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$If OUR PEOPLE F.QVVY ONETWBE KT Ivritie, ]\\SLU1IUL BE KUXEP.THEY CAN CUT OFF NJL OUR Ftnqers ONE by Otfe$ •I life • VIETNAM ff WINTER VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR ^T SOLDIER ORGANIZATION Issue 8* November 1973 FREE OR DONATION Yokosuka, Japan If OUR PEOPLE F.QVVY ONETWBE KT ivritie, ]\\SLU1IUL BE KUXEP.THEY CAN CUT OFF NJL OUR FtNQERS ONE BY OtfE. BUT ,r:uiCTOW TOÇETWER U€ WUJL —LiTTiiETwme PEARL HAR30R HOMEPORTED IN SAN DIEGO! FILIPINOS—NAVY SLAVES INSIDE: OKINAWAN BARWOMAN RAPS LEGAL: SEARCH AND SEIZURE THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE tii»Piiwwu»ii^iiitMi»WEWMiiniiniwii-iwinriiiTii[-im^ii-iiiiw^ in a » i paper loh&l proTDert-v. It cannot 1 m from 5 - < VIETNAM V AGAINST THE WAR/WINTER SOLDIER ORGANIZATION LIST CF OBJECTIVES 1. To demand an immediate end to all fighting in Indochina and a withdrawal of all American troops from Southeast Asia. 2. To demand the immediate end of US operations interfering with the rights of all people to determine their own destinies. This includes the end of all CIA operations. 3. To demand that all active duty and reserve people be given all those rights guranteed by the Bill of Bights and the Constitur tion. We endorse the struggle to democratize the military. 4% To demand immediate repatriation for all those in prison or self-exile because of their refusal to serre in the military against their consciences, as well as the freeing of all po litical prisoners. 5. We demand that all veterans receive the same rights and bene fits under the VA, that evereyone receive the same kind of dis charge, and that -everyone receive disability compensation cased on the decree of disability and not en rank or length of service. Jisckuir.-es should not be used as a form of punishment for ille gal acts, or acts considered illegal by the military. 6. To make clear that the US has never undertaken an investigation" of war crimes, and that responsibility for war crimes lies with those who made our foreign policy. 7. We are resolved to fight racism and show Americans how it forces Third World People through inferior schools to inferior jobs and combat arms and therefore die in war in disproportionately high numbers. i 8. We are resolved to fight sexism within our society, our organi zation and ourselves, and to show Americans how sexism forces women into lower-paying, unfulfilling jobs and how it reduces them to sexual objects, whose bodies are exploited for sex and profit. This dehumanizes men and women and robs them of their natural growth. The military uses this to control all enlisted people. We support the right of all workers to strike. We also demand full employment for all Americans, including free éducation and training far anyone who wants it. We condemn the use of active duty servie Le as strikebreakers. -t). To ,, bership is not only concerned with the Vietnam War, bat with GEANGIl* IESTIC, SOCIAL' POLITICAL and ECONCM'I PIONS TEAT HAVE CAUSED *.ND -^«r^s rman AIDV/ÀY When we, the Midway, arrived in Yokosuka we were glad to find that the people of Japan were aware that many of the sailors on board were against the homeporting. They also wanted us to join with them in the struggle to send it back to the US. It is in the success of this project that lies the dream of no more Vietnams. As long as the massive US military presence continues, no Asian, country will truly be free to decide its own future. The US government hoped to end the resistance on the Midway by the use of a "volunteer" crew. When not enough volunteers turned up, they were forced to use newly en listed men who had no choice.. These men will be hurt more from the homeporting than the ones they replaced. For they are non-rated and therefore not elegible to bring .over their wives, and many will not be back to the states until their discharge. The Midway and the US government are now faced with a stronger resistance than before. In the short time the Midway has been in Japan,the response from the crew and the support from the Japanese people has been more than was hoped. For the crew to be able to go back home to friends and family and the people of Japan to be relieved of the massi\ J3 military presence may we all work together. In Solidarity, The Free CreWjof Midway San Diego, California AP A crowd of approximately 3000 demonstrators marched past the main gate of the 32nd Street Naval base here, in the driving rain Sunday after noon, in protest of the arrival of the JMOFS ( Japanese Maritime Offense Force Ship) Pearl Harbor (CVA 4t). Although the demonstration was sponsored by student groups from San Francisco, many local citizens participated, The protesters were orderly and followed the directions of the 2000 strategically situated American riot police. The demonstration followed the course of previous marches: The demonstrators assembled in Balboa park: and marched through è infamous Broadway area, where Jap trol evented the Ja ors '.... ...... by War III. Throughout the march protesters shouted c 1 e v e r slogans, such as " Pearl Harbor, go home. t! Sunday's protest is indicative of a growing anti-Japanese sentiment among the American Nationals. One reason for this feeling is the recent lay-off of 500 American Nationals from the 32nd Street facility, a move by the Japanese gov ernment to counter the latest yen devaluation. Also, the local citizens resent the tawdry Broadway (Fleet street) area where many American girls are employed as barmaids and prostitutes for the Japanese fleet sailors. According to one employee of the Sukiyaki stand "McDonald Snacks"; "Since the devaluation of the yen, the Japanese sailors aren't spending as much- the extra business wont defray the cost of the trouble that normally accompanies a carrier's liberty party." On a larger scale, American Nationals, many of whom sided with the MLF (Mexican Liberation Front), feel the homeporting of a carrier on American soil makes the 1.3. a junior partner to the imperialistic Japanese forces in the western hemis phere. Ironically, there seems to be some sympathy for the Amer- lean political movement among the Japanese sailors. As one seaman, identified as Saki Akadama stated: "San Diego used. to be on,ee of the best East Pac ports- you could go over with a thousand yen worth of dollars get drunk, laid, and come hack with change in your pocicet, All that' i changed now. I want to ao back ^0 uOi*JAP« Will protest marches have any bearing on government pol icies? That remains to be seen. For the present,however, the 'Tearl Harbor" and its killer aircraft are in San Diego Harbor, a grim reminder that ultimately,after the peace talks and treaties and agreements, might makes right. Ï&ÏSM AHB \ j0~s umrY,c*x)g ) DEATH: Wizard of M „-"— •;;. Power to the People" was the general feeling of the crowd. Music lovers were•treated to the sounds of American rock intermixed with Japanese folk music. TV cameras did not downgrade the togetherness as sailors and Japanese alike danced together. For six hours young citizens of Yokosuka and sailors both celebrated or protested, whatever the case, the arrival Of the ISS MIDWAY (OVA-41). The date was October 11 In Yashima Bowl near the Ginza, The bands were Shame, Deep. Tradition, and Home, unanimously voted the best of the night, A Sailor from the base played a guitar solo with numbers like "A Horse With No .Name", "Me and Bobby McG-ee", "Where Have Ail the Flowers Gone", "For What It's Worth", and more of the same. Free food and soda were served along with a couple of cases of beer that some sailors generously donated. The feeling of the crowd was overall rebellious as people sang "Freedom" and "Power to the people". Sponsored .by the Hew People's Center and Yokosuka Citizen's. Group, the i s behind the concert was t show people that ithere was someone who cared, someone co help them with -problems, someone just to rap with. Realizing that the crew off the Midway did not willingly request their present duty station, the NPC and the YOG is trying to help sailors get their shit together and fight back; against harassment by officers, harassment by lifers, against the Viet Has war, and all war in general. Hone of us want to be here and the Japanese people would like the United States to leave its • planes and ships and guns back in the "Land of the Free?". A young Japanese folk singer reflects our feelings as he sang about the tyranny in his own country. Muramatu was singing to be free in his own homeland as we wish to be free from Nixon and power-hungry politicians back in the States. The overall criticism of the concert was very good with the exception of the loss of a few dollars from making too many sandwiches "oec*ause we expected a bigger crowd. The WAW and the YOG are planning another concert around Christmas time for all Gl's and our Japanese brothers and sisters. We weed your support if vre ar« w. 'wv '-.aw. we rw: ; :-.- )'U1 5Ut i .. .. I .- W L0C£ ,W W/: - ' WW- A pleasant and warm hello to each of my fellows,who is now serving in the American Imperial Navy. I am begging you to spend your little time reading this article. So as to know and realize our present situation in the Navy. Frankly, we Filipinos in the Navy are just nobody,but nothing.

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