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Also In This Issue... ~° 1966-1986 CaliforniaStudent Activists Meet ~o,~ AnniversO,~ Famous Panelists Debate SDI l "’SDPDHas GangsToo... "" .-~,o, ~ .... Non-ProfitOrg. SluoenlOrganizations u.s.Postage ,~s..o~,o.,~,, PAID Salt !1 And The Ruskies LI Jollll,CA 92093 La Jolla,CaM. Ben Ceremos Now! PermitNo. 2$6 And Much, Much More... 2 3 reasuy Letters To N.I. Departmentsto conductdrug (esting (searches)on civilians without probable DearNew Indicator, SD! F 0 r U m D r a ~,~/S Crowd causeas longago as November1983! He alsoallowed the Postal Service to drug 1 am a prisonerin Ohio.i am farfrom home and lonely,and wouldlike yen test(search) applicants without probable The forum poignantlybrought up aid in manyforeign countries, and how DearNew hldicator, Or in otherwords, you can’tsearch muchto findsomeone interesting with By Hans Dietrich Speaker’sDisagree Over everyone,innocent and guilty alike, to cause. manyof the controversiessurrounding littleSDI actually has to offerin theway Once upon a time, King George’s whomto correspond.I read and write Cost, Use, and Value of SD! findthe fi’, who are guilty. Man) arguethat drug testingis Spanish,and will answeranyone who Nobel laureate Dr. Hans Bethe, SDI, commonlyknown as Star Wars. of defense.Another issue that was raised soldierssearched people indiscri- formerchief SDI scientistDr. Gerold The discussion of the fiscal was whether Star Wars was being Dr. Yonaswas the firstspeaker. He PresidentReagan is gettinga lot of requiredfor job safety job performance, writesto me. defendedSDI, claiming that it was not minatelyin orderto uncoverthose few public safety is paramount. Yonas,Dr. HerbertYork, and Major irresponsibilityof the programwas developedas an offensiveweapon, as who werecommitting crimes against the pressover his proposedvoluntary drug I am 42, 6 foot,180 pounds.! have toocostly, not a qualitativejump in the testing of federal employees: Unfortunatelydrug testing~hws not GeneralJohn Toomay participated in a especiallyinteresting, considering the Reagansaid in thespeech in whichhe ( "town. sandy-blondhair and beard,and bluc arms race, and finallythat it was unfortunately,neither the press nor the measurejob performance, theretore, the publicforum on SDlandArmsControl uncertaineconomic situation in the announcedSDI, or whetherit onlyhas The Americanpeople were outraged. job performanceargument must be eyes.i havea B.S.in socialstudies and February23 at UCSD. The forum was U.S.,the desperateneed for economic defensivecapabilities. technicallyfeasible. Yonas said that SDI peoplehave reacted to thereal danger of am knowledgeableabout electronics and wouldcost no morethan $3 billionper I o insurethat such indiscriminateReagan’splan. consideredas merelya gimmickto gain sponsoredby the GraduateStudent saearchescould never again happen in computers.I enjoy reading and jogging. yearfor research, which would take five By allowing these supposedly control Association,the WorldAffairs Council years.After that he saidit wouldcost America,the.,,’ wrote the Fourth And predictably,private industry if youare able to printthis letter ora of UCSD,and the Instituteon Global Amendmentto the Constitution: "voluntary"tests, Reagan is violatinghis about$10 billion for five years to deploy Presidentialoath to preserve,protect. followedhis lead.Now 25(~of major smallnotice, ! will be very grateful: ifyou Conflictand Cooperation.It began with I heright ot thepeople to be securein cannot,1 thankyou for yourtime. thespace weapons, adding up to a total and defendthe Constitutionof the Americancompanies have instituted positionstatements by the panelists, and of$65 billion. theirpersons, houses, papers and drugtesdng programs. then the audience was given the effects,against unreasonable searches UnitedStates. and in particularthe DenisL. Roussel He alsoargued that. since ICBMs are FourthAmendment. He is allowinga Wheredoes it stop’? 181-175 opportunityto questionand challenge andseizures, shall not be violated,and thepanelists. designedto fly through the high no warrantsshall issue, but upon basicprinciple of the peopleto be RichardPrawdzenski P.O.Box 57 atmosphereand severalsatellites in probablecause, supported by oathor destroyed;he is helping to make Marion,OH 43302 spacealready do reconnaissancefor the affirmation... Americaripe for anotherKing George¯ military,the planned SDI battle platforms would not lead to a Beforethe audienceof 400, which militarizationof space-- this has already Peopleof El Salvador)is a national Parkingis availablein structureNo. 2. completelyfilled the seats, aisles and occurred.As for the technological partof thelobby of PH 108,Dr. Bethe organizationthat opposes U.S. entrance on Hardy Ave. For more difficulties,Dr.Yonas said that, in his interventionistpolicy and worksfor a informationcall 265-6685. criticizedthe SDI programas being opinion,the onlyreal breakthroughs constructivedevelopment of Central "technicallynearly impossible." Yonas that wouldhave to be made were in persistentlyattempted to justifySDI and America.For info call: 231-4984 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 computertechnology, and sincethis was Tooma~,was apparentlyambivalent. sucha quicklyexpanding field, he did Eventhough he was supposedto be an SUNDAY, MARCH 15 The closingof BorderRealities IlL an notsee this as a problem. interdisciplinaryexhibit. It willbe open impartialmoderator, York came to the Ballet Folklorico en Aztlan is defenseof Yonasseveral times. Yonas, Verysuprisingly, Dr.Yonas reiterated untilt hisdate, so come on in andcheck it hisprevious statements that Reagan has performingl’eracruz, part of a 1987 outto avoidthe crowd. It willbegin at 6 York and Toomay never seriously monthly folkloric dance series consideredthe issueof armscontrol or SDi discussion panel. From left to right: Major General neverseen SDI as a protectivedefensive PM with live music, chupe, and shieldagainst an all-outSoviet ICBM highlightingthe regionaldances of pachangaat the Galleryof the Centro thepossibility of nuclear disarmament. Toomay,Dr. Yonas,Dr. York,and Dr. Bethe. Mexico.It is beingpresented at the Culturalin Balboapark, whilethe continuedon page12 MONDAY-SATURDAY PSYCHOLOGICAL CentroCultural de la Razaat 3 PM for gallerywill be openfrom 12-5PM Wed- SupportGroups: Third WorldWomen, SERVICES FREE,though donations are gratefullySat.The lastnight will alsohave a Raza Coalition Protests accepted.For furtherinformation call presentationof the secondissue of La ProgressiveWomen, Incest Survivors, Recoveringfrom Eating Disorders Vivianaor HerminiaEnrique at 235- ExploringSexuality, Lesbian/Bisexual, LineaQuebrada. For informationcall Program(RED) are beginningsupport 6135. GuillermoGomez-Pena at 235-6135. and others. At the UCSD Women’s groupsthis quarter.The RED groups Police Violence ResourceCenter in theStudent Center. are for graduateand undergraduate MARCH 21-29 Call534-2023 for times and info. studentswho areobsessed with weight WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 By Chuck Smith DiegoPolice station, "Ya Basta,"and out,this innocentman has been the "Whatdo we want?...Justice... When victimof a corrupt,cruel and bigoted I! AM-gPM: GroundworkBooks. In control,dieting, who may alternatelyMary Hartman,an Americannun who No BusinessAs Usual,a dayof protestof the UCSD StudentCenter across from binge,fast, or vomitand who wantto haslived in Nicaraguafor 25 years,will On February27 a responseto San do we want it?...Now!" were chanted judicialprocess. everythingprotestable, is comingto DiegoPolice brutality thundered from by themarching mourners. A police car’s the GeneralStore Co-op. 452-9625. movetoward recovery in a supportive have many speaking engagements UCSD.Plan to protest! andcaring atmosphere. Call or dropby throughoutthe county.She is being the San Diego Chicano Community, megaphoneintruded, "Stay off the The Razacoalition is demandingthat broughthere by theSan Diego Teacher’s expressedas a motorcade-marchto the streets...Use the sidewalks, only." The both SDPD PoliceChief Kolender and TUESDAY-SATURDAY Psychologicaland CounselingServices SAT-SUN, APRIL 5-6 Broadway-14th Street station, at HL/UndergraduateLibrary 1003 or Committeeon CentralAmerica. Ms. protestorsresponded by raisingtheir officerJacobs either resign or be 10AM-6PM: Grassroots Cultural originatingat Chicano Park, San Diego. signshigher in defiance. fired.These demands are also based phone534-3755. Hartman has done extensivehuman Help Build A Student Progressive Eventuallydrawing more than 100 Center.1947 30th and Grape. 232-5009. rightswork in CentralAmerica. The Network! Students from all over uponother bigoted_ vio!at!ons of the Channel 39 was filming as the Sundaysfrom I lam-3pm. COMMUNITY ALERT followingis herspeaking schedule: Californiawill be meetingupstate to Black, White, Chicano and Native rightsof Chicanosby the San Diego discussthe structure and formation of a Americanprotestors; the painedwords rotestorscircled around the police police.Specifically, Larry Poweli said Sat. March 21: First Unitarian of JuanCastillo rang out. "We’ve had it stationentrance at 2:00 PM. Sign EVERY TUESDAY Stop All Fundingand ImplementationChurch,7 PM,call 459-4650, 457-1191 statewide network. For more thathe wasforced to kneelin frontof of P.L. 93-531! Write your with harassment, shootings and bearers stated "SDPD has gangs," SDPDofficers, while they trained their 6 PM: Free and confidentialDraft Sun. March 22: Solana Beach informationand/or rides contact the CongressionalRepresentatives and ask New Indicatorat 534-2016. beating."A motorcade of 30 carswound "ChicanoPower," and chanted"Free pistolson hismentally impaired 3-year Counselingwith professionallegal UnitarianChurch, 10:15-11:30 AM, its way from ChicanoPark, through SagonPenn," who was falselycharged themto supportthe moratorium of P.L. callNancy Ross 436-1791; also Pt. oldson, with no legallyjustified reason. workers.Chicano Federation building. 93-531,and all fundingtoward the GoldenHill Park and towardthe San withmurdering one policeofficer and Anotherreport states that a handcuffed Alsoby appointmentwith the National LomaPresbyterian Church, evening, MONDAY, APRIL 6 Diego Police Departmentstation, woundinganother, named Jacobs. Very relocationof Navajoand Hopipeople. call,loan Anderson 583-3643. Hispanicwoman, about 38 yearsold, l,awyersGuild. 233-1701. Askthem to supportSenator Cranston’s March on Sacramentofor Education! differingfrom a funeralprocession only recently,he hasbeen found "not guilty" was beatenby SPDPofficers. 6 PM: Spanish language classes. Mon.March 23: GrossmontCollege, by bannersprotesting brutality. bill,number S. 2545,and Representaive I I AM,call Will Commings 447-3727; The Third World studentnetworks of murderas attestedto by 40 witnesses. GrassrootsCultural Center. 1947 30th Regroupedfor a footmarch at theSan Eventhough the truth is slowlycoming Richardson’sbill, number H.R. 4872. alsoCarlsbad Congressional Church, (African/BlackStudent Statewide continuedon page12 and Grape.232-5009. PlanTo Picket~in responseto any new Alliance,Asian/Pacific Islander’s prosecutionsof San Diegoarea draft 7:30PM, callMaike Maholovich 729- 2628. StudentUnion, and the Movimiento EVERY THURSDAY resisters.First working day after any EstudiantilChicano de Aztlan)are newindictment. Federal Building. Front Tue. March 24: TorreyPines High 7 pm:New Indicator Collective meering. School7:45-9 AM, callJim Harrah; callingon studentsand concerned New volunteerswelcome! Support and Broadway.Draft Resisters Defense community people to march on Fund.753-7518, 282-9969. also Diocese Peace & Justice Student Activist Net ,o’k Formed progressiveindependent journalism! Commissionat St. James Church Sacramentoto demandthat education UCSD StudentCenter, Room 209. 534- be made more of a priority.Jesse Educationrequirements as a way to SolanaBeach 7 PM call231-2828: also B~’ G. Plccoli& Bob Bellerue Thursdaymorning, where a multi-racial studentgroups, the marchers’words did 2016. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 San DiegoState University noon call Jackson, Maxine Waters, Mario group of about 220 demonstrators improve conditions on campus. notfall on deafears as theyusually do. The’official’ AS film series is presenting Ralph Boland 444-3337; also Obledo,and Mabel Tong will be the Over 200 highlyenthused students marched through the UCSB campus, Protestorsalso demanded that a person UC RegentFrank Hope and the present EVERY FRIDAY L’age dbr, Alphabet, and The Universityof San Diego 3:30 PM, call featuredspeakers. For moreinfo call fromall overthe stateof Californiaendingup at a buildingwhere the UC of color,a woman,or someonesensitive Chancellorof SantaBarbara Daniel Grandmotherat 8 PM in HSS 2250.75¢ CathyFleming 260-4715. Robertat theAASU 534-2152, Samoa at showed up for UC Santa Barbara’s Regentswere meeting.The marchers to their needs, be nominated as Alldrichcame out to, as one Regentput Committee for World Democracy APSA 534-2048,or the New Indicator StudentSolidarity Conference. The wereprotesting the rampantracism and Chancellorof UC SantaBarbara. it,"pour oil on thetroubled ones." The sponsorsthe ten year old political film at thebox office ,$1 at thedoor or free Wed. March 25: MiracostaCollege witha membershipcard. 10:30-2,call 757-2121. 534-2016.For Statewide info call (415) conferencewas called by student sexismat SantaBarbara. They issued a The march was organizedby the crowddominated the informaldebate as series:always free, almost always great. 469-2892. activistsat UCSBwith the intentof the pairof UC spokesmenattempted to This week they are showingBroken Thurs.March 26: San Diego City ¯ demand that an Ethnic and Gender UnitedFront, a multi-racialumbrella bringingprogressive students together to Studiescourse be addedto the General organizationthat contains over thirty defendtheir present positions on South Rainbow,a documentarydepicting the MARCH 11-14 College10-2, call 230-2587, 230-2589; also EncinitasUnited Methodist forma statewidenetwork which would Africa and the Ethnic and Gender tragicplight of the Navajoand Hopi George Bernard Shaw’s comedy linkup thevarious California campuses. },, \,:,, ,.,, Studiesrequirement. Indiansresisting relocation from their Church7 PM, callJim Fawcett942- I Misalliancewill preview at theMandril 0425. Whilestudent activist networks in Inside,the meetingwas openedup to traditionalhomes in Arizona.Jim WeissCenter for the Performing Arts on TheNew Indicatoris a non-sectariannewspapel Fri. March 27: Committee in whichpublishes the workof groups/individuals Californiahave traditionally centered theprotestors, and about60 peoplefiled Jacobsenof the Alliancefor Survival UCSD.Directed by Britishguest artist aroundthe UC system,participants willbe thereto discussthe situation in Solidaritywith the Peopleof El holdingdifferent positions. Articles printed with a in to hearwhat the Regents bad to say RobertRobinson, curtain time is 8 PM Salvadorpotluck 6 PM 231-4984. by-linedo notnecessarily represent the position of fromthis conference intend to go beyond about the qualityof undergraduate Big Mountainafter the movie.He will forall performances. Tickets are $5 for allmembeni of theNew Indicator Collective. speakfor aboutan hour afterwards, Sat.March 28: WesleyFoundation/ thatscope, and attractstudents from education,the topic of themeeting. studentsand $9 forothers, available at CentralAmerica Information Center TheNew Indicator is a memberof theAlternative stateand communitycolleges, private dependingon the interestof the the MandrilWeiss Ticket Office, the PressSyndicate (APS). Material published in the 10-noon, La Jolla Friends of NewIndicator is copyrightedby APSand maynot universitiesand high schools.In audience.The movie will start at 7 pm in Box Office,the ARTS/T1Xbooth in addition,the scopeof the network’s ConferenceAddresses TLH 107. Comeone, come all! NicaraguanCulture potluck, call 459- he reproducedfor profit without prior, written downtown San Diego and all 4650. permiuion.Permission is grantedfor educational interestis to be as broad as its NeedFor Unified Action Ticketmaster outlets. For more Sun.March 29: OceansideFranciscan purposes. membership.Students active on a On Fridayrepresentatives from all informationand charge-by-phonecall Missionall day, call 757-3250. Articlesand otters are welcomed. Subscriptions are varietyof issues,including educational overthe state arrived. As theygot to the $g peryear. Send both to: UCSD, B-023, La Jolla, conferencethey registeredfor the 534-4574. CA 92093.Phone: (619) 534-2016. Or comeby the rights,anti-intervention, divestment and officein StudentCenter A, Rm.209, preferably at animalrights, participated in the workshops,which included dicussions EVERY SATURDAY SATURDAY, MARCH 14 MARCH 23 ourmeeting time (Thursday 6:30 pro). conferenceand determinedmany of the on Apartheid, Central American Rapevictim’s support group meeting. The VentanaLatina, a contemporary TheNew Indicatoris officialyre¢osnized as a’ issuesthe network will take up. solidarity,and draftcounseling, to name Groundworkis havinga Book Return campusnewspaper of UCSD.The viewsexpressed Center for Women’s Studies and LatinAmerican film series, will present a few.That evening actor and activist party at II AM. New people are do notrepreNnt those of the Chancelloror the Martin Sheen and Presidentof the Services,2467 E Street.Golden Hill. encouragedto attend. Chuquiago,a portrayal of fourdistinct Relents. Regents Harangued About classesand racialbackgrounds in La Officeof the AmericasBlase Bonpane 233-8984.Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am- CISPES invites you to a General Workers:Joe, Marylynn, Robyn, Jelger, Robin. ApartheidIn South AfricaAnd U.S. 4:30pm. Paz,Bolivia. They will also present Barry,Randall, Francis, Larry, Florence, Craig, spokeout in favorof an endto thearms Meetingat 10 AM at theS.E.I.U. office. 24-HOUR EMERGENCY HOTLINE: Portraitof Theresaon April6 and’ Walter,Tracy, David, Sue. Brian, Byron, Whileconference activities did not race.They ridiculedReagan and the 3086 North Park Way. CISPES Phillip.Neff. Dan, Yareli, Nancy. Montgomery, formallybegin until early Saturday, 233-30g0 Pixoteon April20. The doors will open Robert,Robert. Chris, Hallle. and Glen. (Committeein Solidaritywith the at 7PM in HepnerHall 130 at SDSU. relatedactivities occurred as earlyas continuedon page12 4Asian Students . I ohr V ,’orkers Strike Back ’ Debunk "Model Minority" Myth may mo0 By Thomas Walsh necessaryto constantlybe on guardto By G. Piccoli& BillFields directedtowards exposing the "modellwasaki, "Chinese immigrants were seen On February 9, 5,000 Rohr A insurethat they will have enough money minoritymyth." as eitherpassive or aggressivedepending to havea decentretirement. on the economicconditions." Machinistswalked out becauseof the Over 600 Asian students from At the packed morning panel insufficientpension and base pay offered I.A.M representativeHomer Allen throughoutCalifornia assembled at discussion,panelists and members of the Asians and the U.S. Economy by Rohr managementin its latest claimedthat the union’sdemands would UCSD on February28 for the Asian audiencecommented on the dangers Duringperiods of economicgrowth, contractoffer. Around70% of the nothurt the profitability of Rohr, and PacificStudent Union’s (APSU) 9th inherentin the"model minority myth." when Chineselabor was needed,the InternationalAssociation of Machinists thuswere reasonable. Homer said that annual statewideconference. The DinhaDonato, a memberof the UCLA Chinesewere viewed as passivebecause (IAM)workers voted for the walkout. althoughthere had beensome vandalism turnoutwas the largest in yearsand gave AsianPacific Coalition, commented they posed no threat.They became Rohris oneof thenation’s larger defense by outragedworkers on strikeup in credenceto whatorganizers claimed is a thatthe mythhas servedto intensify aggressivewhen jobs were scarce, since contractorsproducing such itemsas Riverside,it is theunion that eventually resurgenceof the Asian-American anti-Asianfeeling on the UCLAcampus. Chineselabor was seenas competition paysfor thedamage. Allen pointed out studentmovement. spare partsfor the F-14 and other Accordingto Donatothere has beena against"American" (white) labor. In aircraft. that companycomplaints about being "growing reaction to the Asian directassault on the "modelminority victimizedby the workersduring a With the growing anti-Asian Workerson thepicket line expressed presence,"and thatthere is a feeling myth,"lwasaki pointed out that"anti- concernto New Indicatorreporters strike,should be viewedwith skepticism. atmospherein the United States, created amongstwhites on campusthat there are Asianviolence has not stoppedin 100 Allenalso pointedout someof the and whippedup by corporationswho aboutthe lack of strikefunds available "toomany Asians." years." This comment was met by to theworkers. The union provides $100 problemsthat the union has experienced blameAsians for runawayshops, this Thisnotion has developed to thepoint thunderousapplause from the crowded while negotiating with Rohr conferenceand otherslike it have Lily Chen, Mayor of MontereyPark in strikerelief on thethird week of a wheresome racist whites have formed a auditorium.In a continuedattack on the strike,and another$100 on thefourth management.First, the locationof the providedan opportunityfor the Asian- speaks¯t APSUconference. "White StudentAlliance." Donato myth,lwasaki commented that "Asians negotiationswas kept secretso the Americancommunity to assert its week.The reliefcomes out of union "modelminority myth" has been created notedthat less blatant forms of anti- arestill not always able to workon jobs dues,which are $27/month. After that, workerscould not keepabreastof the power.The unexpectedlyhigh turnout Asianfeeling have also grown, such as negotiationsas they wereunfolding. (theorganizers predicted 430) represents as a way of trying to create the whichthey are qualifiedfor. Chinese theofficials of the union say that there Thereare threemedical insurance Thethird issue at stakein thestrike is impressionamongst Asian-Americans theidea that taking classes with "too men makeonly 74% of whatwhite males will not be any more strikefunds plansavailable to Rohrworkers. The the pensionplan. The companyoffered Second,the unioncomplains that it what UCSD Asian/PacificStudent many Asians"is bad becauseAsians sendsexperienced negotiators who are Alliancemember Luke LaRoyatermed, and othernationalities that Asian- make,and Filipinosonly 52%." available.One of the workersat the planproposed by the Rohrmanagement to give$21 in pensionmoney per month Americanshave succeeded in thesystem, "driveup thecurve." Several years ago The speakersencouraged students to picketline thought that this couldn’t be is cheaperfor the company, so theytried per yearof service.In addition,only empoweredto negotiateon behalfof the "A reactionto the oppressionfacing Asianand otherThird World students union, while management sends Asiansand Pacific Islanders." and thatthey do not faceoppression. use the knowledgethey acquire in the right,since the union nationally takes in to forcethe workers to useit by raisingworkerswho havebeen at Rohrfor at Continuing,LaRoya stated that the united to form the Third World universityto help the community, saying thecost of theother two plans. leastl0 yearsare eligible for a pension.messengerswho are not able to make "myth"has been used to createdivisions Coalitionto combatthe conservativethateducation can be usedas a toolof Anotherpoint of controversyis the Thisoffer was rejected because it is$2 to decisionson its behalf. Model Minority Myth betweenAsian-Americans and other and racistatmosphere at UCLA.Since liberation.Following up, the panel move by Rohrmanagement to withhold $3 belowthe pensionpaid by Boeingand Accordingto LaRoya,the growing ThirdWorld people. itsformation, the Coalition has enjoyed notedthat getting a degreedoes not workers’cost-of-living increases from Lockheed.Workers stressed that while anti-Asianclimate in theU.S. has taken The conference provided an remarkablesuccess in winningpositions insuresuccess, nor respect, for people of theirweekly salaries, and instead give it severaldifferent forms. One formhas importantopportunity for Asian- in studentgovernment and directing color. to them at the end of the year.The sizableportions of studentfees into beenovert violence, such as thefatal Americanstudents to gathertogether "Minoritiesin this countryaren’t workerswill then receive a fraction of the Student Health Care beatingof VincentChin by twolaid-off anddiscuss the issuesaffecting their progressiveeducational and other interestthat the companywill make on events. goinganywhere," stated Angela Oh, a white autoworkerswho "mistook" communityand how to dealwith them. lawyerand anti-Prop 63 activist."1 work their cost-of-livingmoney. Rohr Chinese-AmericanChin for a Japanese.The conferencewas structuredinto Another speaker on the panel, in a predominantly white male workerscomplain that they need as Cut Back The autoworkerssubsequently received variousworkshops: educational rights, Immigrationlawyer Bruce lwasaki, profession;they don’t expect me to have muchof theirweekly pay as theycan get peopleat the frontdesk in additionto lightsentences for their crime. The other relationshipsbetween Asian men and continuedthe discussion by illustrating my stufftogether." insteadof receivinga lump-sum at the By Ben Ceremos thirtypeople waiting to seea doctor. formhas beenthe propagationof what women, Asian-Americanidentity, thathistorically anti-Asian feeling has end of the year. In response, Four years ago, the UCSD Healthcare affects us all in many LaRoya calls the "model minority politicalpower, immigrants and others. risen and fallenwith the economic managementclaims that they are really myth." LaRoya remarked that the HomerAllen, I.A.M. representative RegistrationFee committeevoted to ways.For example, is it nottrue that the A bulkof the conference,though, was conditions.For example,according to continuedon page13 doingthe workersa favorby investingstopusing student fees to fundthe 24 tampon machineshave been removed millionsofdollars a year and there aren’t theirmoney wisely for them.By not hourinfirmary across from the Career from women’sbathrooms in all the manystrikes. allowingthe Rohr workersto choose Servicesbuilding. It is truethat UCSD majorlecture halls?. It’s crazy to think Rohr workerssaid the strikewas how theywant to investtheir money, studentscan get some of thefinest health thatat a timewhen there is a needfor calledin responseto changesthat Mexican Revolutionary At UCSD however,Rohr has exacerbatedstrike care availablefor their dollar. greaterhealth care on bothnational and managementwas tryingto makein the tensions.Workers on thepicket line said However,it is also true that money locallevels, we aregetting less service in medicalinsurance, cost-of-living- that theyare tiredof beingtreated shouldnot be a determiningfactor when exchangefor higher tuition and health By Thomas Walsh In responseto thisdevel6pment the In thefirst mass march, many students allowance,and pensions of theworkers. paternalisticallyby Rohr management. it comesto healthcare availability. Asit insurancefees. Yes, even AS president directors of UNAM announced the brokewindows and spraypainted walls standsnow, studentsare unableto John(Triton Waves) Riley agrees that On Febuary 23, Ricardo Pascoe, implementationof two majorchanges. along the route of the march in a parliamentaryrepresentative of the receivemedical attention after 4:30p.m. hourhealth care is a must.Riley stated First,UNAM wouldno longerbe open spontaneousventing of frustrationand Why should studentswho are sick that the healthservice "Is worth MexicanPartido Revolucionario de los to allhigh school graduates, but only to anger.According to Pascoethe PRI and Students Trabajadores(P.R.T.), spoke in the duringthe eveninghours be put in the supporting."Butis thisjust lip service thosewho passeda qualifyingexam. mass media attacked the student positionof choosingbetween going back insteadof healthservice? NorthConference Room at UCSD. The Second,exams in courseswould be set movementas beingirresponsible and eventwas sponsoredby Solidarity,a To March On to theirdorm roomsor goingto the What can we do to bring back the by the departments and not the claimedthat they were lead by vandals. hospitalemergency room? According to multi-tendencysocialist political professors.Pascoe said that students infirmaryand quality health care that we In the secondmarch on February9, the Dr. Giebink,director of UCSDHealth havealways taken for granted? Well, you organization. wereangered over what they saw as the Pascoediscussed the two important organizersutilized disciplined monitors Sacramento Services,"’60% of studentsget their canalways lobby people like Vern Perez, undemocraticfashion in whichthese for the purposeof focusingthe march healthcare exclusively from on campus availableat Watson’soffice, but people grassrootspolitical movements that reformswere adopted. The directorsof By G. Piccoli budgets.In addition,Black college have recentlyarisen in Mexico:the upon the goal of makinga political enrollmenthas dropped20% between healthservices." In past student surveys likehim are the individuals who cut the UNAM had pushed these measures statementrather than permittingan healthcare management has rankedat 24 hourcare in thefirst place. If it’sa movementfor relief from the 1985 throughunilaterally. In response the In responseto drastic cuts in 1977-83,and Chicanoenrollment has earthquakein MexicoCity, and the undisciplineddisplay of anger.The educationbudgets the three California plummetedby 25,000between 1982-84. thetop of thelist, even above football questionof money then that can be studentscalled a strike of allclasses and resultwas so impressivethat even the teams.But whatis happeningnow? The remedied,but if it’s bureaucratic studentmovement at the Autonomous organizedseveral mass marches. This statewide Third World student Thisis alloccurring while 29% of the National University of Mexico mass media had to admit that the networks,the Asian/PacificIslanders federalbudget goes to themilitary and peakof healthcare has beenreached. politicking,then some administrator’s strikelasted over two weeks and Pascoe studentswere capableof organized (UNAM). estimatedthat roughly 300,000 people Student Union, the African/Black only!.5% to education.Organizers have butt shouldbe sent down to health actionand were not simply"rebellious StudentStatewide Alliance, and the chargedthat the escalatingattacks on servicesto seefor themselves that the The earthquakevictims’ movement StudentCouncil leader ¯ddressing attendedthe studentdemonstrations. youth."This was also one of thefactors arosein responseto the government’s MovimientoEstudiantil Chicano de educationhave made the universities I wasin thehealth service offices the timeto increase the availability of health rallyat UNAMin January. Studentsdemanded that a conventionbe thatresulted in thegovernment gwmg m otherday and there was a lineof fifteen servicesis now. held which would include rep- Aztlanhave called for a march on evenmore restricted to the upperand to the students’demand fora convention Sacramentoon April6. Becausethese middleclass students. The PRI claimsthat thereis not resentativesof the studentbody, and to democraticallydecide upon the two thatany changes in admissionsor course cutsdisproportionately effect Third Thecall for the March on Sacramento enoughmoney to giveadequate relief to policychanges that the directors want to Worldand workingclass students, the thevictims of theearthquake because of examsbe decidedby thisconvention. coincideswith actions around the world make. networkswill demand that education be by studentsopposing governmental thehuge payments that must be madeon madea higherpriority for all people. Mexico’sforeign debt. According to effortsto driveworking class, and other Pascoe,these payments now constitute Steve Hamai from San Francisco oppressed people, out of higher roughly 40% of the government’s State, where the march is being education.Students in Mexico,Italy, nationalbudget. In responsethe organized,told the New Indicator that, France,and Spain have marchedin earthquakevictims have raisedthe "Thiscall to action is for a lotof reasons. oppositionto cuts in the education demand that the governmentstop Lotsof the needsof ThirdWorld and budget,stricter enrollment requirments, payingthe debt. The PRT strongly workingclass students are not being met. and governmentcontrol over curricula. supports this demand because a In addiiion,there are cutbacks, by the Already the call has met with suspensionor cancellation of the foreign Duke and Reagan, being made in enthusiasticresponse, according to debtwould free funds which are badly financialaid. Also, they are threatening Hamai.Political forces from Jesse neededfor social services. to cut Asians from recruitment Jacksonto the EastLos Angeles Prison RicardoPascoe, member of Mexican programs." Organizationhave endorsed the March, Mexican Students Take Over withRev. Jackson as one of the main P¯rlimentand the PRT. Pascoealso describedthe recent Organizersare alsodemanding that bilingualfunding be retained,that all speakersalong with Maxine Waters, Art eventswithin the studentmovement. Torres,Mario Obledo and MabelTeng. failureto provideadequate relief for "Historically,UNAM has been a ethnic groups have equal access, people whose homes or shops were recruitmentand retention at four-year Organizershope to attractinterest and training ground for the future supportfrom SouthernCaliforina as destroyedby the 1985quake. The PRT bureaucrats of the Mexican schools,in addition,they are also proposedin parliamentthat the land and government,"said Pascoe. "However in insistingthat that ethnic studies be made wellas theNorthern end of the state. buildingsaffected by theearthquake be thepast few decades, ¯ polarization has a graduationrequirement and thatthe Studentsactive in the AsianStudent nationalizedso that the government occurredin UNAM,so that only the studentand communitybe givenmore Allianceat SDSUhave been working on wouldbe maderesponsible for repairingdepartmentsof Engineeringand Law decision-makingpower in their mobilizingfor the event,along with them.The rulingparty in Mexico,PRI remainconservative, and a significant education.According to theorganizers, studentsfrom the Asian Pacific Student (PartidoRevolucionario lnstitucional, numberof professorsin the other 80% of all ThirdWorld youth in urban Alliance and the Afro-American or the InstitutionalRevolutionary departmentsare now Marxists.This centersdo not graduatefrom high StudentUnion (AASU)at UCSD. The Party),argued strongly against this meansthat the trainedpoliticians now school.44% of Blackteenagers, and 56% ProgressiveStudent Association (PSA) proposal,but later adopted it whileat and Mujer, a Chicana/Latina becameactivists in leftist parties instead Graphic from ¯ poster celebrating of Latinoteenagers are functionally thesame time taking credit for the idea. of PRI bureaucrats." the tenth anniversaryof the illiterate.This problem has been greatly organization,arealso mobilizing for the foundingof the PRT. exacerbatedby the cuts in theeducation eventon the UCSD campus. Notes From The CollectiveDesk: 7 6,4 Trip Through Basic Training With A Born Mass Media Cover-up Of Tr( ublemaker iran gate My last few days of freedomwere and for two hoursyou havea shooting By Darby Hooligan Washingtonm the Spring:a timeof housecleaning aboutwhich the government is justified in lyingto the spentheartily with my friendssurfing, match usingwords like "Kill!"and andbureaucratic renewal in responseto thecontragate Sincethe movieindustry began many partyingand surfing. After all the hugs "Destroy!"i can easily recall when a drill Americanpublic. These commentswere made in of moonsago, a goodpercentage of box andsuch, i boardedthe doomsday flight debacle.Since you are interested enough in politicsto referenceto the "disinformation"disseminated about sergeanttold our platoon,that it’s be readingthis column, you no doubtsaw this coming. officehits have been militarily oriented, to El Paso,Texas for my 10-weekbasic "unwise"to followthe rulesof the Libya but, given the New York Times claimthat fromfilms like "Green Berets", "Bridge trainingprogram. ! arrivedin El Paso But evento peoplewho havean issueawareness just informationabout Irangatewas scarce,these GenevaConvention, which lists ways to slightlylarger than a peanutthis spectacle is not Over The RiverKwai" to some of the andright away 1 feltlike l wasin deep keep humanitarianismin war-like statementscan be appliedto thebroader political scene: more recentsmashes like the Rambo shitbecause of the worriedlooks on surprising.It’s easy to seethat the current revelations Did the massmedia have to coverup irangate?Why situations.The crimesof the Vietnam aremore of a coverup thana cleanup. seriesand "Platoon."The constant about! 50 otherbaby-faced chaps. These War becamequite easy to realizefrom couldn’tit havebeen in the open?Why couldn’tthe attemptto portraythe real thing over the kidslooked as thoughthey had just been listeningto theDl’s and the stories of The pastcouple months have produced some of the Americanpeople know that Reagan was willingto do screenarouses the youngstersto don weaned. warthey laid on us. bestexposure to the internationalcriminal terrorist anythingto keepthe contrasafloat, to get hostages theirfatigues for a "fun"game of urban Anyway, the first week was Basictraining came and wentpretty activityof theU.S. government. We would like to offer back,and who knowswhat else? guerrillaannihilation in the streets, but orientationand haircutweek. Not easilyand 1 becameHawaii-bound. My a preliminarysummary and explanationof this crisis Perhapsthe answer to thesequestions is thatthese has considerablyangered those who exactly a "good morning campers" thatthe mass media has portrayed as beingthe work of issuesand projectsare not popular with the American haveactually witnessed the horrorsof I’~ yearsat Schofieldbarracks were attitudehere, but it was still pretty mild. reallysimple, except 1 nevercould a few mavericksin the WhiteHouse. people.Most Americansoppose contrafunding, war.But, most assuredly, the typical We metour drill sergeants on thefirst understandwhy spit-shined shoes were a On March4, the New York Timesran an article accordingto mass media polls.After the Reagan must,along with pressed uniforms, when explainingwhy it tookthe mass media so longto figure administrationwhipped up anti-Iranianfervor, ourdaily task was undera jeepat the outwhat was going on, and why the first revelations had Americanswould certainly not support deals with lran. motorpool."Fuck em" I thought,so ! DarbyHooligan today to comefrom a Lebanesepaper. They said that it was In fact, Americansoppose much of the Reagan sloweddown against their liking and one of the tightestkept secretsin Washington. administration’spolicies. To summarize:over the last week the massmedia has thuswas given the position of"captain’s Afterbecoming a part of themilitary AlexanderCockburn, columnist for The Nationand the Thisall leadsus to concludethat the systemof severelycriticized Reagan, in hopeof exhaustingall driver"as a moraluplift. Ha! My exit lifestyle,1 learned the importances of WallStreet Journal told a differentstory in a talkhe governancein the U.S. has little to do withdemocracy, desirefor criticism, and now wantsto claimthat the datefinally came around and so I left U.S.intervention, butthose importances gaveat UCSD.Cockburn claims that the presswas andthat people in this country are starting to getfed up. crisisis over.Reagan tried to do thesame thing when he Hawaiitwo years after enlisting. No, 1 weremeaningless devices used to obtain alreadyrunning articles in theFall and Winter of 1985 admittedthat the whole deal was a mistakebut it’s time didn’tleave with a grudgeagainst the excess. indicatingthat they knew various parts of thestory. Mass Media Role to moveon, like everything’s okay and no onegot hurt. militaryway of life,! leftwith a more This adds one more dimensionto the story.Why The New YorkTimes has undergonea sharpabout- Boththese claims are far fromthe truth. Few people openmind having seen all those things 1 A friendof mine in Hawaii,CPI. wouldthe mass media not let the story out? Why would, facein the last4 days.Last Monday they were still believethat the presidenthad any lessto do with detested: war, death, the whole Atkins, was caught up during the say,the New York Times, which is otherwiseso critical attackingReagan with articles questioning his sanity in Irangatethan, say, Oliver North or DonaldRegan. interventionthing, etc .... and no doubt,! Grenadainvasion. Not even knowing of Reagan,let him and his administration slide on this theirsection entitled "The White House Crisis." By Giventhat the main culprit still holds his job and that leftwith "da kine" buds too. what Genada was, his platoon was issuefor so long?Let us firstbegin by lookingat what Tuesdaythis section, which they initiated with the we haveno assurancethat this will not happen again, or orderedto boarda planeall packed for happenedand thenget backto the roleof the mass Libyascandal, had beenchanged to "TheWhite House is evenstill continuing, thecrisis cannot be over. it all boileddown to me wantingto mediain thecrisis. travelto exoticplaces and such, but, heavyshit. He recalledthat they had a Overhaul",and today(4/4/87) it becamesimply "The Thereason that an institutionas anti-Reagan as the individualwho has paid to see these insteadmy littleescapade introduced me mockstaging like this before but the ReaganWhite House". NewYork Times will not push the issue farther is that day of weektwo and if you can recall InternationalDeception thisscandal exposes the contradictionsof our entire action-packedflicks without any prior backto "Officerand a Gentleman"when to my realself. planewould only fly a circlearound the Theassumed analysis of allthe coverage is thatthe experienceinthe world of military life is, airportand land.Hours later when they Thecurrent power struggle has revealed to everyone systemhas no problemsand that Reagan just had a few systemof governance.It is claimedthat we livein a land you constantlyhear Louis Gosset Jr. thecorrupt, conspiratorial nature of thepeople who of democracy,but how can we havedemocracy if our no doubt, verycurious as to how the savingremarks like "whereyou from disembarked,they found themselves in a bad advisors.They ran an editoriallast Saturday gamereally goes. jungle.Their orders were to protectthe makethe decisions in thisnation, it makesthe current commendingReagan on his choicesfor new staff governmentlies to us andoperates against our will and boy,"then "! hearthe only things that air-stripfrom Soviet-made aircraft. He crisismuch more delicate and potentiallydangerous members,saying that it turned"a crisisinto a problem"behindour backs?No one, includingmass-media After finishinghigh school at come from there,boy is steersand saidthe whole idea of beingin a foreign thanWatergate. Essentially, the exposure shows that (March2, 1987).Today they ran an articlein whichthey journalistsand anyoneelse who prospersoff this MadisonHigh, I continuedto find queers,and you ain’tgot no hornson thesepower brokers are willing to go to anylength to government,wants to exposethe inadequacyof our surfingpreferable to working,which you."Well, those and other sayings are land,for reasonsonly benefitting our covereda panel discussion at Harvard University on the government,pissed him off. He felt defendtheir shady schemes. Reagan himself said that situation.The panelists,Hamilton Jordan and John government.They want to be in control,they don’t naturallycaused my family great frequentlysplatted on you.C’est la vie. eventhough the actual arms deals with lran may have wantthe systemchanged. anguish.This led me to a friendof theirs’Thatcan be livedwith, but the daily betrayedand disillusioned at the U.S.’s Ehrlichmanamong others, said that Reaganhas had Worlddemocracy. CPL Atkinsleft the beenillegal and certainly unpopular, the ends justified moreproblems in his secondterm because his better Allof theabove leads us to a conclusionthat you who turned out to be one of those regimenconsists of wake--upcalls at a the means. enlistedpersonnel, whose constant smile timewhen a roosteris stillin the midst of armya monthor so beforemyself. The advisorsare gone. They referred to MichaelDeaver and won’t see in The New York Times even though leadsyou to believethat you’ll actually his own dream,running on courses U.S.is onlya muscleor a bullyin the In addition,both Reagan and Schulzhave clearly EdwinMeese as examplesof what they consideredeverythingpoints to it. Whetherbecause he is an ’beall that you can be’. Well Randy, my namedafter bad assDl’s with Mafioso- world. statedthat there are manypolicies and procedures betteradvisors. imbecileor a crookor both:Impeach Reagan! recruiter,guided me to a computerand type names like "Mad Dog Murphy’s toldme to choosethe job in the army Mile,"and a littleeating. The capitalistaim doesn’tlook at thatI wouldenjoy doing. I foundthe helpingthose countries we so easily medic’sslot, but, "no opening". "invade"or walkinto, they see more Society In The Making valuein the raw materialswhich are Afteran hour! pleadedfor something Thosewere the fun thingsmind you. alreadyexploited in the U.S.Besides, thatwould get me stationedin Hawaii, Whatmy eyeshonestly opened to, that and boom, "Air Defense stinger laborcan be boughtextremely cheap in Thiscolumn aims to showthat our socieO’ is continuallyAuto Workers,the agreement,ratified by an 85% permanentbases. mademe disgustedwith the American thosecountries. changing.Through the actionsof organizedgroups, margin,includes a nearly $2.50-per-hour raise over two crewman."So I leftthe recruiting office way,was the psychological training. You Overthe past year, 13,000 contras have laid down thinkingof how I wouldbe shreddingup Nexttime you decideto throwaway 5 whatis often perceived as a staticsituation can be forced years,increased pension benefits, and job security theirarms, indicating that many of thoseinitially standin longlines, one facing the other bucks or so, think about what our NorthShore in justa few months. someonematches you withan opponent, to changedramatically for thebetter. The information language.The Deereworkers also won MartinLuther draggedinto this conflict have become disillusioned . countrydoes off screen. is paraphrased.fromthereferenced journals. KingJr.’s birthday as a paidholiday. One of the key Workers Worm issuesin thewalkout was cost-of-living benefits, which Deereworkers maintain in theirnew contract. Workers Worm LatinAmerica The Peru and Cuba joined Mexico and Argentina Danger Of Biological War sFebruary24 in supportingthe Braziliangovernmenf UnitedStates suspensionof interestpayments on its foreign Thedrop in unionmembership in the U.S.over the inexpensive,self-reproducing, and commercialbank loans. lastsix years, to thepoint where only 18% of allworkers UnitedNations By Chuck Smith from lack of possible BW users’ in superpowersis larger than in TheU.S. will resume paying its full share of UN costs, minimallytechnologically intensive in accountability,combined with rumored underdevelopedcountries. Additionally, Peru’sPresident Alan Garcia Perez said on national belongto unions,may be turningaround. And it’s the If U.S.interest is a goodindex of development. The Romans, for BW use,could trigger actual BW use. televisionTuesday that it is importantfor creditors to growingnumber of women joiningunions that’s Gen.Vernon Waiters, U.S. ambassador to the UN, said Soviet,and other countries’ interest in fasttransportation in the superpowers in Londonover the weekend. example, made efficient use of This is the insidiousdanger of BW can carry an infected person or knowthat debts of developingcountries were caused by makingthe difference.1986 saw 70,000new women biologicalweapons (BW) development, contaminatingwater supplies of hostile rumors,it followsthat BW rumorsare slashedexport prices, high prices for imports,and union members,attributed to labor’sincreased Waiterssaid the Reagan administration "isgoing to thenthese most tactically insane, anti- recirculatingcontaminated air supply, requestfrom the Congressthe full $209 million troopswith rotten animal carcasses. The alsopotential weapons. To thepoint of so that what wouldblow out an open astronomicalinterest rates. attentionto organizingservice workers. That brought humanweapons are growingalarmingly deadlyAnthrax is mosteasily obtained the totalnumber of womenin unionsto almostsix assessmentof the UnitedStates." enticingto theglobal military sector. actualBW use, it is ironicthat the window in a poor country becomes Cubanleader Fidel Castro said Brazil’s decision was fromuntreated, freshly shorn wool. superpowersare more vulnerableto incubat-,d,i,-.d epidemicin the a "historicmove in thefinancial and economic relations million,or 12.9%of all womenworkers. The U,S.will also "acknowledge the debtfor what Since1980, an extensivearea BW facility some BW agentsthan underdeveloped Workers Worm was notpaid last year, and we willmake arrangements wasbuilt underground in Utah in spiteof Germsdo notcarry insignias of their superpowers. This is made more of thirdworld countries with their creditors." countries,in fact,the amountof time sigqfficantby the fact tha~ most disease People’sDaily World to payit off,"Waiters said. congressionalobjection: Another army origin.Bellicose paranoia developing People~ DailyWorm BW facility Grafenwoehr, West spentin airrecirculating environments praducingknown virusesin humans UnitedStates Germany,for U.S. militarypersonnel e:~tervia the respiratory tract. "In the Spiritof CrazyHorse" is a 628-pagebook only,also incorporatesnuclear and U.S.Army General Rothschiid was so whichexposes in detailthe frameup of AmericanIndian chemicaltesting, costing $1.85 million. concernedabout this issue that specific Zambia Movementleader Leonard Peltier, as wellas thewhole Also,the DoD has receivedsanction vulnerabilityanalysis for the U.S.was At leastthree persons were killed in thetwo days of governmentcampaign of repressionagainst the Native fromthe National Institute of Health,to reseachedunder his guidance.The foodriots in thecopper-mining towns of NorthCentral strugglein SouthDakota in the1970’s. allowthe Armyto clonethe genefor outcomeof this:the best scenario for an Zambia, as angry crowds sacked Government But don’ttry to findthe bookin any bookstores.El Salvador Sheigelladysentary toxin. The overall enemyattack involved a winterday, buildings,looted shops,and burned cars. The Withinmonths of its publication,the publisherhad RadioVenceremos, official voice of El Salvdor’s strategyis for classifiedresearch to preferablythe day after a majorholiday disturbanceswere touched off by a sharprise in the withdrawnall hardcover copies from circulation, paper FarabundoMarti Front for NationalLiberation developboth a usable,cloned, weapon when populationimmune response is priceof cornmeal, one of Zambia’sstaple foods, several backrights were held up andbooksellers were pressured (FMLN),has begunbroadcasting military training capableof targettingan enemyand the lowest,during which an aircurrent of days earlier.The increasefollowed a Government intoremoving the booksfrom their shelves. coursesfor workers and students wishing to supportthe secretantidote, only available to the respirablepatho{;en would be directed decisionto abolishcorn subsidiesas part of an Workers Worm liberationforces there. The broadcasting of military offensivecontingent. Robert Ruttman, southwardinto the MississippiVally economic austerity program ordered by the trainingrepresents a change of tacticsfor the FMLN, writingin Sciencefor the People froma pumpingstation in the Northern InternationalMonetary Fund. which largely abandonedthe idea of "popular U.S. or Canada. The projcction’s (May/June1984, Vol.16, No.3, pp,6- IndustrialWorker insurrection"in 1982. II), concludesthat the most likely premisewas that great internalization of Afghanistan scenariofor a superpower’suse of BW peoplein airrecirculation contaminated Thesocialist government of Afghanistanhas offered Sincethe 1986 earthquake, it has been reported that FM LN supporthas increased significantly, especially in weaponsis againstunderdeveloped environments,combined with a more a cease-fireto bring an endto theyears of fightingin countries,in anti-guerilla warfare. But mobilethan usual population on holiday Deers & Co. thatcountry. "The people are tired of thewar and the thehard hit capital of SanSalvador. anotherconsideration for BW is itsuse vaction,would spread the epidemic best. Afterfive months on strikeat threeplants and locked atrocitiescommitted by counterrevolutionaries".The firstbroadcasts of the new militarytraining againstsuperpowers by underdeveloped ’Theonly serious drawback I can m aboutbringing this wupon tnto Production outat ten others,13,000 workers at the Deere& Co. GeneralSecretary Najib of the governingPeople’s courseswere easily audible on theshort wave hand in El countries,as many BW optionsare IB thatit mightbring civilization, as we knowit, to an end.’ farmequipment manufacturer returned to workin early DemocraticParty stated on theJanuary 15 pullbackof Paso,Texas area in spiteof severejamming. continuedon page13 Februarywith a newcontract. According to theUnited allAfghani and Soviet units from battle positions to Peoph,~ l)aihH’orht 9

I 10 11 SaltI1: Are The Russians Really Cheating? The Po /is h Impass e whichis unlil~ely,this still would not charges from the U.S. As The New The New Republic states, "the Afterthe 1970Baltic workers’ uprising primarily interested in someform of videocassettes. By GlennSacks indicatethat theyare violatingthe Republicstates, "the haziness of the complicationis that large radar stations By GlennSacks (which culminated in a hideous democraticchange. Indeed, the bulkof treaty.Because it is verydifficult to SALTI! treatywas probably destined to can serveother important functions Polandis and alwayshas been the massacre),Edward Gierekreplaced When PresidentReagan decided to predictthe exactyield of a nuclear causea collisionof this sort" (7/8/85). besidesearly warning. They are essential Solidarity’sworking-class members Oppositionparties are toleratedin breakthe limits of the SALT11 treaty mostcombative of theSoviet satellite Gomoulkaand promisedunparalleled weresignificantly to the leftof the Poland,and several of themran in the weaponstest in advance,the Treaty forwhat is knownas battlemanagement, statesand for this reason it isperhaps the prosperity. He then ruinously lastyear, he claimedthat his action was allows that "one or two slight, The SS-25 thatis, targeting incoming warheads for Solidarityleadership. In addition, while 1985elections. These elections were or, ly most uniqueand interestingof the mortgagedPoland’s future to Western it is understandablypopular in many partiallyrigged, quite an achievementin justified,and even necessary, because of unintendedbreaches per yearwould not Herethe evidence is again,according anti-ballisticforces; they can track cheatingby the SovietUnion on the FasternEuropean nations. The Polish banks by irresponsiblyborrowing EasternEuropean countries for people democracyfor an EasternEuropean be considereda violation of theTreaty." to Reagan’sown report,"ambiguous." satellitesin outerspace, and they can situationis oftenover-simplified but billionsof dollarsin an effortto buyoff armsagreements. But can we be so sure monitormissile tests" (7/8/85). todownplay and criticize socialism, it is country.There is a varying,but still real The disputecenters on whetherthe rarelyunderstood in the West.This Poland’smilitant working class. When freedomof dissentin Poland.Ninety- thatthe Soviets are cheating? To answer The ABM treatypermitted space- doubtfulthat, if facedwith the actual The SS-16 SovietSS-25 is a newmissile. If it is articleis an attemptto takea clearand discontentrose again in 1980,this time possibilityof going back to capitalism,fivepercent of the Polesasking for thisquestion let us take a closerlook at indeed a new missile,this would trackingand intelligence activities, the thefacts. Here the Reagan Administration objectivelook at Polandand to comeup many Polishworkers understandably manyPolish workers would support it. passportsreceive them and Poles can be constitutea biolation of the SALTII activitiesfor which the Soviets have long witha wayout of Poland’sagonizing and lookednot towards socialist reformers, treaty.The Soviets claim that the SS-25 claimedthe radar is beingused. In fact, long-standingpolitical impasse. but towards the powerful Polish isnot a newmissile but is insteadmerely StatementF, an appendixto the ABM The rulingPolish Communist Party is CatholicChurch. a modernizedversion of theold SS-13. treaty,specifically exempts radars for corrupt,incompetent and completely Despitethese facts, however, the SALTII defined"a newtype" of missile thesepurposes from the provisions of the discredited.During its 42 yearsof confrontationbetween Solidarity and as one whichvaries from the existing agreement. misruleit hassought merely to appease the governmentwhich occupied world missileby more than 5% percentin The Krasnoyarskradar stationis an oftenhostile population and work its headlinesfrom 1980 through 1982 was length,diameter, launch weight, or perfectlyacceptable in and of itself,the x~ayout of successivecrises without ever by no meansa blackand white issue. It is differingin the numberof stagesor potentialproblem lies in whatit willbe reallyattempting to solvethe problems a verycommon mistake in the Westto propellanttype. It is impossiblefor the usedfor. According to the CenterFor whichcause these crises. For years it has paintthe politics of EasternEuropean U.S.to proveits charges because it lacks Defense Information’s Defense xoutinelycontradicted itself, both countriesas beingdivided along two reliableinformation about the SS-25’s Monitor,a "!984classified CIA report politicallyand judicially, without ever simplelines, pro-Soviet Communists predecessor,the SS-13. concludesthat Krasnoyarsk is not an puttingforward a consistentpolitical and pro-Americanliberals. The reality ABMradar because it is poorlyoriented programcapable of winningover the is, however,that within all Eastern U.S.accusations of totrack incomingU.S. ICBM’s. majorityof thePolish population. Europeancountries, and particularly addition,it willoperate at a frequency ! II Sovietarms violations are strife-tornPoland, there are a vast vulnerableto nucleareffects, with no The Polish Communist multitudeof political tendencies. During extremelydubious at nearbyinterceptor missiles, or other the Polishconfrontations of the early nuclearABM related items, and has only Partyis corrupt, best,if notwildly wrong 1980’s,Social Democrats, Liberals, Fiveallegations lie at the heartof chargesthe Sovietswith violating the one facenot the fourcharacteristic of incompetentand Nationalists,Clerical-Nationalists, Reagan’sclaim: the Sovietshavre SALT II treaty by deploying the altogether, other SovietABM radars."(Vol.XIV, Anti-semites,Stalinists, Trotskyists, No.10, 1985)British intelligence has completelydiscredited. violatedthe Threshold Test Ban Treaty, prohibitedSS-16. However, according °. Stalinistreformers and Titoistsall theyhave deployed the prohibited SS-16 to Reagan’sown report, the evidence for In similarcases in thepast, when the concludedthat it is unlikelythat the Partof the reasonfor the lackof playeda role. missile,utilized illegal Telemetry thischarge is "somewhatambiguous." U.S. was concernedabout potential radarcould serve in an ABM battle- credibilityof the PolishCommunist CombativePolish workers shook the Communistdictatorship, but boweddown Sovietviolations, the U.S.S.R.was managementrole, and in addition, One factwhich is not oftentalked Encryption,built and deployeda new TheSoviets counter that they have not Partylies in thefact that the post-WWlI aboutin theWest is thatin manyways to the CatholicChurch. willingto comeforward and successfully formerSoviet Ambassador to the U.S. CP hadfew roots either in laboror in the Despite Polish Communism’s seen all over EasternEurope and Inter-ContinentalBallistic Missile deployedthe SS-16, a statementwhich is allayAmerican concerns. For example, Solidaritywas not a progressive (ICBM),the SS-25, and builta battle- AnatolyDobrynin has proposedthat InternationalCommunist movement in wretchedpast, it mustbe saidthat, as far sometimes(for those who have the mostlikely true not only because of the duringthe 1970’s,the UnitedStates whenthe radar is finishedthe U.S. could organization,buta reactionaryone. Its management radar station at treaty,but because the SS-16 suffered general. statedrole model for Polish leadership as authoritarianregimes go, theregime money)in the West.There are 5,000 voicedconcern that the Sovietswere sendexperts to visitit. Polish studentsstudying in West Krasnovarsk. chronicand seriousthird-stage motor constructingnew missilesilos in At the end of WWI the PolishCP was was JosephPilsudksi, the reactionaryof GeneralJaruzelski is a moderateone. the largeand powerfulleader of an Repressionin Poland is mild in Germanyalone. As a foreignerin Poland problemsin testswhich were abandoned violation of SALT 1. The Russians These distortions in nationalistdictator of the1920’s. Its The ThresholdTest Ban in 1976.As thenSecretary of StateCyrus historicallymilitant and socialist leadershipscorned the separationof comparison to the human rights I was free to come and go whenever1 respondedby providingthe U.S.with violationscommitted by theright-wing wanted to and to stay with Polish In thisallegation, the Administration Vancetestified in 1979,"the SS-16 does informationdemonstrating that the regardsto armstreaty workingclass. The CP’s power and chargesthat the Soviet Union had not troubleus becausethe Soviets have prestigewas so great that Lenin The workers,through dictatorshipsof Latin America, Asia and families. facilitiesunder construction did not violationsclearly serve a Africa,or eventhose of thestrong-fisted "probablyviolated" the Threshold Test had realproblems with it." It wouldbe containmissiles, and the issuewas launchedhis 1920counter-invasion of democraticallyelected WherePoland will go fromhere is Ban Treaty (TTBT) by conducting extremelyunlikely, indeed incredible, politicalpurpose. Polandbased on the beliefthat the Communist regimes of Romania, difficultto determine.Jarulzelski seems resolved.On theSS-25 issue, however, Polishworkers would rise and fight workers’councils, must Albaniaand East Germany.Indeed, explosionsover the 150 kilotonlimit. thatsuch an unreliablemissile would be sinceallaying U.S. concerns would also intentupon engineering some kindof Thischarge, however, is unsubstanti-deployed,with no furthertesting. alongsidethe Red Army againstthe becomePoland’s ruling unlike many Eastern European reformbut how significantor effective requirethe revelationof potentially AdditionalAccusations countries,Poland has made solid human ated. Accordingto Dr. Lynn Sykes, Indeed,even Air ForceChief of Staff damaginginformation, the U.S.S.R.has Polishgovernment. thisreform will be remainsto be seen. Professorof GeologicalScience at GeneralCharles Gabriel stated in The ReaganAdministration has also Duringthe 1920’s,however, the class,and the rightsprogress since the signing of the Polishsocial-democratic dissident quitereasonably demanded that the claimedthat there are many other HelsinkiHuman Rights Accords in ColumbiaUniversity, "the allegations Congressionaltestimony in 1983,"’We UnitedStates first ratify the SALTII pseudo-fascistregime of Polish bureaucracymust be Adam Michnikdescribes present-day examplesof treatyviolations. However, 1975. " that the U.S.S.R.has violatedthe do not believemobile SS-16’sare treaty, nationalistJoseph Pilsudski decimated trimmedand put under Polandbest when he says "Insteadof ThresholdTreaty are based,in my operational." as nuclearweapons expert and co-editor thePolish CP, andmost of itsleaders in an articlepublished in the five-year ! =inggiven ’socialism with a humanface’ estimationand the estimationof many of InternationalSecurt(v Steven E. fledto SovietRussia. They in turnwere thecontrol of the anniversaryof the Jaruzelskimilitary we havebeen given Communism with its "thehaziness of the Millerstates, "the report contains only a seismologists,soley upon an incorrect TelemetryEncryption wipedout in Stalin’spurges. During workers. coup,the L.A. Times details some of the teethknocked out." calibrationformula. When the correct Now Reagan charges that Soviet SALTII treatywas few allegationsof actualcheating on WWII,the Nazis finished off what little armscontrol agreements...most of the church and state and wanted the calibrationfomula is used,it is evident encodingof missiletest data is "an probablydestined to wasleft of thePolish Communist Party. thatthe Soviet Union has not cheated on exampleof deliberateimpeding of accusationsdetail instances ehere the Becauseof this the post-warPolish CatholicChurch to havean activerole in the ThresholdTreaty" (The Defense verificationof compliance, in violation cause a collisionof this Sovietsviolated the spirit rather than the governmentdid not consistof genuine governingPoland. Many of the groups letterof the law...these donot constitute Monitor,Voi. 10, 1985). of the treaty."This charge, however, sort." laborleaders, but instead of careeristsalignedwith Solidarity were openly anti- violationof the treaty"(The New who lacked any labor or Communist semitic,such as theConfederation foran In addition,even in theunlikely event Republic,7/8/85). traditions. IndependentPoland. Lech Walesawent thatthe Russians are actually violating so faras to callupon the International Priorto the 1980 anti-governmentMonetaryFund to playa hugerole in thetreaty with regards to theSS-25’s, In conclusion,we see that U.S. uprising,the PolishCP had had more replacingthe old SS-13’swith the SS- accusationsof Soviet arms violations are Poland’sfuture by imposingausterity t,anenough chances to reformitself and measure~to pay Poland’sforeign debt. 25’swill not add to thetotal number of extremelydubious at best,if notwildly givesocialism a human face. The first Sovietwarheads, Forthe last five years a gooddeal of this wrong altogether.Yet these same camein 1956,after the Posnanriots, accusationshave providedthe Reagan with the ascension to power of debthas been paid by theSoviet Union. KrasnoyarskRadar Administrationwith the pretextfor In addition,Solidarity’s conservative Wladyslaw Gomoulka. Reputedly a leadershipsought to dismantlePolish Here the Reagan Administration abandoningthe SALT 11 treaty.These Titoist,Gomouika promised a wideand chargesthat a largephased-array radar distortionsin regardsto armstreaty socialism,institute a marketeconomy beingbuilt in Krasnoyarsk, in central violationsclearly serve a political and forman economicalliance with the Siberia,"is, in itsassociated siting, purpose--to free the Reagan Priorto 1980,the Polish Western business and banking orientationand capability...prohibitedAdministrationof any arms limitations Communist Party had community.These measures would lead by thetreaty." The charges that the radar agreementsin order to enableit to runa more than enough straightto the massiveunemployment, violatesthe treaty as regardsto full-scalenuclear arms race against the inflation,and wage gouging so rampant "orientation"aregreatly over-drawn. As SovietUnion. chancesto reformitself in the similarlyindebted capitalist nationswhich are at the samestage of Monumentto Polishworkers killed during the 1970uprising. The locationis GhiifSoviet m W Yuli Vo~ntiov(I) prleentsOorllchev’l pro- and give socialism a economicdevelopment as Poland,such poildfor medium nege miMile dlaarmiment to U.$. negotMtor Iklx KanpM- outsidethe Leninshipyard in Gdansk. imm. human face. as Mexico,Brazil and Argentina.While human rights progressmade by the What’sneeded in Polandnow is not the market-orientedreforms proposed government.The article states that "even theincompetent despotism of theruling Indeed,the methodologybehind this arisesnot fromSoviet cheating, but deep workers’ democracy. Upon by Solidaritywere often made under the the Polish Churchagrees with the Stalinists nor the reactionary accusationis so dubiousthat even a insteadfrom ambiguity in the treaty consolidatinghis power,however, he guiseof creatinga semblance of workers’government’sclaims that Polish jails nationalismof the church based panelof expertsformed by thePentagon language. According to The New turned againstthe democratically controlin factories,it must be clearly oppositionbut worker’sdemocracy. Republic,"the standards of compliance havebeen cleared of politicalprisoners," has recommendedthat the Administra- electedworkers’ councils and the left- recognizedthat the institutionof a andgoes on to statethat "the official Polishworkers must constructa hum tion promptlyrevise its methodof (withregard to telemetryencription) are wing inteUeetualswho had supported marketeconomy, even if underthe guise Polish press is vigorous and basedsocialist workers party which can calculatingthe explosivepower of ill-defined...theSALT 11 treatyis himagainst the hard-line Stalinists. At of worker’scontrol, would be a clearand disputatious"(12/13/86). The article seizepower and oust the parasitic nucleartests. maddeninglyvague about the practiceof thesame time he strengthenedthe power encryption"(July 8, 1985). dangerousstep backwardtowards the quotesa Westerndiplomat’s amazement governmentbureaucracy while at the In addition,the problemcould be of theconservative Catholic Church and restorationof capitalism in Poland. at theharsh criticism and dissent which sametime defeating the church-bmmcl easilysolved if the U.S.would simply Basically,thetreaty leaves it up tothe of thesmall landowners. Perhaps Solidarityleader Lech the governmentpermits within the forcesof reaction.The workers, through ratifythe Threshold Treaty and utilize Super-Powersthemselves to determine Duringthe late1950’s and 1960’s, Walesa summed up the attitude of universities. democraticallyelected workers" theexchange of nucleartest date which it whethertheir encryption efforts are DINNER councils,must become Poland’s ruling providesfor. The Reaganadministra- Polandenjoyed economic prosperity. Solidarity’sleadership best when he said being hindered. The Reagan Economic growth rates were "! am a unionman and nota socialist" class and the bureaucracymust by tion,however, has used the "violations" Administrationcharges that the Soviets’ Monday- Thursday until 7 p.m. trimmedand put under the control of the pretextfor not ratifying the treaty. consistentlyin the 7-8% r~ng¢,far (Manchester Guardian Weekly, The Timescontinues by claimingthat, encryptionmethod is a violationof superiorto the growthrates of most I!/16/80). a vigorous and independent workers.This and onlythis can lead in addition,even if theSoviets have on SALTII. The SovietUnion claims that FRESH BAKED GOODS ¯ SMOOTHIES industrializedand industrializing Thisis notto saythat most, or even undergroundpress is alsopermitted, and Polandout of its agonizingpolitical a few occasionsgone over the 150 itsencryption method is consistentwith capitaliststates. Despite this, however, many,Solidarity members consciously has flourishedas Solidarityregularly impasseand into a betterand brighter kilotonlimit prescribed by thetreaty, the treatyand demandsmore specific DALLY SPECIALS ¯ GOOD PRICES therepression continued. supportWalesa’s "reforms". Most were churnsout newspapers, books, and even future. 12 Oroun leer of the UCSD Student Center ~l~on~edfrom page 4 Thegeneral assembly also heard from 13 continuedfrom page 3 Lily Chen, mayor of MontereyPark Asi (locatedin metropolitanLos Angeles), PoliticalFilm Series Healthy Food Co-op J thefirst Chinese-American mayor of any Myth cityin theUnited States. Chen focused Bethe-2, Yonas-0 M-Th 8:45-6; Fri 8:45-5;Sat 10-3 on themany fallacies which lay behind UNTERCSD 1987 Duringa questionand answerperiod the)"model minority myth," and on the attack.(For more information on this easilyexposed Reagan’s stated interest followingthe paneldiscussion, many racistbacklast she and otherAsian seethe last issue of theN.I., Vol 12, 8, in makingnuclear weapons obsolete peoplecommented on the contradictionsimmigrantsliving in her community Helpcontinue the Committee for World Democracy presentations of the political him series. p.3). (Watchin later N.L’s for a with SD! whenhe pointedout thatif betweenthe depiction of educationas a havefaced. For example, Chen told the We meetevery Tuesday at 5 p.m.in room208 of theUCSD Student Center. Help us pickfilms reportingof Yonas’vested interests in "Reagan[really wants to make]nuclear wayup the ladder,and the way in which forthe Winter Quarter and plan political events for the community. For more information call534-4873 or stopby. thedefense industry.) weaponsobsolete...a great opportunity thispromise is seldomfulfilled. Panelists Major General Toomay began his wasmissed at Reykjavik."He explained and membersof the audienceappeared statementby jokinglycommenting that, thatif Reaganwent ahead with SDI, the cynicalover the future of Asian- eventhough he wasin theair force, he Russianswould probably not builda Americans.Bruce lwasaki stated that Broken Rainbow March 13 wasnot as farto theright as Dr.Yonas. systemof theirown, but take the cheaper "Conditionswe faceare obvious. There Toomayalso servedon the Fletcher alternativeof just buildingmore is goingto be farmore competition with commissionwhich studied the concept missiles,and otherkinds of delivery theAsian countries. Hostility against of StrategicDefense upon Reagan’s systemsthat would circumventthe Asianswill becomemore severethan request.Although he supportsthe capabilitiesof SDI. Therefore, SDI will Statesfaces, York responded thai just usedwith atomic weapons in Nicaragua, now.Asians will become the scapegoats programin general,he saidthat there reallyescalate the arms race, not becausewe spend moneyon SDI this Vietnam,and Korea. for hardeconomic times." wereserious concerns over the laser yeardoesn’t mean that we wtllcontinue ameliorateit. In responseto Mr. In theafternoon session of thegeneral systemproposed for SDI,since it is Reagan’sremark that theywould give to in thecoming years. After the event, "manyorders of magnitudeaway from the N.I. more thoroughlyconfronted EconomicIncentives For Star Wars assembly, APSU was addressed by SD1 technologyto the Russians,Mr. Oscar Orozco,a representativeof (being)effective." Healso said that there Bethesaid that "if he didit he wouldbe Yonaswith this issue, asking how be In conclusion,what best explains why areother "technical problems associated couldmorally justify such a massive Reaganand the corporateworld have Statewide MEChA (Movimiento and shouldbe impeached." EstudiantiiChicano de Aztlan),and by with SDI." Bethe suggestedthat a policyof expenditurein the faceof the current espousedStar Wars did not comeup for levelsof starvation,homelessness and discussion:Star Warswill provide a Robert Smith,speaking for A/BSSA Hans Betheimmediately challenged minimumdeterrence would actually (African/BlackStudent Statewide boththe factsand opinionsthat Yonas offergreater stability. The production of unemployment.Yonas only reiteratedtremendousbudget for the defense thatSD1 would be a smallportion of the Alliance).Representatives from these Banner welcomes APSU members. and York presented.Bethe, who has Anti-BallisticMissile systems actually industry,which already has a profit militarybudget, and thatone should margintwo to threetimes that of other threestatewide Third World student crowdthat the "English Only" initiative made important contributionsin makesnuclear war morefeasible. networks attended a meeting on theoreticalphysics, said that the lasers, considerthe rest of themilitary budget industry.After Reagan barely obtained beganin MontereyPark, as a reaction instead. fundingfor the MX missilesystem and February1 at Stanford;at thatmeeting on the partot somewhite Americans to mirrors,computer programs and other AudienceQuestions Yonas theyagreed to launcha broadcampaign elementsnecessary for the implemen- Membersof theaudience also asked if the cruise missilewas vigorously an influxof Asianimmigrants into the The audience,mainly community foreducational rights, culminating in a area. She said that she and many tationof SDImake it almostimpossible. membersand graduate students, clearly SD! wouldhave more potentialas an protestedagainst in WesternEurope, Navalo rock tellingstory of 18(]4 removal. Moreimportantly, Dr. Betheclaimed offensiveweapon than as a defensive theyhave thought of a new "defensive March on Sacramentoon April 6. opponentsof Proposition63 werenot sympathizedwith Dr. Bethe’scriticism system"that does not involvenuclear Orozcoand Smith,when addressing the opposedto peopleliving in the U.S. thatSDI wouldcost about $1 trillionof SDI. However,in responseto the weapon. Neither Yonas, York nor Toomaycould answer to thesatisfaction weapons. APSU general assembly, were learningto speakEnglish, but that Friday dollars,not $65billion. He basedhis audience’sprobing questions, York and continuingthe spirit of solidaritythat 7p.m. claimon calculationsof how muchit of theaudience. They only said that any Giventhe state of manyof theU.S.’s retainingnative languages was of equal Yonas gave evasive answers and emergedfrom the Stanfordmeeting. value."We want English plus," she said. TLH 107 wouldcost to buildthe space system and "technical mumbo-jumbo,"as one "defensiveweapon" could be used traditionalindustry, (e.g. auto and steel), FREE putit intoorbit (this would take 600 questionersaid, who was dressedin an offensivelyand did not elaborate. the militarybudget has become an spaceshuttle flights). immaculatethree-piece suit. Althoughnot broughtup at the forum, importantmainstay of the U.S.economy theSDI laser system could also be used now so vigorouslyin competitionwith People’s Lawyer Although Bethe worked on the When asked about how the to threatenThird World nations who Japanesecapitalists. Between all the Manhattanproject, he is now an expenditureson SDI wouldaffect the couldnot defend themselves against this advocateof nucleardisarmament. He socialresponsibilities thatthe United technicalmumbo-jumbo of offensive kindof weavon.This tacticbas been anddefensive it is a soberingthought to Spring Quarter 1987 continuedfrom page 3 GAY ¯ LABOR ¯ LATIN AMERICA ¯ ECOLOGY rememberthese economic incentives. RobedBurns Affiliatedwith continuedfrom page 3 UCSB MARXIST-HUMANISM ¯ POLITICAL ECONOMY NationalLawyers Guild, Fo{,~, cho~).e, steer,ncj cc ..... tte~:? AmericanCivil Liberties Union, L~9or Po.el Salvador April3 Conference WOMEN ¯ MEN ¯ BLACK ¯ NON-VIOLENCE Raza MID EAST Generalprac!ice with emphasis, on State of Siege April 10 "mythof helplessness"on behalf of the personal mlury ¯ domestic U.S. puppet countriesin Central HEALTH Z Americaand said, "we’re trying to get Books cHINA Protest landlordl-tenant [thecontras] to stopkilling people ENERGY UCSD Student Center Thecircling crowd of protestors,some minor criminal ¯ environmental becausewe don’tthink it’s right to kill IRELAND WR: Mysteries of April 17 I-5 to Gilman,left at vvoo~en of whom were weeping,was chanting entertainment ¯ writ anyone."They implored the audience to ART footbridge,rightinto parking lot "Putthe pigs on trial."I walkedout of continueprotesting saying, "silence MEDIA theprotest area, the SDPD initially had appellate cases The O rganlsm becomesbetrayal." Their words were 452-9625 ALBANIA Mcm-Sat1t am-e pm RECORDS "No comment," but after several met with sound approval by the requestsa statementwas made by a Counselfor New Indicator DiscreteCharm of audience,who respondedwith several supervisingofficer that "as long as they Over 6V2 years in local practice standingovations. SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE ¯ ASIAN AMERICAN don’tvandalize they have the right to 4877 VoltaireStreet, Ocean Beach,CA 92107 the Bourgeoisie Saturdaymorning’s workshops were NUCLEAR POWER ¯ MARXlS,T/LENINISM¯ IRAN protest...[and, with false bravado, ]- followedwith a speechby formerYippie who caresT’ Abbie Hoffman.Hoffman has lately (619) 223-0441 Portraitof Theresa April 24 emergedas a "studentactivist advocate" LEGAL HASSLES ¯ YOUNG PEOPLE ¯ CHICANO continuedfrom page 6 of sorts.He has appearedon campuses RupertMartinez, of theCoalition for Death of a Bureaucrat aroundthe country sharing both his past MARXISM ¯ NATIVE AMERICAN ¯ ORGANIZING Law and Justice,has askedthe U.S. experiencesas a studentactivist and JusticeDepartment to investigate The Working Class May 1 givingadvice to today’sprotesters. FOOD ¯ US LEFT ¯ LIBROS EN ESPANOL suspiciousChicano shootings in North Biological Weapons Hoffmancriticized the present situation County. This approach may lack therehave been allegations of covert of the nation,saying "we shouldstick At a workshop on Student haveentered college after graduating effectiveness,though, and more militant epidemicin African and Eurasian Goes to Heaven Empowerment, Afro-American actionsmay well be required,since BW attacks,that the U.S.S.R.used populationsin such a waythat these viral [Reagan]in a rowboatwith a week’s from high schoolhas plummetedfrom "’yellowrain" in Afghanistanand worthof foodand shove him off."His professorEvans, pointed out that there 48% to 28%,"he stated.Deilums also FederalBorder Patrol involvement with illnessesare not entirelya natural Harlan County, USA is a needfor white students to develop SDPD could easily neutralizethe SoutheastAsia, and that the U.S. consequenceof overuse of antibiotics. talkwas wellreceived by thecrowd of commentedon the impactof Reagan’s introducedDengue into Cuba. When the over700. moreties with Third World students. In economicpolicies, stating that "the FederalJustice Department probe. To illustrate,the currentCalifornia Zoot May 8 orderto breakdown the walls separating authorof In Searchof Enemies,ex-CIA epidemicof Salmonellahas an originin miseryindex has gone up acrosssex and agent John Stockwell,lectures, he Afternoon workshopsfollowing progressivewhites and ThirdWorld colorlines for people. The system is not overuseof the illegalanti-biotic Hoffman’stalk included an especially m maintainsthat the CIA experimented Guernica students,Evans urged whites to support working."Dellums also noted that, "the Chloramphenicol,which fattens cattle. relevantone for the conference, theNuts ThirdWorld student demands. "If you theygot together." One of theorganizers witha parainfluenzavirus, similar to the Consumptionof this beef causesthe and Boltsof Organizing.Ira Schorr, a hopefor the country is to moveto the of the event,Martha Cody, remarked, Sendaior HTLV!I1 (AIDS)viral group. infection,just as doesmilk consumption. getinvolved in theirstruggles they will left,to theprogressive." Dellums was Hearts & Minds May 15 member of the anti-nucleargroup get involvedin broaderstruggles." He "Theconference was excellent,we had Whilesuch sensationalallegations SANE,pointed out the need for activist ofteninterrupted by applausefrom the abound,it is also truethat Dengue, pointedout that the anti-Apartheidnearly700 people in attendance. some organizationalproblems but we Mephisto May 22 groupsto expandtheir base, "There is a movementon collegecampuses, with overcamethem, there was a positive HTLV II1, and Sendai have been SinceBW pathogensare nottraceable tendencyfor peace groups to get On Sundaythe remainingparticipants spirit."Another key organizer,Jamie to an aggressor who can be held excentionssuch as UC Berkeley,was came togetherfor a generalassembly Triumphof the Will cliquish.New peoplefeel unaccepted. high,j_ominated by whitestudents, Acton,simply stated "Good, very good." acceountablefortheir use it is incumbent Youhave to havesocial interaction, a andratified the outcomes of thevarious upon those whoe allegeBW uise to Evansnoted that many students of color wor";hops. Many of theactivists present Battleof Algiers feelingof friendship."Others, like UC saw hypocrisyamongst whites which otherwise prove such cleims. An May 29 Berkeley Calpirg activist Andre feltt,fis was the most important aspect of The activistsplan to reconveneon altenativetothis Herculean task is for all were willingto supportThird World the wholeconference, as it gavethe DeLatra,pointed out thatthere is a strugglesabroad but not hereat home. April4 & 5 in Nor Cal to discussand contriesto sighan agreementto claim It’s Rainingin Santiago "needto developcontinuity" in the groupdocumentation of their views to en-masseresponsibility forany BW use, Evanswent on to say that"minorities takeback with them to theirrespective finalizethe scopeand structure of the studentmovement. questionthe motives of whites,that the network,in additionthey are planning by anyone.This wouldaddress many campusesand get others involved in the sanegoals, if a monetarylung, pooled Woza Albert June 5 whiteshave a romanticconcern over network. on participatingin the March on The fact that a majorityof the Johannesburgwhich doesn’t transfer to Sacramento,which is takingplace the fromsuch treaty members were reserved The Front conferenceparticipants were white was here." followingday. for the victimizedcountryl Treaty notoverlooked by eitherthe organizers countrieswould then have amonetary Evenas thethree day long event came Locally the New Indicator,the or by manyof the participants.There That eveningEast Bay Congressman to a close,many of theactivists still incentiveto policethemselves. Also, the werediscussions on how thenetwork can RonDellums gave a rousingtalk on the ProgressiveStudent Association and the would-beassualting mation state would retaineda senseof enthusiasm.In Committeefor World Democracyare interactwith the existingThird World effectsof andneed for social change, in responseto a questionon theviability of be forcedto considerthat BW assualt,if studentnetworks, such as the Asian addition to comments on the participatingin the network. For more recognized,could result in economidaid PacificIslander’s Student Union, the thenetwork, Robert Foulks, a student informationon the network,and howto Fridays 7:00 p.m. internationalsituation, Dellums fromNorthridge said, "It’s going to to thetarget country. Via settingthe African/BlackStudent Alliance, and the remarkedon the educationcrisis, getinvolved, call the New Indicator and reimbursementlarge enough for the MovimientoEstudiantil Chicano de happen,it lookedbad at firstbut the PSA at 534-2016,or the CWD at countryvictimized, an incentive to avoid especiallyas it relates topeople of color. everybodyheld it together.When Aztlan(MEChA). "insix years, the percent of Blackswho 534--4873.Or stopby at Rm 209 in the BW couldpossible by established. everybodyfelt they had a commongoal studentcenter. 14 LarryFiske--Rock’s Greatest Social Critic 15 The Minutemen Return! i By LarryFiske Paradi.¥e,This Ain’t No Picnicare especiallypoignant. D. Boon even lhc Minutemenhave returned with a encoreswith a Sabiasong called No~ No: doublelive album called Ballot Resuh. No: /to Dra[t and War, with the lhisis a fittingtestament tothe spirit of audiencesclapping along. the late D. Boon, who was the "Themain thing for me was to make singer/’guitarist for the band. (Boon was surethe album sounded very personal. I P. killedin an autoaccident in Decemberof didn’tcare about some fancy, studio 1985.) package,rye too muchrespect for D. F-, ¯ rheMinutemen were an iconoclastic,Boonto do that.I wantedthe album to maverickgroup who shunnedtrends and reflecthis spirit," said Mike Watt. rockcliches. The band decided to letthe Andalong comes Firehose, with their fansselect the songs for the live album by albumRagin ’, Full-Onand featuring ex- havingtheir record company, SST, put ballotsin copiesof the Minutemen’sMinutemenHurley and Watt,and Ed (fromOhio) Crawford. D. Boonwould 1985album 3-Way Tie (ForLast). be proud,as thealbum is anextension of Hencethe 30 tunesare a resultof the theindependent Minuteman spirit. fan’sballot results. The songs come from AlthoughCrawford has onlyplayed variousyears and sources, such as radio guitarfor I~A years,his leadsare broadcasts,rehearsal sessions and innovative,hisrhythms are tight, and the audiencecassettes. It wouldhave been uncharactaristicfor this fiercely performancesof Wattand Hurleyare spectacularas always. independentband to haveincluded only liveconcert cuts. The albumbuilds from the 1984-85 Balh~tResult conveys the urgency and Minutemenperiod, though it Lacksmuch energyof the Minutemenin concert. ol itsangst. Firchose’s music is more Integratinga mixture of folk,funk, rock, melodicthan that of theMinutemen. but jazzand punk, the album is exhilarating.it stillintegrates many diverse musical ~ ...... ~ , " ~ .... ~ ...... - /L~.~_~ ’ MusiciansD. Boon(guitar and vocals), forms. Mike Watt (bass)and GeorgeHurley (drums)exhibit the intense, magnificent Firehose has come together playingthat characterized thegroup for wonderfullyin a shortperiod, and for a ,I ! I I ] , , ’ ’ I ! ! ~ -r-~ r~ ---, ...... youngband they don’t have far to go to The band Fireho.w,which includesex-Alinutemen GeorgeHurley. years. Photo by TimothyBarmann. ~ I hitpeak form. All three members, along ...... ~ L_J I .... The Minutemen brought to the withfriend Kira Roessler, wrote the undergroundrock scene a lyrical songs,which are lyricallyin the thatD.Boon used to pen,particularly Yes,comparisons are inevitable. Ed’s sensibility,expressed through the shorthandstyle peculiarto the thoseabout U.S. foreignpolicy in voiceis moresubtle and.restrained than sociallyconscious songs of D. Boon.On Minutemen.The lyrics are reflectively CentralAmerica. It was thesetypes of D. Boon’s,and fits the group well. Take 1, // , BallotResult, the songsI feltLike a personal,and questioning.What 1 lyricsthat made the Minutemenstand a tip,and see this band live as theirstage Gringo,King of the HillThe Priceof definitelymiss is themore topical lyrics out. presenceisfantastic. # Ben Ceremos Now! --DesperationIn Eden councilmembers to stayuntil the end of chartermembers of Tau KappaEpsilon weretwo hours of debate,one letter from the meetings,even thoughthey may openedup a watermain on the tenth theMuir college council which was read becomedisgusted by theirown blatant floor,flooding the place with thousands by DebbieGoodfreid, a speech by Greg violationsof theAS constitution.The of gallonsof water¯So therewas Tommy MacCronewho threatenedto take the "1’11 thank you to stop referring to,our I rumour-millhas it that debateover Tuckeron all the localT.V. networks entireAS councilto court,and a letter referendaquestions during AS meetings explainingwhy the universitywill not fromthe MuirCollege Dean saying they $3~chine as a disaster.- is to be keptto a minimun.So muchfor coverthe $250,000in damagesand why can reappointa convictedstudent freespeech. thereis nothingthe administration can conductcode offender(stemming from Fromsources inside the AS, we found do.Youmight recall, by a studentvote, theMay 28, 1986 attack of ne~indicator out the real reason why Warren fraternitieswere banned from UCSD in member Monty Kroopkin).Then AS sophmore senator, Adam Torem, the seventies.The leftcould not even programcommissioner Joel Schachne resigned.He said thatthe AS "has purchasethis kind of publicity. walkedout of theAS meetingin disgust. becomea mob of power and status- Attendanceat councilmeetings is Finally,Public Relations commissioner hungrycollege students, interested only dismal,l’m not talkingabout public KatherineBarnhisel lead a blockof ten in what slateto Corm for the next attendancewe gaveup yearsago onthc reactionaryvoters that reseated election." AS. rm talking about AS members MacCrone. Oops, there goes the Frat-Gateseems to be explodingon missingmeetings and showingup every constitutionagain! campus.We can’tbe sure,but according otherWednesday to collectillegal to theMorons, several (high) ranking stipendpay-checks. V.P. Greg Hom has Thereis a definitepower struggle AS leaders(?)were seen at thefrat party eventhreatened to removecertain non- goingon betweenAS reactionaries,and Hello,welcome to my column.Now lastSaturday (2,27), at the La Jolla attendingcouncil members. thosepeople who want to upholdthe FUCK--OFF!It is abouttime that there Marriot.According to newsreports, Flash from the desks of the ASUCSDconstitution. People like AS is a columnexposing the banalityof membersof the UCSD frat Tau Kappa reactionaries!?Although he has been presidentJohn Riley and V.P. Ira campuslife and the greek tragedy of AS Epsilon(TKE) posed as the phonyclub bannedfrom AS officefor one year, Rubensteinhave been asserting their greekpolitics. Well, lets start! Have you calledthe Pre-Professionals.But Greg MacCronekeeps gettingre-re- officesto statethat the AS judicialboard seenthose funky little pamphlets that the accordingto a channeli0 reporton reappointedby the Muir college council has the powerto interpetthe ASUCSD oldrich farts of thecity of PalmSprings 3/3/87,Marriot officials shut down the to the Muirsenior senator position on constitutionas guarentedby the aresending to mostsouthern California rowdydance for fearthat intoxicated the AS council.The constitutionallyconstitution.TheMuir college council is universities?Whodo theythink they are, guestsmight get out of handand move empoweredAS judicialboard ousted renderingthe AS constitutiona dead smellingup the place with their up to Utah.Minutes after the dance him fromoffice on November21,1986. document,witnessed by the fact that Falwelliangarbage? A list of someof the ended around midnight,admitted At the lastAS councilmeeting there theywant to over-ridethe executive goodtimes they have outlawed includes powerof the AS president nudity,drug usage,loud music,and aboveall, defrauding of innkeepers. The founding morons of Dumb Springs shouldhave sent the pamphletto Jack Nicholsonin the movie "Five Easy Pieces."Remember, don’t have fun in I knew this school was anti- PalmSprings, just pay yourinnkeeper. everything,but this takes the cake. Some On anothernote, that loud crunching ding-batshave been writinggraffiti noiseyou hear is probablythe sound of againstVietnam veterans on the HSS the constitutionbeing trampled. Randy men’sbathroom walls. Woodardhas recommendedto the AS "Whydo vetsand farmersget welfare thatelections be pushedback to fourth "Becausethey’re tough" weekto avoida lawsuitwhen ghost votes "AsswipeI’m a disabledvet, in a PhD ii:i:i:::¸ are tallied and students are program and PROUD! Fuck-You" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:i...... disenfranchised.In a surprise move, the "Vetshave nothing to be proudof, but AS has ignored Randy’s advice. welfareshould go to anyonewho needs it" ~:.~~~~~~:~~~.~.~~.:~>~~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~~‘:~:~:~:.:~:~:~>~~:~~./~:~:~~.~~~~~~:~ Woodardhas also let it be knownthat he willnot tolerate AS membersloading up "Fuck-You,college kid" the Springballots with self-serving Well,thats all fornow. Remember keep referendaquestions. Fie also wants AS Testingout its new soundsystem for theTG’s thosetips flowing in. Will The Real Now You Know Voice of Profiteers Secretaryot l)efenseCaspar Wemberger explained whv he believes only men Democracy Please shouldbe sent into combat:"’1 think women are too valuable." RepresentativeCharles Wilson.Texas Stand Up The Progressive Democrat. commenting (to the Fort l~orthStar-l’elegram) on proposalsto More and more rVstauons though no provideI .S. aidfor the anti-Sandinista networkshave decided to air condom "Ollie Sent Me" ~,nlra~.... I’ll ~ote for whate,,er kills the advertisementsin responseto the AIDS most commies." crisis.But ABC affiliateWCBV-IV ol Bostonis not one of them. Recenthon The New Ra- "’MIAMI People indicted on drug ABC’s .V~,htline.lames Coppersmnh. chargesare ancreasinglyarguing as a WCBV general manager,explained h~s defensethat They have been supplying decisionnot to run rubberads. "’~’e are tionale For armsto the( +,ntra.swith the knov~ledge True Then-- not lor rent.’"declared toppcrsml~h. of federalagents. ,according to la,,+ "’Thesecondom manulacturers ~.llc lust Star Wars ,.’nforcementagents. 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Childrennet~,~,een the ages ol ten and re~,(,lUtlonmust be nf the violentt,,pe said."’he U.S. president sa,d that il the With Reality fifteen can attend Money Management becausethe "ha’,esreluse to ,harewith earthtatted in,,as~on bv extraterrestrmls (.’ampfor Kid,, thl~, ,~ummeral the the "ha,,e-nots’b} an~ peacelulmethod. "’Exceptfor professional criminals." sa.,, s the I’nltedStates and the So,,ietUmon BreakersHotel in PalmBeach. Activities at least~,hat they get will be theirown. researcherS. Robertl.ichter. 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