· AUSTRALIA $1.50 · canada $1.50 · france 1.00 euro · new zealand $1.50 · sweden kr10 · uk £.50 · u.s. $1.00 INSIDE Young Socialists: Build U.S. Social Forum! — PAGE 4 A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE vol. 71/no. 26 july 2, 2007 Interest wide Protesters U.S. troops in Iraq in U.S. Social condemn Forum ‘la migra’ raid launch brutal assault in Atlanta in Oregon With blessing from U.S. Congress, By Lisa Potash By Edwin Fruit Pentagon completes military escalation ATLANTA—Activists throughout and Chris Hoeppner this city are significantly stepping up their PORTLAND, Oregon, June 16— efforts to build the U.S. Social Forum. About 160 Immigration and Custom The political gathering, which organiz- Enforcement (ICE) agents raided the ers expect will draw at least 10,000 from Fresh Del Monte Produce plant here across the United States, as well as Africa, four days ago and arrested 167 work- Asia, Europe, and Latin America, will ers. La migra also raided two offices take place here June 27–July 1. of American Staffing Resources, the The slogan of the event is “Another temporary agency that hires workers world is possible; another U.S. is neces- for Fresh Del Monte. sary.” Atlanta was chosen as host, in Some 70 people protested against part, because it is one of the cities where the raid today outside the Northwest thousands of working people, in their Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash- majority Black, came to flee Hurricane ington, where the arrested workers Katrina and the social catastrophe that are detained. followed. Facing off 10 members of the Min- Fanning out across the city to build the utemen, a rightist vigilante group that forum, teams are leafleting and posting opposes legalization of undocumented fliers in working-class neighborhoods immigrants, protesters chanted, “Stop Getty Images/Chris Hondros like College Park. In April, 500 people the raids! Stop the deportations!” and U.S. warplanes bomb palm fields in Baghdad June 17 as a Humvee blocks the highway. marched through that suburb as part of “¡Sí, se puede!” (Yes, we can.) The next day, 10,000 U.S. troops launched a major offensive in nearby Baquba. the funeral procession for Ron Pettaway, Militant reporters visited the plant BY sam manuel forces and Sunni-led militias associ- a young African American who was here this weekend and talked to work- WASHINGTON, June 19—The U.S. ated with the former Saddam Hussein killed by Fulton County police. Other ers, as well as to people in nearby military unleashed a major offensive regime around the city of Baquba, the targeted areas include the West End, one neighborhoods. involving 10,000 U.S. troops northeast capital of Diyala province. of the historic Black communities here, Normally, about 600 people work of Baghdad yesterday. The military Operation Arrowhead Ripper, which Continued on page 4 Continued on page 9 says its objective is to destroy al-Qaeda Continued on page 3 Atlanta rally: ‘End cruel, unusual Day laborers in N.Y. town win punishment of young Black man’ hiring hall in Black church Georgia Atty. General appeals judge’s release order BY róger calero By Bill Arth that charge for engaging in consensual MAMARONECK, New York, June ATLANTA, June 14—About 200 sex with a 15-year-old girl from his high 19—The Village of Mamaroneck Board people gathered on the steps of the State school when he was 17. of Trustees ratified a settlement June 11 Capitol here today to demand freedom for On June 11, a Monroe County superior that prohibits “police misconduct and Genarlow Wilson, a 21-year-old African court judge ruled that Wilson’s sentence discriminatory behavior towards day American. violated the state constitution as cruel and laborers,” including banning routine Wilson has served more than two years unusual punishment. The judge changed police inquiry into the immigration sta- of a 10-year prison sentence, without Wilson’s felony conviction to a misde- tus of these workers. The decision came the possibility of parole, for aggravated meanor, resentenced him to 12 months, on the heels of a victory in a lawsuit by child molestation. He was convicted on Continued on page 4 day laborers against town officials and police for discriminating against them when they gather on street corners to SWP National Committee honors life look for work. The settlement of the lawsuit includes Militant/Róger Calero of Cuban communist leader Vilma Espín Day laborers in Mamaroneck, New York, payment of $550,000 for legal fees to learn English June 19 while waiting for The following is a message to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the attorneys who represented the work- Cuba sent June 20 by Jack Barnes, the national secretary of the Socialist Workers jobs at Strait Gate Church, which has a ers. After the agreement, the day labor- Party, on behalf of the SWP National Committee. majority Black congregation. The church ers established a hiring hall at a local now serves as hiring hall for day laborers, Dear Comrades, church in the Black community, a rare most of them Latino immigrants. The National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party joins you in paying high- occurrence. est tribute to Vilma Espín Guillois. A courageous leader of the clandestine struggle, “The court upheld the fact that immi- who along with Frank País set an example for all, and an outstanding combatant grants have protection from harassment Also Inside: of the Rebel Army, Vilma was part of the generation of leaders forged in the and discrimination,” said Cesar Perales, battles that led to the revolutionary victory over the U.S.-backed Batista tyranny. ‘Honeymoon is over,’ many president and general counsel of the That triumph opened the socialist revolution in the Americas and transformed Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educa- liberals say about Democrats 2 world politics forever. The political leadership of women in that revolutionary tion Fund. The group filed the suit on struggle, exemplified by Vilma, was the weightiest of any popular revolution the Closing of TV station behalf of six day laborers in April 2006. world has yet known. by Venezuelan gov’t sparks Vilma’s decades-long leadership of the Federation of Cuban Women—which, Last November, federal judge Colleen McMahon ruled that town officials had polarized mobilizations 3 together with the party she helped lead, fought for the conquests won by the revolution in the struggle for women’s emancipation—sets a lasting example for “engaged in a campaign designed to drive the workers movement worldwide. out the Latino day laborers.” She ordered Australian gov’t steps up Her political contributions, in deed and in word, will be emulated by revolution- the two sides to settle. intervention in Philippines 5 ary-minded working people and youth, both women and men, in the sharpening “We are not under the anxiety of a struggles against the imperialist world order we all see approaching. This is the cop or a neighbor harassing us,” Diego UN committee: ‘Puerto Rico highest honor we can pay her. Durán, 60, originally from Venezuela, has right to self-determination’ 6 s/Jack Barnes Continued on page 9 for the SWP National Committee ‘Honeymoon is over,’ many Minneapolis event honors Ernesto Che Guevara liberals say about Democrats BY sam manuel posted on his web site a letter from WASHINGTON, June 13—A flurry Cindy Sheehan explaining why she of news articles and editorials in lib- could not support Clinton’s presiden- eral publications expressing “disap- tial bid. Sheehan has since announced pointment” at Congress’s approval of her departure from the peace move- $100 billion for Washington’s wars ment, explaining she came under harsh in Afghanistan and Iraq highlight the attacks by Democrats and their hang- demoralization of many on the left ers-on after condemning their prowar who had hoped the Democrats could stance along with the Republicans. be nudged toward ending the war. Sheehan had staged sit-ins at Hillary Many liberals are also disheartened at Clinton’s office to protest the senator’s the Democrats’ failure to pass hardly support for the Iraq war. any of their highly publicized social “Beyond ending the war,” the Nation spending bills in the “first 100 hours” said, “Democrats were elected because since they assumed majority control in of popular rejection of corporate trade Militant/Christian Villarroal MINNEAPOLIS—More than 50 people participated in a discussion here June 14 both the U.S. House of Representatives policies and the stench of corruption on the topic, “Che Lives: The Cuban Revolution Today and the Importance of Che’s and Senate. in Washington. Tom DeLay is gone, Ideas for Latin America and the World Today.” Presentations on the revolutionary “The Honeymoon Is Over,” was the but the corporate lobbies just reloaded contributions of Ernesto Che Guevara were given by Jesús “Chucho” García, the headline of an editorial in the June 18 with Democrats.” founder of the Afro-Venezuelan Network; Yasmin Tovar, a leader of the Minnesota issue of the Nation, a liberal magazine. The editorial noted that senators Venezuela Committee; and Tom Baumann from the Young Socialists. “The slim Democratic majority in both from both parties came together —REBECCA WILLIAMSON Houses is not a progressive majority,” to “deep-six” efforts to authorize the editorial said. Medicare to negotiate lower prescrip- John Walsh, a frequent contributor tion-drug prices. Two bills that would in the federal minimum wage in a a time line to redeploy U.S. troops in to Counter Punch—a liberal newslet- remove a requirement that reproduc- decade. Iraq out of combat roles. Bush vetoed ter edited by Alexander Cockburn tive health-care centers also counsel Democrats attached domestic spend- it on May 1. and Jeffrey St. Clair—blamed the abstinence to receive government ing measures, including the minimum A second version that dropped rede- Democrats for the disarray of the peace funds have been stalled and have fewer wage raise, to the war appropriations ployment time lines was passed with movement. sponsors this year than last. bill in a maneuver to gain Republican large bipartisan majorities in Congress “Democrats retreat before Bush,” The one bright spot liberals and labor support. Democrats presented that and signed by Bush into law just before said Stewart Alexander, the Peace officials point to is the first increase bill as antiwar because it contained Continued on page 9 and Freedom Party candidate for Cali- fornia governor in 2006, in a June 11 article in Banderas News, an online Moscow offers olive branch to U.S. gov’t on missile shield publication. BY brian williams da, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United missile system instead of building radar In his new movie Sicko, director June 16—One of the main develop- Kingdom, and the United States—plus in the Czech Republic. Bush said the idea Michael Moore, a Democratic stalwart ments at the June 6–8 summit of the Russia. was “interesting,” while making clear until recently, slams Hillary Clinton, Group of 8 in Heiligendamm, Germany, Washington has been working out Washington will go ahead with the Czech the Democrats’ front-runner for next was a proposal by Russian president plans to place an anti-missile radar sys- and Poland sites. year’s presidential nomination, for Vladimir Putin to cooperate with Wash- tem in the Czech Republic and missile Stephen Hadley, U.S. national security being a leading recipient in campaign ington in putting in place its “missile interceptors in Poland, arguing that this adviser, said Putin’s proposal for use of donations from health insurance com- defense” system in Europe. is necessary to counter warheads poten- the Azerbaijan radar base was a “contri- panies, reported the San Francisco The G8 is comprised of the world’s tially launched from Iran. The worldwide bution” to the broader system. Chronicle. Moore also prominently most powerful imperialist states—Cana- anti-missile system Washington is put- “The offer raised the prospect of ting together with its allies would actually unprecedented military cooperation provide the U.S. rulers with first strike between the U.S. and Russia,” noted nuclear capacity. Andrew Ward in a news analysis article Putin had previously criticized Wash- in the June 8 Financial Times. ington’s plans to place radar and intercep- After the discussion with Bush at the tors in Eastern Europe. He threatened to summit, Putin also made clear that Mos- point Russian missiles towards Europe cow would no longer consider retargeting ‘Gives you the facts we need’ for the first time since the end of the its missiles at European sites. 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2 The Militant July 2, 2007 Closing of TV station by Venezuelan gov’t sparks polarized mobilizations BY Olympia Newton against the closure in May, and Speaker June 19—The owners of Venezuela’s of the House Nancy Pelosi warned the largest national television station, Radio Venezuelan government that “efforts to Caracas de Television (RCTV), are orga- suppress the media will . . . ultimately nizing a pot-banging protest in Caracas fail.” U.S. secretary of state Condo- tonight, part of their ongoing efforts to leezza Rice called for an investigation pressure the government to reinstate by the Organization of American States. their broadcast license. The station Liberal groups like Reporters Without was effectively closed by a government Borders have condemned the decision. Left: Naky Soto Left: June 6 protest in Caracas, Venezuela, against government denial of broadcast decision not to renew its license when it The Georgia-based Carter Center issued license for RCTV, a private station. Right: June 1 Caracas rally backing the move. expired May 27. a statement of concern over the RCTV The pot-banging—a traditional middle- dispute. phone conversations between opposition ment slant after a 2004 meeting brokered class protest method in Latin Ameri- “President Chávez is totally right,” An- leaders and RCTV officials, discussing by former U.S. president James Carter ca—is the latest in a series of actions gel Sarmiento, a peasant who has been their behind-the-scenes involvement in between Chávez and the owner of the in recent weeks in which thousands involved in land occupations in the rural the student protests. station. The day RCTV’s license expired, of Venezuelans, largely divided along state of Cojedes, told the Militant in a RCTV is one of several privately the government renewed Venevision’s class lines, have faced off in the streets June 11 phone interview. “To me, this owned media that has been used consis- permit, but for five years instead of the of Caracas. channel just represents the exploiters. To tently by the pro-imperialist opposition 25 it sought. Sections of Venezuela’s capitalist watch it you would never know about our over the last five years in their efforts to “For decades these people have kid- class have seized on the RCTV dispute struggles for land, or the realities that we oust the Chávez administration. Lead- napped the airwaves,” Orlando Rafael to accuse the government headed by live. For them, freedom of expression is ing up to a short-lived U.S.-backed coup Leon, a warehouse worker in the state President Hugo Chávez of undermining the freedom to exploit.” in 2002, such channels broadcast op- of Anzoátegui, said in a June 15 phone press freedom to retaliate against political While the decision effectively closed position calls for protests to topple the interview. “What do they expect?” Leon opponents. Thousands of students, over- RCTV, the station has continued to government. passed the phone around to several of whelmingly from Caracas’s private uni- broadcast through satellite and on the When working people poured into the his coworkers, who all expressed similar versities, and many workers have joined Internet via major Spanish-language sta- streets of Caracas to demand the return opinions. street protests against the move. One of tions in Colombia and Miami. The public of Chávez and his ministers, who had “This has opened a debate and discus- the main chants at these actions has been, frequency that used to belong to RCTV been arrested by the top military brass, sion in which workers are discussing “Listen Chávez, I want my soap opera, I is now broadcasting a state-funded chan- the private stations refused to carry any what kind of television we should have,” want my [variety show] Rochela, I don’t nel, Venezuelan Social Television (TVes). coverage of the popular mobilizations. María Cristina Martínez, a social com- want a dictatorship.” Pro-government community councils are They broadcast old movies and cartoons munications student at the Bolivarian Government supporters, in their organizing discussions in factories and instead. The day after the coup, the University in Caracas, told the Militant majority workers and peasants, have working-class neighborhoods to discuss morning show on the Venevision channel June 11. countered these protests with their own the character of programming on TVes. featured leaders of the coup effort and Proceeding with such discussions, mobilizations, pointing to RCTV’s active Government officials have called the journalists congratulating each other. however, isn’t so easy, according to efforts to destabilize the Chávez adminis- decision “a simple regulatory matter” and Of the four major private TV stations in Carlos Enrique Rangel, one of Leon’s tration. But the move is less popular than accused the opposition of using the stu- Venezuela, only RCTV and Globovision coworkers. “The supervisor here won’t other recent government decisions, such dent protests to prepare a “soft coup.” At have maintained their level of anti-gov- let us take the time at work to discuss as bringing the oil industry under greater a May 30 press conference, members of ernment programming. Another station, the new station like we’re supposed to,” state control, which opened up political the National Assembly released tapes of Venevision, toned down its anti-govern- he said. space for working people to strengthen their hand against the interests of local capitalists and their U.S. allies. U.S. troops launch brutal offensive in Iraq “A lot of people, including Chavistas, do not agree with this,” Aijeah Val- Continued from front page Destruction of al-Qaeda “is the num- jor operations from Anbar to Diyala in the derama, a taxi driver in Caracas, told includes attack helicopters and armored ber one, bottom-line, up-front, in-your- wake of these shifting alliances. the Militant in a June 15 phone interview. fighting vehicles, is an indication that face, task and purpose” of the offensive in The day before the Baquba offensive, “It’s like Chávez is forcing you to watch Washington is far from its goal of estab- Baquba said Brig. Gen. Mick Bednarek the U.S. military carried out air strikes things you don’t want to watch.” lishing a stable client regime in Baghdad. of the 25th Infantry Division. Residents in Baghdad. The U.S. Senate issued a statement It is using military might, however, to of Baquba said heavy and continual ex- In southern Iraq intense fighting push in that direction. plosions echoed around the city. between Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi At a press conference three days earlier, Petraeus said this new phase would Army, a Shiite militia, and British and militant Washington’s top general in Iraq, David build on the “shaping” operations of Iraqi government troops continued Petraeus, said major operations against the past few months. The number of car yesterday for a second day in Nasiriyah. labor al-Qaeda and other militias would begin bombings and sectarian killings has gone The U.S. military also said British and now that all of the 30,000 additional U.S. down, he said. Iraqi troops killed 20 members of a forums troops have arrived. Washington started But as the new offensive opened, Shiite militia supported by Iran during illinois dispatching the troops four months ago, bombs exploded at a Shiite mosque kill- fighting in and around Amara, capital mainly to Baghdad and Anbar province. Chicago ing at least 75 people and wounding 204. of the Maysan province. The Crisis in the Middle East. Speaker: The military escalation was an- It was the latest in a series of tit-for-tat Latif al-Timimi, an Amara provincial Dennis Richter, Socialist Workers Party. Fri., nounced by U.S. president George Bush bombings of Shiite and Sunni mosques council member, disputed the Penta- June 29. Dinner, 7:00 p.m.; program, 8:00 in January. It was completed after the following the second bombing of the Shi- gon’s version of the fighting, saying 16 p.m. Donation: $5 dinner, $5 program. 3557 S. Archer Ave. Tel.: (773) 890-1190. Democratic-led Congress gave its seal ite al-Askari mosque in Samara, north civilians were killed and 14 wounded. of approval by passing a $100 billion of Baghdad. Communal killings surged The U.S. military insisted those killed iowa bill to fund the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and after the first bombing of that mosque a were responsible for smuggling power- Des Moines Afghanistan. The latest arrivals bring the year ago. The war is led by Sunni and ful explosives from Iran and taking Iraqi ¡Salud! Cuba and the Battle for the Right total number of U.S. troops in Iraq to Shiite capitalists vying for control of the fighters to Iran for training. Washington to Health. Sat., June 30. Dinner, 6:00 p.m.; about 155,000, according to Petraeus. country’s oil and other resources. and its imperialist allies have accused program, 7:00 p.m. 3707 Douglas Ave. Tel.: (515) 883-0797. Petraeus also pointed to developments Tehran of supplying such weapons and in Anbar and Diyala provinces where local training to Shiite militias in Iraq. minnesota calendar Sunni leaders have turned against al-Qa- In northern Iraq, Washington remains Minneapolis eda because of its methods. Such methods concerned that tensions between the Showing of Documentary With Babies and Georgia include executing Sunnis who al-Qaeda Turkish government and the Iraqi Kurdis- Banners. Fri., June 29. Dinner, 6:30 p.m.; Atlanta accuses of collaborating with occupation tan Regional Government, which runs the program, 7:30 p.m. Donation, $5 dinner, $5 Voices of Iraqi Workers Solidarity Tour. program. 1311 1/2 E. Lake St. Tel.: (612) 729- Speakers: Faleh Abood Umara, general sec- forces, and shaking down merchants and semiautonomous region, could threaten 1205. retary, Southern Oil Company Union, Iraq other Sunni businessmen to raise funds. stability in the most secure part of Iraq. Federation of Oil Unions; Hashmeya Muhsin The U.S. military has begun to provide U.S. and Iraqi officials say that Hussein, president, Electrical Utility Workers New jersey Union, General Federation of Iraqi Workers. arms and funding to Sunni militias that Turkish helicopters continue to enter Newark June 27–28. Also visiting Washington, D.C., have agreed to fight al-Qaeda and not northern Iraqi airspace in pursuit of End Israeli Occupation of Palestine! Speak- June 24–26. Sponsors include: U.S. Labor attack U.S. and Iraqi government troops, guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers’ er: Angel Lariscy, Socialist Workers Party. Fri., against the War; American Friends Service June 29, 8:00 p.m. 168 Bloomfield Ave. 2nd Committee. For more information, e-mail: reported Agence France- Presse. The U.S. Party, a Kurdish group that has fought floor. Tel.: (973) 481-0077. www.uslaboragainstwar.org. military says al-Qaeda has moved its ma- for decades for sovereignty in Turkey.

The Militant July 2, 2007 3 Build U.S. Social Forum! This column is written and edited Earth”; “Immigrant and Migrant by members of the Young Socialists, a Rights in a Global Society”; “Liberat- revolutionary socialist youth organiza- ing Gender and Sexuality: Integrating tion. For more information contact the Gender and Sexual Justice Across Our YS at 306 W. 37th St., 10th floor, New York, Movements”; and “Workers’ Rights in NY 10018; tel.: (212) 629-6649; e-mail: the Global Economy.” [email protected]. Organizers expect more than 10,000 people to attend. The Young Socialists are encourag- ing all to get involved and help build Young Socialists the Forum among fellow students, IN ACTION coworkers, friends, and anyone look- ing for the most effective way to fight to change the world into one based By Ben O’Shaughnessy on human solidarity instead of the June 19—”The U.S. Social Forum cutthroat competition and brutality of will be a great opportunity for young capitalism. people and others involved in different Young Socialists members from struggles to come together and discuss across the United States, as well as our common experiences,” said Ben Socialist Workers Party members and Joyce, a member of the Young Social- supporters, will not only be attending. ists, in a telephone interview from At- A number will get to Atlanta early to lanta, where the nationwide gathering get the lay of the land, collaborate with will take place. local organizers in final preparations, “The Young Socialists will be here Militant photos by Bill Arth and help make the Forum a political to share our recent experiences in the Participants in June 18 rally in Atlanta neighbor- success. fight for immediate legalization of all hood in defense of immigrant rights. “We have been to a number of meet- undocumented immigrants and an ings and activities here to help begin to tributed information on the U.S. Social For more information on registration end to the raids and deportations by la build the Forum among young people, Forum. Later in the week, we will join and on getting involved in local efforts migra, the campaign to win freedom workers, and others,” said Joyce. “Last in with others working on the Forum to to build the event, visit www.ussf2007. for the Cuban Five, the struggle against night, the Young Socialists and other get flyers out across Atlanta. We want org or contact the Young Socialists at police brutality, and more.” supporters of the Militant went to an to encourage everyone to join similar [email protected]. In Atlanta The U.S. Social Forum will take immigrant rights vigil, where we sold efforts across the country and to get you can also contact the Young Social- place June 27–July 1. It will include nearly 65 copies of the paper and dis- here early to give us a hand.” ists at (404) 758-2151. students, activists in social protest movements, trade unionists, and oth- ers. There will be five days of work- shops, plenary sessions, and informal discussions on a wide range of political Wide interest in U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta questions. Continued from front page materials on the U.S. Social Forum protesting recent raids by la migra, a Its six main themes include “Gulf and Georgia State University, a cam- at an immigrant rights rally of several dozen students from Evergreen State Coast Reconstruction in the Post-Ka- pus of tens of thousands in the area hundred people. The rally took place College in Olympia met up with people trina Era”; “War, Militarism and the where the Forum will be held. at the Plaza Fiesta mall, where large from Seattle planning to attend. Prison Industrial Complex”; “Indige- On June 18, a leafleting team got a communities of immigrants from The U.S. Social Forum web site is nous Voices: From the Heart of Mother good response to Spanish-language Central America and Asia shop. A regularly updated. Workshops listed number of workers present expressed there sponsored by a range of groups the need for legalization for all. include, “Hawaii: 114 years resisting Connecticut rally demands halt to ‘la migra’ raids Forum organizers are holding meet- U.S. occupation”; “Building Bridges and-greet events throughout the Among Gulf Coast Organizations”; metropolitan area to build the Forum “Linking Communities to Stop Border and sign up volunteers. Thirty people Militarization and Interior Raids/De- attended the most recent on June 14. portations”; “India’s Special Economic Elsewhere in the country, efforts Zones—Impact and People’s Re- are under way to build and organize sponses”; “U.S. Economic Inequality participation in the Forum. About five and What We Can Do About It”; and dozen attended a June 14 meeting in “Protesting War Funding and Recruit- New York City sponsored by Left Turn ers.” These are just some of the more magazine. Individuals representing 35 than 950 workshops that will be held social service organizations, political in various locations around the city groups, and non-profit groups focused during the five-day gathering. on childcare, gay rights, and immi- For more information, to register, grant rights took part. and to get involved in efforts in your At a picket outside the Northwest De- area to build the U.S. Social Forum, tention Center in Tacoma, Washington, visit www.ussf2007.org/.

Militant/Dan Fein Atlanta rally: Free Black youth NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 16—“I am here to fight to put an end to Continued from front page At one point the crowd chanted, “Hey these raids and attacks on immigrants. The way to end them is to give all of us and ordered his immediate release. hey, ho ho, Thurbert Baker’s got to go.” papers that allow us to live and work in this country in peace,” said María Pérez, As Wilson’s family prepared to bring “We have no other alternative but to who marched here today with three of her four children to demand an end to him home, however, State Attorney hit the streets,” SCLC president Charles immigration raids in this city. General Thurbert Baker blocked his Steele said. “We must march for this is- The action of about 800 included students and community, church, and politi- release by announcing he would appeal sue, for this lack of justice, just like we cal activists. Contingents of trade unionists from Yale University, UNITE HERE the judge’s ruling to the Georgia Supreme marched for the 1965 Voting Rights bills. from Boston and New York, and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Court. We are here for freedom for Genarlow Local 1199, also marched (see above) for two miles in the pouring rain through Protest organizers included the South- Wilson.” the largely Latino community of Fair Haven to City Hall, where a rally was held. ern Christian Leadership Conference Leon Richardson, an electrician for Protesters demanded freedom for the 34 immigrant workers arrested June 6 and June 11 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. (SCLC), National Association for the Ad- the Atlanta public schools, told the At least four immigrants grabbed by ICE were out on bond as of June 14; two vancement of Colored People (NAACP), Militant he came to the protest after he others were expected to post bond that night. Most, however, are being held in The People’s Agenda, and several state heard about it on the radio. “It’s a ter- federal custody in Boston and Greenfield, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode legislators who are Black. rible injustice,” he said. “As a 21-year Island; and Cumberland County, Maine. Several protesters noted they had sup- veteran of the U.S. submarine force, I Sponsors of the action included the Junta for Progressive Action, Unidad ported Baker’s campaign for attorney never thought I’d see a day like this, a Latina en Acción, Association of Hispanic Evangelical Ministers of New Haven, general. Baker is African American. positive young man’s life snuffed. It’s UNITE HERE, SEIU Local 1199, SEIU 32BJ, Amistad Catholic Worker, and CT “Everybody is worried about them- about trying to make a political state- Center for a New Economy. selves and their political position, not ment more than the root cause. If any- —OLGA RODRIGUEZ justice,” B.J. Bernstein, Wilson’s lawyer, thing, he should have been counseled told the rally. or something.”

4 The Militant July 2, 2007 on the picket line Pennsylvania: garment workers their children and there is no coverage strike over hike in health costs for spouses. Previously workers did not PHILADELPHIA—Garment workers, pay for those benefits. The agreement members of UNITE HERE, struck three includes a one-time $500 bonus and a plants June 1 in the largest walkout in the 2 percent pay raise in the second and garment industry in the Lehigh Valley third years. in 50 years. About 500 workers at A&H “Personally, I’m disappointed because Sportswear, International Women’s Ap- I’m a single mom,” Wendy Paul, a worker parel, and Universal Sportswear, stood at A&H Sportswear for the past six years, up to the bosses’ demand for a hike in told The Morning Call. “I’m going from health insurance premiums with no paying $50 a month to [$188 a month] for raise in pay, and elimination of medi- health insurance for me and my daughter. cal coverage for spouses. Workers said I’m screwed.” most sewing machine operators earn $8 —Ellen Berman per hour plus piece rate. Other workers, including those that have worked for Thousands of teachers in Mexico AP/ David Maung years, often earn less. protest law cutting their pensions Teachers rally June 6 at San Ysidro border crossing to Mexico. Sign reads “D-I-68 preschool delegation completely rejects new law of the social security institute for state workers.” The strike was settled June 6 when Thousands of teachers in Baja a new contract was approved by a vote California in Mexico protested June 6 people, wound through the streets of to work longer for retirement benefits of 313–95. The three-year agreement against a law that reduces pensions of Tijuana and succeeded in blocking ve- that were previously guaranteed after requires each worker to pay $12 a week teachers and other public sector work- hicular traffic into the United States at 30 years of service. It also establishes for medical coverage. Families must ers. The demonstration, which protest the San Ysidro port of entry for nearly private retirement accounts. now pay as much as $47 a week for leaders said included 15,000 to 20,000 three hours. The law forces teachers —Brian Williams Australian gov’t steps up intervention in Philippines BY RON POULSEN with 28 fast assault boats and Australian tralian and Philippine troops are now agile forces that can move to theaters of SYDNEY, Australia—The Australian special forces will train and exercise with planned. The Sydney Morning Herald battle quickly. and Philippine governments concluded a Philippine troops as part of the U.S.-led called them “a boost to Australia’s coun- The A$4 million gunboats Canberra is major military accord May 31. The Status “war on terrorism.” ter-terrorism presence in the region.” providing have global positioning navi- of Forces Agreement was signed in Can- The Philippine constitution prohibits Arroyo said the pact would “help us gation and can ferry six soldiers across berra during a brief visit by Philippines the presence of foreign troops without to modernize and professionalize our shallow water at speeds of up to 60 mph. president Gloria Arroyo. a treaty. Earlier this year, Washington armed forces. It will help us to have They will be used in marshes and rivers In recent years, Manila has begun ex- signed a similar pact with Manila, codi- interoperability of all our forces in the on the southern island of Mindanao to tending its traditional close military links fying greater direct U.S. military inter- fight against terrorism.” This fits with the target “terrorist” groups and Muslim beyond Washington, the former colonial vention in the country. push by imperialist powers to transform separatist movements, and elsewhere power. Canberra will now supply Manila Large-scale exercises between Aus- their militaries into leaner and more against rebel guerrilla fighters. Later in the evening after the pact was signed, 90 protesters picketed a Three Iowa Swift workers get jail terms, face deportation business dinner Arroyo was attending BY JOE SWANSON years in the United States and have not the sentencing judges that they should in Melbourne. “Stop the killings in the DES MOINES, Iowa—Three workers committed any crimes. I only worked to anticipate being deported immediately Philippines,” they demanded, referring to arrested in the immigration raid at the provide food and housing. My children after serving their terms. All three work- military repression there. They also pro- Swift meatpacking plant in Marshall- need their mother.” ers, the judges said, will get a harsher sen- tested the new Canberra-Manila pact. town, Iowa, were sentenced in June in No member of Andrade’s family was tence if they return to the United States The same day, another protest took federal court here. allowed to speak to her during the pro- without government authorization. The place outside the Australian Embassy in Lorena Andrade Rodríguez, 34, and ceedings. Andrade’s attorney, Michael court also fined the workers: Andrade, Manila calling for “Hands Off the Phil- Eloisa Núñez Galena, 32, were sentenced Said, requested that she be allowed to $100; Núñez, $400; and González $500. ippines!” A Kilusang Mayo Uno (May together on June 4. Rodríguez was speak with her children before being sent Andrade and González plan to appeal, First Labor Center) news release opposed given 25 months in a federal prison and to prison. The request was denied. Said said. Australian forces aiding the suppression Núñez was slapped with time served and Said asked for “compassion from the Renato González, brother of Norma of “legitimate organizations in the Philip- immediate deportation. Both workers court” before the sentencing. “There is González Hernández, attended the sen- pines that are waging a struggle to free have been held in jail since the raid on no legal way to immigrate in the short tencing with three other relatives. He the country from foreign intervention.” December 12. term unless you have a high level of still works at Swift. The government “Since 2001, 838 persons have been Andrade and Núñez were charged education and skills or are wealthy,” he doesn’t want “to take all of us because victims of extra-judicial killings, while with four counts of identity theft. Each said. “Lorena came to this country for no employers need us here to work,” he hundreds more have been abducted and carries a six-month sentence. Andrade other reason than to provide a better life told the Militant. “They arrest a few made to disappear,” the statement said. received a longer sentence because for her young children.” to make us all afraid. What they do is The Philippine military is heavily impli- she was also charged with “aggravated Andrade and González were told by very unjust.” cated in the bloodshed. identity theft,” which has a mandatory 24-month sentence. On June 8, a third worker arrested 25, 50, and 75 years ago in the raid at Swift, Norma González Hernández, 29, was found guilty of five counts of identity theft and sentenced to 24 months. The handcuffed workers were led into court by U.S. Marshals, and dressed in July 2, 1982 July 1, 1957 July 2, 1932 black and white striped prison uniforms. The U.S. Navy has ordered a task The Negro people in the South are William Z. Foster, Communist candi- At the June 4 hearing, four U.S Marshals, force of 50 warships in the eastern determined to win the right to vote. date for president of the U.S. who was and three Immigration and Customs En- Mediterranean to be ready for possible They are organized and are proceed- arrested on July 28th in Los Angeles, forcement (ICE) cops were present in the “rescue” operations in Lebanon. ing with mass actions to insure this while attempting to speak in a protest courtroom during the sentencing. This coincides with the Israeli re- right. Their determination and their demonstration, was released the next Nearly 1,300 workers at six Swift gime’s decision to break its latest “cease- confidence that the fight will be won day on the grounds of lack of evidence to plants in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, fire”—the June 22 one—as Israeli is the basic reason that civil rights has charge him with criminal syndicalism. Nebraska, Texas, and Utah were rounded planes, tanks, and artillery attacked become a national issue during this The meeting at which Foster was ar- up and thrown in jail last year. More than Syrian positions just south of the Beirut- session of Congress. rested was called to protest the prohibi- half of them have been deported. Damascus highway on June 23. In Tuskegee, Alabama, the Negro tion of a meeting where he was billed All three workers were born in Mexico. All signs point to a decision by the citizens have organized a mass pro- to speak and which was to protest the Andrade’s two children, Andrea 7, and Zionist regime to go into western Beirut test against a move to deprive them shooting of an unemployed worker by Elizabeth 14, attended the sentencing. in an attempt to drive out the thousands of the vote. The State Legislature has Captain Hynes police thugs. Andrade addressed the court, through of Palestinian combatants who are passed a bill reducing the city limits Hynes had to let Foster go for the an interpreter, and explained that her lodged there. of Tuskegee to exclude all Negro resi- reason that he wanted to “keep peace daughters’ father had been deported to Israeli armed forces have been regu- dential areas. in the city.” The real reason is of course Mexico. “My daughters live with rela- larly bombarding Palestinian refugee The Negroes responded with an that it is not so easy to arrest presiden- tives for now but I am their only support,” camps and civilian neighborhoods in economic boycott and mass protest tial candidates even though they may she said. “I have lived and worked for 12 western Beirut. meetings. happen to be Communists.

The Militant July 2, 2007 5 UN committee backs Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination

BY róger calero ton to immediately cease the harass- UNITED NATIONS, June 14—The ment, incarceration, and murder of UN Special Committee on Decoloni- independence fighters, trade unionists, zation held hearings here today on the and others opposed to U.S. colonial colonial status of Puerto Rico. By the rule. A number demanded the immedi- end of the day, it adopted by consen- ate and unconditional release of Puerto sus a resolution cosponsored by the Rican independence fighters locked up governments of Cuba and Venezuela in U.S. prisons—Oscar López Rivera, calling for an end to U.S. colonial rule Carlos Alberto Torres, Haydée Beltrán of Puerto Rico. Torres, and José Pérez González. The document calls on Washing- In his closing remarks, Cuba’s UN ton to “expedite a process that will ambassador, Rodrigo Malmierca, allow the Puerto Rican people to noted that for the first time the resolu- fully exercise their inalienable right tion explicitly requests that the colonial to self-determination and indepen- status of Puerto Rico be taken up by Militant/Róger Calero Panel of speakers at June 14 meeting at Hunter College after hearing of UN Committee on dence,” and requests that the General the UN General Assembly. The de- Decolonization. From left: Manuel Rodríguez, of the Socialist Front; Pedro Colón, Socialist Assembly consider the question in all colonization committee has reaffirmed Workers Movement; Betty Brassel, United for Vieques ; Ben Ramos (speaking), ProLibertad; its aspects. in 25 resolutions or decisions Puerto Argiris Malapanis, Socialist Workers Party; Paula Santiago, Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico; “It is impossible to hide that our Rico’s right to self-determination. All and Enrique Baquero, Puerto Rican Democratic Action Foundation. country is the last major colony in the have been ignored by Washington. entire world,” said Paula Santiago from “For Cuba, the adoption of this reso- Venezuela, and of the Non-Aligned at the UN; Ben Ramos of the ProLib- the New York chapter of the Nationalist lution is highly relevant, considering Movement also spoke in favor of the ertad Freedom Campaign; and Argiris Party of Puerto Rico. She was one of our long-standing commitment to the resolution. Malapanis of the Socialist Workers the more than 20 people who testified, self-determination and independence Those speaking for independence Party (see below). most of them from Puerto Rico, back- of the brotherly Puerto Rican people,” included Fernando Martín of the After the hearing, ProLibertad host- ing the resolution. said Malmierca. “The Puerto Rican Puerto Rican Independence Party; ed a forum at Hunter College attended Many of the speakers provided facts people can always count on our uncon- Julio Muriente of the Hostos National by 40 people to continue discussion on highlighting the colonial reality of ditional solidarity.” Independence Movement; Wilma the issues presented by the pro-inde- Puerto Rico, and how Washington has The representatives of Iran, Syria, Reverón of the Puerto Rico Committee pendence delegation at the UN. denied the Puerto Rican people their right to self-determination and inde- pendence since it took over the island ‘Puerto Rico’s independence in interest of U.S. toilers’ in the 1898 Spanish-American war. A handful of people spoke for the The following is the presentation and Republicans—that do profit from States from Mexico, and other countries current commonwealth status or for Argiris Malapanis gave on behalf of the the colonial domination of Puerto Rico. plundered by imperialism, in order to making Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. Socialist Workers Party at the June 14 Instead we have everything in common provide a pool of superexploited labor state. hearing of the United Nations Special with fellow working people around to satisfy the bosses’ profit greed. But Ismael Guadalupe, a member of Committee on Decolonization on the the world—from China to Mexico and millions have marched, going on the Desobedientes del Este de Vieques status of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico. first nationwide political strike in U.S. (Eastern Vieques Civil Disobedience), The U.S. government has used Puerto history on May 1 last year and turning was among the speakers. His group BY Argiris Malapanis Rico as a springboard for launching as- out half a million strong on May Day is fighting to take back the lands for- UNITED NATIONS, June 14—I join saults on countries around the world— this year, to demand legalization of all merly occupied by the U.S. Navy on with others here today calling on Wash- from its invasion of Grenada in 1983 the undocumented. Their banner, “We the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, ington to immediately release all Puerto to the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 are workers, not criminals!” mirrors the and force the U.S. government to de- Rican independence fighters locked up to the invasion and occupation of Iraq. demands of Puerto Rican independence contaminate the area it polluted and in U.S. prisons. They are among the lon- The latter is one of the many theaters of fighters. Hundreds of thousands of work- pay reparations for the damage caused gest-held political prisoners in the world. Washington’s “war on terrorism,” which ing people in the United States leading by tons of explosives and radioactive Like the Cuban Five—revolutionaries include Afghanistan, Iran, and Korea. struggles for legalization and against material left by the Navy. railroaded by Washington and convicted This war targets any government that raids and deportations are the biggest “We have not gotten justice,” said on frame-up charges that include “con- doesn’t bow to U.S. dictates. It is a war obstacle to Washington’s plunder of Guadalupe. He described how more spiracy to commit espionage”—their ultimately aimed at the livelihoods and the world’s land and labor, and thus the than 52 percent of the land formerly real crime is fighting for their country’s rights of working people—as shown by most important aid to the Puerto Rican occupied by the U.S. Navy is now un- sovereignty. I say free Oscar López the abuse, torture, and violation of el- peoples’ freedom struggle. der control of the federal government. Rivera, Carlos Alberto Torres, Haydée ementary human rights of prisoners held In face of a capitalist economic depres- He noted that only 4,000 acres of this Beltrán Torres, and José Pérez González. by the U.S. government at the Guantána- sion most of humanity faces—including land have been placed in the hands of Free them unconditionally, now! And mo naval base, on territory held forcibly unceasing assaults on the wages, job the municipal government, and that a free the Cuban Five! by Washington against the wishes of the safety, and living conditions of a major- big part of the rest are in the hands of Others before me have demonstrated Cuban people. This “war on terrorism” is ity of the people of this country—the big landowners. “Our people have not that Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony. They against the interests of the vast majority U.S. rulers, who live off the labor and given up their lands,” said Guadalupe. have explained why independence is a of the people of the United States and the resources of millions around the world, In 2003, in face of sustained mobili- necessity for the people of Puerto Rico, world. The U.S. government continues to have the gall to tell the Puerto Rican zations by fishermen, farmers, workers, if they are to freely determine their own use Puerto Rican youth as cannon fodder people they have no choice but to de- and other Vieques residents, the Navy future. in its imperialist wars. The successful pend on Washington, that independence was forced to leave and abandon con- I’d like to add that a successful fight 60-year-long struggle by the Puerto would bring them only ruin. trol of the area it used for target prac- for Puerto Rico’s independence is in Rican people to get the U.S. Navy out of But the living, fighting example the tice and other military exercises. But the interests of the vast majority of the Vieques helped educate millions about workers and farmers of Cuba and their only a small portion of this land has people of the United States too. Workers, these realities. revolutionary leadership have set proves been turned over to working people in farmers, and other exploited produc- Puerto Rico’s colonial domination re- that it is possible to fight and win genuine Vieques, many of whom were its origi- ers have absolutely no interest in the inforces systematic discrimination, racist independence from U.S. imperialism. nal owners, Guadalupe pointed out. colonial rule of Puerto Rico by the U.S. prejudice, and cop brutality faced by 2.7 It takes a socialist revolution to do so. Other speakers called on Washing- government. million Puerto Ricans here, along with The Cuban Revolution points the way As long as Puerto Rico remains a U.S. Blacks and other oppressed nationalities. forward for working people around the For Further Reading colony, the fighting capacity and solidar- As long as Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony, world, including in the United States. ity of the working-class movement in this Puerto Ricans will be subjected to sec- The condemnation by this commit- country is weakened. ond-class status in the United States. tee of Washington’s colonial rule of Puerto Rico: Capitalist politicians here always talk The ongoing incarceration of the four Puerto Rico will serve the interests of Independence about “We Americans.” But there is not Puerto Rican independentistas, like the the overwhelming majority of the people Is a Necessity one America. There are two Americas. unjust imprisonment of the Cuban Five, of the United States and those fighting by Rafael That of the bosses, a tiny minority, and is another case of turning the victim everywhere for the right to self-deter- Cancel Miranda that of working people, the vast majority. into the criminal. The U.S. govern- mination and against oppression—from Also available Working people in the U.S. have no com- ment is trying to do the same against Kurdistan to Palestine to Western Sahara in Spanish and mon interests with the owners of General the undocumented immigrants here, and Kosova. Farsi Motors, Boeing, Cargill, ExxonMobil, estimated at 12 million today. These Thank you Ms. Chairwoman, and Pfizer, Merck, Chase, Coca-Cola, or workers have become a growing and members of the committee, for the op- $4.00 Wal-Mart—or their political represen- weighty section of the U.S. working portunity to present these views before www.pathfinderpress.com tatives in Washington, the Democrats class. They are drawn into the United you today.

6 The Militant July 2, 2007 Communist League in U.K. Public forums in London surround CL congress holds special congress Changes in working class under impact of immigration at center of discussion

BY JONATHAN SILBERMAN proposed that ‘British families’ get prior- LONDON—“Before us is a battle for ity over immigrants in council housing the labor movement, for class solidarity [public housing].” and consciousness,” said Pete Clifford, in London delegate Julie Crawford, a the political report to a special congress worker at the Hygrade sausage factory in of the Communist League (CL) in the London, where many workers are from United Kingdom held here June 2–3. Africa, spoke about raids and other anti- Clifford, a meat worker, is a member of immigrant probes. “The labor movement the league’s Central Committee and its needs to stand with the foreign-born Edinburgh branch. when the bosses talk about ‘investigat- Militant/Alex Xezonakis LONDON, June 1—Alyson Kennedy, a former leader of the Co-Op miners’ two- “The working class in the United King- ing National Insurance [social security] year-long union organizing battle in Huntington, Utah, addresses a Militant Labour dom is being transformed as hundreds irregularities’ as happens where I work,” Forum here today on “Immigration, labour, and the class struggle in the United of thousands of young workers from she said. She reported that five workers States” on the eve of the Communist League’s congress here. Forty-four people Eastern Europe settle here,” Clifford at the plant subscribe to the Militant and attended the forum. At a similar forum the following week, 30 people came to explained. Since May 1, 2004, when they and others have bought 20 books hear Communist League leader Jonathan Silberman report on the congress. nationals of eight countries joining the and pamphlets on revolutionary work- —TONY HUNT European Union (EU) got job access, ing-class politics this year. 640,000 workers have registered for work Edinburgh delegate Caroline Bellamy, among the U.K.-born,” said Clifford Clifford said. “Prime minister in wait- in the United Kingdom, some 70 percent a garment worker, reported on a Trans- Clifford outlined the consequences for ing, Gordon Brown, has signaled more of them from Poland. “The new arriv- port and General Workers Union (T&G) the Communist League’s activity today attacks on the social wage with his ‘edu- als have spread throughout the United immigrant worker recruitment meeting before the outbreak of the gigantic social cation is my passion, health is my priority’ Kingdom, including Northern Ireland. that drew 100. struggles that will make possible the comments,” he noted. In the Republic of Ireland, 10 percent of “Behind the trade union officials’ transformation of the unions into fighting Brown takes over from Anthony the population is foreign born.” welcome, often lies a chauvinist stance,” instruments. “We must see this not as the Blair June 27. “He will continue Blair’s The working class in Scotland is Clifford warned. He cited anti-immigrant ‘immigration question’ but rather as the overall course,” Clifford said, “includ- changing beyond recognition. Taking comments by Ron Webb, national sec- labor question,” he said. “We fight for ing the ‘special relationship’ with the into account unofficial estimates, the retary of the T&G section of the newly class solidarity in the face of the divisions United States, which the British rulers proportion of the population that is im- formed union Unite, during a strike at the set by the bosses. The Militant is a key consider key to defending their interests migrant in Scotland has expanded from Tesco distribution center in Livingston, weapon in this activity. This is important on a world scale.” Brown has stated 3.3 percent in 2004 to about 6.2 percent Scotland. Webb branded as “substandard for communists and the broader working- that British troops will remain in Iraq. in 2007. “When I started at Halls,” Clif- labor” Eastern Europeans who crossed class vanguard.” London continues to lead NATO forces ford noted, “workers at the meat factory the picket line. “Such a course pushes for- The labor question is at the center of in Afghanistan. “The rulers face a chal- were overwhelmingly from the United eign-born workers away from the unions politics in this country as the rulers push lenge from their European competitors, Kingdom. Today they’re majority East- and fosters anti-immigrant prejudice to reverse British capitalism’s decline, Continued on page 8 ern European.” The Eastern European workers joined a successful union action when the boss- es moved to undermine a union overtime Natives in Canada call National Day of Action ban, Clifford reported. At Dawn Meats in BY MARK GRIEVE eracy of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) towards aboriginal people in Canada.” Bedford, England, Polish workers joined AND JOHN STEELE tribes to which the Mohawks belong. In five editorials on the National a protest against changed conditions. TORONTO—The Assembly of First The Mohawks insist that the tract was Day of Action the Globe and Mail, “This is a glimpse of how these workers Nations (AFN) has called a National illegally taken from them in 1832. Canada’s main national English-lan- will be drawn into union resistance and Day of Action for June 29 to “put an While not endorsing civil disobedi- guage daily, echoed these threats. It social struggles,” he said. end to First Nations poverty as the ence, AFN Grand Chief Phil Fontaine accused AFN leaders of “aboriginal “The bosses use the foreign born as greatest social injustice in Canada.” said peaceful talks have not produced hooliganism” for asking rail bosses to they drive to depress wages and condi- The AFN is the main organization that results. “We are starting to question stop operations June 29. “The AFN is tions, speed up production, introduce speaks for Native people in Canada. the so-called rational process because playing an irresponsible game,” said flexibility, and pit worker against worker,” Actions across the country will in- it does not work,” he said. AFN chiefs the May 26 editorial. “It has in effect the CL leader said. “Over 80 percent are clude a march of solidarity in Ottawa. have called on CN rail and Canadian chosen to fly the warrior’s flag legiti- aged 18–34 and just 7 percent have de- The AFN call describes the protest “as Pacific Railway to voluntarily shut mizing what in all likelihood will end pendents—just what the bosses need.” an opportunity for First Nations and down operations on June 29, which in illegal acts as native hotheads don Members of the Bank of England’s Canadians to stand together in a spirit CN bosses have rejected. military apparel and roll the old school monetary policy committee and Con- of unity to support a better life for all The National Day of Action is be- buses onto the tracks.” federation of British Industry recently First Nations peoples.” ing fueled by the conditions the 1.3 “Since Ipperwash, no government attributed a decline in real earnings over The government’s failure to ad- million Native people in Canada face. and no police force has had the stom- the last year to immigration. dress outstanding land claims has These include grinding poverty on ach for confronting native protesters “These workers are tricked into antici- compelled some Native leaders to and off reservations, victimization in whose tactics are becoming more dar- pating a good life and livelihood here,” promise widespread economic disrup- the prison system, and police brutality. ing,” the Globe said June 1, calling for Clifford said. “They’ve met a different re- tion this summer. Chief Terry Nelson Unresolved land claims on resource- “upholding the rule of law in a sober, ality. Half are working temporary jobs or of the Roseau River First Nation an- rich land and areas slated for urban professional fashion.” are agency workers with inferior wages nounced May 14 plans to blockade development have skyrocketed from On June 12 Canadian prime minister and conditions; 75 percent earn less than the rail line connecting eastern and 250 in 1993 to more than 800 today. Stephen Harper announced impending £6 per hour [£1=US$1.98]. At a strike western Canada on June 29. “If [the Also fueling the protest is a report legislation he claimed would “revolu- at the Grampian poultry plant in Cam- rail companies] take a confrontational released May 31 from a public inquiry tionize” the Native land claims process. buslang, Scotland, the company bused attitude and start throwing lawsuits into the 1995 murder of unarmed Na- The bill is to be cowritten with the agency workers from Eastern Europe around, clearly this could escalate tive activist Dudley George during a AFN and, if passed, would create a new across the picket line.” Agency workers and very likely end up in a monthlong land reclamation protest at Ipperwash tribunal staffed by judges that would are sent to factories or other workplaces blockade,” he said. Provincial Park in Ontario. The report make binding rulings when negotia- by temporary job agencies. They face Last April, Bay of Quinte Mohawks placed partial responsibility for the tions fail. Under the current system, inferior conditions and wages and can at Deseronto, Ontario, blockaded cop killing on then Ontario premier where Ottawa acts as the defendant, be fired by the boss at any time. Canadian National and Via Rail lines Michael Harris. It revealed that Acting judge, and jury, the average claim takes The government placed restrictions for 30 hours, stopping freight and Sergeant Ken Deane shot and killed 13 years to be dealt with. on workers from Romania and Bulgaria passenger traffic on Canada’s busiest George only hours after Harris told Harper’s announcement “doesn’t when these countries joined the EU in rail corridor to press their land claims. cabinet ministers, “I want those f___ change one thing,” said Janie Jamieson, January. “They’re not keeping immi- They were protesting the slowness of Indians out of the park.” a spokesperson for the Six Nations grants out,” Clifford said. “They want negotiations with the federal govern- Referring to the possibility of rail members who have been part of the them in, but insecure.” They’re cutting ment over the 950-acre Culbertson blockades, federal Indian Affairs Min- land occupation in Caledonia since translation facilities to force immigrants Land Tract granted to the Six Nations ister Jim Prentice said such actions February 2006. “It doesn’t settle any- to ‘learn English’ and a minister has in 1793. The Six Nations is the confed- will “dissipate the goodwill that exists thing. It doesn’t give me hope.”

The Militant July 2, 2007 7 Marxism, science, and women’s fight for equality Below is an excerpt from Sexism and solutions are freely and frequently men- Science one of Pathfinder’s Books of tioned” by the feminists. the Month in July. The excerpt is from No less disturbing to Haymes is the an exchange between Evelyn Reed and mounting feminist interest in anthropol- Howard Haymes then a professor of ogy in order to learn about the position of education at the State University of New women in primitive society before they York at Stony Brook. Reed is the author became the oppressed sex. According to of many works on the origins of women’s [Lewis] Morgan and other evolutionary oppression and the fight for their libera- founders of the science in the last century, tion. She joined the socialist movement ancient society was matriarchal and col- in 1940 and was a leading member of lectivist. Women, far from being inferior, the Socialist Workers Party in the United played a leadership role and held an es- States until her death in 1979. Copyright teemed position. These findings, and the © 1978 by Pathfinder Press. Reprinted full conclusions to be drawn from them, by permission. were set forth by Engels in his book Ori- gin of the Family, Private Property, and Militant/Rollande Girard the State. He showed how anthropologi- Rally in downtown Chicago May 30 to protest moves to enforce a 1995 state law cal data confirmed the Marxist theory on Books of requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortion. the class roots of female oppression from He surveys the galaxy of feminist writ- the widespread influence of Engels and slavery through feudalism to contempo- ers who have articulated the problems his Marxist followers upon the thinking rary capitalism. . . . the month and prospects for liberation over the of the movement. Opposition to Marxism in politics and past few years and finds cause for dis- Not only radical feminists but even to evolutionism in anthropology are not By Evelyn reed satisfaction. The women are too frank in more conservative writers, Haymes new; they have been rife ever since the Liberals and other fair-minded men do their criticisms of sexist men and politics, complains, have adopted Engels’s thesis two branches of science were born in the not object to the feminist movement— and even of other feminists with whom that women are exploited and oppressed last century. What is new in the present providing women restrict themselves to they disagree. They engage in strident by capitalist society. Whether or not they situation is the women’s upsurge, barely activities on such practical issues as equal debates among themselves on the roots call themselves Marxists, the result is a six years old, and the impact these two rights, conduct themselves in a ladylike of male supremacy and female inferior- “veritable verbal bombardment” of capi- sciences have already had upon this manner, and above all avoid controver- ity without consulting any male advisers talism at the hands of these women libera- expanding movement. Women are re- sial theorizing on the source of female and with no visible loss of solidarity as tionists. Moreover, he warns, this is not opening and reinvestigating social and oppression and its solution. Howard feminists. He deplores the “alienation” of mere leftist rhetoric; it involves serious historical questions that have long been Haymes is one of these well-intentioned New Left women from their men because consideration of the socialist solution to declared by academic authorities—most- men who has the best interests of the the blemish of male chauvinism persists fully eradicate the oppression of women. ly male—as conclusively settled and no women’s movement at heart and gives among them. But he is most distressed by As Haymes puts it, “clearly collectivist longer debatable. his advice accordingly. Communist League holds congress in U.K. Books Continued from page 7 “At the same time, we must anticipate The labor movement faces the same of the Month with German chancellor Angela Merkel that the class question will come to the opportunities and challenges in forging and French president Nicolas Sarkozy fore,” said London delegate and Central working-class unity.” shifting their foreign policy toward Committee member Tony Hunt, describ- Delegates heard Alex Xezonakis, a fra- Washington.” PATHFINDER 25% ing capitalist development in Ireland. ternal delegate from the Young Socialists, READERS CLUB discount The Blair administration has notched “This trend is magnified by immigration. report on work of the communist move- SPECIALS up a success in Northern Ireland, Clif- The new arrivals’ first concerns are wages, ment in Britain in defense of the Cuban ford said, “in the Paisley-McGuinness jobs, and living conditions,” Hunt said. Five. 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E-mail: Sydney: 1st Flr, 3/281-287 Beamish 0131-226-2756. E-mail: cl.edinburgh@ Offer good until July 31 [email protected] St., Campsie, NSW 2194. Mailing btinternet.com 8 The Militant July 2, 2007 Editorial Oregon raid Continued from front page Oppose U.S.-led ‘war on terror’! at the plant in two shifts, but it looked like only With the blessing of the Democratic-majority Con- perialist intervention in the Darfur region of Sudan. about 50 workers were there today. One worker gress, the Bush administration has completed the troop The “war on terrorism” extends from the former said the company eliminated the second shift after increase in Iraq it announced in January—the biggest Soviet republics of Central Asia—such as Uzbekistan, the raid. escalation of the imperialist war since the 2003 U.S.- where U.S. troops first established a base in 2001 in The arrested workers had been making $7.80 per led invasion. The military offensive U.S. forces and preparation for the Afghanistan war; to Eastern Europe, hour, Oregon’s minimum wage. their allies launched in Baquba and other parts of Iraq where Washington is placing components of its missile Relatives and friends of those arrested were this week is what the top U.S. general in Iraq, David shield allegedly to stop missiles from Iran; to the Bal- coming and going into the plant to retrieve per- Petraeus, had promised when the Senate unanimously kans, where the U.S. rulers are cynically manipulating sonal belongings and cars left at the plant parking confirmed him earlier this year. the Albanian peoples’ just demands for self-determi- lot after the arrests. A number of workers leaving The imperialist war in Iraq, however, is just one front nation in Kosova as part of the imperialist drive to said they had just started that week as temporary in Washington’s multi-theater “war on terrorism” that reestablish capitalism in that part of the world. employees. the U.S. rulers have promised will last decades. Under Washington’s “war on terror” is about one thing Workers in several cars gave thumbs up when this banner, U.S. forces are engaged in operations in and one thing only: the expansion of the profits of the they saw the signs Militant supporters carried, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and even Europe. The tiny minority of capitalists and landlords that rule the which read, “Stop the raids; legalization now!” target: any government that does not bend to their United States and much of the world. Their imperialist But the reaction at the plant gate was polarized. A dictates, and ultimately working people; the cannon wars abroad go hand in hand with their unrelenting of- truck driver, for example, responded differently to fodder: workers and farmers of the world. fensive against the wages, safety, and living conditions the same sign. “I think all the illegals should be More than 2,400 civilians, militia members, and of working people at home. Workers and farmers in the deported,” he said. “They just take our jobs.” troops have died in Afghanistan so far this year, where United States, and toilers around the world—the vast Near the plant reactions from residents were NATO forces are currently involved in intensified fight- majority of humanity—have every interest in opposing also mixed. ing. Washington continues its campaign of pressures the U.S.-led “war on terror” everywhere. “My brother-in-law was arrested and he doesn’t and threats against Iran. It is leading its imperialist That’s why working people should demand uncondi- even work at the plant,” said Ida Monroy. “He was allies in Asia to expand the theaters of “antiterrorism” tional withdrawal now of U.S. and allied troops, not only there talking to one of the workers when the raid there, including through greater collaboration with from Iraq, but from Afghanistan; the Balkans; Djibouti; took place. He’s been here over 20 years and has the Australian rulers in the Philippines. In Africa, U.S. Darfur; Eastern Europe; Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; Ko- three children. I’m helping take care of them.” Special Forces engineered the toppling of an Islamic rea; the Philippines; Somalia, and beyond! No to threats “I’ll go,” Monroy said when she heard a protest government in Somalia, and Washington—with liberal against Iran and north Korea; lift the sanctions! Not one action may take place here next weekend. forces leading the campaign—is pressing for greater im- penny or person for Washington’s wars! Glen Daniel, a retired worker who is Black, said some of his neighbors had not been home since the raid. “I don’t think it’s right, what they did to those people,” he said. “They’re trying to help them- selves, working like dogs to help their families.” N.Y. day laborers win hiring hall A worker at a local Mexican food store, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of persecution Continued from front page Day Laborer Organizing Network. by the government, said his aunt was picked up at told the Militant. The settlement “can’t be seen as an “It is an unusual gesture, and it’s a beautiful one, the plant. They let her go because she is a single isolated thing. It has to do with getting the federal gov- particularly because we know there have been tensions parent with three children, he said. They put a ernment to give us papers.” between African Americans and Latinos in places tracking bracelet on her ankle pending a hearing “This agreement should be made by other towns,” where they compete against one another for these types on her status. said Fabian Chimbo, 26, a carpenter from Ecuador. of jobs,” Alvarado told the New York Times. Durán and Chimbo were waiting for work at the new The 1,500 church members come from nearby towns, Guadeloupe, who didn’t want her last name used hiring site for day laborers at the Strait Gate Church. and as far as Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York for similar reasons, said her husband had been The site opened the day after the settlement was rati- City, said Howard Coke, 46. Coke is a churchgoer who picked up earlier in the year at another plant. She fied by the Board of Trustees. “Hire Workers,” reads volunteers at the hiring hall during his time off from had to pay a $3,500 bond to get him released pend- a sign outside the church, inviting contractors and work as a food servicing manager. ing an immigration hearing in November. She said others to stop. Many of the day laborers waiting for work at street lawyers are not willing to take the case because it The church is one in a handful with a majority Black corners here told the Militant the cops still drive by is “unwinable,” except for one attorney who wants congregation associated with day laborer hiring sites, where they are at, but they don’t stop to harass them as $5,000 up-front with no guarantees. according to Pablo Alvarado, director of the National they used to do. An immigrant from Panama, however, who also asked to remain anonymous, said she agreed with the raids. “I saved money for me and my sister to come to this country,” she said. “People should do ‘Honeymoon is over,’ many liberals say it the right way to get here legally.” Continued from page 2 Policy Institute. With the $2.10 hourly increase by Last August, Del Monte had been forced to pay Memorial Day. Many of the domestic spending mea- 2009, a full-time minimum-wage worker would still out $400,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by eight former sures were included in the legislation. earn some $2,000 below the current federal poverty workers employed by another temporary agency, Sixty days after signing the bill the minimum line for a family of three. Quality Manual Labor Inc. The workers sued both wage is to increase from $5.15 an hour to $5.85. A These conclusions, however, don’t seem to derail companies for violating state law by firing them year later it will rise to $6.55, and in 2009 it will many disillusioned liberals and middle-class radi- for raising safety concerns, withholding overtime be $7.25. cals from lesser-evil politics and their commitment pay, and doing away with break periods. Del The minimum wage has not been raised in nine to elect “better” Democrats. Monte then replaced this agency with American years. Today it is 31 percent of the average hourly “The new majorities aren’t the sterling champions Staffing Resources before the settlement. At the wage in the United States, the lowest level since 1947. some had hoped for, but they aren’t the knaves we Tacoma protest today, relatives and friends of those The real minimum wage, adjusted for inflation, has booted out either,” said the Nation editorial. “The detained joined demonstrators after visiting time been declining for some time and is now 30 percent serial disappointments of recent weeks are but a ended. Most of the protesters were young. They lower than it was in 1979, according to the Economic reminder that we’ve got work to do.” included students and members of Hate Free Zone, Washington Community Action Network, and Sin Fronteras, a Portland-based group. The rightist Minutemen withdrew before the LETTERS protest ended. Working class was ‘wind’ clining as the world’s dominant im- to 1921 that truly shook London. I appreciated Larry Quinn’s perialist power. The working class Forging a proletarian leadership Carmen Maymi-O’Reilly and Cecelia Moriarity review of the Ken Loach filmThe in the United Kingdom was getting out of that was what was needed contributed to this article Wind that Shakes the Barley (June stronger with the workers upsurge to reap the harvest. But it was not 11 issue). on the Clyde in 1919—a foretaste to be. You might come away from the of the 1926 General Strike. The Pete Clifford film, though, thinking that British Communist International had been Edinburgh, Scotland Correction premier Lloyd George’s threat of formed, spawning parties based on The article “Socialist workers build party a new war—the excuse for the the Bolshevik example. The letters column is an open convention” in the June 25 issue incorrectly capitulation of the Irish bourgeois Referring to the film, Sinn Fein forum for all viewpoints on said the 20th anniversary of the assassination nationalist forces at the close of leader Gerry Adams called the subjects of interest to working of Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara is in the 1919–21 Irish Civil War—was Irish Republican Army, “the wind people. Please keep your letters November. Sankara was assassinated on Oct. insurmountable. that shook the barley.” But this brief. Where necessary they will 15, 1987. Many of the planned events around But London was not in good doesn’t reach the heart of the mat- be abridged. Please indicate if you this anniversary will occur in October, not shape to carry through its threats. ter. It was the mass mobilization prefer that your initials be used November. It had come out of World War I de- of workers and farmers from 1919 rather than your full name.

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