Irán: ¿Guerra de EUA contra Siria? ● Hiroshima y Nagasaki 12 Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Vol. 57, No. 34 August 27, 2015 $1 FREE CHELSEA MANNING! WW commentary, page 6 Native Nations resist EPA’s toxic destruction By Chris Fry King Mine near Silverton, Colo., excava- level that requires municipal water sup- tles in the river bottom, only to be stirred tors hired by the federal Environmental pliers to shut down. Cadmium was mea- up by future storms and washed down- Corn, melons, squashes and other Protection Agency breached a wall at the sured at 6.13 ppb (safe limit: 5 ppb); arse- stream. This contamination may last for crops, along with sheep and cattle — mine, causing 3 million gallons of yel- nic at 264 ppb (safe limit: 10 ppb); iron at years. these are what the Diné (Navajo) farmers low-orange waste water to be dumped 326,000 ppb (safe limit: 1,000 ppb); cop- Particularly hard hit is the Navajo Res- grow and raise along the San Juan River into nearby Cement Creek, which flows per at 1,120 ppb (safe limit: 1,000 ppb); ervation, the largest Indigenous territory in the Navajo Reservation in New Mexi- into the Animas River and then into the and manganese at 3,040 ppb (safe limit: in the country. Stretching across por- co. They use the water from the river to San Juan River. 50 ppb). Elevated levels of zinc, berylli- tions of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, irrigate their crops and provide water for Since then, toxic heavy metals have um and aluminum have also been found. at 27,000 square miles it is larger than the livestock. Except that now they can’t. increased dramatically in the Animas (denverpost.com, Aug. 11) 10 of the states in the U.S. Its population The Navajo Times reported on Aug. River. Lead in the river after the spill has Many communities in Colorado, New now surpasses 250,000. Diné language 5, instead of first removing and treating been measured at 5,720 parts per billion, Mexico and Utah are also threatened by and culture are scrupulously maintained. contaminated water from the closed Gold far higher than the 50 ppb concentration this spill. Much of the heavy metal set- Continued on page 7 Honor Mike Brown Racist repression One year after Mike Brown’s ● Brooklyn police attack denounced 2 death by police gunfire in Ferguson, Mo., over a hundred activists and 3 community members held a rally ● Rev. Pinkney den ied bond on Aug. 9 at North Broad Street and Erie Avenue in North Philadelphia. ● Another political prisoner killed 3 Organized by the Philly Coalition for Racial, Economic and Legal Justice, participants were encour- aged to use an open mike to express their frustration at the continuing No ‘recovery’ for Detroiters 4 police murders of Black and Brown men and women. A 2-mile march through the heart of Black Phila- delphia ended at Broad and Cecil Veolia/Transdev = 5 B. Moore Avenue, where a 150-foot scroll with the names of women killed by police was stretched across the wide thoroughfare. Their names were read out loud before four and a half minutes of silence was observed to honor Brown and all the victims of police violence. In Denver, one year after the murder of Mike Brown, 500 people marched to honor him. — Joe Piette and Viviana Weinstein WW PHOTO: JOE PIETTE GREECE ● Austerity ‘memo’ protested 7 ● Migrants' plight 7 Subscribe to Workers World 4 weeks trial $4 1 year subscription $30 Sign me up for the WWP Supporter Program: workers.org/articles/donate/supporters_/ Name _______________________________________________________________________________ Email _____________________________________________________________ Phone _____________ Street _____________________________________________ City / State / Zip __________ WW PHOTO: ALBERTO BARRETO CARDONA Workers World 212.627.2994 Local 8751 President Andre François and Vice President Steve Kirschbaum, two of 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Fl, NY, NY 10011 workers.org the four leaders of the Boston School Bus union fired by Veolia/Transdev Corp. Page 2 August 27, 2015 workers.org Brooklyn, N.Y. Police violence at Target store denounced By Workers World New York Bureau could have easily been another Eric Garner or Fred- die Grey police murder situation,” said 23-year-old The organizations Equality for Flatbush (E4F) and Donnay Edmund, a lifelong Flatbush resident and In the U.S. the New York People’s Power Assembly held an Aug. 3 member of E4F’s Police Accountability Working Native Nations resist EPA’s toxic destruction............. 1 press conference and community speak-out against Group. racial profiling and police violence in the Flatbush and “Every day in East Flatbush and Flatbush, the Police violence at Target store denounced............... 2 East Flatbush areas of Brooklyn, N.Y. police racially profile, brutalize and harass young Appeals court denies bond to Rev. Pinkney .............. 3 The spark for this action, held in front of the Flatbush people of color for no reason,” stated Edmund. “The Junction Target store, was New York Police Department media have already started painting Alando as a Former Black Panther killed in Calif. prison ............... 3 violence against Alando Brissett in the store on July 25. criminal, but what they are not saying is that Black People’s Assembly’s plan of action for struggles ahead .....3 Brissett family members participated in the press con- and Brown youth are constantly harassed and false- ference and speak-out. ly arrested for nonviolent ‘broken windows’ viola- Detroit recovery? Don’t believe it........................ 4 On the evening of July 25, Brissett, a 23-year-old tions [ticketing of people for minor offenses in the On the picket line ....................................... 4 Black man, was violently attacked by NYPD officers at hope that greater “crimes” will be discovered], espe- Veolia/Transdev =‘Evil Corp’ ............................. 5 the Target. The incident stemmed from Brissett simply cially in gentrifying neighborhoods like Flatbush.” asking an employee for a receipt of his transaction after Anick Boyd, who has lived in Flatbush for the Free Chelsea Manning!....................................6 using the bottle redemption services. last eight years, witnessed the police attack and Black transwomen killed................................. 6 Imani Henry, executive director of E4F, stated: “Tar- was so outraged by the cops’ violence that she be- get’s management needs to tell our community what its gan reaching out to community groups, such as Around the world so-called ‘safety concerns’ were that led to them calling the PPA and E4F, to help mobilize a community the police on Alando Brissett. Our understanding is that response. Greek Parliament passes new austerity plan ............. 7 there were no threats of violence or a physical alterca- “If the mission of the NYPD is to ‘preserve the Refugee crisis grows in Greece .......................... 7 tion prior to the cops arriving on July 25. Why would peace, reduce fear and to provide for a safe environ- Target’s management allow a verbal disagreement over ment,’ then I believe that law enforcement officers a receipt escalate to the point where a young Black man who fail to fulfill that mission should be held ac- Noticias en Español almost lost his life? countable for their actions,” said Boyd. Irán: ¿Guerra de EUA contra Siria?........................ 8 “Given the 70th Precinct’s long history of police bru- Equality for Flatbush demands: Dropping all Hiroshima y Nagasaki ................................... 8 tality and murder in Flatbush,” continued Henry, “why criminal charges against Alando Brissett; a full, in- would Target be so reckless and jeopardize not only dependent investigation of the police assault; public Brissett’s safety, but that of all the shoppers in the store release of the names of the five officers involved in that night? Both the NYPD and Target need to be held the attack; that these five officers be immediately accountable.” put on administrative duty; an end to the NYPD’s Flatbush resident Michael Rolland captured the racial profiling, constant “broken windows” ticket- NYPD’s assault on video. It showed two NYPD officers ing, and excessive police presence in Flatbush and violently beat Brissett on his back and head with their East Flatbush, Brooklyn; and that Target immedi- fists, while three other cops pinned his body to the floor, ately issue a public apology for their reckless endan- using their knees to hold his head down. Target shop- germent of the life of Alando Brissett and its cus- pers were shouting for the cops to stop and were crying tomers on July 25. out that Brissett had done nothing wrong. E4F is also gathering more eyewitness accounts Soon more than 20 cops swarmed into the store and and video of this violent NYPD assault. Community formed a barrier around the scene, “protecting” their residents who witnessed this brutality and/or can fellow officers from being videotaped. The incident can document other incidents of police violence and ha- be viewed on YouTube at tinyurl.com/pnrto2f. rassment in Flatbush and East Flatbush, please con- Workers World 147 W. 24th St., 2nd Fl. tact E4F at [email protected] or call/text ‘Black and Brown youth constantly harassed’ 646-820-6039. You do not have to give your name. New York, N.Y. 10011 “It was five cops against one unarmed person. This Para parlantes de español llame 513-445-8532. Phone: 212.627.2994 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.workers.org Vol. 57, No. 34 • August 27, 2015 Closing date: August 18, 2015 Editor: Deirdre Griswold Managing Editors: John Catalinotto, LeiLani Dowell, Who we are & what we’re fighting for Kris Hamel, Monica Moorehead; Web Editor Gary Wilson Production & Design Editors: Coordinator Lal Roohk; degrading people because of their nationality, sexual or Hate capitalism? 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