 48068 Thanks, Pat Franz ACTION NOW ~legislative alert covertng state & national legislation concerning women. Mailed 1st class 4-6 times a year. Mail$') check (payable to Michigan NOW) . along with name and address to : ACTION NOW 32321 S.hiaYassee Faraia loa, III 48024 "PRO-CHOICE: THE TURNING POINT" Rev. Davidson Loehr, Ph.D. I will ·suggest to you an image of what the pro-life movement has become in America. The .January 21, 1989, Lansing, Michigan image comes from Walt Disney's classic movie, flmnil. It is the scene of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, where Mickey Mouse needs water, and uses his partial knowledge of sorcery to call (c/o People's Church, P.O. lox 828 forth powerful and primal forces wich he can not control. But primitive forces ltke the Kalamazoo, Ill 49.005 power of reproduction--have their mm agenda, as Mickey Mouse learned. Those forces know Phone &1&-375-32&2) only one word, and that word is "lloreJ• And so the Sorcerer's Apprentice, though he 111ant well, unleashed the force of a flood with the power to destroy all life in its path because To speak on the issues of abortion as a minister is. to be forced to look for a religious, or it could not be contained. It is the task of civilization, and of religion to~ the at least a moral, perspective on a complex and painful subject. It is a topic on which primal forces so that they do not destroy us. neither side has all the angels, and the pain for • as well as for uny of JOU fs tn being forced to choose between two incomplete and only partly satisfactory alternatives. It is a The pro-ltfe movement is pro-ltfe in the same way that the Sorcerer's apprentices were pro­ battle of partial visions, where these partial visions have done deep and lasting violence to water. The ltfe force itself is being served by the pro-ltfe people. They have called forth our people, our nation, and even to the image of what it lUSt •an to ltve as a human being. one of the most ancient and potent powers on earth. But ltke the Sorcerer's apprentice, they have called forth spirits which they cannot control, and the life with which they are we gather as two camps at war with one another, in which each side has many good and caring flooding the poor and minority and young segmMits of our society is a force of ltfe ltke a people, often doing the best they know how, in service to the partial visions which have flood, with the power to destroy any possibility of bYmln life. guided this war. Those on one side believe that all abortions are .urder, and that the people who seek or perform abortions are enemies of ltfe itself •. But at the heart of the There is a vast difference between human ltfe and 1111:1 life, and to support .bl!llllll ltfe other view lies the suspicion that the dark forces behind the pro-life movement are some of demands that we worship and serve a fundamentally different spirit than the biological power the most fearful and misguided demons· loose in our .vrld today. to create more and more anoii.YIIIOUS creatures. A millton or ten mtllton tlltterate, unencul­ turated, unwanted people kept in ghettos and Eintained at dependent subsistence levels by Each side serves a partial vision, though the visions are of very different orders. Behind welfare and ADC handouts are evidence na1 of our love for human ltfe, but of the shallowness the pro-life side is a powerful but dangerous moral vision. Behind the pro-choice rhetoric and blindness of our nation's moral vision. there is an almost complete lack of any articulated IIIEil. vision whatever. In the pro-choice camp, the language about abortion is overwhelmingly the language of legality and individual To pour more unwanted ltfe into a shattered subculture where the famtlies are broken, rights. That is simply not enough, and the.vacuum that exists Mhere the moral vision of the education is nonexistent, where babies are having babies because they wish there ware pro-choice movement should be is precisely the force wich has called forth such violent and something in the world that loved them, were the children born have al1111st no chance ever of effective opposition from the pro-life camp. escaping from their ghettos, to reduce WCIIDen to mere breeding-chambers, to mere "baby­ buckets•--this is today's pro-ltfe movement. It is a 1111vaent many centuries out of touch 1 want to suggest to you today that this day, .January 21st, 1989, should became the turning wtth the 110ril demands of our compltcated times. It follows a partial vision IIIIich has so point of the pro-choice movement, the day when you grow beyond legal and individual-rights exalted and exaggerated one tiny part of the picture that is threatens to destroy the fabric language, and begin to articulate your cause from within a moral and religious vision. But of the wale culture, and we are all paying the cost of having called forth spirits we can before turning to the challenge wich confronts the pro-choice movement, let us understand neither understand nor control. the nature of the forces behind the pro-life side, and try to put a nama to those forces. There are, of course, other motives involved. There are insecure and frightened men who wtll 1 put this question to you. How can people who are as intelligent and as caring as you are suppress women; there are boys wo plant their seeds like .Johnny Appleseeds and then run support the pro-life position? How can they support a program that reduces a woman to her away, leaving Mother Earth to carry the weight of their nasty ltttle visit. There ts the biology, but leaves fathers out of the picture completely? How can caring people fight to punishment motive: that bizarre notion that waaen, but not 11111, should be forced to suffer force the birth of unwanted babies they will never see, withoUt even a concern for the fate for the sin of sexuality, or for believing that the man really gave a da~n when he made Mhat of these unwanted babies after they are born? How can they ignore the racial and racist he called •love• to them. And there is the scapegoat factor--the fact that the people who dimensions to the issue, how can they even !Y9J!11 that adopt~on could be a reasonable wtll have to carry and support these unwanted children are mostly the invisible people of our alternative to abortion, when only healthy white babies have auch chance to be adopted, and culture: the uneducated, the poor, and the minorities wa are so good at ignoring. even those add up to only a few percent of the unwanted children with which our society is being flooded? OUr souls, our nation and our world are being raped by the soldiers of this partial vision 1 and we must begin to replace that partial vision by a more complete picture of the lbR1! of How can they not see ghettos, slums, the rising and doomed numbers of our new peraanent human ltfe. underclass, where mostly unmarried women on welfare and ADC are raising kids ~ wtll not escape from the fate which we have created for them? lhere are they looking, these bright How did our country ever became seduced by this unholy fixation: this unholy fixation which and caring people, that these facts do not count? The facts are not hidden, and these people has struck us dumb with the power of biological reproduction? How could the most primitive are not stupid or cruel. Where can they be coming from, then, that lets them focus so and indifferent of all nature's facts--the mere ability to breed--be used as though it held narrowly on turning all unwanted pregnancies into unwanted births? What are they serving sacred power over the human beings we believe to be the highest forms of life on our planet? which feels so sacred to them, so far beyond. the possibility of compromise, and which makes What unholy vision, serving what unholy spirits, has done this to us? them such tireless fighters? Let us understand this clearly: pregnancy is not a demand, it is a question. It asks: "Are Only primal and fundamental forces have that kind of power; or, in the language of reltgton, you able and willing to support another human life?• When the answer is yes--as it usually only the gods and demons can lend that kind of force to a vision and the people who serve it. is--then birth is a hopeful, eve~ a sacred, event. The question is whether they are gods or demons: whether the power they are serving is good or evtl. But when the answer is NO neither the birth nor the unwanted life that follows it is likely to be valued. ~· page 1 of 4 page 2 of 4 ,, • '~

When a pregnancy is unwanted, consider the answers that are being given by some keY players It is ttme for the pro-choice movement to grow beyond the language of legaltsms and in­ • (look at their actions, not their words): dividual rights, and to speak out_ in the language of mRtll outrage. - The father, in most cases says NO by leaving and aban4ontng the unwanted seed we are called to attend to the ~ of life, not to produce bodies without number, and it he planted. He ts either not able or not willing to support another human is time to call the sins against human life by their proper· names: ltfe. He will not pay to feed or clothe .it, will not take the time to ratse . and educate tt and has no obvious love for ft. - When a Pope stands in front of millions of starving, illiterate, doomed human beings in Nexico City and tells them to breed like rabbits and hamsters, it is - The mother says NO she cannot love and support a new life, she t·s not ready. more than just irresponsible and brutal. It fs evil, and we must ·say so. In many cases, she cannot even begin to· take care of her J!llll life, let alone another one, especially wtth teen-age pregnancies. - When elements within the us government restrict aid funds to Nexico to keep those same people from getting the abortions they need so that we may create a - Society says NO tn more ways than you want to count. desperate pool of cheap labor south of the border, it is mRI! than just greedy 1mper1a11.-. It 1s evil, and we must speak the words. But the most hypocritical, most t11110ral, and cruelest NO COllieS from the pro­ life people. NO, they will neither love nor care for thts unwanted baby. . - And when the good people who are our brothers, sisters, neighbors and friends, NO, theywtll not feed or clothe tt, wfll not take ft into their home for the when those people become soldiers for the partial vision of the pro-life next 18 years. NO, they wtll not educate it, and NO they will not protect tt movement, and begin to reduce women to the handmaids of an indifferent from the physical, psychological and sexual abuse that thts unwanted baby wtll biological force like buckets carrying water for the flood, that too must be often receive from a world whose actions have so clearly shouted NO to the named. And it is more than merely ignorant and misguided. It ts evtl, and we question asked by pregnancy. must not stand for ft. Nor ts adoption an answer--even for those few healthy white babies who have much of a chance You have gathered here today to celebrate the anniversary of a court decision which made to be adopted--and here too the rhetoric hides a demon. For the fact that, there are couples abortion legal, and you are to be commended for the work you have done. Some women, and some wanting to adopt does not mean that anyone owes them a baby. To coerce unwilling young women areas in our·soc1ety have been saved from the flood of forced births because of your work. tnto producing babies for others 1s to force upon them a vicious form of surrogate-mother Bless you for ft. hood, without offering even monetary compensation. It is the .oral rape of young women, of these victims of Johnny Appleseed who have already suffered enough. And that is a sacrilege: You have gathered here today, as well, to rededicate ourselves to the unend~ng struggle to it is evfl--and we must begin to name 1t 1n those terms. protect the 1nd1v1dual rights of·those Americans who happen to be poor, female, and pregnant. Without your efforts, many more would have lost their dignity, their sptrtt, and their chance I have not used many religious terms, although I .. a minister and a theologian, because 1t to escape from some of the traps which we as a nation have set for them. Bless you for it. ts the churches who have betrayed you most of all. It is the churches who have failed to provide an adequate 111ral or religious perspective, and who are d!llllfng our society and But let this become a turning point tn your struggles. For until and unless the pro-choice dooming millions of people the world over by worshtpptng our uncontrolled abtltty to breed. option 1s reframed 1n the terms of a strong moral argument, untfl and unless the option of And those church leaders who have not become active parts of the problem have, .for the most abortion is understood as an essential part of human life's care for itself, then I believe part, remained silent. The betrayal and abandonment by our religious leaders .fn this tragedy the water w111 continue to be carried and the flood will .aunt until entire segments of our ts the most shameful of all. . society are reduced to the level of poor and desperate animals: poor and desperate animals who have been so brutally raped by the misguided warriors of the pro-life movement that they We must begin to understand the many interrelated issues of life tn new terms, tn new have nothing left to show us but mute and defeated faces that would bring tears even to the paradigms and metaphors, and to ftnd powerful images for all parts of this problem, and then eyes of God. to reframe the issue tn the terms of these more adequate and more accurate images, and you will have to help do tt. I have offered you two pictures of the pro-life movement as tt "Choose life, that you and )tour children may live,• 1t says 1n the Book of exists today, those of Johnny Appleseed and the Sorcerer's Apprentice, but there must be many Deuteronomy, and I suggest that you claim that text, for you are its rightful more. Go tnto your hearts and your experiences, and call forth fEges of the violence you guardians. '~ life, when you and your children RY ltve--IIIY .11!!: not as see and feel being done to humanity through the partial visions of the pro-life movement, and hamsters and rabbits, but as full human beings, with all that that must include. draw those images tn words and pictures, that more of us -.y being to outgrow this brutal use For it ts bYmln ltfe that we seek, not something less. Choose, when you can, of women as breeding chambers for the Johnny Appleseeds of the world. 1bi1 kind of ltfe. And when life comes unbid, when the Johnny Appleseeds and Sorcerer's Apprentices of the world use life not as a blessing but as a threat There ts a season for everything, as ft says in the Book of Ecclesiastes, and a time for and a punishment, then do not choose 1t, for 1t is not the kind of life to be every matter under heaven: chosen. Choose that you and your children may have a chance for the full and miraculous poss1b111ties of human life, and nothing less. It 1s both-your right [there fs] a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to and your duty, 1t ts both a moral and a religious c0111111ndlllent. Choose lffe, but embrace, and a ttme to refrain from embracing; a time to keep, and a time to cast do not let yourself be UJWl by ft. away. · [there is also] a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.. (Ecclesiastes 3) It 1s a great and sacred dream which we hold: the dream of full human life for all of our brothers and sisters. We will not reach this dream today, standing on the cold steps of the And it is time for the pro-choice movement to speak: to speak fro. the words and images of a Michigan capitol building. Tomorrow when we wake up, all the problems will still be here. moral vision of human life and the many ways in which we must care for it to keep our biology But ~ will still be here, too--and so there ts hope. from drowning our humanity. Mailed through the courtesy of Kalamazoo Area Chapter, N·.O:W.

page 3 of 4 pa!Je 4 of 4 _g affair. Many other key employee have City, Illinois, construction trades unions have were DOMINO'S PIZZA BOYCOTT UPDATE No Women May Apply initiated a boycott with wide support. · resigned" without explanation after they known to have disagreed with Monaghan. Following the resolution of the National Now At a Domino's corporate conference, executives In Michigan, UAW workers have urged a similar Board to Boycott Domino's Pizza, chapters were asked why there are no women on the action based on the purchase of large fleets of According to a free Press article, Tom around the U.S. have begun to take action. In "executive team." Dave Black, Monaghan's #2 foreign-made trucks for delivery of pizzas. Monaghan now believes that he lives in a state Madison, Wisconsin, local feminists executive, said, "We used to, but there were too of grace with God. This fan atical belief places demonstrated in front of a local Domino's many complaints from their(sic) men." The corporate excuse is that Domino's does not bim in a class with the Ayatollah of Iran. franchise. In Chicago, Students for Choice have decide franchise actions. or course, had distributed boycott fliers. New Orleans NOW On (he Way to Emoire Monaghan any concern with his image, Domino's Fajr to the local pizza owgcrs? held a press coo fereoce to publicize their local could very well have maintained control over boycott. In our area, Channel 7 Action News The rapid expansion of the Domino's policy in franchising agreements. Future outlets We are asking franchise owners to take a aired an interview on March 8 with Chapter headquarters in Ann Arbor township (at the will be directly owned, due to the fall-off in responsible posture against the use of Domino's President Jan BeoDor. junction of U.S. 23 and M14 northwest of Aan sales of franchises, so don't believe the excuses. profits for right wing, anti-American causes. Arbor) has proceeded in spite of numerous Those who do--we' ll recognize. Their pressure This pizza is bad for your health protests by neighbors, and in apparent violation A venaeful fanatic might force a change. of the local land use ordinance. The office The profits from sales of Domino's pizza are zoning is flaunted by the constant sclledule of Tom Monaghan's personal story reveals a However, we hope many local busioenes will supporting a single owner whose actions--both public relations events (antique car shows etc.), fanatical man who will only become more find Monaghan's actions in violation of their personal and "corporate"--go directly against a petting zoo, and the visitor center with its socially dangerous as he controls more wealth. business contracts, and switch to another chain your civil rights as an American. party facilities. Boycotting his pizza empire is only one way we or go independent. To those who refuse to act, can stop his influence. His Word of God we can only say, "if you lie down with dogs, you Tbe Ann Arbor Washtenaw Chapter of NOW In response to the neighborhood group's public organization, estimated at 20,000 members get fleas." was forced to file a complaint on the basis of outcry, Monaghan said, "It doesn't matter what nationally, met in Ann Arbor in the summer of religious discrimination after Domino's the neighbors think--in teo years I'll OWN '88 with some ten thousand in attendance. The -·By Jan BeoDor Headquarters cancelled NOW's pro-choice THEM." cult believes that women are "handmaidens of fundraiser scheduled in tbe company's public men," forces arranged marriages, and supports a facility for group parties. Domino's officials Domino's Farms(sic)--the corporate school in Honduras believed to shelter the stated that the cancellation was explicitly due to headquarters--has bought up surrounding homes Contras. Monaghan's Puebla Institute in Ann "Mr. Monaghan's religious beliefs against from elderly people, man-y of them widows who Arbor is headed by a mao who reportedly was abortion." have lived in the area all their lives. A number Nicarag11an dictator Somoza's former editor of of the women have told of how Domino's La Prenza. (These connections have been There have been other civil rights complaints lawyers harassed them almost daily to get them documented in detail by Detroit writer Russ filed. We have sent a Freedom of In formation to agree to sell. Then they were not offered Bellant in his November articles in the New request to the state Civil Rights Department to money but trades of land or estate trusts. York Times and in the National Catholic determine the extent and category of Repor!er.) discrimination cases filed. We have beard many Monaghan continues to buy up land and informal reports that incidents have involved businesses in the area: the local Marriott, a large Monaghan has tried to depict himself as a self­ race, sex, and religious discrimination. The tract planned for $l million homes; land for a made man who has overcome an ophaned ACLU has taken tbe case of an employee forced new baseball stadium; a field designed for cable childhood to succeed. The reported facts are to cut h is hair. TV links. One AP reporter has suggested that quite different. His mother was a single parent Monaghan's ultimate design will be a Disney struggling to suppor! two children and earn a And the record is becoming worse. Each pizza World type of empire, exempt from state laws on nursing degree. According to family friend,, sold, whether at a franchise location or at a environment, building, and civil rights. young Tom was so abusive to her that in directly owned outlet, produces a profit for use desperation she temporarily placed him in foster by Mr. Monaghan. In 1988 he contributed Anti-union care. $50,000 to the media campaign that resulted in the denial of reproductive rights to poor women Domino's has employed every technique to Monaghan's vindictiveness is often public: when in Michigan; on television he promised another prevent the formation of unions among its he discovered lhat Tiger slat Kirk Gibson was $50,000 of bis personal money, and his cmrloyees. Organizers arc rapidly rushed out. living unmarried with his girlfriend, Monaghan corporation contributed another $10,000. At the called Gihhv a 'loh and worse. Gibson lcfl the same time, the world headquarters facilities However, the building of Domino·, riua outlets Tigers and the rest is baseball history. were donated for frequent and well publicized with non-union lahor has run the company into Monaghan al' o fired his key vice president for fundraisers for Right to Life and for right wing trouble with several communitie>. In Granite franchising, based on a personal extra-marital political candidates. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDEIIT VICE PRESIDENT Pat Frau...... ~42- 3110 Gerrie Barclay ...... 644-.f39Z DEASUIER RECORDING SECRET ART Natalie Rice ...... 553-0316 An.n.e Barris ...... 546-8839 MEI(RQSBIP COALITIONS llike Barris ...... ~.fi-1139 Elaine Salts.m.an ...... 681 -8056 MEMBER AI I ARGE PUBLIC RELATIONS Rosalie Tucter ...... %7-3335 Marian. :U:cCracten ...... 474 -2526 NEISI.EITER OAKLAND NOI PHON£ LINE Aaae Barris...... 546-8139 685-7999 Gerrie Barclay ...... 644-4392

MEMBERSHI·p -APPLICATION 1 wiah to join NOW and commit myteH to take action to bring women into full II ,..mcipation in the mainatreem of American aociety now. exerc11ing full rights 8nd ~bilitiel in putnerlhip wittt men...... ______~ - ..... ______1..-.T ..... ------'-- _ I I ern------aTAft --- • ---- PHONE NO.( '1 ~-1•a. ~;.;~~--~,-~j~j;._~,:~~~_.~---;~~~----~~~~~~~~~ I ~ r. -·- ( I I I ., f.",!;D ~~.:M: I I ! I L 1"10 .... MTIDIIM. -=---..... CMAPYWIIUS ':'; f ·I If • -.... eu. Cl..at TOTAL DICLCMD I ------I ~ , ...... eu.ca,•·a~t ----·-- MI10275 ·JIu Iii 1 Addlllanel Canlrlbullan 'IOUa CNOICa ------! ! Mail to: MICHIGAN NOW MEMBERSHIP PROCESSING 0 I!I I P.O. BOX 2354/RIVERVIEW. Ml 48192

BULKRAll: U.S. Postage PAID I Royal Oak. Ml .t8067 I NOW:___ Oakland County Chapter .- Permit No. 440 National Orgamzation for Women Box 1381 Roy a I Oak, Michigan 48068 . a; • . ' THOMAS S. MONAGHAN: RELIGI·OUS CULliSM AND THE CIA

PRESENTED BY SPECIAL SPEAKER Rl!JSS BELLANT ADDRESSING MANY OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES:

• PROPOSALA • WORDOFGOD • DRUMMOND ISLAND • SWORD OF THE SPIRIT • MONAGHAN STADIUM • CONTRAS • 30-MIN. DELIVERY • HONDURAS • MANDATORY HAIR CUT • PUEBLA INSTITUTE • NON-UNION LABOR • LEGATUS • FEMINIST BAN TUESDAY, JUNE 6 7:30 PM AT OAKLAND COMMUNITY COiihEGE 739 S. WASHINGTON, ROYAL OAK CAMPUS ROOM B-151 (GLASS ROOM, 1 sf FhOOR) NO CHARGE

SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN OAKLAND, DETROIT, DOWNRIVER, MACOMB AND WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY CHAPTERS

ROYAL OAK CAMPUS z 12 MILE.RD. I I ~qja § I 1---+-ci-t---+- ~-~ ~ t;; !. 1-- a: ""'b ~ ~ 11 MILE RD. 9 LINCOLN AVE . ..,.~'\ 3: ~ \ f-.~ . ~ 10MILERD \ - ~ - ~ l J 1·75 cd UJ ' · \ ~ - § 9 MILE RD. _j ~ g \J 1'\ " u 8 MILE RD. I I

When It Comes To Equality •.. Domino's Doesn't Deltverl ( COALITION TO BOYCOTT DOMINO'S PIZZA )

c/o LASC, 4120 Michigan Union Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (313) 6{;5-8438

September 25, 1989 ! Dear Friends,

By this time you may have already heard about the national boycott of Domino's Pizza. The boycott was first announced in January, 1989 by the National Organization for Women (NOW) in response to Domino's support for the anti-choice movement. Five months later the Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan (the home of Domino's world headquarters) and joined with NOW in calling for a boycott. The coalition is comprised of women's, housing, labor, Latin American solidarity, and peace and justice groups, and local environmentalists. These constituencies came together in response to the use of Domino's profits to further the right-wing political agenda of Domino's owner and sole stockholder, Thomas Monaghan.

Recently, Monaghan has publicly acknowledged he is contemplating selling Domino's Pizza. While it appears this could be a success for the coalition, we will continue the boycott until the policies of Domino's Pizza change.

Enclosed is information on the boycott .. Please share this information and write to us if you would like more literature.

We appreciate your time and consideration.

In solidarity,

%.e Coalition to 'Boycott i})omino 's Pizza Update: Monaghan announces plans to sell, acknowledges boycott's impact

October 3, 1989

The Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza will continue its boycott of Domino's Pizza and increase boycott activities on the national level. The Coalition is committed to responsible use of I corpOrate profits as well as reducing injury and damage resulting from corporate practices. Clear1y, the announcement by current owner Thomas Monaghan that he will sell his interest in Domino's Pizza demonostrates the accomplishments of the Coalition in terms of forcing the Domino's corporation tQ analyze and change its public image._ Both Monaghan and Domino's franchise owners publically have acknowledged that the national boycott has hurt the corporation. Monaghan has acknowledged that his is a factor in his considering to sell his interest in the corporation. But the goal of the Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza is not only to stop Monaghan but also the corporation. In fact, Monagnan has said that he wants to sell so that he can devote more time and money to his "philanthropic" activities. The sale will also allow Monaghan to extract as much money as possible from the corporation before the boycott further reduces its profitability. Nationally, the coalition must let potential buyers know that boycott activities will not stop simply because Monaghan is gone, but that there must be significant corporate reform as well. The Struggle Continues! Individuals or organizations interested in purchasing bumper stickers or an information packet (approx. 300 pages) containing all the information concerning Domino's and boycott that we have gathered can do so by writing:

The Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza c/o LASC 4909 Michigan Union Ann Arbor, Ml48109 313-665-8438

Prices: Bumper Stickers 1-49 $1.00 each (includes 50+ $0.50 each postage) Information packet $10.00 (incl. postaae) Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza c/oLASC 4909 Michigan Union Ann Arbor, MI 48109

For Immediate Release October 12, 1989 . The Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza, a coalition of women's, pro-choice, l environmental, labor, Latin American support, community, and religious groups will continue its boycott of Domino's Pizza and increase boycott activities on the national level. The Coalition is committed to responsible use of corporate profits as well as reducing injury and damage resulting from corporate practices. Clearly, the announcement by current owner Thomas Monaghan that he will sell his interest in Domino's Pizza demonostrates the accomplishments of the Coalition in terms of forcing the Domino's corporation to analyze and change its public image. · · However, the Coalition does not look upon the potential sale of Domino's Pizza by its current owner, Thomas Monaghan, as reason to end the boycott. Monaghan has used his profits to promote irresponsible development, limit women's reproductive freedom, break unions, and move Tiger's Stadium. The Coalition applauds and takes credit for his decision to distance himself from the corporation. However, limits upon personal freedom of choice, anti-union practices, unsafe working conditions and irresponsible development are inherrent within the current corporate practices. It is unclear that a change in ownership will result in a change in these corporate practices. Nationally, the coalition is letting potential buyers know that boycott activities will not stop simply because Monaghan is gone, but that there must be significant corporate reform as well. The Coalition is committed to continuing the Boycott of Domino's until the corporation stops these practices. There will be a press conference to discuss the future plans of the Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza on Thursday. October 19 at llam at the Mjchjgan Unjon. · Representatives of several organizations will be present; including the National Organization for Wome_n._(NOW), _ l..b~. Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza,._. the neighborhood organization which is fighting Monaghans development plans, the Industrial Workers of the World to address the ongoing labor problems at Domino's Pizza, and the Latin American Solidarity Committee.

For More Information Contact: Jeff Gearhart 930-0602 769-9546 Latin American Solidarity Committee 313-665-8438 Domino's Pizza Boycott Delivers by Phillis Engelbert ANN ARBOR-On July 18, a newly-formed coalition of local conununity activists announced the start of its national campaign to boycon Domino's Pizza. Among The Coalition to Boycott Domino's Pizza's members are representatives from the National Organization of Women,lndus­ Lrial Workers of the World, Ann Arbor Tenants Union, Latin American Solidarity Comminec, Homeless Action Committee, Women's Interna­ tional League for Peace and Freedom, Ann Arbor Coalition to Defend Abortion Rights, and residents living near Domino's Headquarters. The Coalition lists numerous reasons for its boycott, ranging from saving Tiger Stadium to stopping Domino's funding of the anti-choice movement. The Coalition's concerns are rooted in how Domino's profits are used by Thomas Monaghan, iounder and sole stockholder of Domino's Pizza. Being sole stockholder means that Monaghan profits from every pizza sold. Although this relationship is more direct in corporate-owned pizza outlets, pri­ ' I vately owned franchises also must tum over a per­ Approximately 65 protesters picketed outside of centage of their intake to Monaghan in the form of Domino's World Headquarters on July 18. rqyalties. Therefore, buying a pizza from Domino' s lives. He cleared lhe woods to build an 18-hole golf suit in a greater willingness to comply .with lhc amounts to making a contribution to a wide array of course and 1.0 build a pond and sewer plant. Cur­ public policies against discrimination which arc right-wing causes. rently, Monaghan is discussing plans for condomin­ embodied in the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act." The Coalition has vowed to continue the boy­ iums, marinas, lodges, banks, golf course expan­ cott until their list of danands, as follows, have 3. Make public the political agendas of Word of sion, a motel, a mini-car museum, and a chapel re­ God and Legatus and the financial support they beenmet. · treat. Monl!ghan has also proposed dredging the receive from Monaghan, Domino's Plna, 1. Stop aoc:UIIIy lrreeponalble and envlronmen­ island's main fishing harbor, Potagannissing Bay, Domino'a Farms Corp. and TSM Propertles,lnc. llllly unsound devetopmenL in order to dock his schooner, "Domino's Effect." Word of God is an AM Arbor-based "Chris­ In March, 1989, Domino's Farms Corp. an­ In a June 11 story in The Ann Arbor News, AP tian" C1llt which believes that women are "hand­ nounced plans to construct a 600-acre exclusive reponer Paige St. John stated, "While he (Mon­ maidens of men," forces arranged marriages, and community of 138 homes (The Sealement), each aghan) pledged his suppon for conservation by works aocording to the aulhoritarian principles of costing about S1 million, on the northeast edge of stopping his bulldozers from knocking down a tree "shepherding," a doctrine demanding that mem­ . Ann Arbor. The plan also calls for the construction with nesting woodpeckers, his workers filled in bers submit rontrol of all aspects of their lives to a of a golf course with a counLry club and driving wetlands ... . Before Tom Monaghan, Drummond '"shepherd," who is in tum submitted to a higher range. Gordon Leipold, president of Domino's Island was known mostly as a place for perch, bear "shepherd," and so on (Russ Bellant, NCR, 11/18/ Fmns Corp., claims that membership to the club, & bobcat." 88). Former Word of God member Tom Yodcr told will cost"several times S 10,000." The housing de­ 2. Stop funding the anti-choice movement Bellant about the following examples of what oc­ velopnent project is anticipated to take 15 years to In 1988 Monaghan personally donated curred in Word of God: "expulsion due to unap­ complele. with the golf cowse being completed in · $100,000 to Proposal A. the referendum ballot proved marriages, people compelled to live in two-and-a-half years. Neighbors of The Setlle­ "Committee to End Tax-Funded Abortio~." In houses not of their choosing, a man forcing disci­ ment fear pesticide nmoff from the golf rourse imo mid-1988 Monaghan made his fast contribution of pline on a woman by tying her up, and members Fleming Creek which-flows through the U-MBo­ S50,000. During a Proposal_A tdelhon of October submining idvance schedules to their 'head' on a tanical Gardens. Flemj.ilg ·Creek is the cleanest 3, 1988, Monaghan promised another $.:50,000 of weekly or monthly basis for approval." Dellant as­ cre4 in Washtenaw County according to a U-M his personal money and Domino's Fanris Corp. serts that the following characteristics of Word of Fisheries study. Neighbors also fear the possible contributed an additional $10,000 (Ms. Magazine, God are associated with cults: '"esoteric language impact of the proposed on-site sewage treaunem. March, 1989). The passage of Proposal A banned and titles; secrecy; exclusivity; declarations of war plant, specifically the risk to public health and ros t Medicaid abonion funding and greatly restricted on some vague enemy; personal messages from a of clean-up if it should fail. reproductive rights for poor women in Michigan. higher source." In 1987 Domino's aaempled to purchase Domino's Farms has hosted numerous fund­ · Word of God members, in a 1987 meeting, Marshall Park, an 87-acrenarure preserve innorlh­ raisers for Right to Life of Michigan, yet cancelled were encouraged to see themselves "as a nation," east Ann Arbor, from the city, to build luxury con­ a National Organization of Women (NOW) fund­ and were told that "there is no distinction between dominiwns and a golf rourse. Many area residents raiser for pro-choice activities. A Domino'~ offi­ 'militarY.' 'civilian,' and 'spiritual' leaden;hip .... protested this move out of concern for lhe rare plant cial stated that the cancellation was due to '"Mr. People say war is hell, but in this case war is heav­ and animal species sheltered there, roupled wilh ·· Monaghan's religious beliefs against abonion." en" (Bellant, NCR, 11/18/88). Word of God co­ alarm over the rapid growthofthe Domino. s empire: - NOW has filed a civil rights complaint against founder Steve Clark has claimed that"Democracy Due to this Jressure, Domino's eventually backed Domino's on the basis of religious discrimination. isnotascripruralconcept."Consistent with this be­ down. A statement by the WashtenawCounty ACLU sug­ lief is the significant overlap berween the member­ In addition, in 1985, Thomas Monaghan pur­ gests that although Domino's is a private business, ship of Word of God and W ash1enaw (Operation) chased 1, 700 acres of Drummond Island, an 87,000 it is nonetheless subject to Section 302 of the El­ Rescu~ which employs illegal and often violent aaeisland off the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsu­ liot-Larsen Civil Rights Act. This section prohib­ tectmiques to achieve its political goal of denying lL AlthoughMougtwloriginally claimed he would its a private business which opens its facilities to women their right to choose to have an abortion. use the land for his vacation home, in lhe last rwo lhe public, to discriminate on the basis of religion. Tom Monaghan has numerous connections witi · years he has CONUUCted, on that land, a corporate •The ACLU states that Monaghan's $900,000 tax Word of God: Monaghan is on the board of direc- _ retreat and .homei for himself and his top execu- abatement fr01n Ann Arbor Township "should re - tors of Word ofGod-comrolled University of Steu­ benville in Ohio; Domino's Farms was used as r.ht • campaignhadquartas f~ Jobn R. Bun:h, a Word of Goa member and Rcp•bJic:ao nominee for Ann waste what liale money I have just bringing up Arbor City Council in 198S; and Word of God co­ people's standards of living so they get into a.­ founder RaJphMutinclaimed lhatMorughan gave pofition where they '(an raise hell and sin all the his TV ministry a$1 00.000 mllclling grant in 1986 more. .. (Delroit Free Press, June 4, .1989) (Bcllan&, NCR. 11/18/88). 5. Save Tiger Stadium Boycon ectlona Domino's employs many Word of God mem­ In Man:h. 1989, Monaghan (owner of the Onluly 18abeCoalitionkickcdoffrbe boycoa bcn llld rbe axporation's headquarter~ staff is Detroit Tigers) endorsed a proposal to move the with·a picket at Domino's World Headquarters. dominated by members of Word of God. For ex­ Tigers to a new $117 million stadium. muc:h to the On July 26, journalist Russ Bcllant addressed 111 ample. Petet Thomasen. a Wont of God member dismay ofTigers fans. Tiger Stadium is the sec:ond Ann ·Arbor audience wilh a talk entitled: Tom and head of Washtcnaw Rescue (mested at the oldest major league baseball stadium in lhe U.S .. Monaghan and Religious Totalitarianism-A CIA Alt' A.rbor PlannedPanmlhoodcliniconApril15). built in 1912. A basic Tiger Stadium renovation. Conneclion. The eo.Ji&ion to Boycou Domino's · nployeeofMonaghan 'areal ea&atecompany according to estimates, would cost $57 million. Pizza ia cunendy PIMninl actions for the cominl fhomas S. Monaghan) Properties. Inc. Monaghan, who has said that be cannot afford monlha. To get involvod or for more information .. JWlCI, 1987 Monapan fowxlcd Legatus, a lhe cost of the new stadium alone, would like the. wrire: Coalition to Boycou Domino's Pizza, c/o Catnolic businessmen's club wilh rbe stated pur· stadium to be financed by the state, lhe city, and LASC, 4120 Michigan Union; Ann Arbor, MI pose oi: '"promoting and supponin& moral e&hics in privare donors. Detroit Mayor Coleman Youna 48109, or call665-84~8. . · ~ 'k' mc.ss in contdnnity with abe reecbings of lhe · and Michigan Governor James Blanchard, how­ PhiiHa Engelbert le a member of The Coalition Roman Clllholic chun:h so lhat abe lives of all can ever, have yet to pledge their support for the to Boycon Domino'• "-· be enham:cd." Legatua consisls of bishops. CEOs projecL An April2. article in The Ann Arbor News ofcorporations wilhove:r$4~in~cs yearly, predicled that: "Selling taxpayers on state fmanc­ and CEOs of finaDaal c:orpoOii'cD whidl have ing for a stadium unpopular with fans could be dif­ ovrz $80 million in useu. Leaatus has inaegrared ficult during a time when the stale budget is tight, Word of God members into its lcadcrihip and acti­ a possible recession looms and school finance re- vities. For example, the Mi<;higar. chaplain to Leg­ . form remains unresolved. ... (Monaghan) could ... arus is Bishop Kenneth Povish, adviser to Word of force the stare and city into action by threau:ning 10 God's magazine, New CovenanL move the Tigers out of Detroit. possibly to anolbet Past meetings ofLegatus have featured presen­ stare." tauons by Phyllis Schlafly, Ralph Martin, Univer­ 1. Saop..and-unlon practloN sityofSreubenvillePresidentFalhtZMichaelScan­ Monaghan staled in an inaerview with Bellant . '·~. '!~ former John Birch Society activist and (NCR. 11/18/88) lhal"unions are the cause of abe . · .·r of the Heritage Foundation. Paul Weyrich. federal deficiL" Monaghan added that "he did not .~. in an ataempt to increase its inlemational want to say much about unions, for fear of being ;; .. .:nee, has fonned branches in Honduras and 'targeted' by them"-that the fear of being "tar­ .;~ ··hilippines. geted"by ~ preventsothrz businessmen from Jmlno'a out of Central America • criticiz;na them. Accotding to fonner employees. .nomas Monaghan is associaled with several M~ has told work~ lhatno uoiQllS will be r .. :-wing/religious organizations that promote a allowed at his companies. (Beilani,,NCR, 11/18/ r.bi:J.-wing agenda in Central America. Among 38) . i tt.ese groups are Word of God. Legatus, and the Bight construction lrade unions in Granire ,;illS of Malta (a 900-year old chivalric order City, Illinois bave initialed a boycott-with \• .. ,,_h considers itself a sovereign nation). community support-in response ~ Domino's Monaghan in 1987 opened lhe first of four use of non-union labor in building local outlets. In Domino's pizza franchises in Honduras, the prof­ Mir;:higan, UA W workers have urged a similar ac­ its from which Oow to the actiyities of Word of tion based on the purchase of large Oeets of God's international afflliaae, Sword of the Spirit, foreign-made trucks for pizza deliveries. in Honduras. In addition, Monaghan has opened a 7. Stop unfair and discriminatory employee factory in Honduras which produces pants under · practices · the label .. Honduran Mission" that sell for $195 a Since 1986 Monaghan has been submiaing his pair in the Uniled StaleS. The Knights of Malta (of employees to drug testing. Domino's written policy which Monaghan told Bellant he. is "honored" to on this matter states that "Domino's Pizza. Inc. be amember)bave fyimelledm~ of ~1111$ in reserves lhe ript at all wnes to have employees oi­ supplies to the conttas. This activity has·been fa­ job applicants, while on the premises !Uld proper­ cilitated by the Knights' diplomatic privileges and ties described herein, submit to an examination !heir Cenlral American members. • for the purposes of determining if such employees The Wo~ of ·God's international afflliare, or applicants are using any of the prohibited sub­ Sword of the Spirit, has several Cen1ral American stances of this policy." branches. The Nicaragum branch is headed by Auire worn by all employees at Domino's Clldinal Obando y Bravo, and works to oppose the Headquarters i.J dictated by Monaghan ~s dress Smdinista govtZnmenL Father Enrique Sylveslre, policy. "Women may not wear slacks, short skins the Spanish priest whose work Monaghan sup­ or tight clothing, and men must wear 'conserva­ JXl:lS in Honduras, is lhe leader of a Sword of the tive business suits."' Domino's drivers have a Spirit branch in Honduras. Sylvestte came to Alul .. separare Wliform. Monaghan is also currently Arbor 10 study English with the Word of God, involvedinacivillibertiessuitflledbyaDomino's · · •:: ing to Tom Monaghan in his autobiography employee and lhe ACLU over Domino's hair­ "l'Jt.J.A figrz." Also. lhe Central America coordi­ length policy. The policy stales that male employ­ nator for Domino's Pizza is Francisco Zuniga. a ees must have lheir hair cut above the collar. Nicaraguan who left his counuy just after the lri· umph of the Sandinistas. Zuniga is a Word of God membrz and a Sword of the Spirit coordinator. Regarding his work in Honduras. Monaghan . recently staled that he is "lnoreinraesreclin people's souls than their wealth~ heakh. ... I don't want to Ann Arbor-Washtenaw NOW (31 3) 995-S494 1917 Washtenaw Ave. Ann Arbor, Ml 48104

July 19, 1989 •no.ino'a Doean't Deliver" Campaign: Update Following the January 13, 1989, resolution of the National Now Board to boycott Domino's Pi.zza, NOW chapters and other pro-choice gro~ps around the u.s. have taken action. In Madison, Wisconsin, feminists demonstrated in front of a local Domino's franchise. In Chicago, Students for Choice have distributed boycott fliers. New Orleans NOW held a press conference to publicize their local boycott. In Detroit, Channel 7 Action News aired an interview on March 8 with Ann Arbor-Washtenaw NOW Chapter President Jan BenDer.

In Washington, North Carolina, New Haveri and Penn~;~ylvania, etudent groups planned to leaflet in support of the boycott. In Minneapolis, feminists publicized the action with, "Buy pizza in a Domino's Box, Put a woman in a Pine Box.• Michigan NOW's State Conference agenda for May 20 included a march and demonstration at the Domino's outlet across from Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Chants included, "Hey,hey,ho,ho, Domino's p~ofits have got to go,• and "Down with Domino's, Down with Coors, they use their profits to hurt the poor.• At the National March on Washington, April 9, Michigan NOW distributed 10,000 fliers titled, "Domino's Discriminates.• Sheri O'Dell, NOW National Action Vice President, said, "Part of the agenda of the March is to publiciz·e these white men of privilege who are really the leaders of the anti-abortion zealots. We are asking our members to do informational pickets at Domino's Pizza because Tom Monaghan, owner of the company and of the Detroit Tigers, contributed at least $100,000 to defeat medicaid funding for abortions for poor women. We intend to let the public know what the Tom Monaghan& of this world are doing with the profits they make from their.businesses.• In July, Michigan groups formed the Coalition.to Boycott Domino's Pizza, with headquarters at 4120 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, 48109 (313~665~8438). The co~lition held ·a well-attended demQnstration at the road entrance to Domino's Farms (sic) 1 ··the headquarters complex, and a delegation presented seven demands to Domino's Management. Member groups· are distributing a flier, buttons, and bumper stickers. This pizza is bad for your civil rights The profits from sales of Domino's pizza are supporting a single owner whose actions--both personal and "corporate"--go directly against the civil rights of Americans. The Ann Arbor Washtenaw Chapter of NOW was forced to file a complaint on the basis of religious discrimination after Domino's Farms (Headquarters) cancelled NOW's pro-choice fundraiser scheduled in the company's public facility for group parties. Domino's officials stated that the cancellation was explicitly due to •Mr. Monaghan's religious beliefs against abortion.• According to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, four other complaints are pending at the State level against Domino's Bizza: three are employment complaints and one is 4 public accommodation complaint. All the complaints are based on race; one is also based on color. We have heard many informal reporta of incidents invqlving race, sex, 4nd religious discrimination. In addition, ~hete is at least one pending lawsuit in which the Michigan ACLU has taken the case of an employee forced to cut his hair. Monaghan's wealth and corporate resources are clearly going toward ant~-civil rights causes~-particularly the anti-choice movement. According to the July 16; 1989, Detroit Free Presg, Domino's has authorized its Operations Director, Peter'Thomason, to spend any. amount ·of paid work time to stand in front of the Ann Arbor Planned Parenthood Clinic as an Operation Rescue picket. ' In mid-1988 Monaghan contributed $50,000 to the referendum ballot committee-­ •To End TaX-funded Abortions•--that resulted in the denial of reproductive rights to poor women in Michigan; on television he promised another $50,000 of his personal money, and his corporate found4~ion contributed another $10,000. ·. · At the same time, the Domino's world headquarters facilities were donated for frequent and well publicized fundraisers for Right to ~ife and for right wing political candidates. The Fund for A Feminist Majority h4s ordered the entire campaign contribution file in order to investigate possible election law violations, and to identity the anti-choice contributors associated with Monaghan. No Women MAy Apply At a Domino's corporate conference, executives were asked why there are no women on the •executive team.• A personnel manager under Dave Black, then Monaghan's t2 executive, said, •we used to, but there were too many complaints from their(sic) men.• On the Way to Empire ,, ' ... • 0 'A 0 ' • The rapid expansion of the Domino' 6 headquart'ers in Alln· Arbor' township (at the junction of u.s. 23 and M14 northeast of Ann Arbor) has proceeded in spite of numerous protests by neighbors, and in apparent violation of the local land use ordinance. The office zoning is ~launted by the constant schedule of public relations events (antique car shows etc.), ~petting zoo, and the visitor center with its party facilities. · In response to the neighborhood group's public outcry, Monaghan said, •It doesn't matter what the neighbors think--in ten years I I 11 OWN THEM •• Domino's Farms(sic)--the corporate headquarters--has bought up surrounding homes from elderly people, many of them widows who have lived in the area all their lives. A number of the women have told of how Domino's lawyers harassed them almost daily to get them to agree to sell. Then they were not offered money but ~r~des of land or estate trusts. Monaghan continues to buy up land and businesses in the area, under the •TsM,Inc.• real estate company: the local Marriott (where many corporate meetings take place) a large tract planned for $1 million homes; land for a new baseball stadium; a field designed for cable TV links, and a shopping center, •westminster Square.• One OPI reporter has suggested that Monaghan's ultimate design will be a Disney World type of empire, exempt from state laws on environment, building, and civil rights. Reports from students at campuses in North Carolina and Pennsylvania suggest that Monaghan is combining business forces with J.W. Marriott, Jr., another extreme right winger who heads Marr.iott Hotel Corporation with 1,88 .hot;,el~ an.d resorts.and campus food services. Anti-union

Monaghan has stated that •unions are th~ cause of the federal deficit,• and Domino's has employed every techni~e to prevent the formation of unions among its employees. Organizers are rapidly pushed out. By company policy, employees can be harassed at any time by mandatory drug testing and dress cod,s. However, building Domino's pizza outlets with non-union labor has run the company into trouble. In Granite City, Illinois, construction trades unions have initiated a boycott. In Michigan, individual OAW workers have urged a similar action based on the company's purchase of large fleets of foreign-made trucks for delive~ of pizzas. A yengeful fanatic Tom Monaghan's personal story reveals a fanatical man who will only become more socially dangerous as he controls more wealth. According to.a.Free Press article, Tom Monaghan now believes that he lives -.in a state of grace with God. The name of the company, •Domi~Q's,• has a Latin root •of God,• from the early term for the hood:worn by Catholic monks. (The original company name was · •Dominick's,• never Dominoes, the correct spelling of the game implied by the logo. Later name changes were mandated by the settl~ent of a lawsuit by Domino Sugar.)

The corporation's~headquarters staff is •dominated• by members of the Word of God cult. Headed by Ralph Martin, and centered in Ann Arbor, the Word of God organization is estimated at 20,000 members nationally. They met in Ann Arbor in the summer of '87 with some ten thous,nd in attendance. Recruiting persons from other Christian· backgrounds· as well as Catholic, the cult believes that ; women are •handmaidens of men,• forces arranged marriages, and supports a school in Honduras believed to shelter the Contras. Word of God's Puebla Institute in Ann Arbor is headed by a man who reportedly was Nicaraguan dictator Somoza's former editor of ~ Pren;a. (These connections are documented in detail in articles by Russ Bellant published in the November, 18, 1988., National Catholic Reporter, and the November 19,1989, New York Times.) The cult also supports a media company, a food co-op, the University of Stuebenville in Ohio (Monaghan is on its Board) and other foundations and corporations. The elite level of Word of God is the Legatus group, •ambassadors of ~hrist,• made up of bishops and CEOS of companies grossing over $4 million. Meeting in Washington on April 26, 1989, to pray for the overturn of Roe v. Wade, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, Legatus was addressed by President Bush, Henry Hyde, E~izabeth Dole, and th• Vatican's ambassador to the u.s., Archbishop Pio Laghi.

N.O.W.'s ~urrent inquiry attempts to doc~ent the roles of Monaghan, Legatus, and Word of God in providing funds for anti­ choice terrorism:· Word of God runs the Washtenaw County version of Operation Rescue, and Monaghan gave word of God $100,000. Approximately half of the O.R. members arrested in attacks on three Washtenaw clinics in March and April have been identified as WOG, including the head of w.R., Peter Thomason, who is ~loyed by Domino's Services Corporation. Monaghan has tried to depict himself as a self-made man who has overcome an ophaned childhood to succeed. However, according to long time neighbors, his mother was a single parent struggling to support two children and earn a nursing degree. According to ·f~ly friends, young Tom was so ~usive to her that in desperation she temporarily placed him in foster care. · · Ironically, parochial schools and organizations which serve homeless children, or teen mothers, have had little luck convincing Monaghan to contribute money. His charitable contributions have followed an identifiable theme: maximum media play and identification with celebrities. Fair to the local pizza owners? we Afe asking franchise owners to take o responsible posture agatnst the use of Domino's profit& for ·right wing, anti-American causes. Those who pledge to withold their franchise royalties in escrow deserve recognition. Their public pressure on Monaghan might force a cessation of his projects. In his own magazine, the Fencepost, Monaghan wrote that he •regretted• the unforeseen effect on the franchisees, but went on to boast of his anti-choice support. To local owners who refuse to act, we can only say, •if you lie down with dogs, you get fleas.• Due to the fall-off in sales of Domino's franchises, most future outlets will be directly owned, so sympathy for t~ose having lo~al •franchise control• may be misplaced.· Your community may in fact be host to a directly owned corporate outlet.