RAGO Being an informer is a deadly serious offense against the people and 'the revolution. -Symbionese Liberation Army - June, 1975 BARC on Patricia Hearst 1 Hew World Liberation front Bombs San Simeon Castle .3 Bill and Emily Harris: A Political Statement 5 Joe Remiro and Russ Little's Trial Ends ......9 Attend the Trial of Eugene Allen and Ernest Graham. ,11 Analysis and Criticism of the Weather Underground: By Ken Como. ,.., .15 By Anthony Bottom, 22 Steven Soliah Stands Trial in Sacramento.... 24 Activity of the ITew Yvorld Liberation Front,,.............25 K'wLP Communique: Scumlords ............26 KWLF Communique: FG&E. 33 BARC: On Reprinting Arias Instructions 36 The Urban Guerrilla: IT ov; Available 37 Emiliano Zapata, Unit Busts...,..,.,...,.,,.,.,., 38 Young Dragon, a Poem..,.,...,.., ».,,... ........41 ********** ****************** ***•**#**•************##*#•******* RSHSW YOUR SUB! For those of you folks who have been receiving Dragon since issue #1 or 2: it's really time to renew your sub- scriptions because this is the last issue you will get un- less you- do. Six more months oosts five more dollars, but if you don't have the money, or only pSrt of it, be sure to let us know anyway so we'll keep sending them. Many thanks. BAY AREA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE BOX 4344, SATHER GATE STA. BERKELEY, CALIF. 94704 4 ~ I Xhe trial of Patty Hearst began January 2?^ in San Francisco amid. the worldwide hoopla of the "trial of the century," the grandstanding of millionaire lawyer P. Lee Bailey and angry resposes from the movement. It would be pointless to try to set the general context of the SLA, the media, or even to describe the circus going on in San Francisco. The point of this article is to respond to the many letters we have received asking, what about Patty and the Harrises — and to add our two-cents on the situ- ation. Prom September 18 until the start of the Hearst trial, speculation a- bout Patty's allegiance to the SLA and the people's movement has been abun- dant from all sectors. For several months it was unclear what course her defense would take, but the introduction of P, Lee Bailey into the case changed that uncertainty. Bailey would not be on a case where even a hint of principle, political or otherwise, was an. issue. Vfiien Bailey takes a case it becomes simply "Bailey1s ease." He runs the show, from •the media coverage to outfitting the defendant. That Bailey would push £or incriminating others still alive to save his client was and is a. cer- tainty. That Patricia Hearst has acted in complicity with the stategy is her conscious choice*, which we vehemently denounce. No one, revolutionary or otherwise, wants 1*0 go to prison for even a short stretch, much less for life. People who have been inside, write to prisoners or have friends or relatives doing time are especially aware of the conditions of prison life. Not wanting to go to jail is a natural feeling and we have no political sanctions against such an attitude. How- ever, when, staying out of jail translates out to snitching and lying in such, a way that it seems to implicate others who are still alive, the sit- uation becomes quite different. la her testimony so far Patty has mention- ed the names of 23 people who are living, some of whom she has implicated • in crimes ranging from the harboring of a federal fugitive to kidnapping, t>ank robbery and murder. It's clear that Patty is dealing fast and furi- ous, and will say anything tn secure her own freedom. Patricia Hearst is a snitch and should be regarded as such. The following is excerpted from a statement released- by Bill and Emily Harris on February 5, after the Hearst jury was sequestered (but before most of Patty's testimony). Bill and Emily have made it clear that they would never testify against Patricia Hearst. The Hearst machine marches on, convinced that their money and Influence is enough to cu!! the wool over the eyes of the American people and trick them into believing that the daughter who "disgraced" them and exposed them for what they zre, -was In fact brainwashed by revolutionaries. Now the Hearsts have singled out th.e two of us to justify their evil fabrication. We will not be characterized this way without a fight, and we beiieve it is only right that that fight take place in a courtroom in Los Angeles around the charges which a I! three of us face together as co-defendants. We do not want our trial here to begin before the end of Patricia Hearst's trial in San Francisco. We want to wait until she can be tried here with us. -••Out of this very complicated situation, what fs Patricia Hearst's role, both past and present? Well, we will tell you that she is far from the weak, hysterical, pampered flttle heiress that her family has tried to characterize her as. The Patricia Hearst we knew was Strong and assertive, making her own independent decisions. The relative smoothness of the whole evolution of her defense from the beginning until now can only be seen as an Indication of her willing compliance. People either stand fast or fat! when they are called to the test and Patrfcia is falling — falling for e game that is based on the ruthless power and priveiage of the wealthy. -••The SLA never had any Interest !n converting Patrfcia Hearst. In fact, they wanted her to return to her family, knowing that if she stayed, their own survival would be greatly complicated. The group took the position that if she wanted to stay, she must show that she understood the implications, was ready to deal with all the hardships that the lifr entailed, and was ready to struggle to become a revolutionary person. But she had seen a viable altern- ative to her previous life and ahe had already gained a sense of the warmth and humanity of the people she was with wbo were struggling to sehfeve that alternative. Eventually, she'wanted to be a part of It. The SLA understood that she would be a Stability in the eense that she was easily recognized, that she had many needs that would be a drain on the group at that stage, and that the heat would intensify rather than gradually diminish. It was ciear to the SLA that Jf she was not released, that heat would be augmented by the relentless efforts of the Hearst family to get back their "prized possession," Yet in spite of aS! these very real problems, Patricia's desire was based on a serious analysis of what was happening and the SLA felt that to release her would be to turn her out to the woives. So she stayed with them, based on her own initiative and free choice. It Is only now that her free choice has been taken away and that she has been convinced to save her own skin by negating these past choices and thereby evading the consequences. Of course, tojdo this, she must be willing to serve as a cooperative pawn of her family and to compromise everything that she believed in and lived for the last year and a half. The Hearst family has given the American people quite an education in the callous power and influence that the rich can buy. But no matter what the outcome of Patricia Hearst's present court battle, we know that no one has been fooled and many are enraged along with us that the Hearsts would fabricate such lies and expect a!! of us to fall for them. (full text available from MRC) —Emily and Bill Harris Los Angeles County Jail — 3 ~ HEARST CASTLE BOMBING ON FEBRUARY 12, 1976 A BOMB EXPLODED BOH'T IN A GUEST HOUSE OH THE ESTATE OF THE TO USE VIOLENCE HEARST CASTLE AT SAN SUfflOH, CA., DOING WITH ME I) A EILLIOH DOLLARS DAMAGE AND CADSIRQ KO INJURIES. SAN SIIiEOK, THE HOME Of WILLIAM EANDOLPH HEARST, SR. IS NOW A STATE PARK. THE ACTIOE WAS CLAIMED BY THE CBKTRAL COMMAND OF THE PEOPLE'S FORCES, BBV/ WORLD LIBERATION FRONT, AND THE FOLLOWING CGIuMJKIiiUE, DEilAHDING THAT $250,000 m GIVER TO THE HARRIS DEFENSE FUND, WAS ISSUED. RANDOLPH HEARST, PATTY'S FATHER, IN- DICATED THAT THE EV/LI'"S DEMANDS WOULD KOT BE 1ST. The Hearst's have a history of feeding off the poor! Their whole parasi- tic fortune has beon made at the expense of poor/ working people and. v;e therefore demand: 1. In. the interests of seeing justice furthered, contribute $250,000 to the Bill and Emily Harris defense fu^i. 2. Stop the lying that is designed to save Patty'and bury the Harrises. These Hearst vultures are completely out of their zainds if they think we are going to sit idly by and watch ruling-class justice score Ejicthtsr vic- tory at the expense of the Harrises. Everyone knows that justice is bought in this country and this is another case to prove it. This case also shows that justice does not stop at color, it stops at class and money. F. Lee Bailey is bought for Patty while in Los Angeles, Bill Harris is forcsd to be defended by someone who has said he does not want to defend him, and someone whom Harris says he does not to be defended by!'' Justice is bought I We are well aware of why it was decided that Patty was not to get out on bail.