RjEVOLUTiONARY Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA No. 951 /^/(Vol 19. No 48) April 5. 1998 Editions in English and Spanish published weekly S1.00 WASHINGTON, D. C. ONERS! Fed mshindon, O.C.. March RWOk phcto New People s Army In the Phllippines: Reporl from a GuerrHIa Front Parti: Africa' Benjamin Spocii The NPA Clinton's Colonial and the Roadshow Unruly Generation Page 2—Revolutionary VVtortcer—April 5,1998 Immg^ (AbimaelAs of March Guzman) 29.1998 has Chairman been lield Gonzalo in ^■JH ^ isolation for... |p* 5 Years, 166 Days COME VISIT y In October 1992, Chairman Gonzalo —leader of the Maoist *^2 52^ Communist Party of Peru—was sentenced to life imprisonment by sfyE hooded military judges of the KwJ U.S.-backed regime in Peru. The fascist regime in Peru is holding this The bilingual Internet website of ^ revolutionary leader of the Peruvian ^ people under very brutal conditions the Revolutionary Worker newspaper ^ underground concrete dungeon voice of the 9 at a naval base. He is being denied Revolutionary Communist Party,USA ^ visits by lawyers, doctors and relatives and deprived of proper medical cafe and reading materials. Peru's President Fujimori has publicly threatened to execute Chairman "Information as Weaponry/lnformacion como arma" Gonzalo and boasted of applying psychological torture on him. Fujimori changed Peru's constitution to legalize the death penalty, www.mcs.net/'-rwor which could be used against Chairman Gonzalo and other revolutionary prisoners. The Peruvian regime must be prevented from killing Chairman Gonialo through-the death penalty or by other means. FUNDS ARE NEEDED NOW Fujimori has repeatedly claimed that Chairman Gonzalo has made a call for negotiations from prison. In this situation, what possible to expand the bilingual website of the Revolutionary Worker, excuse can Fujimori now offer for continuing to deny Comrade Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party,USA Gonzalo independent contact with lawyers, doctors and friendly and neutral visitors from outside the prison in a way that meets the basic Your donation will help make possible: international standards for treatment of political prisoners and • Upgrade of web site to accommodate a prisoners of war? It is vitally important for people in Peru and around the world to hear what Chairman Gonzalo's views are from Chairman search engine which will help visitors $100 setup Gonzalo himself—directly and unimpeded. This heightens the urgency locate Information they need on the site + $900/year of the fight to create an international political climate whir^h compels • A registered domain name for an $ 100 the Peruvian government to grant access to Comrade Gonzalo by his legal representatives and other friends who can meet and talk directly easy-to-remember "address" with him. • Faster computers $3,000 Suppoitthe People's War In Peru! • Color scanner $250 Support the Communist Party of Peru! Defend the Life of Chairmari Gonzalo, SEND DONATIONS TO: Fight to Break the Isolation! RW/OR Online, RCP Publications, Box 3486, Chicago, IL 60654 ^ GET THIS ISSUE OF THE RWOiM TO THE PEOPLE! 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And, in an addi tional outrage, their very existence is denied by the government of the United States. "We have no political prisoners," the U.S. rulers say—^whiJe their judges and jailers and parole boards slam the thick m steel prison doors on dozens and dozens of It men and women who are held for their beliefs and actions in the cause of libera tion.