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From Black Teamsters’ Caucus: Farrakhan to address occupy Crawford By Dustin Langley Black labor Langley from Crawford While the events of the past few weeks have proven By Chris Silvera Aug. 17—People have converged here from all over—I just spoke to that the Pentagon is not capable even of successfully Chair of the Teamsters someone who drove overnight from Atlanta. Everybody’s walking occupying the Green Zone in Baghdad, as of Aug. 16 National Black Caucus around with so much enthusiasm. It’s a tangible feeling that we’re at the the anti-war movement in this country has success- center of something—of a movement that can really grow and stop the The Teamsters National Black fully occupied Crawford, Texas, the home of President war. I’ll be sending updates to Workers World. Visit www.workers.org. Caucus is an organization of Black George W. Bush. trade unionists fighting to defeat This remarkable development, which has given the discrimination inside and outside U.S. anti-war movement a new burst of vitality, is due of the International Brotherhood of largely to the efforts of Cindy Sheehan. Teamsters. We believe in educating Sheehan is from Vacaville, Calif. Her son Casey Sheehan was and activating the rank and file. killed in Baghdad’s Sadr City on April 4, 2004. Shortly after her Across The Honorable Minister Louis son died in Iraq, Sheehan co-founded the group Gold Star the U.S.: Farrakhan, on behalf of the Millions Mothers for Peace. Camp Caseys More Movement, will be addressing A message on the Gold Star Families Web site says, “We the delegates attending the Cau- want our loved ones’ sacrifices to be honored by bringing our spread 6 cus’s 30th Annual Educational nation’s sons and daughters home from the travesty that is Conference and Banquet. Our con- Iraq IMMEDIATELY, since this war is based on horrendous IRAQ CONSTITUTION: ference will be held at the Hyatt lies and deceptions.” Oil wealth & women’s rights 7 Regency, McCormick Place, Chi- Sheehan vowed to occupy Crawford while she was addressing the annual Veterans for Peace convention Dallas on Aug. 5. She cago, on Aug. 16-21. Minister PALESTINE: Farrakhan will be the Keynote Continued on page 6 Historic achievement, new dangers 9 Continued on page 4

TEXAS EFFORTS World Youth Forum IN HIGH GEAR ‘Don’t execute challenges U.S. imperialism Frances Newton!’ 3 By Julie Fry and learn from delegations Caracas, Venezuela from other countries.

Fry is a national leader of the youth group FIST— U.S.-Cuban SAN DIEGO COUNTY Fight Imperialism, Stand Together. delegations meet One of the most significant & LONG ISLAND The 16th World Festival of Youth and Students, held of these meetings took place United stand against this year in Caracas, Venezuela, officially ends tomorrow between the large Cuban dele- immigrant bashers 5 —Aug. 15—after a week of demonstrations, seminars gation—which included more and various festivities. The conference was hugely suc- Continued on page 7 cessful, drawing more than 15,000 participants from over 40 different countries. President Chávez CUBAN 5 RULING The largest delegations, apart from the huge group of Venezuelans, were the Colombians and Brazilians. Their delega- MARCH ON THE WHITE HOUSE Confirms climate tions combined accounted for more than 5,000 of the Festival’s We have the power of fear in Miami 8 participants. Countries such as Angola, Syria, Palestine, Vietnam BRING to do it THE End the and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) TROOPS SEPT 24 Occupations also sent significant delegations. HOME of Iraq, NOW! Palestine, Throughout the week, delegations from all over the world Afghanistan HEALTHCARE expressed their solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution of NOT WARFARE SUBSCRIBE TO Venezuela. NO DRAFT SHUT NO WAY! The thousands of Venezuelan delegates and volunteers who EDUCATION WORKERS WORLD NOT were responsible for the tremendous success of the Festival OCCUPATION In NYC call for Trial subscription: $2 for 8 weeks IT’S OUR Stop Threats offered countless insights into the developing society in Military Recruiters Against bus tickets at: One year subscription: $25 FUTURE Out of Our Schools THE Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, 212.633.6646 Venezuela. North Korea NAME and Africa International delegates toured neighborhoods here in Caracas Stop the War Against the U.S.OUT Black, Stop the Troops Out ADDRESS and went on trips to the various provinces. During these tours, of the Latin@, war on Philippines, HOUSING women & Puerto Rico Arab &Muslim lesbian, Now Coalition local Venezuelan citizens explained some of the many new social and Haiti Communities NOT gay, bi, WAR trans CITY/STATE/ZIP BOMBS Call or come in programs that have been instituted during the revolution. people to volunteer: EMAIL PHONE They explained and showed some of the progress that has been Support the 39 W. 14 St. WORKERS WORLD NEWSPAPER made in their own communities in matters such as education and JOBS Palestinian People’s #206, 55 W. 17 St. NY, NY 10011 212-627-2994 literacy, medical care and housing. NOT DOWN! Right to New York, NY www.workers.org WAR Return The Festival also gave participants the opportunity to meet JOIN THE MILLIONS MORE MOVEMENT OCT 14,15,16 troopsoutnow.org F b ti k t ll Page 2 August 25, 2005 www.workers.org

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In the U.S. Are conditions ripe Anti-war movement occupies Crawford ...... 1 Farrakhan to address Black labor ...... 1 1965 Watts Rebellion: Are conditions ripe today? . . . 2 again today? ‘Stop the execution of Frances Newton!’ ...... 3 Leonard Peltier message ...... 3 Detroit City Council supports exiled revolutionary. . . . . 3 By John Parker Their communities had systematically been looted by Voting Rights struggle generates optimism ...... 4 South Los Angeles the system and its wars. Are the conditions that facilitated rebellion ripe now? On the picket line ...... 4 Unity against anti-immigrant forces...... 5 August 11th marked the 40th anniversary of the 1965 Repression, racism, poverty Day laborers set up ‘Hooverville’ ...... 5 Watts Rebellion, or “riot,” as the Los Angeles Times Support grows for Somerville 5...... 5 referred to it in reporting on a commemoration held here In terms of police violence, here are some incidents in ‘Camp Casey’ actions spread across the U.S...... 6 last week. recent years: Cuban Five ruling confirms climate of fear in Miami . . 8 Conservatives and liberals in the media emphasize the Maria Peña and her father, Jose Peña, were killed for violence and “looting” over and over again, and sparingly no reason by the LAPD in Watts. NCAA to limit racist team names and mascots . . . . . 10 L.A. sheriffs shot 150 rounds at an unarmed man in a talk about the poverty preceding the rebellion. Rarely, if Around the world Compton residential area; stray bullets flew into peo- at all, is police brutality mentioned, nor the systematic eco- World Youth Forum challenges U.S. imperialism . . . . . 1 ple’s homes. nomic oppression here in South L.A. How new Iraqi constitution compares to old one . . . . 7 13-year-old Devin Brown, who was unarmed, was killed And what about war? In 1965, as again today, a U.S. war Campaign to free seized Cuba aid hits the road . . . . . 8 was hurting working and poor people at home and threat- by an L.A. cop. Palestine: Historic achievement, new dangers ...... 9 ening the quality of life, especially in oppressed commu- Margaret Mitchell, a mentally ill homeless woman, was Gas prices fuel 1-day strike in Haiti...... 9 nities. And, like today, the corporate media and both con- killed by L.A. police. Mass firing sparks Heathrow walkouts ...... 11 servative and liberal politicians refused to call for an Tyisha Miller was shot to death by L.A. police while sit- immediate end to the Vietnam War, thus allowing its dam- ting in her own car waiting for help to fix a flat tire. ‘The truth about Zimbabwe’ ...... 11 age to compound year after year, especially for the most The most recent rebellion in L.A. was caused by the Editorials oppressed. police beating of Rodney King, which was caught on video- NARAL was right! ...... 10 The L.A. Times, in reporting on the commemoration in tape. Watts, was quick to point out individual cases of violence Many more cases of police brutality happen on a daily Noticias En Español perpetrated by “rioters,” yet failed to mention the killings basis in Watts but don’t get videotaped. El Pentágono gasta $500 millones en tropas en África 12 and brutality committed by the police. What about economic racism against the community of Madre de soldado ultimado en Irak confronta a Bush 12 In fact, the Watts Rebellion was prompted by an act of Watts? The Greater Los Angeles United Way and Urban violence by the LAPD. The Aug. 26, 1965, issue of Workers League have filed a report regarding the state of Black peo- World newspaper carried a report from a community ple in Los Angeles in 2005. Here are some of the findings: WW CALENDAR activist titled: “Report of Forty-four percent of Black high LOS ANGELES. to struggle against imperialism. 7 Rebellion—Straight from the school students fail to graduate with pm. (Dinner at 6:30) At 55 W. 17 L.A. Battlefield.” It gave a their class in four years. Black peo- Sat., Aug. 20 St., 5th Fl., Manhattan. For info close and personal view of the ple have the highest rate of home- Street meeting/rally. “Shut the (212) 627-2994. War Down!” 2 p.m. at CNN, 6430 events. lessness and make up an estimated Sunset Blvd. (at Cahuenga). Fri., Aug. 26 “Wednesday afternoon 30 percent or more of the county’s Sponsored by International Action Workers World Party meeting: Center-LA (323) 936-7266. Solidarity with immigrant workers, (Aug. 11): Two blood brothers homeless population. They have the with leaders from the Mexican got in their car and started to highest overall death rate and NEW YORK. immigrant workers' and day labor- ers' struggles; plus a report by drive off. They were stopped receive longer prison sentences than Fri., Aug. 19 Sharon Eolis on her international within a block by a C.H.P. other groups. Workers World Party meeting: The solidarity fact-finding mission to FIST youth group will report on the Philippines.7 pm. (Dinner at (California Highway Patrol- In terms of household income, the World Festival of Youth and 6:30) At 55 W. 17 St., 5th Fl., man). The driver had left his Blacks have the lowest median Students just held in Caracas, Manhattan. For info (212) 627- license at home; some kids on household income—$31,905, as Venezuela, where 20,000 pledged 2994. WW front page, Aug. 26, 1965 the block ran back to the compared to $53,978 for whites. In Workers World brothers’ house, told their mother what had happened. terms of racist violence, although Blacks account for just 55 West 17 Street She walked down to the scene and everything was cool. 10 percent of the county’s population, 56 percent of racial New York, N.Y. 10011 The C.H.P. was okay and was getting ready to let the broth- hate crimes target Blacks. Phone: (212) 627-2994 ers go back home when up drove some Los Angeles Police Like the editors of the L.A. Times, many liberals spend Fax: (212) 675-7869 Department cops acting like Gestapo troops. a lot of time blaming youth and crime within Watts for the E-mail: [email protected] “They threw one kid over the hood of their car very lion’s share of its problems. Even within Watts, some who Web: www.workers.org roughly (you know, spread eagle). Up to this point the have bought into this Reaganite logic blame welfare, which Vol. 47, No. 33 • Aug. 25, 2005 mother was on the side of the cops, but when this hap- they say has made residents weak. What is pre-supposed Closing date: Aug. 17, 2005 pened to her son naturally she objected. Then they turned in this blame is that changing the situation in Watts Editor: Deirdre Griswold on her. When one of the cops kicked her, it was on. depends on whether Black people can change their Technical Editor: Lal Roohk Brothers started coming off rooftops and out of holes in destructive behavior. What they need to do, say these folks, Managing Editors: John Catalinotto, LeiLani Dowell, the ground to get in on it….” is get political power by registering and voting. Leslie Feinberg, Monica Moorehead, Gary Wilson That type of humiliation and brutality by police was Once again, what liberals and apologists for this system commonplace leading up to the rebellion; in this case it who use these patronizing and racist arguments refuse to West Coast Editor: John Parker occurred once too often. see are the facts that belie any of their solutions. Contributing Editors: Greg Butterfield, Not only was community violence small compared to In the report mentioned before, the Urban League and Fred Goldstein, Teresa Gutierrez, Berta Joubert-Ceci, police violence, but the economic destruction by the “loot- United Way analyzed what they called “civic engagement.” Milt Neidenberg ers” was minute compared to big business’s attacks on the Black people in Los Angeles received the highest score of Technical Staff: Shelley Ettinger, Maggie standard of living of Watts residents. At that time, accord- all ethnic groupings measured, including whites. 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By Gloria Rubac was executed by Texas and then- Reprinted from www.leonardpeltier.org, Houston Gov. George W. Bush in 2000. the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. The facts have never been pre- The mobilization to stop the execution of sented before a court of law. Aho my relations, Frances Newton is in high gear and grow- The evidence showed that As I sit here in my solitary confinement cell at USP ing by the day. Her execution is set for 6 Newton’s husband was shot at Terre Haute, and reflect over the past month’s events, I p.m. on Sept. 14. point-blank range in his temple. His can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of love and Frances Newton would be the first blood and brains spewed out onto gratitude for each and every one of you who have so African American woman executed in the the killer, who left drops of blood on diligently stood by me in this time of crisis. As you already know by now, on June 30, 2005, I was trans- state of Texas in over 100 years. Although the carpet into the children’s room ferred from Leavenworth Facility to Terre Haute USP. Texas leads the country with 346 of the 979 where they were shot. The reason for my transfer, according to the Federal executions since 1976, Texas has executed Yet Frances Newton had no Bureau of Prisons administrative staff, was that the only two other women: Karla Faye Tucker blood on her body, her clothing, her Leavenworth Facility was downgraded from maximum and Betty Lou Beets. car or on anything she possessed. security level to medium, and therefore I could not Houston is Newton’s hometown. Her The police admit there was no remain at Leavenworth due to my illegal sentencing and family still lives in the Acres Home neigh- cleanup done in the apartment. consequent maximum security rank. borhood where she grew up. All over the They also admit that they tested I was transferred without notification to my attorney, city people are organizing. They are sign- Newton’s hands shortly after the Barry Bachrach, and my family. Upon my arrival to Terre ing postcards to the governor to stop the execution. murders and that the test showed she had not fired a gun. Haute I was placed DVDs of Frances Newton speaking are being shown at The police say there were nitrites from gunpowder at in solitary confine- ment and was told churches and mosques and on university campuses. E- the bottom of the long skirt she was wearing. Yet no traces that I would remain mail appeals are going out around the world. Houston’s were found on her hands, sleeves or sweater. That means in solitary confine- Pacifica radio station is putting out urgent appeals for she would have had to bend over and shoot from ankle ment until my per- Newton’s life as public service announcements and as height. The test used to determine the presence of nitrites sonal file arrived. My part of their programs. did not determine whether they were from gunpowder. personal file arrived, Newton’s supporters will gather in Austin, the state Nitrites can also come from fertilizer. On the day of the but I remain in soli- capital, on Aug. 27, for a march to demand the execution murders, Newton had picked up her daughter at her tary confinement be stopped. Demonstrators will march to the governor’s uncle’s house where they had been working in the garden. allegedly for security mansion and encircle it with yellow crime scene tape. The Earlier this year, when the current attorneys requested reasons. I am con- committee will put Gov. Rick Perry on notice that if he that the court allow testing of the skirt to find the source fined to a cell that is allows the execution to proceed, he will indeed be guilty of the nitrites, the request was denied because the state’s 8’X 8’; it has a win- dow that is covered of a crime: killing an innocent person. previous test had destroyed the nitrite evidence. Also, the from the outside On Labor Day weekend, the Committee to Free now-discredited Houston Police Crime Lab stored her with an elaborate Frances Newton will do outreach and visibility at a skirt with her murdered family’s clothing, thus cross- shield that allows Houston festival that celebrates, promotes and preserves contaminating all the evidence. me to see 2-3 inches Self-portrait by Leonard Peltier the history and culture of the African American of the sky out of the Sunnyside community. Organizers expect more than How you can help top and 2-3 inches of the ground. All prisoners are sup- 20,000 to attend. Frances Newton recently told a Dutch journalist: “It’s posed to get at least one hour of sunlight or outdoors On Sept. 7, the Committee to Free Frances Newton and been very difficult, but knowing that I am innocent, it and so I am taken from my cell to what is called a the Campaign to End the Death Penalty will co-sponsor gives me hope and it gives me courage to fight and believe Recreation Room (Rec Cage), and the only sun or out- a forum at the University of Texas in Austin on women that the truth will come out. I’ve been discouraged by the doors that I see is from some windows high up in this and the death penalty. Newton’s mother, Jewel Nelms, court system and the low standard they hold attorneys large room with a few air holes in them. I am able to walk up and down and this fulfills the one hour of sun- will be the featured speaker. to. So to say that I have hope in the court system itself, light or outdoors recreation time. no I can’t say that.” Let the facts be heard! Whatever the system’s logic is, it seems that I won’t Organizer Njeri Shakur says: “We agree with Frances stay in Terre Haute for much longer and will be trans- The Houston district attorney says Newton murdered that the court system does not deserve our faith. But what ferred again. I do not know when and where, nor do I her husband and two children in 1987 for insurance the committee has faith in is the power to make changes know if this cruel game will be over after another trans- money. The Texas Innocence Network, whose attorneys through struggle and unity. As Shaka Sankofa, executed fer. After all, removal and relocation have been used to representing her, say that she is innocent, and that there in Texas on June 22, 2000, said: ‘The odds and the dan- break our people from the beginning of this country’s is no physical evidence, no motive and no time when she gers we face in the struggle are great. But even greater is history. This keeps my Defense Committee from taking could have killed her family. the power of the people.’” the necessary steps to re-establish an office, but they Her current appeal also stresses that she would not be Support letters can be sent to: Frances Newton, #922, are doing everything they can to help me in this most on death row today if not for her court-appointed, totally Mountain View Unit, 2305 Ransom Road, Gatesville, TX precarious and uncertain situation. ... A month in solitary is beginning to take a toll on me incompetent attorney, Ron Mock. Mock’s representation 76528. Check out the website www.freefrances.org to but your letters give me much hope and encouragement. of Shaka Sankofa in his 1981 trial is one reason Sankofa order DVDs of Frances Newton speaking, and to send Many of you have written, e-mailed and called USP Terre postcards or e-mail the Texas governor from this site. Haute and other organizations. This has brought some You can also contact Gov. Rick Perry at Office of the improvement to my solitary confinement. I am now get- MARXISM, REPARATIONS Governor, PO Box 12428, Austin, TX 78711-2428, ting my medications on a daily basis, I can write out, I & the Black Freedom Struggle Phone: (512) 463-2000, Fax: (512) 463-1849. am receiving my mail, and I am allowed one phone call a month. I am allowed contact visits for those persons Including writings by Mumia Abu-Jamal: authorized on my visiting list. The contact visit is Harriet Tubman: woman warrior restricted to a two-hour period, and is conducted Mumia Abu-Jamal (Guest Commentary) Detroit City Council through a glass pane and a phone. I am allowed to visit Greetings from Mumia Abu-Jamal with my attorney without those restrictions. to the 3rd UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, supports exiled At this time I am asking that you continue to call/ Xenophobia & Related Intolerance write/e-mail ... requesting that my security level be downgraded to medium due to my health, age and good Racism, national oppression & the right to self-determination revolutionary behavior and that I be transferred to a medium security Larry Holmes institution with all my hard earned prisoner privileges restored. In case I am transferred please add the new Black labor from chattel slavery The Detroit City Council unanimously to wage slavery Sam Marcy facility (keep checking our official Website: passed a resolution declaring July 17, www.leonardpeltier.org) to your contact list and ask Reparations & Black Liberation 2005, “International Hands Off Assata Monica Moorehead them to respect my human rights and prisoner privi- Day” in support of the African American leges. Again, I thank you for your support and prayers Black labor & the fight for reparations freedom fighter, Assata Shakur. July 17 is Bill Cecil and hope that I may one day soon be among you. Shakur’s birthday. Alabama’s Black Belt: Legacy of slavery, sharecropping and segregation The resolution included a brief In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, By Consuela Lee (Guest commentary) synopsis of Shakur’s political history, Leonard Peltier

Black farmers demand justice including her being a target of the FBI’s racist Counter Monica Moorehead Intelligence Program (Cointelpro) during the 1960s and 1970s. URGENT UPDATE: Peltier writes, “On Aug. 15, I was Nigerian women take over Chevron Texaco The resolution denounced the $1 million bounty put on transferred to USP Lewisburg in Pennsylvania.” Monica Moorehead Shakur’s head by the U.S. government May 2 to encourage her The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee urges: Nigerian women’s takeover ends in victory being kidnapped from Cuba. She has been living in exile there “Please contact USP Lewisburg to make sure Leonard Monica Moorehead since her escape from prison in the United States in 1984. regains all his hard earned prisoner rights, especially Causes of turmoil in Jamaica To read the resolution in its entirety, go to Pat Chin PART I PART II PART III his religious rights, visitations, regular phone calls and www.workers.org/2005/us/resolution-0825/. The driving force behind the land seizures ability to paint.” Contact: Warden, USP Lewisburg; —Monica Moorehead Monica Moorehead phone: (570) 523-1251; fax: (570) 522-7745; Order from Leftbooks.com $4.50 leftbooks.com carries “Assata: An Autobiography” e-mail: LEW/[email protected] Page 4 August 25, 2005 www.workers.org Letter to the editor ON THE PICKETLINE By Sue Davis Voting Rights struggle Youngstown strikers win! The editorial, circulation and classified workers at Youngstown, Ohio’s Vindicator newspaper walked a generates optimism picket line for 261 days-through winter blizzards, spring showers and summer sizzle. But their determi- I went to Atlanta on Aug. 6, to par- Million Worker March Movement, were there, along with the two rival nation and solidarity paid off bigtime when they ticipate in the march and rally cele- written by MWMM leaders Clarence sections of the labor movement. signed a new three-year contact on Aug. 3. brating the 40th anniversary of the Thomas and Saladin Mohammad, There were some small peace groups Before and during the early months of the strike, passage of the Voter Rights Act and were distributed to hundreds of rank- and an anarchist group, as well as a Vindicator’s owners refused to bargain and offered no agitating for extending the law and-file members of both factions. banner from Planned Parenthood. raises, even though the workers hadn’t had a raise in beyond 2007. I had been asked to rep- The leaflets, headlined, “Racism & Most of the talks from the dais, five years. But the workers appealed for community resent my union, Local 375 of the sexism: major pillars of the crisis in particularly the white Democratic and labor support, and Vindicator’s circulation and American Federation of State, County the U.S. trade union movement,” Party speakers such as House Min- advertising revenue took a nosedive. and Municipal Employees, one of the went so quickly that I saw only a blur ority Leader Nancy Pelosi, were very Members of Newspaper Guild Local 34011 forced larger public-sector unions in New of hands reaching out. forgettable, in contrast to those from Vindicator to the bargaining table. In addition to York City’s District Council 37. There was genuine unity and a mil- Jesse Jackson and a few members of raises of 45 to 63 cents per hour and signing bonuses, I estimate the march at between itant resolve to defend the Voting the Black Congressional Caucus. the new contract offers language protecting newsroom 15,000 and 20,000—at least 90 per- Rights Act against the racist, right- AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, jobs and establishes a joint union-management com- cent African American. Giving out wing Bush administration strategy to introduced by Jesse Jackson, was the mittee to iron out workers’ issues. “These were long, fliers and marching with the scrap the law. Also significant, the first speaker. He gave a tepid talk on tough, protracted negotiations, but we achieved things AFSCME contingent, one of the lar- marchers were determined to expand the Voting Rights Act and raised no we didn’t think we could accomplish,” said Bernie gest, I got a good view of the other the Act and extend voting rights to other issues. Andy Stern of “Change Lunzer, the Guild’s international secretary-treasurer, contingents and the spirit of fight- immigrants and the undocumented. to Win,” in my opinion, also missed who participated in the negotiations. back. The NAACP was the largest, There was a sense of the need for unity the boat. His energetic repetition of “Was it worth it? Absolutely,” said Local 34011 with delegations from all across the to resist the Bush administration’s the “Change to Win” slogan didn’t President Tony Markota in an Aug. 9 news release. South—from Mississippi, Louisiana wars and occupations in Iraq and appear to resonate with the anti-war “We established that you have to negotiate to settle a and Arkansas to North Carolina. The Afghanistan, and the war at home sentiment of the crowd. contract; otherwise the consequence can be a strike. In members of the Arkansas NAACP against the entire working class, It was clear that Andy Stern, pres- the future, management will have to take bargaining contingent wore AFSCME union organized and unorganized. ident of SEIU, and John Sweeney seriously and not presume that they can bully their shirts and hats, a dramatic illustration This was a bold challenge to their were insensitive to the crowd’s mood way through it.” of the civil-rights movement’s close leaders, to Democratic politicians, of fight-back. Both Sweeney and Markota noted that management was “just stunned” connection to the union movement. and labor officials. Civil rights and Stern appeared to be more concerned when only 20 out of 170 members crossed the picket Right behind the NAACP were the civil liberties, and fighting racism, as with avoiding offending the pro- line in nearly nine months. “Change to Win” unions that recently well as strong opposition to the war, imperialist Democratic Party politi- But that proves, once again, the power of union soli- split from the AFL-CIO. In the lead were at the top of their agenda—the cians on the stage than with making darity. were a large number from the Service motor force that brought them to a timely appeal to a sympathetic anti- Employees International Union, fol- Atlanta. Bush, anti-war audience. lowed by a substantial contingent When I arrived at the stadium— The composition of the march and Qwest workers from UNITE HERE, and a group site of the rally—I was pleasantly sur- rally lifted the spirits of this move- from United Food and Commercial prised that the first speaker, just ment veteran. I came away physically authorize strike Workers. The Teamsters leadership before the main rally, was Louis tired but politically refreshed. The The 25,000 Qwest workers represented by the was noticeable by its absence. Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam. incredible “unity in diversity” was the Communications Workers Union in 13 states voted The largest union marching was Right next to the AFSCME tent on the very picture of what we are striving overwhelmingly to strike if a fair contract was not the AFSCME contingent. Within the stadium infield (the largest), was the for. It reminded me that all social, reached by Aug. 13, the day the contract expired. AFL-CIO they are the most hostile tent staffed by the Nation of Islam, economic and political change starts As of Aug. 15, however, they opted to work while sector to the recent split. But the fac- advertising the Millions More March from below. The march and rally con- negotiations continue. tionalist rhetoric of both factions at on Oct. 14. tained a seed of future unity that is The major issues at stake: Qwest’s demands to shift the recent AFL-CIO convention in The International Action Center essential to defeat this imperialist health-care costs onto workers and retirees, increase Chicago was completely absent due had a banner, and IAC activists dis- system. A lot more needs to be done, mandatory overtime and to cut pension benefits. The to the overwhelming feeling of cama- tributed thousands of fliers for the but the future could be clearly seen by union bargaining team delivered petitions from more raderie among the thousands of par- pro-Palestinian, anti-imperialist those who chose to look. than 10,000 active and retired workers calling for the ticipants, overwhelmingly African section of the Sept. 24 anti-war —Mike Gimbel, company to maintain its current health benefits. American. demonstration in Washington, D.C. Executive Board member, During a number of job actions throughout the dis- Copies of a statement from the Many civil-rights organizations Local 375, AFSCME trict, which runs west from Minnesota to Washington state and south to Arizona, workers reminded man- agement that “we are the front line, not the bottom FROM BLACK TEAMSTERS’ CAUCUS:. line,” and that the high-quality service the workers provide is essential to Qwest’s success. Farrakhan to address Teachers join Black labor Wal-Mart boycott Continued from page 1 must protect and enhance Social The two biggest teacher unions flunked Wal-Mart Security and multi-employer pension Speaker at our banquet on the on Aug. 10 when they joined a “back-to-school” boy- plans which should be guaranteed for evening of Aug. 20. cott organized by the Food and Commercial Workers. all working people. Education is a In Chicago, we pick up the torch The 2.7-million-member National Educational right, not a privilege. that was carried so valiantly by the Association, the biggest U.S. union, and the 1.3-mil- Common cause has brought us late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lion-member American Federation of Teachers urged together to build a movement power- The clergy, the civil rights warriors, parents to buy school supplies elsewhere to protest the ful enough to affect social and eco- the anti-war movement and Black billion-dollar retailer’s unfair labor practices. nomic justice. This movement must Labor have joined together to mobi- Holding rallies in 32 cities, the unions demanded be built and led by the “millions who lize the working class to “forge a fight- that Wal-Mart boost wages, provide adequate health carry the rich on their backs.” We benefits and abide by child-labor and anti-discrimina- back.” WW PHOTO: LIZ GREEN must let Wall Street corporate The Million Worker March Move- Chris Silvera and son, Bashiri, at tion laws. In 2005 Wal-Mart was fined for violating bosses, who control both political ment and the Teamsters National 2005 May Day rally child-labor laws in three states. Class-action lawsuits parties and run our government, Black Caucus have joined with the charging racist and sexist discrimination are currently know that we will not accept the theft tirelessly to improve the wages, ben- Millions More Movement to put for- in litigation. More information about Wal-Mart’s anti- of jobs, resources and the future of efits and working condition of all ward a workers’ agenda with a list of worker practices is available at www.walmartcost- our children instead of the rebuilding workers. demands which includes workers’ syou.com. of our cities and the full restoration Besides being chair of the and human rights; the right to a job In a separate protest on July 20, two dozen labor of vital public services. Teamsters National Black Caucus, with a living wage; the right to organ- activists crashed a dinner party thrown by Wal-Mart The membership of the Teamsters Silvera is also secretary-treasurer ize; the right to strike without being CEO Lee Scott at a posh Washington, D.C. restaurant. National Black Caucus comprises of Teamsters Local 808. The Inter- replaced; the right to national health The activists handed out literature detailing how tax- officers, stewards and rank and file national Brotherhood of Teamsters care; the enforcement of civil rights payer money subsidizes Wal-Mart’s low wages and labor activists. The organization con- has 400,000 Black members. against all racist and discriminatory calling on people to sign a pledge not to buy school tinues to stretch forth its hands in Silvera was one of the co-coordina- acts; the right to affordable housing, supplies at Wal-Mart. To take the pledge, visit support of all worthy actions that tors of the Oct. 17, 2004, Million and an end to the war in Iraq. We www.wakeupwalmart.com. uplift all workers. TNBC has worked Worker March on the East Coast. www.workers.org August 25, 2005 Page 5 San Diego County Unity against anti-immigrant forces By Bob McCubbin were joined by Latin@ families from the San Diego apartment complex across the street. Many held signs reading “¡Caza migrantes The city of Carlsbad, Calif., in northern no pasarán!”—meaning “Immigrant San Diego County, was the scene of a hunters are not welcome here!” racist, anti-immigrant rally on Aug. 11. Members of San Diego FIST—Fight Inside the auditorium, an audience of Imperialism, Stand Together—and the racists cheered each speaker’s virulent San Diego International Action Center attacks on immigrant workers. held a banner with the message “¡La But outside, a united protest of batalla de los obreros no tiene fronteras!— Mexican, Chican@, Muslim and white No borders in the workers’ struggle!” progressives gathered to denounce the Police in large numbers from all over hate-fest. San Diego County mobilized. Their The racist, immigrant-bashing program attempts to provoke protesters were featured U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo of unsuccessful, although as the protest drew Colorado, who recently suggested that the to a close, a racist complained to the police United States should bomb Muslim holy that he felt threatened by the Latin@ peo- sites in the Middle East; James Gilchrist, ple standing across the street. The police co-founder of the anti-immigrant Minute- responded by charging the community men project; and California State Sen. Bill residents standing in front of their homes, Morrow, who hopes to replace super-mil- forcing them inside. itarist Randy “Duke” Cunningham in the The struggle for justice for immigrant U.S. House of Representatives. Cunning- workers, both documented and undocu- ham is currently under federal investiga- mented, and against racist terror is heat- WW PHOTOS: GLORIA VERDIEU tion for reportedly personally profiting ing up in San Diego County. The day from his votes in favor of federal defense before the racist Carlsbad rally, a commu- Latino men, all unarmed, in Vista. Three announced a second San Diego border contracts for the MZM Co., which is owned nity meeting against police brutality took hundred people gathered to denounce the mobilization beginning on Sept. 16, by a personal friend of his. He has place in the neighboring town of Vista. In police and demand an end to police terror Mexican Independence Day. A united announced he will not run for reelection. the space of five days, in three separate against communities of color. movement is mobilizing to challenge Anti-racist forces who rallied outside incidents, police had killed three young The anti-immigrant “Minutemen” have them. Support growing for Somerville 5 By the Women’s Fightback Network Boston

Demanding the immediate reinstate- The Commit- ment of the Somerville 5 into Somerville tee to Defend High School, supporters picketed outside the Somerville 5 the offices of School Superintendent has stated that Anthony Pierantozzi on Aug. 5. Chanting, this is an exten- “Youth need schools, not racist police!” sion of racial and, “Say no to racism in our schools,” profiling into picketers received lots of support from the school sys- passing motorists. tem. The stu- A delegation met with Pierantozzi on dents have been Aug. 12 to press for reinstatement of the found “guilty

Somerville 5. The delegation included until proven WW PHOTOS: LIZ GREEN African American leader and Boston City innocent.” Picket outside the court house on Aug.9 hearing for the Somerville 5. Councilor Chuck Turner, the Rev. William Coaches and Dickerson from Greater Love Tabernacle teachers have sent letters of support on Church of Dorchester, parents of the behalf of the five youths. Three hundred Somerville 5 and representatives from the students signed a petition for their rein- Committee to Defend the Somerville 5. statement. More than 200 people in the Day laborers set up Supporters and families of the Somer- space of one week contacted the past ville 5 are angry that the five Black superintendent’s office to demand the youths—Calvin Belfon, Cassius Belfon, same. ‘Hooverville’ Earl Guerra, Isiah Anderson and Marquis Other groups that are behind them are Anderson—have been barred from attend- the Nation of Islam, NAACP, Massachu- Day laborers evicted from ing school since April 20. That night they setts Association of Minority Law Enforce- yet another house in were victims of racial profiling and police ment Officers, the Women’s Fightback Farmingville, Long Island, in brutality at the hands of white cops in Network and the International Action New York, have set up a campsite in the backyard. As Medford, Mass. They were punched, Center. of mid–August, the town has clubbed, maced, called racist names and “These youth are not a threat. The real closed seven day laborers’ arrested. threat is racist police,” Robert Traynham homes. Officials say they Medford police claim that the youths of the Committee to Defend the Somerville plan to close 117 more. The were harassing customers in a Store 24. 5 explains. “We demand that school offi- workers set up a campsite But the clerk on duty that night has said cials stand behind our youth of color by similar to the “Hoovervilles” that there was no disturbance in the store. acknowledging that racial profiling and that homeless people cre- Other witnesses say the same. police brutality exist and that our youth ated during the capitalist Yet the school superintendent, with the are victims of it. depression of the 1930s. The principal’s backing, suspended the five “We demand that they allow these town now plans to prosecute indefinitely. youth to continue their education. Racist the day laborers for “illegal camping.” None of the five has ever had any prob- policies like these force our children out — Photo and story lem in school. They have good academic into the streets, unemployable, and ripe by Heather Cottin records and are outstanding athletes. for the military recruiters or ending up in None has any prior criminal record. prison.” Page 6 August 25, 2005 www.workers.org ‘Camp Casey’ actions

spread across the U.S. DETROIT. By Monica Moorehead New York

By demanding a meeting with President George W. Bush regarding her son Casey’s death in Iraq, Cindy Sheehan has helped galvanize the anti-war movement here and worldwide. Sheehan and hundreds of her support- ers have set up “Camp Casey” on the out- skirts of Bush’s Texas ranch to force a face- to-face meeting with Bush. With every passing day, more and more people who are fed up with the war are making their way to Crawford by car, plane and other NEW YORK. modes of transportation. WW PHOTOS: DEIRDRE GRISWOLD Sheehan’s efforts go way beyond just seeking justice for her son, Casey—a GI PHILADELPHIA. who was killed five days after he arrived in Iraq in 2004. She demands that the United States get out of Iraq now, and also that Israel get out of Palestine. She has CECI JOUBERT WW PHOTO: BERTA spoken out against “American imperial- ism” and also for the impeachment and jailing of Bush for war crimes. The Troops Out Now Coalition took the initiative to urge the U.S. anti-war move- NEW YORK.

BUFFALO NEW YORK. ment to quickly organize “Camp Casey” sign reading “Camp Casey New York.” solidarity actions to help build more Activists have vowed to stay in the park momentum against the war and the eco- until Aug. 17. nomic devastation that it is causing at Larry Holmes, co-director of the Inter- home. national Action Center, told the crowd that WW PHOTO: ELLIE DORRITIE Cindy Sheehan is playing a role reminis- New York City cent to the one played by Rosa Parks 50 Hundreds of people gathered here at years ago when Parks refused to give up Union Square Park in the Village for an her seat on a segregated bus in Mont- impromptu rally on Aug. 15. A symbolic gomery, Ala. Parks’ heroic stance ignited tent was set up during the rally, with a the massive modern-day civil-rights No refuge for Bush: anti-war activists occupy Crawford

Continued from page 1 this war on trial.” between the motorcade and the demon- ford. Across the United States, local said, “That lying bastard, George Bush, is She left Dallas with a busload of veter- strators painted a a clear picture of which organizers are mobilizing delegations to taking a five-week vacation in time of ans and anti-war activists and has since class pays and which profits from Bush’s join the occupation of Crawford as part of war.” been camped out near Bush’s ranch. She agenda of endless war. a new wave of opposition to the war. She announced that she would go to says she intends to stay until the president That day Bush told reporters: “I think In a Newsweek poll released Aug. 14, 64 Bush’s 1,600-acre ranch in Crawford and meets with her, she is arrested or the end it’s important for me to be thoughtful and percent of those asked said they do not camp out until he “tells me why my son of August. sensitive to those who have got something believe the war in Iraq “has made Amer- died in Iraq. I’ve got the whole month of So far, Bush has refused to interrupt his to say. But I think it’s also important for icans safer.” Sixty-one percent said they August off, and so does he.” five-week vacation to meet with Sheehan. me to go on with my life, to keep a bal- disapprove of the way the president is han- As 200 veterans stood and cheered, she He has other priorities. anced life. ... dling the war. said: “My son was killed in 2004. I am not For instance, on Aug. 13 his motorcade “I think the people want the president This opposition is fueling those who are paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my sped past the grieving woman and the to be in a position to make good, crisp taking to the streets and pursuing Bush son, George Bush, and I don’t owe you a 800 crosses lining the road, whisking decisions and to stay healthy. And part of right to his home. penny. ... You give my son back and I’ll Bush to a multi-million-dollar my being healthy is to be outside exercis- Those who can’t go to Crawford are tak- pay my taxes. Come after me and we’ll put Republican fundraiser. The contrast ing. So I’m mindful of what goes on ing action locally. The Troops Out Now around me. On the other hand, I’m also Coalition initiated a call for an Aug. 15 day mindful that I’ve got a life to live and will of solidarity actions with Camp Casey do so.” across the United States, as a way to esca- On Aug. 14, he again sped by Camp late the pressure on Bush. “Camp Caseys” Casey, as Sheehan’s roadside encamp- were set up in dozens of cities across the ment is known, on his way to a Little United States, including New York City, League game. Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit and Char- Meanwhile, from a gathering of a few lotte, N.C. Other organizations planned dozen activists, the crowd at Camp Casey for candlelight vigils on Aug. 17, with more has grown to hundreds. Veterans of the than 1,000 actions scheduled. current war, military families, active-duty One military parent from Ohio who military personnel and activists from all traveled to Crawford said: “Every voice over the country have answered the call to that comes behind Cindy Sheehan sparks “come to Crawford!” a new voice, and someone else stands up. Sheehan has become a worldwide sym- Someone else is not afraid anymore.” bol of opposition to the war. Solidarity ral- This demonstrates where the real power lies have been held as far away as New of the movement is: in taking to the Zealand. streets. Cindy Sheehan has sworn to fol- Over the Aug. 13-14 weekend, more low Bush to Washington in September than 500 rallied in Crawford. Demonstra- when he finishes his vacation. The anti- tors included members of Iraq Veterans war movement must also be there to con- Against the War, Veterans for Peace, Gold front Bush and demand, “Bring the troops Star Mothers for Peace and Code Pink. home now!” Despite smears by far-right hate media Langley is a Navy veteran and a and threats of violence by Bush support- national organizer for Troops Out Now ers, people continue to pour into Craw- Coalition. www.workers.org August 25, 2005 Page 7

On oil and women's rights How new Iraqi constitution

WW PHOTO: CHERYL LABASH Detroit compares to old one By Deirdre Griswold teed to all citizens, according to the law.” made progress since the late 1960s in movement. Holmes said Sheehan could be This is the article under which women reducing regional disparities, although referred to as the “Rosa Parks” of the anti- As the old saying goes, you can’t make were to achieve tremendous progress in they were far from eliminated ... . war movement. a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. education and employment in Iraq. Was Accordingly, in the mid-1980s the gov- Other speakers told the crowd that “no The spinmasters who try to invent a the constitution really carried out, or was ernment made plans to expand Salah ad business as usual” tactics must be decent rationale for all the destruction and it just an empty document? Din University in Irbil in the north and to deployed to shut down the war in Iraq, and pain caused by the invasion and occupa- There are many, many sources to show establish Ar Rashid University outside also reminded the crowd about the impor- tion of Iraq are searching for flattering that Iraqi women under the previous Baghdad. The latter was not yet in exis- tant anti-war demonstration in Washing- words to describe the content of the new regime advanced the furthest of any coun- tence in early 1988 but both were ton, D.C., on Sept. 24. constitution—a document that still has not try in the Middle East. But perhaps the designed ultimately to accommodate been finalized, despite the expiration of a source that would appear most credible to 50,000 students. In addition, at the end of Camp Caseys nationwide U.S.-set Aug. 15 deadline. The various fac- people in the United States is “A Country December 1987, the government announ- At “Camp Casey Philadelphia,” held at tions seeking to be U.S. imperialism’s Study: Iraq,” issued in 1990. This book, ced plans to create four more universities: the federal building in Philadelphia, favored partners in the plunder of the according to its foreword, is “one in a con- one in Tikrit in the central area, one each Michael Berg, whose son Nicholas was country are still slugging it out over how tinuing series of books prepared by the at Al Kufah and Al Qadisiyah in the south, also killed in Iraq, spoke about the courage much power each group will have in the Federal Research Division of the Library and one at Al Anbar in the west.” that Sheehan demonstrated. “I would state structure. of Congress under the Country Studies/ The whole system of education was pro- even go to jail if it would bring my son The word “democracy,” of course, Area Handbook Program sponsored by vided by the government, free of charge. back,” Berg said. appears in the media again and again. the Department of the Army.” (http:// Medical care was also the best in the Slogans on signs included: “100,000 “Rights for women” were once touted as a lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html) Middle East. That’s what oil wealth can do Iraqis, 1,800 U.S. soldiers and the Truth— goal of the occupation regime, but they The U.S. government commissions the for a country when its natural resources all casualties of Bush’s war for oil.” have quietly faded away. One thing is for preparation of this series of books, which are not in the hands of foreign capital. In Las Vegas, an Army recruiting station sure, however: the right of foreign oil com- cover virtually every country in the world. However, what was recognized as a right was forced to shut down when 25 protest- panies to fatten off Iraq’s copious natural Known as the Country Studies, their pur- in the old constitution will not be in the ers, organized by the Peace Now anti-war resources will be in the constitution in the pose is to provide U.S. military, diplomatic new, “democratic” one. coalition, formed a picket line around it. tightest lawyerly language possible. and intelligence officers with relatively The Country Studies book observes that Other solidarity actions took place in What will be missing from this docu- accurate information about the areas to in the 1980s, as a result of Iraq’s war with Boston, Detroit, Miami, San Francisco, ment are the social guarantees that once which they are sent. If U.S. spies, generals Iran—a war encouraged by Washington Atlanta, Phoenix, Portland, Ore., Kansas existed in Iraq—before two U.S. wars and and ambassadors had to rely on the disin- because of U.S. imperialism’s fear and City, Mo., Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y., the present occupation tore down the formation about these countries that is hatred of the Iranian Revolution—the Traverse City, Mich., and countless other economy of this oil-rich country and conveyed by presidential statements and shortage of men led to an acceleration of cities, large and small. imploded its infrastructure. the mass media, they would be ill-pre- women moving into positions of authority On Aug. 17, an estimated 1,000 candle- The last Iraqi constitution was enacted pared for their jobs. in Iraqi society. light vigils against the war are scheduled in 1970. Its economic and social provi- Here’s what this book had to say about “In the mid-1980s, observers reported to take place around the country. On the sions were the product of the 1958 anti- Iraqi education: “Between 1976 and 1986, that in many ministries the overwhelming same day, in Baltimore, the All People’s colonial revolution that had kicked out the the number of primary-school students proportion of employees were women. Congress is organizing a send-off rally for British colonialists. Article 13 stated very increased 30 percent; female students Foreign contractors have encountered Eddie Boyd, an African American veteran clearly: “National resources and basic increased 45 percent, from 35 to 44 per- women supervisors on huge construction who counsels homeless veterans. He will means of production are owned by the cent of the total. The number of primary- projects, women doctors in the hospitals, be traveling to “Camp Casey” in Crawford. People.” This is the article that laid the school teachers increased 40 percent over and even women performing law enforce- The Los Angeles International Action basis for Anglo-U.S. imperialism’s undy- this period. At the secondary level, the ment roles. This emancipation—extraor- Center, along with the Filipino organiza- ing hatred of the Iraqi state. It made it number of students increased by 46 per- dinary for an Arab country—was sanc- tion Bayan-USA and the Korean youth unconstitutional for any foreign oil com- cent, and the number of female students tioned by the government, which organization Mindullae, will be sending a pany—whether ExxonMobil or British increased by 55 percent, from 29 to 36 per- expended a significant amount of propa- delegation to Crawford on Aug. 20. Petroleum—to own any part of Iraq’s vast cent of the total. Baghdad, which had ganda publicizing the role of women in Other solidarity actions are being oil and gas resources. about 29 percent of the population, had 26 helping to win the war.” planned in mid-August. Another article of the 1970 constitution, percent of the primary students, 27 per- Will the U.S. Army generals of today Sheehan, who has vowed to stay in Article 19 on Equality, contained two sec- cent of the female primary students, and admit to any of what their own researchers Crawford until the end of August while tions: “(a) Citizens are equal before the 32 percent of the secondary students.” said about Iraq in 1990? Not likely, since Bush is on vacation there, will be joining law, without discrimination because of On how education was developed the Pentagon has to portray everything thousands of protesters in Washington, sex, blood, language, social origin, or reli- throughout the country, the book says that about Iraq under Saddam Hussein as D.C. on Sept. 24. gion. (b) Equal opportunities are guaran- “The Baath regime also seemed to have “evil” in order to justify its criminal attack on the country. All these accomplishments of Iraq were destroyed by the Bush administration’s World Youth Forum challenges U.S. imperialism invasion and occupation that began in March 2003. The infrastructure had Continued from page 1 tance of escalating the struggle to free the and on how youth in the U.S. are made to already been deeply compromised, of Five at this critical time. bear the brunt of the U.S. government’s course, by the first Gulf War in 1990 and the than 1,500 people—and the U.S. delega- The final major political event of the illegal wars. years of economic sanctions that followed. tion. Festival is the two-day-long anti-imperi- When Dowell said that youth in the U.S. The U.S. has so demonized Iraq’s The meeting took place Aug. 12, only a alist tribunal Aug. 13-14. There, represen- look to Cuba and Venezuela as positive leader, Saddam Hussein, that it is consid- few days after both delegations received tatives from countries that have been vic- examples and that we need to build revo- ered subversive here even to mention the news that the Cuban Five imprisoned in tims of U.S. imperialism are presenting lution in the United States, she received social progress that was made during those the U.S. will receive a new trial outside of testimony and evidence of the crimes com- thunderous applause. days. Hussein was a bourgeois nationalist Miami. [See related article, page 8] mitted against their people by the U.S. The highlight of the tribunal was the leader in a country trying to emerge from The meeting was an opportunity for government. testimony of Venezuelan President Hugo foreign domination. He was no more both delegations to exchange information Representatives from Colombia, Haiti, Chávez at its closing on Aug. 14. He pre- bloody than the leaders in the United about the Five and to explore what could Cuba, Vietnam, Korea, Palestine and sented evidence of the role of the U.S. gov- States who presided over its early years of be done to build more solidarity and ulti- many other countries are speaking about ernment in trying to destroy the slavery, the extermination of much of the mately free these Cuban heroes. the atrocities that have been perpetrated Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Indigenous population, and the wars of The esteemed panel at the meeting and continue to be carried out by the Chávez explained how the CIA had expansion against Mexico, Cuba and the included Aleida Guevara—eldest daugh- Pentagon and the CIA. orchestrated the April 2002 coup against Philippines. However, the crimes of U.S. ter of revolutionary leader Che Guevara. Fernando Suarez del Solar, father of the him and that the U.S. government was presidents during that period are excused Two of the Cuban Five’s children took part first GI killed in Iraq, testified about how responsible for threats to his life. in our history books by the rapid industrial in the panel—Tony Guerrero, eldest son of the U.S.-imperialist-led war in Iraq has But he affirmed that there was no way development of the country. Antonio Guerrero; and Irma González, the affected his family. for the U.S. to stop the Bolivarian The development of the Iraqi nation elder daughter of René González. LeiLani Dowell was invited to speak as Revolution from moving forward. after the 1958 revolution is also a fact, and The two U.S. panelists were Bonnie the representative of youth in the U.S. FIST sent a sizable delegation to the the intervention of the Western imperial- Massey, a leader of the Venceremos She testified on Aug. 13 on the effect of Festival. Look for more detailed reports ists has dealt a criminal blow to the aspi- Brigade, and FIST leader LeiLani Dowell, imperialism on youth in the U.S., partic- from FIST members on the various signif- rations of the Iraqi people. It is no sur- who also works with the National ularly on youth of color. icant activities during the Festival in prise, therefore, that most of them support Committee to Free the Five. She presented evidence on the racist upcoming editions of Workers World and the resistance that is dealing hammer All of the panelists stressed the impor- and anti-poor tactics of military recruiters visit www.workers.org. blows to the occupation forces. Page 8 August 25, 2005 www.workers.org Cuban Five ruling confirms climate of fear in Miami By Teresa Gutierrez The attorneys for the Five had been sub- charge of housing loans, was “concerned ject to harassment. Even Paul McKenna, how … public opinion might affect [his] The Aug. 9 ruling by the 11th the court-appointed lawyer for Gerardo ability to do his job.” Another stated that Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Hernández, was accused by Jose Basulto he believed that “Castro is a communist the Cuban Five was as surprising as it in the courtroom of being a communist dictator and I am opposed to communism was groundbreaking. spy and an agent of the Cuban intelligence so I would like to see him gone and a The five are Antonio Guerrero, service. Basulto was trained by the CIA for democracy established in Cuba.” Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Antonio Ramón Fernando the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and other In February of 2001, five months after Hernández, Fernando González and Guerrero Labañino González terrorist activities against Cuba. He is a the trial had begun, a demonstration René González. After monitoring the leader of Brothers to the Rescue, an inno- against the Five was held outside the actions of right-wing Cuban groups in cent-sounding name for a group that has courthouse, adding to a tense climate. Gerardo Hernández provocatively flown its planes into Cuban The court noted that in March, cameras Florida that have a history of terror- René González ist acts against Cuba, they were air space. were focused on the jurors as they left the arrested in 1998 and charged with con- The court wrote: “Our review of the evi- building. Jurors reported they felt pres- spiracy to commit espionage and murder. Free the dence at trial is more extensive than is typ- sure and were concerned they were being They were tried in the highly politically ical for consideration of an appeal involv- filmed “all the way to their cars and [that] charged atmosphere of Miami. Ruling on venue ing the denial of a motion for change of their license plates had been filmed.” The new ruling, issued 16 months after is unprecedented venue. This is so because the trial evidence The decision cites another study that their lawyers filed an appeal, was based on Leonard Weinglass, itself created safety concerns for the jury supported the motion for a new trial. Con- the lower court’s denial of their motion for noted civil rights attorney and the lawyer which implicate venue considerations. ... ducted by a legal psychologist, it showed a change of venue, as well as several other for Antonio Guerrero, said of the decision: “The evidence submitted in support of that “49.7 percent of the local Cuban pop- due process violations. “This is really an historic opinion. Never the motions for change of venue was mas- ulation strongly favored direct United The convictions and sentences for all before in the history of the U.S. has a sive,” the court wrote. States military action to overthrow the Five were overturned by this decision. Federal Circuit of Appeals reversed a trial Castro regime.” Ominously, 26 percent of Studies reveal atmosphere The three-judge panel determined their court’s finding with respect to venue. This the local non-Cuban population and 8.1 of intimidation trial had been unfair and unanimously is a first. This is a remarkable decision that percent of the national population sur- ordered that any new trial not be held in will be studied in law schools and cited in The decision cited a study conducted by veyed favored this action. the Miami area. future cases throughout the country.” Florida International University Professor Another study conducted by Dr. Lis- In the 93-page decision, the court Weinglass told the press that he believes Gary Patrick Moran. The Moran study andro Perez of Florida International Uni- states: “They [the five] appeal their con- the decision will especially impact cases illustrated the overwhelming anti-Cuba versity concluded that “the possibility of victions, sentences, and the denial of involving the rights of those accused in so- sentiment that exists in Florida. selecting 12 citizens of Miami-Dade their motion for new trial arguing … that called war on terror cases. It showed that 69 percent of all respon- County who can be impartial in a case the pervasive community prejudice In the decision the judges cited over 100 dents and 74 percent of Latino respon- involving acknowledged agents of the against Fidel Castro and the Cuban gov- incidents showing that Miami was a hos- dents were prejudiced against persons Cuban government is virtually zero….” ernment and its agents and the publicity tile environment for the trial. The court “charged with engaging in the activities Media contaminated the jury surrounding the trial and other commu- determined the trial was not fair because named in the indictment.” Over one third nity events combined to create a situa- of “community prejudice, extensive pub- said they would be worried about “criti- The role of the media in contributing to tion where they were unable to obtain a licity and prosecutors’ inflammatory cism by the community if they served on an unfair trial was well documented. The fair and impartial trial. remarks.” a jury that reached a not-guilty verdict in media often would request names of “We agree, and REVERSE their convic- “The perception that these groups could a Cuban spy case.” jurors. tions and REMAND for a retrial.” harm jurors that rendered a verdict unfa- One potential juror—David Cuevas— Copies of the Miami Herald covering the While the struggle to free the Cuban vorable to their views was palpable,” it stated that he “would feel … intimidated case were found in the jury assembly room. Five is far from over, the ruling is a historic stated, after describing how evidence at and maybe a little fearful for my own The ruling cites the district judge in the decision that brings them one step closer trial disclosed “the clandestine activities of safety if I didn’t come back with a verdict case, Joan Lenard, who said she was to home. One of the most conservative not only the defendants, but also of the that was in agreement with what the “increasingly concerned” that various per- courts in the country delivered a favorable various Cuban exile groups and their Cuban community feels. I would probably sons connected with the case were not fol- ruling as a result of overwhelming evi- paramilitary camps that continue to oper- be a nervous wreck, if you want to know lowing her order to refrain from giving out dence, as well as the international strug- ate in the Miami area.” the honest truth.” information or opinions, based on the gle to expose the truth about the case. Another potential juror, a banker in “parade of articles appearing in the media….” As the case continued, media attention grew. Anti-Cuba elements held a press Campaign to free seized conference outside the courthouse during a lunch break. The decision points out that much of Cuba aid hits the road this case took place during the highly pub- licized struggle to get the Cuban right- wing in Miami to release Elián Gonzalez By Teresa Gutierrez Cubans as intended. Barrios and Diane Baker met to show so he could be returned to his father in A recent statement from IFCO/Pastors solidarity with anti-war protester Cindy Cuba. Elián is the 6-year-old boy who was In another sign of a “perfect storm” of for Peace explained that in the last few Sheehan, who set up the encampment to found alone, clinging to an inner tube, in support brewing for Cuba, the group weeks those who stayed at the border demand that Bush be held accountable the Straits of Florida after his mother had Pastors for Peace announced that it is tak- established a very strong presence in the for her son’s death as a soldier in Iraq. died at sea trying to reach the mainland on ing its struggle to win the release of McAllen, Texas/Hildago, Mexico area. Ellen Bernstein of Pastors for Peace, a makeshift raft. humanitarian aid for Cuba on the road. They have won support from area who is also on the caravan in Texas, told It also points out other discrepancies Last month, on July 21, the humanitar- churches and community groups. Workers World that the caravan has during the trial, such as a lack of seating ian aid headed for Cuba was seized at the “We have received extensive local been extremely helpful in talking not for the families of the Five, while there was U.S./Mexican border by the U.S. govern- press coverage,” they report. “Just about only about the computers and the travel ample seating for right wingers, who were ment—U.S. Customs and Border everyone here knows who we are and ban but also the Cuban 5. The bus they put directly behind the prosecution. This Protection officers. why we are in town.” are on, she said, has pictures of the five added to the partisan and tense climate in They reportedly received their instruc- But it’s become clear, they added, that on it, and Texans around the state are the courtroom. tions from U.S. Customs, and are refus- the decision to free the equipment is not asking about the case. In July and August several of the Five ing to return the 43 boxes of computer a low-level one that will be made in The Pastors for Peace campaign will had again appealed for a new trial and a equipment and 12 computers that were Hildago. “We were told,” they write, continue on to Alice, San Antonio, change of venue. They pointed out that, earmarked for Cuban children with spe- “that the order to seize the computers Dallas, Houston, and Austin, Texas, and after a seven-month and very complex cial needs. was given from a very high level of gov- to other cities that hosted the caravan as trial, the jury had failed to ask questions In spite of this repressive government ernment, as high as the White House.” it made stops along its trip to Cuba. and instead issued a quick verdict. action, the 16th Pastors for Peace caravan Understanding where the pressure While they’re on the road, the activist was able to cross the U.S.-Mexico border needs to be applied, IFCO-Pastors for presence in Hildago will be maintained. What next for the Cuban Five? at the Hildago/Reynosa International Peace has announced that the next phase Supporters from Mexico and the United The next step in the case of the Five is Bridge, with 140 tons of aid and most of of the struggle will be to take the cam- States plan to hold weekly vigils on the to wait for the response of the U.S. the 11 vehicles and 150 members and paign to free the seized aid on the road. bridge every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to Attorney in Miami, who can appeal the travel on to Cuba. One of the first stops was Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. decision. Bail could be set or denied. The Seven members of the caravan stayed “Camp Casey,” set up outside President To see photos and video clips about court has determined that the Five, who with the seized materials to continue the George W. Bush’s “Summer White this important campaign, and for more have been scattered in prisons across the campaign to win the release of the seized House,” his ranch in Crawford, Texas. information on how you can be a part of equipment and ensure that it gets to the There, the Revs. Lucius Walker, Luis it, visit: www.pastorsforpeace.org. Continued on page 11 www.workers.org August 25, 2005 Page 9 PALESTINE: Historic achievement, new dangers

By Sara Flounders Israel as a state was financed and sup- Resistance could not be broken the tens of thousands of uprooted ported as an outpost for protecting impe- Since the first Palestinian Intifada, or Palestinians who have lived for decades as Israel’s decision to pull 8,000 settlers rialist interests in the heart of the Arab uprising, began in December 1987, Israeli refugees. out of the Gaza Strip has historic implica- world. Israel couldn’t have lasted a day, let troops have been increasingly bogged While dismantling its illegal settle- tions for the future, not only of Zionism, alone 57 years, without massive infusions down in efforts to quell the revolutionary ments and military bases in the Gaza Strip, but for U.S. domination of the Middle of U.S. economic and military aid. struggle for Palestinian self-determina- Israel will still maintain a full-scale sea, air East. With this funding Israel could be tion. The most extreme tactics—bulldoz- and land siege of the territory. Their plan For decades Israel, armed to the teeth counted on to attack any popular move- ing homes, massive round-ups, detention is for Gaza to remain an open-air prison by Washington, could be counted on to ment that threatened U.S. corporate inter- and torture—were used. Despite 38 years under Israeli control. serve U.S. corporate interests and protect ests in the region. The U.S. was willing to of militarized occupation, the resistance Israel’s greatest fear is that the the vast profits extracted from this region. give billions of dollars to maintain endless could not be uprooted. Palestinians will take full advantage of the It has been a key part of the Pentagon’s war and instability in the region. Since its Now Zionist leaders find they cannot pullout of the military bases and do as strategic architecture that has allowed creation in 1948, the Israeli military has continue the occupation of both the West much as possible with their new situation. U.S. imperialism to politically and eco- invaded, bombed or occupied Egypt, Bank and Gaza Strip. The mood of continuing resistance in Gaza nomically dominate the entire region. Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. The Gaza Strip is an impoverished, is visible in signs there that read: “Today But consider the situation now. Expansion, aggression and expulsion of sandy strip of land that is a mere five miles Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem and the West Today there is an upheaval in the most the Palestinian population have been the wide by 25 miles long. In the midst of the Bank,” and “Resistance wins—let’s go on!” reactionary wing of the Zionist movement guiding policy since 1948. Following the 1.3 million Palestinians living there, in one Struggle continues about the Aug. 15 deadline for withdrawal 1967 war, Israel seized Jerusalem, the West of the most densely populated pieces of of 8,000 Israeli settlers from Gaza. Splits Bank and the Gaza Strip. Giant, heavily land in the world, Israel established 21 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the archi- and resignations rend the Tel Aviv govern- militarized forts—euphemistically called heavily fortified settlements. In the midst tect of the settlement policy and guilty of ment and the military. “settlements”—were established in the of great poverty, posh villas were built for the most brutal attacks on the Palestinian At the same time, U.S. troops are West Bank and on the Gaza Strip in viola- 8,000 settlers. people, did not initiate this withdrawal out bogged down in Iraq. They face more than tion of United Nations conventions and But rotating tens of thousands of Israeli of any recognition of or respect for 65 sabotage attacks a day. There is insta- international law. Settlements that now soldiers into Gaza to protect these settle- Palestinian rights. bility and chaos surrounding the Aug. 15 hold more than 250,000 people were built ments from Palestinian resistance fighters It is a political calculation to aggres- deadline for the presentation of a U.S.- to surround Jerusalem and cut it off from became untenable for the Israeli state and sively expand settlements in the West engineered constitution. the West Bank. for its backer, U.S. imperialism. Bank, especially those surrounding Jeru- And in the U.S., support for the Penta- The settlements were not just a mobi- Through the most brutal forms of pres- salem, while abandoning isolated settle- gon occupation is falling. According to a lization of religious fanatics. Every possi- sure—followed by negotiations, bribery ments that are difficult to sustain. While CNN/Gallup/USA Today poll this month, ble financial incentive was used to lure and endless promises of some form of the media focus on Gaza, the construction which echoes other surveys, a 55-percent Israeli settlers to Gaza and the West Bank. Palestinian state—every effort has been of the three-story high Apartheid Wall, majority now feel the U.S. “made a mistake Homes were far larger while rents were made to divide the resistance and open a which makes ghettos of Palestinian towns in sending troops to Iraq.” Some 56 percent much cheaper than inside the 1948 bor- civil war in the Palestinian movement. and villages, will continue. say some or all GIs should be brought ders of Israel. Having failed to do that, the Zionist Sharon makes no secret of his strategy. home now. (csmonitor.com, Aug. 1) The Israeli state carried out the confis- movement is at war with itself. “The settlement blocs will continue to The individual and collective resistance cation of Palestinian land. They built exist. I will not negotiate on the subject of seen for decades in Palestine is being repli- schools, daycare centers, shopping malls Phony sympathy for settlers Jerusalem. The blocs will remain territo- cated today on a larger scale in Iraq. and subsidized industries and agribusi- The corporate media in the U.S. are giv- rially linked to the state of Israel,” he told The fact that Israel is forced to withdraw ness. Electrified security fences and rings ing enormously sympathetic coverage to Israeli television on Aug. 10. “At the same from even an inch of confiscated of cement walls surrounded these subur- the settlers as they are uprooted from their time, there will be no return of Palestinian Palestinian land is a victory of the stead- ban enclaves. Further stretches of Pales- fortified suburban enclaves. Yet those refugees to Israel.” fast Palestinian resistance. It is an achieve- tinian land were confiscated to build mil- who took over Palestinian land by force This is clearly a strategy carried out in ment of historic dimension. itary posts and bypass roads and to clear will receive $300,000 in relocation the closest coordination with the Bush security perimeters. Tens of thousands of expenses, paid by U.S. taxpayers, and new administration. Sharon reiterated in an Imperialism and Zionism Israeli troops were stationed in the Gaza homes in other settlements, also built on Aug. 12 news conference, “I prefer to reach Historically, Zionism as a political Strip and the West Bank. stolen land. an agreement with the Americans rather movement has always been tied first to All of this was financed with billions of There is no sympathy in the media for British and then to U.S. imperialist power. dollars of U.S. aid. Continued on page 10 Gas prices fuel 1-day strike in Haiti By G. Dunkel demonstration in Cap-Haitien, the sec- militants who peacefully resist against the to kill us? No. Has Cuba sent arms and sol- ond-largest city in Haiti. It demanded an coup-napping of Feb. 29 [2004] bandits, diers to kill us? No. We say, Long live On Aug. 8, the Association of Owners end to the military occupation by UN while the biggest gangster in the country, Venezuela! Long live Cuba! Long live the and Drivers of Haiti (APCH) held a troops, which are in Haiti under orders of Andy Apaid [Haiti’s richest businessman], International Tribunal on Haiti. countrywide, one-day strike over a the imperialist-controlled Security Coun- has given arms and money to the “The PPN declares that ... it is not ready sharp, unannounced increase in fuel cil, and the return of Jean-Bertrand Labanière gang to kill people living in Cité to sell its conscience, that it has just one prices. Jean Winston Bazile, spokesper- Aristide, the popularly elected president Soleil. Why don’t they arrest him? ... destiny, to fight for the total liberation of son for APCH, said, “This is a warning who was kidnapped and forced into exile “Has Venezuela sent arms and soldiers our country.” strike, asking for the collaboration of the in February 2004 by U.S. troops. The date people. Our next step will be to park all was chosen to mark the 90th anniversary our minivans in front of the offices of the of the first U.S. occupation of Haiti. Ministry of Commerce and the National The march gathered in Rond-Point HAITI A Slave Revolution Palace. Because we cannot continue to Samori, a poor neighborhood, and The Haitian Revolution is a singular event in function this way.” proceeded to Notre-Dame Square without history. Never before or since has an Changeux Méhu, president of APCH, incident. enslaved people risen up, broken their added, “We are determined and we can- Another, similar demonstration was chains, and established a new state. Haiti not continue to enrich rulers who take held in Valières, a small city in northeast was a beacon of hope and inspiration to the enslaved Africans of the United States. no consideration of the precarious life of Haiti. the poorest sectors of Haitian society. It While the people’s struggle continues, Drawing from a wide range of authors, is necessary that this change; we can’t however, some politicians who claim to experts, and historical texts, this book reveals the intertwined relationship tolerate such acts.” speak for Fanmi Lavalas, the party created between the U.S. and Haiti, and the untold by Aristide, have registered it in the fall The people who use the APCH mini- stories of the Haitian people’s resistance to elections and intricate political maneuver- vans, which supply the only mass transit the U.S. aggressions and occupations. available throughout Haiti, supported ing fills the fancy hotels of Port-au-Prince. Includes Ramsey Clark, Edwidge Danicat, The PPN released a statement on July the strike, even though it forced them to Frederick Douglass, Ben Dupuy, Paul 28 on the situation inside Haiti: “Today, walk to work. “We have had enough. We Laraque, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Pat Chin, Greg can’t accept such a situation, which despite massacres and genocides perpe- Dunkel, Sara Flounders, Stan Goff, Kim Ives, increases our misery,” was a typical trated by George Bush, in Iraq, Afghan- Fleurimond Kerns, Maude Le Blanc, Sam response of those interviewed. (Haïti- istan, Palestine, Haiti, he believes he can Marcy, Franz Mendes & Steve Gillis, Felix Progrès, Aug. 10) call progressives ‘terrorists.’ But the world Morriseau-Leroy and Johnnie Stevens. On July 28, the National Popular Party has never known a terrorist of such a hor- 225 pages, photos, bibliography & index (PPN) and Fanmi Lavalas held a major rible character as George Bush. They call $19.95 Order online from ww.leftbooks.com Page 10 August 25, 2005 www.workers.org NCAA to limit racist team names & mascots NARAL was right! —in postseason orse trading is as common in search of Google News for “Eric Washington today as it once Rudolph” turns up only 1,230 recent By Mahtowin into larger-than-life, or smaller-than-life, Hwas in Cheyenne. Deals are hits; a search for “NARAL” turns up non-human beings.” made between Democrats and Repub- 3,830.) The National Collegiate Athletic Associ- Some of the offending institutions such licans to add this provision to that bill, The point of the NARAL ad was to ation’s Executive Committee announced as Florida State have produced Native or let a nomination to a powerful post show that Roberts has a history of oppos- Aug. 5 that it would prohibit some colleges people to say that they approve of the use go through, in exchange for some quid ing abortion—although he is downplay- with what it terms “hostile or abusive” of the team names or mascots. This is a pro quo. ing it during the nomination process. Indian imagery from hosting post-season typical racist tactic used to confuse the It appears that the deal is in for And that he is soft on the violence basketball tournaments beginning in public and to hide the fact that many Congress to go along with Bush’s nomi- against clinics that provide abortions, February 2006. Native people reject the idea that the use nation of Judge John Roberts to the along with other health services for Eighteen team names and mascots— of Native mascots or team names honors Supreme Court. That’s the word from the women. He does and he is. including Florida State University’s their culture. corporate media as of this writing. Roberts gave legal support to Seminole, Illinois’ Illini, and Southeastern Charlene Teters (Spokane), a National Groups like NARAL Pro-Choice America “Operation Rescue” when it held a week- Oklahoma State’s Savages—were on the Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media are terribly worried that this will mean long national mobilization there to shut list of offenders. Schools already selected vice president and longtime activist an all-out assault on women’s right to down women’s clinics in Buffalo, as tournament sites would be asked to against the commercialization and use of choose abortion—a right now recognized Roberts’ home town, not long after a cover up any offensive logos. Native team names and mascots, argued in most of the developed world. prominent doctor, Barnett Slepian, had This victory is the result of years of the point in a message posted on the There was another deal recently—the been murdered in his home there by a struggle by Native and non-Native stu- group’s Web site. “Using our names, like- one federal prosecutors made with Eric sniper. Slepian had been a target of the dents and other activists throughout the ness and religious symbols to excite the Rudolph. He was allowed to escape the anti-abortion right wing. country. In recent years, some schools, crowd does not feel like honor or respect; death penalty by pleading guilty to mur- MSNBC just unearthed a letter pressured by progressive students, staff it is hurtful and confusing to our young der in the 1998 bombing of a Birming- Roberts wrote while he was a lawyer in and faculty members, have taken the lead people. To reduce the victims of genocide ham women’s clinic, which killed an off- the Ronald Reagan White House. In it, not only by changing the name of their to a mascot is unthinking, at least, and duty police officer and critically wounded he gave his legal endorsement to a plan teams and eliminating racist mascots, immoral at worst.” a nurse, and in the bombing at the 1996 for Reagan to send a supportive telegram but, in the case of Wisconsin and Iowa, by The colleges are “not willing to give up Atlanta Olympics that killed one woman to a “memorial service” for aborted refusing to schedule sports contests the money,” according to long-time and injured more than 100. He also con- fetuses. Roberts’ October 1985 memo against schools that use Native team Anishnabe activist Vernon Bellecourt. He fessed to setting off bombs at an abortion said the telegram was “an entirely appro- names or mascots. was referring to merchandising revenues clinic and a lesbian bar that welcomed priate means of calling attention to the While the NCAA announcement is a and the resistance of some schools to gay men, trans people, bisexuals and abortion tragedy.” This memo is just the step in the right direction, unfortunately change. “We would hope that [the NCAA other allies in Atlanta in 1997. latest in a long paper trail showing the decision lacks sufficient breadth. It decision] was the handwriting on the wall Under the agreement, Rudolph got the Roberts’ affinity to the anti-woman right applies only to the sport of basketball, and that would urge them to drop these team chance in court to spew out his view that wing on this issue. only to the college teams that make it to names and mascots.” “deadly force” is necessary to keep The Democratic Party, which claims to the post-season. The NCAA officials Millions of dollars are made every year women from exercising their right to ter- support women, has gone along with the dragged through years of study even to by so-called amateur athletics at colleges. minate a pregnancy, and he avoided a campaign against NARAL and now make this ruling, and ultimately decided This money is made off the backs of tal- trial which could have led to unearthing appears poised to let Roberts—who is that they did not have the authority to ented athletes – hundreds of whom will the political network that helped him also anti-worker and a racist—join the force schools to change nicknames or not even be granted a diploma from the escape capture for more than five years. Supreme Court without a fight. logos in all circumstances. college for which they play. If schools such Did the authorities or the media ever The lesson is all too clear: Women, Florida State has vowed to appeal the as Florida State and the University of invoke the phrases “cop killer” or “ani- and all groups oppressed and exploited NCAA decision, continuing to insist that Illinois really want to “honor” Native peo- mal” to describe this terrorist? No, that’s under this system, cannot depend on its team “honors” the Seminole people. “If ple, they could, for example, fund Native just for the poor and oppressed. either capitalist party. Looking to the Florida State wants to honor the studies programs and scholarships for But the media have gone ballistic over next election is not the answer. We must Seminoles, then change the name ... to Native students with some of the money a television ad opposing Roberts’ nomi- build an independent, militant move- Florida Seminole University — that has they have earned from their huge athlet- nation that NARAL ran—and then with- ment that can shake up both parties. Last dignity,” retorted Suzan Shown Harjo, ics programs and merchandising rev- drew after enormous pressure. Liberal or year’s massive pro-choice rally in Wash- president of the Morningstar Foundation enues. conservative, they have spent much more ington showed that the people, especially in Washington, D.C. The money made by the University of ink and airtime attacking NARAL than the young who are now developing a high “It’s something very different than a Illinois or Florida State pales in compari- they did reporting on Rudolph’s confes- level of social consciousness, have the mascot or belittled entity,” Harjo contin- son to the revenues made by the owners of sion to mass mayhem and murder. (A will and the energy to do it. ued. “People honor their institutions. But professional teams with vile team names the first thing [pro-mascot supporters] do or mascots such as the Washington is skip species. They say, ‘Next, PETA will Redskins, Atlanta Braves and Cleveland tell us not to use bears.’ Then they go off Indians. on leprechauns, insects, mythical beings Information for this article was gath- — all non-human entities. That’s the ered from the AP wire service and also point: Natives are dehumanized, turned from the NCRSM website.

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Continued from page 9 level of solidarity and support for the than to reach an agreement with the Palestinian resistance. The links between

WW PHOTO Arabs.” billions of dollars for war in Iraq and bil- The right of return and the right of the lions of dollars of support for Israel have Palestinians to their own state, with never been clearer. As support for the U.S. Jerusalem as the capital, are the very war in Iraq continues to slide, it is essen- demands that the solidarity movement tial to show that U.S. aid to Israel is part Workers World Newspaper will need to keep in the forefront. of the same war. Subscribe now! The days ahead are an extremely dan- gerous time for the Palestinian The Lavender & Red Special introductory rate $2 for 8 weeks $25 for one year movement. The danger is that the series by Leslie Israeli government will orchestrate Feinberg explores NAME______some horrendous attack to regain the history of the ADDRESS ______credibility with the ultra-right wing socialist movement of the Zionist movement and try to CITY/STATE/ZIP______and the struggle for dampen the Palestinian mood of sexual & gender PHONE/E-MAIL______victory. liberation. It can Clip and return to: Workers World 55 W. 17 St., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10011 This is a vital time to be espe- be read online at Subscribe online: www.workers.org cially vigilant and to step up the www. workers.org/lavender-red www.workers.org August 25, 2005 Page 11 Mass firing sparks Heathrow walkouts By G. Dunkel said. “I am very proud of the fight we are showing. They treated us terribly.” The workers at Gate Gourmet, serving The ground workers were back after a British Airways at Heathrow airport in day, but their absence had had a huge England, were faced with a sharp contract effect on BA’s operations: 110,000 passen- dispute: their employer wanted to cut gers didn’t fly, 10,000 pieces of luggage wages by 25 percent, lay off many full-time were lost in the system, and 100 planes workers, replace them with temporary and 1,000 staff members wound up all hires, pay straight time for overtime hours over the globe in unscheduled places. and so on. After four days, stranded passengers Gate Gourmet is a private company were still waiting to get out of London. based in Switzerland but owned by an The Washington Post estimates that the American billionaire through a venture out-of-pocket cost to BA is around $73 capital firm, Texas Pacific. It has 22,000 million; the damage to its reputation is employees, operates in 29 countries and incalculable. make 535,000 meals a day for some of the The Teamsters and UNITE HERE, who world’s largest airlines. represent 6,000 GG workers in the United GG workers at Heathrow gathered in States, said in a press release on Aug. 12: the cafeteria for a lunchtime union meet- “The International Brotherhood of Team- ing Aug. 10, but before they finished man- sters and UNITE HERE Union members agement got on a loudspeaker and told the stand in solidarity with the more than 800 600 in the room, mainly Indian women, Gate Gourmet workers in Heathrow. Transport & General Workers (T&G) that they had been fired for “illegal indus- Union members fired by Gate Gourmet at trial action.” Later the cops showed up and crews are represented by the same union— Tara Shah, one of the fired workers, said London Heathrow International Airport. the workers were escorted off the premises. the Transport and General Workers’ the company appeared to have miscalcu- Teamsters and UNITE HERE represent The management even sent termina- Union, called T&G. But since the walkout lated the opposition. “We are very strong over 6,000 workers at Gate Gourmet in tions on the same grounds to workers out was completely illegal under British law, and we are angry. This gives me hope.” the U.S. Teamsters and UNITE HERE sick or on vacation. It had already trained the T&G didn’t call for the strike. (India Times) union members will send delegations to scabs, and appeared to be itching to use Some of the employees had worked for Another fired employee, Sabajit Sidhu, Gate Gourmet’s U.S. management them. British Airways in the 1990s, before GG a mother of two, said the bosses underes- throughout the country demanding the But the workers beat them to the punch. came on the scene, when BA was doing its timated the resilience of the workers and London workers be rehired immediately.” The ground workers at British Airways own catering. Many of the Indian women the ties that unite airport workers of all Whether the courageous workers at walked out in solidarity with their fellow had husbands, brothers, cousins, friends races, ages, religions and sexes. GG/Heathrow win a decent contract, their workers at GG the next day. and neighbors who worked on the ground “I work for Gate Gourmet but some of struggle and the solidarity it has gathered Both the GG workers and the BA ground crews. my relatives are baggage handlers,” she have gained worldwide attention. New York meeting hears ‘The truth about Zimbabwe’ The International Action Center hosted veterans, women and youth, espe- an important meeting in New York on cially in the rural areas, who sup- Aug. 16 about the current situation in the port President Robert Mugabe and African country of Zimbabwe—known as his political party, ZANU-PF. Rhodesia during British colonial rule. The Mugabe has been the victim of a guest speaker was Omowale Clay, a leader vicious smear campaign by Presi- of the Brooklyn-based December 12th dent George W. Bush and Britain’s Movement. Prime Minister Tony Blair because Clay was part of a six-member delega- of the African leader’s support for tion that traveled throughout Zimbabwe the right of the Zimbabwean people Scene from this spring, before and during parliamen- to take back the land stolen from “More Fire” tary elections there. Clay showed an illu- them by white colonial settlers, (above). (l to r) minating documentary he had produced beginning in the late 1800s. Omowale Clay, Kwaaze called “More Fire,” which showed the —Story and photos Jamerias mass mobilization of Zimbabwean war by Monica Moorehead Aug. 16. Cuban Five ruling Watts 1965 Continued from page 2 Continued from page 8 out this country, innocent people are immigration charges? est in voting, military service and “citizen- country, can finally come together in rushed to conviction after obviously The political and legal work done by the ship.” Miami to discuss their case among them- biased trials. Five themselves, their attorneys and all So, blaming Black people in Watts for selves and with their lawyers. But the pros- One could argue that “foul blows” are their many supporters, as well as the voter apathy or lack of initiative in getting ecutor may stall all this. the norm, not the exception. strenuous support for them from the involved in legislative battles and politics The Cuban government has rightly So why did this court rule in favor of the Cuban government and people, has had a is very misplaced. asked that the Five be sent back to Cuba Five? Why did it do such a thorough job of big impact internationally. One thing to note, however, is that these immediately, since they have been deter- reviewing the evidence in an appeal On May 27, the Working Group on reports relied on census data, which does mined to be innocent. involving the denial of a motion for change Arbitrary Detentions of the UN Human not take into account much of the immi- The work to free the Five must not only of venue? Rights Commission passed a resolution grant population. This could worsen some continue, it must intensify. The National What everyone on both sides will be concluding that their imprisonment and of the results for Asian and Latin@ popu- Committee to Free the Cuban Five is weighing is how much this ruling may treatment was arbitrary and incompati- lations in L.A. encouraging supporters to contact mem- indicate a shift in the political situation ble with international standards; it What caused the Watts Rebellion? bers of Congress to help obtain visas so with regard to U.S.-Cuba relations. Has called on the U.S. government to rectify Political and economic repression—which their families can visit them at this very the political influence of the right wing in the situation. breeds state violence, more police and critical time. Some family members have southern Florida come down a notch? The partial victory in the case of the more brutality. been denied visas for over seven years. They are closely associated with the Bush Cuban Five should be used to open up a But, more importantly, what caused the This is inhumane and a violation of inter- dynasty. But are they being seen as a lia- wider struggle in solidarity with Cuba. Watts Rebellion was the courage of national law. Other educational and polit- bility by other powerful capitalist inter- Whatever the shift in climate, it is up to African people here in the U.S. to fight ical work is necessary. ests? the solidarity movement in this country back against repression. Since the rebel- Why was this ruling made? “A fair trial After 45 years of trying and failing to and around the world to create the condi- lion, the people of Watts have been able to in a fair tribunal is a basic requirement of destroy the Cuban Revolution, imperial- tions that will free the Cuban Five, end the win some demands for hospitals and bet- due process,” states the decision. ism’s goal remains the same but its tactics U.S. blockade of Cuba and lift the travel ter educational opportunities that give at It says that while the state “may prose- may need to change. ban. Extraditing Luis Posada Carriles to least temporary relief from the worst cute with earnestness and vigor” and A few months ago who would have Venezuela for his crimes against Latin symptoms of this oppressive system. It is “strike hard blows,” it is not at liberty to thought that avowed terrorist Luis Posada Americans, including his role in the mid- an inspiration to the world to “riot” “strike foul ones.” Carriles would be held in custody by the air bombing of a civilian Cuban airliner in against U.S. imperialist oppression, from Yet in case after case in courts through- Bush administration—even if only on 1976, is also in order. Watts to Iraq. ¡Proletarios y oprimidos de todos los países, uníos! Madre de soldado ultimado en Irak confronta a Bush Por Dustin Langley familias desde Pennsylvania, New Jersey, pero no había nada en sus ojos ni en su llamen o envíen mensajes por correo elec- Arkansas y otros estados que han perdido conducta que mostrara que a él en reali- trónico a la Casa Blanca (comments El Presidente George W. Bush creyó a sus hijos por la guerra estaban plane- dad le importaba o que tenía alguna com- @whitehouse.gov — 202-456-1111) y exigir poderse escapar de la declinante situación ando unirse a Sheehan en Crawford. pasión. Este es un ser humano totalmente que Bush se reúna con Sheehan. También en Irak escondiéndose, durante unas vaca- Los organizadores por la paz de Arling- desconectado de la humanidad y de la se le está pidiendo a todo activista a que se ciones de cinco semanas en su enorme ton West están planeando unirse a ellos y realidad. Su mirada estaba vacía, como solidarice con Sheehan en Crawford. rancho en Crawford, Texas. Pero los hor- erigir una cruz por cada soldado esta- conchas huecas.” Información actualizada se puede leer en rores de la guerra le han seguido hasta allá. dounidense muerto en Irak. Ella recuerda que Bush la llamó “Ma” o www.meetwithcindy.org. Cindy Sheehan, cuyo hijo de 24 años Dennis Kyne, un veterano con 15 años “Mom” durante la visita, nunca se aprendió Sheehan comentó dirigiendo sus pal- Casey Sheehan de Vacaville en California en el ejército de los Estados Unidos quien su nombre y no sabía el nombre de su hijo. abras a Bush “Y otra cosa que quiero que murió en Bagdad el 4 de abril de 2004, fuera paramédico durante la primera “No quiso mirar las fotos de Casey. Ni me diga es: ‘¿Cuál fue la causa noble por está decidida a confrontar a Bush. Guerra del Golfo, se unió a la protesta el 6 siquiera sabía el nombre de Casey. Cada la que Casey murió? ¿Fue por libertad y El 6 de agosto, ella llegó hasta allá en de agosto. Él dijo: “¿Por qué el presi- vez que tratábamos de hablar sobre Casey democracia? ¡Mierda! Él murió por un autobús organizado por los Veteranos dente—el Comandante-en-Jefe—no se y de lo mucho que lo extrañamos, él cam- petróleo. Él murió para hacer a sus ami- por la Paz y Veteranos de Irak Contra la reúne con la madre del soldado caído? ¿De biaba la conversación.” gos más ricos. ¡Él murió para expandir el Guerra. Una vez llegaron a Crawford, ella que tiene miedo? Poco después de la reunión, ella ayudó imperialismo americano en el Medio comenzó a caminar hacia el rancho. Le En una movida para silenciar a Sheehan, a formar el grupo Gold Star Mothers for Oriente. Nosotros no somos más libres acompañaban veteranos, activistas el Servicio Secreto le informó el 8 de agosto Peace, y comenzó a hablar en contra de la aquí, gracias a su Acta Patriótica. Irak no locales, madres de Gold Star y otr@s que tenía hasta el 11 de agosto para reti- guerra. Ella dice que durante sus viajes ha es libre. ¡Saque a América de Irak y a Israel activistas que habían llegado de muchas rarse o sería arrestada bajo el cargo de visto que la “gente está hastiada de la de Palestina y parará el terrorismo!’. partes del país. “amenaza a la seguridad nacional.” guerra y quieren hacer algo para pararla.” “Ahí fue, usé la palabra ‘I’—imperial- Eventualmente fueron detenidos por la Sheehan dijo que sus intenciones son las En junio, Cindy Sheehan testificó en ismo, dijo Sheehan. “Y ahora voy a usar policía local y el Servicio Secreto. Para el de quedarse, aunque conlleve el arresto. una audiencia en Washington, D.C. sobre otra palabra ‘I’—impeachment (destitu- 9 de agosto los manifestantes ya habían los memorandos de Downing Street. Estos ción) – porque no podemos tolerar que esa acampado en la vía que lleva al rancho. La inhumanidad de Bush son los documentos británicos reciente- gente sea perdonada. Ellos tienen que ser Activistas de todas partes de Texas y queda expuesta mente publicados que expusieron el hecho juzgados por crímenes de guerra e ir a Estados Unidos se han unido a la protesta Sheehan se reunió con Bush una vez, de que Bush intentaba invadir a Irak casi prisión.” (Counterpunch) que han llamado, Camp Casey, el nombre poco después de la muerte de su hijo, desde el comienzo de su primer término, Sondeos públicos muestran que la may- del hijo de Sheehan, para exigir de Bush cuando fue invitada a la Casa Blanca para y que “los hechos y la información secreta oría de personas quieren el regreso de las una respuesta. una breve visita en junio del 2004. Ella eran compuestos alrededor de esta tropas ya. Pero somos l@s activistas l@s Un soldado activo de la ciudad de Fort dijo que Bush se comportó como si estu- política” de invasión. que debemos asegurarnos que este sen- Hood fue allá el 7 de agosto para expresar viera en una fiesta, entrando al salón pre- Autobuses y automóviles llenos de timiento sea reflejado en masa el 24 de su apoyo a Sheehan y sus esfuerzos. Las guntando en voz alta, “¿a quien estamos activistas están en camino hacia Crawford septiembre en la protesta contra la guerra Madres Gold Stars for Peace (Estrellas recordando hoy?” para apoyar a Sheehan. L@s organiza- en Washington, D.C. Doradas para la Paz) anunciaron que Ella recuerda que: “Sus labios se movían dor@s están pidiendo a todo mundo que Mientras los niños mueren de hambre en el Sahelo Por Deirdre Griswold Hambre, petróleo y las tropas miento para la Marina y el Departamento izó unos $6 millones adicionales en gasto estadounidenses de Defensa,’” dijo Baker. Existe gran evi- de emergencia para que el Departamento La cadena noticiera británica BBC, ha La región de hambre al sur del Sahara dencia de actividad terrorista en el conti- de Defensa apoye la transportación de las estado mostrando conmovedoras imá- también incluye a Malí, Chad y Mauri- nente. Y hay la necesidad de proteger la fuerzas africanas a Darfur para mejorar la genes de niñ@s muriendo de hambre en tania, donde un golpe militar popular sin rápidamente creciente industria petrolera seguridad y hacer posible la asistencia Níger, uno de los varios países en la región derramamiento de sangre derrocó al gob- de África. Así que el ejército estadouni- humanitaria para aliviar el sufrimiento de africana conocida como el Sahelo, donde ierno pro EEUU de Ould Taya. Taya fue dense está prestando atención.” (Christian aquellos que han sido desplazados por el cantidades de personas están en grave derrocado mientras se encontraba fuera Science Monitor, Sept. 17, 2004) conflicto en la región.” peligro porque una plaga de mangostas del país, acudiendo al funeral del Rey Fahd El Pentágono también se está metiendo El ejército de Ruanda, el cual tiene destruyó sus siembras en noviembre del de Arabia Saudita. Grandes depósitos de en la región de Darfur en el oeste de estrechas relaciones con el Pentágono, año pasado. petróleo fueron descubiertos reciente- Sudán. Según un comunicado del Coman- invadió al Congo oriental-un área rica en Casi ninguna ayuda de alimentos ha lle- mente en Mauritania, que espera comen- do estadounidense europeo, el 7 de agosto minerales-y jugó un papel importante en gado a estos países, aún cuando los zar a producir el próximo año. El gobierno aviones contratados por los Estados la guerra que costó más de 3 millones de donantes en los países imperialistas ricos derrocado fue el primero en el África Unidos mudaron 49 oficiales de la policía vidas. ¿Y ahora el Pentágono dice que está han tenido nueve meses para responder a musulmana en reconocer a Israel-a insis- de Ruanda, de Kigali a Darfur. Esta transportando tropas ruanesas a Darfur las peticiones de la ONU. tencia de Washington. operación comenzó el 14 de julio con el por razones “humanitarias”? Un reporte de la BBC dijo que si la Según el periódico Christian Science despliegue de 150 oficiales de la Fuerza Darfur al oeste de Sudán es otra área en ayuda hubiera sido enviada pronto a Monitor, en su edición del 9 de agosto, Aérea estadounidense, “para proveer África donde se descubrió petróleo recien- Níger, se hubiera necesitado sólo un dólar “Washington había enlistado al señor Taya apoyo logístico y de aviación a las fuerzas temente. Sudán también tiene pozos por niñ@ para evitar la hambruna. El como socio principal en su Iniciativa de Ruanda como parte de la misión de petroleros en el sur, los cuales ha esta costo ahora podría ser 80 veces esa canti- Contra el Terrorismo Trans-Sahara (ICTTS), expansión de la Unión Africana en el desarrollando con la ayuda de China. Esto dad, suponiendo que la ayuda alimentaria un programa de cinco años a un costo de Sudán, conocida como AMIS II. La Unión ha hecho del país un objetivo principal llegue del todo. Ninguna explicación se ha $500 millones que comenzó en junio en Africana (UA) planea aumentar su presen- para los Estados Unidos y los británicos. dado del porqué las organizaciones que nueve países del Oeste y Norte de África, cia en la región en más de 7.700 soldados Estos gobiernos imperialistas ayudaron a todos los años recogen cientos de millones (Argelia, Chad, Malí, Mauritania, Níger, para el mes de septiembre. instigar la contienda en Darfur y ahora la de dólares, supuestamente para proveer Senegal, Nigeria, Marruecos y Túnez). Uni- “Como parte de un mayor esfuerzo de la están usando de excusa para una interven- ayuda en exactamente este tipo de situa- dades americanas ya han comenzado a OTAN, Estados Unidos trasladará tres ción militar, haciendo que la Unión ciones, no han hecho virtualmente nada. entrenar a 3.000 soldados de Mauritania batallones de soldados de Ruanda a Dar- Africana autorice su papel. Se conoce mundialmente que el calen- y otros ejércitos del Sahara para mejorar la fur para mediados de septiembre. El tras- Los políticos imperialistas hacen el tra- tamiento global, resultante de la quema de seguridad en las fronteras en una región lado del primer batallón de 680 soldados bajo a nombre de las grandes corpora- combustible en los países desarrollados considerada ser un cuartel de actividades y 14.500 libras de cargo comenzó el 17 de ciones y los bancos que han estado despo- imperialistas-ha contribuido a la expan- terroristas.” julio y fue completado el 27 del mismo mes jando al África. No saben de vergüenza. Su sión del desierto en el Sahelo y al sufrim- ¡Quinientos millones para la “lucha por aviones C-17 y C-130 de la Fuerza Aérea retórica sobre “ayuda” y “asistencia iento de millones de personas. contra el terrorismo,” pero ni un centavo EEUU. Los C-130 también trajeron 190 humanitaria” es solamente una máscara Lo que tampoco se menciona en conex- para l@s niñ@s hambrient@s! soldados de Ruanda previamente desple- para continuar el saqueo de las riquezas de ión con esta hambruna y sufrimiento son En septiembre pasado, dos meses antes gados, desde El Fashir hacia Kigali. ... África, especialmente su petróleo y su los cientos de millones de dólares que muy de que la plaga cubriera el área, los mari- “Dos batallones adicionales de Ruanda, riqueza mineral. silenciosamente el gobierno de los Estados nos estadounidenses estaban en Chad de aproximadamente 540 soldados cada ¿Es de sorprenderse que el nivel de Unidos está utilizando para operaciones entrenando soldados bajo el comando del uno, están siendo transportados por resistencia-llamado “terrorismo” por los militares en África, región de ricos recur- Mayor Paul Baker. “Estamos contemp- aviones contratado por Estados Unidos. imperialistas-esté creciendo en África sos naturales-bajo la excusa de la “guerra lando a África como un lugar de creci- “El Presidente Bush el 15 de julio autor- también? contra el terrorismo”.