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8-1974
Volume 3, Number 4
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. WHENIN OOUBTI RUB HIM OUT "I've just been ordered to kill Jack Anderson." · (CPF) In a bizarre ..story, P(ll'(lde ma Reisner was reportedly alarmed, gazine reports that G. Gordon Liddy and he dashed into Magruder's office once thought he had been ordered to to find out what was happening. Pa assassinate COlUllDliSt Jack Anderson. said that Magruder, on the verge --- rade According to Parade, Liddy had of panic, immediately called Liddy been discussing Anderson with Nixon back into his office and explained ----. aide Jeb Stuart Magruder during the that "by getting rid of" Anderson, 1972 campaign when Magruder repor he merely wanted the colWIDliSt dis tedly said, "We've got to get rid of credited, if possible. this guy." Parade says that Liddy responded: Liddy, according to the magazine, ''Where I cqme from, that means a left the meeting and met campaign rubout." assistant Robert Reisner in the hall. Liddy is quoted as telling Reisner: (From ?.odiac News Service.) TABLE of conrenr1
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3 IUD WARNING 4 Pl as tic cau••• cancer 5 Mena' Group ColUJlln 6 Atomic Energy and Safety 7 Read Ahead/ Red Lion and Cops mail 8&9 CUba Visitor Mail, which we more than welcome, 10 Newz Briefs should be mailed to1 The Post-Amerikan, 11 Zappa Review/ People Events 108 E. Beaufort, Normal, Illinois 12 Nawz Briefs & Bulqar 61761. 13 Colfax/ Punl Decisions are made collectively by staff members at one of our regular meetings. All workers have an equal voice. The Post Amerikan has no editor or hier archical structure. articles Anybody who reads this paper can tell the type of stuff we print. All worthwhile material is wel I WANT YOU! come. The only real exception is raci ,, "'Id sexist material which we wL1 -'hemently D.Q! print, Most of our material or inspiration for material comes from the community, We encourage you the reader to become more than a reader. We welcome all stories or tips for stories. Bring stuff to a meeting (the schedule is printed below) or mail it to our office. meetings Wednesday, August 7, 6130 Tuesday, Auquat 20, 6130 Deadline, Friday, August 26, 6130 Layout, Weekend, August 27-8 June 28, Friday, (deadline for stories), 8 pm. They will be held at the E.2!! offices 108 E. Beaufort, Normal, Illinois. subscriptions Subscriptions coat $1.75 for twelve issues, $J.50 for· twenty "These are hard times, Amerikans, four isuee, Buy one for and they're no less hard for yours etc. · yourself � a. :friend. to sell truly, everyone's favorite uncle. Want to know how I make enough bread to counteract the national the debt and that idiot Nixon's defi hawking cit spending? Yep, I hawk the You can make bread hawking the Post-Amerikan, You can make 5¢ a Post--7i¢ a copy,on every paper 50 copy for.the first and 7;¢ a after the first 50 sold1 5¢ a copy after thatl Soon everyone in copy on the first 50 papers. the Pentagon will be reading the Call 452-9221 or stop by the Post and I will be their only dis office. tributor. Oopsl I'd better not 452-tU1 let all this power go to my head." �1.:. o� .121-7026 tone Our phone number is 452-9221. 402t News Nook, N. Main NORMAL Book Hive, 103 w. Front 511 Cake Box. s. Denver The Cag&, ISU Union Gaston's Barber Shop, 202; N. Center Lobby Shop, ISU Union POST SELLERS U-I Food Mart, 608 s. Lee Newman Center, 501 s. Main Peifers Market, 919 N. Madison 115 1402 Student Stores, North De Vary'• Market, w. Market Mother Murphy's, 111; North Harris Market, Morris ' · Caboose Records, 101 North 920 w. Hickory Pit, Washington Ram, 101 Broadway Mall BLOOMINGTON .Eaetgate IGA� Mercer and Oakland Al's Pipe Shop, 101 Broadway Mall Playback, Colonial Plaza Omega, 111 Beaufort The Joint, 415 N. Main Don's Bi-Rite, 203 E. Locust The Rack, 106 Beaufort DA's Liquors, Oakland and Main Biasi,s, 217 N. Main Hendren's Grocery, JOl w. Willow Medusa's Book Store, 109 w. Front Diaco;int Den, 207 N. Main · Post-Amerikan office, 108 E. lllinois We9leyan Union Hot Rod Shop, 622 N. Main !!:!.! Beaufort 3 . ' � n's " . /' \. r . ·1. .· . 'f. ':.- . ·� ' >:;... liberation ) r . 11Qf the estimated three to five million women in the U.S. wearing IUDs, one quarter to one third of them are wearing Dalkon Shields. Six women have died from Shield-induced abortions and there is no way of knowing how many IUD related fatalities have gone unreported." Dalkon Shield IUD (CPF) The Dalkon Shield intrauterine In response to Robins' letter, device (IUD) may cause severe com the Planned Parenthood Federation of plications and even death if a woman America directed all of its 700 ·using one becomes pregnant. birth control clinics to stop pre A.H; Robins, manufacturer of the scribing the Dalkon Shield and to contraceptive device, recently re warn all women currently using the vealed that six women have died from device of its dangers. septic abortions when ,the shield was The major danger of this device in place and at least · 32 others have is when a woman becomes pregnant. · had severe infections. A·septic If a woman wearing a Dalkon shield abortion is a miscarriage caused by misses a· menstrual period, she an infection in the uterus. should have a pregnancy test·as soon A.H. Robins sent a letter report as possible. And if she is pregnant, ing four deaths from septic abor she should have the IUD removed im tions to about a third of the na mediately, whether or not she plans tion 1 s doctors at the end of May, to continue the pregnancy. The company had added a little Robins says that it told the HARASSING JANE OOE noticed warning to 'the shield's la Food and Drug Administration (FDA) beling last October· telling of "pos about "rumors" of side effects from (CPF) Eleven days after her abor sible _severe sepsis with fatal out the IUD last June, and gave the tion, Jane Doe (who doesn't want her come" associated with pregnancies in agency "completely tabulated data" name known for personal reasons) re shield users. The letter prompted on December 21, 1973, The FDA is ceived a call from the Nassau County reports of two more deaths. presently studying side effects of Medical Center, She was told to The Dalkon Shield, used mainly the Dalkon Shield and all other come back and "bury your baby." The by women who have never been preg types of IUDs. "We are trying to hospital quoted a little-known state nant, has a failure rate between determine if this problem is pecu hospital code that "any stillborn 0.5 and 5.1%. The company says that .liar to the Dalkon Shield or all infant or fetus over 20 weeks shall 2.2 million women have been fitted IUDs," said an FDA·representative. be deiivered to a licensed funeral with the shield, so a maximum of director or his agent." ·Because the 122,200 wearers might become preg- (Infonnation from Liberation News hospital had delayed her procedure nant yearly. Service and the WaZl Street Jour for three weeks, Jane had been ex naZ. J actly 20 weeks pregnant. The hospital d�rected her to a · local funeral home. The funeral di rector filled out a death certifi cate for the fetus, although there THIS MAN IS AN IDIOT had never been a birth certificate, and even though only a doctor can {CPF) Robert J. Corts, chairman of legally do so. Then he asked her an Ohio State Senate panel on the who the father was, told her the sex state's abortion bill, has said he of the fetus, and charged her $20. will push for a ban on medicaid re / Bill Baird, the pro-abortiqn ad imbursement for welfare mothers re vocate, is suing Nassau County in ceivi ng abortions. her behalf for $100,000 for personal Corts denied that his amendment harassment. would effectively prohibit abortions Jane, however, is afraid to go for the poor. Instead, he suqgested, to court. She needs moral support poor women should save money from from women who believe this lawsuit their welfare payments and "buy an is important. Write Jane Doe, c/o abortion instead of food." Parents Aid Society, 107 Main Street, Hempstead, N.Y. 11550. ·7, . : ,;. .·• (F!'om OffOur Backs.J . I PLASTIC-MAKING CAUSES CANCER Vinyl chloride was fi rst ma nu dol lar pl astics industry are cal ling VINYL Cl+LORfoE PRODUCTS factured in large quanti ties from this proposal "excessively and un petroleum and other che mi cal s in real istical ly restrictive ." They'vE: the 1950s . Last fa l l, a doctor in hi red consul ti ng fi rms to do thei r Loui sville, KY· discovered that 20 own study of the health effects of wo rkers in a vinyl chl orid� pl ant vi nyl chloride and the cost of cl ean had angiosarcoma , a rare and fatal ing up the industry. liver cancer. The disease takes In the meantime the Food and many years to devel op, and it may Drug Admi nstration (FDA) and the reach epidemi c proportions amon·g Envi ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) pl asti c workers in the next few have ordered certain aerosol hai r years . sprays , and pesticides containing Vi nyl chloride al so has- been vinyl chloride off the market . linked to a growi ng number of other Certain spray pai nts , adhesives , dis health probl ems. Some of the symp infectants , and medications may al so toms incl ude enl arged liver or be recal led. •••pipe ••• spleen, changes in the chemi s try of the blood , skin eruptions , damage to fi nger bones , and reduced breathing -· abi lity. � ...... _...... _,_ ..7- ..... •.· •uto roofe ... • ••and lloor tile PVC is used to make many colllllOn YEAH, 8\11' IT WOULD HAVE KILLED SALES LNS/cpf plasti cs products , incl udi ng: fl oor ti les, synthetic rubber an d texti les, (CPP) From 1971 to this year, chemi (CPF ) More than 700 ,000 US workers plastic bottles , phonograph records , cal firms withheld from the Occupa who process polyvinyl chloride (PVC), pl astic wrap , hair spray, and wi re tional Safety and Health Administra a basic plastic, into products may insulati on . tion the fact that vinyl chloride be in danger of contracting liver NEW STANDARD ISSUED gas , used in the manufacture of cancer and other diseases . Unti l In response to pressure from plastics, can harm or kill those now , it was bel i eved that only the unions and medical people, the Oc working with it . In that time , at 6500 wo�kers in contact wi th· vi nyl cupati onal Safety & Health Admi ni least three plastics workers died chloride -- the gas which is the raw stration (OSHA) , iss ued a six-month and hundreds of others have become materi al for PVC -- were endange red . emergency standard of 50 parts per ill . But scienti sts at a conference in mi llion (ppm) for vinyl chl oride in April S, after doctors dis� May reported that workers who pro early Apri l. The temporary standard covered that plastics workers were cess PVC may al so ri sk developing cal ls for weekly or monthly monitor dying from a form of liver cancer liver, bone, and lymph disease. · ing of workplace ai r, careful record and contracting a variety of bone The Envi ronmental Protection keeping and the use of fresh-a ir and liver diseases, OSHA clamped Agency (EPA ) is surveyi ng emi ssions masks in vinyl chloride areas . down on the amount of vinyl chloride fumes allowed in factory air . of vi nyl chlori de gas into the air Union representatives say that 5U Eng-tneel'i'l'lfJ and water around factories . An ppm of vi nyl chl oride is still too According to and estimated 200 mi llion pounds of high and are pushing for a zero ex ChemioaZ Ne111s, back in 1971 European vinyl chl ori de are discharged yearly pos ure standard . OSHA wi ll probably and American chemical firms had into the atmosphere from vinyl propose a permanent standard cal ling found out the fumes were dangerous , chloride polymerizing pl ants . The for "no detectable amount" of vinyl but agreed to keep this secret . EPA is consideri ng setting pollution chl oride in the air. limits for vi nyl chloride . Representati ves of the billion- (Prom .the UE NBll1 s.) MISC. STRUGGLES Atbue,Greece (Pl'S)-- Mothers of detai.lled Greek stud.eats have lauachecl a desperate appeal oa the behalf of polit ical prieoaera uadergoiag "dreed.ful tort.urea that we have verified om:eelvee while visiting our cbildrea ," The aP peal et.at.ea that theH (Liberatioa News Service) - An econollic 'b&tt.l• is 'being cruelties are being coaa itte4 ill the local police etat.ioaa and in the llilit.ar;r waged by three u.s,-bued fruit companies agaiut. priaoa at Boxiat.7, Soae 23 C•tr&l Aaericaa cOWltriee that are teying to tax etudeat.e are liatecl by uae alOlll with their pre.. t. tort.urea banana exports . The companies are Staadud Fruit, Uaite4 and the ext.eat of their illjuriee1 ••£• • broken ribs, Branda, and. Del Monte. This coafrontation direct.17 affect.a electroshock. the lives of 100,000 buan& workers in the region and ******************* •••• •******************************* ia certaill to affect u.s. relations with Latia Aaerioa. The coafroatat.ion reached a peak ill March when five couatriea-- Coat.a Rica, Guateala, Koadurae , Kicangua, Ull Pua•-- agreed to place a dollar-per-crate tax •• the fruit, The experting countries ea7 the tax wOlllcl on brillg the• a total of $260 aillion a 7u.r . Paaua' e No tes Cyprus Minister ef Couerce and Industey Fernando Manfredo acknowledges that th• tax would be paeeed Git, to coa Wi th a s tronq mi litary-backed euaers in the countries that purchase th• fruit but thrust the democratic qov be aid it would serve as a "contributioa to alleviate New York, NewYork, ernrnent Of President Makarios the povert.1 that abouads on the banaaa plantations," It's a wonderful town; of Cyprus was overthrown by Sometimes you're up, Greek fasci sts . And sometimes you're down. But in the Big Apple Barely escapinq with his life We never despair, Archbishop Makarios declared 'Causeour friend and defender that the military coup is The ST AR is still there. it "an invasion and from s con In touch with the City? sequences suffer the whole If not, it's a pity! people of Cyprus .- both Greeks Stay in tune from afar ... and Turks.• Subscribeto the ST AR! At thi e printing, Turkey has al ready mobilized its forces and has landed paratroopera about Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus . Many fear escal ation of the fiqhtinq between Greeks and Turks in Cyprus . The u.s.-bacJced Greek mili tary junta had been operatinq in Cyprus for acme time under the guise of a security force . Intereatinqly enough, Makar � ios vi sited Chairman Mao .,, * * * .,, •* **** Tse Tung of the People'• Subscribeto the Republic of China on May 17 NEW YORK CITY STAR, where Makarios voiced con New York City's only cern for the situation that independent radical newspaper. was developinq in Cyprus . In hi s Pekinq address Makar Send $5 for a year'ssub to: ios stated , •we . are a small NEW YORK CITY STAR country which is beinq 149 Hester Street threatened wi th intervention . NewYork, New York 10002 We are continuously threaten ed and pr essures are beinq Name ...... brouqht upon us to accept Address ...... a solution contrary to the City ...... wi ll of our people and con State ...... Zip ...... tr�ry to its interests .• 5 (As a Man in American society) DO YOU EVER FEEL --- difficulty in taking things that Women say seriously? •Getting over• is a regular column about men's liberation from the gen embarrassment at having to strip or shower with_other Men? der roles dictated by American soci ety. The Bloomington-Normal Men's contempt or embarrassment at seeing another Man express strong emotional Group which writes it would like to feeling? hear from you, and welcomes all com ments, inquiries, observations, and uncomfortable.at being the only Man in a group of Women? criticisms which you wish to send to us in care of this paper. I· DON'T THl�f< r Why •Men's Liberation•? Because men aren't free. It's true they've got it over Women in job opportunities, in financial and legal matters, and in major decision-making. But Men are no freer than Women in deviating from the gender-roles that society defines tor them. It they don't con form, they pay a heavy price, Society'• definition of •a Man• al low• only certain types of behaviors and self-expression. It dictates what a man must be and do if he is to be regarded as •a Man.• It lim B-t.I MEtJ'S Gii.CUP it• his options for self-expression. It regul.ates how he can relate to DO YOU EVER PEEL women, other men, and children, It forces him into competition with oth inadequate when 7ou have difficulty making a decision? er men (and Women). It compels him to pursue material success, and some irritated by a Woaan who insist• on making her own deciaiorus? times drives him into an early grave. awkward in relating to Children? American society lets men know what it expects of •true, red-blooded• threatened by (or jealous of) competent/successful Men? Handaoae aen? males--how "real" men should think, Men who are good talkers? Well-built muscular men? Forceful men? act, express themselves (and their Men who relate easily to lots of Women? emotions). Strong. Cool. Guts and balls. Masterful, Stiff upper lip. the need to suppress a response of physical attraction you feel toward Etc, It even tells men what to think another Man? and talk about, what interests they should have. Getting ahead, Making SALLY I OoN'T WAl4T 'r<> cATc H YotJ poTTERY. WHY""'� you "T'MEMOWlfll� it. Sex. Girls. Sports, Dirty l:VER AGAIN/ WHAT WILL WIT!{ jokes (always a good to break ice THE L�WN WASTING '{OtlR.. TIME . with other Men). Politwar ca. Money. NEIGH:BortS THINK.? STllFF? · THAT Yardwork (rtot Housekeeping). It men don't conform to these expec tationa, they aren't considered real Men. They aren't accepted. They bec0111e outsiders, They don't •get ahead,• They face contempt and rid icule, Worsea if theae men accept society's judgment, they aay coae to see themselves as inadequate, •queer•, weak, or 1unmanly.• Sometimes men who find themselves in this situation go through elaborate pretenses to appear "normal,• They laugh at the dirty jokes, fake an interest in baseball, drool dutifully at pass ing "chicks• or •broads,• Have you ever had to pretend to an interest which you didn't have in order to Faking it is dishonest--a repression satisfy other people's expectations? and denial of the Self. But no faking it can be uncomfortable fyou (Baseball? Girl-watching? Fishing? Dirty jokes? Politics?) might not •get ahead"). If a man buys society's definition of what Have you ever found yourself having to •make out" with a Woman sexually when makes a "Man• and feels he doesn't you really didn't want to? Why did you? conform to those expectations, he can come to hold himself in contempt How do you feel about yourself when you feel the urge to cry? or tr1 to become society's "Man• by Do you ever cry? Why or why not? conscious or unconscious denial of -hie natural Self. How do you react to Women who are authority figures? (Policewomen? Teachers? Mother? 0Boss? Supel"Visor?) This happens a lot. We see it in ourselves. That's why we say men aren't free. To become free, men must understand the terms of their How do you relate to dependent Women who want you to make their decisions for them? oppression and decide they've had enough. Then they must insist on Have you ever wished that your voice was lower than it is? their right to define themselves as Men through the expression of their What is your reaction to other Men who are referred to as a •stud•? "sissy"? natural Selves--living in accord •jock"? "kid"? •queer"? "cockAman•? "boy•? "faggot"? "dude"? with their true bent and preferences, What is your reaction when.:£2!! are referred to by one of these naaea? Perhaps this all sounds too general, Stereotyped. Phony. Everybody's How do you react to being propositioned by a Woman? by a Man? experiences can't be the same. That is true. (And this is just a be ginnings there's a lot of exploring How do you react to Women who are expert professionals? to do which the culture hasn't equip ped us for.) But certain common (Lawyers? Doctors? Professors? Engineers? Architects? Athletes?) tendencies can be seen. Those of us who grew· up in American culture Have you ever been made uncomfortable by the expectations a Woman has of you? are all products of the same value system. Have you ever found yourself wishing that you could "make out• sexually with a Man? Let's get away from the general to Have you ever tried to keep other Men from learning about some interest or hobby some specifics, (Just a beginning.) you have? Check out the list of questions at the left and see what kind ot ans (Reading? Art? Religion? Cooking? Stamp collecting? wers you come up with, Small animals? Poetry?) ' Fl11lt.es l... tt esetl FALLOUT LOOSED BY NUKE FLUKES (CPF) Tb.ere were 861 "abnormal oc curences" last year at America 's . 64 nuclear power plants , 70% gf them in the 'various safety featur.es . Catalogued by the Atomic Energy Commis sion (AEC) , these �ailures ranged from human error , .to mechani cal breakdown, to an incident where "1000 shad minn<>w&,••• impinged on [water] intake scr'eens ." Critics of nuclear power plants, like Charles Bearing of the .Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) , feel a simul taneous breakdown of � or more crucial safety mechanisms could "very easily produce a catastrophic release of radioactivity ." Twenty percent of the reactor 's radioactive material is gaseous , said Bearing . If the container breaks it would not explode but the radioactive gases would "get into the wind," producing . the same deadly fall-out that fol lows an atomic explosion . Such ·breach-releases are a real possi- . bility . In fact, 12 minor releases did occur last year . While reactors can't blow-up , they can ''blo.-down." That is, if cpf the pressurized piping eystem which circulates 600 degree water were to break, the sup�r-heated water would flash immediately to .steam. This 600 degree water cools the metal would flood in to re 'cladding around the reactor 's 5,000 place primary coolant lost in a blow-down. Many degree fuel rods . ·without this As the numb er of plants grows scientis ts doub t the ECCS' water coolant , "the cladding ," ac s ability - (the AEC sees 123 by 1978) the pro to prevent a disaster � even if .cording to lbrtune ma3azine, "would bability of such events occurring · they worked as planne\i . As it is , reach its mel ting point about half simultaneously increases . As if in mo re abnormal occurrences (166) were a minute after the break and the anticipation the AEC has recommended reported. in ECCSs last year than in · entire reactor core · would melt with that plants not be built on sites any other plaht component except in an hour ." If the core melted where there are more than two mil primary coolant systems . Last year, completely, Fortune said , "it would lion people within 40 miles . Yet , 13 of the 6.4 .·plants had at least one sluap to the bottom of the pressure the 40-mile radius around a three "event" in each of its control rod , · vessel , melt through the foot-thick plant unit north of New York City , primary coolant , and ECCS systems , steel , drop to the concrete floor for instance, contains more than according to the AEC report. One beneath, and possibly continue melt 18 million people . plant called Brown's Ferry-1 report ing and shattering its way into the Bftcause of their questionable ed three control rod events, 11 pri · earth . This sequence of events has safety , insurance companies refuse mary coolant event s, and 25 ECCS · become known as the 'China syndrome ' to cover nu clear plants agains t pos events. The Pilgrim-1 plant at [because] no one knows for sure how sible damage suits . Accordingly , Plymouth , Mass . reported 2, 13 , and far down it would go · • • ·" in 1957 Congres s passed the Price 21 events respectively for these Nothing could prevent radioac tive Anderson law wh ich makes the US tax systems . contamination of the air, ground , and payers responsible for paying dam water after the reactor 's container ages � up to a $560 million limit . had broken . This coverage would prove totally inadequate in the event of disaster ; at least two stud ies have shown thousands would die and billions of dollars would be lost during a maj or ·release of radioactivity . For more nuclear power plants to be built , the Price-Anderson Act must be renewed when it exp ires in 1977 . Critics of the plan ts are now mounting a public info:r;mation cam paign against renewal of this act . They feel the public will resist ,insuring the plants once they know insurance companies deem them too risky to cover . If the ac t is voted CONTROL RODS down , plant cons truction and func tioning would have to stop . In addition to water coolant , the · nuclear reaction is also controlled {For 1J0re infor'I ·t1on con tact the by long carbon rods ; the further un ion of concerned scientists , PO they go into the reactor, the more Box 289 , MI'l' Branch Station , Cam the reaction is dampened . If the bridge , Ma 02139 .) rod moving .mechanism fails , emergency dampening may be impossibl e . "If the control rods and the primary coolant fail at the same time , then there's really trouble, " said UCS ' s Bearing . In the mid-60s , this potential for disaster led to the "emergency core-cooling ays tea" (ECCS). a re serve of pressurized water which '1 THE ROAD AHEAD The following editorial was edited from a pamphlet of The Internally, the American people -- actions like 1,000 students tak Attica Srigade and was con have gone through more crises ing over the administration building tributed by Marvin Farmer, tha.;1 most college students can at the State University at New Palta local cooperative worker. remember in their entire lives •• ,New York, or the 3 00 just arrested a The meat shortage, the energy at the University of Connecticut. crises, The Road Ahead and Watergate all took place within a 6 month period. This has been a year of sinking roots, The world is always in the process And during that sa�e 6 month of building struggles and really be period there was a wave of wild ginning to grapple with the condit of chanee. ·Nothing holds still- not for anybody. And for the cat stri�es in the auto industry, ions on the campuses. I.t's true that masses of people in the world, change a victory for the Farah workers, things are not. at at the level of is good, because it means an end to and a militant struggle by the 1969, but it's not 1959 either. The onpression and exploitation, the independent truckers, to name just nature of the system has been exposed calling cards of imperialism. But a few sharp struggles. to many people. One of the biggest the ruling classes are terrified worries of the ruling class is the of change--each passing day brings complete l.ack of faith that people have in the system. On the other them closer to their end. The im What's going on-- is imperialism perialists want to live in the past, hand,. people don't have much faith dying? In the long run, yes (and in our ability to change the system and they'd like us to yearn for the we don't mean maybe). But what's good old days also. either. The struggles of the past happening now is not their death 10 years have been summed up by the throes. Instead, this is a time media and the history books as But no number of nostalgia movies of "great turmoil and disorder" as from "Summer of to "Class of failures and the victories have been 042" the Chinese say. It is a time when credited to a few liberal heroes who 044" can bring back the "golden the imperialists are in confusion age" of U.S. Imperialism-- the were left in the middle (sic). To and realignment (just look at the be able to fight the system, years from 1945 to 1965 when the number of western powers with U.S. was the undisputed topdog students need a weanon-- that unstable governments-- U.S., France, weapon is solidarity, in the imnerialist kennel. Rather Eng1.and, Gennany and Israel.) than live-in the past, our job is This is also a time when around the always to s�� up exactly where we world, the peoples' movements are are now so we can speed up the getting stronger and winning more Future tasks will not be easy. wheels of change, not hold them victories-- from Frelimo to the back. We have to continue the struggle 3ri tish miners to the '1'1'est Virginia against Nixxon and his class, miners. The imperialists along We think the situation of the build the farmworkers struggle, with the rest of us have turned and support the Black and Indian movement today is like someone a corner-- try as they might, they who's been traveling for a long struggles in the courts (present can't go back, and we won't let ly Attica and Wounded Knee). time and finally gets to the top them. of a big hill. We can look back As the State is smashed,. we must replace it. Any government that and sum up the ground we've We've gone through a lot in the covered and we look along the excludes a people will be destroyed years since the mass struggles of by those people. road ahead and see how things are the.1960's-� the anti-war and black going to be different. liberation movement. Out of the confusion (sic) and cynicism has grown real anti-imperialist movement -- one that's still in its infancy, Just looking at the past year we that still has many weaknesses, but can see how much things have a real movement nonetheless. THE changed. 1973 began with a great FUTURE of that movement, including victory for the Indochinese people, the communist forces, the growing It ended with the people of Guinea revolutionary forces· of workers' Eissau winning their independence organizations, community groups and from imperialist control-- both the anti-state student movement is great defeats for the U.S. On going to determine how quickly the economies, there has been two imperialist leeches will be stopped Dollar devaluations and the grow from sucking the blood of the people, ing challenge of Western Europe Everywhere there are thousands of and Japan. · students still fighting the system More on Red Lion & 8. P.D. It was announced to the Blooming ton City council on June 10 that the Red Lion Inn's liquor li cense was to be suspended for two days, June 17-18. The Liquor Com� mission's announcement came in the wake of a "hushup" perpetra ted by the Bloomington Police. The judgment meted out against the Red Lion was really just a slap on the wrist-- beinq forced to shut down on a Monday and a Tuesday night. But when justice is decided in Robin Archer's case, the penalties imposed really hurt. Robin was fined $50 plus court costs for being a minor in a tavern, but the disorderly con duct charqes were dropped, Ac cording to the general complaint issued by the police "Miss Archer did use loud and profane lan guage from the time she was ap prehended in front of the Red Lion all the way to the station,• The complaint never mentioned WHEN NOT INAUDIBLE, PROFOUND? that Miss Archer's arms were being pulled up against the (CPF) At a March press conference in joint while her hands were Houston, President Nixon said, "When cuffed behind her back, The soybeans were selling for that complaint never mentioned the $14 was too high. 111en they went down loud and profane language used to $7 which is more than when by the arresting officer or $3 they were selling for his cohorts. $4." Also not mentioned was the fact (Prom Point Blank.) that the fine imposed was beyond the reach of Robin or her parent• at the time. Local Boy Makes Good In Cuba 8 ? • A by ED DICK ' I recentlyWHA returned from CubaT where BasicNO to the Cuban approach COPSto solv I, along with about a hundred other ing problems is the assumption that Northa.mericans, spent ten weeks work the good of the working people of ing, studying, and playing with the Cuba is the measure of success and Cuban people. This was with the Ven failure. Problems are attacked main ceramos Brigade. ly through the government, and since a lot of people in the U.S. have some It is difficult to express the dif wierd ideas about the government of ference between Cuba and the United Cuba, I'll write a little about it, States. The greatest differences Keep in mind that I was not there aren't in the things you can see like' studyinq Cuban government, but this food or housing, but in the way the is what I understand from discussions people of these countries consider I had, and I think that it is basic problems which come up, and the tools ally accurate. they have to solve those problems. The economy of Cuba is socialist, and its government is revolutionary Marxist-Leninist. The economy of the U.S. is monopoly-imperialist and most of our elected leaders are the servants of business. Cuba has at tacked its political, military, eco nomic, and social problems with the perspective of the Cuban working class, and the solutions have uni fied and strengthened the Cuban peo ple. Attempts by Washin9ton o.c. to solve problems in this country are made in the interest of big money, and the solut:i.ons bring us more un Workers at local grocery store employment, hlgher prices, and the weighing meat.' disunity of racism, paranoia, and alienation. national levels. The biggest differ ence between this system and our own is probably not in the specific form. In Cuba, it is a process to select a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. la the u.s., it is a process of large eCQJ'l omic interests competing for favors, with the working class always getting screwed, The Communist Party of Cuba makes the laws and directs the various Pidel'• brother, Ramon Castro. state agencies such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labor, etc, much the same as the Congress Likewi.se, the persons who determine and President do in the u.s. One government policy, the members of difference is that the membe.1."9 Qf the Conununist Party of Cuba, are se the.Party in Cuba are all workers. lected from among their fellow work They each go to their jobs every day ers because they are considered to and talk about what is happening be the most responsible people. with their -(;ellow workers. This They are not selected because they changes their attitudes, and also have money or relatives in power. the attitudes of the other workers .They are •elected because they.do so that there is a continuous inter good work on the job, have a ·good action or struggle between the Cuban attitude about giving volunteer time people and their government. Here for social projects, because they in the U.S. all we can do is hooe are interested in bettering them that �axon will ·resign, all the· selves by continuing their education, while realizing that the man who These people, all workers, all selec will tal Fi•hinq boat. Worker• make all .. policy decisions in Cuba's fish Many CUban high •chool atudenta go to classes in the morninq and ing co-opa. volunteer for field work in the aft�rnoon. 9 WORKI NG DEMOCRACY as completely as possible all aspects of the work which needed to be done. 'i'hey encouraged us to use our heads and try to figure situations out be fore we asked for help. Everybody out there was doing the most they INWe went onCUBA tour of the island for could. There was no conflict of in three weeks. During this time we terest between the workers and the visited many of the schools, fac direction. Every saturday each sub tories, agricultural projects, po brigade met to discuss their pro litical organizations, play- · duction for the Previous weel<, to aDd grounds of CUba. We had many oppor talk about prubl ms at the work sight , e tunities to walk freely through Cu and to make suggestions. We worked ban cities and talk w1th the Cuban real hard, and during the month of people. Many of us knew Spanish, April we produced of our expec 105% which helped immensely. Many Cubans ted quota. This was not taken light speak some English as they study it ly. Later, when we were on tour of in school or go to �ght school to the and visited factories, island better themselves. The idea that special attention was given us be communist countries are under police cause of our work attitude as dem rule is a myth. I saw a lot less onstrated by our meeting and exceed police in Cuba than I do every day ing our production quota. in the u.s. An old thatched hut, a symbol of pre-revolutionary poverty, is burned to make way for new hous ing. The Cuban people showed us real re spect--not because of our strength or wealth, but because they under� :!f, u.: Cuban• and Americans working stood how difficult our struggle to together to build a new school. rid ourselves of our parasitical e conomic system is. They never doubt for a moment that we will be success The village we worked on is complete ful. ly residential. When completed, it will house about 350 families, and This·:.month is the biggest holiday include an elementary school, a com on the Cuban Calender, the 26th of mercial center with stores, barber, Juiy. Twenty years ago on the 26th poly-clinic, etc. The Cubans aren't of July, Fidel led a band of revolu into expanding their cities a whole II M' An art teacher in one of Cuba's tionary soldiers in an attack on the bunch. Yet, since they have a large second· largest fortress of the Batis peasant population which is gradual worker's schools, held in the evening after the day's work. ta dictatorship, the Moncada Garrison ly leaving the farms as larger scale in Orienta Province. This was the agriculture continues to develop, beginning of the armed struggle which it is necessary for the economy to The p8ople of Cuba have strong feel put an end to imperialism in Cuba. develop decentralized work plac••· ings of affection for the people of In an effort to break down the cul the u.s. �verywhere we went Cubans tural and ideological blockade of told us this. They will fight to Cuba, the Venceremos Brigade is the death to defend their country helping the Cubans celebrate this against the aggression of the U.S. most important date by doing educa government, as many of them did in tional work on Cuba. There will be 1961.when Kennedy and the CIA invad an Expo Cuba in Champaign on the ed Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. And · 26th through the 28th of July, com they will resist the aggression of plete with a slide show of the Bri the u.s. government all over the gade. Anyone interested in CUba or world by such means as sending con the Brigade should make a point to struction brigades to North Vietnam. go. The place and time have not yet But still there is a nat11ral love been determined as of this printing, have between our peoples, for we but that info· can be had by calling shared five-hundred years of history, 828-5303 and both of us have experienced the exploitation of the monopoly capital ism which still grips our country. One of the new apartment complexes built where thatched huts once stood. Los Naranjos, the village we worked on, is a modern village, an inteqral part Of the developing Cuban economy. The houses are nice. It never gets really cold in CUba so the design is open. Construction is mostly of con The Moncada. where armed struggle crete and steel since those are most against the Batista dictatorship durable and available. The aesthet began. ics of the building are really nice. Particular attention is paid o landscaping, building arra ,ttent4 ncjhm Brigandista building forms for and playground areas. We all got a concrete foundation. good sun tans and strong backs work ing on the village. IO PIGS PUPPETS Phoeaix, Ariz. (El Malcriado/Ufs)� Grover Bob Goldwater, & brother of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, smuggles Mex ie&D "illegals" into his 4200 acre Arrowhead ranch and paya the• betweea 50; and $1 per hour. These charges were made by five illegally B11Uggled Mexicans who were work iag at Goldwater's raacb when over 40 farm workers begaa picketing the ranch on April 22. The five workers deacr1'*1 to the United Farmworkers repreautat1ves what is, 1a effect, a bl&qk market in slave labor. Several of them had walked to Phoenix fro• the Mexican border- a three day tr1p without food or water other thall what they found &loag the way. At the Goldwater ranch th• illegally smuggled workers were used aa strikebreakers and they worked 10 hours a day, six days a veelt 1a the grape Tiaeyarda. Yet their a«.. anrae;ed froa $)0 to $6o a week, 1a obvioua violatioa of the aia11NA a«• lava • ...... *******"******* '···-·········-�·······-····· (Pekia« Revi.. )- The ail1tary govemment 1n Chile baa returned to their origi.Jlal ownera a nua'bft' of u.s •• owned enterpriaee which were aatiou.llsed during tbe rule of 1ta predeceasore Alloag tbeae enterpri... are the Dow Petrochea1c&l Pl&At and the Dow D1atributia. Cor pomtion, both atfillated with th• u.s.-oned Dov Cbni· cal Corporatioa. They were expropriated on October··20, 1972. Seventy percent of the Dov Petrocbeaical Plant•• &ad all of the Dov Distributor Corporatioa' a sb&rea were held by the Dow Chemical Corporation. Earlier, th• Cb11... Corporatioa for the Developmeat of Productioa and tb• representative of the "Carrtllos Copper" Metallurgical Ce11pany, a joint Cbileaa-U.s. eaterpr1H expropriated by the former Chileaa Govemaeat laat July, signed an agreement Cl" the official return of the coapany. Five natiou.llzt '.s.-owned fi lll coapuiea operating ill Chile (Coluabia I-:! �s, Metro-Goldvyn May•r, United Artiste, 20th Century 1' � and the Interutioaal Cin._ Corporation) have also beea returned to repnaeatativea of their or1· ginal owners. ******************************************************* Atlaata, Gao (Great Speckled Bird)-- D1eth11at1lbeatrol (DES), a "aora1ag after" birth coatrol pill that 1a beiag distributed to uny voHn in the Atlanta area, especially victims of rape, is being illv.. tlgated by the Fultoa Couaty Board of H-lth. Thtt iaveatigatioa came at the insistence of Atlanta Aaaistant Chief Administrative Of ficer Reginald Eaves, the city' s representative oa the board. City officials decided to push for the probe after the Mayor' s office received dozens of calls last WO MEN week froa woaea who had been given the dng. The worried callers had aeen a television prograa which pointed out that DES had been found 1n past medical studies to be strongly linked to ca.Acer. ********************************************** ********* Anywhere, USA (Wall Street Journal)- No help for th• woUD's move111ent1 Should a company be denied the usual deductioa for advertising expeoaea tar eiiployaent ada that violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by spec ifying a sex pref eruce irreleY&11t to job requirea•ta? The Tu Refon Act of 1969 b&ra a deduction for pay• aenta d-•ed to violate public policy. But that pre hibitiea applies oaly to payments 1-.diag to cr1111inal penaltiea or loss of a buainess 11ceaae, and th• Civil R1ghta Act doesn' t include either aaactloa, the IRS rules. ********************************************* ··-·····- tl1e With a long extended rap on what he called •booqars• (•You might Back in the old days (about '69) a think a booqer is something that bunch of us would get our thri lls canes out of your nose. • • Wrong on a Spring day sinsing the •• by Damnl I loved the Mothers for their A booqer is a woman 1that looks like lyrics to and Absolutely � lyrics and elaborate experimental · something that came out of your and We• re Only In IS ill Sh!! Money jazz (of such records as Uncle � nose. •) Zappa reached a new low in imagine we were freaking out any and � Weiny sandwich) • I even offensive sexism. Even a satiric straights who happened to wander by liked the live albums-- as pointless number like •coandc Debri s,•zappa 's · and hear any of the lyrics. And to as they appeared-- .for the divine satire on qurus , reaches tor a top it off one of us would then say, vocal izations of Kaylan and Volman/ chauvinist put-down (•The price Of •wowl Can you imagine what it'd be Flo and Eddie. But this new Zappa meat has just gone up and your old like if the Mothers came .to Normal?t• of Overnight Sensation and Apost rophe lady has just gone down. •) Lame- is a pale shadow. that's all it is. Well, they came at last-- only about four years too late. Musically he and his Mothers are Ona gets the feeling watchinq Zappa still impressive . Ruth Underwood . walk through his songs that he Frank Zappa is a genius . Make no and Georqe Duke stand out particu�· doe sn't care anymore. Whan he was mistake about that. once he applied larly for their humorous and inven good nobody wanted him. When he SOllle of his craft to writing the tive percussion and keyboard work plays to the lowest of coaaon around . moat complex and biting music respectively. Jeff Simmons is a denominators, they eat him up. Hardly anyone bought it. Now with fine quitarist, and Zappa himself social satire considerably soft of course is unbeatable. Vocally Maybe I •a wronq. Maybe he 's pedalled in the ·group (and often the group is the weakest it's ever stringing his audience along to replaced with sane of the JDOst been, with Zappa 's talking style catch them in one qreat inventive pointlessly sexist lyric• in rock) wearing thin through overuse. he appears to have made it. Zappa lllincl fuck. I hope so. But in the stepped down to his mass audience 's meantime, I •m qoing back to Lyrically, the new Mothers is level, and they were hi•. liste�inq to � �· . depresainq. BS7. HEART AT TA CK AT ;AGE 40?. people. • • PIOPLB IVEJ1'l' S BJ - Williaa Joe Lee ie on the Yerge of coapleting his G.E.D. and ia going on to aajor in ausic in colJ.ege , hoping to rock the styleT-no one knows . Right on, • Lay it on Mr. Lee. usl we would like to express our condolences to the people of Centre street for the death of their cat, Stumpy, trcm a rare(I) blood disease. (�nybody with any people newa they'd like to see in ·· this paper should send it care Of this paper) • Judy Comfort, of Bloominqton 1 formerly of Izmir, TUrkey, Rabat, Morocco, Texas & Urbana , Ill. USA will tini.ah up her BA (no BS ) in Anthro pology at ISO this swimer. Conqratulationa, Judy - education speeds the revolu tionl CLASSIFIED ADS1 Then. you &ill� -lhe Oh• ! Each yea.'t l'na.b)' meb. J1k� :Younel.P Quality handcrafted DULCIMER•, only simplest musical instrument suceoinb -lo :u,. pre1tures oi' Ah vnl"e&Ji9li« a.'h.cl c:leltu.tn�>1j2ib� that there is to play. For o-!hel'& information, demonstration, 9•xual rol•,. U&J9ive lo yov!'seH' a.hcl Cye:s-lieulu� woma?'l or just to rap, Normal Musi Th>h'k &\ov� i-l. WJ.y Qhoulcl >'ttpontibili-!¥ l>• hea.pecL. "'Poh lb cal Impl..-nent Gui ld, 828-0337. 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WORKERS Maa1la (IBS)- Since u.rtial law waa decreed by Pbil1pp1ae Presid•r Ferdinand Marcos in September 1972, the aoat violent fighting betwe� goveruaeat troops and resistance forces haa been on the islaad of Mindanao and the SUlu islaad. ch&ia 1n the southem part of the country . While resistance and rebellion has hit nearly every proviace 1n the country , Marcos has directed his most vicious attacka at the Mualla rebels 1n the south. Though the Musli• rebellion is perhaps more a military threat now than resist.a.nee in other parts of the country , there are reasons why Mar coa baa -de Miadanao a priority area. to "secure". Two of the largest landowners on the Muslim islaad are the huge pineapple and su;:ar growers Dole aad Del Monte, both of which have recently announced that they willb to phase out their operation.a in Hawaii and move the• to the Philippines. In the early aprlag , about 6,000 Ha-11aa pineapple workers joined 9,000 ·sugar workers in a strike against the runaway shops . After several weeks, guaranteee for the present workers-such as severance pay and early reLireme.i1t �enefits--were won by the strike but the tide of shops headed for cheaper labor markets was not stopped. •****************************************************** Biraiagball,Ala. (Guard.1.aa)- Ia a continuing caapaiga to halt the 1aportatioa of South Africu coal, al.Jloet 2000 Alabua aiaera Jue 18 picketed the BiraiJlghaa (Typists' notes Oa Noveaber 12, 1974 the UMW'a coatracta headquarters the Alabula Pover co., a wholly owa9d of with a nWlber companies will run out. UMV Presideat subsidiarJ' the iaportiag fin, the Southern Co, Oa of of Arnold Miller will head up the negotiations for the rank the picketllae, rank aad file ainer Bill McDaniela and flle 111aers. A ujor strike this winter 1s possible, pledged that Alabula aiaers will keep oa p:rotest!Jlg and every •ajor industry and utility would feel its this coal uatil it is s:topped. "Thia is only the effects. In view of our uacertain natioaa.l econo�y and beg1an1.ng. Ve understaad this is slave labor coal its runaway inflatioa, the UMV must win 1n the negotiations a.ad the workers of South Mrica get only $3 a day to provide its rank aad file and their f&11ilies soae alld have to live crowded t�etber in concentratioa financial security for the period 1n the new contract.) caapa. Ve wlll be dOlfll • the docks 1a July to atop \be coal-e.nd we expect tbe loagahoraen will be ******** * '( · �· ·---****--*******************************-******* ··· --=------Larl'!J Goniok/apf HAVB A BOVL 07 HOT BUIGARl ALTERNA TI VE ****************-***-******************************** NE WS BRIEFS • : 13 CUL TURED KORNER FOLKS GATHER AT COLFAX & FUNKS GROVE About 50 people came and went to By Sunday the conditions had changed, a small musical gathering just ' and the music was moved outside. A north of Colfax June 22 & 23. bit too cool to just sit and watch, No doubt more would have come if many people played volleyball or the weather had not discouraged it. just meandered. The musicians de cided the only way to keep war11 was Held at a small farm house owned by to play and �hey did so. Music waa friends of the fifty, the people e continuous throughout the weekend. vent developed into a rather happy and pleasant experience• There was · Sunday, July 14, E>eople gathered beer enough for many and everyone once again at a Funks Grove farm seemed to be content with their for music, beer, creek s�imming share of the grog. and the roasting of a rather good pig. Far from beeing a scenario The people gathered on a Saturday from Lord of the Flies, folks ac and Sunday to enjoy music and quainted themselves with each other friends. The music was provided and came to feel close to each by friends and almost everyone ·shook other ,as . the day drifted on. a tambou rine or cooked on a cowbell in what came to be a "peoples ' jam• . Two grimey-carboned generators provided electricity for a band Rain threatened and ended the pos of local-yocal musicians who were sibility of havi ng the affair out soon overcome by beer and heat side Saturday. But with the aid of but nevertheless, enjoyed them a good barn that did not leak and selves immensely. a rather large hay loft, everything seemed quite cool , and, as a matter Through the collective efforts of of fantasy, it would� 't have been the organzers and the people involved same without the rain. the both Of these events pleasant and enjoyable. There seemed to be no thing but good vibes in the air and plenty of receptive lungs to breathe it in. Excerpt from Help i'm being held Dear Post and others, pr isoner on � dying pl anet In memory of the planet earth, I am standing where dirt used to be writing a book about the events on the stench filled shores of mystery leading up to the final rotting- while meanwhile individually when the last crumby, capitalist see the love of - microbe consumes the final bit of eating .you eating me non-h��an life on this planet (an entree to the actual elimination of exit seems quite dangerously our ra ce}. 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Failure of rehabilitation is quite ...... common. Many truths of the penal .=� institution are hidden from the i11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 .. public. This is why most penal Who made a speech in the people's systems are carriers of regr ession. hall. Jails as well as penal systems are As who was speakinq for all and quite comman , as both are systems all. of criminal justice, with no real Life is short and very sweet self-help programs and teach nothing It1s getting hard to stand on our more than how to survive. two feet. Time is rough Could the public of brotherhood People can It get enough really say jails and .institutions are isolated worlds, kept at a We say it's him, but we put them i WE'RE distance from society. The general Pushing each down to get to the top It's all turning into hArd rock. brotherhood wouldn 't have the first thought of this because no holes or breakthrough can be found in this Truly, system. This only les :� to who is BJ William Joe Lee the structure of t�e isolated system, - RM. 40484 and why has there been great regres sion instead of development . Those who have no voice wish they LATE FOUR-WHEEL ANARCHISTS had voices, like those who want to l break the key from the star heros I just want to know if all those tat that obtain the iso1ated system. assed big car• I saw going 65 to The madness of the star can take 70 mph on the hiqhwaya last july 4th week go�d people away and the goal for end. in Violation of the President's some can never be reached. Why wishes and law and in jeopardy of my You almost didn't see this issue. can't natural living be completed drivinq life (which was going 55 mph ) when it's all so. unlike life. belong to the same asshole• who sup It was originally (rather optimis port. persecution and arrest of tically) suppo sed to come out weeks If we point the finger� sure sane I am kid cauqht smoJcing a jay and ago I Lack . of able and willing some of us know who's who, So poor threatening nobody, - - - a reader. bodies and the summer heat almost later. kept this paper from coming out altogether! Simply1 it was ...... � ...... hell to get this issue outl The work isn't hard . It's just that there 's a lot of itl More almost than our limited staff was capable H�ly.' of doing! (A lot of regulars are either away for the summer or for good. ) So what does this mean? It means that unless we can get more people by fall, the Post-Amerikan may not come .out! 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