.r.. I Exclusive report from Maharaj f i's * PEACE AND FREEDOM THRI| rrTVere to Astrodome extravagánzd .' Two cases that need amnesty NOW¡ UFW boycott news' Nc¡vember29, 197312Q1..' ', . "ï':: VI.OLENT ACTIdN it left for me o' I whetlrer WE harre a"' gpvernmentwit¡houtt ers, iJ ¡li -f I -:" -.7'-s eïú, a Ishor,üd amomenïto prefer the latter.tl ',4 '' i! l'â í' :.1 C:., .-dnI i In practice, standing for pure principles This is not to say I oppose all underground activities. The "railroad" seems to have served a useful purpose in slavery days. Helping Jews escape was humanitarian, but the evidence there suggests it was most suo " cessful whete the activists were most open, the many in France and in Trocme with as Denmark who publicly defied the Nazis Wheie only one's own skin is at stake I feel the witness ofaccepiing the establishment's decreed consequences is, $tronger than when. evading thenr. Consider the young factory worker who stood with four others in Moscow with signs protesting the invasíon ofCzechoslovakia. At lüs sentencing he reportedly said thetrhree minutes in Red Square was wo¡th the three years in f is not always worth the risks I aàmit speak from little experience in adulthood with personal violence. I was once struck several times in the face by a single man and fell to the pavement, breaking my fall with my hands and then taking a sitting position. My assailant went indoors where we had been talking, probably expecting me tô.leave. However, I simply sat there, eyes closed and meditating. He came out, tried to shoo me away, then went inside again. I úas not aware of any pain, but continued sitting. When hg came out a second time he tried to coax me to stand by picking up my glasses and holding them out, and was more amicable. Eventually I stood up and we walked out the driveway to our respective cars after he volunteered the information I had come for. In the above incident I o,perhaps,'-to use David's qualifier-might have run off without pursuit. For a sexagenarian, heart Bhole Ji, Maharaj J¡'s brother conducts the 56-premie rock and roil þand at Millen¡um'73 at the Houston Astrodome, Photo by B¡il Kind. LETTERS We thought we would write simply to thank you for Noam Chomsky's piece on the Middle East in the November 8, l9'13, issue. Chomsky and a few others in the United States have been speaking out thoughtfully and critically on this issue. but irrational cries of "self-haters" or "rnasquerading antisemites" have all but drowned out the essential rational dialoguc that must take place concerning the Mitldle East, We hope that in the future WIN will air Chomsky's thoughts and the views of critical Ame¡icans and oppositiorr ary Israelis and Palestinians so that WIN reaclcrs can'exarnine the cornþlexity of the issuc involvcd. Again, we thank WIN foi thc Chonrsky articlc. --MARTIN BLATT PAULA RAYMAN Somerville, Mass" This responds to two recent WIN articlcs tlealing with the related subjects of living undergrountl (Tom Smits, Sept. 27) and running away (David McReynolds, Oct. l8), Although the contexts of the two picccs were dilferent, in principle the suggestions rverc siurilar. 2 WIN David probably expected to be challenged for saying that ". . .On the evidence, we know the¡e are times when there are no defenses except, perhapg running," for he knows the¡e are still plenty of Gandhians in the peace movement; that, with few exceptions, rurtning from danger would be cowardice; that Gandhi's sole exception for allowing violence was if it were the only alternative to cowardice. (Which according to him it nevet would be, since there is always the third alternative of nonviolent resistance.) But rather than quote from the Mahatma I shall put my objection in my own words; To be coerced or intimidated by violence is to give it the power which its advocates seek. Violence in ilself has no power to de termine results except as both giver and re ceiver allow it. Thus, from the perspective of nonviolence, there is not much difference between using violence and submitting to violence. On principle, the completely nonviolent response to an armed robber would be refusal not only to handing over the wallet but even to holding uþ the hands. Nonviolent resistance refuses to u'alk even the fi¡st mile. prison I doubt cause ing underground and.sabotaging tank tories. of stamps. _JOHN TAMA ... .222 ClintonCr- ,' Wheaton, Ill. 60187 29,'1973 Vol.lX Number 36 .i Millenium '73: The Guru at the Astrodome. " Bill Sonn Why Amnesty? Two Fpiscides.. ...... .9 Jack Colhoun znd Dee Charles Knight 11 Reviews. .....'. ,i' o .9 .....13 Cover: From,a poster available from The People's Bicentennial Comïiî issiort, 1 346 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. I I . , o o .c õ oo ô. , ..."." revolut¡on (for Latin Action & ,for the people of lsott'r str""t¡ nineteen Puerto Ricans frorn the South Bronx are here to tear down the old barn that blocks ' the house from the field and visit for the far less than if it were violent. India liberated its hund¡eds of millions with orily 8,000 fatalities. Related to running fróm personal violence is going underground to escape insti. 5T/\F F mar¡s cakärs, editor susan cakârs, staff marty ¡ezer, editor¡al assistant nancy ¡ohnson, design . ;. which perhaps can be used for new structures. the rest is for bonfires today.wf get most of the sides down before it's time to go swimmìng'. FELLOW TRAVELERS lance belv¡lle + lynne coff¡n + diana davre', ruth deâr + ralph dig¡a + paul enc¡mer { chu¿k fager + 5s1¡ foldy + iim forest + m¡ke fran¡ch -,l€ah fritz + larry gara + ne¡l haworth t beôky ¡iJhnson + paul ¡ohnson + alliso.n kalpel + cra¡g carpel + c¡ndy kent + peter k¡ger + alex knopp iohn. kype; + dorothy lane + ,rob¡n lalsen ëllio{..:linz€r. -+. jackson maclow .+ ¡ulie ñiass david mcrèVnofds + gene meehan +,m¡rk moriis ¡gal roodenko + wendy schwartz + mikg stamm, martha thomases + br¡an football and taking naps cooking supper sitting on the porch looking at the old barn in fact through it glimpses of the opfi field when wester ¡i., evening we are throwing a to me. And his suggestion of underground activities, ". . .that people dismantle the er¡ tire military structu¡e by direct action. . . . without injuring human life," would simi. seems ., . : the sides have to go first then the roof till .. nothing is left standing but theufd beams lieve prisons are repressive-along with Agnew and everybody else who has ever tried to stay out-and believe some alternative way of dealing with offeriders is needed. But Tom seems naive in thinking the State will permit any large and continuing number oflawbreakers to slip through its finget& The overall effect ofgoing underground is to increase repression rather than . mary mayo, subscriptions susän pines, compos¡tion weekend they have brought their own bread platanos and some records Saturday we start work tutional violence. Like Tom Smit I too be' larly result in mo¡e guards, more FBI agents, more bugging, etc. Unfortunately the har¡assed innocent neutrals, stopped by police for ID cards, will probably blame thÞ underground rather than the military for the added inconveniences, and the peace movement will lose their support. -FRANKLIN ZAHN sire both send me 16d worth Hurqy while tþe supply lasts. November Changes. of suggestions" There will be casualties if the defense is nonviolent, but hopefully it,'it fac- the unit cost for over 600 U.S. military weapóns fróm Condor missiles $519,000 eact¡Jo 3ddog tags Data which hitherfore has 6een kept secret from the American public,but not from the dêfense industry. M1r Oct. newslette¡ is a cost comparison of weáponS going back to WW II.. A machine gun cost $74 to.make in )VWII now costs $750. I will send my work free to anyone who sends me a self addressed stamped envelope. Pleage specify which newsletter. If you de' Pomona, Calif. : strain could be worse than a few days of only slightly swollen lip. But certainly we all know cases whe¡e attackers can, and intend to, out¡un their victims, and on balance we would have to my that neither violencg nonviolencq nor flight offers a sure defense for an individual But it is interesting to note Gandhi did guarantee safety.for a third party individua[ saying that the satya,g¡ahi, by interposing himseff, would absorb the full violent energy of the attacker, leaving nothing left over to harm the "loved. one." When we come to groupg defense is surer than for individuals. Bôth nonvio' lence and violence say the group can be de fended by individuals willing to risk their own safety. The draft bõard promises that the nation will be safe if the draftee is willing to sacrifice himself. And nonvie lence says-well at this point David's rppl¡t1 that he has no answer for defending thè gay "community" is not clear. If he means a room full of people he surely has plenty reduce of he could have served the peace better by escapin& then go- ¡ want to share with my brothers and sisters riry work on the cost of peace Which. as you know is pricelÞss. In my Aug. newslette¡ I have compiled box 547 rifton new york telepþone g14 1247 3ig-'4585 I ^ the whole barn is down we'll seè thd'whole field ' :. ; supper chicken cooked outsidé'and fresh corn ' and later talking we agree it's firie pract¡ce all of this I I : finding out how.to live good in the country learning how to knock down what's in your way and that moving together it starts to go down very fast dick lourie WIN is publ¡shed weekly except for the f¡rst two weeks in Januâry, 2nq wee! in May. last 4 weeks ¡n August, and the last week in october by the WIN Publ¡sh¡ng Empire w¡th the support of the war Resisters Leàgue. Subscr¡pt¡ons are year. Second'class poståge at New York, N.Y. lOOOl. lndiv¡duål wr¡ters are responsible tor opinions expressed and ðccur¿cy of facts given. Sorry-manuscripts cahnot be $7.OO per returned unless accompanied by a self-åddressed stamped envelope. Pr¡nted ¡n u.S.A. wrN 3 , . t. Milfenium :#;þ$ ütL þ.å r¡4il ã Ë: #ru* åäå;få tufgFä ftrñË: ft{rå :ã; rHärË: o ti uru attheAstrodome o îH ¡'J X ffii ffi f å4 tr f.T þä \ ffiåî ff¡:i :ä; ¡,"{Ë' t', in-the air and 300 feet from the sea of prèmies below' He,was pleased with what he saw,-reportedly com' menting that this was the first reol festival since.the one thr-ee years ago in which'he had proclaìmed that he would bring péace to this world. (The festival is ;;;iít heldïov. 8-10 in lndia, whère it is called Hons tiiantiand commemorates the daf the guru's taineí á¡ea. ln March,1973, though, Mãharajli had requested that this yeai the festival be held in Amer' LL ñ,1'. ñLL. ¡:¡ i't 'ä: * Mah.araj Ji slts on hls 35 foot throne. Crown of Krishna". He denies to the press that he cta¡ms to be god. ro orscourage hls followers from malil wearing..The His efforts n9 the cta¡m have apparenuy tái¡èo. ÞrrõiäõJÞ íll Kins. "Saints are guilty until proven Ìnnocent,' _Ghondi ".\ou myst put doubt out of your mind ot all times, lf you have quest¡ons, don,t-osk,,' l. i, forr.torrs afrer ,^" ":r::":::lr r,,,"n,r, '73, whic'h was adverrised by thé C;;; M.i;;;;j'Jian¿ his premies.(followers).as,,lh" mãri noiv un¿'rign¡trcant.event in human history.', And now onà ãitn" premies ties.in rhe parking tót or i ,åiri';;; Éor" ron's Astrodome,. where the three_day festival had been staged. He has no name. He liei on his back, staring at the sky. come all the way from Chile to see the per- l-lglt fect Master. He had stood with th" f-.¡en órrr¡., in theír.speciat secrion in ine óomã i"¿ ,iäít ii u.,r. guru's sight, quaked at the guru's uniioe¡;r.'ánä ached,with joy, when, on tñat r¡"ui ÀiÀñi, uavts had presented the guru wittr a gõtdén swan and iã""i, then.groveled to kiss theÞerfect feet] The premie speaks no English, unå hi, companion speaks very.tittle. He and hii rrién¿ naâ ¡e.n inälf ins to the morel parking lor from the peeññs Lu"iiä or the.Dome very quietly, almost tn.a daze. And then 1n.9ne-t9! he simply lay down, wíth no name, staríñg full of fright at the sky. His friend is desperate, for it is 2 a.m. and he speaks English so poorly and, oh, how to explain it. fe s-tgps a passerby, and together they gather àver tne rallen premie, considering what to do about that stunned, qa.thgtig panic in thè premie's eyes. The pase,fby thinks the premie is tiipping on'somethíng Du[ the tflend. says no, premies do not use drugs, only Knowledge. The passerby says let's eet hïm to a hospital, but the friend agaín says no. Vou do not , understand. He is a premiJand tÉe nospitit-witt hurt him. the premie lies wordlessly on the as_ , Meanwhile, phalt, without his name, seemingly weaiing only a quru !t11to1 and an expression t"hát ¡s suréiy seãine unworldly things. He is arched in vague pain, parii lyzed in transcendence. I Hotel. -fflb by B¡ll Sonn th. premie whispers hoarsety ar "Si, Guru. Maharaj Ji," said the friend, reassuringly, and at last the premie would be led to the car. 4 WIN rio, i r nã*t.ä ge sósii o n óf nectar, seeing. so ì t so n s \i; e;, the DiVine Light done bv pressing the fingers to closed and èËl''d"); ';féeling the vibrations" within yo.u, \ id¿inlñim.áitution techniques.. :. ' Witñout a doubt, receiving Knowledge changes oeooie's lives. The bremies sãem almöst universql,lY i'apby an¿ at peace with themselves.*'They are easy with under most'circumstances' Rennie tJ;;i , ' I ;";* I ixiitiruit'tit that, in preparing"for Millenium, a disigi.ãtànt betwe'en premies'\,vould have been sho.ck-.itisJ; ihôr" is no reäson to believe he is exaggerating' Jiand his Divine Liàht Mission have'been áíU"¡ne cr¡tiðiie¿ iust another religious sect that -ñ"óo.Àt post-industrial age' lVLrltu¡ ,t to have ãirived in the Wfi; [no*t what might have been if the J ansenists orthe Anabaptists trá¿ tra¿ ãn electronic media to ã*oio¡t às-rhsrouehly as the premies have done? li, after ãll, was able to attract TV cameraso tãuiãt"t Lrs, the Ñew York Times, the Washington- Mänarai ' sàrvices, the L.A. Times, and.much of inãátternative press to a religious festival.attend.ed Ë;ti;;Ë;i;å insignificänt number of people' Billy Graham as many people to the Astrodome ãailier tnis year, but could only get local press cov- , ' : UV "" [wice aítracted er38e.. ' : Maharai-ii's worldwide following is allegedly eight rnillion, wííÍt +OA.p,pOÛ in the United States' lt's a as religions go.. But.somehdw, boy arrived in this country posLpübescent this Uarélv iîo ,vãuií ugo"ifo'{ras sinoe:g;otf9n ihe key.s to five : räËiirJlv.;tit e.-íp, existence of such a hierarchy-with theì'Holy iolls Royce and Mercedes, his private planes, his motorcy¿le, and his expensive camera. eduþm,ent are all toys'witlr which he likes to amuse himself' Or they witl say that such çontradictions., betweèn-the nurú's lif.ttvle and what he says, are just obstacles "he intentionally puts in your way. Once you can 'rationalize these obstacles away' you will be a better premie. But when pressed on this or any other of the many *i'aïirtiìÏlrà¡,,, ;Tcil iiutuoti"uiï Famiiy" on top, followed by the officers -of piúine Light Mission, and, finally, the masses oÏ premlesdoisn't in the leasi lessen the devotion the premies feel towards this 1S-year-old Perfect Master'. Tears were in their eyes after seeing him. Most readily admit that the institutions built up around the guru are non-democratic. They are used to cynical questions comparing their own ascetic lifestyles with t[e gu¡u's. ãó"iã"t o"ne. They even have a pat answer: the guru's The passerby suggests the Divine Light Clinic, set ;å r"rroni.¡ñg), drinking was the largest attend.ence, and oiuinðLiel'rt Mission (DLM). While these p-remies sleot on cãncrete floors, Maharaj Ji was reslding at th¿ $2500-a-day Celestial Suite of the Astrowoiltl up especially for Millenium ,73. So thõy pick uþ ttre premie and gently try to load him into á car. The premie smells of incense. The premie smells of asphalt. . OnÌis feet, he tries to wander in thó wrong directron. I he passerby softly tugs him back towards the the heavens. iffi that was only on Saturday night-the festival ran very smoothlv. Working under 'ten coordinators, "about a hundrd'd" premies had been organizing Millenium ior eieht months, and, in the weeks precediqg the festivãl's start, the number of premies swelled to 'r somewhere around 20b0' These and other premies the Astrodome at days for three rental oaid $75.000 itt'rir *uíu discount from the usual rate of $37,000 a dav). olus another $7500 for the.adjoining Astro' hall.' io get a sizable chunk of the'guru's claimed4ol' lowing oieight million to Hoi.tston, one of the-largest oeucel¡me aì-rlifts ever was planned, A special 175"''rtrin contingent of the Woriá Peace Corps, the guru's security forãe, was organized,.nominally by Maharai li's brother Raia libut actually by a premìe named ioe Looez. wnô ówns a black belt in karate. The h"r's ölu'b. where Houston's social elitç used to n"ih"r. was converted into sleeping quarters for about iõ-OO ór.ti"t and renamed the Rainbow lnn' AnothriiOfiO premies stayed at a converted Coca-Cola factoÑ. wh'ere premie mechaqjcs also worked on main' ta¡ñíns vehiiles owned by tþe guru's corporate arm, ç, Þì ná*leOse islwhat is at the çore of their de is a secret that you must be preKnowled-ge votlon. oãiàã io i.""ive, ñostlv bv expressing a sincere will' ineness to acceÞt Maharai Ji as the Perfect Master' a Wñãn uo, are properly"piópared, you go- through f îh.rt wus plenty tg be pleased with. Despite tþe disappointing size of t'he crowd-80,000 had been .9 þlI' Knowledge. experienced -""Ã"ã ica). int¡fiput"¿;50,000 n@ conlradictions of the movement, the premies will fall '-" back on their one infallible argument: that it is use' ' ,1" t"it io tty to explain it to an outsider who has not- of the Muf'ur^j Ji appeared each of the three nights feet 35 throne his teardrop'shaped on iei'riat to iii '' ."iU"í:eigftt"Broclamations flom"varibus other cities,''* and l"üãltãii ieiol utio ns from six legi slative.b od i es,perdiverse such from honors special uuiiort other He þas' t*"f''ti¡i as Sam Yorty and John Lindsay' ago months six that growing empire a ätrãir".ut"A had an income of $60,000 a w99k and now is rep,ort- ;l"i;tó $r50,000 á week. There is, amon$ others, iliulnã'Sut"t, Shii Hans Productions, Sh-ri Hans Avia- i¡on. Oiuine Travel Service, Divine Services and also i*o'prUlications, a weekly and a monthly' Finall'y, he- has an ulcer. Hã* ¿ott he do it? Mostly by hype' ln the months , Uetore Nittenium, DLM loosed a flood of posters and' asking the question Who is Guru Maharai to thai, some of ""tli*iiont ii?- Ât¡ there arelots of answers them defamatorY. wtN I l i 1t 5 For example, Swami Gitananda says the guru ^_ 27-years-old and is illegirimate. Giranan¿a. îno is runs a hospital and university in pqndicherry, lndia, is a member of the Royal College of Surseoní ¡n Great Britain, and is president of the WoTtd yoga Conference, says he has known the guru's family since before World War ll and thar ñlaharaj ji is'rhe son of Mata J i (which everyone says is vué\'and hir guru.. The proof, he says, lies in lndia,s BaÉrat Sahdu Samaj, which is described as an organization of gurus analogous to the College of Cardinals. ., Accordingtothe premies, though, Maharaj Jiis the soit of Mata Jiand Hans Ji Maharai, who was per_ fect Master until he ,,left his mortal body,' in 1966. At age eight, Maharaj Ji rhus inherited the tirle. . ln 1970, he established the first Divine Lieht Mission in the West in London, and then visited ihe U.S. in 1971. He arrived in Los'Angeles amid rumors that the.trip w11 þeing financed Uv"r"À"v irorri f,.ioin dealing, which has neverbeen prourn. Sut it ü provable that, after going to San Fiancisco and suiiounO_ ing towns, his visit to Colorado was brought about b.y a crash program of hashish sales of u gióup fur._ ttousty known Association. as the Boulder Reputable Deajers A great many of his American premies have drug .backgrounds. president Bob Mischler, who is now of Divine Light Mission,.was at one time an acid ireak, until he was arrested in the nude on a Greenwich Village street and brought to Bellevue Hospital for treatmert. (He later went West to Denver,'where t¡e helped found Denver Free University and'deveioped a.mystical following of his own in the Tr¡_L yoga Union before finding Maharai Jiand receivineknowl.9oge). A survey by Charles Cameron (describ.-ed as "our number one evangelist") for the book Who is Guru Mohora j J i claimed that 96% of the premies in_ terviewed said they,d used drugs. Of these, 6i% said_they'd used hallucinogens at least once a month. Half .regularly took other stimulantiãf ón" *rt o, another. Perhaps because of Rennie Davis' well_publicized if.appears that a great,uny oî rhe pre_ feminist could be found at the Astrodome, and she is "not all that typ.ical'". . rãiä'r'r"i '-'ìn Nuv,'l "^p"rience 972, Maharai Ji was asked if religion and go oolitics gô together. "sometimes they have to peo.ple governs th-e* ;o"g;É;" hJanswered. "Politics rél i gio n soverns thJpeople. i nfer na v, äTiï..i ív ""a ioii'itually. . .Ghandi wanted to make the Klngdom åi'p.uã".'Urt that is only possible when the King of påu"" ir here. . .Actually, the best politician is [the Perfect Master] , and he is the best spiritual master' too, because he knows politics and he knows every- lllyîIlj9l mtes have political backgrounds. But t¡1is is not the case. Tim GiJmore, a premie himself, took another survcy, this time of what the premieó did before re_ ce.iving Knowledge. Only 1},i(t characterised ihem_ selves as political activists. . Their political awareness, in fact, is I I slight, or at least hardly liberal. ln Denver, r.pi.seniäiivLioi tt,. local office of the lettuce boyóott have been consis- ' .tently frustrated in trying to enlist DLM's support. t^'TT'n"ur' the premies taf k, Maharai Ji is noy an im' oortant political force in lndia, with much lnlluence in uná oirt of the Congress Party' Yet this ¡¿y-be an. exiggeration. The prãmies say that in 197-1.in Pat Naril lnd¡a, Maharaj Ji's political enÚnies hil9.g a "Lo.rd.Christ," a play pres.ented at the Millenium, ,,be included a suggestion to content with your 1vages." No one commented. Scott Hess. á premie who used to be in SDS before seeing the Ligirt, says he would still not cooperate with the ¿raft,"Uui for : dtïlerent reasons. He owes his loyalty to Maharaj Ji,not to the state. Nor has the women's movement found a home in the ashrams. Mata Ji, the mother, has gone on at length in the past on the proper role ofwom"n. who are supposed.to.stay at home. Before Millenium, one y:Tu.n.rlo had played a.centralrole in establistring tne tntncate communications system for the festival suddenly found herself shut out of a hastily_o rsanized -iñ all-male communications central committeó. pniludelphia, the ashiam has a Divine Services. lnc..-in which "the men hire out as painters and ihe ilomen h.ire out as day maids." Stuårt Auspitz, wllo i¡ves in the ashram, says ,,lt's not what it seemó. We are aU just.doing service for Guru Maharaj Ji.'; nnj Rennie Davis says that many premies wno'usË¿ i" U" i"rni_ ntsrs have reported to him that Knowledge is the most liberaring vehicle availabte. Bur onty;#i;;;;; rã¡'t" ;;;ri;i; that the unarmed World Anotheç iñat some Hindus took offense at Maharaj iiiclaims to perfeation and gathered around the íroli", onty tó be bayonetted away by an armed World Peace CorPs. Wh"rr'.r. the American premies who have flocked i'ame from political back- . io fr¡uñâtui Jisince 1971 grounds, drug-using backgrounds, o.r, as many Bremles íaid, baókgrolnds of "just drifting" most seem to ,. ' ;" A new-¡mage Renn¡e Dav¡s announces the ',com¡ng of spr¡ngtime" on the last nis-ht of Mit-' lenium. Photo by B-¡ll King, . 6 WIN tr¡s víttâ and "ttá"twas pressed to hold them back', Þeace Corps .' havé beenburned out, victims of a vague weariness Uðfott finding him. lndeed, v-ift'ually.all premies now iharacteiize ifre¡r past lives-as consisting of little ;;;;ih";;earching for Maharaj Ji .without knowing of affluence ii. rrnoti of:them, tóo, are white childre.n who in one way or another intensely felt the succesof sive disillusionments of the sixties' In that series itional g tra.d from n i phani everyth es, ä"ptãtii n g epi lifestyle religions to governmónt to their parents' began iãäñ-tã¿ io bã discreditpd, and, as the seventies the altereven disarray, into feli movement the and nuiìu"t they sought to construct were revealed as' *"11, tot"'¿if¡trtt than originally thought' generation"l Ren"We are an incredibly crippled i nie Davis told the press in Houston, and Ð'LM and ciippled.":generation that that Nãnãi"il i are weli aware iiitreir cónstituency. The shows at the Astrodome ult-iniotpotuted refôrences to the sixties;'culminating ãÅ'éutui¿uv night when Blue Aquarius, the 56-premie in' Uun¿ f"ã by thãguru's brother Bhole Ji, launched i" tàã1"í of hlts from that decade accompanied by " show of atl the turmoil of that time. The a slide emotional grasþ of the program was tapgible. It was a way of saying: look what you've been through, all that pain, all that failed expelimentation, all thit iearching after phantoms' But herd, we give vou Certainty. "lf you're airborne,'l'[t4aharai Jisaid ín Houston," and even if your engines quit, you can sometimes land safely'" lt is a seductive pitch' Maharai f i offers other things as well: a religion that is noi discredited (although he will go out of his way to deny that his institutions comprise a relìgion at áll), and a noble social purpose (worldpeace). Theró'is an alternative allure as well, for DLM is planning to construct a utopian community, probably Photo bY B¡ll K¡n9. Followers of Kl¡shna and Jesus denounce the Guru' l .'. :;1. i¡jhe U.S., which will "show how humans somqwherq*ìNë'" ' ..1.' . .o'- .,are meant :Ì' . '8.ût.primarily, there is Certainty' The more con-' . siitant ieatures óf Mahara¡ ji's approach posit a mind/ spirit duality. lf left alone by the mind, the spirit would find l\4aharai .l iand thus inner pcace.' lt is the mind, though, that brings in doubts. Therefore, the mind must be ignored and the'ego subiugated. There is an assumption that spiritual minds simply do not keep reaching or searching for somethin.g else' that theie ¡s an Absolute Truth that cannot be found intellectually. So, you must distrust intcllectual'proand never doubt. During an interview last year' Maharai Ji asked his questioner if he would believe everything.he (Maharai what J'i) said. The questioner said he would believe he thought was true, to which the Suru a¡lswercd: "Then why bother to question me?. . .Only b)'tasting cesses, WIN 7 the fruit do we find out if the lemon is sour and the apple is sweet." ln another interview, wñrn ãrt"¿ if products of the intellect,.likernath u,iO .t,.rùtry, could be beneficial, he said ,,These have been'createO oy man. I hese cannot be good." And his followers unquõstioningly support this t"' al s m,^a r h o u gh. m a n áf i ñJÀ' u r. u.r. y i *rj ; i lr^.] :people. tu rnreltgent Remarked one premie when caught in a contradiction: .,,Oh, tträt's not ltiairara¡ 'ijî J i's words. That was me. I was'thinf.i";;; sa¡¿ ''' it as if he had commitre¿ a terriUle iin. i Mill.n¡ur aged woman sits in a coffee sl.rop. Acioss ihe laOle Tell a premie to do something anything and he will do ¡t. _They cope with stresiby conviñôing tt.r"rr"tu., to "flow with it.', They obediently do what they,re asked by anyone in a position of authority within the organization. And it is somewhat frightening. F.ol all new religions are subversivõ. They"distract .loyalties from the statg and if they dontt dissãive or stagnat€, they must eventually be adopted by that state. New religions also excite passions, and when those passions are under. the absolute control of one man, one 1.S-year-old boy, the political significance cannot be ignored. Not one of the over 5-0 premies interviewed at the Dome agreed that Matraräi li would be capable of an error in f uìgement. They *iít fol low him,anywhere. ;,rTnro Episodes is her I7-year-old daughrer, *r,ó *u, gãiÃ*iã ,turt schoot at Antioch in 10 days until anãshrãm was es_ tablished next door ro her Þhiladelpf.'l¡if.,om.."Sfrc reoeived Knowledge soon afrerworå, unJ Jr"i¿Jå'n.r I TI hey found Certainty, and now they obey. Arnng:ty? ,7'3 hadofficially closea, and a middle- to go to Antioch. The morher i, upr.i. SËãï"orpanied her daughrer to Miilenium ä"iy'Uãi""iã,rr" thoughr rhe daughrer woul¿ neverio,irc flärnä¡f l.f, at one. The morher nervousty r¡ n g"ii ä'irnuji' t'ur¿, distribured ar rhe Dome ov o;uinîfiehi'niirjå". says: "Guru Maharaj Jican give yo, "t¡f PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY FATHER r¡'Lr\ Paul { Spike {ó Knopf,1973 259 pp., $6.95 hardcover ff 'å*ïri-.'.$itf . an important secto Rights st¡uggle of I ' äutr*'[{:ftîåï[:îitr mysterious circumt ,Spike was a homos The author is Dr. spike's son, now 25. a creative writer who has since his earty y.outtr îJ"iiü Í"ld"i¡.n againsr mainstream America, with one irp"it""ä"ception: he is heterosexual. tu own life, about the difficult experienieiãï growing up in the 1960s. He wrires.abour rhe emprinái oî pr"p;.fii and college life, about the sexual gir., å hàtrrosexual pluvt, abgu!.no! and. booze, ãbort h is parrici parion Iu.!,g tn the tamous Colümbia University strike of 196b,';;d , for me, even though I have a lo[ in common y'L fa{ Snike and.migtr.ev-en,be a friend of his (ii i.tn.w htm) to get my mind off his father. Besides, the fòcal ..' ' point of this work is the death of the Rev. ór. Robert Spike. The final sentence, in the,book is: ,,father, t'áo' not understand your death,'n""' Shriver was. using this as a kind of blackPaul Spike probably doesn't know is that Shriver is well known i n the gay comm unity as a homophobe, fhat the Peace Corps under Shriver had a strict antigay policy, and that some gay liberationists refused to.vote for McGovern last year precisely because of Shriver's presence on the ticket. ln an ageéf ' 'political enemibs" iists and rampant violence (official and unoffi cial), wño coúld deny that a man like Robert Spike could be the yictim of a political assassination by the C.l.A., right-wi ng vigilantes, or hired assassins. But should we love Dr. S pike less if he was killed be- mail. What This book ís really a story of both men. paul Spike wrires.wirh grear love a.nd respect farher and his father's work. The a.ujlror.also *ritãi "6;;;;i, rnoiingty abour his so on. . lt is hard sexuality), \ caúseÏe had b4d luck with someonehe picked up on the , , street? Wh?t-if.Dr. Spike was in fact kilied when'a hidden pert of his soul was enjoying the sexy thrill of an autumR night, when that thrill was fatally interrupted by the bloody violence of a sexually repressed society? Dr. Spike himself could ,,understand" his murder equally well, whether it was political assassination or sexual psyctro'-pathy, as his son òhows us that old-fashioned church'púritanism was as much a target of his father's mind as white Dr. Spike was found. bludgeoned to death in a guest racism. in.9olum.bus, Ohio, on Oct. 17,1966. To piac_ fgoll To understand his father,s death, at least, paul Spike has tically all who knew him, Dr. Spike was a happily married to understand the sweeping presence of sexúal refression and devout minister, so it came as sorneth¡ng of á snoct in America. He needs to uñáerstand what motivates a when the Columbus police announced that ä n¡s room young gay Christian who feels the call of his church (for they found. "p_ornogiaphic magazinesii anJ a list of ,,sus_ such wa.s his f1t-her) to choose the straight life of the'min- . ' pect" bars in Columbus, ln other words, the cops projected istry,,wife.and the notion that this was jusî another queer murder. But Iamily, and he needs to understand the pain and. th-e price of such closetry. just Snjkg was not another queer, änd the police verQr. . . Unfortunately, instead of trying to understand these : s¡on ot the murder made.the national news. To this.day, Spike foolishly probès the ,,cause,' of his lntngs,:young the murder remains unsolved. i! ratner's homosexuality, reminding us repeatedly of how Robert Sp.ike was deprived of fatñerly lóve in his child_ - Paul Spike is willing ro accept rhe possibility that his father was murdered by a sexual pickiû0. But he outs nood. . thts psychoanalytical drivel, which carrics over inforrh some convincing evidence rbr an älteinltiu.iñããrv_ tg P?u.l Spike's p¡esumed self-awaréness, is nãt f,.tp¡rt that this was a political assassination, and,the homosexúal all.,lt seemstiùr of place.in.thç.writingí of a would-be "i i angle was used to discredit a civil rights leader and at the rebel, same time cover up the truth aboutlhe murder. ' 'll' The autlîor of this book has presumably writtcn u *,iit jacket of the book describes Dr. Spike as .. Th" dust of great.love, but clearly he does noi låu, í¡,. purt of f,¡i '1r.. "perhaps the most important white ma¡¡ among the leader_ father that is homosexual. ln the u*V noof.iritten to ship of the black civil rights movement during-the early eulogize his farher, paul Spike comes âcros, ui iÌãi_rrat.r. sixties," and Paul Spike provides enough biographical áata . His prep school teachers include one Mr. Fendler: ï,Mr. ' ' " to su_pport this view. At the time of hls dedr-h, br. Spike Fendler is an obn-oxious little man. Hè hangs-around the was fighting hard to save the Child Developlnent Group of wrestlers and most everyone agrees he is a qîeer.,, paul Mississippi. The villa.in in_that episode wui n. Sargent ;Spike doesn't tell us whether tlhe wrestlers weìe obnoxious9l,r_luqr, then head of the Office of Ecoriirmio Opportunity , or not. And then there's Mr. Keller, a disciplinariän who (OEO), which wanred to rerminare tfr. Vf isiìrr¡ppi pro¡e"i. speaks "in an effeminate voice.,, Wã are not told whether Dr. Spike told his son that Sargent Shriver was',,bne oî the there are.any disciplinarians at school who speak in a mas_ nastiest men I have ever met.,' He added that Shriver culine voice; perhaps there were none. And finally, there ,,The threatened_him, saying F.B. l. knows about you, is Ted, the minister who,.according to paul Spike's'account, Reverend Spike!'.' mLge.a disagreeable drunken play îor our author and . TÌe implicatibn young Spike drew from this was that spilled the beans about tris fathei. He is made our to be the F.B.l. knew about his farher's homosexualiry (;;bi_ the worst person in the whole book. l,don,t know any. . WIN 13 thing about Ted. and he was drunk, obnoxious and indiscreet, but oer Tavbg watchi;;;he'Ä;;'d;'[To'.f Kafy's.Piece", raised behind her pratform. when Redford- #ii¿i'Ji',.*.ïln.l*r, as Hubbett,.rhe super jock_relts t she woutdn,r have losi the f"ti;k; ctosgf case, taughing i;; Ëåîiirll, ,, r," having his son-tove "r t'í,f fàï,ì,t I'dl, ln.{ *u, nor. Paut Spike, can,r vou rov. your iati'.;';;h;;.rosexuat 9f X "tli he was? And whú do you É;;; i;;;;,i;äi;*" sexuality with suóh herero_ overoeanng emphasis? These.anri-say pur_dow", ;ä;i;;;;b; hatf so bad_l coutd catt ir ,,honesr writing,, iiih;i Ji;;:T;ave furiaring counrer-ooint. he;;íËîiå'iride an in_ about Wñçn his farher's associárion wil., lämes'ijåiãïìi,'aTr.n cinrberg, and rhe bohemian-s h; Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, paul Spike fails to rhe reader, or himsetf, ur" qr"rrr, ¿;;;;äiär,"?irl. ih;;ñ"¿'öpi! i:i'"0 On: of paul Spike,s few insights into homophobia comes yl_._".1.t. norices angrity that rhä ¿h;;; är"iåälirr,r"nt, once rhe homosexual ang.le.is ¡ntro¿r.rà murder, seems to diminiíh iß ,.;prc;;;; uïìiä t¡,.,.,, of tn, r.,l"i"in"r. young Spike expresses his ourrage, but ii ;;r;;;Å;itow Jv Jrrcr given the rest of the b'ook. , Paul,Spike needs a good dose of gay liberation; then _ maybe he can begin ro u,nderstand hi; f";h;;eath, and more imporranr, he can ree¡n to láv; r¡rJ hiriåi'r.,Ëi¡" raL¡¡ç¡ r,i, full reality. l meantime, I want to say thank you to paul ^ .ln tlr. for_presenring us.this portrâil;i Spike ;uiäy brorher, the Rev. Dr. Roberr Snik¡, who Uri¡*.ã1,å-íought for freedom and. jusrice and.Christian ¡¿"u1, ar'1.li!äw rhem. It is a portrait well worth reading. fr", rt ¡iõà rûait and ll: ctoserry,, it is ctear toïe tlral ä.orlspir, *rrc 1::lll:roday' he wourd armost arve certainry be one of 'those few mi n isters i nside the protestant. estuO f isf, meiiipeaking out courageously in favor of a Chrjstian role in the-gay liõer_ ation movemenr, firmly rejecring tf,. f.,"riá"äãrjs nor¡on rnar nomosexuals do not live w¡th the grace of God. Allen Young is a graduate-g.f Cotumbio and is active in Gây Liberation. I went to see The Wav We Were for two cause Roberr Redforá rurns me on; ånJ o o reasons: first, be- ;;;;, spokesw";;;;;;;;ce and aic to Loyatisr Spain. A hardcore ra¿icat, Áerïñoi.-i¡r.'L1,. volves aro^und. hér potirics, making ;";;i;ensional woman. She is a dvnamile speakãr, unã uloné'point, at an rally, she.comes ciose to tiansiorming llli_lonrlliprion the entire audie.nce, which has been largely ió"ifrr¡r, to antiwarriors. She loses theír sympathv ¡, tfrï""å,ïowever, when she gers hysrerical ut ,.äinÁ p.uce á h;i. iir;,';,;;; I4 WIN But ,f.," f.,ua funny f urjfl"a rhar ir was her attitude. more than just her politics, which made "fiming in,' difficutr Noted craftswoman Kar¡n Thies Diclâ wilt conduct three.wofKsnops' covering a var¡eiv -' Of basíc technlqUeS ln macrame, off-theloom weav¡n9,. potlgfy, mak¡ng simÞle qlfts and creatlve gllt packaglng, The worklhoDs will be helcl at WRL headouarrci<- " 339 Lafaye-tt_e Street,.from f to + p.ìn.ån November 24, December 1, and g. Thi<-j. a benefit foi the WRL so a minimum Ããi-is requ¡red tor aOm¡ss-¡än triþution of $25 to any. one 01 the sessrons. call (212122Ao450 for info. rs . o D f- ñ;;:-Ë;õ'iirYü, u radicat robor whose abiliries did not extend ãiJghi"g or dancing ulvthj ns,, r-egu tar,' q;"ttù;:'Ää' :lj:1leand obiecr of cruet jokd rr.,. became rhe subjecr rha; r;;eàj üorn *irc cracks about Russia to reterences to her unattractiveness. Through rhe various miracles ãi moî.inïiu¡r-making, Suly uli Hubbeil fal in overrook Hubbell's lack of comm¡tment, and he jrrt Irt, f,ãi-rui""^ about rhe Stare of rne WortJ riiiÀãrijlliËl,i"i. They mud_, dle through an affair. spending wonderful nigñïs in bed, and disasrrous eveniiss,wirh Érú#lt ;ilil';iå snoory fríends. lr is at rhe eã.rman.påãärili rf,"i r"rv,, strength and poignancy are most ezident. Hei poritics and made it impoisibte fo, ¡,", io lulsïät'crude To_1l¡tv ¡okes about war, starvation. and Roosevelt,, J.åiflfuno friends rhoughr of hei as ,"r.ty ,om"oiË;;ä;;;Hubbell,s ¡ D D Attend the'Northwest Ohio Fellowsh¡ô ôr Reconc¡liat¡on Workshop. December i ã a tove.'-k;i'äü;;;: wanted lover's cloak of-her serio friendrlip. Stl, *ui usn ess, and thäy ååä',";,"iii1í"Ji:;?il1'f ij3,il3'-y;'¿1,:;' posTcARDS. I'm sitk.screen¡ng postcafds from my paper cuttings. Approi. 5'; t];prlnteq in white on lovely. papçrs, W¡Íi s-erio you 9 for $lrppd. Mark Morr¡s, eoi à8, "Poe, MILITARY BUDGET. , .THE TFIII _ LION DOLLAR RAT HOLE, a on+oàóã teållet explaln¡ng what constiucuve Liõcould be made of the money used on tne military. S€nd for a sampte. tt Í¡t<ê-¡t. you can get a!jnany as you needVou for d¡s_ tributlon FREE. White House Da¡tv Mãer- iffiä; u"uOf dersrand made and respecr her sensiriviry. Át.one pái"i, N AM atack on his friãnJi;'*ll-Ër, "itriraty 1!ur.ti21t?ry.heavy an exasperated Hubbeil reils her that carrying-theürlä!ns of the world on her shoutders won'r eise'an;;;;;Ë;; v¡ ¡Y vrJv '- -' ' / J iå# î, yLËX: f å:il',.,'JîJ;llX; bu , ft.rtr .. The *1i1,:i yl",fi tg, tlves. H_andmade Chr¡stmas holiday g¡ft tags. 25 to_ a pkg.-sol per single pâckaqe. 2 oâck_ ages f or $l.OO, minimum order $l.Oo. ïaos macte from used Chr¡stmas cards_an eæ_ - West t rogtcat ava¡ l- reet, j,#J.r[*.Ìli{,iff t$î$i*, Prisoners_collecilng stamps. Donat¡ons of stamps, Atbumx' Books, Anythinq ph¡¡_-' at_ettc needed. Terry L Ftower; plo.iå.' 83o¿t-stat¡on B- Linðotn, lveorìdxa' oãåoz_ XMAS coming. Children's wards need fí n' H't f; f. :q''. butlons sratef ul lV accepted A' Li nden B ffi L:råä*il: ñ,lg:rf 11b..:r 3,t: " ality differences berween radicals While a trifte overbtown, rh.e ,6ry""d1h;;;;f society. ;;";;i; rh;r" BOOK commun_ icarion saps in a wav so reatisríc it ís ;o;åji[. psychodrama rhan a work ór " ; uiãi.n... Many wiil rhink rhe ending or ir.,iräir-äs sao, ror 5atv. had tosr her one rrue roí" un¿ Hrtúåìr *"r unabre ro fìnd happiness üe;iriñå to. wy fr"tln tne laijsc;;;ï.ry is staffing the firsr Ame¡icans, tiving as t¡,"iãi¿ land, co_unting the cloud-s."nA ,ír"i, ã;i;;;äili in potírics. She is now rurr¡.J iã-'olil;'i. invotved ä;É"", and no *iif, ,äipu., for the thrgugh.^ by violence and deceit. No chapter in American history is.more s{¡ameful than the rreatmenr meted our to rhe firrt i"f,.L"iü"lJof There is no wav we can .o,np"nr"t"-ìñä-inä¡.n,th¡, lrnd. for rhe betrayal imposid on them- Aut we ."n,larni from them, *ii oi radical pomtcs where her somberness *iJl g.o unchallenged and her anger unchecked. As tong.as radicis sóo" needs first, without consiãeration of tîe f.elines and oriengf"society in general, we will O. ,u.riiiüng our com_ !!j1s mtrmenl tor our egos, and I think our dreams mu"st lead ui farther than _Wendy Schwartz Ygrdy schwartz is.pn the Executive Commitià'à laor Resisters League, ond she hr; grä';';;;;"ofof tne humor. ,l;riñg;;;;;" :icÅ!ï'ü;:i;:il",å"î:î-?J,ïil;!"¿îtyf; :1:ï: natives of our commor The 1974 peace Calendar contains not only quotes qph from a.nd s ra tem e" t,; á ;;;il;ï, that. " i I I ¡ I lif iiì,î,Jï:i il" ros,a phs for justice f or ra(m J^91{-\¡J-HE-SIF.UGGLE fti*i"i.f#j:r,iiËlil"r,r'm;ft s ., . ,. ,. nArai,y'. , i 9275 of the 1974 (Please add 1Ùolo Plc¡se send my $5 for two t^- I cnclosc "r'àrp¿io of a total Ë1:1';:'.î*;ïll"ïlH'ïi,Lr;i:xíì:iiïy'lJ:i or struggles to ou.iroäãîer Brooklvn accenr. WhiIe I beIieve rt uiïór-poteîilaii#Jånt,nrmerit is grearer ar rhe end than when ,r,. *iir.l'liiubrll, I ."n,t help.but be upset by her return to ttre womb wãY' westrield' 'i The Peace Calendar is r unique and inexpensive gift that will be in use each dey and remembered the whole year . jr. visions wíth the idte rictr I amaques a bound volume for your permanent i and anguish ;t[;:f#ä;; iì'li:ïr'xt;jl,:,1,*" .. ollr rþ;t ;; we.becoming aware of tiie wisdom of r0 blank pages for notes and advance appointments in 197b: 128 page, Sth' xBt/2", wire-bound and flat-opening; the calendar pages can be removed when the yäa, isäuer. ' , Seieced by Dotores Mglr!f:, and w¡th a sþéciát intro_ lr_:liql by. D c k c.r e so ry, tn e rci q I e a ceë; H ã ; ; ää ;; ö;;;i Ñr-diåå?. I I , a'listing of peace organizations and periodicals, Ameri_ can and foreign leâving THE 1974 WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE PEACE CALENDAR AND APPOINTMENT plus, All procêeds go tfie the Deâce group of the purchaser's cho¡ce. Che¿ks can þe made out direcily to the Deace group, w¡th an enclosed correcilir addressed ano-stamped envelope to the oeace qrouo enctosed ¡n _the order. Order f rom: -Mur¡el a page for every week in the year I We Were captuies the Ëssence of the person-Way longer irons..her.hair I hâve been ¡ncarcerated for 4 years and glly wiil be out tn a few months, would like.to hear from anyonp. W¡t¡ .qgpqf Ê5:åtili b:".l,'t.fl s i ? L3, quette, M¡chisan 49955. * and our intensity depr.siing.'' "f "li.ä,.,"à"rn, ings are mixed,. however. Hall, Columbia University, N.y.C. lto27. Storefront food-coop needs g6,5OOr¡n low lnterest or interest-free loan-to be paid back in one year. An idea come ot ãõJ¡n a communfty ready to support a food coop but withou$ suffic¡ent seed bread, ll t you can help, or know who can. olease contâct: RSK or PWK; lV L¡fej iìesources: 892 cam¡no Det suÍ; tóta V¡sta;cA-gJòj7' t20 Marytand Ave., ¡l.e-, waìnÍnélä, DC 20002. cZO LØSA6 ,, TI¿"9River EIL"II Tlowr and ;;î.ul. a Ban rhe Bomb rabte in the streei, Two Chlleån unlvers¡ty stuüeñts are in of jobs here ln,New Vork. tf any WIN readers can offer them employmênt or lefü them to someone whe.can.-.Þleâse contact: Jonathan Lee, 706 B Car'fiàn -.!,e_qg ing, l'ouå' n%Ë."å .;;;i;ì considera- .,I *pp";'b;u'ie fi'ti;;i; 11 RT AM ff iliå#åTl:låfliyÇËl,l¡i'Ë.r,å'fiä,* tion, I thínk. because m.aly of us, in or. ,.ul-tãuË UälopuUlió haved tike her, and lost of it, as she T" the generat pubiic, ;-t",ã; 9i9. onry on the evening news and for whom pouértv iiu ãàndition that exists on the other side t,iù", are ex_ cessive f., 3 K.C., M surmountable and they part. lt it easy for people,.to sympathize with Katy: .. ,_ those who agree with her oolitics are of courr.!riri the thoughttess and .urrors ;;r;;r;il;.'JJåä¿ to ,ondrrnn her, ;;;" mpersti able, toad.. She The movie s_et then shifts to Hollywood, where the now_ married Katy and Hubbell ur, ,truglting to iroOuce a film from Hubbell,s moderately ,u.crrif"rl ,ñuãll'lt is the 50,s, 1ï We are startlng an alternative communtfv in rural.Ma¡ne dedicated to cooperàtìve-' and honest personal interaction'and activesociat change efforts-we are loot