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Resist Newsletter, Sept. 30, 1975

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Recommended Citation Resist, "Resist Newsletter, Sept. 30, 1975" (1975). Resist Newsletters. 62. https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/resistnewsletter/62 a call to resist ···••tr illegitimate authority September 30, 1975 - 720 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 4, Cambridge, Massachusetts #96

Considerable interest has been expressed by readers of the June 30, 1975 issue of the RESIST CHOMSKY: Newsletter on the article by Mike Honey, of the National Committee Against Repressive Legisla­ tion (NCARL),on the Criminal Code Reform Bill THE MIDDLE EAST (S.l). The interest is timely, as the bill moves ON inexorably toward passage by the Senate. The bill, now before the Senate Judiciary Committee, may be reported out onto the Senate floor at any time, and, with administrative backing, is (The following article, slightly revised, is virtually assured of passage. reprinted from the September 1975 NAM Newspaper.) UPDATE The recent flurry of reports about nuc­ s.1. lear weapons in the Middle East, and in general the extraordinary and still rising level of A groundswell of opposition is beginning to armaments, has appeared only to underline the arise against the bill as its repressive measures urgency of the US government's efforts to bring and police-state mentality are, at last (after about a separation of forces agreement in the two years in sub-committee hearings), receiving Sinai. The next war, should it come, would prob­ the attention of the media and responsible public ably achieve new levels of brutality. It is agencies. Editorials and articles denouncing unlikely that Israel's cities would again be various sections of the bill have appeared in spared, and the devastation of Arab civilian the New York Times, the Washington Post, the targets is likely to go well beyond the destru­ Memphis Commercial Appeal, the St. Louis Post­ ctive attacks of the past. And, given the Dispatcb, the Miami Herald, the San Francisco international stakes, a regional conflict might Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, well explode into a general conflagration. among other Newspapers. CBS radio and television stations have run commentaries expressing the Therefore it would se~m thaf Kissinger's dangers of the bill. efforts to turn aside the threat of immediate conflict are to be welcomed, as they may buy Concerned civil libertarian organizations time to heal the wounds that remain. But a are mounting a campaign against the bill. The closer analysis suggests something quite diff­ American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has pre­ erent. pared a careful analysis of the offensive measures included in the bill, particularly those which To be sure, for the tenure of the agreement violate rights assured by the Constitution. In Israel's southern front will be neutralized and some instances the ACLU advocates dropping whole the threat of another "October War" significantly segments of the bill; in others it proposes alleviated. Such an agreement serves the short­ modifications. But the basic strategy of ACLU, run interests of Egypt and Israel,as well as of as of NCARL, and of the Society of American Law the US. But what are its likely consequences in Teachers (SALT) is to prevent S.l's ever reach­ the long run? ing the Senate floor at all.

With the reduction of the military threat, The American Bar Association has endorsed Israel will be free to pursue the policies to the bill "in principle", but with the addition of which the major political forces are committed. 39 amendments. Attempting to nimprove" the bill There are three sources of evidence concerning by amendment, however, is a dangerous route. these policies: statements of political spokes­ It is opposed by such consitutional authorities men, actual programs in operation or projected, as Thomas Emerson, of Yale Law School, and Vern and the historical record. Evidence from these Countryman, of Harvard, who has said: "The bill sources converges. Israel will continue its is inherently unamendable and should be recotI111it­ development projects in the occupied territ­ ted for complete overhaul and redrafting •••• ories, leading to integration and eventual The enactment of S.l would constitute an un­ annexation. The political leadership has paralleled disaster for the system of individual repeatedly insisted that under any long-term rights in the United States •••• " In a pub­ ,agreement, Israel will retain the Gaza Strip, lication distributed by SALT, Professor Carole (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 7) (On the Middle East, continued)

adjoining areas of Northeastern Sinai, Sharm Thus, Israel can regain the position of military el-Sheik (Israeli "Ophira") and an access to security and regional hegemony that it enjoyed, it, most of the Golan Heights, a considerably so it was thought, after the overwhelming military expanded Jerusalem, parts of the West Bank victory of 1967. (Judea and Samaria), including a region along the Jordan River that will be Israel's eff­ ective border with the Arab world to the east. But the real world is likely to evolve along Since 1967, substantial resources have been quite a different course. There is little reason devoted ·to development projects in these areas, to e~pect that the effectiveness of "Arab black­ and despite the severe economic crisis, these mail on the industrial societies will diminish projects have been accelerated. Under conditions For the US, the problem is not primarily depen­ of relaxation of the military threat,there is dence on Arab oil, but rather the danger that its every reason to believe that these efforts will industrial rivals might get privileged access to continue. the vast energy resources of the Arab world. Fox the present, business and financial circles in In the region west of Gaza, thousands of the US are not displeased with the course of Arab peasants have been expelled to clear the events. The US currently has a favorable trade area for Jewish settlement, and plans for a balance with the Arab world, and the US-based deep water port (Yamit) are in progress in a energy corporations retain their positions of regd.on that is universally regarded outside of international dominance. Israel as Egyptian territory. As a large portion of Arab oil income has These programs ensure that there wi.11 be returned to the US in purchases and investments, no las ting peace between Egypt and Israel. while Europe had depended for a much greater Civilian settlement and industrial development proportion of her energy needs on Middle Eastern in the Golan Heights guarantees that there wi.11 oil, the major effect of Arab "oil politics" so be n~ peace between Syria and Israel. Compar­ far has been to compel European and Japanese cap­ able projects in the West Bank and the environs italism to subsidize US economic recoverv. It of Jerusalem spell the end of any hopes for even is for such reasons that one hears littl~ from a quasi-independent Palestinian nationalism,and business circles about military intervention in thus guarantee that terrorism will intensify, the Persian Gulf. Rather, these notions are the since all alternatives will have been blocked. province of liberal ideologists for the moat part, Correspondingly, the harsh Israeli repression for reasons that deserve an independent discussion. in the West Bank and Israel's military operations Investment prospects in the region are promising. in Lebanon will continue, further embittering There are also excellent prospects for sale of relations. military equipment; an area where the US has a major competitive advantage in foreign trade. Europe and Japan have no realistic alternative Israel hopes that the "facts" built in this to reliance on Middle Eastern oil in the foresee­ way will eventually be accepted by the Arab able future, and will continue to maintain as states, or at least that the Arab world will be much of a role as the US permits them in the dev­ powerless to alter them. The political leadership eloping economies of the region. seems to believe that "responsible" Arab polit­ ical forces will accept some kind of home rule The major oil-producing states will be able under Iaraeii military control in areas of the to mount significant pressures, if they so choose. West Bank that are not directly integrated or Whether they do or not, they will continue to annexed, perhaps under Jordanian civil adminis­ increase their military capacity, encouraged by tration; that Egypt will abandon Northeastern the international arms producers, with the US far Sinai and "ophira" and return to its pressing in the lead. lsrael does not have to match them internal problems; that Syria will fume in impo­ gun for gun, and can rely on its own rapidly tent silence; and that Israeli force will be able expanding armaments industry. But to maintain to restrict the Palestinian threat to tolerable some sort of military balance, Israel's economic limits. After the "seven lean years," the Israeli resources will have to be devoted to the purchase political leadership argues,alternative energy of rapidly obsolescing advanced military tech­ sources will undermine Arab economic pressures. nology and materiel, a crushing burden.

••• IN CONCLUSION, F&LlOW ~MEMS.le' ~E Ga.CE AiA~,LET ME s~s 2.JLc ••• WE MUST ALL '"Tl-l•~OFCR LIVE fi1'r' '™E GOLDEN ~LE. ~ ANO H.42MONV.

2 (On the Middle East, continued)

Immigration to Israel has dropped signific­ I Af"\ PA.E5(NTL'( ENGAGf:D IN antly, while emigration, particularly of the educated and increasingly native born, has in­ SoME ';{E~~ DELICATE"' NE~OTJ~0NS creased to record heights, a further drain on WITH THE" OTl-lE"R SUPERPOWERS •.. scarce resources. Investment and gifts have WE A RE DIV ll>ING UP fallen off, an important matter for a state so dependent on funds from abroad. rerrorism will TMF ~ORLD ! never be eliminated, and maj• increasingl~• involve segments of the repressed Arab minority, partic­ ularly as the level of education rises with the concomitant frustrations that are inevitable in a state founded on the principle of discrimin­ ation. l-lhatever the private hopes of the leadership of the Arab states, f~·strated Palestinian nation­ alism will serve as a rallying cry and a source of internal conflict. Nor will the "confrontation states" relinquish the territories that Israel in­ tends to absorb. Conflict will simmer and occasion­ ally erupt. Sooner or later there will be a war. Even short of war, conditions within Israel and the surrounding states will be difficult if not intolerable, as they devote their limited resources to preparation for war.

There is little point in setting forth more precise "scenarios". It is difficult to construct one of any plausibility that does not lead to bitterness and eventual disaster. It is conceivable West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The other occupied that the situation will stabilize with Isreal in areas must be returned to Egypt and Syria, with control of the bulk of the occupied territories, some form of demilitarization, international super­ but no person with a sense of reality will place vision (on both sides of the border,as distinct much confidence in such possibilities. This would from the pre-1967 period, when observers were per­ require the destruction of Palestinian nationalism, mitted only on the Arab side), and efforts to reduce a result tolerable only to a racist mentality. the level of armaments in the entire region. Jer­ usalem might become an open city, perhaps joint I have been describing the likely conse­ capital of both states. quences of the recent Kissinger negotiations. Had they failed the timetable would simply Such a solution is in the interest of the have been accelerated. For this reason the superpowers, a fact that is recognized with some concern over their outcome was largely mis­ trepidation in Israel. Prior to the October 1973 placed, and the lively debate over who was to war, such proposals were hopelessly unrealistic. blame an irrelevant exercise. A rational person Israeli power, backed by the United States, seemed will, rather, ask a different question: is there unchallengeable. Now the situation has dramatically another framework? changed and a settlement along these lines is entire­ ly feasible. In fact, a realistic alternative to the poli­ tics of suicide and destruction does exist~ It requires that we focus on the underlying conflict Since 1971, Egypt has repeatedly indicated between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs, who its willingness to accept a settlement along these claim national rights in the same territory, rather lines, and the Arab oil producers would probably than the military conflict between Israel and Egypt w~lcome such an outcome. The Palestinians have (and secondarily Israel and Syria). Israel's only no alternative apart from national suicide. At hope for decent survival lies in a political accom­ the moment, Israeli opposition is the primary odation. This fact, not to speak of elementary barrier to a political settlement along these lin~s. considerations of justice and humanity, demands The grounds put forth are "security," but the that Palestinian national rights be satisfied in argument is extremely weak,as has been convincingly some manner. argued by critics within Israel, including several outstanding military analysts. Israel's long-term Prior to the October war, various possibilities security can only rest on accomodation with its existed. Now there remains only one. Israel must neighbors and a reduction of the factoxs that drive return to (essentially) its pre-June 1967 borders. them toward military conflict to regain lost lands A Palestinian state, which will of course be organ­ or (in the case of the Palestinians) to find some ized by the PI.O, will then be established in the basis for their national ex~stence. (Continued on page 6) 3 Chicano Communications Center

(This sketch was put together by Ken Hale ity actions as well, such as the Coalition for "A collective, or colectivo, is a small group on the basis of materials sent by the Centro Navajo liberation which waged a bitter struggle of people (usually about 5 or 10) who share the and on the basis of a brief visit to the Centro against the exploitation and persecution of Navajo same goals, principles and work. Among these in August.) people in the Gallup area. principles, the most important is to serve the people (meaning the poor and working-class majority). The Chicano Connnunications Center (Centro This is the basic principle and everything is built Chicano de Comunicaciones), P.O. Box 6086, A vital communications tool of the Centro is on this principle of responsibility to the people." Albuquerque, New Mexico, was organized in Sept­ its street theater, the Teatro Colectivo, which "Therefore, members of the collective feel ember of 1973 by people who worked on the has performed numerous actos (skits) on a wide responsible for each other and act accordingly. newspaper El Grito del Norte. This newspaper range of issues, from police brutality in New Therefore, everyone's opinion is taken into account performed an extremely important function for Mexico to the fascist coup in Chile. Not content when a decision is made. There is no pyramid the Chicano community of New Mexico -- namely, with the mere dramatic portrayal of a problem, structure, with leaders at the top looking down that of providing accurate information, from a the Teatro works to expose the roots of the problem on the group. Information is shared among every­ Chicano perspective and from the point of view and to point the way toward a solution. One of one, not controlled by a few." of an anti-capitalist political analysis of op­ its fast-moving actos -- entitled "The Fortune "A collective is a revolutionary FAMILIA." pression, about the many events and conditions of Mr. Big", was performed during the "Jobs-Not­ in New Mexico, and Aztlan generally, which War" rally in Albuquerque, on March 15, 1975 -- Among the materials available for purchase affect the lives of Chicano people. It also sought is a virtually complete history of the United from the Centro is a 36 page story of the life of to relate these conditions to the more general States as experienced by the victims whose labor 3miliano Zapata, told in comic book form with text circumstance of the struggle of Third World peoples and lands were, and continue to be, exploited to in Spanish and English. The Centro also sells a everywhere against imperialist and colonialist build the capitalist system which spawns the very hard-cover book, Viva la Raza!, which is primarily control of life and production, and to the history conditions which perpetually victimize the working for youth but suitable for all ages. This 354 of this struggle. poor: unemployed, layoffs, inflation, recession, page book, written by Elizabeth Martinez (former war and fascism. Starting with the destruction editor of El Grito del Norte) and Enriques Vasquez The publication of El Grito not only served of American Indian communities and rapidly work­ (writer and reseacher), and published by Doubleday an important function, but it also led to the ing its way through history to the present role and Co., is a history of the Chicanos, from ancient development of a group of people, well-trained of the United States in the Middle East, the acto Mexico up to the movement of today. The book costs in various aspects of publication production, combines comedy and analysis to explain the pre­ $5.00 (including postage), and all proceeds go to who were dedicated to the use of communication sent condition of poor people, addressing itself Chicano educational projects. in the service of the people. The group felt squarely to the relationship· between capitalism that its training and commitment could be more and depression. effective in an organization which made available not merely a product --e.g., a newsletter -- but The term colectivo, which appears in the rather the total range of skills involved in com­ name of the Centre's street theater, embodies munication. The Chicano Communications Center the basic philosophy of the internal organization is just such an organization. of the Centro. The introduction to a recent paper by several of the workers at the Centro As one way of making its capabilities avail­ formulates it as follows: able to the Chicano people, the Centro has set "One of the main questions for organizers up workshops in silk-screening, photography, is, how to organize ourselves? In other words, how theater, and publication production, to train to organize inside our own groups? TI-tis is a people from different parts of New Mexico so that very important question, because if we cannot do they can be better organizers in their local com­ a good job inside our own groups, how can we do munities. Thus, although the Centro produces and a good job with anyone? It is also a very basic circulates its own material -- newsletters, posters, question, because it concerns the relationship of photo exhibits, and the like -- an even more im­ the INDIVIDUAL to the GROUP." portant function of the Centro is that of impart­ "The answer to this question lies in the general, ing the skills which lie behind the production overall politics of the group. If the group is of such materials. cormnitted to changing the capitalist s~rstern , then it will need an internal organization or structure Effective connnunication is, of course, not which will advance that process of change. It limited to the graphic form. As another way of will need to organize itself so as to develop

developing communication, the Centro has spon­ leadership potential and new people, while at the EL 11 De MARZO PE 1911 SE LEVANTA !:N ARMAS sored a number of statewide meetings of Raza, same time being efficient and effective. It will El- CAvPILl-0 PEL SVQ ' EMILIANO ZAPATA . including a conference of women in August, 1974. need to organize itself so as to advance the in­ Workers at the Centro also helped to establish terests of the oppressed and exploited." On March 11, 1911, the leader of the south rises in arms - Emiliano Zapata. a committee of solidarity with the Chilean people, "Today, Chicanos and others are talking about and they have participated in many local solidar- being "collective". What does this mean?"

4 5 (On the Middle Easttconcluded)

Of course, such a settlement carries no once more toward a posture of calloused intransigence." "guarantee" of security for Israel -- or for the He concluded that "the established Jewish leadership surrounding Arab states, including the Palestinian in America does not really support Israel as a free state, which also have a severe "security problem" democratic nation, but is completely mobilized in in the face of Israeli military might, a fact often the service of a certain particular school of pol­ ignored in the U.S. In the real world, there are itical thinking in Israel," namely, the most ex­ no "iron clad guarantees" of security. Those who pansionist and intransigent elements. call for them are either remarkably thoughtless or are disguising other motives. He might have added that the same is true of major currents of American left-liberalism, with For Israel, the optimal solution would be to their vulgar apologetics for Israeli "exclusivism'' achieve such a settlement by its own initiatives. (the current euphemism for the discriminatory pol­ Under present circumstances, this is unlikely. icies that are the foundation of the Jewish state, It is for this reason that much of the Israeli left not unlike its Muslim neighbors), their contempt privately hopes that American imperial power will ·for Palestinian rights, and their support for Israeli compel Israel to move toward a political accomo­ expansionism under the guise of a plea for "security" dation. If American pressure mounts, Israel will and "defensible borders." Among such groups, and face two options: to yield, or to undertake a not only the American Jewish community, "the idea preemptive military strike in the hope that an that Arab hostility is immutable is raised to the Arab oil boycott or Russian moves (after suitable level of a dogma of faith rather than considered provocation) will compel the U.S. to intervene to as a political reality susceptible of change, and preserve its hegemony in the region, thus restoring the occupied territories are regarded as a strategic the situation of 1967-1973. If Israel's leadership asset to Israel though. events prove that they are senses that they would receive substantial support fast becoming an unbearable liability"(Peled). in the United States, they might pursue this des­ The deplorable behavior of these groups contributed perate and possibly suicidal course. to the outbreak of the 1973 war, a near-disaster for the state of Israel. If they maintain their Some Israeli analysts argue that the next war grip on substantia. segments of American opinion, which they are sure is coming -- will enable they will help pave the way for further disaster, Israel to demolish Arab military fo·.:ces. To cite along with their natural though relatively insigni­ an extreme case, General Aharon Davidi, now a ficant partners, those segements of the American lecturer at Tel Aviv University, writes in a mass left that urge the Palestinians on to suicide while circulation journal that Israel should not only denying Jewish national rights. destroy the Arab armies but should also "destroy the economic, transport, social and leadership An imposed imperial settlement that leaves infrastructure ••• ," specifically, hitting "the a Jewish state and an Arab state west of the Jordan, Arab intelligentsia" in Et?;ypt, "the strata that go each based on the principle of discrimination and from Sadat to the high school graduates." He argues suppression of the minority that remains within that "the Egyptian fellah does not hate us so much," their territories(Arabs and Jews, respectively), so that destruction of the educated strata may is hardly a welcome prospect. Unfortunately, under provide some respite. Elsewhere, he has explained present circumstances, it is difficult to envisage that "the most simple and humane" solution to the a more favorable outcome. If such a settlement is Palestinian problem is "a transfer of all Palestin- reached, perhaps there will arise opportunities ians from their present places to the Arab countries," for slow evolution away from "exclusivism" and a proposal which will, perhaps, seem quite natural ultimately toward the kind of binational accomoda- to those American liberals who have commented tion that is the only sane policy for either favorably on "population transfer" as a solution national group. to Israel's dilemmas. In the past, genocidal threats from some Arab sources received wide pub­ For the authentic left, at least, it will be licity in the West, but the prevailing double essential to work to overcome the discriminatory standard requires that Davidis be dismissed in framework of Israel and, no doubt, its Palestinian silence. counterpart, and to construct alliances that cross national lines, to work for radical social change in the two national societies in the hope that After a recent tour in the United States barriers can be overcome in a joint struggle for General Mattityahu Peled, a leading Israeli democracy and socialism. It is conceivable that Arabist at the Hebrew University who served on the American left might play a positive role in th~ General Staff during the 1967 war, wrote in such developments, but only if current illusions the Israeli journal New Outlook that the "state are overcome and there is a willingness, now all of near hysteria" among the American Jewish com­ too rare, to face up honestly to some of the munity and their "blindly chauvinistic and narrow­ realities that are obscured in the apologetics minded" support for the most reactionary policies and diatribes that often pass for political com- within Israel poses "the danger of prodding Israel mentary.

6 (S.l Update, continued)

E. Goldberg of the UCLA Law School, says that while the federal criminal code requires revision, criminal legislation having "proliferated in an unsystematic fashion over the past several de­ cades", nonetheless the codification offered by S.l is "so riddled with defects, SALT has grave doubts whether it is amenable to piecemeal improvements. • • • "

Even some legislators, responsive to critic­ ism by their con~tituents, have begun to have second thoughts about the merits of S.l. Senator Birch Bayh, one of the original co-sponsors of the bill, has withdrawn his name after being shouted down at a Democratic convention in Southern Californ'ia and picketed on the East Coast. Recently Senator Bayh stated: "S.l has come to be viewed by many people as a symbol of repression." He has vowed to lead a fight a­ gainst it, unless it is "substantially amended".

But it is important that every senator be urged to oppose S.l in its entirety, and that a yet unsuspecting public be informed of the viciousness of this bill. One tactic which might athetwise be employed by the Judiciary Conmittee is to report it out and secure passage piecemeal, thus introducing the police state insidiously, bit by bit. 'The members of the Judiciary Committee are Kennedy, Bayh, Hart, Tunney, Abourzck, Burdick (all potential opponents of S.l), McClellan, Eastland, Hruska, 'Thurmond, Hugh Scott, William Scott (all presently supporters of S.l), Fong, Mathias, Byrd (possible "swing" votes). All of these senators may be addressed at the US Senate, Washington, DC 20510. While RESIST does not normally take part in electoral and legislatife procedures, we think this issue important enough to urge our readers to notify their senators of their opposition to the menace of S.l. We would also encourage other means of expressing opposition: mass mailings, leaflets, teach-ins, and pressures exerted on the media and educational institutions to disseminate information about the potential dansers of this bill. Materials about the provisions of the bill and further information on S.l are available through NCARL, 1250 Wilshire Blvd., Suite i1501, Los Angeles, California 90017. Local ACLU offices may also be contacted. Remember to include a donation with requests for literature.

OBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS JOBS 'There ar~ two staff positions open with the Council of Southern Mountains, Drawer N, Clintwood, Virginia 24228, phone (703) 926- 4495. Both of the jobs (bookkeeper and writing for and laying out their magazine, Mountain Life and Work) pay 350 dollars a month and a thousand dollars extra per year per dependent. If you are interested write or call Dan Hendrickson. 7 Grants

LA OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBW UND:>0 P.p.Box 1493, San Juan, Texas 78589 This law project was discussed rather extensively in our ,Newsletter of April 29, 1975 in an article f~om the National Farmworker Service Center. La Oficina Legal is the legal component of a van­ guard farm worker movement in southern Texas. Our grant to the organization will provide con­ tinuing support for a law student working with the project at a variety of tasks, the most im­ portant of which is the training of paralegals from the local community.

KATIPUNAN NG MGA. DEK>KRATIKONG Pll.IPINO (KDP-- Union of Democratic Filipinos) PO Box 23644, Oakland, California 94623 KDP is an organization in support of the national liberation struggle of the Filipino people against the US-backed Marcos dictatorship and one which organues Filipinos in America into the broad socialist struggle of the working class at home and abroad. KDP produces a vast amount of literature an the Filipino struggles. Our grant is in support of KDP's November conf'erence on the Filipino anti-martial law movement.

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD 595 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass., 02139 Earlier this year we granted the Anti-Racism Committee of the Guild money to aid in the print­ ing of a juvenile rights booklet, ''What You're Up Atainst". All but a very few of the ten thousand copies printed have been distributed. ATM)RE-HOLMAN BROTHERS IEFENSE OOMMITI'EE The present grant is to assist the Guild in 507 West 111th Street, Apt. 54, New York City 10025 printing a second edition of the booklet and in The purpose of this group is to focus national producing a Spanish edition. attention on the penal system of Alabama, to insure the sur.vival of the Inmates For Action-- FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE a prisoner group within the walls, and to raise 408 Segur Avwnue, Toledo, Ohio 43G09 funds for the defense of the nine Atmore-Holman FU>C has been organizing farmworkers in Ohio and Brothers, on trial for their organizing work in southern Michigan for the last eight years. As the prisons. The grant from RESIST is to part of its program to become more independent provide some of the travel money needed by of outside sources of funds, FWC is planning a Mafundi and Sekou Lumpen, founding members of the slide show dealing with the agribusiness industry IFA, for their speaking and fund-raising tour of and the many problems of farmworkers and former the Northeast. farmworkers. Our grant to FLOC is to support their work on the slide show. GREAT PLAms PRISON LEGAL SERVICES Suite 507, Waltower Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.64106 This is a group of movement organizers and lawyers, RESPOND, INC. community people, prisoners, and ex-prisoners who 1 Summer Street, Somerville, Mass. 02143 came together in 1974 to do legal and educational Respond is setting up a Women's crisis center, work on prison issues in the Great Plains area. a place for women and their children to find This grant from RESIST is to support a project temporary shelter from the violence of their organizing public support for the pecple in husbands and homes. At the center the women Leavenworth Prison Control Unit (the hole). will have a chance to regroup and rethink their situation. Our grant to Respond--a multi­ component program designed to meet the housing and crisis needs of women and female adolescents in the city of Somerville--is in support of the center.

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