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August 12,1976
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FEACE AND FREEDOM TH.RU NONVIOLENT.ACTIQN
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Women, Land and,'Power
Looking toward the Gay Movement's Future
Continuinþ Terror at Marion Prison
Holly Neai Talks About Her Music
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consider themselves loyal citizens of
The contribution by Leo Kbhn was
Israel and want, not a nation oftheir
entitled-"A Letter from the \{'est Bank"
own, but more power within Israel. On
lWlN,7 /15/761 and accompanied by a
the West Bank, the Arabs still consider
picture from thç West Bank. These
themselves citizens of Jordan,.whose
decisions (which I assume were made
relations with the PLO are about the
by the editors rather than the author)
same as Israel's. The only talk I heard
unfortunately added to confusion
on the West Bank about¿ ohange in
rather than enlightenment. Although
national allegiance related to thè
Leo Kohn's letter mentions his visit to
common West Bank dream of
Hebron and brings up, in passing, the
,emigrating to Canada. Much as it may
demonstrations on the West Bank, the
around
the
dismay those busybodies
bulk of his letter deals with the situation
world who feel the urge to encourage
in the Galilee. The detailed.
national self-determination even among
descriptions, quotations ol interviews,
those "peoples" who don't consider
and analysis are all based on his visit to
themselves nations, modern
Nazareth. Since most of your readers
"Palestinian Arab nationalism" is
are not intimately acquaínted with the
essentially a propaganda scheme by
comple¡ details of thè situation in Israel
which the right-wing oil dictatorships 'r 'i and the lVest Bank-including its
intend to conquer Israel, permanently
geography-they may wrongly conclude
and totally dispos'sess both the Jews
from yout layout that what Iæo Kohn in
and the Palestinian Arabs in whose
describing, quoting, and analyzing
name the conquest is to be prosecuted,
refers to the West Bank oooulatioñ.
and create an authoritarian, totalitarian,
when in fact it refers to the'Arab
imperialist Arab superpower which can
'population within Israel.
exact extortionate terms from the
_MRBERT C.IGI,IYIAf{
Communist world to the East and the
Combrldge, lìflars.
capitalist world to the West.
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New York, N.y.
Photo by Maík Morris
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The mammoth Yippie banner said not
"Stop Gov't Spyiñ!" but.,STOp S-1.,'
The biggest bãnnei I've ever seen,
mounted on flexible bamboo rods. It
swayed mightily in the wind July 12th
as we surged down 7th Avenue past the
Americana Hotel where Jimmy Carter
was staying (see photo.)
_-The o,olice werè incredibly cordial.
They said we had to stay onihe
sidewalk but were unperturbed when
we seized the street-lettins us so thru
Times Square during 5:ü) oTcloci rush.
They didn't even get upset when
hundreds & hundreds õfjoints were
tossed out,
"You wouldn't arrest me, would you?
if I picked up one of those, " a cautiõus
young woman asked.
- "Hell, no,"
for me."
said the cop, "Get one
It wasn't very high quality grass but
we all got off. It was that sort of day.
Wish yould all been there.
_MARKMORRIS
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we_re
Wesûrort. fünn.
two huge yippiebanhers
displayed o-ut-side l\ladis^dn Square
Garden at different times. Onè said
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spying" and the
other,*n
It's a shame that WIN allows itself to
become a forum for such virulent
anti-Israeli propaganda as Leo Kohn's
:'4 _Lgfgr from the West Bank', [WIN,
7/15/761.
l) "The whole thing (riots
on the
West Bank and in the-G'alilee) seemed
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similar to the events of the 1960's in
the US: peaceful demonstrators being
beaten andlor shot by the soldiers or
police followed by the protesters'
èscalation into low level violence."
I was on the West Bank at that time.
so
Action by soldiers and police was not
followedby protesters'escalation-the
action followed the escalation. Most
incidents arose when crowds of
rock-throwing youths besieged vehicles
transporting soldiers. Massive rockthrowing at point-blank range is not
"low level violence. " '
2) "First, an Israeii court ruled that
Jews could once again ptay on the
Temple Mount in Jerusalem, one of the
Moslem's holiest olaces.
, It is becoming dbit of a bore seeing
this nonsense about how the Temple
Mount, sacred beyond compare tõ world
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Jewry, is "one ofñ the MosÏems'holiest
places being related in the media. The
American press constantly harps on the
theme of the Mount as being "the third
holiest site in Islam-after Mecca and
Medina."
Moreover, the entire matter is moot.
Shortly after Kohn wrote his article in
April, the Israeli supreme court reinstated the ban against Jewish prayer
on the Mount in order to keep thè
peace. Some time between then and
mid-July, a note to this effect could
have been inserted in this ouidated
article.
3) "It was reported that the government expropriated 15ü) acres of Arab
land in the Galilee... and only 1000
acres ofJewish-owned land... The issue
is not the disproportion ofthe land
seized.
No land has bern "seized" from
Arabs or Jews. The so-called
"expropriation" is simply the Israeli's
infelicitous English rendering of the
Hebrew for the process we call in the US
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"eminent domain"-i.e., when a
government needs a piece ofland for a
socially useful purpose in Israel or New
Jersey, it has the right to purchase it at
a fair price, subject to review by the
courts,
4) "In Nazareth, Rakah, the
rCommunist,' i.e., nationalist, Arab
party in Israel... "
It is astounding that Kohn puts
quotation marks around the word'
Communist when characterizing Rakah,
whose name consists ofthe acronym for
"Communist Party"'in Arabicl Then, in
the same breath as he denies that Rakah
incited the distuibances, he proceeds to
quote the Mayor of Nazareth on the
supposed activities of soldiers during
thè riots-without identifying him as
Israel's onlv Rakah elected offrcial.
5) "An eäfightening point for those
who see the PLO threatening the
existence of Israel behind any Arab
opposition to the government... is that
Nazareth youth se'em uninterested in
Palestinian Arab national autonomy.
Both times when I insistently asked if
they wanteþ an indeþendent state, .
different groups of y-oung people said
no."
The fact of the matter is that Arab
residents of the Galilee bv and l¡roo
(Iptúers eontlnued on
pqþ 21.)
Many people in the movement constantly find their mailþoxes fullof mail. Being involved in the movement means
beìng. on many mailing lists and that mgans always being
asked for money.
.'When the appeal is for someone's defense comm¡ttee ¡t,s
easy to give-the money is for a specif¡c purpose; and once
the trial is over there are no more appeali. Civing t'o an organization is easy too-the money goes for projects and
action, you can see the results. Religious organizations have
fund appeals. The United Way has fund appeals, so does the
Red Cross.
When the appeal comes from a publication however,
people find it harder to give. Once the subscription price is
paid, everyone expects the newspaper or magazine to appear
leguiarly.. .Time and Newsweek never ask for money. National
Geographic supports itself .
WlN, however, is neither Iime nor Newsweek (thank
goodnèss!) WIN is the weekly magazine of the Movement;
and it's the people in the Movement who keep us going. The
money that you give WIN won't directly get someone out of
jail or.organize a demonstration; but it supports the national
exposure WIN gives to people trying to do those things and
more.
You find WIN in your mailbox every week. And in WIN
most weeks you f ind a f und appeal. When you get appeals
from other groups you can ignore them and probably never
hear from those people again. lf WIN's fund appeals disappear, WIN may disappear too.
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and an endless succession oi "little" wars around the world,
how can you afford to go without the news WtN brings you oÎ
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4. Women, Land and Power
Elana and Blackberry
7. A Second Five Year Plan For the
Cay Movement / Fag Rag
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11. The Continuing Terror at Marion
Prison Scott Myers and
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Murray Rosenblith
12. Patriotic Bore / Tuli Kupferberg
14. Holly Near Takes ltto The People
Donald Monkerud
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All I Am; A
Wendy Schwartz
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lffarn€fir Land and Poweil
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The first land b<¡ught by the Women's Trust in
Oregon. Photos by Elizabeth Freeman.
Sixtv women from California, Oregorr and
wãshlhgton held the first Oregon Women'.s Land.
iowl-t änference in October,-1975,to make a
àiearñreal¡ty. However, the legalities of being a
non-orofit organization and of tax exempt status
¡;;J*d a tvit". of structure which wasn't
compatible with their needs. Afte.ç turning away
from alienating institutions, tþey were now
forming an ¡nstituiion of theii own and struggling
to keep it non-rigid, but still meeting the corporate
requir'ements. T-hese women, who gain their serise
of unitv through ritual circles where each woman
has thé attent-ion of the group and whose activities
erow spontaneously andorganically, wanted to
6r¡ng what they hail found f'rom this way of life to
owl.
ELANAand BLACKBERRY
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ln J une, 1975, a groúp-of countrywomen came
ioeethe'r at a Wo-manShare workshop (a womèn's
iãt"t"äiin-iouthàrn oregon) around the theme of
r;i;ã-, cl"ti ãnd Powe-r." cognizant of the diÊ
f ¡.rli¡ãtit ut women have in getting land and
;;¡;Ël"i"ta livelihood on it, thev came to the
conclusion ihat a land tr,ust was one solution to
E ana (formly Elaine Mikels)was a CNVA Voluntown worker a nd an organizer of AVILA. She now
lives in an all- *o^en' í communitY i n Wolf Creek,
Oreeon and is a feminist writer.
elÃ1iøinri ¡i lt:".¡n¡{twriter who has recen.tlv
."tàã1"fuolf Creek,'Oregon from the Bay Area'
which gave their life economic and emotional
iiáUil¡ñ,. lt is no coincidence that feminists living
inìñé.ãrntry and working toward the develop- '
r"niof a ne* social ordeishould strive to have
land and the resources.o(r which
ä;i;ol
""ä¡their
iË;;;;t; directlv dependent. The challenge to
.órhiiv*o-en
to äevelop ecolo.gically sound
oractic'es of living and farming has given impetus
[ó it u¡. cause. Tñeir desire to share their energy,
skills and woman power, to give support to one
;;iË, hái lé¿ thet qúite naturallv to the idea of
collectiúe ownership and collective living'
The land trust gives city women an opportunity
to experience rural living before making a.com-iinient to a new lifestyle. There they will have
inãoppo.turiity to deveiop survival skills' Within
ii;;rJättuniti"s, wómèn are movingandtoward
less
U".ãt i n e i ncreasin gly self-suf ficient
deoendeñt on male-dominated institutions'
Wä."n ih the country are demystifying those
iritiiiãqr¡r"d for proïiding thóir own food and
shelter.
ih" Oregon Women's Land (OWL) tru.st is a
non-p.õt¡i ãrgan ization, founded to acqu i re land
for women and preserve it in
' collectively
oerpetuitv. Recognizing that most women are
äoni¡ned io cities with lim¡ted f inancial resources,
OWI g¡u"t women the opportunity.to have access
to lanð for homesteading and farming, camping
and retreats. Women need time and space to reclaim their culture. To hold land in trust
ãiirn¡"äiéi ðwnãr/tenant power divisions and in;;;; thú;otectíon of larid from exploitation and
speculation.
Thev created a structure of a "circle of servênts
of 13"'rather than a Board of Directors, and had
working collectives instead of committees, which'
would ðisband as soon as a particular job was
done. Decisions were made by consensus among,
ihos" pt"t"nt. A member was any woman who felt
identiiied with the organization' Leadership came
from those wômen who had time and energy for
this endeavor; it changed as new women became
involved and óthers became less so. ln order that
everv rívoman had the opportunity to take part in a
discússion a rattle was þassed around the circle
and only the holder was empowered to speak'
WhoWould Occupy the Land?
The diversity of the group made this a difficult
ouestion and one that was discussed whenever
*o."n connected with OWL got together during
the following months. And what about male residents, male visitors, children, male children after
a certâin age? lt was agreed men would not be
allowed to leasd land held by thetrust or vote in
the organization. Howeverr some felt.that if men
are acõepted on this basis this would be treatingthem asiecond class citizens. Making land avail,able
to all women, some who want men on the
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land and some who do not, is an issue still being
discussed. OWL members feel the need to be
open to all women and envision holding many
pieces of land where ultimately each-group of
women will work out the character of their community. At this f irst conference, it was agreed that
i¡," f¡rit piece of land purchased by OWL would bê
solely for women, for women's celebrationsf summer éamping and as a permanent home for as
manv rejidents as would be ecologically sound'
Wheh the conference ended, organizational tasks
had been assumed and pledges to the amount of
$4,000 had been made.
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The office collective settled in at their headouarters in Eugene, answered mail, put out newsiätt"rt and articles, prepared the incorporation
oãóã* ãna d¡d somé fund-raising. By the time the
seèond conference of OWL was held at
WomanShare, this group of women had become
adept in the buildinþ of the organization ' The
issue of class was a major concern at this meeting
ànd members felt the lànd trust should make an
effort to reach working class women' Two groups
of wbmen met to discuss their problems.and interests: women who had land and were living in
lmall communities, and women who were looking
îor land and funds to buY it.
Large
or Small?
Bv Mav. 1976, atthe time of the third conference,
thã choiêe had been narrowed down to two
oroperties: a large holding of two square miles in
ihe'wilderness oÍ northern California , and147
acres in southern Oregon. The California holding
' was especially attractfve to 13 womenwho iilong .
*¡ttr tne¡r six bhildren had previously been evicted
from their home in Mendocino County, and were
camÞing on the land with the owner's
' now
permissiön. Íttey hoped !o purchase. part of this
änd wanted OWL to buy ihe rest to develop a
. , matriarchal village. lt is beautiful.mountairious
land with numerous meadows and a river on its
southern border: The river, however, was far from
the road and possible hou3e and garden sites,.
which meant water cbuld be a problem in the late
summer months. The asking price of $225,000 was
a concern even though the price per acre was very
low.
The Oregon land was nestled at the end of a
withipen fields and framed with a wooded
ridgä. lt has ãn old large log cabin house which
traJhad an addition built on to it and has been
modernized with gas refrigerator, stove, and
lights: lt has an aitesian spring th.at provides
rrTnning water for the house and the run-off from
two poñds irrigates the vegetable garden ' There is
also'a green hõuse and chièken coop-barn. The
closest-neighbor lives out of sight about % of a
mile away. lt is 13 miles from Cany.onville,
Oregon, á small town, which could possib.[y
orov-ide'emplovment for women if needed or a
blace for a imáll business. The land is close to a
main highway which provides access to several
òther wõmenis communities in the area. The price
was $65,0(X) which was quite reasonable considering that it is a developed pieceof property'
The ñomen at the conference had a sense of
antic¡pat¡on, excitement and apprehension
valley
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because a number of them had invested time and
energy in the search for land and many had
developed close ties to these separate and very
different pieces. They feared that a decision on
one of the two parcels might cause a split in the
organization. Would OWL movetowards building
a large matriarchal village in a remote area or
would it establish smaller individual communities
separate from one another, each with dífferent
purpos"t being dependenton the characteristic of
ihe'particular land? The California land was large,
remote and less developed than the Oregon
holding which was more modest in size and more
centraäy located for Oregon women as well as
being close to other women's communities.
ln contrast to the first two conferences, the third
did not start with a ritual circle but quickly got
,down to the business at hand. The rattle was
passed and each woman stated what her primary
èoncern was, which land shepreferred, and the
reasons why. There were six women who supported the California land. The plight of.the 13
women who were without a place to settle and
wanted OWL to purchase part of the California
land was a situaiion whicli concerned all'
The ouestion arose "whv must we decide on
eithei land now, why not wait to find a large
holding which the California women and OWL
could zupport together?" But many of the women
who had been spending months doing organizational work felt the need to put some of their
energy into developing a community. now- seeing
the dräam become'a reality. lt was also felt that a
piece of land accessible to women in Oregon could
help stimulate greater interest and support for
OWL as well aiproviding a permanent home for a
small group of worñen and a short-term retreat for
those women still living in the city. To purchase'
the Oregon land now was feasible, as the necessary moñey for the down-payment had been
raised.
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A Second
The women who had expressed negative
feelings toward the buying of the Oregon land
were asked again to express their reasons and to
state their position once more. lt was diff icult to
separate the personal feelings around this issue
from what might be best for the group as a whole.
Three stipulations came out of this: (1) the next
effort would go toward the acquisition of a larger
and more isolated piece, (2) that the land would
also be bought whích would meet the needs of
working claés and third world women, and (3) that
OWL would oppose logging.
"Do we vote-now or what?" the chairwoman
asked. Voting was something they had never
done. They hãd always felt a consensus. '-'Hug the
woman on your left if you are for buying- the Oregon land,"'someone joked. The circlqof women
ianted downward as-each woman embraced the
next. The tension broke and a sense of unity came
back to the group. The meeting ended with the
'women makìng monthly pledges that totalled over
$200 per month and seVeral assuming responsibility'toward the legal tasks of purchasing the
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land.
The next conference will be a celebration on the
land and work groups will take care of the immediate ngeds. The women gathered in a circle '
reinforcing their love and concern for each other
with songs and chants.
Women loving women have strong faces
women on the land are sÛong women.
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CONTACT:
OWL is begi¡ning major fund raising activities, a
sþeaker's bureau, and possible grant applicaJior¡.s.
OWL needs your help in many ways. Please åenö
all contributions, monthly pledges and inquiries to
Oregon Women's Land, PO 17'13, Eugene, Oregon,974O1. Make checks payable to.Women's
Þlace, Oregon Womenls Land. Brochureb are
available.
Five Year Plan
For the Gay Movement
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All movements thatta:hieve any degree of success face the problem of co-optation.
The temptation is always there io settle for tangible gains now, ratherthan holding
out for the distant, difficult dreams that gave birth to the movement in'the first place.
I think this is partícularly true of gay liberation.
After the ebb of the s¡jlendid f luriy of radical gay activity following the Stonewall
uprising in 1969, it seemed that all that was left were gay capitalists clawing their
way to monetary success. Cay seemed to mean disco dancing, bars, Fire lsland and
loving J udy Carland. I found this all pretty diff icult to relate to.
Reðently there are signs of a resurgence of radical gay activity. ltem: the strong &
vocal gay presence in the J uly 4th Philadelphia demonstration. l've never seen in a
coalitión'march so many gay women & men, so many gay banners & signs. ltem: the
four days of gay demonstiations sponsored by the National Coalition of Cay Activists
at the Democratic convention.
Among the handf ul of periodicals that have kept alive a radical gayvoice is Fag
Rag, aqúarterly tabloid éollectively produced in Boston. flere, from their 5th
anñiversary issue, is their "second Five Year Plan." The Fag Rag collective
presents this not as a f inished statement but as a proposal. They w_elcome feedback.
Please write them at Box 331, Kenmore Station, Boston, Mass. O7rau.
-*^rk
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The spirít of Stonewall lives. Despite rumors to
the contrary, the butterflies of '69 are still alive
and not about to be pinned down on some mil-'
lionaire's drying board. Fag Rag has struggled in
our f irst five years to keep alive that spirit of rage,
revolt and resistance that began on Christopher
Street. ln 1976 , as in 1971 , we look forward, not
back. We will not mourn an alleged death of the
sixties.
Susan Saxe speaks to and for us when she says:
. . .We have failed to do enough talking about
whatwas right. We have swallowed the myths
created by the government and the media that the
6Os are dead, that our political protest was just
some Íorm of adolescent trauma, a psychological
reaction to our parents, like swallowing goldfish or
cramming phone booths. . .To believe this myth is
lvlembers of the Fag Rag collective working on
this stateme nt include Salvatore Farinella, John
Itttitzel, Jacqueline Wieners, Edward John Camp,
Freddie Çrèenfield, Lee Tennyson, Robert M.
Dargon, David Emerson Smith, fom Reeves,
Michael Thompson, Charley ShivelY, Loften Elvey
Jr.
Morris
The l ag Rag banner, carried by Freddie Creenfield and Charlie
Shively, in the Cay Pride March in New York, lune 27 , 1976. Photos by
Mark Morris.
Aug.12, 1976 WlNT
focheatourselves outofour past, andworse, to
-\-qhea(ourse/ves out of our future.
Despite errors, despite contradictions, despite
-failures-we were doing the right thing at the
right time.
-Our
f irst five years have been largefy taken up
oppressive institutions with emphasis
in
attacking
.
on zaps, mãrihes, demon strat ion s, conferences,
manifestoes and interminable meetihgs. Our most
common experience has been the consciousnessraising groups out of which a generation of
activisllis emerging. All these devices have been
valuable and willfind uses in the future, but.we.
cannot simply repeat good things we have done in
the past. That would be as great an error as those
who call the Stonewall Revolt distasteful or unnecessary.
The Fag Rag collective has come up with a platform, a-soriof Second Five Year Plan of struggle,
for keeping alive the sPirit of '69.
1) W'e must build n1ôre networks of support and
a
action linking anti-establishment communities
and groups iñ all parts of the world' To do t-his-, we
musihave ready'made communication and relaiiontt'tip.hunn"ls. Such a network is already
beginnìng to be built among North American rural
gai peop[e; urban radicals also need support.
- We need these networks now so that faggots,
lesbians and allied radicals can become more
conscious of themselves as a growing, world-wide
force. These networks can provide the nexus for
di scuss ion and.action groups, man ifestat ion s of
our radical consciousness and planned attacks on
the straight hierarchy, its anti-culture and its
prerogatives.
' The word network indicates a linkage between
widely scattered local groups that is needed to
overcóme our: feelings of isolation and powerlessness. Such networks can also better tackle our
commo¡ needs for support as faggots living in an
alien straight world. The networks could provide
meeting places and contacts.for faggots and
others with radical consciousness. Many
emerging "gay institutions" have failed to
oroviãe s cñ a network for those of us who chalienge the straight world. They foster a boring,
oaciied ehetto, more and more mirroring the
somewhãt I i beral ized but al -the-more deaden i n g
I
mass Kulture.
Our own networks would have to be noncommercial. They would deal directly with alienation
through action and by building our own a-uthentic
culturã, free of "profession al" ot "tasteful"
norms. At the same time, they could address the
ageism and sexism that remain amo-ng us, suppõrting firmly teenage and old'age fag$ots and
creating alternatives to "lovers," " gay
marriage, " and bar-cruisin g.
2) wã are opposed to breeding for its own sake
andto any emphasis on procreation and human
reoroduc[ion as a measure of human value. People
arä valuable in themselves for themselves, and
I WIN Aug.
12, 1976
The New York Cay Pride March moves down Christopher Street.-
not because they contain semen or eggs. Our purpose
is to be, not to reProduce.
' 3) We
favor the continuing development of
sexuality, sensuality and body pleasure. As Will
Hollis wrote in Ïhe Cay Liberator, "The enemies
of gay liberation are not heterosexuals as a group,
bu[those people-heterosexuals and homosexua/s-whd think sex is bad, dirty, immoral,
shameful, nasty." And we might add, who think it
should conform to current fads, trends and norms.
4) We are ¡till creating a gay culture; a value
system, an ideology: our essays, music, poetry,
letters, nursing, I istening, kissing, loving,
pai nti n g, photographs, newspapers, meetings,
iearning, teaching, sewing, and other activities
help brine into being a new counter-culture. Like
the'fabulõus phoenix, we are arising out of the
ashes of a dying civilization. Our culture is
orecious to us, ãnd we will not sell it to the highest
market to be packaged and pacified.
ädvertising
--5iwe vigorously
oppoée moùements tou¡ard
integration into the existing patriarchal and capitalist institutions. We do not want a slice of the
pie: the pie is rotten,. We support those who would
segregate themselves; yet at the same time most
of us will move and act in every place, organization, and situation that will further our own
consciousness or spread the influence of our
liberation. Some of us will relate to the straight
male world, planting our seed of consciousness in
their heads and heaits, bringing out the faggot in
them. lt is in this sense that we say, "Prosely-
tizel"
Some of us have been exhausted after the effort
of our own liberation and our initial thrust to
liberate others. We were surprised, though we
should not have been, by the resurgence of
Respectability, Normalization and Cood Taste
among faggots. Caught off balance by such attitudes, we may hpve étepped back from levels of
activism that would shock or frighten others. ln so
doing we may have abrogated leadership among.
faggóts. ln any case, the resulting lukewarmness
of'íñe "gay community" has been so unchallenginglo most faggots that they are a.bandoning
thalfalse communìty even before it is built' The
trulv radical consciousness of countless isolated
and'unorganized faggots can be seen by reading
the letters to the editors of the "gay press." lt is
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This platform will bring us severe opposition.
Some of the most virulently anti-gay institutionsour oppt"ttors for millenia- now have nabobs attempi¡ne to bring gay people into-the folds of the
Stat'e. Põvchiatrv-, Ãcademia and Religion. And
some'of the so-câlled gay institutions have taken
on all the forms of straight oppressiveness.
Law reform,'political candidates and.general
appeals to the state have a{ways been dead-end
sireets. As a tactic to educate people and rally
them, political programs sometimes offer a first
step.'Such effoits, however, often tend in the opposite direction: to pacify people. As with the
women's movement,.the gay liberation movement
has þeen overrun by pro-state strategies. The
needs of those working with the state suppress
tfrose working against the ptate. Advocates of bills
before varioul góvernmental bodies, demand
'lrespectability;'from their community even if it
has to be imposed.
The Vietnamese say that electing candidates
gives them Wings to f ly away, never to be seen
ãeain. The elected off icial takes an oath to serve,
nòt the gay community, but the country, city,
state, fðderal govet:nment or some sort of the
oatriarchv. Their rdle within our community is one
ät àu.itliát¡on and suppression. Thus money is
taËen from the people to elect the candidate; the
candidate is thén put in the pay of the state (if
elected) and learns the meaning of self-service.
This ís not a matter of individual morality-one
particular Derson being a scoundrel (or even a
i,vhole administration). lt is a standard part of the
corruptins Drocess of politics, where the purpose
of the gov"einment is to enrich the rich and power-
Part of the Cay Contiôgent at the I uly 4 Coalit¡on Rally in Philadelphia
ful and impoverish and disempower everyone
else. Many groups have experienced this betrayal:
the lrish, Creeks, ltalians, Blacks, Wasps, women
and anvone else foolish or weak enough to trust
ooliticiâns. We might vote fgr gay candidates, but
must remember they serve themselves f irst, their
second and us last'
eovernment
" The psycho-workers.are
not far behind (if not
government
in
subverting gay
ahead of) the
liberation. The mos-t prosperous gay organ-izations
are now those giving so-called "therapy" to
faggots and leJbian-. aig funds come in for these
próerams meant to f ix us up' And the more
äonõervative the ideas behind the program, the
more money received. Those assuming the
individual coming to them has failed and needs to
be patched up in õrder to get back into th.e
competitive economy-these programs line up
f irst for f unding. And some of the programs take
their money diiectly from the gay community.it-self . One clinic is sét up on an unashamedly prof itmaking basis: $35 per hour per client, lf you can't
pay, to-ugh. All these progrãms operate on the
'
ialie assumption that the "therapist" is a
patient,
person
the
than
able
superior, wise, more
cliänt, oi whatever they call us. lf you accept that,
you're
in trouble.
' Muchalready
ado has been made of the American
Psychiatric Association's removing us from the
crippled list as though it were an honor to be
seüéred from schizoþhrenics and others who have
suffered from the doctors making many times the
salaries of most of their patients. lf we are not
"sick," what about the iest? ln our battle with the
shrinks, too many have been willing to let them off
by negotiating specialfavors with the doctors: if
they hurt qs lõss, they can concentrate on those
less organized and at the moment less abte to
defend themselves. Quite frankly, no on-e has ever
shown that a person cannot help.him or herself
iust as well wìthout psychb-psychiatric interveniion. Everyone of us may sometime or other in
some crisiå need a gay friend to talk with; or we
mav need a olace to retreat to for a time. Or we
may need a gtoup in which to be for a time. Or we
may need a group in which to be mutually open
, and'honest.lThat is what a "support network"
Aus. 12 1976 WtN g
could provide.) But none of us ever needs any of
the existing "theraPies, "
Anotherãrea of re-colonization is academia'
One of the irhplicit functions of the "academic"
niouót has been not to serve but to exclude all but
ã.oït"ruãtive minority of the gay community'- By
ä,ri ; it', c th;* tétuus n árrowlv ãs. u n ivers itv-af
excl ude
f i I i ated-people, they automatical ly
Academy is
The
university'
some
at
not
evervone
is
the.paid
it
;ËiË; oiti¿ãi" class values:
;ilã:ila;diàn of the patriarc.hvlfund of the
ä.ribñ;iàãpìiutitrn li excludei women' blacks'
lããiî"ópt".'comm un i sts, and even sloppy
d.essers. lf we need a Cay Academic Union, we
set into) the club'
ä;i;;; ihat would f ieht'(not talse
consc.lousness
denounce
Cav academia must
of
monopolv
the
break
t'"tp
to
;t-i";;i;õüuit
academ ic/technolog ical Power'
Some Male Gay Liberation Periodicals
Altho most non'gay radicals agree that gay
liberation is oneõf the maior human struggles now going on, few have found ways to
Ëe suppoñ¡veóf the gay struggle--or even
welliniormed. Hereãre male gay liberation
oeì¡od¡ca¡s welt worth reading. They are all
mailed in "plain brown wrappers" that do
not call attention to their contents.
Fag Rag. The most radical, most political
& slo"ppieõt gay quarterly. Headquarters of
the c'oäd cal Þoäts. 12 issues for $7 from
Box 331, Kenmore Station, Boston, MA
02215.
RFD. A lovely, gentle qu¡rterly by & for
gay men living in the country. !84 per ye.ar
"fioml+zs Loñer Wolf Creek Road, Wolf
a
Creek, OR97497.
Cav Sunshine. Gav literary quarterly
soeciälizinc in long interviews with estab'
I¡stre¿ gay þoets. ú issues for $10 from Po
Box 40397.San Francisco, CA 94140'
The Cay Alternative. Goo-d
literary/politi'
cat batanc'e. Appears irregularly. 6is-sues for
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$3;50 from 23j South Street, Philadelphia,
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PA19147.
Gav Communitv News. Unlike most gay
oublióations, this sprightly weekly includes
both lesbians and gay men. Concentrates on
Ñãw encland but ãives a good overview of
eav newi nationally. 12 weeks for $4, 25
úe'eLs for $8 from22 Bromfield St., Boston,
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'MA02108.
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And then there is religion ' Frankly we can't believe it: after vears.of persecution and destruction,
ro -"nu eív óeople aie willing just to forget it all!'
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å¿ai"ts this.disguiting subject' Al-
móst every church now has its pet gay caucus, its
u"ty o*n áay minister. And we have several excl u d i vely o-r not-so-excl u s i vely' .l e?y l' ch u rches .
Much of their energies go into f ighting old
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iundañentalists, Unitarians continue to.spar with
each other-as though their antiquated battles
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had anything whatever to do with us. One would
ii k ïli;'
uuii n"t t
of, the Reformation h ad
;;Fy
gay
been safe-ly cônsigned to history, yet here are
people still slugging it out.
' Rãl¡e¡on repiõseñts everything that is evil in
human-s; morê than an opiate, it is an absolute
ooison. iVe see sexual repression as inherent in all
[hã-so-cat led " maior" rei i gions and practically.
àverv oopular "minor" one we can imagine. We
n"é¿ iot'"ad to the centuries-long literature about
the def iciencies of the church and of "Cod" as
well. But we should describe what religion is
Joingw¡ttt¡n gay circles. lt gobbles up.inordinate
amoünts of mãney (after the psychos, MCC must
Uã ift" best-financed gay group in the US)' Then it
õãråãtuates the patriãréhy with its male ministry'
i'h
it énaorrug"s "marriage ," "prayer," and other
noiiors halb¡ts so enfused with straight meaning
;;1;b" iniapable of liberation ' Everv outward
symbol or form lends itself to some meaning,.
symbols.
,ó.e consciousness, some interdst' Thepower'and
bv
off
bo.ught
were
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ãiïår¡g¡"ñ
opprelsion anã stlaight male dominance'
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Enough.about the trials and tribulations of th.e
ttïrãËi"l L"i us also congratulate.ourselves for
uäuriîf advance and a cõnsolidation of our forces
áÅd successes. Faggots are popping-up every*f,ãi" á"¿ faggot-lnlluence has penetrated society
iiä. i*t-uÀã-"rollto Montv Pvthon, from modes
ôt ¿t"tián¿ hair to everyday language and style'
We are not foolish enough to accept these as
face-value triumphs; These are attempts to co-opt
ouirevolution by the straight world, but'they are
áásoerate, last-óitch compromises to stem the
tide. Meanwhile, rnore positively, gay liberation
oeriodicals like Cav Sunshine, Cay Alternatiye,
'and
Fag Rag have been exploring the mdanihg
ãn¿ pftãnomenon of gay culture.,Such literature is
"the morning star of the revolution."
We have hãd to struggle through dogmatism,
"final answers," authoritarianism, didacticism
unã ãiÑàituihþretensions that emerge again and
ãga¡n at every level of our understanding of ouriãw"t.'r-it"riture has come to mean so much to all
Rag nöt because we have
of us workin gon Fag-but
pólitics,
because we suspect its
renounced
oversimplification and seduction. Likewise, we - ñuu" tãé*"d to some to renounce literature itself
äñd;tl¡t"tu.y values," when we merel.y have
iuspected the reactiônary contgnt of all.such
; stãndards ," and necesiarily have.had to f ind our
own l¡teratúre and values-modestly, somev,vhat
hesitantly, but with aff irmation and conf idence'
Some have asked radicals, "What are you
doing?" This is what we're doing: we are not
we found after
Àiv¡n"g up on the gay consciousness
are seeking
we
it
asãn'inspiration,
igoglUi¡ne
ne* *ays, im pl ication s, strategies, possi bi I ities
for its réaíization. Some of us are even Ñlarxists
and ãnarch¡sts-in the spirit of Bertoldt Brecht '.
;i..; ;åiá ih ; þarty needèd f ewer an swers * people
*ärJ.ã¿ of heaiing know-it-alls- Brecht wanted
ten ouestions no onãcould answer' Actions based
on quèstions are the basis of our platform '
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SCOTT MYERS ANd MURRAY ROSENBLITH
The pattern of harassment and,abuse against
prisoners at the federal prison a! MqJ1o1, lllinois
(see WlN, 5/25/75, page 13 andlO/23/76, p.age
lZ) has now escalated to include families and
friends of the impr:isoned men.
A delegation of wives and fiancees of Marion
prisonerimet with lllinois Congressman Paul
Simon on J uly 7 to present him with a list of
grievances about existing conditions at- Marion '
Ñlembers of the delegation noted that federal
agents armed with pistols and shotguns check
every visitor at the main gate. All visitors, includi'ng women, are strip searched before
enteriñg. Apparently the searcþes are carried out
in a bru-squà änd brütal fashion'. One woman told
5i.on, "ihe strip searching almost wrecked me' I
had a nervous breakdown. You can nevertorget
the humiliation." Simon said he would investigate
the grievances.
Oïher harassment, inside and outside Marion
has continued. Federal housing officials in
Murphysboro and Herrin, lllinois have discr¡mináted against and evicted wives and fiancees
of Marion prlsoners. Marion officials have
illegally dénied prìsoners the right to marry and
maãe ii difficult for Marion prisoners to transfer'
funds from their acòounts to their families.
Prisoners in H:unit, the long-term segregation
facilitv häve been prevented from corresponding
with peoþle outside and have been forbidden
Scott Myers is on the stafÍ of the National Com'
mittee to Support the Marion Brothers. Murray
Rosenb/ith is on the WIN statf .
"t
The Continuing
Terror at
Marion Prison
visits..Visits to Pri soners in'the genéral PoPulation
have been limited and certain ministers, Particularly Muslims, have been prevented from entering
the þrison for religious instruction and worship
Marion Federaf Prison opened in 1963 as the
"new Alcatraz." lt includes H-u1i-t {he long.terffi'
control section which holds over 100 men¡ prison
activists from the entire federal prison system'
f frá cãnttot unit was set up in 1972 to break a work
ii"óõãeã at the prison. Since then, it has held jail'
r'rä-,iJ"-lä*v"rs, åctivists and many members of the
Ñãiion of lilam, who form a highlyorganized and
v¡iible group wôrking for prison reform from
1- -
within.
"'öäni.ol
!
units are different from other solitary
.onf in"rn"nt facilities because they are not used to
ounish prisoners who start fights or try to escape.
iñã¡i fünct¡on is to stop all religious, political and
social activity the Bureau of Prisons doesn't like'
Men who have written to newspapers,
lesislators and congresspeople urging them to
ch"ange prison cond¡tions are the ones-who end up
¡'n H--unit. There are prison activists of all
oersuasions; a bad report from a guard or just a
t'bad att¡tude" can be enough reason to end up
there.
On April 27 , five Black Muslim prisoners in
H-unit were attacked by prison personnêl wielding
blackjacks and baseball bats. One of them had
eiùentestimonv in court about conditions in
Ñ¿ui¡on and all have refused to eat pork in accordance with the Muslim faith. Since they were
placed in H-unit, the f ive, aside from the beating,
irave had urine thrown on them, been deprived of
all personal property and legal materials, been
denied access to legal materials, and have not
been allowed to have soap or toiletries. One of
them reported that he was told he will not be allowed to bathe or shave for the next three months.
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ln addition, he's been fed.pork for every meal.
.
Audrey Aronson Myers, coordinator of the .
National Committee to Support the Marion
i
Brothers, reported that the-prison has stopped all
letterS going between the control unit and the
-'
committee.Íhe committee's information sources ' :
report that the beatings in H-unit are on-going.
The ACLU National Prison Proiect is presently
handling a suit f iled by BeaumonJ X. Cereau, a
control-unit prisoner, charging that he was beaten
on May 17th and suffered a hearing loss and continued headaches as a result.
CONTACT:
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To find qut more about conditions in the Marion
'
Federal Prison and help organize against the
control unit, vou can write or call: the National
Committee ió Support the Marion Brothers, 6199
Waterman, St. Louis, MO 63112; (314)862-4878 or
the ACLU National Prison Proiect, Suite 1031,
1346 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington,, DC
20036.
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Friencls and families of Marion pr¡soners gather at Old Courthouse in
St. Louis, Mav 18, 197 6. Photo f rom National Comm¡ttee to Support the
Marion Brothers.
Aus. 12, 1926 WtN t1
Extracted By
./Doctor TULI KUPFERBERC
Mental Surgeon
& Minor
in the .,
RPC (Revolutionary
Peace Corps)
of the
'LMPA (League of Militant
Pacifists of America) ,losted1776
1. A bieger bane Íor the buck. (tl¡e
atoim Ëo-mb)-Attr¡buted to Adla¡
Steyenson : in Presidential cam-
paign,1956.
2. A areatwar alwaYs creates
morõ scou ndiels than it ki I Is'
3. A olas,ue on both Your Houses.
washroom, U'S'
-Giaffi-to, Public
Capitol Buiiding, Wash' DC.
a. A ship is alwáYs referred to as
ì'rhe" óçause ii costs so much to
keep her in paintand Powde1.7
Heät Admiial Chester W- Nimitz,
remarks to the SocietY of SPon-.
sors, US Naw,13 Feb.194O.
i-. A'soldier ié'onlv a strck used bY
throughoutthe world.
12. Blllions for defense, notone
centfor New York CitYl-Cerald
Ford.
13. Cease firing, but if anY eltemy
olanes appear, shootthem down
'in
atrieàèlly fashion.-Adm. Wm.
F. "Bull", HalseY: message toThird Fleet at sea off TokYo, after
receipt of word of JaPanese surrender, 15 Aug. 1945.
14. Coine on you sons of bi.rchesdo vou wantto live torever?Gunnery Sgt. Daniel DaleY,
USMC: to his platoon at Belleau
Wood,6June1918.
15..During tha PhiliPPine lnsurrection thè American volunteer
soldier carrying his Krag
loergensen rifle sang: Beneath
our {tarry f lag /We' ll civilize' em
with a Krag.
16. Finatty, under which of the old
tv r an n ical gove r n ments i n
Europe, is everY sixth man a
slave, whom his fellow creatures
Canada,1976.
23. I regret I have but one life.
Actual complete statement of
Nathan Hale.
24. I want no prisoners. I wish You
to burn and kill: the more you
burn and kill, the better itwill
please me.-Brig. Cen. Jacob H.
'Smith:
Order to Mai. L.W.T.
Waller forthe pacification of
Samar during the PhiliPPine lnsurrection, Oct. 1901 .
25.I'd rather have mY countY die
for me.'-Craffito, mens room;
Princeton UniversitY.
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26. He(Teddy Roosêvelt) wave-d
his hand proudlv in the air so that
the men whowère near enough to
him could see the blæd, and
shouted: "l've got it boYs! I've
at Kettle
got it!"
-when wounded
Hill. Cuba.1B98.
27 . it Codhad wanted us in tl¡e
Army he would have given us
green baggy skin. -Craffito, San
Francisco,1971.
34. It is wellwar is so teriible,
we should grow fond
it.-Robert E. Lee,
sfss
because there was nô war.
49. Praise the ammunition, and
oÍ
pass the Lord.-attributed to
after
Fredericksburg.
Cardinal Spellman during the
Vietnam War.
35. Killfor peace.-T.K.
50. Remember the
36. Marines don't hate. We kill
Remember the. .
the people the President orders us
Ë.r. . .remember
to kill.-Cen. David M. Shoup,
the...er...Vermont?
USMC.
37 . Military glory-the attractive 51. Rough-tgugh, we're the stulf !
We want to fight and we! can't get
rainbow thatrises in showers of
enough!-Attributedtothe
blood.-Abraham Lincoln.
38. Nationa/ism is an infantile Bougþ Ridgrg (1st US Volunteer
áir""ðã. lt is the me4sles of man- Cavalry) while enrouteto Cuba,
li¡n¿. -n¡U"rt Einstein, 1921. r 1898'
39. Notpeace, but aword.-T.K.'" 52. She saw in the window a single
star
4O. Nothing.raises morale better
And said: "l see you've a son
than a dead general. -John
inthewar
r"fãrtãri, 1961.
For
the f¡eedom of the earth*
ust
die.
41. Ol"d ioldiers never
And where is he?" The mother
young ones.-Craffito, tRT subreplied
iai,-Nvc.
't782, ln a voice that was'taut as a
42.' On the 25th of February,
. bow-with pride:
the sovereign state of Siouth
"He is.in Fort Leavenworth."*
its
induce
to
Carolina, in order
(*wheré opþonents of WWI
white ciiizens to join the militia in
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t
sor?e rnen to strike other
- Elbert Hubbard,
6. Aboutone half of all
men.
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immierants to America eventuallY
returÁed totheir native lands.
7 . America cannot'exist. -Actual
comolete original statement of
Abe'Lincotn. Later changed with
addition of "half slave and half
1
ftee."
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B. America is the onlY nation in
history which miraculouslY has
"s.one ¿lirectlv trom barbarism to
"d
e se n e r atio n w i th out the u s u a I
¡ níeiv al of civ i I ization. - Ceorges
Clemenceau
9. America: whereYou g,etto
choose your dictator everY four
vears.
-T.K.
io. ,qn æcasional ficht is a good
thing tor a nation.lt strengthens
thelace. . .Letwar ceasealtoeetñer and a nation will bæome
""effeminate.-Lt.
Cen' Adna R.
28. If t were a Mexican, I would
tellyou, "Have You notenoug,h
¡n vour own countr¡ to burY
' rooín
vour deád men? lf You come into
mine, we will greet You with
blooèlv hands and welcomeYou to
hospiiab t e Er aves. " - Thomas
Cor*in duiing Senate debate before the declaration of war on
Mexico. 11 Feb. 1846'
29. lÍ we are able to see less than
our descendants will, it is onlY because we are standing under the
f¡eels of midgets'-T.K.
jo. . . ¡n my éxperience a ¡nan who
-
may buy,.and sell, and torture?
Svdnev Smith, 1820:
roiwardl it any man is killed,
t'll make him a corqoral' -CaPt.
Adna R. Chafee, tó his trooPs, 6th
li.
Cavalry, during the KiowaComanche camPaign, 1874.
18. God'torbid we should ever be
twenty yeàrs without such a re:
bellion. :Thomas J efferson,
1787.
Shmucks who
ig. Crnt don'tkill.
sav "Cuns don'tkill" kill,
zci. t am sick and tired of war. lts
àtorv is all moonshine. lt is onlY
calls himself a 100 Pct Ameri-
inosie who have neither fired a
iho,t nor heard the shrieks and
groans ol thewounded who crY
can . .
aloud for blood, morevengeancel
more desolation. War is hell.
Cen. Wm. Tecumseh Sherman,l9
-
J
une 1879.
il. t am sorry itwas not a g,eneràl.
could make more of them.
Remarkof Lincoln when he heard
1862.
11. At iast count, tfris peace loving . of the death of a'Private,
yet
to
begun
not
I
have
22.
armed
of
its
members
nation had
tight.-US draft evader in
Íorces statioòd )i n' 1 j2 counl.ries
t
Chafee.1902.
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is generallY 150 Pct an
idiot. -C.8. Shaw, 1937'
31. tndeed t tremble for mY
countrv when I reflectthat Cod is
/ust. -Thomas J efferson.
iz. tt has been a' sPlendid little
wâr. -John HaY: Letter to TeddY
Roosevelt, 1898.
the
ä.li¡s unwriúen law into.be
neve.r
^n
is
flag
Mr;t-lnãttne
',;ra;ih¿d;¡t'is
to bé considereil
immaculate.
.
"
were iailed)
the Creat American Revolution Íor
/
Freedom, offered a bounty to each 53. Strategy, when practised
lndians is called treacltrery. Renew recruit ot: one black slave.
mark by a US Army Officer during
43. Only the brave deserve tl¡e
the lndian War.
fair. -Dryden.
However they generally get a cof- 54. The best defense is no oÍ-
-
by
fense. -T.K.
fin instead.-T.K.
55. The Four Freedoms:
44. (sung): Onward Christian
1. Freedom trom Speech
Soldiers
' 2. Freedom from Worship
Marching untowar
i. Freedom toWant
Killyou'r Christian brothers
4- Freedom to Fear
As you've done before!
45. Our men preferred killing Japs 56. The glories of war are all
blood-stai ned, delir ious, and
to capturing them, until a case ol
beer was offered Íor each capi nÍected with cr ime.- George
tive.
Santayana.
-from: The pest of Yank,
wwil.
57 . The lust for power.is not
46. Patiiotism is the first retuge oÍ rooted in strength, but in ,
a scoundrel.
weakness. Erich Fromm, 1941.
47 . Peaée ls Our Profession.58. " The mil itary-i ndustrial comMotto of US Strategic Air
plex": finest phrase ever wrìtten
Command.
for Ceneral, President(and don't
48. Please remain. You furnish
forget Prexy oÍ Columbia Unithe pictures and I'll furnish.the
versity) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
war.
Thank Cod he was too stupid,to
sent in March
-Telegram
1898 by William Randolph Hearst realize iust how good it was.
to artist Frederic Remington who
59. The.only good lndians I ever
wanted to return to US from Guba saw were dead.
-Cen. Philip
.
Henry Sheridan, to Comanche
Chief Toch-a-Way, lndian Terr.,
Jan.
'æ. 1869,
f ne U'r¡ted States is not a
nation to wñ¡ch peace is a
Pres. Crover
necessity.
Cleveland, 4th Annual Message to
Congress, 7 Dec.1896.
-
61. There are no athersts in fox-
f¡oles. Too smart. -T .K.
62. This country will go to war
over England, over ltally, over
Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, The
Panama Canal Zone, Antarctica,
Arctica, Herzogovina, .Bosnia and
Coona-Coona.
Maybe this country ìustwants
to go to war?
63. This damned country, rotten
to the
core-
Founded on slavery and pairiotic
gore
64. T h is fucki ng cou ntry spends
more on alcohol and tobacco than
tf¡e entire Cro¿s National Product
of Indonesia, the Sth largest
country in tkeworld!
65. US hastheanswer
(and written underneath) :
What was the question ? - Graff iti
66. War hath nofury like a noncombatant.-C. E. Montagne,
1922.
.
67. We Americans have nocommission from 6od to policethe
wor ld.- Benjamin Harrison,
1BBB.
68. We had todestroy it in order
to save it.
-Said of the village of
Bèn Tre, by US Army Com-
mander, Vietnam.
69. We must actwith vindictive
earnestness against the $ioux,
even to their extermination, men,
women and children. Notfring fess
'will reach the root of the.case.
Cen. Wm. Tecumseh Sherman:
Dispatch to Pres. Grant.
7O..We sure liberated the hell out
of this place.-Remark by unidentified US soldier in a French
I
-
village, 1944.
71. You press the button, and
' we'll do the rest. -Advert¡sing
slogan for first Kodak cameras,
circa 1B$8: Listed as Maxim uhderheading Pushbutton War in Col.
Robert Heinl's: Dictionary of
Military and Naval Quotations,
1966.
7 ^rr 12, 1ez6 wtN 13
Holly Near
Takes lt to
The People
food, and don't havè time to visit because of our
DONALDÀ4ONKERI'D
S
muslc.
For years, Holly Near has bee.n singing foi
pol it¡cál campai gns, anti-war ral I ies, f arm-workers
'benef
its, ancjcoÍeg'es. Her albums on Redwood
Records have been selling briskly- Sometimes
audiences are small and sometimes they are large,
but Hollv Near is receptive to people, open to
criticism, and feels herself a part of the people she
sings for.
R"ecently, some of the same individuals she has
sung for have become her most vehement critics'
Theî sav she has "sold out," become "too slick"
i'toó commercial." Her shows, they say, stick
and
too closely to her record formats. And what will
¿ilãñJ, when she becomes rich and
famous?
Holly Near feels it is important to respond to
criticisms and to find collective solutions to the
problems facing her as she.begins talking to major
iecord companies about signing contracts.
l'm not even thiat well known right now and we
have a lot of problems. We want a maio.r contract
which wilt give us greater outeach and distribution. lf we-do get these contracts and are successful, we'll becõme well known and have more
mónev than most people. Whatwill happ.en when
t becóme rich and Íamous, I don't know. I know
right now m,y manager,. Julie Thompson,.sometiñres spends six or eight hours o.n the telephone
reipond ing to requests in a human way.
'iustNow.?
have {o have another phone because one
simplv isn't enough when we are booking our own
loiit.'We have tõtly everywhere because itwould
take too long tç driv'e. We usually stay in friends'
hornes but because of our schedu/e we go into
people's houses, s/eep in their beds, eattheir
\
i,ãË;;iGt
I
rìi1
Donald Monker ud is a writer based in Northern
California
l
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I
I
14WlN Aug
ti
l
12, 1976
busí schedule. I can define the schedule ol what '
person has to do and the amount of mo.ney
pubt¡c
'that
sets spent in order to maintain ones sanity
beca"use tney don't live a normal life. And I know
noi *e aru dealing with allof these problems but
I don't know what people think of how w.e are
handting the probiems' fhey haue to.tell us' So I
iaitta"turn ihe question arou'nd and ask-what
us to do'
do
-- oeople wantproblem
is vou're dealing with
íiã'øi,¡ss"it
a cómmoditv. becisions aren't based
vourself"al
'on
eood and bad, they are based on moneyÞeõpte can be enthusiastic about our live shows
but'it won't impress a record agent. They want to
know if ¡tw¡lt éell on am radio-does it have a
,horut people will remember the firsttime they
hear it.
lf we are going to make it we have to go in up
f ront knowiáe w:hat they need' We haven't pigned
on a maior la-bel yet because we haven'i had the
Dower to g,et what we want' But now we are
'getting
¡lto that position. Even.maior artists.haue
compromises, so l've decided to write the
maËe
iõ
songs they need. They maybe aren't my most
eloõuent poetrv but they aren't going to hurt anybodv either. We'll have to give the record
iompanies their hit sing/es but we wantthe
Íreedom to put things |ike "Free to Cro.w," "Cet
Otf Me Baby," and "No More Cenocide" on our
albums.
The record companies aren't going to be
manipulated eiiher. They are aware of the
gro*ing market in women singers. ln the past.
ä¿ile ari¡sts have always been the top singers because women buy more records. As women have
become aware of'themselves and other women, a
whole new market has opened up. For a brief time
;ì;Ë; Rä¿;Ë'ñh"ãtr'ã rnu.Lui brt she quicklv
' 'went
off into pretty songs and wasn't taken
seriously. Recently, sevèral maior record
companíes have siþned up five or ten women.
sing'ers in an attempt to reach this untapped
market.
But it's not the monev'that drives Holly Near
She and J eff Langley,,her pianist, co-composer
and arrañger of hãr music, visited Vietnam this
past wintðr. Although they are not non-profit,
Holly Near. Photo by Donald Monkerud.
they are sending some profits of their current concerts to Vietnam to buy one or two pianos for the
annual fall music festival which they describe as a
"cultural Olympic Cames without the competition." Reaching people remains Holly and'Jeff's
main objective.
,
Reaching more people is sornething Redwood
Records can'¡ do. I think altêrnatives are real
important, because we need to try new things. We
need to find out under the best circumstances
. what will work, even though we don't live under
the best circurnstances. But at the same time
people are putting energy into alternatives, we
need to recognize they are elite. A majotrity of the
pgople can't relate to alternatives because they
don't have the time, the energy, the leisure, or the
education. For example, that's why we are going
.to am radio-frh, records, and tapes all cost
money. Everybody has an am radio. /t's the same
way with something like Johnny Carson shows. ll
all theconscious people reÍused to do. Johnny
Carson shows, hundreds of thousands of people
would never have a chance to hear their ideas. All
they would see are the Sammy Davises. I've made
qnolitical decision to try and reach these people.
Some peop/e may make categorical judgements
aboutwhat l'm doing-either it's righton or right
off . But I probably won',t have access to everyone
to explain to them my conscious declsions.
. We have to remember even for politicalsingers
their purpose is to entertain. Entertainment tãkes
on a little different connotation because it glves us
spirit and courage. It makes people feel good and
strong.
Music is a very. powertul weaþon,
it just
depends upon who is behind the trigger. It we
don't recognize that it is manipulative and decide
upon how to use it, we'll never catch up with those
people who use it against us. We are being bom- '
barded all the time by people who use music
against us; to manipulate us into buying and escaping and competing. We've gotto learn tcj use
musicfor us. Everybody gets high off "No More
Cenocide," not because genocide is a pleasant
concept but because the music rnakes you feel it's
celebration. People leave saying, "Yes, no more
genocidg" but I think tl¡e music is a powerÍulway
to put the words across. People can follow the rock
but might be turned oÍf if it was in a folk format.
While she provides entertainment that makes
people feel strong together, Holly ís dedicated to
i ncreasi n g people's pol itical understandi n g.
a
The work that needs to go
on around tndochina
of life lett. Every American
needs to understand why thatwar happened, what
has a,nother 20 years
took place and why we must have unconditional
amnesty. Unless people understand these things
they will continue in Kòrea, the Philippines,
Puerto Rico and Chile and the same mistakes will
be repeated
Entertainers like Holly Near can be very effective
in introducing Americans to new ideas and in increasing theír political understandings. But she
also understands that if real change is to take
place it will require many people's dedication in
organizing iommunity projects to consolidaté the
gains in the struggle for people to gain control
over their daily lives.
v
Aug. 12, 1976 WIN
15
YOU C,{N KNOW ALL I AM
Holly Near with Jeff Langley
Redwood Records, 565 Doolin Canyon, IJkiah, CA
9s482
/
$s.00
Maybe it's the leaving
That's teaching this body how
To love you and to need you
Well, maybe we should pretend
To always be a-leaving
i
Dear Holly and J eff ,
I guess that a lot of people have been grateful to
you for raising so much money for the movement;
and for making your audiences feel that no matter
how much they contribute at your concerts, they
are still going home richer by far. l'll let the Farmworkers, Fiiendshipment, Non-lnterVention in
Chile, etc. continue to offer you those thank yous,
and l'll just add a personal thanks now for expressing so many of the feelings l've had for a
long time but couldn't articulate.
I was moved by every song on your new album,
but "Someday One Will Do" found its way immediately to a spot deep inside me-the center of
my heart, probably-where l've never been
reached before. I remember, Holly, that at your
concert at NYU last Fall you dedicated this song to
all those in the audience who had come alone. lf it
weren't for a last minute call from some W/N folks
who had tickets also, ! would have been one of the
people you were speaking to. But l've gone to
enough movies, plays, concerts alone (and missed
so many more because I couldn't face being by
myself in a crowd) to appreciate how really
beautif ul a gesture yours was. Yes, the knowledge
that " l am one or three alone" most of the time
can be excruciating-occasionally because l've
reached my loneliness threshold for the week, but
more often because I haven't lived up to the expectations of people who believe the only way to
live is as half a couple. That "beautiful stranger"
we look for, the one with the "cherry wine and
misty mornings in the dew" I wonder, as you do,
Holly, whether the people who have.found theirs
"really feel what they show me." Alas, l'll have to
wait a bit_ longer to.f ind out, and in the meantime
l'll look for the "oneness to feel with each other/
That lets us be loving without being lovers" and
hope that soon "one will do.
"
While l'm writing about your love songs, ljust
want to tell you how nice it is that you both can be
free enough to recognize that it's okay-non-.
threatening, in fact-for a woman to express love
f irst. I was never too good, either, at being "coy,
or shy, or a human toy," so it's reassuring to hear
you say that when " lt's My Move" I can choose to
be strong and say what I feel
I also think you're right on in your song about
ending a relationship that's.comfortable and
secure and without love. lt's the hardest move to
make, isn't it? You said it in "Gotta Let Co" so
much better than I ever could:
But it was such a pleasant time
And now it's like we're licking at the bowl
To get the last drop of wine
It's like lingering with a sunset
As though we're never gonn¡¡a see it again. .
As much as I admire your strength and insights,
Holly, it's your vulnerability that makes me feel
.
.
Darling, our love would never end."
You both seem to have an infinite capac¡ty to
Ídentify with people's str.uggles, whereas tlie rest
of us usually have to limit our involvements to one
or two. "Broken Promises,'l about the
Vietnamese and American lndians, is a new
favorite of mine:
I heard a haunting melody
It was written Íor the rain
A woman sang her tribal tears away
I heard a fighting melody
/t was written for the sun
And the songs of suf fering people have grown
strong,
From those.*
And from your songs, also, Holly and Jeff .
I think, Holly, that it's your deep sense of
sisterhood that gives your songs their basic
power. For you, women's oppression is at once a
political condition to be reversed and a personal
constraint to be shed. I appreciate, particularly,
your ability to identify with working class and
Third World women: those whose problems we
middle class worìren tend to ignore. You iaid
about "Winner Takes All" that "it is the first
little spark of change inside a person's soul that is
most exciting," but by telliirg us of a housewife in
a trailer camp who develops a new lifespace and
demands that her husband move over to make
room for her, you are offering us an example of
growth that few of us will equal..Our lives have
simply been too easy, and our lvays of changing
less dramatic.
Thank you for going to the women's prison in i
California, and for reminding us of our sisters
inside:
Can you stillfeelany pain
Or have they robbed you of your aager
While putting thorazine in your vein?*
We'll do our best to restore the spirits that jailers
try desperately to break.
I wish I could be satisfied by your album, be
able to sit contentedly on my rocking chair and
rock to your rhythms. But l'm not. lnstead, I yearn
al I the more to attend another of your concerts. I
want to be energized by the sparks you give off
from the stage, be moved by the tears that sometimes prevent you from finishing a song and
require that thê audience help, 5e revitalized by
the hundreds-or thousands-next to me who also
are ready to push the revolution along. So I hope
that you both come back to New York soon. You'll
recognize me: l'll be the woman who's first on the
ticket line. ln the meantime l'll iust have to
pretend that my living room is á concert hall when
i'm playing yoúr albuim, and dig deeper within me
to find the strength your presence on the stage so
easily evokes.
Love, Peace, sisterhood,
Wendy Schwartz
closest to you:
I never felt about YOU
The way that I'm Íeeling now
l(,WlN Aus
1.1, 1'Ì7f,
Wendy Schwartz is a member oÍ theWIN editorial
board.
* @ Hereford Music,'t976
SOUTHERN WATKERS FREE IN
BIRMINGHAM; THREE
ARRESTED IN MINNESOTA
The 16 members of the Continen-
talWalk Southern Route (including WRL staff member J im Peck)
arrested on July 27 in
Birmingham, Alabama, were re-
leased late the next afternoon,
J uly 28. All were released on personal recognizance after being
charged with walking in a roadway and failure to obey a lawful
,command of a police officer. No
trial date has been set for the 16,
but most believe charges will be
dropped. Southern walkers have
been arrested twice before in
Louisiana and Mississippi; both
timês similar charges against
them have been dismissed.
Three walkers on the Minne-
sota-Wisconsin feeder route to the
Walk were arrested on J uly 24 for
trespassing at the Northern States
Nuclear Power Plant in Redwing,
Minnesota. The three entered the
plant grounds to leaf let and discuss the dangers of nuclear power
with plant Personnel. TheY
'
remained behind in Redwing for
their August 2 arraignment while
the rest õf the walkers headed for
'Madison.
The main route of the Walk enters St. Louis on August 5 for four
days of meetings unolu,lliï;
o".u
US MARINES BOMBARD
OKINAWAN DEMONSTRATORS
An Okinawan college student was
seriously injured by artillery fire
on J uly 1, when US marines went
ahead with firing practice despite
information that protestors had
entered the firing'range. The injured man, Oshiro Jukicht,24,
was one of the a reported 80
members of J apan Congress
against Hydrogen and Atomic
Bombs (Censuikin) who had infiltrated the Camp Hensen range
to protest the live f iring practice.
Marine Corps commanders
ordered the firing to begin after a
police and helicopter search convinced them no one was in the
area, and over the protest of
newly elected Okinawa Covernor
Taira Koichi.
Asia News
-New
8.1 BOMBER DELAY DEFEATED
Efforts to stop or delay the production of the B-1 bomber suffered a disappointing but not
totally unexpected defeat as ('l)
the Conference Report on Procurement Authorization drcipped
Sen. John Culver's (lA) amend-
ment to delay B-1 production and
(2) the House rejected J une 17 by
a vote oÍ 207-186 a similar amendment offered by Rep. Joseph
Addabbo NY to the $105 billion
Defense Appropriations bi ll.
The Senate is expected in mid
to late J uly to vote on B-1 amendments to the Defense Appropriations bill (H.R. 14262).
Even if Congress fails to stop or
delay production of the B-1, it is
important to keep the issue alive
to create a favorable environment
in which a new president could
term i nate various weapons
including the B-1, cruise missile,
and additional nuclear cdrriers.
-FNCI Newsletter
8.1 BOMBER OPPONENTS
PRESENT STRETCHERFULL OF PETITIONS
TOWHITE HOUSE
A delegation of US labor, religious
and scientific leaders presentèd
over 21,000 signed petitions to
President Gerald Ford on J une 16
opposing production of the
controversial B-1 bomber.
The petitions, presented on a
stretcher, were collected from
hundreds of communities across
the country by groups working to
defeat the bomber.
Sought by the Air Force to
eventually replace the existing
B-52s, the B-1 f leet has run into
heavy opposition in Congress in
recent weeks. ln May, the Senate
voted to block B-1 production
funds until after the presidential
election, and the House is
expected to act on a similar
measure by the end of J une.
Auc.12,1976 wtN17
-V
Congressional criticism of the
B-1 has focused on the program's
immense cost- expected to
exceed $90 billion over the f leet's
!q
'+.
EMPLOYERS CHEAT MORE
WORKERS ON MIN¡MUM
-WACES AND OVERTIME
It's not enough that workers'
thirty-year lifetime.
wages
are undercut by rising
"The money for just one B-'l
prices- increasing numbers of
would pay for a year's operation of
ihem are also being cheàted of
nine community colleges, each
what's due them under federal
serving over 10,000 students,"
wage and hour laws.
Clergy and Laity Concerned
The US Department of Labor
director Don Luce told Dr.
has found that273,717 workers at
Theodore Marrs, special assistant
the bottom of the pay scale were
to President Ford for Human
owed nearly $65.5 million in the
Resoúrces, who accepted the
J uly to December period oÍ 1975.
petition s.
Of this number, í22,741,111
"The money for two B-1s would
had
been held back by employers
pay for a complete clean-up of the
Creat Lakes, and the money for the in violation of the federal
minimum wage law and another
whole system would pay for low
was owed workers for
fi26,630,146
cost housing for six million
overtime.
people. We ought to be using our
The number of violations has
money to heal people, not to kill
increased
19 percent over the first
them," Luce concluded. -LNS
half of the year, with the amount
of money due workers up over $10
million.
THROW AWAY COORS
ln addition to violations of the
wage-hour law, over'14,000
The Coors Beer Company has anworkers were cheated by
nounced a test-marketing
employer violations of the Equal
program that is being opposed by
Pay Act which calls for equàl pay
environmentalists. Coors says it
for women and men doing
will begin selling beer in plastic,
throw-away bottles next year. The substantially the same work. The
company says if its customers like amounted to $1'1.5 million in the
second half of 1975.
it, it will "gear up for full-scale
production."
-UE News/LNS
-ZNS/tlP
WOMEN PROTEST
ROLLING STONE'S
ADVERTISING
Over,30 women, members of
Women Against Violence, staged
a demonstration in front of a
billboard on Sunset Boulevard in
Los Angeles on J une 23. The
demonstration was protesting the
Atlantic Records advertising
campaign for the Rolling Stone's
latest album, "Black and Blue."
The Billboard featured a picture
of a bound and gagged woman
with the caption, "l'm Black and
Blue from the Rolling Stones."
ln the course of the protest,
several women climbed onto the
billboard frame; the police
arrived, but no arrests resulted.
Atlantic Records refused
comment on the removal of the
display or whether they would
conti nue sim i lar advertisements
in music trade and fan
publications. -BlaineMetcalf
18wrÑ Aus.
12, 1976
SAFETY BECINS AT HOME
According to columnist Jack
Anderson, the Labor Department
recently inspected an eleven story
office building in downtown
Washington, and found more than
300 safety violations. The building
was the office of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration.
-NAM
know for sure if any damage is
caused by the atomic discharges.
The radioactive emissions were
discovered by accident nearly
three years ago when the US
Army routinely checked surplus
sniper-scopes it was selling to the
public, and discovered that many
of them were radioactive.
Since that time, according to
The Post, a two-year government
study has found that an estimated
2Oo/o ol all the eyeglasses sold in
the US seem to be contaminated
with low levels of radiation.
The Post did not explain how
the glasses became radioactive in
the f irst place.
-Austin Sun
.
A two-year study by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission has found
that at least one in every ten
Americans is wearing eyeglasses
that are radioactive.
The Washington Post reports
that although the radioactivity in
many of the eyeglasses being sold
is measurable, it is probably ni:t
harmful. However, ilre Postadds,
government scientists do not
MEN'S LIBERATION / Jack Nichols
Books
/ 323 pages
/ Penguin
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the Cadman Plaza War Memorial
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FOR.
BOSTON
-
Kick off rally for the
Boston-to-Wash ington Walk for
Disarmament and Social J ustice,
August 7 ,1O am, Faneuil Hall. '
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August 26, 12 pm, Boston Common. For information, writethe¡
August 26 Women's Coalition, PO
Box146, West Somerville, Ma.
02144.
NYC - Benef it for the Continental
Walk featuring Ossie Davis, Rev.
Fredrick Douglass Ki'rkpatrick,
Crace Paley, Bev Crant and the
Human Condition, Charlie King
and Matt Jones at the Village
Cate, Bleeker & Thompson Sts.,
August 9, I pm; $6 contribution
For information and tickets, call
677-5455.
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September 6. Sponsored bY the
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Sponsored by AFSC, SYracuse
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Peace Education MinistrY, UFW
Support Committee. For information, contact SPC 472-5478.
American worker, whatever his status, is a prettv
,ntortuñãt"i"llôri. nlti.,ärch i-ú;;i¡i"nj.ä.r,äl'r,
portrayal of male roles within the society, there is
great danger in any approach that tries to elicit
Memorial service
for the victims of Hiroshima and
RALEIGH, NC-March for
SOMETHING NEW
TO WORRY ABOUT
a
Jack Nichors in Men's Liberarion starts to articurare ;tilå1:Iyf"i,iHi3u:1Håtl'i:å,:5?[ïffi3rîjtn'"
what some of the demands of a men's movement and must be seen as oppressors with¡n Â."i¡ããí
might be. The book contains 2'l short essays on such society. A precise desäiiption of how r"n oppiãit
'other men, women, raciál minorities, ana eitin¡.
lopics. as playfulnegs., ryorf, competition, sexuality,
friendship, .woTer!, fatherhood, politics, and body. groups can provide a beginning fra-e*or[iåi On.the wþo]e, the- book, is_well written, and reads
developing some strateg-ies oniow to struggle out of
well, aside from the first four chapters,.which are
these rolei. Nichols' boõk begins to approãôü suãf'
fairly abstract. lf nothing else, this book provides a' an analysis, but unfortunatel! tries toä hard ioelicit
good description of oppressive male roles within
pity for what men have done io themselvàs ãndcontemporary American society. Parts of the book others,
'are poetic
and forceful-a real joy to read.
Although Nichols describes masculine values and
.l particularly enjo.yed the chapter on violence, this cultuie's conception of manliness, he doesn;t
where Nichols attacked Robert Ardrey,.the author of share with the readär any of his own rúrrãgl"r '
Territorial.lmperative, andotherethnologistswho againstthesealienatingíalues. Heattacfs"
traditional male intelleõtuality for being logical and
placing a premium on the abiÍity to anaTyze", Out iÀ"n
in this book he does exactly that: he desóribei,
ahalyzes, and draws conclúsions. This dichoiomy is
particularly.confusing in the area of se"uãtiiy. Hä
never tellsihe reader-what his own sexual béhavior
is, and only occasionallv ãven mentions
homosexuality. This e#phasis on ânã iepeated
disc.ussion of male heteroiãxuaiityìr a Jiu*Uuif. to
the military works so closely with capitalists to
the book. While I admired N¡ifroié,.U¡i*;ñ;i
generate profits and stimulate production, that
traditionalmale sexualitv, there is much to bà
f'rn13n beings become that violent. while Nichols learned from the strueglêi of gav ménìhåi ñichols
implies that human beings live a superior life when never includes in his [räsentalion. From my own
they base their relationsh.ipson cooperation rathêr homosexual experienler, i huu" l"urnóå fró*i"éplv
thal ç9,mqgt¡tion, he denies (as does Marx) that such the practice of äominatioh affects my **"ãiitv. ð"v
a world will ever come about in a monopoly capitalist men, in describing how difficult it hás been to come
rojl-"Iy_t^,
ort, have br
Nlchols' chapters
and repressed this male-dominated
well the perverse values that dominate male
soèiety rs.
behavior in our society. These traditional values lock
Nichols' failure to recommend a strategy for
men into "a one-dimensional self-apprais al," by.
dealing
w¡thìhi ñbñ9i male dominãî¡ãn is also
.
wh¡ch thev see themselves only as [iovideri aná do a.4isapipointme;i. iñ;;riüão"rä
;¿"]i;;iËL
notdraw jovfromoth.eraspectéof theirtivesl
of teltingtË;il;;;i;;;;d;;ã,
uriãõårì;i'-'
fatherhood, community mirmbeÀ, i;;;r;;
rree"rihô; iñ.ñ;ñiia'ä n"* sociat oider for
plavmates, or friends. The concerns of competition, theîselveì. 119;"*;, ;;iäin" ir*ã,
6ãuðË"u',
domination, and "size and status" so influånðe the delineateã wt'ãåliuãä¡"';';i";;t" i¡nã tÃã*åv,
to
average male's life that Nichols con.ird"r tt itlñ"
get whàre we must go.
have concluded that "man'.' is naturally an aggressive
animal. Nichols points out how the lack of gun _
. restrictions, the military ethos,.and the competitive
Calvinist work ethic have all helped create.an
American male who is the archetypeof a violent
creature. -Vuny other animals, he points out, flee
when challenged rather than fight, and in many parts
' of theworld men live
peacefullywith each other.
Nichols argues that it is only in this society, where
Aug.12,1926 WlN
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'The women's movement
has opened up avenues of
struggle from which men-can begin to learn to
challenge their traditional rolei. One way we can
build a strong base to lead liberation struggles for
our brothers is to continueto learn from active
feminists. A strong point of this book is that Nichols
has a great deal ofãdmiration for women who have
grown through the women's movement and have
gained a sense of independence. For example; he
points out that men need to relate to their intimates
(men or women) in playful ways, ãnd do away with
the tendency to dominate and control that marks io
much male activity. I have found it true in my own
tife, that although in many ways I have had a
liberated relationship (we share child care, chòres,,
have seperate incomes, our own friends, etc.),
internally I still need to control. lt is very hard for me
to accept that the w.oman-l live with has the freedom
to live on her own and do whatever she chooses.
Men can also tearn about their sex roleS from each
other. Consciousness raising groups and/or men's
groups have been a great help in my development.
Through men's groups I learned from other men how
t
they struggle with the oppression of their roles. I
think that the bonds of intimacy and friendship have
to þrow a lot stronger between men before we can
givã up some of thé competitive values and
behaviors we now depend upon for identity within
this culture
ln addition to working on and struggling within the
personal sphere, men can initiate political strueglès
in the workplace that will create better working
conditions for all workers. At the workplace we can
educate people about the nature of class oppression,
and demonstrate how hierarchies are so often used
to advance male interests. We can push for paternity
leaves so that men are able to stay home and look
after children. We can support and create day-çarg .
centers. There are many other such areas that can bç
defined.
Men must find ways of supporting each other, and
of attending to each other's feelings. My own
experience on the left has been that many so called
liberated men who have leftist politics still followthe
Calvinist work ethic too closely. They work hard
(perhaps too hard !) at changing the world, but don't
spend enough time on the process of the struggle. .
My fear is that these revolutionaries (if they succeed)
wiil replace the economic and political sphere with
socialist or communist values, but will maintain the
same exploitative hard working, masculine, work
ethic in relation to those new values. lt's not enough
iust to think of redemptipn in terms of when the
struggle is won, but rather we must start to think of
redemption in terms of support and love for each
other while the struggle progresses. We must take'
time out to play, and to cry, to hug and support our
brothers and sisters, to listen warmly and
symp-athetically to the pain of people who daily
struggle to find meaning in their lives. l'm'afraid
that many male revolutionaries think these personal,
areas are trivial and somehow not worthy of their
important time. -lan M. Harris
20WIN Aug. 12, 1976
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't
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Do you have a handle? How often do you modulate?'
Once a day? This book is for you. Never? This book is
for you, too.
CB radio is not lust a way to communicate between
two points without wires. lt is a way to keep truckers
awake on the long transcontinental haul, to avoid
"Smokies"'speed traps on the interstate and beat
the 55 mph speed limit, to fight loneliness late at
night, a way for hookers to increase the volume of
their trade. lt is a new way of talking; and ¡t is fast
becoming a way of contemporary American folklife.
CB radio, in'the shortwave band it presently occupies, was opened tothe public by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) in late 1958.
Communications analysts looked forward to the
revolution in personal communication that was expected to follow; while Amateur Radio operatórs
(hams) looked upon the new service with disdá¡n,
iearing an undisciplined group of half-wits would
soon mob the airwaves witþ their useless chatter.
Both'dreams and fears werb someday to be reálized,
but CB enioyed a long childhood. lt assumed a
moderate success as a service into the mid-'60's, and
was a real boon to small businesses, long distance
truckers (who had yet to realize CB's full potenti.al),
highway emergency teams, loggers, ranchers, alrd
farmers in both the US and Canada. Even thq antiwar movement made some use of CB radio, as an organizing tool in coordinating events in Washington,
DC during May Day, 1971, and the VVAW demo'
there during )ulV of 1974.
But it took FCC's reservation of CB Channel 9 for
highway emergencies, and the middle-class
affluence of the '60's, with the ensuing flood of
recreational vehicles, to make most Americans suddenly take notice of those funny-looking antennas
that over half of the tractor-trai'ler trucks hàd been
sporting on their mirrors foryears. "Then, in late
1974," say the authors, "came the Arab Oil
Embargo and suddenly. . . America was faced with a
nationwide 55 mph speed limit.f 'The nation's independent truckers stagäd a cross-country shutdown
and the media's covelage of this event, according to
the authors, was responsible for making the public
aware of CB. i'Network newscasts showed hundreds
of massed semi-trailers iammed wall to wall along
major interstate highways, blocking important
briðge accesses, intersections and toll booths."
Witliout CB such an organized shutdown would not
have been possible.
The rush to CB soon follòwed-a'rush that no one,.
manufactu¡er and the FCÇ alike, could have pre-
dicted. Since then, CB transceiver manutacturers
have caught up and $10 million in sales of CB equip-
me¡t is predicted for.1976, while the FCC is
experienci
g logjam,
Over half a million applicatíons for CB licenses were
received by the FCC in January of this year alonemore than all existing CB licenses before 1962.
. Long before the current rage, truckdrs and other
CB'ers had improvised very sexist, color.ful and
creative lar¡guageto accompany the mystique that
surrounded both their trade and their joy-their
"seebee raddiddio." CB Bible includes a helpful,
hilarious and comprehensive compendium of jusi
about every term.ever invented by CB'ers, anywhere. To "put thepedal tothe metal" is to step
(usually with great force and for extended periods of
n
g an unprecedented I icen
si n
time) on the accelerator. A 'lKoþft with a Kodak,, is '
a'"Smoky Bea¡" or state police car, with speed
radar. Everyone knows that the "Shaky Side" is the
West Coast, while the "Dirty Side" is, of course, the
East Coast.
lf it's sexism you're looking for, you won't have to
look very hard in this medium. "Beavers" and "seat
covers" also abound in the language of these macho
contemporary cowboys. Unfortunafely, the authors
do not choose to deal with this aspect of CB. I remember taking my life in my hands, cruising along
l-80 this spring with my Jrucker's Toy, when a
couple of truckers ahead of me began to chat on their
CB radios about some of the good fucks they had had
and the Beavers they had known. I was travelling in
the midst of a convoy, and decided to tread with
caution. I picked up my mike, keyed it and said,
(Iottorc conttnuod foom prge3.)
.
I was very pleased to see Susan
Abrams'fine article on "Human Riehts
and Psychiatric Oppressiof ; tWtÑ,---7 / I / 7 61. The oftei ìnhumane ireatment
of, and blatant ¿buses toward, (ex)
mental patients is a subject that has
been ignored by most ofour society, including the Molement. It seems tñe
fears held bv societv about "cra¡z\
people" are sharediy members öf tle
Left, who have notabþ withheld their
suppo{ and commitment to this oppressed group.
The many ãnd diverse explanations,
interpretations and thçoriçj of mental
illness may eithe-r conft¡se or clarifu our
understa¡ding of the oroblem. Roi
Lease's "Economic lnieroretatioriof
Mental lllness" is a passÍonate oolemic
but I do not feel it reõponsibh afds our
educ¿tio.n. According to Leaje, most
menril llness ts no more than poverty,
'
or the "condition of economic öo*erj
his
le_s_sne¡s. " That
argument TJ woe_
fully simplistic is evident from a ouick
epidemiotogy of meäial
"You got that Caslight Kid (my handle, or the name
I useon ÇB).þe¡e, good buddy. Haveyou ever heard
of a word called 'sexism'?" A long paúse, vèry,un,
usual in CB, followed. Finally he replied, "Ten-four,
ten-four, Gaslight Kid. You wouldn't be one of ihem
there womens-libbers, now, wouldja?" I have heard
other CB'ers tell of experiences where they haVe
been almost rammed in the trunk by tailgaîing sgmis
in return for such risky remarks.
But this book is fuh. lt is the most complete guide
to CB radio l.have ever seen, and certainly the besf
illustrated. lt includes technical and product infor.
mation, licensing info and FCC rules, a history of the
service, the words to all of the Country Western
tunes written about trucking \,vith CB, some
interesting exce[pts from FCC files documenting the
illegal uses of CB, and much more. I would highly
recommend this book to CB'ers and sociologists
alike.
-";;ñad¡o
check, how about it. flow's my signal
tonight?"
"Úh,l
got my radio, good buddy. Ten-four, I got
mine.".
lan M. Harris is a member oi the New American
Movement'and has beenøctive in the men's
movement in Philadelphia and Milwaukee.
Dwight Ernest (the Caslight Kid) is a member of
the WIN statf , and is studying for his Amateur
Radio /icense. You can modulatewith him any
night on Channel 7 in the Big Apple on the Dirty Side.
statistically, more mèn than women
commit suicide-except on the West
Coast-and more whifes than blacks.
People in the 50-59 age group have
greater earning power and economic
stability than péisons inthe20-29 aice
group, yet mental illness is most
prevalent among the former and least
prevalent in the latter aee srouo.
Of course there are siätiíticaf trends
which indicate the importance of economic factors. One mãior studv
tevealed that the incidänce of irental
illness varied ftom7.3Vo at the hichest
socioeconomic level to l6.6Vo ettÉe
pootest level. Yet an economic.interþretation of mental illness cannot ailequately explain why, for example, the
nlghest rates of mental illness are found
among divotced people; why collegeeoucated persons have the highest inci.
cence oJ neuroses and people with no
education have the higåesfrate of
psychoses; or why, foi all major
psychbtic reactionó, rural ratés are well
oetow urban rates.
Epidemioloeical facts force us to
acknowledge t:hat theories of mental ill.
fili:::.",n"
ness cannot be simply focussing on only
If_mental illness is solely an economic one ol many factors'.
to truly uñderco1!!!i9¡ 1T{ p{oblem, orie
stancl mental health and illness our at.
expect that blacks and women lwho are tention must be given to the many ineconomically deprived intlie Uìitèà-fluences (e.g., súial. familial,
mi!iî'-""-
:iii:'l,iJiÍ.îifi iJg:+iï:í'JJjg:::
not
is
the case. Curiously, and
-Dwight Ernest
physiological, cultural, hereditary,
situational) which structure the human
being. Ultimately, an economic inter-
pretation of mental illness presents an
impoverished view of the human in{ividual. It is worth while to considerìhat
It is because we are so "rich" (i.e., have
many influences) that we thus have
mental illness.
NOLL
-JANE
Sllvor
Sprlng, Md.
Phyllis Roa lletters, rNlN,7/29/76] at-
tributed to Walter Lowenfels some
comments in the Bicentennial issue
lWlN,7 /8/761 that were made bv me.
They concerned the possibility ofa
govefnment crackdown in response to
terrorist violence. Ms. Roa noled that
this was a reality already and mentioned
the case oflureida Torres as an
example. Tho I'm unfamiliar with this
case, Ms. Roa is right. Harassment and
threats are with us right now. I was
speaking ofa fullfledged fascist sweep
which we seem thus far to hdve escaped. I also agree with her further
point that ye should keep up pressure
against repressive governments that get
direct US support; but repression should be opposed whoever supports
and finances it.
What the late Walter Lowenfels did
say in the Bicentennial issue comes
down to something I also agree yith and
wish I had said first: "Peace is the poem
of our time. . . The revolution is to be
human."
.
-CHUCKFAGER
PaloAlúo, Cdlf.
Aug. 12,1976 WIN 21
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WAR RESISTERS I,EAGT]E
I97 6 NATIONAT CONFERENCE
August 11-14' 1976
An hour a.day will be set aside to give us a chance to
get to know êaéh other better and share ideas and concerns in small groups.
The conferen*ce ends with a plenary session Saturday
mornins. lunch, and recreation-and exhibits in the after'
noon. õÑo dinner provided unless you have made aduance i.tungementì') Saturday evening through Monday
noon the Naïional Committee will meet. Becartse another
proup will be at the camp from Sunday on, WRL con'
iereric" members (other than National Committee) may
not stay at the camp but are welcome to seek hospitality
with WRL members in the area.
Write to the WRL National OffÎce for your Conference
brochure and registration form^as- soon PS possible.
Facilities are limlted to about 225 beds' plus campi4g
that accommodates up to lü). Also let us know what displays, slides, fîlms, iãeas; etc. you may have to share.
11
Ifdm Wednesday aftemoon 9! AySusJ.
Recietert
s;ótd""-äuroótt, August 14, the War -thrcugh
tïHff #['fr ff :;iu'ti ffiY'iftrTî"';l $;
(30 múe¡ from PhlladelPlia).
There is more to America than plastic flag lapel
pi¡s'
and
iï.-rt¡.iotv than fifes'änd druml añd guns and
ülür"äaãã. r¡" Únl Calendar of 1976 (and-past vears)
how Americans have sttuggled. and or'
ñ"¡'iii"itiãt"á
-oãnizednonviolent
ways for many freedom-, still so.im;
;;;;ö
how we aie building alternatives
;äå;îi;¿-hi""éã;
(or not), learn, live collectivelv and
í;;t-;fic-e:;oìzutit""ná
our lives.
run
'-îrt"lözo-war
Resisters League Conferenc-e will ex'
olore wavs of carrying that tradîtion forward during the
ãresent óeriod of-his-tory. It is a place where we can
ã"rónttl"t" and reinfor-ce some of America's- alternati"ä. ï" .¡litarism, racism, sexism, co¡sumerism' imüåt¡"lit*, lic. Through discussion, literature'wefilms'
will
l'äå;ffi;r:;hibits(b-ring whatever vou have)'
;ö"iËi ;;;"ñ fot' *ais to help make
America."
"'Äìiåtn"t¡u"
institutions and life'styles are as integral.a
o".i-äïá nonuiolent revolution as is þolitical analysis' \{e
iuill have time and space for discussing and shartng t-nese
altérnatives as part-of political action' Some workshops
to
;ili'ü-;.h"Aul'ed' but participants are encouraged
workset-up
and
and'ideas,
concertis
o*n
brinp their
to ex.i;;-.. w" meet tosether on a basis of equality policy'
;ffi;; uie*s- sharäexperiences and shapeWRL
w;";ñütd
ãil- str¡ve fo be participantõ. and not ob-
servers.
"-ïtti-.ont".ence
will begin
Wednesda-y. August
l.l'
with resistration and dinner at 6 pm. At E pm there wltl
on alternátives-inèluding- femi'
how they relate to
anarchism-and
and
ni.Ã."o"ial¡sm
Ë;';ãrrei Aii"ui.ion
peopler¡'ho have been
;;;iät*. Þ;telists will be WRLpienty
of discussion will
i;.ki;; "; tñese suuiects. and -scheéuled
for Thursday
it. i""8"iãn"¿. Worlstrops are
ãn thc Contineital walk. war Tax Resistance
;;JË;id";
-t'rtð-i"the Middle
ä"ã
Þuy"t. Rebellion,--Amnesty,
TOCATIONANDCOST
"another
East. and thc structure of the WRL' among others'
Brandvwine Camp.is on a wooded
hill about a mile from
is just . off the
Þeónsvlvania Turnpike ãnd on a railroad line that goes
an hour
ãiüttíi; Phlããeiôtria' Bv train or car it is about
large' central
il;'þhi;d;iprtiui rn"tä are several
s'ome smaller houses with bedrooms' baths
ù'"¡l¿i""t
""0 curnpsrounds are ample and in the same
ãrà ntãt1""Ã.
roih"t" will bè no real division between campers
tË";äi;¡ ãf
"*""
ã"ã
iío*ninetown, which
(Camper¡
ylll
use.plumbing
-!11t.
"ór:.ã*pers.
the pool.) Recreati-on facilities include swlmmlng'
adioins
other-games'
voileyball, ihuffleboard and
-.
Thä cost for those staying in cabins is $31 per Per$on
f;i-dqy;
land s meaÍs).-Children ages 3 to 1l
¿re
$20.50. ánd children under 3 are .50'
Canroins rates are on a sCale-l night is $5 per person.'
2 nlshtizs7.s0. 3 nishts/$9.50. Children under lt ate'/3
;f ;lì'; ;d;" .;;i. ili"." are facilities for outdoor cooking'
is onlY $5.
Rcsistration
"
ñõÑ;f ioRGEf To
BRING vour guitar, harmonica'
canìcra. a frisbee and your swim suit'
1VAR RESISTERS LEAGTIE
339 Lef¡ybtte St.
NewYork,NY
10012
(2121228-M50
Win Magazine Volume 12 Number 29
1976-08-12