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Draft Counseling Draft Counseling Center 1810 E. Anaheim St. rRBE toRU 5992815 CALENDAR Mon., Thurs., 7 30-10:00 PM Sunday, after 2 00 PM Pacific Counseling Gl's 514 W. Adams, L.A, Mon. & Wed. 10 AM - 6 PM Tues. 2 PM-9 PM ENTERTAINMENT Fri. 9 AM- 5 PM Phone: 7484662 Aahgrove. 8l6J Malrose 651-2070 June 1 St h-2'7 t h Free Clinic ,J olin Lee I) ookor 10^3 Pine 1+37-2245 Juno 20th-Ju.\y kth \lbert Kij.ig Gav Liberation General Meeting: l'ho hunr: March 7:30 Tuesday night Films, discussions, political 1263 Pine Ave. raps. ~I3 S>. Parkview, LA Gay Draft Counseling 661-6743 or 461-4024 1:00-5:00 PM Fridays Peace and Freedom Office lh'ee Concerts 126 3 Pine Ave. The West wood and Northridge Gay Men's State Conference Rock and Roll Liberation June 25, 26, 27 Fronts will provide free Contact LA Gay Liberation outdoor concerts this summer. 4400 Melrose Ave., L.A. Some of the groups scheduled 665-1881 are: Barry Melton and the Fish; Southwind; Joy of harbor Area Citizens for Peace Cooking; Country Joe; 831-4566 and Rockin' Foo. The first concert will be held at KNAC 437-5622 \alley State College, June 20 and the second will be at Long Beach Citizens for Peace UCLA July 4. 4382636 loin: Beach Museum of Art Movement for a Democratic 2100 F. Ocean 410-2110 Military 5997718, 5919150 showing till July 11. ihe Art of Shiro Peace and Freedom Party Jkegawa and Don Nelson 120 3 Pine Ave. opening July 18: 437877b The Art of t lie Comic Women's Liberation Front Natural History Museum 848 Molino Ave. University of Southern Calif 433-2520 and Fxposition Park Regular Meetings: Griffith Park Observe, t orv 7:30 Monday nights Planetary Show. June 8 thru tl N Julv 23 First Monday — Brewitt Branch Library Belmont and Anaheim: a community program designed to critically examine ttie problems which women face in this community as well as elsewhere. immmi BLACK SERVICEMAN'S CAUCUS
WH|^ ______nmn mil mm Message of Solidarity to Our Brothers and Sisters:
The Black Serviceman's Caucus is an organization of active duty GI's who are committed to responding progressively to the cries of our people for total liberation and freedom.
We recognize that our struggle is only a part of a larger struggle for liberation that is taking place in the communities of our brothers and sisters, but we feel it to be a very important part because of the role that the military has played in surpressing the people in the streets of our communities and campuses. We are determined and committed to playing our part in the elimination of-this racist, capitalist society that ha : ti- slaved our people for 400 years.
We have been silent, but no longer'. We can not and will not endorse, support and fight for a system that maintains the oppression of Black and all oppressed people through out the worldl
We realize that we can expect attacks to be made against the people's just struggle and those who fight for justice and peace for all people and ______MJ______fX_\ it's with this realization that we make our committment to the people's struggle. We here express our solidarity and offer our bodies and souls to the liberation of our people.
DEMANDS: The authorities on base have agreed to an open meet ing on base to discuss our 1. End to the exploitation and oppression of our brothers and sisters in demands, despite the arro the community. gance and hypocritical at titude that the Naval Sta 2. End to all rules and regulations that prohibit Black Serviceman from en tion Chaplain, the "spirit- gaging in the struggle for liberation in their communities. tual director has display ed by by tearing up our de 3. A Black Studies and Cultural center that will serve us as a club that can mands and telling us that it s none of my business! be representative of our culture and heritage. This meeting is currently being planned and set up. 4. The end of the use of the military in the streets and on the campuses pf the The date and place will U.S. be made available as soon as it is confirmed. 5. We demand that dishonorably discharging individuals from the Armed It is needless to Services be prohibited. (This has been used to effect total subordination point out the importance of this meeting. We hope that and dependence on the military for existence. Our First obligation is to our brothers and sisters our people, so we demand that all brothers being processed for discharge here on base and in the due to unsuitability etc. be given honorable discharges so that they will be able community can also see the to make it on the outside. importance of dealing wi th this. 6. We demand the right to have and to pass on to our brothers material relevant to our culture, heritage and present situation. (The present regulations on literature ban all cuch material). POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Black Serviceman's Caucus 7. We demand that the base library provide literature on our "TRUE" Long Beach, California heritage and culture. (To study the true history of the Black man one must go ar past the shores of America. At this time literature and material in the base library are inadequate and even insulting to us as Black brothers and sisters.)
8. We demand that our brothers and sisters in the military be tried by a jury of their own peers. (In all -ases we are being tried by -ourt martials of all white officers and non-coms; it is impossible for these people to understand the feelings of our brothers and sisters.)
9. We iemand lo fair representation, (higher ups are asking the advice of older Blacks in the Navy who are even as isolated from their Black communities as the whites. The right to be heard seems to be pegged to rank, rate, and time in service. Theses people do not represent'the tru interest of the masses of Blacks in 'he Navy and we iemand to represent ourselves).
110. We accuse the military system of the United States to he racist and a tool oi the acist power structure that is attempting to destroy and surpress the cries of Black people and all oppressed people throughout I the world-- this must end.
*WE ARE UNITED, WE ARE STRONG AND DETERMINED TO BRING ABOUT AN END TO YOUR REIGN OF TERROR; FOR OUR CHILDREN |SAKE LIBERATION WILL RE OURS!'!! ^niJ.UKbbJ
Black Serviceman's Caucus Long Beach, Calif. would seem to be a difficult thing to prove, particularly when that course of action had not yet been completed (ie. never coming back ). The trial counsel (mil itary counterpart of the pro secutor) tries to prove in tent to desert with two kinds of evidence. The first kind is circumstantial evidence. Such things as having dis THE This is the first in a carded military ID and mili serin i of articles on the tary clothing, leaving the MILITARY subject of military law. This country etc are used to show information is presented for the court that a person did purpose of helping EMs under not intend \o return. The COUNSELOR stand the nature of their second kind of evidence, and oppression and by understand perhaps the most damaging, ing it to fight against it. consists of verbal statements These articles are not meant. made to friends and parents The Naval Electronics Lab, to replace legal counseling. such as, I've had it with the located near San Diego, is Navy. I ir leaving and they 11 the largest facility of its These articles are not. never see me again. Such kind, solely doing research Meant to replace legal counsel statement 9, made in the heat for the U.S. military. It ing. Military counseling is of the moment, often cone up has done work on infrared now available on Wednesdays later in a court martial re aerial photography (used in from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. at cord and are very incriminat Vietnam, Thailand, and South 1810 east Anahiem St. in Long ing. Particularly dangerous America), atmospheric recon— Beach. This Counseling is a are statements are statements aissance devices (used on FREE service of the Long Beach to parents. FBI and military spy planes now flown over chapter of the Movement For a investigators are experts at North Vietnam and Southern Democratic Military- If you obtaining evidence through China), RADAR techniques have a question related to intimidation and harrassment. for jfl'-shore small boat military law and you can't make Many parents have made sworn detection (used in Opera it down on Wednesday you can statements hoping to help tion Intercept), and guid call 599-7718 and make an ap their sons and daughters only ance devices for surface pointment for counseling. to find later that they had to surface and surface to In this article we will provided the very evidence air misailes. briefly discuss two of the used to convict them. most common charges brought against EMs; absent without leave and desertion. (1) absent without leave The crime of being AW0L is de fined by the Uniform Code of Military Justice as, Any mem ber of the armed forces who, without authority, fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time prescribed, goes from that place, or absents himself or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty at which time he is prescribed to be there." AW0L is one charge that is nearly impossible to beat.. The mere fact of a man or woman's absence is enough for a conviction. Involuntary absence is no defence against, a charge of being AW0L. Ar rest by civilian police, sick ness, lack of transportation, etc., are not excuses which are recognized by the court. Should a person be AW0L because of circumstances which are beyond control it is im portant to obtain proof of the circumstances. While the court will not accept sucli proof as a defence against the charge, these facts may be con sidered when deciding on the kind of court martial to which the case will be referred and, AGtAlNST THE VfSTEm BUT WOT if there is a conviction, the ; amount of punishment. CACH OTHCftt. (2) desertion A deserter is defined by the UCMJ as a "member of the armed forces who, without permission, leaves his unit, organization, or place of duty either with the intention on never coming back or With the intention of avoiding hazardous duty or ^ shirking important service. The important word to notice tiere is it intention. , . it To intend is a state of mind. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE Therefore intent to carry out FREE AH POLITICAL PRISONERS a particular course of action WAV GOODBYE
'I got hassled by chiefs because I wouldn't play their game. I didn't act the way a woman in the navy is supposed to act. I didn't do what they said or go by their rules and discipline. I would rather tell a chief to fuck-off as well as anything else.' A Sister from Great Lakes Naval Base
Women are directly affected by modicum of education or to learn fne woman as combat soldier he s the military. The oppression a skill (while earning a living appeared from time to time in and exploitation that exists wage) that they would be unable popular uprisings against tyrants for them in the real world is to acquire in civilian life. or invaders. Joan of Arc, an 18- only a part of the oppression Frequently, nursing students year old peasant girl, helped and exploitation in the milita- join to finish their schooling, drive the English out of France ry, with women as usual receiv- because scholarships are scarce in the 15th century, and Molly ing worse treatment than the and they would have to abandon Pitcher of Carlisle, Pa. rallied men. This is not only true of their chosen field otherwise, troops and operated a cannon at women directly affected by the The irony is that many women the battle of Monmouth, N.J., military, but also women who find that the education is during the American Revolution. daily come into contact with menjiardly free, and frequently have Today roughly 10% of the 30,000 whose conception of manhood to serve an extra term before or more anti-colonialist forces has been warped by it. they can acquire the very thing in Angola and Mozambique are women. They assume war names they joined for. it " Women in the military are not such as Suffering of Angola allowed to have dependents un or "Struggle ' and live the life der the age of eighteen years. of foot soldiers, carrying their They are not able to claim their children with them. There are husbands as dependents even if WOMEN it,. it II., ti they are attending school and no such words as Mrs. or Mr. have no source of income. Only only the title CAMARADA, equally if the men are completely phy and the applicable to man or woman. sically or mentally dependent During the June war with Israel upon their wives for support are in 1967, Palestinian women wore they allowed to be declared de military uniforms in the hospi pendents and eligible for an al tals in Syria and could drive lowance from the armed forces. MILITARY through the streets alone, Males in the armed forces, on which Arab custom otherwise the other hand, receive allot KP FOR ARMY WIVES would never have permitted. ments for their wives and chil "Even if we haven't liberated dren, along with complete medi Married couples in the military an inch of land we're in the cal coverage for the entire have always had a tough time fi process of liberating our family. One nurse who protested nancially. A GI's pay is quite selves, ' says an Arab woman. this inequality was told: 'if low, and it is often very diffi the Navy had wanted you to have cult, especially now when the The Fedaeva (Al Fatah's women economy is at a low ebb, for a a husband, they would have is— guerrillas) have full military , it soldier's wife to get a job. training, beginning at age 8. sued you one. The New Action Army's solution? They run, jump and crawl through Hire the women for KP. After WHY JOIN? rigorous obstacle courses, all, who knows best how to run learn the use of a firearm and a kitchen? Why then, do women join the may become qualified parachut military? For a number of rea ists. They are prepared for The Army is beginning to abolish sons, most of them indicative clandestine, dangerous guer KP duty^ for its men. Instead, it rilla maneuvers such as the hi of the inferior position women is hiring civilians, including are placed in in civilian life: jacking attempt last year by the wives of enlisted men, to Palestinian Leila Khaled. She enlisted women are taken mostly replace them. Fort Benning, in has become a heroine to children from high school, for example, January, was the first post to and her picture is in many and they join because of an un- initiate this blatant sexist Palestinian homes. happy family situation (young policy: now its kitchens are men are more readily permitted 100% civilian staffed. The new to run away from home and sow KP policy is scheduled to become Probably the mo^t women in uni their wild oats for a year or nation-wide by July 1. form are in The People's Repub so, but the restrictions on lic of China, where service in young women are much tighter), ,,WOMEN AS COMBAT SOLDIERS The People s Liberation Army is or because of the career shill prestigious, and total equality - the lies about travel a free "It ±s a myfch that wo|aen &re between men and women is a na education, a glamorous life, andless a.gressive than men tional goal. The Chinese women says no orders unless yoyouu ask tor soldiers duties range from Dr. Martina Horner, who teaches them," (Enlisted women are not nursing to truck driving. They a course on the female persona urged to go on to become offi are also trained for battle, lity at Harvard. "The impulse cers — most women officers go and in the event of a war would to fight physically has been re fight shoulder to shoulder with straight out of college, and pressed in women, so they are their comrades." they _\_ _j± as officers.) aggressive in other ways: ver bal, rejection, silence, gossip. Many poor women and black women It is a healthy thing to get rid In the U.S., however, women join the military to gain some of this repression. have traditionally served as seamstresses, nurses, and cooks. In World War II the Russians used women as snipers and tank In the final analysis, women and commanders against the Nazis, men alike fe el they should not and women bore arms in the be conscript ed into wars of ag- French Resistance. gression. B ut in a peoples' army such as that in China, wo- Today, women combat soldiers are and men will fight and build fighting as guerrillas in many side by side , realizing that in areas of the world. Socialist a successful revolutionary peo- nations such as North Vietnam pie s army i t is logical and es- place great emphasis on equality sential that women participate of men and women. A pamphlet fully in the realization of lib- published in Hanoi in I967 sets era tion. as goals: "To pay the utmost attention to raising the politi cal, cultural, and vocational (Parts of the above article were standard of the woman...to de taken from Parade magazine, May velop the Vietnamese women's 30, 1971 and Women in the Mili traditions of heroism, dauntless- tary," from Sisterhood Is Power- ness, fidelity and ability to Robin Morganrgan, ed . ) ______shoulder responsibilities."
WOMEN'S LIBERATION Guerrilla Leila Khaled, 24: heroine among Palestinians lor spectacular ex Hints of the Women's Liberation ploits in the hijacking ol airliners movement are beginning to show in the U.S. Armed Forces. "To date, top—level management and executive positions are, for all practical purposes, closed to military women except those dir ectly involved with women s pro grams," writes Col. Jeanne Holm, director of Air Force Women. :"Mos£ of the military services still designate jobs as his . • . Tit and hers. Training with a rifle is option al for women but the U.S. for bids photographs of women sold iers and sailors under arms... The emphasis is on the feminine. This kind of sex-role stereo typing is rampant in all bran WHY? ches of the U.S. military.
"Whatever needs to be done women can do," says Harvard professor Dr. Horner, "and it's wrong to hold them back. Still, to my mind,it's as silly for a woman WHY USE A WOMAN'S BODY TO SELL A to put, on a uniform and fight a DRIVING SOUTH thin winUr? PRODUCT? WHY US A WOMAN'S BODY as it is for a man. Florida Cltru. QiMrn. Patty Rohannon, rmiind. you to drlvr TO GET YOU TO READ A HIGHWAY cairfully and keep your EYKS SAFETY TIP? WHY CHEAPEN BEAUTY on tta road. BY USING IT AS A GIMMICK? THE RAMSTEIN TWO MUST BE SET FREE
In November 1A70, revo war who have dedicated their lutionary brothers and sis lives to the liberation of ters were traveling through their people. No bail, long out West Germany to inform the pre-trial confinement under in brothers who were in 'he mil human conditions, bad food, in itary that sister Kathleen adequate medical care, restrict Cleaver, Communications Secre ed visiting rights and petty tary of the B.P.P., was coming harrasment and abuses are all to Germany to speak at a rally. manifestations of the decadent One teau •.oni'.stiig of four capitalistic, imperialistic brothers, wore distributing judical system. leaflets and posters and by The Emperor Nixon and the mistake entered the entrance other Pigs before him, ha^e of 3amritein Air Base. Aftsr successfully exported racism and ceeogniziig their error, the other forms of injustices to driver put the car In reverse, their willing puppets in West • June 14 is the aniversary in an attempt to leave the base Germany. All that is needed of the revolt on the crusier to continue their journey They to make the transformation com Potemkin. the first occassion approached the guard shack and plete is a sensational trial in world history when the crew the German civilian guard stop using trumped-up charges to mur of a warship took part in open ped ;hem and asked for identi der or enslave brothers and sis revolutionary action. Like fication. The brothers explain ters who care enough, who dare other revolutionary acts by ed that they were not entering enough to speak out against the armed forces, the revolt the base, but drove on by mis this disease. The Pigs think on the Po temkin was a result take, and intended to leave- that now is the chance to use of the revolutionary agitation Without provocation, the the trial of the Ramstein Two carried on by Bolsheviks. The guard snat ;hed .he car keys and to silence dissent. To use the Po temkin. flying the red flag, ordered '-tie brothers out of the trial as a means to scare the went to meet the whole Black car and SL'Z the same time, he brothers who are beginning to Sea squadron that had been drew his .38. As the guard move against the forces of Im sent against it, and the fired his gun, one of the broth perialism. They are being crews of the other ships re ers returned the fire, wounding railroaded because they refused fused to fire on her. The the guard Tht guard continued to accept slavery, and demand vessel, however, was short of firing a:, the four brothers raade Freedom. They are prisoners of coal, water, and provisions a tactical retreat. The broth war, fighting a war against and was finaly forced to sur ers escaped, but Larry and Will, the evils of capitalism imperi render to the Rumanian auth the Ramstein Two, were appre alism and racism. orities . hended. Larry and Will wer; cap The revolt was the cul tured by a forue of 300 German FREE THE RAMSTEIN TWO minating point of the Rus lackwys and M.P. Pigs with vic FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS sian revolution of 1905- It ious killer dog3. Will i.au was AND PRISONERS OF WAR was a menace to the tsarist viciously bitten by the dogs ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE government because it was a and received no mod.cal atten sign that the alliance of the tion until it was demanded by working—class and peasant his lawyer several Jays Inter. movements had brought about a Both brothers were constantly revolutionising of the soldiers interrogated for a total of 3^ and sailors; although proper hours. At the same time, they connections between the work were transported 60 km in the ers of Odessa, the port to back of a unheated truck still which the Potemkin put in, wearing the wet el vthes in who were on general strike which they were apprehended. and the sailors were not es The brothers wer= not allowed tablished . to rest, or notify their law yers, families or friends. There are two important They were subjected to constant lessons to be learned from harrasment and inhuman treat this bit of history. First, ment. From that moment on, it is imperative to link up thei " story is the same as Bob the anti-military movement by Seale s, Ericka Huggin's, with all other progressive Angela Davis's, and all politi movements. Second, be sure cal prisoners and prisoners of when you start taking over your ships to have enough fuel, food and water to at least get you past San Diego.
The cruiser Potemkin. 1 Toin the French magazine Uillustration. ARMY CLASS ON RACE RELATIONS: was; —at Least until the develop ment of the mechanization ov cot a critical analysis ton product ion in the middle of \JI \ miy class on La— nina tion (am) also how, ui- the 19th Century, which rendered ns. I wo men — <>< •• , the I, i i was ne\er reaJ 1> "all 1 the cost of sla vet. ;. t • e a t e1 than i te — i hai had , and t ha i that of w;i e labor—hence the end i t commi ' ob— re is in s at this 1Lme of slavery. Bu1 that'a not reall> • an Lrmy-wide program designed io what the man has in mind for us Lef t. One of the men i eliminate racial problems to know; t he point he is t ryin smoo thed down, quit< through better communi n be- to impress upon as is that ther< naturally; the other has i\> twei tes, equal is no mat erial reason for the i>, responsibildty, etc.' buldgi ii his mid—sectd i be existence of racial prejudice, w interesI ing facis sure , tli , comf o i I om- ihat racism exists merel> as a l) i ,i i filter through the sham just the ult o\' a "failure to communi Becently Lnstitu1ed • mong same. Like how Oeorge Washington all I) ranches of the \ rm refused to consent to havin cate, etc. class is vers smooth, definitely Blacks in the Continental A run Yes, they're good, real good one of the slickest things we ve for fear they would revolt, but at feeding us these lies; so good, seen. Ami they have it all down quickly changed his mind when the in fact, that it's easy to believe pat: the words, the gesture , the british offered freedom to all what they say, and many do. After all, it certainly sounds reason cadence of speech, the Lies! those who would join the Loyalist able to argue that racial preju Beginning with rapid-fire cause. Like how during World War dice is the result of a lack of speed, and speaking alternately, Two only 800 of the 22,000 Second "communication" among blacks and they tell us that this is to be Lieutenants in the Army were Blacl Whites, and that the answer is to one of the most important per only 7 of 5,220 Colonels were "talk about the problem," etc. iods of instruction you men will Black, and only one of 766 General And when, following the lecture receive during your entire Army was Black—but how, by the same and film, they present us care career. . . . token, most all Black enlisted met were placed in either the most fully structured "problem situa "Race relations concern all menial or the most dangerous job tions" which can indeed be dealt of us, men. You ve come here categories. And like how today with by an effort to "communicate with all kinds of prejudice, even though Blacks amount to only (one of these situations, for misunderstanding, and fear about ten percent of all the Armed For example, involves a group of race relations, and because you ces, they consist in upwards of Whites and a group of blacks are going to associate with all. 20% or more of the troop strength divided in a barracks, each kinds of people, both Black and- (and casualties) in combat opera group listening to different White, we are here to help you tions throughout Indochina (this kinds of music; they get into a relate to them. figure is significantly higher in fight over which kind, country "We're speaking of racial and western or "soul", should be prejudice, gentlemen, or what we the so-called high risk" bat played—we're supposed to see view as a failure to communicate. talions, e.g., airborne, and that "both sides were wrong, Here in the Army, as in the so similar statistics exist for that they should have cotnuro-" ciety at large, racial problems other minority groups such as mised. etc.) —it is sometimes ' arise from the failure to com Chicanos, Asian-Americans, poor difficult to recognize the municate, and therefore, the Whites, and Indian peoples— whi tewash! only way to overcome this pro this condition is due directly Yet many do recognize it, blem is through proper communi to the fact that the "battery of because they know from experi cation between Blacks and tests which are administered to ence that what is being said is Whites. us upon induction into the Army a pack of lies| "bet's take for example cer are made primarily for White And they know too that rac tain signs and symbols used by middle—class Americans; there ism in both civilian life and various groups which are highly fore, these tests serve to chan the military exists as a tool of suggestive but largely incor nel minorities and the poor into the ruling class used to main rect and widely misunderstood-- the infantry, cook and quarter tain class society by dividing thereby creating a barrier- be master schools, combat engineers, working people (and soldiers) tween races .... etc—jobs which, moreover, are of along racial lines; they know, At this point a Black fist limited value in civilian life). in other words, that racism has appears on the movie screen, and And it is not surprizing to its material base in the profits one of the lecturers goes on to note also that while a goodly of the business community—sep explain: "This fist, the Black number of blacks are now desig arating one group of workers from Power salute, means different nated as Squad and Platoon Lead the others and forcing that group things to different people; some ers in Basic Training, very few to work for less by promoting take it as a personal threat or indeed are invited to attend NCO racist ideas about them; this a threat to the American way of and (especially) Officer Candidate keeps a reserve of un- and under- life. . . . Schools—under the guise of "equal employed workers on tap with whom But let s look at the real opportunity and increased re to threaten the others whenever meaning of this sign, gentlemen. sponsibility" Blacks are put in their demands "get out of hand, It s not a threat; rather, it these positions in the interest and to depress wages generally. signifies solidarity and brother of serving the Lifers and Brass, And by fostering a false sense of hood among Negroes—and no thing who use them to hand down orders competition and prejudice among more| . . for work details, inspections, enlisted men and women, the Brass "Of course, there are a few etc; objectively, therefore, the and Lifers are able to maintain individuals, people like El- placing of Blacks in these posi their dominance over us and to dridge Cleaver and Huey Newton, tions serves to breed discord, deny us our rights. |( who are extremists and who use alienation, and racism among both The intention of the panel these peaceful symbols to ad Black and White in the rank and discussion" is thus clear. It file. Nor is there any provision vance their own personal goals, is part and product of a program but they don't have the support for meeting the needs of Blacks designed to prevent u; from rec- of the majority of law-abiding (and other minorities) in training,ognizing our common interests and citizens, both Black and White. living arrangements, etc.—every- uniting to fight against our corn- For most people, this fist merely one is grouped together without mon enemies. It's true, we must represents brotherhood among distinction—hence these conditiojiscommunicate among each other, but Negroes, and it further symbol further result in the preservation not in the manner they in tend: we izes their freedom from past of ttie racial oppression to which must communicate in order that the oppression. . . . (sic! ) people of color in this society lies these people are spreading Now we see a film entitled, have long been subject. But let can be resisted, and the truth re "The Black Soldier," narrated by us return to the panel discus vealed fer all to see. We must none other than Bill Cosby. The sion . comtnun icatl e in order to share our film is about, "Negro military At one point in the lecture •iences, exchange OUT ideas, heroism of yesteryear and today one of our teachers makes a and above all, not become isolated —benjamin 0. Davis being des surprizingly accurrate statement; from each other. Finally, we must cribed as an example of the new namely, that slavery did not be communicate in order to consoli status" of the American Negro come institutionalized because of date our forces in the struggle soldier today. _. . -And we^re racial prejudice, but because for emancipation and to smash told that the "modern Army lias slavery was a cheap form of labor • this system in which the few pro done away with past racial dis- (italics added.) But of course it fit at the expense of the many. Travis Air Force Base ex gas masks. Two black airmen ploded last month-with fight were arrested and put in the ing, a huge fire, mass arrests, Travis stockade. The charges many injuries, and at Least one against these two men, Byes death. Both the officers there and Mays, were not made public. TRAVIS and the national press claim On Monday, a move was made cuffs. No charges against that it was a race riot , to free the two arrested airmen. them had been formulated at blacks against whites, s'.mply Almost 100 airmen marched to this time. The lh black WAF's mirroring overall racial pat ttie stockade with the cry of •./ho had been detained, were terns of the U.S. The airmen, "Free our brothers'" When they all reljased. especially those directly in arrived, they were met by air On Tuesday, a panel was volved in the fighting and the police armed with gas, auto set up by the base, led by arrests, have a different point matic weapons and bayonets. General Moore and Mr. Wm. of view. They see the incidents Also there were at least 86 Beard from the Dept- of De of the weekend not as a race civilian police who were call fense who "has accomplished war", but as a GI expression ed in, according to the Travis much in the area of human of frustation and anger with Public Information Officer (PI0) relations . Black and wtiite the officers at Travis, the officers were on the panel. oppressive system of the mil for a 'quick show of Force" No airmen were represented. itary and with the war. The police forced the air That day, there were Travis is an integral part men to return to the bar scattered fights on base. of the war machine: it is racks . A bomb scare was reported in the West Coast embarkation On the way back to the the Passenger Teruinal, where point for troops going to Viet- barracks, fights broke out troops we re being loaded t'or Nam. Every day, planes loaded in the baseball diamond and Viet Nam. with soldiers take off from here, whites and blacks fought Travis bound for Saigon. The together against the police. number of troops sent each day Between the ball diamond range from 50 to 500. Travis and the barracks, a hundred and is also a major debarkation thirty — five people were arres point for the war. The base ted. At least ten were beat hospital is the second larg en by police and taken to the est military hospital in the hospital. Many who were ar r U.S., and every day wounded rested were simply standing soldiers return from Indochina by; .several were forcibly to be cared for there. hauled from their rooms. All of the 6500 permanent During and after the * party airmen at Travis arc± arrests, airmrm were warned very close, then, to the war. to stay in their barracks, They work at the terminal — and firehoses were sprayed seeing other men their age on the door to keep them in, and rank take off for Vietnam. and to keep people from look They work at the hospital— ing out. seeing' the satin men return Also around this Lime without a leg, or a testicle, (about 8:00 p.m.), a Bachelor or their- sanity. And they Offi :ers Quarters was burned. work with t he aircraft—re The B0Q area is a good dis pairing, preparing and fuel tance from the ball diamond and barracks. Tire Travis A ing planes to take soldiers to Asia. Fire Department was called to fight the flames and one this is the set 1 in;-; for civil service fireman died A the events which took place here of a heart atttck. The a 1 Travis last month. The building suffered c5,000 events themselves have been worth of damage. irresponsibly reported and (ieneral loore (Commonder it will be useful here to at the ?.2nd air Force) ami run them down chronologically. Col one' Blake, another base This will indicate that the commander, went, to > he bar Immediate incidents which set racks area to talk to the off the violence were racial a irineri. They were jeered * in nature, hat as the encounl and sp i t, a progressed, the tat,";''1 of the Vnother off Leer-, Colonel anger was not white or black I vet-, Vollm; r, later went to MM officials say I h e \ hut rather 1 lit; oppression of ihe area and was removed from are baffled because Travis the military system. his c .. r , r 1.1 bea en . He wa a had had "no history of racial Late Saturday, May 22, taken to the hospital and giv tension." On Sunday , a I'M) two incidents occur ;d in the en twenty-Lhreo stitches Ln tin- officer stated that "the in head . 1300 bar-racks area where; cidents were caused by a small 2500 men and women of various Ill 1 a i gh t , an ordor was group of men who had disci squadrons are housed. The issued to r.rrest anyone who plinary problems." rhey feel first involved two black air was In a group of f'iv^e or more they can best solve the probl -in men who were giving the power Pol Lee were 1 > shoot , and aim by setting up a high level handshake in the messhall. A at the legs, of anyone suspec panel of 1)00 officials and group of white airmen inter ted of making troubla. A con officers to determine how to rupted the handshake by re tingent, of MP's fror.i the 6th deal with rebellious airmen. peatedly walking between the Army a Presidio was call 3d Ili is seem-; to be a very two blacks. I he blacks warn in .0 guard the base and tle .narrow point of view. The ed them that if they tried to nearby Nike Missle site. officers might take a clue pass through them again, the) \ 1 ea '1300" was restricted to from the events , that per would ho stopped. the whin only those who '. ived there. haps they are not capabla of 1 tied Eigain, and fighting broke (tut of the one hundred JeaJ Lng with the situation. on t . that same ni ghI i n the and hirty—five arr.-s;. ;d, When Moore and Blake went to WAE barracks, a while WAF ask- eighty-nine were finally de talk to the airmen they were a black WAF to turn down a tained, the others were jeered and spit at . The) L< radio. She refused, and the released on the grounds that When Colonel Vol I. ne.o went . hi' wli i 1 e WAF t urned it off. they were innocent bystanders.' was beaten The only major Both of these incidents pro That night, the detainees stayed property damage was done to voked fighting throughout the at the detention center, which an officers quarters. Air area . has facilities only for twenty men arrested have stated that By Sunday, word had spread peopls. Early the ue>ct day, they do not want to talk with of the incidents and there was :n order to "cool things down" the official panel. widespread fighting in the 130 0 ami because Trivis did not ha/e area. Security police were adequate facilities to hold brought in with guns, dogs, and them all, they were sent to other AFB stockades, in hand- A friend with him said. Everything here works in re B verse. If you got something, you get .nore. If you have END ALL PRIVILEGES OF RANK. nothing, you don t get any EXTEND PAY, HOUSING AND OTHER IPLOIES! thing. I Liave a wife and two FACILITIES TO ALL. The airmen on base, how kids and I get $^00 a month. ever do want to talk. They 1 have to go 110k for a reg We junior enlisted men who see themselves as allies of ular house in this town, and are married know how impossi those arrested, and feel Vree rents are high. The officers ble is it to live on the mea to speak about their grievances who get si* times that amount, ger wages and housing allow and the causes of the violence. get on base housing. Who needs ance the military gives us. i t most ? Our wives work so we can get All of the airmen, white One black airman voiced by. But what about the fami and black, were angry at the a general inger over tlie pro ly with an infant? The mo national news coverage rep motion system at Travis. ther can't work. Where will orting the incidents as merely "The system is based on IQ the money come from to feed racial. They also agreed, tests, which have been proven and clothe the child? WHY that the tensions that caused to measure white, middle- must this condition the violence were not sudden, claso backgrounds, rather MUST THIS CONDITION EXIST? but had been building up for than your ability. This keeps more than a year. One black black people out of the good But low pay and low housing airman stated, "They say jobs, and we end up cooking in allowance isn t enough of an there s been no trouble be- the Mess or cleaning up Ln the insult. The Navy pays higher it housing allowances as the hosp i. tal man's rank increases. The One black air man said, higher the rank, the more We will end this racism in money a man makes, so he anyway we can gets extra pay and extra Airmen met together off housing allowance dollars. base to voice these grievances and. discuss how they themselves For instance an E-3 with V could make changes . They di-> — 2 years in and with one depe cirssed the events of the week, ndant draws $60.00 B.A,Q. specific complaints, general- (Basic Allowance for Quarters) dissatisfactton with the railr per month, an E—5 with 2 years itary and the war-, and the in the Navy makes $105-00 and need for organizing and com a furnished apartment will municating on base. They also cost from $120.00 to $160.00 made preliminary plans to start An F-2 with 2 yearsin makes a GI paper as a forum for a!1 $208.00 per month plus his base Travis airmen. The officers, pay, before taxas. He is spe who claim they had been trying nding 60^J of his earnings for * to get the real story and that shelter. the airmen wouldn t talk, Air I.-5 with 2 years in makes weren t the re. $360.00 per month.33^ is the One black officer also maximam a person can pay for had doubts about the base offi rent, still eat, maintain a cials ability to deal with the car and have enough left over situation lie sail, "they say for a flick, is 30# Of his they never go down to the en total monthly wages. >r listed nen s barracks to talk BUT! a second LT.who has to the men. In Viet Nam they been in for 2 years makes do— mil thai s because thoy $622,00 and pays $200.00 B.A.Q. know their lives depend on i i. per mon1h.
||H111111«1H111MM1111111»I So if your wife is unable to work, then you must work an extra job. You can t spend PEOPLES much time with your wife be cause you're always working, V VICTORY or tired. The Navy and larire Cor^s has not only killed oppressed people The Long Beach Pig Dep around the world, but h s de fore, but that s because 1 hey artment, suffered a stunning stroyed the bodies, minds, haven t been looking. 1t s defeat on the morning of and marriages of many of its like a farmer looking at some May 21 , 1971 , when at, appro men and women. A lot of cows in a field from a dis- ximately 2 AM 2 pigs were broken marriages are caused » t cruising down Alamitos Ave., directly by the Navy. This lance, He sees they re eat in their unmarked blue, four inequality is not only un ing and goes on his way think door 1969 Chevrolet, appar just, it's criminal, anil ing everything is fine. lie ently searching for some must be changed by any means dosen't get close enough to brother to harass. 'I hanks necessary. see they're eating stickers to the people, Pig Robert, L. and poison berries Russell, 38, and his Pig A wbite airman said, partner Carl E. Marien, 35, they(the officers) try to had to be treated at St. take the blame off I hem. I lio> Mary's Hospital, after at tempting to drag a handcuff look good if Lt looks like we ed, defensless, and pleading are fight Lng anion;; ourselves. tt brother by the neck to an THf FIST Another airman named spe / awaiting pig car. The f Many people have asked what the fist symbolizes II cific grievances. lie said. victim reputed to have been is a symbol of struggle A symbol ol strugqlp by ihe Whites and blacks, we Ae all intoxicated, had committed people, tor the people The fist stands for all the fXOple' SO- kino tO (cil-cr lOQVthtf t• Cj£ 11 lUtfl
We have no triends, only In addition, any attempt by i'.:,-n-MS the workers and peasants at ---John Foster Dulles organization or resistance Secretary of State is put down violently by Imperialism is the control of armies and police forces a country s politics or economy usually supplied and financed by another country. The in by the United States and on fluence of giant U.S. corp the orders of dictatorial orations in the economic regimes endorsed and supported affairs of the various less- by U.S. diplomats. Foreign developed nations of the world business not only drains cap is so extensive that the ital from the underdeveloped situation certainly can be countries, but also allies labeled Imperialism. itself with landlords and the Between 1957 and 1965 the native bourgeosie to maintain overseas manufacturing capacity semi-feudal agriculture, squan of U.S. companies rose 1 40%, squander resources on luxury while the domestic capacity imports, office buildings, rose only 55%. Foreign plant military installations, etc, and equipment expenditures of and generally prevent an in U.S. companies were 8% of their dependent type of economic domestic counterparts in 1950; growth capable of raising the in 1965 they had risen to 17%. living standards of the masses Earnings on foreign investments of people. are now nearly 35% of all cor It is this complex econonic— porate profits, and are much political-military system, whose higher for the largest corpor ultimate purpose is to provide ations. Sales of U.S. manu profits for American business, facturing industries increased that we call imperialism. It 50% at home in the last 10 is this system which is respon The exceptionally high profits years, while foreign sales sible for the war in Vietnam. from these areas results from increased over 110%. It is this system which prompts the combination of very low These statistics, and others U.S. intervention all over the wages and tiigh productivity. that could be given, indicate world, and which stifles the In Saigon, for example, the the degree to which the giant development of the native legal maximum wage is S1 .^0 corporations and financial economy of the less developed per day. The Chase Manhattan interests which dominate the countries generally. U.S. Bank (Korea. Determined Strides U.S. economy are becoming more troops are called in only when Forward. May 1968, p.3) reports and more dependent on foreign more conventional methods of .Americans comment on the production and markets. The protecting our economic inter dexterity and aptitude of search for higher profits leads ests have failed.(e.g., puppet Korean workers, who are to exploitation of the cheap regimes, advisors, diplomacy, available at cash wage labor sources and rich natural and economic coercion.) In rates averaging 650 a. day resources which the non—indust Vietnam the anger of the workers in textiles and 880 a day rialized nations of the world and peasants long ago reached in electronics. offer. In the years right after the point of organized World War II, most American in According to Nation s revolutionary struggle and suc vestments abroad went to Europe Business. February 28, 1969, ceeded in ousting the Japanese and Canada, but in the last few many businessmen see magnifi and French and bringing the U.S. years the pattern has been cent business .opportunity to a military impasse. The war changing. Business Abroad, in Southeast Asia. Many is not being waged simply to (based on the McGraw-Hill expect the flow of business to keep Vietnam open to investments, survey)reports that in 1970, double, triple and even however, but also because that out of $10.3 billion to be quadruple. country is militarily strategic invested, $5.h billion will go How are these incredibly for control over a very wide to Asia, Africa,Latin America, low wages possible? Workers area. The enormous potential and the Pacific Islands. in these countries were very for invertment in all of Asia is at stake in Vietnam. A small group of businessmen and financiers own the wealth of this country.(Less than 2% of families own almost 90% of the corporate stock.) This small group exerts strong influence over the government and uses it to watch over their long-term interests. What is important to businessmen and to the whole business system, is that foreign investments and foreign markets are avail able, and must remain avail able . 67!S SPEARHEAD LETTUCE BOKOTT
The National Lettuce Boy cott continues: The farmwork non-union lettuce out of the FREEA"U FREE Z. ers have app-aled to GIs for PRISONERS help. We are all up against messhalls and commisaries. a common enemy—the military— Stickers declaring, "Lifers 61* and we feel it is important eat Lettuce are seen all over NAME for us all to understand this the base. At a meeting on bond of brotherhood. The same base called by the GIA, over STtKUX kind of people who are sending 150 GIs discussed the boycott and actions they could take. us to Vietnam to kill peasants SiW and get ourselves killed, are Out of it has come messhall strikes by several units and the same people who also ex rSfXfT ploit and control the farm a constant picket line out workers . side the base. Here are the facts...Most At Ft. Bragg, N.C., and in of the lettuce in the mess- Fayetteville, the local town, halls is bought by the Penta picket lines have been set up gon from Bud Antle, Inc., a at every store ind nommisary large grower in the Salinas selling Bud lettuce. At FREE Valley, the scene of the one store, where an adamant strike. Antle is the leading owner declared he would never corporate grower who refuses buy the union lettuce, over to negotiate with the farm 60 GIs and many conimi nity workers about a contract for people formed a continuous decent working conditions, a line, talking to shoppers living wage, and control over about the strike. the pesticides that poison the At Great Lakes Naval Stat lettuce and the workers in the ion, a small scale riot erupt-| fields. ed in one messhall after sev The farmworker^ union, The eral men passing out leaflets United Farmworkers Organizing entered the hall. In respon IMPERIALISM Committee (UFWOC) has organ se, other sailors overturned ized a national boycott of their salad bowls. When an Antle lettuce. The Defense officer ordered the men to The U.S. government, having Department, which has many stop and to eat the lettuce, failed to achieve a clear mili multi-million dollar deals the men's retort was to re tary victory, is attempting in with big corporations, is buy turn the salad to the serving the Paris peace talks to in ing more (3 times morel) than counter by air!! The men sure some kind of continued ever and is paying a higher presence in Vietnam. In price. also informed the officer that none would eat any more addition, the U.S. is negotia Without DoD buying Antle's lettuce. They now have union ting for the right to give aid lettuce, he would have to lettuce. (with the usual stringg) to settle with the farmworkers or At bases in Southern Calif the resulting coalition govern go broke. We GIs are being us ornia, close to the scene of ment and for the protection used as strikebreakers. It is the strike, pressure from the of private investors. The all a very neat, profitable, growth of a strong anti-war union a.n:l GIs has been con and deadly game. It turns out movement in rhis country forces tinuous. UFWOC lettuce is big money for the non-union the government to try winning now in the Presidio (S.F.), growers and at the same time the goals of the war through San Diego Naval lase, Moffet we are used to control the negotiations, while defusing' Field, and many other bases. farmworkers here and the peo the protest movement by token ple of Asia. We can get to troop withdrawals, draft sus gether and help the farmwork pensions, and reform of the ers by forcing scab lettuce laws of military conscription. out of the messhalls. Solid Part of the same strategy is arity is all important. If President Nixon s plan to enough of us GIs get together Vietnamize the war by build and leaflet, picket, and chal ing up the puppet South lenge the military's control LIFERS Vietnamese army; this in order over our lives the Army will to keep sufficient military he forced to stop buying scab pressure to force a settlement lettuce. The last thing the satisfactory to the interests brass can handle is more dis EAT of U.S. corporations. sent in the ranks. And at the The Vietnamese are fighting same time the last thing GIs to free themselves from foreif,n and the farmworkers of Calif economic and political domin ornia can handle is more ex ation, and a movement in this ploitation! Together we can LETTUCE country which simply asks that vin! ' American troops be withdrawn, without questioning the stran GIs SUPPORT THE BOYCOTT!1|| glehold which the government At more and more bases, sup intends to maintain in the area, port, for the national lettuce is not genuinely serving the boycott is growing among GIs. interests of peace in Vietnam Here are a few pieces of and the peoples' independence vhat s happening all over the and economic progress. Our country: demand must be: At Fort Lewis, Wash., the I \l) 1 lit, WAR I N V I ETNAM NOW GI Alliance, a group of sol WD BR I V. ML "I R I HOOPS, diers from Lewis, and airmen MOM Y , WD SI PPL I I S HOMt and sailors from surrounding bases is fighting hard to get JMMI 1)1 VI'FLY ! Another question that a lot AN OPEN LETTER TO GI'S of brothers and sisters have BROTHERS AND SISTERS— an end to the war in Vietnam o abolition or riot control. Be is "l'm in the service and I cause no matter how long your want to help the revolution,^ hair is or how much dope you d' but I don't know what to do." We understand that your Well, we think that revolu struggle against pig lifer •> and if you are still following their- orders - you 11 still be tionaries in the service have the whole imperialist military a heavy responsibility on their system is the same fight that acting like a pig (just remem ber a lot of narcs have long shoulders and that there are we are waging in our neighbor lots of things that you can do. hoods, factories, and schools. hair - but a pig is a pig is a pig)• So if you are a revolu First and foremost, you should It is also ibe same battle that fuck up the military machine black people, Vietnamese people tionary in the service what you have to do is use the service any way you can. This can Palestinian people and oppres occur on many levels - like if sed people all over the world as a revolutionary training ground to gain valuable skills you're a clerk, misfile every ure fighting. The reason that thing. Or you send grenades it is the same fight, even and also to fuck it up so that it cannot function. that are destined to Nam to though the battlegrounds are the people instead and only different, is because the ene But before we go into that, the empty boxes to Nam. Steal my is the same - the racist, let s deal with a question that whatever you can - ordinance, imtjerialist, fascist pig gov a lot of you have been asking. ammo, office machines. Work ernment. This government will What about violence? You see, slowdowns and sick—ins are also use any means necessary to con a lot of brother and sisters good tactics. On a post, one trol the world so that they and are really turned off to vio brother with a can of spray their lackeys can continue to lence "because they see what a paint and revolutionary ideas profit off of the exploitation bummer Nam is and how deranged can do wonders. Offing lifers of the people of the world. the training you re getting in h^.s also become a very popular And this is where you fit in the pig s army is. What these way of fucking them up. Use You are enslaved _n';o military brothers and sisters don t your imagination, there are service to play a pig s role. understand is that there are thousands of ways to slow the That s a weird position to be two kinds of violence - revolu war machine down. Do it! in. Let s explain what we mean tionary violence and reaction you are either drafted or for ary violence. The pig mili Another responsibility that ced by the threat of the draft tary teaches you about reaction you have is to bring the truth (or a prison sentence) to go ary ary violence - which is about the war and the military into the service. Once in, yon used to keep the people down back to your people. When you are forced to become the pig and to keep the pigs in power. know first hand about imperi force "of the United States rul Whenever we struggle for free alism — people will listen. ing class over the world. The dom they will unleash the reac Write letters home to your job of the military is to pro tionary violence without bat friends, family, and co-work tect the profits of the ruling ting an eye. So if we are seri ers — lay it out. As revolu class, and you are the cannon ous about winning our freedom, tionaries, our job is to edu fodder who does this. Now a we ve got to meet this reac cate the people and you are in lot of you understand this and tionary violence with revolu a good position to influence are saying fuck you to the tionary violence. Revolution the younger brothers and sis pigs. That's outtasight! You ary violence is lioerating be ters from your hood. Do it! are saying that you won t go cause it is the violence that You re also learning some along with their program — we ve used on each other for important lessons about how to you re fighting back, resist so long, and now we re turning organize in the military. ing. And that s right on. that violence against the pig. These lessons will come in We support you 100%. But one Revolutionary violence will handy once you re out — because weakness that we see in some set us free because the pigs organizing civilians is much places is that GI brothers are will not give us our rights un the same as organizing GI s. fighting only against some of less we fight for them. S0 Remember your successes and the petty harrassments that the you see, we re not violence failures - then hip us to them. lifers put down on you — like freaks, we just understand that We have to teach each other. hair length or dope. Now, it's we ve got to be prepared to win The next thing is very ob cool to fight for longer hair our freedom by any means neces vious, but a lot of brothers IF you are also fighting for sary, and as you well know, the and sisters aren t hip to it. pigs total existence depends on Learn all of the military the use of violence. We don t skills you can so you can bring see the question as being vio them back to your people. A lence vs non-violence, but ra lot of brothers and sisters ther are we going to win or hate reactionary violence so are we going to jj.ve? much that they aren't learning all they can - that's a drag. Just because you learn stuff from the pigs doesn't mean you have to use it for them. We need to learn those skills to build our own liberation army to fight the pigs. Dig? If you are hip to all of these suggestions and follow up on them once you get out, you will be a lot heavier than the brothers and sisters that ne ver went in. That means that we will be looking to you to take on leadership roles in the revolution when you get out. This doesn't mean that, you won't get some time to rest and par ty - we know you'll need it af ter surviving their system. That's cool. But when you're together, we're counting on you. Remember we are your allies and we are all allies of all the revolutionaries around the world. All of us are digging your struggle inside the ser vice. It s beautiful. Right 'On!
Long Beach MDM THE ONLY GOOD PIG HAS AN APPLE IN HIS MOUTH ^ro£^ ALL POWER To THE HIPPED OFF FROM S.ARNOUlPEQPLE BYJfFFCONLEY • FOR "THE PEOPLE on
The USS Constellation is an attack aircraft carrier and it usually floats off the coast ARMED FARCES DAY of Indochina, sending its planes to bomb Laos and Vietnam. band called California Coun try, proved to the G.I.s Its commander Capt. Harry seeking an alternative to Bob Gerhard, has a reputation for It was a chilly, cloudy, Hope and the U.S.O. that they relishing his assignment. In dreary day in North Hollywood; really got their money s worth, fact,' apparently in apprecia but once we arrived at KPFK tion for his dedication, he s radio and started to hear raps Amid cheers, clapping and raised fists, the show pre been nominated to be rear Ad at the Winter Soldier Investi miral by the Navy. gation, the sun came shining sented skits and music depict ing the horror of the war in His men claim Gerhard has through. The Sisters and Bro said he wants a war with China thers in the panel groups were Viet Nam, the racism, sexism, elitism, and absurdities in and that he says he eats con beautiful, warm, humanistic scientious objectors for people who had seen the real military life; and made all to clear the fact that we the breakfast. American war of aggression in He apparently kept the IndoChina. common people are not the in stigators of and have nothing lid on his men s anti-war We were very moved and to gain from this war, but thoughts until the Constella touched by the raps of these that we, along with the Viet— tion put into San Diego this Brothers and Sisters. We felt Namese people are the victims spring for repairs on both that they had come back home of a system whicti allows war the ship and the men s morale. to help smash U.S. imperialism. to be waged in order to in The Jane Fonda-Donald This marks the first time in crease and protect the wealth Sutherland anti-war satirical U.S. history when Vets have re of an already extremely rich revue was scheduled for San turned from combat to fight for and very small group of people. Diego in May and some of the peace. These people have lear men aboard the ship thought ned about America s injustice After the show, we all went to a party out on a farm, it would be a good idea to havi and the misery of the Indo- the show on the Constellation. Chinese peoplethe hard way. complete with a rock band in the barn. About 200 Marines, So 1300 of the 2500 man They realize that it is their crew signed a petition asking duty to counter government lies Sailors and civilians spent the rest of the night drink for the revue. It was denied by telling the truth about and Gerhard issued an order VietNam. They are commited to ing, dancing and discussing the war, ecology, the mili forbidding any written materi bring about the total end to al that wasn't expressly auth the war by exposing the Facist tary, politics, etc. Jane Fonda and Dick Gregory mix orized by him. government of the USA for what In the meantime, local it is realty doing. It is our ed with the rest of the guests and made it obvious that they groups of the GI anti—war responsibility to hear these movement and peace activists Brothers and Sisters and act are not superstars but "people's performers. had been communicating with by any means necessary to stop many of the crew who didn t the American Pig War Machine. The participants in the share their commander s gung- Most people were visibly program were all vets who have ho views on the war. moved by the testimony of these VietNam service. Many wore One such group, Notr- courageous Brothers who are Si.lver and Bronze Stars, Pur now standing up and telling Violent Action, sent letters ple Hearts and various other to the 2500 sailors about Tricky Dick and his band of medals they were awarded in thugs and robber barons that working for peace and detail combat. They all were all ing the cost >>6\f the C they won't be fooled again. strongly opposed to the Viet The agenda included raps Nam war and felt the U.S. ing the cost of the Constel on the VietNam war, racism and should get the hell out now! lation in lives and money. sexism in the military, mis They told stories of atrocities Gerhard confiscated the treatment of Vietnamese POWs against civilians ami prisoners. letters, although they'd and civilians by U.S. and They told of incidences of been sent first class U.S. Saigon forces, military jus blatant racism and sexism mail, and burned them. throughout the military. These tice , problems of returning Now a coalition of more stories ran down the racist, vets, inadequate handling of than 100 active duty military eletist, ruling class farce Vet affairs by the Veteran personnel from approximately wrongly called military' jus Administration Pigs, and was 30 West Coast installations, tice '. brought to a conclusion on including about 30 from the Sunday afternoon by a memorial The Sunday segment ended Constellation, have signed a service in a cemetary at the with raps about the problems request for an official Navy Vets Hospital in Van Nuys. of returning G.I.s. Some dis investigation, a Court of In abled find many problems in While the City Fathers quiry, of Gerhard. and Admiral Zumwalt celebrat such hasic needs as employment, In addition to violating ed Armed Farces Day in the housing, medical care, in the the First Amendment rights of' traditional way, G.I.s and most wealthy country in the the Constellation crew and de friends from Long Beach world. Their messages built stroying the mail, Gerhard, traveled to San Diego to a great feeling of solidarity the men say, 'illegally con see the fta show. among the people present. No fined an officer to a cabin Flaying to a full house one left in the same frame of for five days with no judicial of 2,^00, the troop, which mind in which they came. proceedings or indication of included Jane Fonda, Dick any charges against, him, Oregory, ten Chandler, Don The man, John Swanson, Sutherland, El Teatro Mes ALL POWER TO THE PFOPLF had gone to visit a friend in tizo, and a fine, mellow GINA & the brig to see if he needed GEORGE a lawyer. Spokesmen for the Concerned Officers Movement in San Diego, a GI group which is supporting the request for the investigation, says when Gerhard heard about Swan's visit he ordered him locked up. Hopefully, the petition ers say, Gerhard will be re moved from command and not be elevated to Admiral. The main point, though, the COM spokesman said was to protect and guarantee con stitutional rights far GIs. [Editor's note; Tne following statement was released on April 26, 1971 by Nguyen Thi Bi , gad \of the delegation of the Provisional Revolutl Government (PEG) of South Vietnam at the Paris peace talks. The establishment press has dismissed PRG OFFERS PEACE it as a "communique aimed at enticing American sol diers to defeat," but has never printed the full text. When the statement was released, a spokesman TOANTI-WARGIS for the PRG added that a number of Americans were fighting with the National Liberation Front.J ORUhR OF THE COMMAND OF THE SOUTH VIE! NAM PLOPLL'S LIBERATION ARMY )w.T..«r.rr»«««n«HlllIimHllH] Since ne took office, President Nixon has made every effort to carry out his "Vietnamization" plan with a view to prolonging the war of aggression in Vietnam. He has intensified and expanded it to the whole of the Indochinese peninsula, piling up new crimes against the peoples of Vietnam, Laos and fa$ &$L Cambodia, and causing the United States further use W . .J5 O/A/K less losses in terms of lives and property. For tne true interest and nonor of the United States, and loyal to justice and freedom-loving tra ditions, many political figures and the broad masses of the American people, including U.S. servicemen w *UAH still in South Vietnam, have also urged the .Axon administration to stop the war. They have opposed orders of tne U.S. commanders, and demanded the immediate witndrawals of the'u.S. troops. _A*°r. yautu f/ty£A. cvess UHAT X OIO wRcrfcr.' In keeping with the Vietnamese people's long standing tradition of humanitarianism, the South Vietnam National Front for Liberation and the Pro visional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam iiave stated on repeated occasions that their policy is to welcome the anti-war U.S. NON-POT BUST servicemen and to give numane treatment to the U.S. servicemen captured or wounded on the battle Four GI s and a civilian field. were busted in Anniston, Ala in the present situation and pursuant to this bama for not possessing mari juana. The five men, members policy, the Command of the South Vietnam People's of Gl's and WACs United, had Liberation Armed Forces orders: been working with a black 1. Not to attack those anti-war U.S. service hospital workers strike in men—individuals or groups--who demand repatriatron, Anniston, and around the oppose orders of the U.S. commanders, and abstain People s Peace Treaty. from hostile actions against the People's Liberation FBI and state officers Armed Forces, from supporting or coming to the res broke into the civilian s cue of the Saigon army, encroaching on the freedom, home, searched it, found property and lives of the South Vietnamese people, nothing, and busted him for interfering with their internal affairs, hindering possession. Several hours their struggles against the Thieu-Ky-Kiem clique. later, four GI s were busted 2. To give proper treatment to those U.S. ser on the same charges—and vicemen—individuals or groups--who in action refrain without any more evidence. from opposing tne People's Liberation Armed Force.--, All five were taken to and tnose who carry with them anti-war literature. jail on $2500 bail apiece. They ve been bailed out by 3. To stand ready to extend aid and protection friends, but their troubles to those anti-war U.S. servicemen who have run away aren t over yet. Alabama for their opposition to orders of operations, to has stricter dope laws than harsn discipline and to the discriminatory policy any other state, and they of the army. face a possibility of 20 years in jail. Because the 4. To welcome and give good treatment to those busts were so clearly pol U.S. servicemen WHO cross over to the South Vietnam itical it seems likely that people and tne People's Liberation Armed Forces; to the local courts will make stand ready to help them go nome or seek asylum in an all-out effort to screw another country if requested by them. them over. 5. To welcome and to grant appropriate re wards to those U.S. servicemen—individuals or groups --who support the National Front for Liberation and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. The Command of the South Vietnam People's Lib eration Armed Forces calls on the officers and men in all services of the U.S. Army in South Vietnam to make their best efforts to demand their repatri ation, to refuse to go submissively to a useless death in the unjust war in Vietnam and Indochina, to try by every means to enter into contact with and to inform the South Vietnam people and the People's Liberation; Armsd Forces of their anti-war actions in order to recieve assistance. The People'sLiberation Armed Forces must ser iously carry out this order while constantly enhan cing their vigilance and meting out exemplary pun ishment to those who continue stubbornly to follow the U.S. imperialists in opposing the Vietn»— • people. -ut.cac WHAT WE WANT
A. We demand the right to obedience to individual which only benefits himself and intensifies the THE MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC conscience moral, political, and religious. exploitation and oppression of the people. We want MILITARY IS A GROUP OF ACTIVE DUTY to be treated as the average people and do only the SERVICEMEN WHO ARE DEDICATED TO Our country was supposedly founded on will of the people. MAKING THE MILITARY RESPOND TO THE freedom of morals, political affiliations, and WILL AND NEEDS OF THE SERVICEMAN AND choice of religion. All dedications of each 7. We demand the abolition of the class structure of the THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. STATED BELOW ARE person should be respected on these bases. military. THE PREAMBLE AND LIST OF DEMANDS WRITTEN BY THESE ACTIVE DUTY B. We demand the right to refuse politically End all segregation, saluting, sirring, and stop all rank SERVICEMEN FOR ACTIVE DUTY SERVICEMEN objectionable duty such as riot control, strike privileges. These things only breed individualism and AND OTHER OPPRESSED GROUPS IN THIS busting, and Vietnam duty. diversity amongst the people within the military NATION AND THE WORLD. which is dominated over by the pigs. (MudJsn tactics Believing that ending the suppression of the American We want an end to being a puppet for the preached by the pigs says to divide and conquer.) serviceman is an important part of a larger struggle for basic oppressor, to oppressing our own people and human rights, the Movement for a Democratic Military those struggling for their liberation. We demand the right to try the conduct of officers, pledges support for the self-determination of all peoples. through an officers' review board elected by the We are dedicated to' using every means at our disposal to C. We demand that MJ\s be kept out of our enlisted men. Understanding and respect can only be bring about a prompt end to the war in Vietnam, the civilian lives. earned through human to human relations not god to exploitation of our brothers and sisters abroad, and the followers. repression-both physical and economic-of those in our We want the people to be the judges of our own land. We feel that by remaining silent, the serviceman doings within our lives as civilians, aS a part of 8. We demand that an end be put to all racism has contributed to the denial of this deep-founded right of the people. Put an end to this unjust oppression everywhere. himself ami of., people everywhere to live free from by the pigs who own and run the military. intimidation and oppression. WE HAVE BEEN SILENT Officers and senior enlisted men breed racism within FOR A LONG TIME. WE WILL BE SILENT NO LONGER. 4. Abolish all mental and physical cruelty in military the service by exploiting and indirectly pitting service brigs, correctional custodies, and basic training. men and women of different races against one 1. We demand the right to collective bargaining. another. Bring these offenders to trial by the system The basic reason many of our brothers and sisters described in point seven. We demand the right to decide, within ourselves came into the military service was to show their (military), the usage of the peoples' money alloted respect for their family and friends by defending 9. Free all political prisoner* the military for effective defense, ceasing the those they love. Once we're in, the pig beats us and exploitation of the peoples' money for defense by the tries to alter our minds to do the will of the pigs. End In return for captured American troops in Vietnam, oppressor for his own capitalistic and imperialistk all undo harrassment in your brigs, correctional we support freedom and amnesty for Eldridge goals custodies, and basic training. The military (rig's way is Cleaver, Huey Newton, the Conspiracy 8, and our not the way of the people nor is it accepted by the brother war resisters at home and abroad. 2. Extend all human and constitutional rights to people and it will no longer be accepted by us. military men and women. 10. Stop all glorification of war now prevalent in al! 5. We demand the abolition of present courtmartial and branches of the military. All military men and women are indirect non-judicial punishment systems. representatives of the people, and are themselves a Many servicemen and women are instilled with the part of the people. Our Declaration of Independence We want to elect our own case review boards, made idea that what they're doing is such a glorious thing states that, "all people are endowed with certain up of civilians. We demand our rights of the for the cause of their country. It is, for the pig who inalienable rights. Among those axe life, liberty, and constitution and its contents; it states rights to a fair sits back and gets fat from his profits brought in by pursuit of happine* " Th; ™ m Rights gives all trial by a jury consisting of peers 01' ilii ~^S7,l JCCiil the war. But when they return to face the wrath of people the freedoms of speech, press, to a fair trial by and economical background. Eliminate all physical the people they realize that all they did wai iu j*>)' • jury consisting of peers, freedom of assembly, and the custody before trials. End all abuse of our rights. hand in exploitation of the people by the pigs. For right to bear arms in defense of family, home, the people are the only ones who are directly effected ~~>«ntrv. We are a part of the people, 6. We demand wages equal to the minimum federal vastly by the war which they hate and want to end. community, o. .^. , - -.. , . ^gjrf K wages. organized into an army, supposedly RN .. u r 11. Abolish the draft and all involuntary enlistment. defense. '• nor are we any We aren't any better than tne pcu^.v ... 1' Pull out of Vietnam now. 3. Stop all military censorship and intimidations. less than the people. We in the military jyst chose to do the will and protection of our people. Instead —*•'< are We are the people, and identify as people, not we've learned through the present ways of our We refuse to suppress the Vietnamese w»w — machines or robots programed to do the will of our capitalistic-imperialistic oppressor who runs the own oppressors, who try to immobilize our ability to military that we are only established to do his will struggling for liberation. think as free people by using scare tactics and lies. NOW! END THE *A.R free to all GIs and other PQWS 25 cent donation AT 1810 E. THIS PAPER IS YOUR PERSONAL- PROPERTY AND CANNOT BE LEGALY TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU! ANAHEIM
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BOYCOTT TYRRELL'S
On July '}0,h a group of brothers and sisters, both civilians and military began a boycott of the demands Long Beach branch Of Tyrell s A boycott of Tyrrell's Jewelry Store Jewelers. The first couple of was started here July 30th by local ser weeks were not so good because vicemen with the following demands: of lack of people to picket 1. An end to sidewalk soliciting every day, but since the 1st and high-pressure salesmanship. of August the picket line lias 2. An end to the exploitation of been up daily. Since the lines have been up Tyrell's has been homesickness "Buddy Books" open less than 50% of their the hometown sales line, and normal liours (3 to 11 pm on the "Mother's Medal of Honor" weekdays, 12 noon to 11 pm Sat. take advantage of the fact that and Sunday). We have picketed Gl's are taken from their com and had success as far as clos munities to fight for other ing them down but they have people's interests around the made no move to meet the the world. demands on a nationwide basis, 3. An end to military cooperation although on August the 30th the Quit using the military al local manager attempted to get lotment system and disiplinary the picket lines down by pro action to make sure Tyrrell's mising to stop sidewalk sol gets their money. icitation on a local level on 4. Abolish the "Vietnam Honor Roll" ly. This is totally unacept- List of G.l.'s who died in ablelJ and we advised him that Viet Nam while owing rroney to unless all 5 demands are not Tyrrell's. met on a nationwide basis that Later, a fifth was added: the lines will stay up. We 5. A written agreement from Tyrrell's have Tyrell's on the run in national office that the demands Long Beach but we must keep will be met nationwide. the lines up daily or they will be able to return to bus iness as usual What can you do if you feel you've We must remain united in our been ripped-off by Tyrrell's or one of the other joints like them along efforts -to stop ELII, G.X. rip- Broadway? tf you are under 2\, you offs in LB. By showing Ty can use California State Law to get rell s that we are willing to your money back. sacrafice in order to carry on The way to do this is to write the Boycott, we can also dem Tyrrell's a letter rescinding the onstrate to other "Rip-off" contract you have with them. You - artists in the downtown area Be careful Tyrrel 1 ' smay try to that our community will no must make Carbon or photo copies trick you into Signing an agreement longer tolerate shysters, Hust of the letter; to be legally bin for exchange rather than refund. If lers and any other jive mer ding, the letter must be signed, Tyrrell's refuses to give you your chants. If we come together dated and sent by registered mail. money back, you may have to take and work together we can make Lawyers advise us that the letter them to Small Maims Court, where LB a better place for all young should take this form: it will be you against the Tyrrell's people, whether they are street people, students or sailors. We must get together behind things we want and build to Manager Davy Jones gether for a better community. Tyrrell's Jewelers, Inc. USS FLYING DUTCHMAN If you would like-to help or 123 W. Ocean Long -Beach, Cal . have any ideas that we can Long Beach, Calif.' work on to make LB a place Sept. 10, 197| where sailors and young people Sir, build things together for the material benefit of all — I rescind the pruchase of Made on (date) for S please contact us I understand that | must return the property when you make the Love and Power Bro George rescision and return the amount of my payments to date. ($ ) If you call and give me reasonable advance notice, you may claim the property at my address listed above. This fotice is given pursuant to the consumer's Legal Remedies Act of 1970, California Civil Code Section 1782. This act states that i f consumer' s mor.ey is not rescinded within 30 days, the con sumer can seek damages.
S igned While on bhe picket line at TyrolIs one night, I had one important point driven home to ,me—that is, when a business bits survived (acLually thrived) for 23 years on lies, mis representations and a liberal quantityof soft soap, tliey are not going to change their way of life over night. The example was this: The time was about 10:30 on a Mon day niglit. We had closed down the picket line at about ten o clock. The salesman, be lieving everyone had gone home, proceeded to open the store for business. (This little game has been going on about seven weeks—when we are there the salesmen aren't, but as soon as the picketers leave, l.hey open.) Five minutes later I was walking around outside with a sign. In an other five minutes Tyrells was closing again. On their way out. they put a sign in the win dow stating that this (the The next day tliey were open Long Beach) branch was closed for business. and that checks for payments They told me that if i brought them five paying customers the due chould be mailed l.o would give me a free radio. When the salesmen walked out This indicates to me a warped the following conversation sense of values; for six weeks took place: I ve been picketing this place" Me: Closing for the night,, and now they are attempting hull? to bribe me to bring them cus Them: Actually we re closing tomers . for longer than that. The whole point I m trying to Me: Why? make is that Tyrells was a rip- Them: Your boycott has hurt off yesterday and a will be us quite a bit. We will prob a rip—off tomorrow unless we ably be closed for a while. make sure that they have in I am a Marine stationed Me: How Long? fact met our demands. We at the Naval Base, Long Beach. must. not. take their word fox- On March 23, 1971 1 informed (witli this question I got some my superiors (as -tne Marine evasive looks and non—commit— it. Test themi if if you Cox-ps o^iii!) tnem) tnat I was al answers) are given the same old crap applying for- a CO. contact us at 5997718. At that Them: Well we don't know ex time I didn't know anything actly but... about being a CO., all I Me: A week? Two days? Bro. Steve knew was how I felt about the Them: About that long. war and violence toward by I took them at their word and brothers. I also could not assumed that they would be see how a country that was closed for at least 2k hours, supposed to be based on Tree possibly longer. dom of belief could take this right of believing the way T do away from me. I didn't have a very strong case being that my my convictions had become strongest since coming into the M.C. But they sent it to Wash, and it came back denied. On the grounds that I had recei ved orders to VietNam before applying, which was not true. I still refused to carry a weapon because of my convict ions. So they wrote me up for refusing to carry a wea pon and also a trumped up UA charge. So on the 25th of August they gave me a Special Courts Martial. I had con tacted M.D.M. and they found a civilian lawyer for me. The court started at 1000 that morning. Half way through, two of the prosecution witnes ses (one who had already been on the stand and one who had not) were found rapping about the case; which the judge had told them no to do. This was brought to the courts atten tion but nothing was done. About 1 3**5 the court was over and to my surprise I was found not guilty to all charges. But, this is just the begining, for I have to start over with my C.O. application. But I did win round one!
Bro. Mike Throughout your tour of involuntary servitude in the not enough, you'll spend more time in here. Marine Corps, the brig has been used as a fear tactic. Rehabilitation bullshit! They still haven't explained (If you do this, you're going to the brig; if you don't to us why the laws that dictate involuntary servitude do this, you're going to the brig!) Dig where I'm com are justified, or even if they are justifiable at all. ing from? That's a fear tactic. And because it is used I have been in the brig for four months. I've by every commanding officer, first sergeant, company challenged the administration several times on how they gunny and platoon sergeant, it has become an institut justify the laws and even their own fear tactics. And ionalized fesr tactic. to give it to you straight, they can't justify anything Despite this institutionalized fear, every day more the U.S. Armed Forces stand for. They're as full of it men find themselves behind the wire for breaking one as a Christmas turkey. I've asked them questions such of those scadzillion rules and regulations that keep us in as: Why is it mandatory to join the armed forces or go POW to prison? Answer: Because no one would join if it chains. All right, so we find ourselves in the brig. The weren't mandatory. first week there you go through an indoctrination Q: Why? IN THE class where they tell you over and over again that the A: I don't know. "correctional fac;,ity" is here for the purpose of rehab Q: Why< must enlisted men be forced to salute all ilitation. Well, mat's really groovy if they would be officers and call them sir—even officer they don't know, men of their words, but are they? O.K. Let's find even officers they hate, even officers not deserving of out, I say to myself. There are men in the brig for their respect? violation of almost every rule or regulation from the A: Military courtesy. Department of Defense and for violation of every ar Q: What's courtesy got to do with saluting and sirring ticle of the UCMJ. people you can't stand? BRIG Before anyone violates a rule, regulation, or article, A: I don't know. there's usually a reason why it's done. Either you Q: Why does the officer get paid more than the en didn't support the regulation, you didn't like what the listed man? rule or regulation represented, or you found out you A: Because he's an officer. couldn't possibly live under these conditions. Q: Who does the fighting, the dying, the labor, the Considering this, it would seem that the biggest step officer or the enlisted man? toward our rehabilitation would be to explain to us A: The enlisted man. how they justify all of these rules and regulations that Q: Then who should be paid the most? we have violated. But they (the brig administration) A: I don't know. do not ever attempt to do this. Their idea of rehab Q: Why do we have to follow all orders given to us? ilitation is to severely enforce all DOD directives, all Even the ones sending us to our own home towns to Base orders, all articles of the UCMJ plus 178 others shoot kids on the campuses protesting an illegal, im that have been established by the commanding officer moral war? In fact, why is it mandatory that we go to of the brig. I said severely enforce and that's exactly Vietnam to fight a war most of us don't believe in any what I mean. more? They use punishments in here ranging from E.P.D. A: I don't know, but I'm not paid to know. I'm to solitary confinement, to solitary confinement on a just paid to enforce the regulations we have. Who are rabbit food diet, and if they still can't break your you to be challenging them anyway. You are going to spirit that way,they'll call in the goon squad to bounce live by these regulations or you'll spend the rest of you off the walls a while and then place you in hand your life in the brig. Is that clear? cuffs and restrainer belt. And then if they still And so far my efforts have accomplished nothing haven't broken your spirit, they'll just give you another except being tagged a subversive and being placed in court martial for assaulting their goon squad. Does that solitary on rabbit food diets. But I keep smiling be sound much like rehabilitation to you? It doesn't cause I know one day the enlisted men are going to get sound much like rehabilitation to me either. It's the together and rehabilitate the Marine Corps. By any old Marine Corps standby--the great, noble fear tactic. means necessary. If you don't do this we'll put you in solitary; if you America, Change It or Lose it. do that we'll keep you in solitary and f»ed you rabbit A POW in the brig. food for 5, 10, 15, 20 days, indefinitely. And if that's GEORGE JACKSON, Field Marshal. Black Panther Party
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Nov 11, 1970 - / love the innocent, really love the righteous, the ones who are at least trying, searching for themselves and validity, the ones who push themselves for non-selfish motives. The righteous sense the urgency of things, they deliberate with themselves and they plunge, they seize the time, and never, never place limits upon rH'mselves . . . I love the world too, But as you said it must he redeemed by the innocent, the righteous, life must be redeemed, at present it is meaningless. Our task then, is to search for a way to love and appreciate each other and life within the matrix of war. I'm certain that is what Che Guevara was saying with his comment to the effect that DURING the struggle we build the new relations, the new ideals for which we went to war. And it is reasonable that no great sudden changes can be expected, simply because we crush the obvious and let's say external enemy. What if he fell tomorrow, wouldn't we still have some of the effects of his presence lingering even within us^ I always view things in process, attempt to see the thing in motion, action, and , .nteraction. It's complex, but beautiful and worthwhile. Worthy of our all. But wc have no choice, history played an exceedingly cruel trick on $. It's calling for our '"•?/, and we can only try, wc must try, or they will kill the thing we love. The worlu , imtst reiu/w, change, move; it must not be held back for any man's privilege, or it will die. Revolution is the imperative, permanent'renewing DIM BUST The following statement comes larger struggle for basic hu from the latest issue of Pay man rights. Movement for a back. the voice of Orange Democratic Military is dedi County MDM. Their house was cated to use every means at o raided on Sept y. All their our disposal to bring about a equipment an.! 2000 copies of prompt end to the war in South their paper were stolen by east Asia, the exploitation of the agents of reaction. our brothers and sisters abroad * ********* After ten months of remaining and in our own land. By re silent, ten montlis of taking maining silent we contribute shit off the pig-lifer, and to the oppression and exploit ten montlis of preparation, we ation of people everywhere. are again raising our voices We won't be stopped! in protest. Not peacefully requesting mast, but actively We have been silent too long. engageing in struggle with the WE WILL BE SILENT NO LONGER! FREE THE CAMP McCOY 3 pigs with the weapons avail able to us: newspapers, pam Orange County MDM phlets, meetings, political Can be contacted by Tom Chase, education, attitudes, and writing to. Dannie Kreps and Steve Geden (The Camp McCoy 3) friendships. These are the P.O.Box 11354 were charged with bombing a power station, water Santa Ana,Ca. works and a telephone exchange at Camp McCoy, weapons that we can use ef Wisconsin on July 26, 1970. They are now facing fectively to deal with the 9271 1 trial in Federal Court in Madison, Wisconsin and face brass. a possible 35 years in jail each. We demand that the Camp McCoy 3 be freed of these rediculous charges. Last year MDM started out ask We should all support the Camp McCoy 3 in any way we can! ing- the brass to give us what FREE THE CAMP McCOY 3 we want. We realize now that POWER TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GI'S the rulers will not relent ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! their position or even make token concessions. by the second issue of the paper, repression had grown to such an extent that three of RESTRICTED BARRACKS the brothers in MDM deserted to avoid the ax. Because of this repression the attitude of MDM has become more mili tant. The pigs showed their I am a conscientious objector true colors and tried to stop in the U„S. Navy. I consider the paper from coming onto the myself radically opposed to t base by searching cars for the intention of this organ 'MDM literature (this paper ization. Currently I am lying cannot legally be taken from .. waste in restricted barracks, you, it is your personal prop— |] somewhat of an honor prison. wfxd.-ti.xxg fox- -fcxxe t)ureauci-ata 111 erty). One person got busted Washing-ton to pass a decision but all charges were dropped on my CO. application. I've because the pigs knew they been waiting couldn't make a case of it. My history with the Navy is a The shit that happens in the long one; unlike my active military "race riots (intx- duty time which is a mere 2 midation, constant harrasment months. I had no concept, by the lifers) is typical of KILLEEN before active duty, that mil the tactics used by pigs every itary personal were treated where to divide us by race, in such a machine like manner. class,(rank) and sex. To HARASSMENT The human level of interaction maintain disipline, says the in the institution never seems brass, "these tactics must be to evolve. The hierarchy is rt used. so rigid that not even the Ending the suppreissio: n of A- slightest, gap is left for an merican service men and women 32 Busted individual to find creative is an important part of a satisfaction. Being an en listed man of extremely low cording to the United Front's report, rank I am made aware of the the case of Priest) KILLEEN TEX.-Thirty-two peo officer, and (in they began pulling people out of cars low morale and high sense of ple, almost all of them GI s from Ft. arson. and arresting them indiscriminately; alienation are experiences Hood, were busted near Killeen, by Defense and -upport for the two is several people were beaten. of all those in a postion sucli state, county and municipal police being organized by the Ft. Hood When the smoke cleared, 32 people as the one I occupy. on Sept. 12. The arrests, on charges United Front; their rally on Sept. 12 were in jail in Belton (county seat of ranging from illegal discharge of horn My observations in the last at Stillhouse Lake near Killeen drew Bell County), six for possession of to possession of marijuana, followed a month lead me to conclude that 100 people at its height. The rally marijuana, 18 for abusive language, "People's Free Picnic" and rally in the enlisted man needs a VOICE. was ended at 4 pm with a motorcade eight for aggravated assault, three for support of Pvts. Kelvin Harvey and through downtown Killeen. More than interfering with police officers, one The position we occupy is one John Priest, inmates of the Ft. Hood 20 cars left for the caravan and more for unlawfully carrying arms (a knife of complete powerlessness: any stockade. joined along the way, but many were one-half inch over the legal limit), deviation from the strict mil busted before they made it downtown. one for driving while intoxicated, one Repression is nothing new to activ itary code, no matter how for use of obscene language, one for slight, results in trial by a ist GI s at Hood. The latest busts are The trouble started, according to obscene gesturing and three for minor only the most recent link in a chain the United Front, when two motor traffic offenses. (That doesn't add up kangaroo court, (i just had going back at least as far as December, cyclists traveling with the caravan to 32 because some people were charg piy first taste of military 1970, when a rebellion broke out in were stopped by state police for ed with more than one thing.) justice; for following the the Ft. Hood stockade. At that time, allegedly driving on the wrong side of the prisoners (85 per cent of whom dictates of my conscience, I the road. The whole caravan stopped Lawyers for the Stillhouse Lake received 60 days confinement, were black or chicano) demanded an to keep an eye on things and were that it's important that such end to racist harassment by guards 32 m $50.00 fine, and reduction in tol»„Md bhyu thPe hikers that "everything'"everything s harassment not be upheld by the and the beginning of adequate food, 1 wii...... rank.) linen, sanitation and medical care. cool." But just as things were calming courts. The defendants plan to stick down, detectives from the Killeen together to keep that from happening. I am very eager to become an Of the 50 prisoners involved in the Police Dept. showed up and im ACTIVE member of this organ mediately attacked the bikers. During Contributions for the defense of ization, directing me to a rebellion, Kelvin Harvey (a black man those arrested on Sept. 12, as well as in the stockade for assaulting a white the ensuing fracas, about 20 more [path that would render this cops arrived and, with shotguns drawn, for Kelvin Harvey and John Priest NC0) and John Priest (white, convict (who face much heavier charges), existing establishment to ed of possessing marijuana — were sing forced the erstwhile picnickers back into their cars. should be sent to: ,uin s . led out to be sent to Leavenworth. Peace They are back in Killeen now, in the The motorcade continued, but was Ft. Hood United Front Ft. Hood stockade, awaiting court- Bro. Bob stopped again, this time by Killeen POBox 1265 martial on charges of destruction of cops and Bell County deputies. Ac- Killeen, Tex. 76541 government property, assault on an CQHHIt 1IUI 11 11111111 Over 82% of nearly 35,000 people polled in San Diego wanted the aircraft carrier Constellation to stay home and not to sail to Vietnam. The overwhelming anti-war vote, took place Sept. 17-21 in mobile polling places in some of the city s busiest areas, such as shopping cent ers and bus terminals. It followed weeks of intensive campaigning. Of the 45,060 "stay home" votes, 37,833 were civilian, 6,951 were military and 276 were from the crew of the Con stellation. Of the 91661 "go to Viet-nam" votes—17.6% of the total, 6,857 were civilian, 2,575 mil itary and 229 from the Con stellation. The crew's_ votes had come— and more ballots from the sailors are expected to be returned— despite a warning to tliem by the commanding officer not to get involved. After the vote 9 of the crew- men left the ship and took sanctuary in a church One of them, Scott Flanagan, an Elec- tronics Technician JC stated: 'l was sort of a passive watch er. Then when the carrier came to San Diego earlier this year X became consciously committed a-tvd personallv involved .
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I am fully aware 01 ini e con— sequences. I was fully aware Airman Daniel Hoag, stated, These brothers took a rightous before I got involved. If I 'i have been told that what stand In refusing to take part had not been willing to face I am doing is a owardly and in the Mtirder in Vietnam. But them, I would not have taken an unmanly thing to be a part the Constellation sailed. The the step I did. of. If being a man means tliat individual actions of these Airman Charlie Andrews , who I must go against all of my brothers and the overwhelming has 10 months of Navy service, moral convictions and involve support for their not going said he made the final decision that was showed through the myself with the unnecessary and wo not to sail with the carrier unjust killing of another human vote was not enough If the night before, being, then I m no man. To me, want to keep our ships from "i realized I had to do some being a man is being able to going to Vietnam we all have thing as an individual and stand up and fight for what you to get together in united take a stand on something I really believe in. action. After all no ship believe in. can sail without its crew. x**-x-*-x-^i< x- x X -x x x x • * x -x ********* * * IV you want to have a veto on your ship like the one on the Connie, and you need any help call or come by MDM. IINHUM
To understand what the attack carrier act laly does By the late 1950s it and launch its strikes hundreds could be said the attack car today is t » understand in a re of miles into the interior from rier was a ship in search of a allstic way the strategic and a virtually invulnerable sanc political objectives of Ameri mission. It was itself too vulnerable to missle and sub tuary. This is what the Navy can, foreign policy. This pol and Defease planners discovered icy is carried out on a global marine attack to provide ade quate protection for surface in Korea and applied to Vietnam, scale, and within the last ten Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, the years the attack carrier has ships(which anyway had devel oped their own defense systems Dominican. Republic, Guatemala, coue to be a major instrument and In dozens of other incident* in the application <>f this up no better or worse than those provided by the carrier), and where power, or the the threat on tho peoples of the Thi-d -">f power, against Third World World it was no longer expected to strike deep into enemy terri peoples was needed. Thu aircraft carrier was tory with nuclear bombs (al It is increasingly evi originally designed in the ways a dubious venture of high dent that the future of the 1020s to increase the power of risk under any conceivable con attack carrier will closely naval forces. it provided air ditions of warfare). The car resemble its most recent past. defense for surface ships of rier was left to cruise the The wars of the future will in the fleet and a -strike force seas, showing the flag, enter all likelihood be limited wars to be used against enemy naval taining foreign dignitaries, (limited, that is, for the U.S., but not for our chosen enemies)' ships. The most brilliant use and on occasion threatening to use its air power to promote These wars, if they are to be of this kind of force was made, limited and not explode into American interests (Lebanon not by the Americans, but by nuclear holacaust, will be the Japanese in their attack landing in 1958, Cuban missle waged by this country against on the U.S. Pacific Fleet an crisis in 1962, and the Domin Third World peoples, and they chored in Pearl Harbor La 1Q4I. ican Republic in 1965 for ex will be carried out by attack Today, the original strike amples) . The earl/ history of carriers remote from their tar force of carrier planes has the CONSTELLATION shows how ob gets of destruction. Thi3 new been largely taken over by solete the attack carrier had Mission 13 designed t :> accom tho fleet missle, and the de- in fact become. Between 1961, odate the new policy of using fsnse of surface ships is no when if was commissioned, and military force to counter revo longer directed against the Gulf of Tonkin in mid-1 96k, lutionary and libera clan move the CONSTELLATION did nothing. airplane, bul. ;,.ga;n.,t thf, tor ments whur«vtr -tti*>-y emerge. pedo and the mi3S.il1>. Tu There was no strategic or tac— The oarrier has a tnojor cole :1ea.lin£y wit'i thi ,3 i.'ireat Che ti"5a?. mission it :oul<1 any to play in the future of count airplanes of the attack carri 1onge r perform. er re"-o7.u tl inary -jtraiegy, for ers have little of f acti /inos.i. The bonbing of North Viet this strategy inunt be carried •The large attack carrier has nam .and the increasing use of out with a Low Profile". itself become a •.ru.1.nerabl 9 tax- American military force against This means less dependence on get, so vulnerable that many Third World peoples suddenly overseas bases, fewer troops within the military and Cong- changed the outlook on attack on foreign soil, and smaller, rs.si now argue that no m>re carriers. It provided a new mor J discrete and more rapid large attack carders be built. mission, and hence a new just interventions. It also means more money for naval ships They point rml that the Sovivt ification for/ these increas and planes, as the budget of Union, in building up its nav ingly expensive ships That mission was tactical a'.r pow Fiscal fear 19^* make-s clear, al power in recent, years, has and an increasing role for the not constructed a single at er, and the targets of tacti cal air power are not :>n the att aek o arrIer, tack carrier. The attack carrier today Toward he end of the sea but on land. The carrier was not the only base from is slowly being transformed by Second World War the increased the experience of Southeast power of aircraft engines and which the bombing of North ;nd South Vietnau and attacks agai Asia into a major counter—rev improvements In airframe design olutionary weapon. Its planes, against grc-unl troops and their so extended the range and car already capable of flying at rying capacity of airplanes uiLilian allies could be car night and in all kinds of wea that it Jar- possible to use air ried out.. There were also ther, are being adapted for craft carriers as Mobile plat bases in Thailand and in South low—level attack over mount forms from 'diich to launch Vietnam Itself, and for the ainous terrain and for close bombing over enemy territory. B-52s, Okinawa and the island, support missions ..gainst snemy The possibility of suoh bomb of Guam. But the attack car ground troops Its early warn ing attac k s wa s f i " s t demon - rier had certain advantages ing reconnaissance systems, so Ion, as the victim was power formerly designed solely to strated by Gen. Doolittle in r his 19^12 raid on Tokyo, launch less to attack it with its pick up targets ov er the sea, ed from the carrier Hornet. own forces. It was mobile; it are being redesigned o pick The bombing function of attack couAi be called into actitn on up targets fron ground-clutter carriers was further developed short .10 Am;—a. matter of hours backgrounds . The electron;c during the Cold War. From the or at m>st days; it did not warfare counter—measures in its attack planes will soon be cap end of World War II until the require prior agreements or ela able of degrading or suppress late 1950s the attack carrier elaborate treaties with other governments before It Launched ing altogether the kind of in fleet was assigned ,he primary tensive radar defense systems task of maintaining American its attack. In short, the at supr^m. cvr over Russia in stra tack carrier gave the U.S. im mediate unilaA-sral Force to be found only on land. In the tegic nuclear strl WIN Magazine We, the brothers of the USS Coral Sea, The USS Coral Sea has been out oj The first petitions were ripped off by United States Navy attack aircraft carrier, The crew of the attack aircraft carrier action for over a year. In A ugusl, the war the lifers and are now held by the Execu USS Coral Sea have decided to help stop started coming home as sea trials began. started a petition to keep our ship from tive Officer. He said the petition was making another cruise to Vietnam. We the war by stopping their ship. These were short cruises to train the crew legal, but ignored attempts by the crew to While Nixon tries to cover up the most and play war games with the fleet off the feel it is time to let the government know get it back. So the crew ignored the XO that we won't fight its wars for them any vicious aspect of the war, the constant West Coast. The Navy wants the ship to and started a new petition. Over 300 men bombing of Laos, Cambodia, and Viet leave for Yankee Station near Southeast more. The majority of the sailors and signed the first one, and were pissed that Marines aboard support what we call the nam, men at bomber bases in Thailand Asia on November 12. it was ripped off; this shit from the lifers and on carriers in the Tonkin Gulf cannot The crew wants to keep the ship from SOS Movement (Stop Our Ship). But in will probably stir even more people to order to succeed, we need your help: The be misled. Against countries which have a deploying. On September 13, they wrote a sign. On the ship when it left for trials weak air force, carriers are secure bases petition which laid out their feelings: support of the people. If we succeed, Monday were thousands of leaflets with other ships and detachments will follow for planes armed with 500 pound bombs, the text of the petition and places for and the govern ment won't have anybody cluster bombs, and rockets, all designed signatures. left to send. to kill people with a minimal loss of The Captain and the XO walked in on American lives. Each of the two or three To the Congress of the United States, a workshop on the last cruise. There were attack carriers in the Tonkin Gulf has a From the Brothers of the Coral Sea: eight guys busy converting official "1 specific mission. The Coral Sea, on its last LOVE THE CORAL SEA" buttons to cruise, spent ten months attacking con In our opinion there is a silent major SOS (STOP OUR SHIP) buttons. The pigs voys throughout Indochina. During the ity aboard ship which does not believe in were really freaked out. The XO said that Laos invasion, each carrier in the area the present conflict in Vietnam. It is also although the petition was legal, since it launched over 100 fighter-bombers a day. the opinion of many that there is nothing As Washington is forced to reduce Ameri we can do about putting an end to the was addressed to Congress, he would can casualties, the job of the Navy and Vietnam conflict. That because we are in "make it hard" on them if they kept it A ir Force has gotten bigger. the military we no longer have a right to up' The crew now is demanding that he retract the threat. If he doesn't, they'll This job falls on the men who have to voice our individual opinions concerning file charges against him that will bring the keep the machine going at this fantastic the Vietnam war. This is where we feel pace. During refresher training off of San Secretary of the Navy into the matter. that the majority of the Coral Sea has Not so good for his career. Diego, intended to shape up recruits, been fooled by military propaganda. As about 75% of the crew worked 19 hours a Americans we all have the moral obliga day, from 6 am through to 1 am the next tion to voice our opinions. We the people Last Sunday in Golden Gate Park, must guide the government and not allow day. Under some circumstances, men more than sixty crewmen had a picnic the government to guide us! In our opin have been forced to work for even 36 and saw the SF Mime Troupe's show, the ion this action is even more justified for hours without sleep. In a tingle division Dragon Lady's Revenge, about the poli the military man because he is the one of 40 men, three men within three tics of the smack trade in Asia and the who is taking personal involvement in the months got hernias. On the last cruise, US' The day was a fantastic success. The war. which ended July 1970, six men were lost crew talkea with Jane Fonda and Don overboard and never recovered. Several Sutherland from the FTA show, who planes and their pilots were lost, but not promised to do anything they could for a single one during combat action. Being The Coral Sea is scheduled for Viet the Coral Sea SOS project. The men are a slave on a carrier is one of the most nam in November. This does not have to no longer isolated from local support: dangerous jobs in the Navy. be a fact. The ship can be prevented from various groups in the area are working to taking an active part in the conflict if we provide that backing. the majority voice our opinion that we do But it's the men on the ship who are Escape from this incredible situation is not believe in the Vietnam war. If you feel most important, and their strength is impossible. During off-hours, grass, mus that the Coral Sea should not go to growing. Most of them hate the war, and ic, and rapping lessen the tensions and Vietnam voice your opinion by signing realize that they're in a position to do bring people together. Guys on a carrier this petition. something about it. In each department build a strong brogherhood, and fight people are rapping about what to do with back against the lifers and fucked up the petition, and what to do after the conditions And most of the crew hates petition. the war more every time they are corced to launch i plane or even wash trays. LYNCHING - FOR BLACK GJ.'S ONLY All poor, Black and other oppressed people within the United States are vic tims, prisoners of this society, of this oppressive government. But Black peo ple in particular, are subject to im prisonment from birth, for every arm of this society reaches out to kidnap and promise an early death to Black people. For young Black men, even more so, the oppression of society, their incar ceration, is even more defined: im prisonment in the penitentiaries, im prisonment by the poverty and police aggression in Black American ghettos or imprisonment in the racist U.S. Military are the alternatives. Billy Smith is one such young Black man, a prisoner of the United States Military. He was born tenth into a family of twelve children, in Bakers - field, California in 1948. His family spent approximately ten years in Texas, moving back to Watts (Cali fornia) in 1957. Billy attended Jordan High School in Watts. In 1965, he was picked up in the mass dragnet of the Los Angeles Black community, during the military occupation of Watts during what became known as the Watts uprising or the Watts Insurrection. He was eventually found not guilty of the curfew vio lation with which he was falsely charged. In 1969, against his wishes, he was drafted into the Army. He didn't want to go, but he faced the alternative of imprisonment or exile if he resisted the draft. After military training and, His fellow G.I.'s are not allowed attempts at brainwashing failed at Fort to come to his court proceedings. Ord (California) and Fort Sill (Okla homa), he was shipped to Vietnam in October of 1970, where he was assigned to the command of a typical military racist, Captain Rigby. mindless slaughter of a people who had tain Rigby had even stated in one of Captain Rigby had been harassing done nothing to him. his numerous reports to the discipline Billy in particular since his (Billy's) board on Billy that, "section chiefs arrival in Vietnam. Billy had made it Billy had already been written up prided themselves on rapid, effective known that he, unlike Lt. Calley, who for violations of the military code and artillery fire, but Smith seems unen- ordered and participated in the murder infractions of minor rules three times thusiastic about closing with the of 102 people at MyLai, was not going by March of 1971. He was being pro enemy". In fact, one of Smith's write- to be a "good American Soldier", that cessed for a 212 discharge from the ups came from an incident when he was uninterested and unwilling to military because of his "unsuitability participate in the wanton murder and and unfitness" for military life. Cap Captain Rigby told him to suit up and Billy is in solitary confinement and prepare to go out on a mission with comes into contact with no one on the his company to engage in combat. base other than the military police as Billy refused to go, returning to his signed to guard him. His fellow G.l.'s card game in the foxhole in which he are not allowed to come to his court was located. proceedings nor are they allowed to visit him. Yet, Lt. Calley, who pled On March 15, 1971, when a frag guilty and admitted to the murder of mentation grenade exploded in the 102 men, women and children, was kept officers' barracks at Bien Hoa, Viet in the Fort Benning (Georgia) Stock nam, killing two lieutenants and wound ade for less than one day, and then ing a third, the first person that came moved to luxurious housing at the order to Captain Rigby's mind was Billy of Richard Nixon. Dean Smith, the "incorrigible", un Billy Dean Smith willing member of his company. Here Considering the racism inherent in was "Charley" Company's oppor the civil court, one can be assured the railroading of Ruchell Magee and tunity, the military's and the State's that the military courts and their brand the planned execution of Romaine opportunity to be rid of one more dis of "justice"areeven worse. The judge "Chip" Fitzgerald are designed to sident, one more Black man who was and jury have been specifically selected make the inmates - SUBMIT. refusing to play their dual role of because they have best internalized the victim and oppressor, for Billy Smith This same logic is contained in the racist ideals and goals of the U.S. Mili pre-planned murder of Billy Smith. was neither the Army's "boy" nor the tary and they have the best under Vietnamese's enemy. This murder, they hope, will stem standing of the American Empire's the tide of rising resistence in the hypocritical values and double- So without a shred of evidence, military forces. The regime of this standards. They are the men who tried empire, led by Richard Nixon, Agnew, without a single accusation or witness, Lt. Calley. They are Calley's peers Billy Smith was singled out to be per Rockefeller, Reagan and others, thinks and Nixon's peers; but not Billy Smith's that since all of the progressive peo secuted for his political beliefs and peers. his refusal to compromise his manhood ple of the world cannot be eliminated, or his humanity. Battalion formation that the next best solution is public It must be understood that the United executions on an unprecedented scale. was called and Billy Smith was pulled States Army intends to kill Billy Smith. from the line, accused of murder and They are asking for the death penalty. placed in the stockade at Bien Hoa Those who would kill Billy Smith, The State and its Military-Industrial would kill anyone who values justice, to await a general court martial, a war lords have decided that Billy has military-style railroad. freedom and the struggle for the lib no right to live. To them, Billy Smith eration of oppressed people every is a criminal because he committed where. That is why we must help They charged Billy Smith with mur the cardinal sins of thinking and realiz Billy Smith, if we are to survive, der, attempted murder, and assault. ing the absurdities, the inhumanity of to defeat this reactionary Empire and The term "fragging" pertains to the the Vietnamese war, and so refused build a new world. use of a fragmentation grenade, which to kill anyone. upon breaking hurls shrapnel and other ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE bits of metal into the air. The brother With their racist, hand-picked jury is charged with murdering, by of known murderers and war criminals, "fragging", two lieutenants; attempted with their dual standards of justice— murder of his C.O. (Commanding Of Calley is white and killed "gooks", ficer), a captain and a first sergeant; Billy Smith is Black and is accused of and two counts of assault on two killing white American officers — it M.P.'s. The so-called evidence to would be very easy for them to kill prove that he threw the grenade is one Billy. grenade pin, supposedly found in his jacket pocket. It continues to be evi In every arena of oppressed peo dence, even though it was sent to a ples' struggle for liberation, the ruling laboratory to be compared with the gre circle answers the people's pleas for nade handle found near the incident, change, understanding and redress of and was found to be completely dif grievances with intensified repression, ferent. brutality and murder. Those who con trol the Empire seem intent on stopping 3^ Presently, Billy is going through the progress of the people through ex M amples of repression calculated to pre-court martial proceedings at Fort terrorize every man, woman and child Ord (California). His "jury" will be on earth who desires change. composed of military career men, men who have committed themselves to 20 The mass murder of the Vietnamese and 30 year terms of duty in the Army. people (male and female, young and They will be arbitrarily selected from old, combatant and noncombatant) is the racist Majors, Lt. Colonels and calculated to make the poor and op Colonels on the Fort Ord base. The pressed people of the world - SUBMIT. judge and jury are all hand-picked The shootings at Kent State, Jackson by the office of the Staff Advocate State campuses and the planned con Judge who is the personal friend and spiracy against Comrade Angela Davis attorney of the base commander. are designed to make the people on the campuses - SUBMIT. The murder of George Jackson, Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party, at San Quen- tin, the wholesale slaughter at Attica, we not submit! MANY BATTLEFIELDS MANY BATTLEFIELDS on the chart that signifies This is by far not the only The Black man has fought on how much you've fucked over struggle the Black GI must many battlefields. He has your brothers and sisters and deal with. No matter where he fought the slave drivers under how much you have in comparison goes their Ls one enemy that s the magnolia trees of the to tie other victims of your there, its there staring him southern plantations, blood comnt ni ty. in the face. Its in the eyes spilling to the ground fer The barriers that are put of the men that he works with, tilizing the crops of tommor- up to keep us under these con Its in the eyes of his super- row s labor. He has fought ditions and fighting among our visors and his officers^ its off the more blatant racist selves show themselves when we everywhere he turns. It' s some vigilante groups, who them attempt to get out of them thing that isn't new to him selves victims, have hidden by ourselves without helping because he's experienced it themselves under the white the entire communities. We all before. He saw it in his cloake of fear and insanity are given no alternatives and schools, on T.Vo, on^the streets perpetrated by the eagle turn some brothers move away from of his community. He s seen ed vulture picking the bones the people in line with the the affects of this evil on of the poor and defenseless. prescribed pattern set up by the faces of his people. This He has fought on the battle the oppressors and fill the enemy is racism. fields of the mind against a positions that only tokens can It is hard to pin-point the seemingly unbeatable army of then they immediately go into subjective prejudices that mis—education. This mis—educa battle with their consciences. Black Gl's have to deal with tion has destroyed the idea of Other brothers try to move out in their daily lines not only love for your brothers and by entering the military. Theii within the military but in the sisters. Tt has turned survival battlefields are many their civilian communities. This from learning the skills nec victories are few and costly. subjective racism that up un essary to cope with the parti Outside of engaging in strg- til now hid itself has now cular set of conditions that gles in other countries, the come to the front of the Amer confront you, to a thing of campuses of this country and ican sene and is more typical exploitation. The greed and our own community and people, and can be seen more often than sickness of the capitalistic Black Gl's battle the daily mom and her fucking apple pie. society of America is per frustrations at being tomed This type of racism has begun petrated in the ghetto com and lost men. A man only by to show itself despite the munities by America s good word. An individual, if you smiling faces of lying politi Christian citizens, and their can still call him such, who cians and public officials actions imitated by the vic is lost between two worlds. with their consciences in their tims. Survival of the individual The Black GI who leaves the asses.In the military it mani becomes more important than the fest itself a little different love and survival of the com ghettos to find freedom from the putridness there, or the ly, it is funneled through munity. Black exploitation of "command regulations', per Blacks; poor against poor. brother who is forced into the military both go through petrated by racist officers The army of mis—education has and NCO's. What ismeant by weapons that are almost im the same process meant to strip him of his free will, concience that is that those in autho possible to defend against. rity" practice this racism by We are always exposed to brain and his determination to re main an individual. This pro enforcing regulations at their washing projectals of televi discretion, and justice being sion and the mass media.Both cess continues throughout, his years in the military and his pegged to rank. The degree of of these are dangerous weapons enforcement usually vary with in the arsenal of our society s mind is engulfed in the flames of battle within is heart and the individual. A Black man educational system. They have or any one who has maintained done their share in distorting soul. The brother tries his best to justify his existance his individuality and who sets the lessons of survival for out to exercise his freewill the purpose of destroying the in the military. He begins to sense that his fight is for and conscience is usually in unity of oppressed people.The for a rough time of it. The Clark Gable, scotch&water play his people not his oppressors, lie struggles to regain his in subjective prejudices in the boy of the screen is re-enacted minds of those in authority on the streets of our commu dividuality and dignity but he is afraid. He is afraid be usually intensify their racism nity. Fast cars, expensive in more blatant acts of racism clothes, and fast raps become, cause the military has the the weapons of deception and power to make it hard on him It not only affets Black bro status symbols. The measuring in civilian life. The type of thers and sisters but everyone, rod of accomplishments become discharge he receives deter not only in the military but the line that rises and falls mines the type of job and breaks in every community and home in hell receive on the outside. America, even to the hooches and jungles of Vietnam. A man who sits back and discusses the murders at My Lai, Kent State and the murders that occur everyday on the streets of this filthy land and may even fall asleep during the discussion is an idiot and a fool. An idiot in Greek defi nitions is a totally private man, an apathetic individual without free will or concience it appears to me that oppressed people cannot find true free dom and justice in this country because we are a country made lup principally of idiots. Who really cares, To save a world in despair, Who really cares, Whose willing to try. To save a world that s destined to die? MHO. JOE NAVY FIRES MRS. "depression at Alameda Naval HELENDue to the ROWERstrength and deter-fanyone Sstrugglin g in Air Station (NAS) has intensi- mination of this woman to see he interests of the people. fied with the firing of Helen justice done in the interest The brutal and racist admin-| |Bowers. Mrs. Bowers has been of ALL Federal employees, the istration of NAS are lackeys v/'' "' " ' aprededented struggle|management of NAS is running of the Federal government, the against the brutal administra scared. They have circulated ruling class power structure tion of NAS for 7 years. Her memos on the base labelling which affects all of us in our firing is the culmination of her a Black Panther in an daily lives. Their power must la series of attacks and harass- effort to cloud the real issues. be broken to end the oppressive| pent that have been leveled On Fridav. Julv Q. a 1 ars-s P-rnup dictatorial treatment of our against her since she filed a of workers got together at the working class brothers and complaint of racial discrim Civilian Cafeteria Building sisters. They must not be ination against the administra #62 to listen to a speaker run allowed to continue ripping tion of the Alameda Naval Air down some important sections off the people, as they did [station in 1964. of the Equal Employment Oppor to Helen Bowers, and can only On February 22, 1971, Helen tunity regulations (which be stopped by a unified move iBowers was physically threaten directly relate to this case). ment. This courageous Black ed by the weapons section super This was the first organized woman has put the Federal visor, Mr. Bruckman, and meeting of workers on the base government on the defensive, who are starting to deal with and we must overcome their the oppressive working condi devide and conquer tactics tions laid down by management. which have kept us down for so However, management was so long, afraid of any discussions Helen Bowers will not be which might expose their racist stopped. She is again going employment practices that to Federal court where she they prevented the speaker from has filed criminal charges coming on the base. They tried against the Federal govern to intimidate the workers with ment which oppresses Black and a show of force. Security and poor people throughout the I0D. checks were tightened at communities of the US empire. the gates, police patrols at We must sjtand behind Mrs. the cafeteria were stepped up, Bowers by attending her hearing and undercover pigs and FBI on August 20, 1971» at the agents were checking on those Federal building, H50 Golden who showed up for the meeting. Gate Avenue, San Francisco, The workers at the meeting saw Judge Oliver Carter. what was going on and the man At the present time, a agement showed itself to be the petition is being circulated one who was really frightened. on the base demanding that The Naval Air Station is now Helen Bowers be regired. Show using treachery to hide their your solidarity by signing racist employment practices. this petition. JLalc This is clearly demonstrated [orderedout o ^trielnriTnTngA by the temporary assignment of j POWER TO THE PEOPLE She was later suspended and Black employees to positions finally fired for unauthor- never before held by Blacks, lized absence" — after being in order to make a good showing thrown outt This is just one statistically before an up example of the cruel and coming congressional investi unjust treatment she has gation. Because these are tem [received from the racist porary assignments, they are [management of the Station which still being paid for their lis under direct control of the usual positions. Black employees iFederal Government. will not be fooled by this Mrs. Bowers has been out token window dressing and lof work since February with should demand pay increases [four children to support. She for these assignments. has been unable to obtain On Wednesday, July 1'+, two either welfare or unemploy- men from the Alameda County jment payments since it is the sheriff's Dept. came to Mrs. [very same power structure which Bowers house to intimidate her. [she has been fighting on the Understanding their game, she [job that controls these insti did not answer the door. Later tutions. She is appealing her when her lawyer called to see lease with the unemployment of what the charges were, it was (office. You are not allowed discovered that there were none [to receive compensation until and that the pig (Sgt. Madsen) jail appeals have gone through. who had had the nerve to leave iHow long can one wait with no a calling card in her door is Imoney coming in and a family no longer in the department ]to support? Even though she and is being replaced. He was jhas put money from her pay- obviously sent by the security Ichecks into the unemployment division of NAS in an attempt (fund all these years, she is to intimidate Mrs. Bowers. We not able to draw it out until can see that the pigs will go lthe Federal bureaucracy decides to anv length to try and stop that she is entitled to it. U.S. Navy heroin hotel Treasure Island, San Francisco: (PNS) and civilian personnel. It's the Navy's largest are assigned to one barracks-209.8. Here, excepting the "pigs"and "spies,"are dopers. Treasure Island, contrary to popular "separation center," and serves as the site dopers on either Legal Hold or Legal Transit At present there are about 50 men in the opinion, is not located in some uncharted for several units of the Naval Schools await court martials, summary hearings, and barracks. The turnover is high, and it is expanse of the eastern Atlantic Ocean-a Command. Most naval personnel returning anything from a General to a Dishonorable estimated that about 7,000 men a year pass place known only to pirates like Long John from Asian duty pass through Treasure discharge. through Barracks 209.8. 7,000 dopers. Silver. The real Treasure Island is a low, Island in the process of receiving discharges. Barracks 209.8, which we have had man-made appendage to Yerba Buena Island, Among the thousands of returning several occasions to visit over the past "THE NA VY IS LIKE A JOINT: THE and it lies in the middle of San Francisco veterans from Asia that come to Treasure month, is known around the base as MORE YOU SUCK, THE HIGHER YOU Bay. It is inhabited by about 10,000 Navy Island every month, a sizeable proportion "Doper's Barracks." All the men in 209.8, GET"-Grafftto in 209.8 according to Dick Richards, a friend,he was summoned to the office of Naval investiga By Jon Stewart tions and was offered an immediate dis charge and the dropping of all charges On our first visit to Treasure Island we against him if he'd finger two suspects in his wandered among the monotonous two-story own barracks. Bijika, sick of the Navy, sick buildings looking for barracks 209.8. Unable of 209.8, sick of the continual hassles, to locate it, even with the aid of a map, we agreed to rat on two seamen who were finally approached a group of seamen and selling smack in the barracks. The Navy asked for dhections. "You looking to score promised him he'd be discharged and on his some dope?" they answered. "Hell, you way home before they would reveal their don't have to go there to score. What do you source of information. However, days before want?" Bijika's discharge, information leaked Barracks 209(divided into 209.8 and .9) through attorneys on the case that Bijika is actually rather easy to find if you know was the informant. The News spread what you're looking for. It's enclosed throughout the barracks. That day, Bijika (unlike all the other barracks) behind a high scored a hit from an unidentified barracks- wire fence, and a small guard house stands at mate and shot his arm full of sulfuric acid. the gate. Since it was empty, we passed The murderers were never apprehended, through apparently unnoticed, quietly though the men of barracks 209.8 have little entered the front door, (again unnoticed) doubt about their identity. But of course, passed by the office, and walked up to the they don't talk; and most of those who were second floor. We approached the first man there at the time are gone now, anyway. we saw: "Hi, we hear this is the doper's barracks." "Sure," came the answer, "have a Wolfman's Corner was still being used toke." (a puff of marijuana) when we first visited the barracks, but only For the rest of the day, and for several by more recent "inmates." days following, we sat and talked with the Since the returning dopers from Vietnam men of 209.8. They were more than eager to became almost too numerous to deal with at talk with us, and insisted that they didn't Treasure Island, the 12th Naval District (of give a damn about being identified or having which Treasure Island is the center) has their pictures taken. They were all due for instituted a program that is unique in the discharge soon, and anyway, they despised Navy. All men awaiting BCD (Bad Conduct the Navy and were glad someone was willing Discharge) ox Summary Court Martials are to listen. eligible to opt for an Undesirable Discharge The second floor of the barracks, which and thus circumvent the long, drawn-out has since been closed, was the scene of the court martial. The program has been so hottest action, since it was furthest removed successful that it is now difficult to get on from the front office where a the roster of men willing to accept the UD. Martial-at-Arms is always stationed. Though figures are not available to us as to "Actually," said George Hayes, who had a the actual number of men who have ac bunk on the second floor, "the pigs leave us cepted or are trying to get a UD, we were alone pretty much. They know whafs and a good radio," George said. "We'd get But minutes later, the face across from them told that the list "is long and getting happening, and they'd just rather not have twenty guys down here all doing acid or become very red; the eyes, pulled open once longer." Many of the men we interviewed to get involved. Some of them are just plain smack, and just lie back all night." Since the again, were white, except for bright red said they would be happy to take a UD and scared to come up here. They think we're all room had been padlocked, the large striatums. Then they noticed his mouth was get out, rather than wait around for the legal hardened criminals." bathroom in the rear of the building had bleeding. His fingernails turned red and machinery to offer them a General Dis Hayes went on to tell about how they'd become the new shooting gallery. began to bleed. His ears began to bleed. And charge, which is not an Honorable, but dealt with a former Master-at-Arms: "He'd Another popular location in 209.8 is then his eyes bled, streaming red tears down certainly preferable to the UD. They really been hassling us pretty heavy for a while, Wolfman's Corner, a small area in a corner of his cheeks. don't care how the hell they get out Just so making busts, searching lockers, breaking up the second floor, surrounded by high Hadnett and the others picked him up they get out. parties, so one afternoon we just dropped six lockers. A table and several chairs suggest and started to walk him down the long GOING HOME hits of Vhite light* acid in his coffee. He that the area might be a kind of small hallway of the barracks toward the exit, All the men of 209.8 want to go home. really freaked. He went over to the first aid reading lounge, but the six-foot plastic since he still had some muscle tone. They The exclusive topics of conversation in the station and told them he thought marijuana plant that stands in the corner figured to take him to first-aid and report barracks are of scoring dope and going somebody'd slipped him some acid, but suggests otherwise. Indeed, Wolfman's that they'd found him OD'ed in the head. home. Of course, the two ideas may be since nobody knew for sure what was wrong Corner is a "shooting gallery." Or was, until But, halfway down the hall "Chico" mutually exclusive. Most of the men are with him, they couldn't give him no a recent tragedy made the place convulsed. He fell into a fetal position on from small towns in the midwest and antidote. He's at Oaknoll Naval Hospital uncomfortable. the floor and froze there like granite. "We now. Never came down." western states like Montana, Colorado, New LIFE AND DEATH IN 209.8 couldn't even open his hands," reported one Mexico, and Oregon. They'll find it harder Hayes and a group of friends were eager On one of the lockers in Wolfman's of the onlookers. to score their brand of dope back there than corner, a message is scrawled in pencil: to show us their former "shooting gallery," "Chico" never regained consciousness. it is on Treasure Island, where there's a "God, don't let me die here." Underneath, the place where they used to retire to shoot Five days later, he died in the base hospital. steady influx from San Francisco and Travis. it's signed "Bijika." The lettering is highly skag (heroin). It was a room on the ground Yes, "Chico" Bijika had OD'ed alright, but POSTSCRIPT floor, between the two halves of Barracks stylized, bold. not on heroin. He'd been sold a spoon of 209. That week it had been closed and Shortly after he wrote this, on August white powdered battery acid, scraped from a. On a final visit to Treasure Island, this padlocked by MP's. Undaunted, someone 28th last year, Seaman "Chico" Bijika sat in car battery. He burned to death, from inside reporter and a photographer were arrested found a crowbar and within a few minutes Wolfman's Corner with four other seamen out. and charged with "dealing with dangerous the lock was off. The large room was and stuck a needle in his arm. All five were Bijika's story may be more sordid than drugs and narcotics." We were detained and completely empty, but the walls were hitting-up their twice daily dosage of smack, most, but in other respects it's fairly typical questioned for five hours by the security covered with incredible wall-paintings, maintaining the habits they'd acquired in of life in Barracks 209.8. He had been police, who, discovering no evidence of any drawings and graffiti-psychedelic, sexual Vietnam. Seconds after "Chico" released the detained in "doper's barracks" for eight wrongdoing, released us with formal orders and political, lt might have been an empty tourniquet from his arm, he closed his eyes months, awaiting discharge on grounds of a never to return to the base on punishment of meeting hall in the Haight-Ashbury. "We and drooped his head. Richard Hadnett, one dope bust. The actual paperwork and official fine and imprisonment. used to have lots of mattresses down here, of the other four addicts, concerned about procedure leading to the discharge could However, two sailors of 209.8 who were his buddy, reached for Bijika's spoon and have been accomplished in about two weeks, arrested with us did not receive such was about to taste the cooked white power, or a month at most. But Bijika was getting moderate treatment. They each spent two Jon Stewart, a San Francisco journalist, has when he noticed that Bijika's face was drummed out because he was a heroin weeks in the brig, during which time no written for San Francisco Magazine, flushed. He put down the spoon and pulled addict, and the Navy doesn't like addicts, so charges were formally brought against them open Bijika's eyes and listened to his CaKfmuja Living (Sunday section of the S.F. it kept him around and hassled him and and no lawyer visited them. heartbeat. His heart was pounding and he Chromclejand Ramparts among others. This busted him, and made life miserable for him. But, of course, they've learned to cope was breathing. Hadnett and the others article is adapted from a longer piece he has That's how the Navy deals with its addicts. with such situations. They stay stoned. assumed that Bijika was just nodding out. just finished for Harper & Row, publishers. During Bijika's eighth month in 209.8, (copyright Pacific News Service) IFJMAE THE ONLY DOPE WORTH SHOOTING IS NIXON »° BUGS INFEST 90& OF NAVY SHIPS ON The Navy's preventive medicine unit in charge of pest control on vessels west of the Rockies and east of the Azores says the Navy vessels are plagued by STRIKE bedbugs, crab lice and even rats. An Open Letter to Our Sisters and Brothers... OUR LONGSHORE STRIKE CONTINUES!!! We longshoremen have informed the government and our employers that our strike will continue on all demands, including wages, until we ratify an agreement. Our strike will also continue so long as the demands of our employers pose a fundamental threat to our job security and union. NEWS FLASH Our determination to win this struggle has in no way been weakened by President When the "Constellation 9" were Nixon's grossly unjust and discriminatory "New Economic Policy", nor by his proposed whisked back on board, the brass multi-billion dollar tax-gift to U.S. corporations-a gift which would threaten our jobs, as immediately assured newsmen that it would the jobs of an untold number of American workers. all nine would resume their former Nor has our resolve been in any way shaken by the President's personal intervention in duties in addition to some 'light our strike or by the threat which his chief labor mediator-who is now "mediating" our punitive tasks. strike-has made to "ban" all strikes during the "freeze" period. But when the flattop cruised into Honolulu Bay last weekend the nine These things have made our task much more difficult, however; and, for this reason, naughties weren't working at all. we are appealing to all working people-whether employed or unemployed, organized or As soon as their helicopter had s§t unorganized. down on the carrier the maverick sailors were thrown in the slammer. We are also making this appeal because our struggle is now even more important to you and to all working people of our nation.. Nixon has launched a deadly and bitter attack against us. At the same time, YOUR BOSS, just like ours, is now seeking "strength and comfort" in this attack. This being so. .. FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!1! OUR STRUGGLE IS YOUR STRUGGLE WHEN WE WIN, YOU AND ALL WORKING PEOPLE WIN!!! Our very best and fraternal regards RIGHT ONI! to the brothers of the Long Beach based destroyer USS THE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 10 O' Brian who ripped off the ship's ILWU helm. Next time take something SAN FRANCISCO that they can't replace so easily. •*r t|i< MTi TO THE PEOPLE TO OPPRESSEf TO STRIKING Bfi£ WDRKEI QRQUP'TnR'CUFV VIVA Lr> 9.1*01 TREE GKs YAOEL&A I iN OKINAWA •"SR-Jp* All in all, this book presents a long- I needed overview of the GI Movement. The overview is neither objective nor meant to be. Primary sources consist of publications and personnel associat ed with the American Servicemen Union, which is clearly a partisan group. As a partisan appeal the book is effective. As a source of objective information it is not effective. This is not to say objectivity is an indispens able value. As a political statement the book should be read by everyone interested in the various changes occurring in the U.S. military. — Rick Prince U S. °(______m__fAST AS/ z march & o now! S rally jiNov.6 SATI RDAr November 6 against the war LOS ANK5ELES Assemble MacArthur Park 9:00AM March to Cily Hall for Rally at 130 PM MOIIATOMI >l ON III SIMvSS AS I SI VI. Mail to LOS IHGEIES GUI NOV rOIUTIOII NlTIOMl (MICE ICT1M COHITtCM About the Authors P D Boi ,tHi tieiaaie till Jn .0 ( ll Irtflfl foe ! in l'ie r Cv.to.iM, 900/6 Ma N'l I I rrtptiont 11". *6i ;J3? Innno.if .211 H . • KM U*wd \i t dona'.ion of $ H Htm I RCtKNI L> NStDBD* My <»r«*n>iat».!i mttmm* ttw Pad Profram -if ,.nli»« j, :inti.% Put (W on the nwtlii'K Hut I jm mu-roli'd in 1>M«I |« J. •• ai 11viI•<••.. plr*4i . i>nl*U me NAMfc ORGANIZATION SCHOOL The authors of this book, Mariann G. Wizard and Larry G. Waterhouse, are both Texans, and long-time radical organizers. Mariann worked with SDS in Austin from 1965 until that organization's de mise, pud has been heavily involved in the civil rights, anti-war and women's lib- eratiqn struggles. She was also active withtthe Rag, Austin's underground news paper, in its early days. Her husband, George Vizard (she used to spell her name with a "V" too) was shot and killed while working in an Austin drive-in grocery in 1967. "His murderers were never found by the police and it was generally be lieved by those in the movement and the university community to be a political assassination. (George was perhaps the most visible militant leftist in Austin and was a likely target for the movement's enemies.) Mariann has been interested in the GI movement for some time, and spent many an hour doing draft counseling work for friends in the Austin area. In her words: "... I feel strongly that militarism, whether within the military or in domestic life, is one of the greatest enemies of the struggle against male chauvinism and doctrines of male supremacy. What the army cannot achieve by patriotism, it achieves through chauvinist appeals to 'be a man'.... If the wom en's movement and the GI movement can develop the basis of an alliance, we may be able, together, to put a halt to the murder of our Asian sisters in Indochi na and our black and brown sisters here." Larry Waterhouse was a political science graduate at the University of Texas. He first got involved in the movement through liberal causes, and worked in the presidential campaign of Eugene McCartt . The 1968 National Democratic Con vention was a turning point for him and when he returned, he became active in SDS. He soon became one of Austin SDS'most articulate leaders. After an on going hassle over his draft status, Larry was unwillingly taken away by Uncle Sam in late 1969. He was in the army now, specifically at Fort Ord, Calif. There he became involved with the Movement for a Democratic Military (MDM). He was discharged from the army because of his political activities. Said Larry: "The only useful thing I learned from the army was that I, too, am oppressed by America and that the way to begin to fight that oppression is 1812 E. ANAHEIM ST.,LONG IIE^ A through its exposure. I hope that this book will show that the most useful trade - "^^=^^^!li^k__WK^^ ^^^^ AAlkAA* I and my sisters and brothers have been taught by the military is that of the revo lutionary." SAMPLE FORM F9R ARTICLE 138 COMPLAINT ATT: Commander ARTICLE 138 Nava1 Air Paci fie From: GIS WEAPON Re: Article 138 filed against Captain Gearhart USS Constellation On April 15 I was denied a pass because my CO claimed AGAINST THE that while under orders to be his chauffeur, I had parked his private car in an unauthorized space. Since I am not required to be his chauf feur, I feel that I was legally wronged. I feel that punitive action BRASS should be taken against Captain Gearhard, USS Constellation , for his violation of Regulations. I hereby reauest an immediate investi gation of this matter. Article 138 of the UCMJ is the stron Thank You gest complaint procedure for use by GIs against the Brass because it is a sta S i nceriily, tutory right which the Brass must follow. No base regulation may deny your right to file an Article 138. When can yo'j use Article 138? These are a few instances: Not getting a pass when your en cc. Base Commander titled to it. Secretary of the Navy Racial or religious descrimination. Congressman Being beaten or harrassed. Senator Illegal imposition of extra duties. Illegal seizure of property. "Any member of the Armed Forces who believes himself wronged by his Com manding Officer, and who upon due ap plication to that Commanding Officer is refused redress, may complain to any superior Commisioned Officer who will forward the complaint to the If fd officer exercising general court 9 0' martial jurisdiction over the of ficer against whom it is made. The officer exercising general court martial jurisdiction shall examine the complaint and take proper mea sures for redressing the wrong com plained oA, and he shall, as soon as possible, send to the Secretary of the the particular branch of the service #1 a true statement of the complaint, with the proceedings thereon." (Ar ticle 138 UCMJ) How to File an Article 138 ^> ***i 1. Ask your Commanding Officer for \^_ redress of grievance (correction of the wrong done to you). If he refuses: 2. Write down your complaint, using General, a man is very useful. He can fly; he can kill. But he has one defect: He can think. Bertold Brecht THE PEOPLES NAVY The Toll owing article is a With this thought in mind we Third, the darkness of night, summary of another article by made a detailed analysis of fog, shoals and islets can be the Party Branch of the Sea each aspect of the enemy ships used as "cover" on the seas Tiger. a gunboat of the Chi and concluded that although under which we can lie in wait nese PLA Navy. they were armored they were for the enemy and spring sur prise attacks on them. It is presented here for two not invulnerable. From actual practice in war we reasons: to give the reader In the fight with the frigate have come to understand pro some idea of how the Chinese Tuochiang we first struck at foundly tha Mao Tse Tung s Navy, a people s navy,thinks the enemy's weak spots to turn thought is our invincible wea and operates; the other rea his strengts into weaknesses. pon, with which our small gun son is that many if not all We aimed at the bridge, the boats can swallow the enemy- s of the attitudes held by the gun mountings, enemy personal larger warships; we can defeat members of the PLA are those in fact everything above the all seemingly powerful enemies. that we feel should be held deck. Soon the enemy's guns by revolutionaries and work were silenced, and the armor- ****************************** In the article the word "enemy ers for progressive change in plated ship was immediately refers to the armed force of this country. reduced into a paper tiger and Chiang Kai-sheck's Kuomintang, ***************************** sent to the bottom. They fight with their super the forces of imperialism and What are the new weapons of iority in fire power; we reaction, and could also be the Chinese navy? They are fight with our superiority in used to refer to the forces of proletarian class conscious— politics. "Accurate shooting reaction and facism in this ness combined with man s comes from a red heart. country. courageous spirit. From long experience we have Hate the enemy, love the Peo— worked out a special formula pie: De s trov self—in teres L_ for calculating a vessels fire Dromote devo t ion to the ub- v power; that is, the sum total lie int erest. s frengthen the of the designed fire power mul de Lerminalion to dedicate OJie- tiplied by the fighting will 3<,'-JA to the revolutionary sfc rug — of the men behing the guns. file. In morale our armed forces have Courage comes with selflessness, a absolute advantage over the it is the revolutionary spirit enemy, they are beyong compare. of daring to dedicate oneself Chairman Mao has said: "in to the complete liberation of given conditions, each of the mankind. Only when one is IUI— contradictory aspect within afraid can he minimize sacri a thing transforms itself into fices. To dare to destroy the its opposite,, changes its pos enemy is an effective way to ition to that of its opposite. preserve ourselves. In actual fighting, greater or Resolute revolutionary fighters less fire—power is not absolute. grow up amidst difficulties and In given conditions they can hardships and are tempered by transform themselves into their PRICE FREEZE?? storm arid stress. If I ex opposites, and the given con perience no hardships under dition is the mental make up normal conditions how will I of the men. In the Chungwu pass the test in battle? battle, while we were still at People who readily accept hard long range and our shelling Nixon really wants to enforce ships and difficulties for was not yet effective, their a freeze on wages, but he cer months and years for the sake firing was regular and intense. tainly is in no rush to freeze of the revolution and are able But as soon as we close in and to die bravely when called upon brought our guns to bear on profits of corporations or to for the revolution are certain them, the enemy were thrown really freeze prices, especially ly not acting on some passing into confusion and their gun on consumer goods. impulse. fire became more and more Sailor Yang Chin-hsing studied errat ic. Evidence of this was recently "Serve the People" by Chairman uncovered at the Navy Exchange in Avoid the enemv where they are Mao more than thirty times Long Beach. A brother noticed strong, hit them where thev since he joined the navy and many items on the shelves of the are weak: and make full use each time his idealogical lev- store s food section that dis of our superiority and strong al has been raised. In the played two price stamps, one of points. battle off Chungwu he fun which was always obliterated or filled his signaling duty We had controversies over the partialy obliterated by having meritoriously in spite of the question of close-quarter and been marked over with ink, or deafening guns and the contin night fighting and in setting possibly rubbed with solvent. uous shock from an electric small gunboats against larger The items ranged in variety from leak in his damp earphones. warships. To make revolution baby foods to paper products. By This showed conscious courage we must not be afraid of risks. searching among some of these in serving the Chinese people We made a concrete analysis of products he was able to find 5 and the people of the world. our own situation and that of containers on which the marked the enemy and concluded that ********************** ******* over or partially erased stamp Despise large enemy warships close quarter and night fight could still be read. In each as a decisive force and have ing in naval battle are cer of these cases, the old price confidence in being able to tainly possible. was lower than the new. He sink them, but at the same First, politically we have an purchased all five and we have time take them seriously and absolute advantage; our morale them in our possession. The be sure of being able to sink is high, we are bold and full next day he returned to the them. of valour and dare to fight to store and made a list of seven the end, and we are ready to teen items bearing two stamps. Can small gunboats sink large give up our lives for the Chi— Of the ones where the old price enemy warships? Yes, but there neseand world revolution. This was not obliterated, all the must be a revolutionary spirit is the fundamental condition. new prices were higher than and a scientific attitude. Second, although it is not so the old ones. Difficulties mean a lack of easy to get. at the enemy under practice and understanding. cover on the sea, as our ship Ttn?v .ire not absolute or iui- is smaller, we can spot them R^n^eubhi. and can be over first, catch them unawares and come bv grasping the laws take the initiative to deal governing things. them bard blows so that their longer—range guns will be ren dered ineffective. MDM PROGRAM NEWSPAPER Out Now exists to keep the serviceman and woman informed about the things that are happening that affect their lives, and to give them a voice, a place, to express their beefs and tell about what's going on inside the military. If you want to contribute an article, or have information that would make a good story, mail it, phone it, or bring it by the office. Cartoons and drawings also. If you want to distribute Out Now on your ship or base, let us know. LEGAL SERVICE MDM provides Military Counseling, group or individual, every Monday night from 7:3© to 10:00 pm. (Discharges— CO., hardship, etc., Art. 1 38' s, Art. 15's, etc.) We also can provide lawyers for Courts Martial and emer gency counseling (day or night). Provided free of charge FILMS MDM has semi-weekly film showings and rap sessions. The films are about the struggle of our sisters and brothers around the world as well as films of a lighter and more humorous nature. These film showings are a good way for people to get together and figure shit out and are shown for free. Watch for leaflets downtown or at the gate, or call or come by the office. SERVE THE PEOPLE MOVEMENT FOR A DEMOCRATIC MILITARY (MDM) |8l0 E. ANAHEIM LONG BEACH, CAL. 90813 PHONE (213) 59977 IB or 3919150 fMMM rnorM CALENDAR Oct 10 L.A Music Center Pavilion DICK GREGORY and Willie Bobo MUSIC together in concert Sat Oct 16, Valley *A Phones College Gym. flic* Gregory is great Legal Help THE JIM KWESKIN JUG BAND and JOHN STEWART and Chris Williamson Leg*' Switchboard 6 MOTHER Kajsa Ohman perform at the Bristol Bay thru Sunday the 17th, at the Troubadour. KIDNEY STEW at Rick's Bar, 1633 W. L.A. Free Clinc 938-9141 Trading Co. Coffee House. 6101 E. Washington, Venice, this weekend. A.C.L.U. 626-5166 Seventh St., Long Beach. Friday Oct 22, FANNY and Wet Willie at the Whisky Nat'l Lawyer's Guild 380-3180 8:30 and 10:30pm, $2 gen, 11.50 student. thru Sunday. Legal Aid Foundation 628-9126 JOHN MAYALL, CRAZY HORSE, Me Neighborhood Legal Services Elfin Bishop Group in concert Fri Oct 22. EARL ROBINSON and Redwood at LA 483-3176 8pm, Hollywood Palladium on Sunset McCabes, 3103 Pico, Santa Monica, this Venice 870-4672; 392-4177 across from the Aquarius. Full bar, dan- weekend, LA Defense Committee 625-2169 cing. Tickets are $5 in advance. FALL JAZZ FESTIVAL: Still! Duo con Com. Defend Bill of Rights 625-2169 BLACK JAZZ FESTIVAL with Rudolph cert with Charles Owens Quintet and The Jasmine Quartet Sunday Oct 24, 2pm. II Ml Abortion Information Johnson Sun Oct 17 at the Lighthouse. Free concerts to be held every Sunday for Pilgrimage Theater, opposite the Abortion Referral 392-4163 Hollywood Bowl on Cahuenga East. Free, Community Referral 820-2313 neit // weeks. Yippie! Oct. 16, Santa Monica Civic JOHNNY OTIS SHOW is coming to the and free parking. Planned Parenthood LA 380-9300 Lighthouse Oct 25. LIFE IS FOR LIVING, not prolonging. 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" In 1945--three years after the con version of Vieques into a US base --when the Congress was discussing a project for the independence of Puerto Rico proposed only to appease the liberation struggle on the island, Captain Parks, speaking in the name of the Chief of Naval Operations, stated; "The Chief of Naval Opera tions opposes any project for Puer to Rican independence which will guarantee only the retention of naval military or air reserves and which will not, at the same time, guaran tee expansion rights to naval, mil itary and air installations and the selection of new locations at what in the short space of three years, ever future time they may be nec Puerto Rico is the seat of the Tenth with annual gains of more that 35% essary to national security. The Naval District of the United States on the capital invested. United States must be the sole judge and its so-called Caribbean Naval of its own future military require Front; as such its territory has been The case of the islands of Vieques converted into a gigantic US imper and Culebra serves to place in evi ments in this zone. " ialist air and naval center, with two dence the despotism the US Navy Captain Parks repeated: "The atomic bases, one in the extreme exerts over the Puerto Ricans. quantity and type of facilities that Northwest -- Ramey Air Base in These two islands located scarcely the Navy may tieed in Puerto Rico AguadiUa -- and the other in the ex six miles off the eastern coast of in the future cannot be forseen now. treme East of the island, known as Puerto Rico which form an insepar Landing maneuvers by air and sea, Roosevelt Roads Naval Base. Act able part of its national territory. with the use of amphibian elements, ually, these bases form a part of Close to the gigantic naval base of constantly take place on Vieques, the vast military complex created Roosevelt Roads, they constitute which has brought as a result the in Puerto Rico by the United States, the most important triangle of op destruction of fishing, another especially since 1940. erations outside territorial United traditional form of island livelihood. The destinies of the island and its - States. Roosevelt Roads, atomic In a recent protest demonstration in people have been placed in the hands naval base and seat of American front of the residence of the colonial of the US armed forces, who invaded submarine units and of ships equip- governor of Puerto Rico, millionaire the country 72 years ago with the be ed with atomic weapons, also cap Luis A. Ferre, who promotes plans ginning of the so-called Spanish- able of launching strategic atomic for the annexation of Puerto Rico American War. The Navy, the Army, weapons. to the United States as a State, the and the Air Force have important VIEQUES Mothodist minister of Vieques, W. military establishments that occupy In converting the island of Viegues Rivera, stated: "The desperate 13% of the island 's territory. into a military base , the US Navy economic situation on Vieques re Despite the fact that in 1952, the displaced the Puerto Rican comm sults from the nonexistence of sour United States designated its colony unity, throwing it off the island, ces of work and the ruin of agricul a Free Associated State, the des with the result that in 1942 when ture caused by the occupation of the tinies of the country continue under this sorrowful conversion began, best lands of Vieques by the U. S. the designs of the hierachy of the the population of Vieques was 12, Navy." Pentagon, Wall Street and the White Refering to Culebra, the other is House, symbols of military, econo 000 inhabitants while today— that land seized by the Navy, the min mic and political hegemony imposed is , thirty years later it has ister added: "Our problem is simi on the Puerto Ricans by US imperial dropped to only 7, 000. lar to that of Culebra but is aggra ism. This colonial oppression is Eighty per cent of the surface of vated because the Navy ahs brought translated through military bases Viegues, which has an area of 51 with it drugs and prostitu tion, two from which aggressions are launch square miles, is in the hands of things never before seen on our lit ed against the other Latin American the Navy. The population has been tle island." countries', such as occurred in 19(i5 confined to the city of Isabel II, in during the invasion of the Dominican the Center-South, while the Navy has Rebuplic by the United States, and taken the land at both ends of the is on the occasion of the defeated mer land , thus delivering a blow to ag- cenary invasion of Playa Giron dir riculutre and livestock from which th ected against Cuba, to mention only they have never been able to recover. the most significant and dramatic Twenty years ago, the last of the examples in recent years. It is four sugar centers on Vieques was also expressed in the exhorbitant closed; everything the population profits obtained by the US monopo consumes comes from outside. The lies in Puerto Rico, thanks to the Navy does not permit the establish multiple privileges they enjoy, ment of tourist nor industrial centers. which make it possible for the mo The head of the Supplies Committee nopolies to recoup their investments of the Armed Forces of the United Puerto Rico. The community has kept to its attacks. In response to the de- up a constant struggle against the Navy mand of the 760 inhabitants of Culebra, in a determination to survive. the government in Washington announced Children, fishermen and other memb the extension of its zone of maneuvers bers of the community have died, vic with new land expropriations for the tims of the mines placed by the Navy Navy. on the island's beaches. The circle Special Assistant to President Nixon, around the city is such that not only Joseph A. Grimes, ill reply to a re is fishing extremely risky, but the quest from the Catholic Conference, a fish are killed during antisubmarine religious group that demands the end of bombardment practice and the nets the situation created on the island by the fishing boats and other fishing equip Navy, replied recently that "Culebra is an essential part of the Atlantic Fleet of Antonio Rivera, Mayor of Vieques, ment of the former fishermen are long-range arm? and the training there said on another occasion: "We destroyed; this has also ended the is important for the defense of the U. S. " gave them almost the whole island hunting of a species of duck called Nixon's cynical reply, through the voice (to the Navy) when the nation was Bubis that lives in the keys near Cul of his special aid, added: "We find it in danger, in the belief that in times ebra. They constantly bombard the impossible to grant your petition, al of peace we would be treated fairly; animal refuges, preventing the pop though we are sincerely worried at the but in time of peace we have reciev- ulation from using the meat and eggs consternation in which our citizens of ed worse treatment that the Japan from these animals. Culebra live. " ese when they were invaded and oc The teachers of the community com cupied. " plain because in the atmosphere of CULEBRA war psychosis and real dangers for The New York Times commented ed the population, it is not possible to itorially on this situation as follows: Located near Vieques and St. Thomas carry on any teaching, since the chil "No one can really believe that the (Virgin Islands) halfway between both, dren feel insecure and frightened only available target area in the entire the island of Culebra is an ancient Atlantic Ocean for testing directional PuertoRican community, one of the whenthe airplanes and military landings carry out their bombings and air-naval projectiles and bombs is a Puerto 76 municipalities of Puerto Rico. By Rican island of 7, 000 inhabited acre s. " decision of President Franklin Roose combat. velt, it was turned over to the Navy on the eve of the 2nd World War. Since then, the community has suffered un counted arbitrary acts on the part of the Navy which has built installations to use Culebra for aerial and navalV- bombings as a target of simulated war exercises. The Navy exacts special permission from ships before they can approach, enter or depart from the is land, thus maintaining a virtual block ade over it and the people who live the there. During annual maneuvers, maritime war units from the United States, West Germany, Canada, Brazil, and other countries, fire their guns at Culebra, while planes attack with bombs, rockets and other deadly arms. •"»•».. The population, concentrated by the Navy in one corner of the island after John Vinent, a n American minister, having been displaced from its land was dismissed as director of a public and houses, lives in a climate of per school in the community when he join manent war. In the face of th is sit ed in the protests and accepted the job uation and the clearly evident fact that of vice-president of the Committee for kttfe H*S STA&.T6* TO no work is available, the population the Rescue of Culebra over which the has emigrated, as in the case of Vie fisherman Anastasio Soto presides. ques, to the nearby islands of Santa This committee directs the protests and r\ovje Cruz and St. Thomas, as well as to and organizes demonstrations against the U.S. and San Juan, capital of the Navy, demanding that it put an end ttoRe Vicious U.S GQVE-RXMEXT PttOPCilT- THAU tMt>£P6tf- WAPfWIrVG HAZARD 0UH < KEEP (HJT rtiHTftfis CHII BE ritHCOTEl MUlXBil PCmir 5$ Ml flat s Ml UiU kWtttlSNIB! Ho CHI fViAJH Su?f*ofcT T\*C • «^1RVJ ifO-L.B' OP ~JB4- FREE BILLY SMITH Smith's attorneys see other issues in the case besides the Army crackdown on enlisted, especially black enlisted men. They intend/to question the legality of the Vietnamese war based on the Pentagon Papers and the entire system of military justice, "from its jury selection process, to court-martial procedures, to the legality of the death penalty." Finally, they intend to question the pre-trial detention system, pointing to WHO IS Nixon's intervention in the Calley case. BILLY DEAN SMITH? * * * * In the middle of all this sits Billy Dean Watts. After graduating from high school "To understand this case you must see Smith, symbol. He has been confined in 1967, he worked at an assortment of what Billy Dean represents," said Louise since his arrest in March and is presently odd jobs; machinist, car salesman, school Monaco, Mr. McKissack's assistant. "The being held in the stockade at Fort Ord, bus driver. In I9b9 he received his draft Army might as well have picked him at California. The sum total of the direct notice. Opposed to the war and the random." She further explained that evidence against him is a hand grenade Army, Smith walked out of the induction Smith's case is the first trial in the U.S. pin found in his pocket on the morning center prepared to face jail. But his for fragging, lt is clearly intended as a family was against it and he returned for crack down on the insurrection of of the fragging. Ballistic experts in Japan induction. He was sent to Oklahoma for enlisted men, because fragging has be tested the markings on the pin and Advanced Individual Training in artillery come a serious problem for the Army. In granade spoon found near the explosion. and to Vietnam in October 1970. 1969 the Department of Defense report Clearly the two don't match. But the Army insists they do. They have even On the front lines Smith's alienation ed 126 fraggings. In 1970 the number blown up one of the two photographs to from the military increased. He wrote increased to 271 causing 34 deaths and home, "They ain't doing nothing over 306 injuries. In the first eight months of simulate a match. Initially, the Armv had here but killing, killing." This was not the 1971 there were 238 fraggings. Army a theory about how Smith had access to a kind of attitude cherished by the Army. grenade-but ballistics showed that the His commanding officer, Captain Rigby, officers, like Rigby and Willis, are grenade in the fragging doesn't, cor along with 1st Sgt. Willis persistently reportedly switching barracks nightly to respond to the theory. Furthermore, it is harassed Smith. Private Smith received confuse would-be saboteurs. Some common for G.l.'s in the front line to three punishments within a few months. officers are even keeping enlisted men in carry grenade pins or wear grenade pin These included a citation for not shaving their barracks overnight as hostages. necklaces. One soldier told McKissack According to the L.A. Times, the that he was ordered to hold onto pins he although he was fighting on the front Pentagon now frowns on the term used in combat. lines! Rigby sought an unfitness discharge fragging because it "doesn't carry the A ballistic expert has told McKissack for Smith because he was unenthusiastic stigma as the proper legal term for that it is impossible to tell-whether a oin about closing on the enemy and Rigby murder. . ." and spoon match because "the pins don't doubted that he would ever make a good The Army is concemed-for the make an identifiable mark; only by soldier. welfare of its officers, for the efficient rubbing it against a concrete wall would it At 12.45 in the morning of March operation of the war machine, and for its leave a trace." It is even conceivable that 15th of this year, a fragmentation image. In April, Mike Mansfield intro the grenade was not an American grenade exploded in an officers barracks duced the term fragging into the Senate. weapon. in Bien Hoa, killing two officers and He warned that the problem has become wounding a third. Rigby and Willis The Army failed to turn up any other so severe that the Army must lock up the arrived at the barracks. They were to have evidence against Smith. They took soil weapons of soldiers after they leave the slept in the "fragged" barracks that night, from where the alleged fragging took combat area. Mansfield argued that taking but had switched barracks with the place and soil from Smith's shoes. Again weapons away from a G.I. doesn't remove victims at the last moment. Rigby and no match. The sole circumstantial evi "the atmosphere that drives an American Willis were convinced Smith had done it. dence against Smith was that he report G.I. to kill his fellow G.I. oi superior." edly made statements that he h.-.ted the They contacted the Criminal investi Mansfield was referring to the pervasive gation Division officer and jointly calied a Army, the war, and Rigby and Willis. He battalion formation. Smith was called to disillusionment of enlisted men with the allegedly called the two 'racists' and stated that he would "get even" with them and the front of the formation and notified war. But, according to Louise Monaco, that fragging would be a good way to do that he was under arrest for murder. No there is another cause of dissent: "The it. But, as his attorneys point out, one else was accused or even investigated. racist persecution of blacks by whites, the "Perhaps 90 percent of the lower enlisted In fact, six members of the battalion segregation of bars and recreational ranks hate the war, the Army and their facilities, ana the vindictive attitude of C.O.'s and feel fragging is too good for didn't even show up for the formation many white, particularly southern white, them." called by Rigby. No evidence was offered, officers against black enlisted men who no witnesses or explanation of possible refuse to act like slaves (is widespread)." motive provided. But Billy Dean Smith Billy Dean Smith wrote home, "No IBILLY DEAN SMITH DEFENSE COMMITTEE was under arrest. Vietnamese ever called me nigger." 6430 SUNSET BOULEVARD, SUITE 521 » * * * HOLLYWQOD, CALIFORNIA 900 2 8 (213) 466-7331 FREE GARY LAWTON Change Of Venue The issue of change of venue is of prime importance to the people in Los Angeles. Gary Lawton's trial is to be held in Indio. Indio, which has a population of 16,000 with less than 1% black, lies in the middle of the desert. Prior to the 1950 murder trial of Bucky Walker, no blacks had ever sat on a jury in the history of Riverside County Political repression has become in employed maintenance man. had been an reality, the American way of life. Every active leader in grass roots organizations in the Black community for several years. which still remains a racist stronghold. day brothers and sisters are being rail It has become obvious that Gary Lawton was also actively involved in a roaded to prisons on trumped-up charges Lawton has no chance of a fair trial in committee to seek justice in the death of leveled against them by the racist judical Indio. It becomes our responsibility to William Palmer Lawton had become a system. At this time, one of the most see that this brother does not hang. sorespot in the eyes of the city powe' internationally famous cases is that of When the trial begins in July, Bro. structure. Sister Angela Davis. Gary Lawton will be faced with a line of The shooting of the police officers But what about those brothers and police and less than creditable prosecu became a perfect opportunity for author sisters in the Los Angeles County area tion witnesses. Tnis is a classical case of ities to eliminate one "Black Militant." who are not so famous? One such case is conspiracy by the state to eliminate all Lawton was called down to the station on that of Brother Gary Lawton. black organizers. several occasions for questioning. Each Gary Lawton faces two counts of first An estimated $20,000 is needed for time he went without resistance and degree murder for the slaying of two the defense of Gary Lawton. We urge volunteered for the lie detect., test. Each Riverside Police officers. The circum your support in the struggle to free Gary time on the machine, the test confirmed stances and evidence surrounding this Lawlon and all Political Prisoners. case have made the oppressive conditions "no deception" in his statements. in Riverside even more obvious to the Lawton (old police at the time of the community. shooting that he was in his front yard GARY LAWTON DEFENSE FUND In March, 1971, the black community working on his truck. He heard of the c/o V.V.A.W. incident from friends. Further, Gary of Riverside became outraged over the P.Ou BOX 5154 Lawton in no way matched the descrip shooting death by police of Bro. William SAN BERNARDINO tion of the suspects. He is 6*3", heavy set Palmer. Police claimed Palmer was resist CAL. 92408 ing arrest, but witnesses maintain that and balding. Palmer was shot in the back while walk Gary Lawton's proof of innocence was ing away from police. Tension came to a not good enough for the police. On May head on April 2, when two white police 19, police in force broke into his house officers, 1^-onard Christainson and Paul and arrested him. Within 90 minutes of Teel were killed in the Bordwell Park the arrest he was arrainged without bail on two counts of murder. (Since the district, a center of previous turmoil. indictment, Lawton has been further The shootings had the police depart charged with eight counts of attempted ment in a total state of uproar. The entire murder and one count of shooting at an " 185-man police force was put on standby occupied dwelling in 1968.) Complete alert. A special task force of 18 detectives silence was imposed around his arrest. was organized to track down the killers, Chukia Lawton, his wife, was informed of and roadblocks surrounding the com her husband's arrest from a neighbor. No munity were set up. Blacks were indis one was allowed to see him including his criminately stopped, searched, and wife. questioned. What followed, black resi- The grand jury indictment is solely idents described as a "reign of terror." based upon the testimony of two blacks, The killers had to be caught. After all, Ronald Williams and Ronald McKenna, Riverside had not had a policeman killed both suspected by the community of in over 28 years. The city's reputation of being police informers, and a 14 year old being "trouble-free" was at stake. white girl. Williams claims that he sold The initial reports gave descriptions of the shotgun used in the killings to Law the four suspects three whites and one ton. The 14 year old girl can allegedly black. Later, an APB issued described the link Lawton to the shootings. However, isuspects as four blacks between 16 and the police have failed to mention the fact 18 years of age three about 5*7" in that none of the guns confiscated from height with medium build, the other 6' Lawton matched the murder weapon in a tall and thinly built. ballistics test. As the search dragged on without A Gary Lawton Defense Committee Success, police narrowed their investiga has been established to organize the tion down to one person-Gary Lawton. community around his case. It is unfor Gary Lawton, an ex-marine and self- tunate that a case of this magnitude is virtually unknown to the people of Los Angeles. armed farces riaY solidarity 150 civilians and G.I. 's marched in solidarity thru downtown Long Beach on Armed Farces Day, May 20th. Chanting slogans to end the war and all U.S. aggression; to free brother Billy Dean Smith and all political prisoners; the marchers were well recieved from the people on the streets. Rallying at the 1st Congregational Church on Ceder marchers heard music and speech's. A patriotic Vietnamese student pleaded for peace, his countries liberation, and the 7 point peace plan of the PRG. Ron Kovic, a ex-marine gave a strong indictment of the war, imperialism, and talked of a people's army. Also ppeaking was Martin Nicholos from L.A. who told of America's extensive business contections and huge profits being made off the war. It was a day of solidartiy for the people, and showed the citizens of Long Beach that navy men are moving for peace and justice. LONG BEACH NAVY WORKERS WANT UNION Item three• Vhenever an employee Furhed to the limits of human An interesting sidelight. accumulates five hours of work, it endurance by abusive and ille£al Each paycheck has a statement is the Navy Exchanges policy to management practices, Naval of earnings and deductions dock him thirty i;dnutes. This, Station Long Beach employees attached to it. Thio statement, says the 1 xchange innocently, is of the Navy Exchange's clubs curiously, each and every payday•, for the mandatory thirty ndnute and cafeterias are seeking labor contains several blank spaces. lunch break. Interviewing em union help. The number of hours worked is ployees reveals that the cashier, net entered. An omission that cook, bartender, etc. is not re To begin with, pay is poor: probably helps the federal lieved. He must continue working $1.55 per hour for some employ government overlook the mini - and, in fact, works thirty minutes ees, while senior Ji-anagers mum wa^e violation*, without pay every day. bring down $16,OCT .00 a year. (This 016,000.00 figure does not I tun four. V/hen hired, the apply to junior ii.anagers, more Complaint number two, and this employee is promised one 10 correctly called supervisors, who just recently c:?me about, is that idnute coffee break each morninf earn from $2.00 to $3.00 an hour,. emrloyees are now fcreed to wcrk and another every afternoon. He How can the Navy Exchange get away six days a week for the same amount does not get these breaks. with paying $1.55 per hour when of money that they were receiving the Bdnimum wage by law, I believe, vrhen they were working five days a Item five. The employees are is $1.65 per hour? By rather week. Instead cf hiring a replace told not to join a labor union, transparent trickery:'' The boss tell* ment fcr scmecne who has term cither tinder the pretense that to the new employee that he is being inated, the Exchange increases join is illegal (which it is not) paid fl.65 an hour. When the the workload en the more faithful. or on threat that to join is to employee finds to his surprise Instead of working eight hours a be unemployed. The fact i6 that that his pay check figures at day, the employee does the same they not only can join, but they lets than that, the boss tells job in seven hours. Instead of can strike too. They are not him that 10 f* an hour has been coming to work five days a week, federal ^j.;Icyees. They are employed forfeited for food. That is in he now must come to work six days by the Navy Exchange, Brooklyn, N.Y., spite of the fact that r>.arry people a week to get his forty hours in. whom they fondly refer to as the bring their own lunch, rather than sat the crap.that seventy cents buys. "Brooklyn iiafia". Oldie a couple of bucks buys some Sorry tc use trite phraseology, 1 but this must be criminal ex How can our brothers and sisters L,ood food, seventy cents dcesn 1 ; How much variety^ . ploitation of the worker* at the Club Kariner, the Club Flo tilla, and the Navy Exchange Caf- ctrric help themselves? 1 think the ar.i wer has something to do with item live, above. POWER TC THE PB0FLEH SB hot ago —Cbo On Jan. 20, the USS Chandler ex perienced a righteous taste of sab- atage. Sugar and sand were poured into the main soring bearing. This knocked out one oropeller on the shiu and reduced the soeed to 1 turn over Brother Seaman Marvin Stewart 1 knot. The shin had to start home and Brother Seaman Recruit Pat 5 days early. On the v ay back they Thrasher vere acnuitted of charges could only use one nrooeller. Part stemming from last July's fire- vay back the nrooeller got tangled bombing of the CG icebreaker, and fucked uo in a fishing net, then the main condenser vent. Just Glacier's helicooter hanger. prior to the incident the engine room vas rated "E". In the past few v eeks, the Coast This job on the Chandler brought the Guard base at Terminal Island, FBI, ONI and CID ON the shin and as well as the Glacier and other two brother have been oinned for it. ships have been victimized by The only evidence they have is that illegal searches and seizures by they \» ere on the Drug Exemption CGI and the FBI. No officers, Program. This is hardly evidence netty officers or 1st c}ass vere "hen 200 out of a crev of 260 smoke it. searched, on,,EMs. A lot of oot vas found as \> ell as 38 cal oistol. The Cant, at the time, "Armstrong" used to be a member of the FBI and Not to long ago the commander's car v as shot at on the freeway. *he ship vas made during WWII RIG BUSINESS STRATA FETTER A L JORS LAYOFFS AT ALAMEDA NAVAL BASE With the announcement of over 200 lay es in the Indochina War has never been offs and over 500 grade and wage cuts at heavier, and Nixon just increased spend the Naval Air Rework Facility (MARF) in ing by several billion dollars for all Alameda, trie federal government has the armed forces; including the Navy. shown its complete contempt for the The big question is, if federal workers needs of federal employees. For years are being cut out, where is all the mon many people thought that government jobs ey going? The answer is, it's going in were the safest and most stable around. to the pockets of already rich private Layoffs were rare up until a few years corporations. ago, unlike the ups and downs of private Worlc on the repair and overhaul of industry. But now all that has changed. Wavy airplane engines used to be done by In his ''Message" to workers the Com federal workers, but not anymore. In manding Officer of NARF tried to explain creasingly the federal government is away the underlying causes of the Reduc contracting out its work to private in tions in Force. The title of his letter dustry where the contractors pa/ lower was "A Smaller Navy — A Smaller NARF", wages and collect big profits. For ex but it's just not that simple Captain ample, the newer A-7 jet engines are It v-as recently reoorted that Boat- Hinkle. The activity of Naval air fore- supposed to be serviced at the Pensacola svains Mate 3-C Mike Stevens of Kaval Air Rework -Facility. At least the Manatee died after jumping that's what the Wavy says. But in fact tne work on those engines is contracted over the side of a shin. out to private firms. According to the story, he had This shift of government jobs to pri reported to a Manatee officer vate industry means thousands of jobs POWER PLANT DIVISION" ~ for federal workers. Wages are lowered that he vas on LSD and wanted and on the job security and protection to be escorted to the hospital shin NAVAL AIR REWORK FACiUTY rights are thrown out the window. It happened when the post office was con Renose. He v as being escorted verted to a company run for profit and across tv o oilers by an officer it's happening now throughout the govern and 2 EMs \» hen suddenly he ment. This is an attack on all workers ra n to the rail of the oiler Toluga because it means fewer jobs and lower wages. We need our jobs and we can't and leaoed over , landing uoon let the government sacrifice our needs his head on a small barge betveen to the demands of big business. the ship and the oier. Most of this story comes from official sources, but » e are relating it MOTHER RAISE ME TO BE A because v e are oretty sure ve kno" PRISONER by Mien Due Thang v hat kind of acid it v as that Stevens took and ve want to issue a v aim On a autumn morning, in a cell ing about it. The informaiton about A young soldier holds the bars Softly r ,cking back and forth his the acid come from Do It Nov Found skinny body ation, a non-orofit drug survival LESS JOBS - SMALL PAY FOR NAVY WORKERS. On an autumn morning, in a cell WHAT THE WORKERS LOSE, BIG BUSINESS A young soldier hods his face in his project in LA. The acid v as prob hand s r.ETS. ably a red or green barrel that came Crying, and his heart and lulll feel chilly up from the South Coast cities, like Softly tinging Huntington Beach, the city v here Mother, I do not want to kill my ' rothers to I am a prisoner Stevens v as from. It is supposed Mother, Oh Mother, why d , y ,u MOVEMENT FOR raise me to become a pris ncr9 to be very pure and from 6 to 10 times stronger than a normal hit. Softly singing Users should use caution and dealers Our people have suffered s much Our pe pie live .r the dark prisons should varn all cust A DEMOCRATIC because of some who are so c ruel omers. I do not support the wagers of war I do not want to live uselessly Hi softly sings Mother, I do not want to be mercenary MILITARY I am humiliated, 1 do not want to kill PRG 7 Point people to be famous I do not want to kill people to earn a IS YOU high rank. Peace Proposal On January 23, 1970, Mien Due Thang was sentenced by the III Corps The £RG 7 point plan was first presented in Tactical Zone Mobile Military Court to five years at hard labor for "Weak Paris as long ago as July, 1971 The two cen ening the Mil -rnmmuni nt spirit of the tral points are: join M.D.M. Army and the Republic of Viet Nam. " 1. Regarding the military situation: The Four Songs, all published in 1967, were considered especially objection U.S. must set a date for the total withdrawal of WE NEED YOUR HELP IN WRIT able. MOTHER.RAISE ME TO BE A ail U.S. troops, military personnel, weapons and PRISONER encourages desertion. ING ARTICLES, REPORTING NEWS, war materials and those of its allies. One member of the military court LAY OUT, GRAPHICS, POETRY. system explained why action was taken 2. Regarding the political situation in AND DISTRIBUTION OF OUT NOW. against Thang: "President Thieu is South Vietnam: The U.S. must end its inter afraid that there wil' be a peace move vention in the internal affairs of South Vietnam VE HAVE OUR MEETINGS EVERY ment here like In the U.S. We had to and stop backing the regime of Nguyen Van WED. NIGHT AT S;00 TO WOR'< make an example of Mien Due Thang. If the U.S. had been strong right in the Thieu. ON THE PA^ER AND PLAN OTHER beginning, you wouldn't have all the ACTIVITIES. trouble with your pacifists n ,w." RIGHT ON! ! to Pfc. David Waters and Pfc. Chris Ramirez "ho es caped from the Cam-) Pendelton base correctional facility. They "ere awaiting court martial on charges of UA and booked during 4^ aboiaqe —cans to push back, 1^10 E. ANAHEIM 1 %J pLiI' out or brrak off the a recreation oerind. Thev still fjnu,* v( CiD'talism p F9Q771 . 5^13150 59^2^1 F haven't been caught. i V D Haywood w> According to psychologist Wilhelm Reich, in his book Mass Psychology oj Fascism, "The goal of sexual suppression is that of producing an individual who is adjustetl to the authoritarian order and who will submit to it in spite of all the misery and degradation." He goes on to say, " ,, , the suppression of the gratification of primitive material needs (food, shelter, clothing) has a result different from that of the suppression of the gratification of the sexual needs. The former incites rebellion. The latter, however - by repressing the sexual needs and by becoming anchored as moralistic defense - paralyzes the rebellion against either kind of suppression." Second, the Military gains from using the symbol of Asian women just as it gains from using the words "gooks," "slants" or "Communists." The image of a people with slanted eyes and slanted vaginas enhances the feeling that Asians arc other than human, and therefore much easier to kill. More than a few Viet nam veterans tell of incidents of GIs who spend time in combat; then during their Rest and Recuperation periods, suddenly and with no apparent pro vocation, will kill a Vietnamese civilian out of a paranoid concept of "gooks." The view that Asian women are less than human helps perpetrate another myth that of the white woman "back home" being, placed on a pedestal. (This is not to say. that the white woman's position is to be envied. Her position on that pedestal is also an oppressive situation.) An example of the "white woman on a pedestal" can be seen in the words of another Asian-American Gl's experiences with the Military when he tried to marry a Vietnamese woman: "I wanted to get married when I was in VietniMJH o-ut they (the Military) wouldn't let me. I didn't push it because of the feedback I got from the begin ning.-You see, you have to go through the chain-of-command to get married, even in Vietnam because 1 was in the rear at the time. That's when I met this Vietnamese girl. First I went to my Section Chief, and he said, 'Man, you don't want to marry one of these "gooks" over here. They're not civilized, and if you take her back home with you, people won't be able to handle her because she's not civilized.' And so 1 said, 'Well, that's my problem.' "So then 1 went to the Gunnery Sergeant, and he lectured me for like all day, and he told me to come back again. And 1 came back and he lectured me again and told me to come back again. Then I got to the First Sergeant and he did the same thing. Finally, I got to the Commanding Officer and he ran down all the bureaucratic stuff that I'd have to go through before I could even get the consent to get married. You have to go through this waiting time, and they make you wait until after you're rotation time, like if you have five months be fore you're moved out, then they'll give you a waiting period of six months so they can get you out of there. "Man, they'd say stuff like, 'She's not an American so she wouldn't be able to handle it in the States' and 'you wouldn't be able to trust her once you got back in the states.' They say, 'Okay, you think you want to marry her now, but that's because there are no round-eyed chicks around.' They said that to me, you know, I'm an Asian too, but they said that to me. They'd always talk about round-eyed women - Caucasian women. They'd say, "And once you get back, you'll see all those blondes and stuff, and you'll look at your wife and she'll be this old farmer chick - this gook - and you'll want to get rid of her. You'll be embarrassed when you get back because she's Vietnamese.' " To most non-Asians in the United States, there is little if any difference be tween Asian Americans and Asian in America. Asian Americans are either lum >ed with Asians, and therefore considered "foreigners" or they are invisible. The GI who wanted to marry the Vietnamese girl experienced both. On one hand, the Military, completely insensitive to the fact that he too was an Asian talked about the "round-eyed'.' woman waiting back home. This same brother upon entering basic training, was called a gook and was made to stand in front of his platoon as an example of "what the enemy (the Vietnamese) looked like." Asian American women are susceptible to the stereotypes that GIs have of women in Asia. An example of this is shown in the following story of still another Asian-American in basic training. "Before everybody crashed, the drill instructor comes through and checks to see that all footlockers are locked, and that you have your wallet. So you stand up on top of your locker at attention in your drawers and teeshirt and he comes around and he yells at everybody and he'll punch a few people; and he always picks somebody and he'll take their wallet and he'll look at their pictures. I had some pictures of these Asian girls I went to high school with. He made some derogatory comments like, 'This looks like this whore I knew back over there (Janan).' Then he took three or four pictures out of my wallet and he kept, GI'S and Asian Women them. I couldn't do nothing about it. 1 don't know what he did with them, i didn't see them after that. That's when he saw the picture of my sister. "After lights were out and everyone was supposed to be sleeping, he would come into our barracks and act like he was my friend. After harassing me all day, suddenly he's my friend. Then he started rapping about when he was in Japan and how he had this prostitute for quite a while. He said her last name was the same as mine. Then he said, 'What's your sister's name?' He knew I had "The sterotype of an Asian woman is that of a porcelain doll a cold fragile an older sister and he had seen the picture of her, and I guess he flashed back on object if not of love then of hale. As an object of love (typified in the media by Suzw Wong or the Geisha girl) her sole function is to fulfill every whim of men. his experiences. Then he started harassing me by saying my sister looked like , If she chooses to rebel against this role, she is typecast as the Dragon Lady/Dow his prostitute. He'd say, 'Yeah, that's her. That's the prostitute 1 had.' " ager Empress - the manipulator, castrator, and destroyer of men. Her third We must fight the mentality .that keeps Suzy Wong, Madame Butterfly and alternative is not to exist at all, to withdraw from society and create around gooksim alive. The mentality that turns human beings into racist, murdering herself an hermetically-sealed box - and even then she is not left alone, but is soldiers also keeps Asian Americans from being able to live and feel like human written off an inscrutable." beings here at home. - Asian Women's Coalition, New York City The Army has found stereotypes of Asian women quite useful - especially, since most GIs experience long, forced separations from wonen. One Asian Mil!l"aryCoun5e|infl American recalls his experiences in boot-camp: "In Marine Corps boot-camp, the military goes through a psychological and physical break-down trip on the men so they [the Military) can instill their values. And a heavy part of that trip is the mentioning of women in certain sexual contexts. MDM can provide military coun- "We had these classes we had to go to, taught by the drill instructors, and selirg ard legal help on dis every instructor would tell a joke before he began class. It would always be a charges (CO. , hardship, etc) dirty joke, usually having to do with prostitutes they had seen in Japan or in drug amnesty program, art. 138*s other parts of Asia while they were stationed overseas. The attitude of the Asian missirg ships movemert, refusirg women being a doll, a useful toy, or something to play with usually came out in orders, request for transfer, these jokes, and how they were not quite as human as white women. For in destruction of government, riots stance, a real common example was how Asian women's vaginas weren't like a white woman's, but rather they were slanted, like their eyes. Some guys really ard riot control duty. We can believed this shit, too. Like when you'get overseas afterward, you kind of trip also help you get trained ir on the jokes you heard and look for things you remember from the jokes." counseling so you car help your The Military knows that the GIs aren't able to seek sexual satisfaction during comrades. Come by 1810 E. basic training and a large part of their combat time, so they use this knowledge Araheim any Wed. at 8:00 pm or to keep the men down. They •continually remind them of their desire by talking call 5997718, 5919150, 5992815 about women all the time, yet they keep the gratification of this desire from also draft courseling Mon. and their reach. Thurs. at 7:30 the sample form on this page as an out 1ine guide. 3. Hand it to any superior officer (not your CO.). He mut forward it to an officer exercising general court martial jurisdiction over the officer against whom you General, your tank is a mighty vehicle. are complaining; It smashes down forests and crushes 100 k. 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