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Contents
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8 SPC
New s
The Syracuse Peace Council's
43rd Birthday Dinne r
Friday March 16th, 197 9
First Baptist Church
(at Columbus Circle )
6 :00 wine and chees e
6 :30 dinner $3.0 0
Children under 12 $1-.50 under 6 years old fre e
M E NU :
Pasquale Vitacolonna cauliflower sou p
Spaghetti with vegetarian and meat sauce s
succulent spinach sala d
with oil & lemon dressing
garlic bread and beverage s
sherbert with fruit sauce
Savory Friends Spicey Laughter Fragrant Conversatio n
For more info call 472-547 8
David Truong
child care
peace awar d
The 'Viet Nam Trial :
Espionage or Legacy of f the Wa r
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The birthda- dinner is a celebration of forty thre e
years of work for peace by people of the Syracus e
Peace Council . Through our country ' s succession o f
wars and military involvements we have looked beyon d
the rhetoric of national interests and national defense .
Our investigation into the roots of violent conflict ha s
sharpened our analysis of which people benefit fro m
war, and which people endure the suffering . . We could
see how we here in the US have very much in commo n
with the people of Africa, Latin America and Southeas t
Asia . Our own hardships as working people, as poo r
people, as blacks and women are rooted in those sam e
political arid. economic institutions .
During the height of the Viet Nam War the SPC, alon g
with thousands of American people declared peace wit h
the Viet Namese by signing the People's Peace Treaty .
Our efforts in reconciliation continue with reconstruction aid such as the Friendshipment program . And i n
all of this we have been hindered by our government' s
imperialist agenda .
David Truong is a Viet Namese national who . has long
been active in the anti-war movement here in this country . As the son of one of Saigon ' s most prominent fami 'Yfes, David came to study in the US in 1965 . Two year s
later, his father opposed Thieu as a "peace candidate "
and was imprisoned for five years for his campaign for
a negotiated settlement with the NLF . David himself
became a well-known critic of the war, particularl y
US involvement .. He worked at the Viet Namese Resourc e
-Center in Cambridge and after the war-was over, helped t o
to establish the Viet Namese-American Reconciliatio n
Center in Washington .
" In early 1978 David Truong and Ronald Humphrey ,
a US Information Agency official, were arrested an d
indicted on several charges of espionage . Ronald ha d
passed on to David cables sent by US diplomats i n
SE Asia to the State Department . The documents, mos t
of them dated Spring of 1977, supposedly contain th e
US viewpoint of political activity and intelligenc e
assessments -in such countries as Thailand and Viet Nam .
During the trial Michael Tigar of the National Lawyer s
Guild with the Viet Nam Trial Support Committee brough t
to light the true motivations behind the Justice Depart ment's prosecution . . With pressure from the State De partment and authorization by President Carter himself ,
David's apartment was bugged without a warrant . The
FBI recorded 57 reels of tape from a wiretap and a
secret microphone, and burglarized his home . Man y
observers of federal legislation such as 5 .1437 and
so called reforms of the intelligence agencies hav e
viewed this case as an attempt by Carter's administra tion to give legal precedence to such dirty tricks .
Former national security aide Morton Halperin concluded ,
Carter has "succeeded where Nixon failed . "
There's certainly an element of vengeance i n
this trial . Our policies and actions continue to
speak to the fact that the US still cannot swallo w
its defeat in Indochina . This truth was laid bare b y
a CIA memo of March, 1978 evaluating the case .
"Perhaps the most respectable argument would b e
that the bulk of these materials deal with activitie s
in Viet Nam, which must still be considered a n
enemy state . " The undeclared war has obviousl y
not ended.
Our invitation to David reaffirms our desire fo r
full reconciliation between the US and Viet Names e
peoples . When David was convicted and sentence d
last May, he expressed this to the courtroom :
"If one learns anything from history, and, o f
course, from the tragedy of the Viet Nam War, i t
would be that the people always count . They shape
and mold history . And they stood together, i n
difficult and good times alike--that is the history o f
of two peoples, Americans and Vietnamese, during ,
the war .
And now, they will stand even more firmly together in their pursuit of healing war wounds i n
Viet Nam and here, and of normalization of rela tions between two countries . Nothing can change that ."
Syracuse Peace Council 924 Burnet Avenue Syracuse, N.Y. 1320 3
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Contents 8 General Info
TheContents_
Peace Newsletter
The Pt.ACE NEWSLETTER (PNL) is publish ed monthly through the collective effort s
of SPC workers & staff . The PNL uniquely
serves 2 functions : that of a paper offerin g
news, analysis & services ; and that of th e
internal organ of SPC, the traditiona l
newsletter role . The page top descriptions
are intended to help readers distinguis h
these 2 separate but complementary functions . We welcome suggestions, articles ,
cultural work & production assistanc e
movement groups are encouraged to re print ; please give credit . The PNL is a
member of the Alternative Press Syndicat e
(APS), and subscribes to Liberation New s
Service (LNS) . The PNL is available on
microfilm from APS . Subscriptions : $5 or
more/year; free or donation to prisoner s
and low income neonle institutions, $10/
year . PNL circulation is 5,000 : 2,uu0 by
direct mail & 3,000 thru 95 outlets in .
CNY . We hive very reasonable ad rates .
SP C
Local
2 43rd Birhtday Dinner
16-17 SU Dome
22 PEACES
5 SPC New s
5 A New SPC Poster !
International
10-11 Viet Nam/Kampuchea 9 The Primer is Out !
14-15 Iran
UpcomingEvent s
7 NVS Film s
iht'l Women's Dav
7 Sharpeville Memoria l
8 Women & Ecology
15 Don Luce visit
12 Matilda Joslyn Gage
24 Pancake Breakfast
13 Ntosake Shange
18 Women in the Mid-Eas t
Regular Feature s
5 ' Letter s
6 Currents
20 Book Review s
22 PEACE S
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Cover art by Karen Kerney. Bread & Roses was sung by
12, 000 women, men & children who struck the textile
mills of Lawrence, Map s . in 1912 .
The People's Energy Primer is the Peace Newsletter fo r
February, 1979, #752 . This issue, March, 1979 is #753 .
Syracuse Peace Counci l
The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC) is a non profit, community '
based, autonomous antiwar/social justice organization . We have
an affiliation with Clergy & Laity Concerned (CALC) . We have a
vision of a world where war, violence (Sr exploitation of all kind s
(economic ,racial,sexual ,age, etc .) do not exist . Primary function s
of SPC (which has a basic commitment to nonviolence) are to hel p
people work for progressive social change and to overcome ou r
'sense of powerlessness thru mutual support .
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FEBRUARY MAILING PARTY: Mark
Salomon, Donna Warnock, Willia m
Sunderlin, Chris Murray, Dik Cool ,
George Johnson, Connie Walters ,
Richard Gardner, Cathy Gage ,
Margo Holland, Deb Pillsbury ,
Charlotte Haas, Glenda Neff, Elino r
Cramer .
MARCH PRODUCTION : Enid Edwards ,
jack Manno, Calvin Mendelsohn,
Deborah Rizzo, Steve Costello, Su e
Lord, Donna Warnock, Karen Kerney ,
Dik Cool, Chris Murray, Willia m
Sunderlin, Glenda Neff, Mark Solomo n
Next Month
• Editor: Dik Cool
Copy Deadline : Tues ., 3/2 0
Production : Mon ., 3/26 'tie 11 pm ;
Tues ., 3/27, very late - 'tie done !
Mailing Party: Thurs., 3/29 ; fu n
and games - beer and gab !
We feel that education, agitation and organization lead t o
social change .
SPC membership involves being on the mailing list and feeling
that you're a member . Simple as that . SPC is supported primarily
through members contributions & monthly pledges and fund raisin g
events . Its an unending_ struggle to raise our $25,000 annual bud get . SPC's major work 1s done through committees and the thre e
collectives that work out of the SPC office : the program staff, th e
' SPC Press, and The Front Room Bookstore .
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Leiters.
To the Editor :
I am deeply sorrowed at the infor mation passed to you through the
media about the Westcott Youth Or- .:
ganization, in that. it was : fabricated
and was - obtained from . irresponsible ,
as well as ' prejudiced sources : A s
you well know, ever since the-Mich- .
ael Tape' incident, the WYO has been
unjustly and unfairly linked with immoralities like teenage prostitutio n
selling of drugs through our , youth ,
youth terrorism, and many other im plications .
I feel that this false, 'as well a s
unproven information is a disservice .
to the public as well as the WYO, in .that the source of such untrue info r
mation is of. a . .biased nature, i .e ., a
few people who just don't like the .
idea of black youth activities in their
neighborhood, and those with person-,
al and political hang-ups regarding
the WYO .
A good example of the falseness of' '
the information obtained . regardin g
WYO, is the Michael Tape incident ,
when it was suggested that his injuries were a . result of youth gang activities, implied that they were affthafed with the WYO . This has just been •
proven to be untrue in'that the man arrested for alledgedly•inflicting the' injuries single handedly, has no affiliation with the WYO .
In regards to Joyce Ross and the.
Levy area residents' concernabout th e
activities and conduct of the WYO
youth Upon departing from Levy ..at th e
end. of the nightly recreational program ,
I wish to impress upon you that the .
WYO has never intended, nor has it
been the cause of terrorism, vandalism ,
harassment or any other such activity .
The WYO' s recreational program's intention has ,been, and still is, to in-' '
still in our youth the necessity,. a s
well as the benefits, of leading .a moral, respectful, and lajwful life, ; Its
intention is also to provide supervised
and healthy recreational .activities ,
thus giving the . youth something to do
with their time between 6 and 9 : 3,001n.."
In fact ., WYO has been a contribut
ing factor in the . reduction of youth re fated crimes in the area. So may , I
say that this program has, is and can
be . .beneficial to .the community. yout h
as well as the area . residents.' ., I . be
seech you to realize that anyone can
commit 4 crime at any time mid anyc
place, and that It doesn't have to be
a oiith from t A • re • am B
ing that these crimes are, a creation
of the WYO, , you are in fact creating
a scapegoat for any real criminal in
the City of Syracuse to commit act s
of violence in your area and not worry
about being caught, or convicted ,
since i would automatically . be
blamed on the WYC youths .
However, we would like to; do. all
that we can to reassure you of our
concern In this matter, we both suggest and request -a meeting at a:tim e
mutually agreed upon, through our
'Common Council person, Joyce Ross ,
,in regard to this issue . The closing
of the WYO recreational progra m
would be a great disservice to th e
area residents, as'well as the community youth s
Come let us reason together . . .
' Larry H . Elli s
Director of the Harambee Communit y
School at Levy
Westcott Youth Organization
Dear friends:
I was receiving your SPC newslet =
ter and Directory, while incarcerated
at Green Haven Prison .
This was up until 4 :30, am on
1/29/79,whe3a I was .suddenly awaken- •
ed .'and told to Oak my beldrigings . I
was then transferred to Auburn prison .
This is known In the prison vernadii lar as a "P .K, Draft" . (P .K . is Prison
Keeper, an old term) . it is a snea k
movement, pulled under cover of night
without notice . It not only upsets th e
inmate,but often his family who unsuspectingly dome . to visit their relit- ',
tive, only . to find' him whisked away to
some distant , prison .
.I would like the SPC to publicize
this" cowardly type of action and to officially protest my transfer 350 miles .
away from NYC, which effectively prohibits my " receiving visits from m y
parents who are both .-elderly .
' Also, : if any of your group 'is " ever in
the neighborhood, I'd appreciate a '
visit .
Peace/Truth/Freedo m
(name withheld)
friend and therefore no longer a threat •
to our national security, it' is both re a
sonable and rational, given the 25 %
decrease in the number of enemies i n
the world, to request at least a corresponding 25% decrease in the US De l.'
fense budget, thereby making the Americon people the beneficiaries of the new found peace in both an, abstract,polit i
cal and a concrete material way .
Anna Wasserbac h
Dear Peace Council ,
This 10, bucks is for :
$5 for subscription to Newsletter' ;
$5 for when 'Chris Murray babysat for
David and wouldn't let me pay her
'cause she said she made enough. . .
I-wish I could give you some'more .
Jack Manno -- your article on the
Sexual Revolution (or lack of it) is excellent . I'm putting it into David's '
scrapbook, next to the poem you wrote ,,
for him, 'so he can have an accurate
during these' "
account of what happened,
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gears->
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Love & \Peace to you all,
Susie Kossadk
Dear SPC ,
T am:writing . this note to tell yo u
about Stuck-In-The-House . I started
this organization about two years ' ag o
in response to the needs of 'over 700 0
persons in the bounty who are stuck
do the"house because of the unavaila bility of transportation services fo r
the. physically . disabled people on,limited'income . I have put a lot of my
personal income ,into this work, primarilythat :of advocacy, lobbying 'and
community organizing . . You know well
how the incidental expenses of'stationery, postage, phone bills and transportation mount up .
1 am now faced with the possibility
that I .willhave, to put my mother int o
a nursing . home because it costs us . ..
about $26 a day to give her care at .
home and we don't have the funds .
I wonder if you or anyone in the. . W.. .
might' give me a lead to child care employment during late afternoon, even ,
ing or overnite hours on a regular b a
sis . I 'Can-,be . caretaker for 'Persons '
Dear President Carter :
over 6 years of age . I have done thi s
No* that the United States has norsort of work before ., If the job is near
malized relations with Mainland China
by to my home, I can walk to and from
and anticipates investing tens of bilthe job . I am willing to work for what lions of VS dollars in Mainland China,
ester a parent is able to pity .
and sines Mainland China, (formerl y
Harold Berman
known as Communist China) containin g
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25% of the world's population, now wiu
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be eon* 0re4 our trading , ertrier and
SPC
Publication s
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"People's Energy"
Almost Gone!
Our headline refers, of course, to SPC's 1979 calendar, People's Energy (PE) . Our sense is that people' s
energy in general--far from being almost gone--is dramatically on the upswing . . . but that's another story .
The story at: hand is that People's Energy--all 3,00 0
copies--is almost entirely sold out making it SPC' s
most successful calendar while netting us about $1500 .
An order for 35 from a Kansas City group left us with a bout six copies on March 3 . The 1976 calendar, " Vie t
Nam ; The People ' s Resistance", in two printings sold
about 2,300 ,
It's always difficult to assess the value of a cultural /
political publication because its influence is usuall y
subtle and more long range . Response from group s
across the U .S . has been so enthusiastic, though .,
that we feel pretty safe in saying that PE seems to hav e
excited, inspired and informed people, In addition it
has been a source of funds for many groups . It was a n
extremely ambitious project involving over 50 people ,
and we feel real good about its success .
Were now, in the process of calling in consignmen t
copies so if you Still were planning on ordering PE we
may have some for you but please do it right away!• $ 4
singles postpaid ; 8 or more $2 .10 each +10%,
SPC Office
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AN P CH
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An exciting new resource produced by SPC for th e
U .N .'s International Year of the G`'hild . Designed b y
artiet and activist Bonnie Acker, it's taken from th e
People's Energy 1979 calendar . The colors used in th e
calendar, however, have been changed and brightened .
Printed by Glad Day Press, The poster gives the san e
energy movement a tool for inserting some politics int o
Year of the Child activities in local areas . It can als o
raise some monleyfor local groups'as it's available at
40% off on orders of 8 or more,.
Thre e - color 22x17" poster, $2+50 : 8 .or more $1,20+ '
10%, SPC 924 Burnet Ave, Syracuse, .NY 1320 3
News.
Just about the biggest "invisible" office ; job-A re-doing oqr mailing list of 2,400--has recently bee n
completed . For philosophical, practical and financial
reasons we still do our list the "old fashioned" sdrt
type-duplicate-re-sort way . It's labor intensive and
thus involves many people ; the method also helps kee p
us in touch with our members . Even with a lot of workers the job still costs us over $200 . People who worked on this huge job were : Dik Cool, ; Kathy Gage, Mik e
Hungerford, Diane Abell, Dick Weiskopf, Alison Soden ,
Beverley Patrick, Corinne Kinane, Phyllis Siegel, Chri s
Murray, Jim Doherty, Rick Weinstein, Phyllis Denno .
Mark Solomon, a Philadelphia resident, has bee n
working with SPC almost full time the last severa l
months . Mark decided he urgently needed a break fro m
his studies at SU as a film major . lie also wanted to
be doing some work he felt good about so he ended u p
at SPC where his major project (office workers inevitably have 20 minor ones) has been NVS Films . It ' s
good to have Mark part of the office .
SPC welcomed Patrick Lacefield, a staff person for
WIN magazine and one of the organizers of the simultaneous Moscow/Washington Disarmament Action [PN L
10/781, when he recently visited Syracuse . Pat joined
us for a friendly chatty potluck, an interesting talk o n
SALT, and some brainstorming for a local disarmamen t
action this summer . The evening was so remindful of a
''Monday Potluck" that we're quite tempted . . . .
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n• help yss in haylnn selllnn vnar haamo an,thnrc
In the nn•atrr Svrae,ise nrna ,
A rosidnnt •,f thn Westentt Street area, Car As Is a n
SPC months and .a f ,met staff Woman at the W nman' s
Int reau••nCenter, Whym,tcall Its, nday .
Carole Dun n
licensed real estate agent
office: 437-6595
home ; 474-1159
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Regular Feature
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NiMo no-no No . 2 .
;PC nab NiMo for use of RS S
On Jan . 20, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) withdrew its endorsement of the 1975 Reactor Safety.
Study (RSS) . The RSS had been th e
basis for utility claims that th e
chance of a catastro$hic accident at
a nuclear power plant is about th e
same as that of a person being hit b y
a meteor (see Feb . & April '78 PNLs . )
On Jan . 22, a Post Standard article quoted Niagara Mohawk enginee r
Charles Mangan saying that the
utility had never used the RSS "in
licensing procedures or in public relations . " Mangan agreed with the
NRC conclusion that the RSS is "s o
oversimplified that it may be deceiving" and added that NiMo had neve r
relied on the RSS because it was a
"pioneering report . "
On Jan . 31, SPC announced to th e
press that NiMo had used the RS S
repeatedly in public relations . W e
divulged that NiMo had cited the conclusions of the RSS in their widel y
distributed PR document "Nuclea r
Electric Power for the Empire State "
(co-published with other NY utilities) ,
in debates with nuclear opponents ,
and in conversations with and correspondence to concerned citizens . I n
Nov . 1974, NiMo actually went befor e
the Oswego City Council to lecture it s
members on the RSS before the final
version of the RSS was made public !
As an intervenor in the application
by four NY utilities (including NiMo )
to build a nuclear plant in Sterling ,
SPC will be appealing the Stat e
Siting, Board's construction certificate because it relies on the RSS .
Ecology Action of Oswego will b e
appealing the NBC construction license .
SPC will also be filing a reques t
with the Public Service Commission
asking that NiMo be made to inser t
a notice in our monthly bills explaining the impact of the NRC's withdrawal of endorsement of the RSS .
To be sure, they'll need some help
to get the story straight .
On Nov . 17, 1978, SPC membe r
Donna Warnock filed a complaint
with the NY Public Service Commission (PSC) because NiMo employe e
Kevin Walsh had been caught spying
on the Nov . 5-6 People's Power Coalition conference (see Dec . P1riL ;p .6 .;
After being caught, both Walsh and
NiMo higher-up Jerry Currier explained that Walsh had attended on hi s
own time, without any encouragement
or support from NiMo .
The results of an investigation b y
PS(J General Counsel Peter Schiff ,
received by SPC Feb . 1, said that
the PSC could find no wrong-doing .
Yet the investigation revealed tha t
Walsh "was requested to attend th e
conference by his supervisor onl y
'after officials of IBEW Local 79 ha d
expressed disinterest in attending .
The conference program specificall y
invited ' trade unionists " .
But Walsh is hot a trade unionist ,
as the investigation implies .
Stay tuned for round 2 of our at tempt to find out just what's going on.
THIS IS A MEMO FROM YOU R
PRESIDENT JOHN HAEHL . . .
Thou Shalt not h e
and get caught
ergy (DOE) to solicit public response
to their $1 million study on what to d o
with the site .
The response to their study was
overwhelmingly negative : 90 speakers
denounced the study while two were
for it . People jeered the DOE panel
all day long because it was transparently clear that the study sides wit h
the option of re-opening the site for
further nuclear use and because it
doesn ' t come to grips with the pressing need to clean up the site safel y
and completely . The hearing hall
resounded with the call to "Ge t
Getty!" -- Getty Oil (which ran th e
West Valley operation until 1972 )
relinquished responsibility for clean ing up the site and turned it over t o
New York .
pn Jan . 30, members of the Lake shore Alliance (coalition of 12 anti- '
nuclear groups in CNY, includin g
SPC) and Oswego area residents let
the NRC know in no uncertain term s
that they are displeased with the
proposal to build an incinerator for
burning radioactive garbage at the
Nine Mile Pt . reactor . The NRC
panelists didn't do much to allay
people's fears about the radioactivity
that would be dispersed routinely
from the incinerator . As one farmer
attending put it : "we don't want
assurances, we want insurance ."
PSC opens its eyes
The two Public_Service Commission
law judges who recently recommended
for approval almost all of Con Ed' s
$228 million rate increase, In acknowledging that the increase obviously
will pose a hardship to consumers ,
stated : "The root problem may be
that our society ' s conception of
social justice is unworkable in tandem
with its economic structure . If a day
of reckoning is inevitable, perhap s
its coming should be hastened rather
than retarded so that we can proceed
with our next experiment in civilization . "
-Direct Current s
Correction
west Valley i} Incinerator' hearings
On Ian . 13, fifteen SPC member s
travelled to Buffalo, NY to attend a
public hearing on the fate of the Wes t
Valley nuclear reprocessing facilit y
and waste storage site . The hearin g
was called by the Department Of En-
The Jan . PNL " Currents" reporte d
the Dep 't of Environmental Conservation as saying that we wouldn't need
any new power plants in NY until the
1990's even if our electrical demand
were to grow at '7%' per year . Thi s
should have read '2-3%' .per year ,
'the current yearly rate .
SPC Upcoming Event s
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THE MAN WHO SELLS WAR .
"An extremely
political film . . .
it soar s
with the
imaginative forc e
of art . "
-Pauline Kae l
New Yorke r
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alb PONTECORVO
FRIDAY MARCH 30 7, 9, 11PM $1 .5 0
Grant Aud . (White Hall, SU - parking i n
lot at corner of Irving & University Pl . )
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FILMS- PNCC at SU & SPC
Next: "Lenny" (Dustin Hoffman) Fri . 4/1 3
"Battle of Chile "
Parts 1 & 2 and Syracuse Premiere of Part 3
SPC is co-sponsoring with the Everson Museum
a month of war/peace films in April (see Apri l
PNL for full schedule) . The feature of the month
will be the complete showing of "Battle of Chile "
which has rightly been called the most monumenta l
political documentary of the decade . Tickets are
$2 .50 and $2 for Everson members . Parts 1 and 2
will be shown on Friday and 2 and 3 on Saturday .
Each evening's films will last about 3 hours .
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On March 21, 1960, blacks gathered in Sharpevill e
to protest south Africa :s pass laws--which force every
black south African to carry ID . Police fired on th e
unarmed protesters killing 83 and wounding almost 400 .
Sharpeville has become the symbolic rallying point fo r
resistance to the south African regime .
Struggle To Change the Presen t
At 6pm on Wednesday March 21, 1979, people wil l
gather at the Maxwell Building lobby (SU campus) fo r
a precession and rally ending at 9pm . Info : 476-1604 .
International Women's Da y
8 PNL 3/79
What Growthmania does to Wpmen & the Environment
by Donna Warnoc k
"Growthmania" is the diseased
economic theory which governs th e
U .S . economy and contributes to th e
current destruction of the earth and oppression of women, ,minorities and
the poor globally . It is commodity f
production gone mad . Its purpose ,
along with automation, is to increas e
profit rates for industry . Its philosophy is this : People have infinit e
wants . Industry can and should fil l
whatever these wants are . Profit s
are key . Planned obsolescence i s
fair play . Bigger is better . Buy now
pay later, but buy, buy, buy .
Try telling the lady she'l l
have to start washing by hand .
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Consumption and its companion ,
the growth economy, have been skill `fully sold to women through the media .
In 1917, General Electric sp.ent
$242,000 for advertising messages t o
support electric living . By the '50's ,
growthmania was in full bloom, wit h
industry pushing electric heating ,
cooling, lighting, washing, drying ,
cooking and a host of energy-intensive appliances and products . 'Electricity was being put . forth as th e
liberator of women and the creator o f
leisure . The weapons of advertisin g
conditioned women to believe that
"the good life" is a product of Amer,
ican industry, and that buying is
bliss . Explains Elizabeth Dodson Gray :
"I am told by this consumer culture that my identity is defined b y
what I have--house, car, fur coat ,
kitchen appliances, cosmetics an d
clothes . I am supposed to feel good
about myself if I "have" lots of ex Donna is an SPC member who works with Feminis t
Resources on Energy & Ecplogy and is writing a
pamphlet on Women, Energy, and Ecology.
pensive things . Meanwhile the T V
ads make me feel that I must as a
woman be loveable at all cqsts (men
achieve, but women must be loved) ,
and I only will' be if I use the lates t
in floor wax, cosmetics and vaginal
deoderants . "
Are sexist and unethical advertising at fault, or is growthmania itsel f
the problem? Let's take a look .
For the most part, growthmani a
production is fossil-fueled or nuclearpowered with centralized high-technology facilities and optimum automation . Through growthmania, an d
under the guise of "progress," th e
U .S . has increased its Gross Nation al Product, sevenfold in the last 10 0
years . Our output of products pe r
person is the highest of the world' s
major industrial nations .
But despite "labor-saving " device s
the average woman at home with one
child spends more than . 8.0 hours . each
week on household chores, accordin g
tothe U .S . Women ' s Bureau, And
while the GNP spells seeming prosperity, women co reprise about two"
thirds of the 25 million people livin g
below low-income level in this
country . Why is this so ?
Growthmania thrives on ever increasing' automation--the robber o f
jobs °Women constitute a high Percentage of the unskilled labor force
which,is iicreasingly being replaced
by maehiries .
Growthmania is accompanied by a
high-energy lifestyle and productio n
system . Over the past quarter cen tury, global fuel consumption ha s
tripled, oil and gas consumption
quintupled, and use of electricity
increased almost seven tirne c . With
only 6% of the world's population ,
our country currently consumes a
whopping 30% of the globe's produced
energy, But the world is running ou t
of fuel, and we have learned tha t
when fuel supplies are low, it' s
women and the poor who pay . Women
suffered a surge in unemployment du r
, ing the Arab oil embargo . , Increased
prices compounded their economi c
problems .
In addition to fuel, growthmani a
also feeds on our precious natural
resources . The earth's bounty i s
thus being depleted at a phenomenal
rate .
Growthmania also wreaks havoc o n
the environment through the introduction of thousands of new chemical s
and synthetics each year . Women are
affected indoors and out . More chemicals are found in the average hom e
today than in chemical labs of a
century ago .' Many homemakers know
little about these chemicals and eve n
less about their toxic and pollutin g
effects .
Thus, if growthmania isn't curbed ,
it will result in continuing high unemployment, inflation, environmenta l
illnesses and scarcity .
It'. a nup,riivr indnnnttt rdntnent that can mak e
n, kind of huildina coat lenn to uwn .. .and i t
-aan help the outdoor ent irvmmcnt, ton!
In addition to robbing women o f
their economic power and endangerin g
their health and future, our highlycentralized industrial also, steal s
women' s political power by placin g
critical decisions in the hands o f
private industry, which also exert s
great influence on government . ,
Growthmania also has seriou s
sociological and psychological
effects on women, men and children .
It promotes materialist and competitive attitudes, status seeking, an d
objectification of people . "Indus trial society has turned all social
relations into commodity relations, "
writes feminist Carol Ehrlich . She
points to women's dual role in th e
current economy, as consumers an d
consumed :
"Women are consumed by men who
treat them as sex objects ; they are
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, consumed by their children (whom
they have produced,!) when they buy
, ing all fields of .hum~sn relations and `
eodeavOrs Feminism , (like -ecology) '
'embodies the belief that everything is
connected to everything else . I t
points us toward the understanding
that the eco-system , the production
system, the political/economic apparatus and the moral and psychological' .
health of a people; are all .interconnected, Exploitation An any' of thes e
areas affects the whole package.
Feminism is based on nurturance ,
liberation .equality., , self-sufficiency
and'democracy . 'Its values are reflec ted in - ecology, 'energy conservation ,
"appropriate technology," a stable-'
state economy with guarantee d
employment, and &truly democratic `
political . system .
Thus, with a feminist: political
perspective, the degree of women' s
liberation and the general quality of
life are most-accurately determined
by many factors . There's` quality .in
- education,- health care and recreation;
there's a healthy environment and
nutritious foods ;' there's community ,
peace of mind, fulfilling and equal
work and personal relationships ;
cooperation,- honesty and trust at all
levels of social relations, and much
more . By these standards, not even '
the most affluent in today' society
the -role of the Superinother ; : they ' are '
consumed by•authoritarian husband s
who expect them to be submissive
servants ; and they are consumed b y
bosses who bring them in and out o f
the labor force and who extract a
maximum of labor for a minimum of
pay. . They are consumed by medical
researchers who try out new an d
unsafe contraceptives on them . They
,' are consumed by'men'who buy-thei r
bodies on 'the street . They are con sumed by church and state, who
expect them to produce the next generation for 'the 'glory of god and
country ; they are consumed .by politi cal and social organizations that
,expect them to 'volunteer ' heir time
and energy . They have little sens e
of self, because their selfhood ha s
been sold to others . "
Elizabeth Dodson-Gray, Carol
Ehrlich and other women are beginnin g
to take some of the basic tenets o f
the new , feminism and apply them to
economics' and science . Looking 1 '
beyond traditional feminist concern s
such-as E .R,A .•, and the' fight for
equal payfoi' week Of equal*value, we
can see that .feminism is evolving to
be a broad political philosophy touch -
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have a . high quality of life, despit e
material abundance . . For mone y
cannot .buy such things . Women who
have bought into the notion that
money and acquisitions are the primary qualifications for self-reliance ,
have . been co-opted by patriarchal
.propagapda .
The road to women's liberation lie s
not only in ousting the patriarchy ,
•but also in rejecting its inequitable
and environmentally and sociall y
' disastrous production system which .
' is based on man's dbminion over ..
women and the earth and the illusion
of infinite resources . Women cannot
survive, let alone be liberated i n
this "man-made " environment' . W e
are facing global destruction . Our
only 'hope -for survival lies in takin g
charge : building, self-reliance ,
developing alternative political ,
economic, . service . and social structures, in which' people can care for
themselves ; creating community . We
must apply our " maternal instincts "
to promot e . nurturance of the earth-an d
its peoples, rather than exploitation .
That's what feminism and ecology are
all about . `
for further information write : Feminist Resource s
on Energy & Ecology, PO Box 6098 Teell Sta ,
Syracuse, NY 1321 7
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Internationa l
Kampuchea' & Viet Nam & . China
by Chris Murray
We agree with the staff of the Southeast Asia Chronicle when they compared trying to make sens e
of this terrible situation to "finding a path through an emotional and intellectual minefield" . We're
confused about these wars and we're disillusioned. For many of us, the Indochina War brought a n
explosive surge of consciousness (and conscience) to the horrible plights of millions of people w e
had never given any thought to and the criminal policies of our own government . Many of us cam e
to at least respect, if not identify with, the political ideals of these revolutionary struggles . It a p
pears that some of these ideals are being sacrificed to power .
There's more than just clarity to be gained then, from examining the elements leading to th e
Kampuchea - Viet Nam - China crises . We're all searching for insights that will restore hope .
For the following sketch of the situation, we drew on material presented in the Southeast Asi a
Chronicle , Issue No . 64, "Viet Nam-Kampuchea War" and on two of its articles in particular :
"Origins of the Conflict" by Stephen Heder and "Raising the Stakes" by Lowell Finley . The Chron-'
icles's interpretation, published last fall, particularly proved very consistent with the recent event
as they have unfolded . Finally, we have tried to suggest some explanations for what is happening ,
not justifications .
It was only a few months after th e
liberation of Kampuchea (Cambodia )
and Viet Nam in April, 1975 that the
border fighting broke out . Then the
bloodletting on both sides grew more
horrible, the propaganda more vengeful . Finally, a bloody overthrow of
the Kampuchean government, spurre d
by a Viet Nam invasion .,
Brzezinski has called the Kampuchean-Viet lam war a 'proxy war' between China and the Soviet Union .
'Simplistic, to be sure, but true t o
the extent that the conflicts existin g
between the two societies have bee n
exploited by the super powers, including the United States . To understan d
these machinations, we must look a t
some of the conflicts between Kampuchea and Viet Nam .
Viet Nam ; Kampuchea :
Origins of the Conflic t
Despite the tendency of the US Lef
t
to lump the revolutions together, th e
nature of the Kampuchean and Viet
Namese revolutions were markedl y
different and drove the government s
ideologically apart . The Viet Names e
struggle centered on expelling a foreign Invader and served to unify a
broad spectrum of the people . Establishing a socialist state was key ,
but overshadowed by the fight for
national independence . By contrast ,
the Kampuchean communist party (KCP)
spent its formative years under Sihanouk . So its struggle centered on over throwing an indigenous government
whose leader was a strong nationalist ,
maintained an anti-imperialist stance ,
was at least vaguely anti-capitalist
and enjoyed the support of Hanoi, the
NLF, Moscow and China . To be an
effective revolutionary movement, the
KCP had to emphasize radical clas s
struggle, outdo Sihanouk's nationalist
line and tout the traditional Kampuchean themes of self-reliance and isolationism even more forcefully .
The situations facing the revolutionary governments after liberatio n
' were equally disparate . In Viet Nam ,
the new government was relatively
secure . Thieu's forces had been
routed ; the existence of a consolidated socialist state in the north provided a major source of strength and al lowed a step-by-step, pace of socia l
and gconomic change without danger
of counter-revolution . In the relatively modern economic sector, i t
was possible to take over existin g
components of the production facilities, supply them with new socialis t
management (or socialist supervisio n
of the old capitalist management) and
integrate them into a state socialis t
system .
,
In Kampuchea, the post-liberation'
crisis was acute . The revolutionary
army was battered ; no socialist ,stat e
existed to help guarantee the fruit s
of victory . or to help administer the
fledgling socialist state . The CP K
took drastic steps to consolidate it s
power . Forced' evacuation of th e
cities was undertaken to alleviat e
the heavy food shortage in the citie s
but also to disperse the CPK's enemies . ,This mass-based disruption
was,typical of the radical -- eve n
violent -- means the CPK was to us e
to resolve its class problems .
Conflicting needs of the two revolutions have resulted in seriou s
grievances . In 1954, the Viet Nam- '
ese agreed to the seating of Sihanouk at Geneva as the representativ e
of Kampuchea . And by the final Geneva Agreement, the Viet Namese communists were allowed to consolidate `
their power in the north, while Kampuchea was granted independence
With no recognition of the communists .
During the 1960's, animosities ,
grew worse . As the US intensifie d
its war, Kampuchea became a neede d
sanctuary for Viet Namese troops .
For its very own survival, Viet Na m
supported Sihanouk and his anti-imperialist-US stand . The CPK felt
Sihanouk's anti-communism outweigh- '
' ed his anti-imperialism and for it s
own survival, launched an armed at tack against Sihanouk in 1967 -- over
Viet Namese opposition .
The KampucheAns again felt betrayed in 1973 when VN signed th e
Peace Agreements . From their perspective, this agreement enabled th e
US Air Force to concentrate its fire bombing
the worst in history - against Kampuchea .
The sheer imbalance, of power between these two neighboring countrie s
has always created its own seriou s
tension -- Viet Nam will always represent a potential military threat to Kampuchea . On the other hand, a hostil e
Kampuchea could seriously undermin e
Viet Nam's ability to defend itsel f
against attacks along its long vulnerable coast, or from China .
r
Whether it stems from Kampuchea' s
strong cultural fear of national extinction or past Viet Namese expansionism, friendship with VN potentiall y
exposes a Kampuchean government t o
charges of selling out . For Kampuchea, the border issue is the key parameter of the state of Kampuchea-VN
relations : the government uses it to
gauge Viet Namese attitudes, and the
population uses it to measure the
government's nationalist credentials . ,
International
Enter the Super Power s
China's antagonism toward Vie t
Nam -- from its reluctant support o f
the Viet Namese revolution, to it s
solid backing of Kampuchea, to it s
very invasion of Viet Nam -- is trace able to one major source : its fear of
Soviet presence in Southeast Asia .
To begin with, China has been apparently threatened by the spread of
Viet Name se influence and has move d
to block it. An independent VN, the
third largest communist country wit h
a well-equipped and experienced military larger than any other on China' s
Asian borders is a potentially dangerous rival . And these fears are multiplied by Hanoi ' s increasingly stronge r
ties with the Soviet Union . In his
Chronicle piece (referenced above) ,
published,last fall, journalist Lowell
Finley 'suggests an explanation for th e
invasion of Viet Nam that was yet to
take place :
"The already existing close ties between Viet Nam and neighboring Lao s
are seen by Peking as the first ste p
toward such a Viet Namese/Soviet power grab ., If the Kampuchean regim e
were overthrown or defeated militarily
by Viet Nam, the Chinese believe, it
would be another big step toward Vie t
Nam's domination of mainland South east Asia, providing a convenient
base area for Soviet operations . "
Tensions between China and Viet
Nam, identified with the Sino-Soviet split, were well known in 1963 .
While Hanoi joined Peking in publicly condemning Moscow for signing
the nuclear test ban treaty, the
Chinese made it clear they were disgruntled with Viet Nam's more equivocal attitudes toward 'the rest of Soviet policy . The next year saw th e
Tonkin Gulf incident, signaling U S
escalation of the war, followed b y
Kruschev's ouster two months later .
Both these events led to assurance s
of Soviet Support of VN and an improvement in Hanoi-Moscow relation ships . In obvious reference to Viet
Nam' s acceptance of Soviet aid ,
China denounced 'opportunistic revolutionaries' and stressed the need to
defeat Soviet revisionism before victory over US imperialism would be
possible . In 1966, China refused to
join a "joint action" proposal backed
by a number of Asian communist parties, putting a partial moratorium o n
Chris Murray asks, 1:no government leaders eve r
discuss with each other how fearful and threatene d
they feel?
their dispute with the Soviet Unio n
so that military and economic aid t o
Viet Nam could be coordinated an d
expedited . China did continue it s
own separate aid program, but thes e
tensions threatened the very surviva l
of the Viet Namese revolution .
Viet Nam ' $ leaders skillfully man aged to keep both the Soviet Unio n
and China as allies during the war .
However in June, 1975, just tw o
months after liberation, Teng Hsuaip'ing, now China's Vice premier, declared 'the other super power' was re placing the defeated US as a threat t o
the peace and security of Southeas t
Asia .
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The US effort to strip away Vie t
Nam's support was unsuccessful ,
However, the US-China thaw offere d
an obvious alternative for continued
pressure against Viet Nam . That alternative was US support for Chin a
against Viet Nam . After all, it was
clear that China Would necessarily
mistrust a reunited, victorious Vie t
Nam who was friendly with the Soviets . On May 3, 1975, three days after liberation, Henry Kissinger re marked that China now has 40 million Viet Namese on its frontiers wh o
do not exactly suffer from . a lack of
confidence in themselves ." He predicted this would lead China to re double its efforts to normalize relations with the US, an equally important objective for the US, ,
US Policy : Roads Not Take n
It also seems clear that China' s
substantial support of Kampuchea we s
based, not on affinity for Kampuchea ,
but rather on its mistrust and fear of
Viet Nam' and the Soviet Union . In
fact, China was reportedly most distressed at the ' international blood y
image' of the Pol Pot regime .
The US role in the current Kampuchea-Viet- Nam-China Situation reflects our relationship between ou r
China policy and our Indochina poli cy. In the 1950's and early 1960's ,
a primary motive for US interventio n
in Viet Nam had been the firmly held
conviction that Chinese communis m
was determined to expand throughout
Asia, directly threatening US security. By the early 1970's, many of the
same cold war warriors who had held
this view, even to supporting a 'preventive' nuclear attack on China ,
were beginning to advocate a US alliance with China against the •Soviet
Union, A major catalyst for this turn around was the recognition of th e
seriousness of the split between the
two powers . Leading the conversio n
were Nixon and Kissinger, who saw
an opportunity to exploit the Sino Soviet rift .
"Kissinger ' s postwar policy toward Viet Nam", according to Finley ,
"was designed to make this predic- .
tion come true by worsening the tensions between Viet Nam and China .
By imposing a full trade embargo, re fusing to discuss reconstruction ai d
or normalization of relations, and
repeatedly vetoing Viet Icam's bid fo r
a UN seat, Kissinger left Viet Nam
without an alternative to greate r
dependence on the Soviet Union . "
This, in turn, increased Chinese distrust of Viet Nam, making cooperation with the US more urgent in th e
eyes of China's leaders .
Our post-,war policy has apparentl y
paid off . Tensions have increased t o
the point of a China-US alliance and
a China-Viet Nam War .
The principled position that the U S
must adopt is to immediately end it s
economic blockade of Viet Nam an d
move toward full relations . At a minimum this would ease tensions by undercutting China's case that Viet
Nam is a Soviet puppet .
The Viet Namese have made a number of gestures recently indicatin g
their desire to normalize relations
with the US as soon as possible .
Most significantly, in August, Viet
Nam dropped its demand for the re construction aid, promised in the 197 3
Peace Agreements .
The United States will use Viet
Nam's invasion of Kampuchea as a n
excuse to avoid normalization . We
must not be fooled by this) Vie t
Nam's invasion cannot be condoned ,
but, \after all, the Viet Names e
learned from a Taster .
International
12 PNL 3/79
Matilda Joslyn Gage : Early Feminist
Matilda Joslyn Gage, one of th e
leading feminists of the nineteenth
century, was born in 1826 in Cicero ,
N .Y . She was the child of progressive parents and received a libera l
education--including Greek, mathematics and physiology . From he r
parents, she also gained a passio n
for justice and became early involve d
in the abolitionist movement .
When she was 18, Matilda married Henry Gage, a local business man . They settled in Fayettevill e
and their home, which still stand s
at 210 E . Genesee St ., quickly
became a meeting place for progressive groups and was used as a sta tion on the Underground Railroad .
Like many women of her era wh o
worked for the abolition of slavery ,
Matilda was angered by the treatment she received from the mal e
abolitionists . Women were not eve n
allowed to speak in public . And so ,
like many others, Matilda turne d
her energy toward ending her ow n
oppression .
In 1852 the National Women Suffrage Association held its annua l
convention in Syracuse . At 25 ,
Matilda was the youngest speake r
there .
She was quickly recognized as a
talented theorist and speaker . To Barb Kobritz is a local feminist and baker .
Women 's
Da y
by Barb Kobrit z
gether with Susan B . Anthony of
state oppression of women is th e
Rochester and Elizabeth Cady
direct product of the misogyny of th e
Stanton of Seneca Falls, she prochurch, and describes, in unflinching
duced the 3-volume History of
detail, the atrocities visited by th e
Women Suffrage . The three spent
church on women .
many hours in the Gage home writing
The book was immediately rejecte d
and planning strategies for the wome n by the local school board, and conwomen's franchise struggle .
demned by Anthony Comstock, secIn 1880 the women of New Yor k
retary of the New York Society fo r
the Suppression of Vice, as unfit
State were finally allowed to vot e
for use in schools .
in local school elections . Matilda
Matilda's response read, in part ,
became the first woman to vote i n
"Anthony Comstock is as dangerou s
Fayetteville .
to the liberty of speech and of th e
She campaigned all over the stat e
press as were the old inquisitors ,
encouraging women to vote . Sh e
whom
he somewhat resembles . . . Tha t
published voter qualifications an d
a free nation like the United State s
information to help women face th e
should allow a press censor withi n
harassment they were sure to receiv e
its
limits is a disgrace to the nam e
from the men at the polls . Locally ,
of freedom . .
she was instrumental in developing
If there has been one education o f
techniques which got women to th e
more value to me than all others, i t
polls and got women elected .
was the training I received from m y
Among her many activities ,
father to think for myself . "
Matilda was president of the stat e
and national suffrage associations ;
Matilda died in 1898 at age 72 .
founded, and for three years edited ,
Here ashes are buried in Fayetteville .
the "National Citizen, " organize d
Her life-long motto became her epithe Women's National Liberal Union ,
taph : "There is a word sweeter tha n
made speaking tours throughout the
mother, home, or heaven . That word
eastern and southern states, raise d
is liberty . "
four children, and wrote severa l
books .
In 1893 Matilda published he r
final book, Women, Church an d
State . It passionately argued that
.
This article was prepared with the assistance o f
The Fayetteville Free Library, Onondaga Count y
Public Library, Onondaga County Historica l
Association and Bird Library, Syracuse University .
In Her Own Words
• from "Remarks to the National Women's
Suffrage Association Convention," 185 2
At the proposition of equal education and rights, ma n
starts up and says, if women are admitted as equals, yo u
ruin domestic harmony. If a woman is permitted to thin k
for herself, forsooth, she may disagree in her views with
her husband, and family peace destroyed . . A fig for suc h
reasoning !
Nothing is a stronger proof how natural the love o f
liberty is to mankind than the efforts made to attain it .
We need not expect the concessions demanded b y
women will be peaceably granted ; there will be a long
moral warfare before the citadel yields ; in the meantim e
let us take possession of the outposts . The public mus t
be aroused to a full sense of the justice of our claims . . .
Fear not any attempt to frown down the revolution alread y
commenced; nothing is a more fertile aid of reform than a n
attempt to check it . Work on!
from "Woman, Church and State," 189 3
Property is a delicate test of the condition of a nation .
It is a remarkable fact in history that the rights of property have everywhere been recognized before the right s
of person .
The witch was in reality the profoundest thinker, th e
most advanced scientist of those ages . The persecutio n
which for ages waged against witches was in reality an_ ..,
attack upon science at the hands of the church . As know ledge has ever been power, the church feared its use i n
woman's hands, and leveled its deadliest blows at her .
Woman's degradation is not the normal condition o f
humanity, neither did it arise from a settled principle o f
evolution, but is a retrogression, due to the grossly material state of the world for centuries past in which it ha s
lost the interior meaning or spiritual significance of it s
own most holy words . . .
To the theory of "God the Father" shorn of the divin e
attribute of motherhood, is the world beholden for its mos t
degrading beliefs, its most infamous practices .
13 PNL 3/7 9
International Women's Day
Ntozake Shange & Holly Near :
Refueling the Long Creatio n
The kind of woman artist I'm celebrating isn't of the old stamp, wh o
skillfully created her own denial fo r
patriarchal pay . Hardly . Holly Near
& Ntozake Shange speak, instead ,
to the splendid & ever-increasin g
gathering of women who, despite th e
best overseeing, refuse to cheat
themselves . Investing their art wit h
immediacy, relevance, clarity &
power, they are dedicated to the documentation of women's realities &
committed to the recognition of
women as a cultural mainstream . It
is through hearty & heartful sharing
with Holly, Ntozake & other wome n
artists that we draw strength & hope ,
celebrating our beauty as we struggle against oppression .
In a field long dominated by men ,
we women have difficulty isolatin g
our artistic voices ; we tend to self negate . When women do create, our
art is seldom palatable to those wit h
the means to finance us . Yet, de spite the reluctance of museums t o
feature women's art, the scarcity of
National Endowment for the Art s
funds for women artists & Arthu r
Fiedler's refusal to accept women
in the Pops, women artists are
working together to survive .
Ntozake Shange is a poet : " i am
not a part-time poet . . . i am not
goin to grow up to be somethin else . "
Committed to "pulling the so-calle d
personal outta the realm of non-art, "
she honors each woman's longing t o
know her Sister's heart . Ntozak e
has made language respect the recalcitrance of her spirit .
Holly Near is a songwriter/singer .
Sensitive to the trials of women &
men throughout the world, she writes ,
"The essence of struggle is recorde d
by natural poets & balladeers . . . it
is with proud acknowledgement of
these people that I choose to be a
cultural worker . "
Holly's lyrics are personal, political & timely . She celebrate s
women's collective strength from
generation to generation as women
rediscover themselves through th e
daughters for whom they toiled :
"If I had not suffered, you wouldn' t
be wearing those jeans/ Being an
old time woman ain't as bad as i t
seems ." In "Fight Back!," sh e
challenges women to shoulder the
dusk together, to defy the physica l
limitations urged upon the m . by their
fears of rape & assault . She note s
woman's responsibility to woman &
highlights the energy that wome n
inspire .
In "Free to Grow," Holly feature s
the folly of debasing ourselves in
the name of some 'greater union '
which is nothing without us & which ,
without our beauty, is blasphemy .
Her concern for a more humane conception of 'success' & for a restructuring of woman-woman & woman man relating are evident in lyric s
such as "Where is the oneness we
feel with each other that lets us b e
loving without being lovers," & " I
work at a mountain school, my hammer & my mind as tools/ They're
right, we did succeed! "
Holly's politics span both th e
globe & the spectrum of persona l
experience . "Our everyday lives ,
the changes inside," she writes ,
" become our political songs . "
Charging GIs, factory workers ,
miners & all cultural workers t o
Organize!, & proclaiming her powerful love for the Vietnamese, for
Michelle Herrerra & Victor Jara of
Chile, for Native Americans & for
women incarcerated in mental institutions, she turns the heart wit h
every phrase rounding . Whether the
policy be domestic or 'foreign, '
Holly is confident that "American s
will change once they know that the y
are wrong ." Holly's 4 albums are
produced by Redwood Records, th e
woman's cooperatively run compan y
of which she is a part . (P .O . Box
40400, San Francisco, Ca . 94140 )
They are also available at The Fron t
Room Bookstore .
Ntozake, with her choreopoem Fo r
Colored Girls who have Considered
Suicide When The Rainbowis Enuf,
by Enid Edward s
blasted audiences across the nation
with the songs of black women fighting to become "all that is forfeite d
by our gender, all that we have for gotten ." ' Then, with one gloriou s
heaving, she spread the spirit o f
women before them, that women
might love themselves . Her ne w
book, Nappy Edges, while not a s
distilled as For Colored Girls. . .,
is another exquisite womansong .
Ntozake speaks to women who gro w
too heavy for their own limbs, whos e
self-love is severed from their lovin g
selves, who veil their trembling &
discount their own desires . Pag e
after page, she bleeds : "she waz th e
wrath of women camoflagin despai r
& stretch marks/ finally bein real /
no longer symmetrical & imperviou s
to path/ convinced her beauty a n
aberration/ . . . every 3 minutes some
woman ' s innocence rushes to he r
cheeks/ mensis red & split/ meta l
horses gnawin (her) womb"— . an d
again, "we lie rather than betray ou r
sons/ the suspect is black & always
in his early 20s/ murder/ my firs t
thot each mornin . "
Then, with "whatever good ther e
is to get/ get it & feel good, "
Ntozake leads woman to the holines s
of herself released . " women/ wil l
once again learn/ to be like/ th e
wind . , , we cant be stopped/ ou r
lips too thick/ the air too strong . "
" my visions are my own," she cries ,
"my truth no less violent tha:i nec-,
essary/ to make/,my daughter's/
dreams as real as mensis ." Smitten
with Ntozake's vision, women can
affirm with her, "my spirit is too
ancient to understand the separation
of soul & gender . "
Enid is selling her car, bike, tv & typewriter .
Please call 422-0186 .
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Internationa l
Iran: Sorting the Pieces
The toppling of the Shah of Iran
and the formation of the Ayatoll a
Khomeini's Islamic government ha s
brought mixed reactions from progressive people everywhere . This '
is largely because there is no unilinear path from "right to "left "
upon which Khomeini and the Sha h
can be neatly placed . Instead, th e
struggle of the Iranian people ha s
many dimensions which must b e
sorted out . In my mind, the log =
ical place to begin would be to as k
a series of questions concerning
the basic interests of the variou s
groups involved . 1) Whose interests did the Shah represent? 2) Who
opposed the Shah? and 3) What was ,
(is) the nature of the opposition &
in whose interests does this opposition act ?
Who did the Shah serve 9
The answer to this question is the
easiest and clearest . Since a C .I .A .
backed coup entrenched him firml y
in power in 1953, the Shah, has '
created the conditions whereb y
Western (mostly U .S .) capital ha s
dominated the Iranian oil industry
and other areas of the Iranian economy. He has done this against th e
interests and the will of the Irania n
people by means of a massive U .S .
funded military machine and one o f
the most fascist regimes in the
world . (See Jeff Kremen " U S
Bulwark of Iranian Reaction " Th e
Guardian Nov . 8, 1978 . p .17 for
a good history of this process . )
The forces opposing the Sha h
At this point in time, there see m
to be three main groups whic h
united in February .to topple the
Shah's regime . 1) The Ayatollah
Khomeini's Islamic government
(clearly the most powerful of the
three) 2) The Islamic left, represented by the Mojahadeen organization and 3) The secular left ,
represented by the organization o f
Fedayeen Guerrillas .
Tony Tavarone is a local thinking person wh o
occasionally writes political articles .
by Toni Taveron e
Who is Khomeini ?
Khomeini is an Islamic schola r
whose vocal opposition to the Sha h
began in 1963 when he attained th e
title of Grand Ayatolla, the highest
position ih Shi'i Islam, the larges t
Muslim group in Iran . As a holy
man and a teacher at the Qum, a
Shi'ite religious school, he denounce d
the monarchy and the Shah's sellout
to the West and was jailed immediately . He continued to speak out
and was arrested several more times .
Finally, at the end of 1963, he wa s
exiled . However, he continued t o
write and teach in exile, and sent
tape recordings of lectures to Iran ,
where they were played in mosque s
before . growing audiences o f
supporters .
His basic message was national ism - the right of the Iranian peopl e
to self determination and the use of
their'own resources without domination by the West . This vision
included the establishment of an
Islamic government and the rule of
Iran by Islam .
It is difficult 10 determine what
exactly an Islamic government
would do . According to an interviem
with Khomeini (Seven Day s, Feb .23 ,
1979 ) the government will follow
the 1906 constitution, still official]:
in effect but violated by the Shah ,
which_ stipulates an electe d
Parliament, run by Muslims (93 %
of Iran is Shi'ite Muslim ) .
Religious minorities would also hav e
elected representatives . The first
task of the government will be t o
rebuild the ravaged country, especially the agricultural sector
which has been destroyed by We :he r
agribusiness, to make Iran more
self-sufficient . ( Iran now import s 60% of its food while 75% of it s
usable farmland lies idle) .
Khomeini claims that although th e
government is Islanic, religiou s
freedom will prevail, secula r
political parties .will not be outiawe c
(unless they "threaten the state "
with arms ) and there will be n o
prohibition on the participation of
women in government .
The Mojahadeen
The Mojahadeen began as a militant anti-Shah Islamic organization
and remained underground during
the Shah's regime . In 1974, it split into two factions, one emphasizing religious issues while continuing t o
participate In political action again s
the Shah, and the other faction emphasizing Marxist principles whil e
continuing to identify themselve s
as an Islamic group . Both faction s
support an Islamic republic .
The Fedayee n
The Fedayeen Guerrillas are a
secular Marxist organization which
began armed resistance to the Shah
in 1971 . Their influence is most
widespread among the industrial
workers, especially the oil workers ,
They are the only organized grou p
I
SPC Upcoming Event
which does not identify itself wit h
Islam . They support a program fo r
a secular government and a socialist economy .
This is where the confusion come s
in for many Western progressives .
Despite the fact that much of
Khomeini's material support seem s
to come from the national and
petit bourgeois sectors of th e
Iranian economy (including the merchants of' the "bazaar"), and despite
the fact that Islam is known in th e
West for its conservative polic y
and feudal attitude towards women ,
'Khomeini's Islamic nationalis m
represents a progressive force at
this time for two reasons : 1) it ha s
the immediate effect of weakenin g
the forces of Western capital i n
Iran, and represents the 'beginning
of the return of Iranian resource s
to the Iranian people, and 2) it ha s
the more global effect of upsettin g
the balance of power in the entir e
Middle East and weakening imperialist influence in that area . (For
exam*, the PLO and southern
Lebanese forces can look forward
to a new ally in Iran)
Another function Khomeini i s
already serving is a loosening up
of the fascist atmosphere in Iran t o
allow other progressive forces ,
such as the Mojahadeen and th e
Fedayeen, to grow . . Part of the reason why Muslim forces have dominated the struggle against the Sha h
is that between the Shah's army and
SAVAK, the notorious secret police ,
most political opposition wa s
smashed . Thousands were imprisoned, tortured and killed fo r
speaking out against the Shah . Bot h
the Mojahadeen and the Fedayee n
have been underground, severly re pressed, and isolated from the people . Under these circumstances ,
the mosques remained one of th e
only means of public assembly ,
and were sources of much anti Shah activity .
In the final days which brought
the Shah's government down i n
February, Khomeini's supporter s
were fighting beside the Mojahadee n
and the Fedayeen in united action .
Now Khomeini has called for th e
Fedayeen, specifically , to turn i n
their arms . So far, the Fedayee n
have refused . They have demande d
the dismantling of the army and th e
setting up of a people's army .
They have also demanded the setting
15 PNL 3/7 9
up of people's courts to try forme r
Shah,supporters . So far, forme r
members of the Shah's government ,
including the hated chief of SAVAK ,
have been tried and executed b y
Khomeini's secret courts, of whic h
even new Prime Minister Bazarga n
claims to know nothing . The Fed- .
ayeen are a small group but appea r
to be gathering steam . Very recently, Khomeini seems to have made a n
open break with them, denouncing
them as communists and enemie s
of the people, and denouncing
secular Marxism in general .
It is obvious that the struggle i n
Iran is not over . But even i f
Khomeini persists in his anticommunist attitudes and opposes th e
Fedayeen, there is no indicatio n
that he will resort to the fascis t
tactics of the Shah . His presence.
in Iran has served as a catalyst fo r
the development of a revolutionar y
left, even if his government is no t
itself revolutionary . This de$lopment was impossible , as long a s
the Shah was in power . After years
of fascism under the Shah, there i s
no way but up for the Iranian people ,
The information for this article was compile d
from the Guardian, In These Times . Seven Days ,
and (oops) the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Don Luc e
speaking o n
'Iran
and the US Response '
A familiar person to all of us who worked to end the Indochina War, 'Don Luce returns once again to Syracuse .
(Don had visited here with the Indochina Mobile Educatio n
Project, the wonderful cultural exhibit he helped create . )
Always a human rights activist, Don Luce discovered the'.
infamous tiger cages in Viet Nam, and was intensely i n
involved in the Indochina political prisoners campaign .
After the War, Don became one of the directors of Clerg y
and Laity Concerned .
Recently returned from a fact-finding journey to Iran wher e
he had a eight-hour personal interview with Ayatolla h
Khomeini, Don will bring his usual sharp political perspective to the current situation in Iran .
Friday, April 6, 1979
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FOR- WHOM THE DOME TOLLS .
'Who Profits, Who Loses '10 Proposed S .U. Dome?
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by
Stephen Costello
Buffalo area people were' bewildere d
and angry , that Western New York leg-,
is lators, kept mainly unaware of th e
$15 million,as it was slipped by in a
large package of legislation, did no t
vote unanimously against it in view of
the obvious and long-standing need s
of Buffalo's State University campus .
A writer for the Buffalo Evening New s
observed " In Albany,, the $15 millio n
grant is considered a very obvious political deal . "
Students at the State University of
New York campus at Buffalo were als o
riled . In Nov . 1978, when the GoverA Poetical 'Cupcake '
nor attended a ground-breaking ceremon y
Two months before 'the '78 general
in downtown Buffalo, he was shoute d
election, in which .Hugh Carey won a
down and prevented from speaking b y
second term as governor, the state lega large group of SUNY Buffalo student s
r
islature passed a $15 million dolla
protesting the lack of action on an athUrban Development Corporation (UDC)
letfc, facility promised the university .
grant to SU for its planned new stadium ,
years"ago . The original plan for the
contributing almost 3/5 of the total bil l
new Catnpus at Amherst included a mulof $26 million . The political effect o f
ti-million dollar sports , complex, buk
was
felt
at
election
time
.
.
the grant
all the 'state has been willing to . build
Though Carey had received only a small
there : is 'a temporary shelter hoiste d
percentage of the Syracuse area vot e
over a_ parking lot . .
when he first ran for Governor; this
The Buffalo students seem .to ha .Ve a '
heavily. Republican community gave him
good point .- If $15 million is to be spent
an unusually large percentage in '78 .
on athletics, and their Amherst campu s
Both Syracuse daily papers had endorse d
stands incomplete after years of fundin g
• Rebublicans for years, but in '78 th e
cuts and promises of completion, a polHerald -Journal endorsed Carey . Th e
itical. explanation seems probable .
Governor's popularity had noticebly in Meanwhile, 'the State University sys g
creased since his pre-campaign swin
tem is being hit with a $4-5 million '
'through the area to announce the grant;
I f. the UDC grant helped inorea se . Carey's , budget cut in '79-`BO, . and it wa s York'
recently announced tuition at New
s
popularity in Syracuse, it made him ver y
"publlb-cafnphseswould be boosted`by
unpopular to some people in Utica an d
$150 beginning this September becaus e
Buffalo . In Utica, negotiations had been '
the state can't come up with an extra
going on for a possible purchase , o f
$9:lpilllion . SUNY tuition 18 already ,
Utica College (UC); which is`ownee by ,
r;evehth highest in the nation among }
e
SU, or building of a technical colleg
state colleges . . Also, NYState rank s
adjacent to , UC by the state . ft wa s
first in the nation in state aid to pet also suggested the new college might ',
vate Colleges, ,giving $187 . 6ilnillio' 1
be located in downtown Utica or hearin '77-'7$, not including the $15 millio n
by Marcy . The figure mentioned in the
to SU . A Buffalo area activist explained "
• sale or construction was $15 million .
that in view of the unmet needs at the'
It , was announced in Utica that plans ,
state campus there, "There is simply
would be dropped for both projects with no
non-political way of justifying the
in a few weeks of the annoencement Sli
construction of`the Dome . It still re would get the $15 million in state aid .
mains a volatile ,brain-trigger issu e
. While no concrete connection can be
made, some Utica College faculty behere .
lieve the two actions are related, an d
The "thew Cause" Salt
disagree with the , state on which proIn Syracuse, initial protest agains t
ject should have been given the money.
the building of the Dome in a residenStephen Costello is a co-operator of the SPC
tial area 'has taken the form of a . suit
Press . He expects to write for the PNL oh
brought against SU and the state,
local issues occasionally .
Syracuse University plans to build a .
50, 000 seat domed stadium on its.
campus, We are asked to believ e
the project is in our best interest s
and those of community members an d
New York State taxpayers . If we look
closely at the effects of this east
side albptross, we can see that the
Dome will toll -signalling doom- fo r
the efforts of area groups and individ
uals who are opposing the vested interests -of state politicians, Univer sity planners, and sport for profit .
county, and city planning boards involved In. approval Of the plan by three
university area, individuals and three
neighborhood groups . In the so-calle d
'show cause` suit, residents are asking that an H•ivironmental Inpact State ment be prepared and public hearing s
be held . The latest group to join the
suit, the Outer Comstock Nei'ghbolhood
Association,brings the,neigh borhood representation in the suit to
over 700 people, and people speaking
for the residents are convinced they
have the support of a large majorit y
of area people .
.•
• a embers of the groups are , very
concerned about crime during events .
They ask how they'll be protected whe n
most police will have their hands ful l
trying to control 50,000 spectator s
over at the Dome, and who will pa y
the costs of additional pbiice and '
sanitation service ?
The whole area . used to be crowde d
with parked cars during games at the
old Archbold 'stadium', which seat '
ed 30, 000 and wasn't always full during
games . This occured six times,each '
year . Now SU plans to bring In 50 ,
000 people for ten events and an additional 15-20,000 for fifty more eac h
year, and has yet to come up with a
traffic plan .
All this puts Dome Manager Thoma s
F. Benzel in an awkward position . H e
must try to book events for the Dprn e
that will be' big enough to attract a
large crowd, but is also expected no t
to come up with anything that will
irritate local people or contribute to
their fears' about crowding, ,noise ,
411d crime . lie insists the Dome will '
bez self-supporting, though .
Some SU 'fs,eulty .are Worried, though
. ,
that funds Will come' from academic
programs if income at the huge Dom e
falls short Of operating,costs.
The response from SU to concerned
people was to set up a "task force "
charged with coming up with a plan fo r
parking and movin g ' people to and from
the stadium . The task force was see n
as an adequate,response •to residents '
fears by SU officials ,
However, Richard Wiles, chairper son of ' the City Planning Commissio n
and head of the task force, has One
out of his way to deny his group ha s
any formal role to play . He says his
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17 PNL 3/7 9
is an informal committee intending to
aid SU " . . . in matters that have becom e
issues-- traffic, parking. fire, an d
health . Whether we can truly be helpful to the problem, I don't know . "
Wiles added that " Backing fo{thi s
stadium is about as stable As th e
Iranian Army . "
An interesting cast of characters i s
lobbying for influence as the issu e
heats up . First, there are Home Owners Mobilized for Enviornmental Safety (HOMES) . Second, there are unconfirmed reports a group of landlord s
have kicked in $1, 000 each to hel p
SU fight the suit . Third, an SU rea l
estate director, Thomas L . Lipa, bought
properties as president of Stadium .
Properties, Ltd . When an SU administrator asked him to divest himsel f
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producing role through alumni con tributions and attendance at SU games .
Progressively more dramatic statement s
are being made as selling of th e
stadium idea goes into high gear .
The Athletic Director has said tha t
"The future of intercollegiate athletic s
at SU " now depends on the stadium .
Football Coach Frank Maloney
recently talked about the politics o f
football recruiting at a meeting on th e
proposed stadium given by SU administrators . Maloney was having ' troubl e
recruiting players this winter becaus e
of the suit against the stadium . Com peting schools, he said, have bee n
telling prospective players the sui t
might delay the September ,I9 80 open i ng of the stadium in order tg. discourage them from choosing SU .
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of the houses, he sold them at a n
apparent $115, 000 loss to a newly formed company consisting of his wif e
and her father .
Realtors 'have confirmed that
if the stadium is built, property value s
in the area will generally go up, causing absentee landlords who rent mainly-to students to lobby for the Dom e
while homeowners in the area wh o
are more concerned about crime, peac e
of mind, and the quality of neighbor hood life have organized against construction until planning is done t o
overome these outstanding problems .
Some of the rhetoric surrounding the
Dome issue illuminates the frame o f
mind in college football with unusua l
clarity . One of the main justification s
for construction of the Dome is tha t
football is not fulfilling its revenue- .
Joseph Julian, told a meeting of the
HOMES group in January that the ne w
stadium will be " . . . the home for inter collegiate athletic programs tha t
offer student athletes the chance t o
participate in good, clean fun an d
healthy competition . "
What part does healthy, clean spor t
play in the SU Dome outlook ?
A relatively small number of care fully recruited players participate i n
the game for which this stadium i s
mainly being built . Admission will b e
restricted to those willing to pay $ 7
or more for the chance to watch th e
"competition . "
What if the University built a con cert hall an a grand scale on campus ,
partly with state money, primarily fo r
the purpose of giving six $7 admissio n
concerts by a small group of musician s
carefully picked from music schools
across the country ?
It helps immensely to be apse to
march prospective players past a 50 ,
000 seat domed stadium, or evento be
able to tell them it will be ready fo r
the 1980 season .
All this is supposed to len d
support to the case for” building th e
Dome . It should make very clear th e
University's purpose and the nature of
the college football scene here ;
The stadium's key use by SU an d
the cornerstone of its athletic polic y
is football for profit and prestige .
SU undoubtedly has an eye on the
decrease in college enrollments no w
and especially in the 1980's . The presenpe of the Dome on campus ' is ' surel y
seen as aiding the recruitment of fa r
more than just football players to th e
SU campus in years to come .
SU ' s vice president for public affairs,
It should be asked just how a n
often brutally physical and ultimatel y
competitive game contributes ' to physical awareness, grace, or charm i n
those who play it or watch it .
College football, like high-technology industry, is capital-intensive
rather than participation or labor`inten sive ; and there is some question as t o
whether state urban development mone y
is being spent in a way benefiting the
state's residents or students who wan t
to participate in sports .
In Syracuse, long, cold winter s
compound the tendency t o
stay in and be iractive for months a t
a time . If money is to be spent o n
athletics, shouldn't it benefit student s
who arein need of exercise and encourage participation in activity? It only
makes sense to include the larges t
number of students in athletic activit y
at a university ; or members of a cit y
or state if the planning and mone y
spent is theirs .
That sense is lacking in the plan s
for a new stadium . State money earmarked for urban development, alumn i
contributions, and a grant from
Carrier Corp . are being combined
with the aim of using the stadium to "
sell the SU football program to
prospective players, the academi c
program , to prospective students, an d
t4 lend prestige to the university a t
the expense of the peace of mind of
the surrounding community .
Construction of a multi-purpose
community sport center would seem to
be a better use of Urban Development
Corporation funds if they are to truly
benefit this city .
Building is scheduled to start o n
the Dome on April 1 . .
A more appro priate date couldn't have been chosen%
Regular Feature/International Women's Day
18 PNL 3/79
Women In The Middle Eas t
I
by Calvin Mendelsoh n
For most Westerners, images o f
Arab women evoke at once an at traction to veiled mystery tempere d
by feelings of helplessness and
sympathy for their servile plight .
Yet such stereotypical images ten d
both to ignore the considerabl e
diversity and recent change in th e
status of women in the modern
Arab world, as well as falsely portraying Islam as a faith totally de voted to the continued degradatio n
of women . On the contrary, Islam
grants, women dowry rights, equal
rights to buy and sell property, and
equaltrehtment for all wives in
polygamous marital relationships ,
a clear advapee over the status of
Arab women in pre-Islamic times .
The : gradual . emancipation of Ara b
women, although of mixed cultura l
and personal value for those involved, has generally, proceeded mos t
rapidly in those. nations which hav e
had the longest continuous contac t
with Western influence . In Lebanon ,
one of the most progressive nation s
in terms of female liberation, for
example, women obtained the vot e
in 1953, and economically hav e
advanced to the point where 38% o f
Lebanon's professionals are women .
Lebanese women, moreover, are
often highly educated, generall y
free to date men, and have labo r
unions insuring equal treatment and
pay . Throughout the Arab world ,
however, it is socially unacceptable
for a woman to live alone or shar e
an apartment with other females .
In Saudi Arabia, where Islamic
fundamentalism still predominate s
despite the onset of economic modernization, women (as well a s
men!) have yet to secure the right
to vote, are generally denied th e
right to any form of employment ., .
are compelled to wear the traditional veil, and are subject to customary restrictions of public mover ent
decreed under Islam . Even in Saud i
Arabia, however, about 250,00 0
Calvin Mendelsohn is a senior at Syracus e
University majoring in International Relations and Russian Studies, and is currentl y
serving as a volunteer intern at the Ameri can Friends Service Committee
Saudi girls attend public school s
and 11,000 women were permitted
to study at universities (about hal f
of these in foreign countries), a
hopeful sign of a gradual socia l
• emancipation for Saudi women i n
the future .
Another indication of widespread
changes is the rapid abandonmen t
of the wearing of the veil in Fertil e
Crescent countries . In Syria, a
teacher returning after a ten-yea r
absence recently noted : "I couldn' t
believe what I found . . .Ten year s
ago, the great majority of wome n
went veiled . Now, even in th e
villages, few do . Most girls wea r
blue jeans and are really indistinguishable from Europeans or Americans ." Also, polygamy is disappearing throughout most of the Ara b
world, e .g . in Egypt, where it i s
both socially unacceptable and economically impractical for the bulk of
the populace . In Syria, "of the 1 1
men in Damascus who have fou r
wives, six are over 60 ." More over, . although one may be fascinated by the uncommon sight o f
Syrian Bedouin women engaged on
road crews in rural areas, the casual Western observer must remember that change in traditional roles
for Arab women generally occurs
more rapidly in urban than in rural
areas of the Arab world, .
In Israel, contrary to popular
belief, discrimination exists for
Jewish (as well as Palestinian
Arab) women in comparative pay
levels, occupational distribution
(there is a lack of Jewish professional women in Israel) and occupational openings. This is espe- s
cially true of Jewish women of
Sephardi (Eastern Mediterranean )
origin in Israel, who are primaril y
restricted to menial occupation s
such as factory work, as opposeii
to Jewish women of Ashkenaz i
(European) descent, who are more
likely to be employed in lower and
middle levels of the bureaucracy ,
and as secretaries . In•the aggregate, however, according to'Israel i
feminists, "seventy percent of
Israeli women are housewives .
Those who work earn an averag e
43% less than men in wages, " for
doing the same work . Despite its
egalitarian notions regarding th e
equality of women, especially pre sent in the guiding Zionist philosophyof the kibbutzim,ISraeli societ y
regards women as primarily house wives and sex objects, by and
large . Women residing on thekibbytzim,, for example, find that there
is nothing liberating about washing
clothes for 500 instead of five, o r
engaging in other similar service
occupations .
In conclusion, regional variatio n
in the status of women throughou t
the Middle East appears likely to
continue, though to a graduall y
lessening degree, as through general societal education, the basi c
equality of women will be slowl y
inculcated as a theoretical and
working principle in the state s
involved . When peace finally
arrives, it should help facilitate
greater and more open communication among all countries in th e
Middle East, higher literacy rates ,
and more equal opportunities for
meaningful and varied contribution s
by Middle Eastern women .
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Representatives of several communities which involve the so-called
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Reviews
Journal of a Solitude
By May Sarton ,The Horton Librar y
$2 .95 . 208 pages :
May Barton touches mein ways
I cannot remember another autho r
doing--deeply, personally, at my
woman=care. She is a friend . -- a
role model ., of which'I don't•have .
many . She affirms An ine my connections with the earth, and the
cycles of life . Herswriting expre sses the NO, Joy and_pride of working to be a strong, whole woman ,
she record s
In Journal ofSolitude
.
a year in her life --her persona l
struggles with anger, pain, love ,
depression, her work . She talk s
about being a woman alone," M y
'need to be alone is balanced against .
my fear of what will happen when
suddenly I enter the huge empty si
lence if I cannot find support
'there . "
I feel the most important thin g
May Sarton gives me is .her valuin g
and nurturing her relationship . with
herself. "I am here ..alone for the
first time in weeks to take up my .
'real' life again at last . .,.But I
must not forget that, for me, being
with people or even with one beloved person for . any length of time
worse . I
without solitude is evendispersed,
lose my center . I feel
,
scattered, in pieces . I .must have
.time alone in which to mull over any
encounter, and to extract its juice, '
its essence, to understand what has
really happened..to :me as a corise-'
quence of it . "
She questions whether women can
have meaningful creative work and
be involved in the usual kind of
love/relationships .
'
-Liz Coo l
well researched and documente d
history bf rape ; she encourages ;
'women to use it as 'a tool to bot h
understand aid, effectively change
their present condition .
She makes the connections be tween rape, and the "women-asproperty" mentality painfully .
clear by explaining the functio n
that rape series during wars, revolutions, riots and other situation s
of violence . Her 'definition of rape
is, a conscious process of intimidation by . which all men.keep
all women in a state of fear ." She
then asks why none of our leading
social thinkers have ever mor e
than touched the surface of thi s
ancient male crime . The answer
speaks to, us, throughout the book ;
men fear that the truth would cal l
for restructuring our entire powe r
system which is based upon th e
use of aggression to acquire and
maintain property
One of the most exciting aspect s
of the book is its, historical perspective which avoids the view
of rape as isolated, acts of violence
and defines it as a type of political
Against Our Will
By Susan. Brownmiller
Simon & Schuster, 197 5
With this book Susan Brown miller has given us more than a
Drawing by Bonnie Acker/WIN .
oppression against half the world' s
people . The extensive researc h
Brownmiller undertook plus the
footnotes and bibliography mak e
Against Our Will a good starting
point for those readers seeking
more information about rape .
-Cindy Squillace . '
Feminism As Therapy
By Anne Kent Rush & Arica Vesa l
Mandu'. A Random House - Book works Book, _ 1974, ` New York, $2 .45
If the goal of therapy is to make
.a person whole, then clearly ferninism,is therapy . The 'authors be gin with integrating what is feminism, then what is feminist therapy ,
comparing and contrasting current
therapies, such' as Jungian
, Freudian,and Gestalt to Femin is . They provide a "herstory of '
history" and end with .various. techniques -in integrating body/mind .
s:'The book''is not an in-depth analysis of therapy; rather it points to
the various connections between .
personal and political . play and
work, and the individual to th e
group .
I found that Anne Kent Rushs ,
view of gestalt and its emphasis' on
taking . responsibility for Your 'own
. . actions is very powerful . Sh e
state&
eking respnsiiility ,ft' any
conduct ;does not exclude th e
responsibility 'Pf others . Tbo
often this "I" emphasis is use d
against women te'.ge( males or
social systems off the hook . . .
Women have been taking personal responsibility ,too long
for difficulties in their live s
whose roots are social . Put
it where it belongs on the oppressive political =economic
system .
The book is written in a persona l
and integrative style--appropriat e
to a feminist perspective . I highly
recommend the book to anyone inter ested in integrating their own live s
and learning about the many connections feminism offers in the process of becoming whole .
-Mary McHugh
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TELL IT. TO CITY HALL
AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR RACISM ?
A new film, The Deer Hunter, by
Michael Cimino is being acclaimed
for its sophisticated visual qualit y
and complicated thematic statement .
Little mention has been made of th e
film's depiction of Vietnamese peopl e
as subhuman and as the initiators of
the violence of the war . A series of
intolerable distortions begins in th e
second hour when we are in Viet Nam .
For example, a National Liberation
Front (NLF) soldier mindlessly
throwp a bomb into a pit full of wome n
and children, and shoots down unarmed American soldiers . Next, a
prison soene,overlooked by a picture of Ho Chi Minh, with NLF sol diers torturing American and South
Vietnamese soldiers is edited s o
that the bodies of the South Vietnamese mysteriously disappear ,
subliminally implying that thei r
murders are less important than a
white human being . Never is there a
mention of the actions of the American flyers in mercilessly bombing .
Somewhere down deep this film protests war . Unfortunately on its surface it demeans a race of people s o
terribly that before anything else i t
must be considered a racist film .
OLYMPIC PRISON DEMONSTRATIO N
Have you heard about the obscen e
idea of having the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Village (which house s
the athletes) become a Federal Prison
after the games? STOP (Stop Th e
Olympic Prison), a campaign begun
by the National Moratorium on Priso n
Construction in Washington, ha s
been trying to do something about it
for several years now [see 6/78 PNL] .
But the government persists so STO P
is calling for a demonstration on
Thursday May 3, llam at the Capito l
steps in Washington.
STOP has considerable international support for its campaign ;and is
partially funded by the NYS Council
of Churches . The demonstration ha s
the backing of all major U .S . religious denominations. More info: STO P
3049 E .Genesee St . Syracuse, NY
13224 446-6151 .
NEW POLICE BRUTALITY HOT LIN E
S.U . SUPPORT WORKERS ORGANIZ E
We would like to call your attentio n
to the conditions that exist at Syracuse University (SU) for its support
staff, who number between 800-100 0
(90% women) . In a time of increasing fringe benefits and increasing inflation, our fringe benefits have consistently decreased . We now get 3
sick daysanear, where once we got
16 . Our retirement program has diminished to about $45-55 per month
after 2C years of service, where onc e
we had a choice of two programs . We
have no input into any of th e
decisions which affect us, and have
lost our benefits mainly because w e
weren 't organized .
SU has refused to give our plight
any serious consideration . We are
therefore in the process of gettin g
signatures calling for an election to
have the United Auto Workers (UAW )
represent us in collective bargaining.
Attempts are being- made by SU t o
abort our efforts, but we have man y
strong and courageous women and
men who are committed . For more
info call 423-2684, 457-8883 .
-Sharon L . Coyne, Ann Godwin ,
Nancy Klein, Steering Committee
There is now a Police Brutality
Hotline in, Syracuse thanks to the
efforts of the Onondaga Co . Huma n
Rights Coalition of which SPC' is a
member . The 24-hour number ,
471-6839, grew out of a number of.
recent incidents of police harassment
or brutality and out of the discovery
by the Coalition that there was no
central, source for collecting such
information and acting on it .
KAREN SILKWOOD CAS E
FINALLY REACHES COURT S
(LNS) Four years after the death of
Karen Silkwood, and more than tw o
after her father filed a lawsuit against the Kerr-McGee Corporation ,
the Silkwood case will finally com e
to trial March 6 in Oklahoma . [See
11/78 PNL .]
The lawsuit, which seeks $11 . 5
million in actual and punitive dam ages, charges Kerr-McGee, the country' s largest uranium producer, wit h
willful negligence in failing to kee p
plutonium under its control, as-required by law . A favorable rulin g
would establish an important precedent in holding a corporation responsible for off-site contamination .
The local chapter of the Nationa l
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) is callin g
for a multi-issue community rally o n
Wednesday April 4 . The rally„ marking the 11th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr .. ,
will address broad community concerns such as housing, education and
em loyment .
Directed at City Hall and the Onondaga Co . Office Bldg. will be a marc k
ending with a rally featuring speakers
from different community organiza tions . The NAACP's attempt at coalition building is a very positive action
for the progressive movement in Syracuse . All community groups are encouraged to support their call . For
more info : NAACP, 111 Elmwood Sta .
Syracuse,NY 13207 446-9317 ,
YOUR PEN MIGHT STOP
NEW JAMESVILLE PE N
Now is the time to take pen i n
hand or we may have a very much unneeded new Jamesville Pen on ou r
hands . A bonding proposal to financ e
a new Pen will soon be coming up for
a vote in the County Legislature . No
motley -- no bars-- simple as that .
We know you've been dying to communicate with your Representative s o
here's a great opportunity !
If you don't know who your County
Legislator is call the Board of Elec tions 425-3312 . For more info :
Margaret Stinson 637-3344 .
A COMEBACK FOR THE DRAFT?
A variety of bills that call for som e
form of mandatory registration for
both the draft and national servic e
have. been introduced into the U .S .
Senate and the House . It's too early
to tell exactly what form of registration will occur, but it appears fairl y
certain that, without a great deal o f
opposition, a registration bill will b e
passed this session .
One bill, "The Military Registratio n
and Mobilization Assessment Act of .
1979"(HR23) requires the President..to
order a registration of young men (1 8
to 26) not later than October of 1979 .
A similar bill has been introduced in to the Senate (S109) . Both of thes e
bills, and others that call for a
national service which would includ e
the military, are in committee now .
They will probably be brought to th e
floor and voted on before May . If
you'd like more info call Bill Harley
at AFSC 475-4822 . But please try to
write a ,protest letter -- TODAY! !
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Please type or print your listing and try to keep it brief, Mail to :
PNL Classifieds, 924 Burnet Ave ., Syracuse, NY 13203 .
Deadline is 5pm, Tuesday, March 20 . 1979 .
Reasonable rent on South Side : large house, also 2-siifroom flats .
Off-street parking, space for gardens . 476-7635 .
Two Week Training Program for Organizing In Nonviolent Action-Program includes group process skills, democratic decision-making ,
nonviolence theory, direct action campaigns, community organizing ,
and more . March 15-30, and two weeks in May . Cost :$90-120(incl .
room & board) Write MNS,4722 Baltimore Ave ., Phila ., PA 1914 3
Lovable International Travelall_, Good for work vehicle and camping . Heavy-duty springs & trans . ; 9 ft . bed . Call Erwin 478-299 8
SPRING, a magazine of short lyric poetry, invites submissions fo r
Issue *1, to appear April '79 . SASE please . Write : SPRING ,
Michael Chieco ; Ed ., 611 S . Beech St ., Apr .2, Syr . 13210
Wanted--Machinerv ;, water turbines andrel'dted equipment, all sizes .
Also valves and gates, governors ; penstocks, generators ,
shafting and gearing, grist mill equipment, etc . Finders fee to SP C
for equipment located by you which we purchase . Manitou Machine
Works, Inc, . 14Ivforris Ave ., Gold Spring, NY 10516
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' 73 Fiat SportsCoupe--Needs some loving care . Reasonable .
Call Gerry 472-9386 .
'kor+an with 17-mo toddles looking for collective living situation .
Please call Diane at 655-941 5
" GET GETTY " bumperstickers 504 each . Anyone interested in bulk
quantities ($80/1000) inquire ; We can make buttons too($69/1000 ;
$46/500 ; $38/250 ; $33/100 minimum ..) Kate Donnelly, Box 271-SPC ,
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Teacher wantedfor Beaver Creek School : alternative school (K-6) i n
rural setting(upper St . Lawrence Valley) needs teacher for '79-'8 0
school y_ar, $55 per week for 52 weeks . Apartment above school
(new building, with utilities) . Partial board (home-grown) .
Certification preferred . Contact Liz or John Scarlett, Rossie ,
New York 13646 (315-324-5635) .
Male kitten 6 mos . black and white some Siamese $1 to good home .
Call Vern 476-6753
Roommate wanted for quiet 2 bedroom apartment on Allen St ., rent $7 5
plus utilities, Call 475-3606 after 5 pm ask for Eric .
RADIOACTIVE SMOKE DETECTORSPublic Citizen s ' Health research ,
Group reports that ionization smoke detectors contain the highl y
toxic radioactive americium and pose serious potential healt h
hazards . They note photo-electric smoke detectors as safe ,
effective option . Fot more information : Public Citizens ' Healt h
Research Group ; Dept . MR ; 2000 P St ., NW ; Washington DC
20036 or phone SPC .
PEOPLE AND ENERGY IN.THE SOUTHWEST : a 40 minute slide show
that takes a personal look at the effects of the uranium and coal
booms on Indian and Chicano land . Show sells for $125 to individuals and citizens groups, and $200 to institutions, contact :
New Mexico People and Energy Research Project, 810 Vasser NE ,
Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505-266-5009)
TEACHING HUMAN DIGNITY :SOCIAL CHANGE LESSONS by Miriam
Wold-Wasserman and Linda Hutchinson, published by th e
Education Exploration Center, P .O . Box 7339, Minneapolis, M N
55407---$7 .95 plus tax and postage- also available at The Front Roo m
C_AI2/1CI ;, ! I ;!'.QOU11 ;S `A'Af<fl_ll pl also start saving them for
SPC's usual Mav or Pan sale . We can store them in our garage if
you need the space! Books too for the Front Room's Recycling sale ,
call 472-5478 ,
StudioApartmeritavailable June 1st, piano, off-street parking,thre e
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BEING MORE RELAXE D
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HEALING YOURSELF THROUGH YOGA
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INTRODUCTORY SESSIO N
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Entire Weekend $25 . All at the Yoga
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"From Each According To Their IQ" by the Syracuse
area Science for the People Committee
An interview with antiwar/antinuke film make r
Peter Watkins in Utica ,by Steve Costello &
Mark Solomo n
An Update on Seabrook nuke resistanc e
"What Happened To The Sexual Revolution,
Part Z" by Jack Manno
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SPC Steering Committee
mtg . 7 :30 pm at Linda
Nuclear Power Committee
deStefano' s,148 W . Beard 7 :30 pm 1511 E . Genesee
Info call 475-0062
Info call 472-5478
Greater Syracuse Now
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Close-Up Theater .Scenes
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with disc . after .Hutchings Games , Cooking, Every
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Wednesday, 5 -' at' ECOH
,THURS
FRI ,
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Science for the Peorl e
Internationa l
v Supper at 6pm,Westcott 9
Wo
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Wine , an`m Gheese Party for Cafe,Meeting at 7pm , 11 3
Women, 8pmINFO, 478-463 e Avondale Pi . Info cal
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Is Disarmament Utopian? ! Chris Murray, 472-547 8
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Wlfffas maws cams 3r. at
Hendricks Ch .8pm Free ! ON THE MOVE Performanc e
All Welcome .Inforrpal dis c Dance ,Music, Mime 7 :30 3 :30 at Founders room,
pm United Baptist-Church .
Maxwell Sch .Info423-2901 718 S . Beech . 41E463 6
Communal Luncheon every
Thursday,12 noon .$1 don .
All You Can Eat,at ECO H
SPC ' s 43rd
Birthday Dinner!,
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PLACE at ECOH,12-3pm .
Pancake Breakfast -Benefit
for Women ' s INFO by
Feminist Men- (see below)
St. Patrick's Day
7
f6 Special Irish Boiled Dinner
at Westcott Cafe,6-8pm
Sisters Gin cooking .
Info 424-9725 .
(src p 2 )
Human Rights Coalition
Personal Growth Workshop gen .mtg . 7 :30, May Mem . Square Dance for the Dis- Day for Women .9am-Spm
Ch . 3800 E . Genesee St . abled and Dev . Disabled . $12 includes child-care, ,
478-4636
w/ Cranberry Lake ECOH lunch .At INFO 478-463 6
David Truon g
2 2 Every Friday: Parenting2 2'
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Every ThursdaY .Laid
Gestalt & Our Familie s
back Women's Basketball group meets at ECOH,9 :4 5 Workshop by Mary An n
at Comm .Center next to to 11 :15am .Info 475-463 6
Zeppetello .Sat . & Sun . .
Weeks School . 7 :30pm
10am-Spm .$60 445-049 4
Every Friday : Dinner
For info, .4J2-9386 ,
Music at Westcott Cafe .
at e estcott Cafe .
John Bromka,Tom Fay and
550 Westcott St .6-8p m
PLACE at ECOH,12-3pm
Bill Harley,S0C don .
Easteide Neighborhoo d
424-9725
Info cell 475-4636
Info call 429-9725 .
mtg . 7pm,ECOH 475-46361 Film
Forum SHOR^, EYES Graphic account of Prison Life,7&9pin,Gif .Aud . $1 .5 0
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Every Wed, morning . Mailing Party for April PNL NVS Films Burnt with50 Sunday
Social
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April PNL ,Help Appreciated
Coffee hour 10-12 .
1pm till early eve . FRE E
Marlon Brando, 7,9,11p m Disabled, 12-3pm at ECOH
Call SPC 472-5478 ,
Women ' s INFO , 601 PIZZA & BEER, Come and
Grant Aud . $1 .50 .
Info call 475-4636 .4111 1
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478-4636
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Allen St
Help . . .472-547 8
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Dance with FLIGHT OF
ECOH Seniors meet every SPC Member Jim Mora n
hosts WAER FM Coffee
Yoga workshops see p 2
Music at Westcott Cafe . After School Arts , Crafts, Tuesday,ll-4 at ECOH
PIDENIX at Alfred U .
*sump hitssenlun esnoviA s
Games,Cookinq .' E very
Break . llam-12noon .
3/30-31 & 4/1
Dennis Frlcia . 500 don .
Info call 478-4636 .
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Monday, 9-ll,at ECON . ~
Every Wednesday .
Info call 424-9725 .
PLACE East meets every
Monday,9 :30-ll at ECOH
An Olde Fashioned ALL YOU CAN EA T
PANCAKE BREAKFAS T
Sat March 10 8:30 am =1 pm
Erwin Methodist Churc h
NEAR CORNER OF WESTCOTT & EUCLID . PLENTY OF PARKING IN CHURCH LOT . FOLLOW THE SIGNS .
A BENEFIT FOR TH E
WOMEN'S INFORMATION CENTER ("INFO")' 601 ALLEN ST .
PRESENTED BY A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEN IN HONOR O F
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (March 8)
The Menu:
THREE KINDS OF PANCAKES !
WHEAT, BANANA, & POTATO !
&
JUICE, FRUIT & NUT SALAD ,
TASTY TOPPINGS, COFFEE ,
MILK &TEA L
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