The S /p"\: i pirit ———————————————————————————————————————————————— : : For Revolutionary Resistance [ Puerto Rico Libre! Wi tis e of A The it wehavefocussd, somewhat, on the colonial sicustion of Puero Rico, and the independence sruggle being waged o fre heilod from US. imperalin contol by the independensista movement nd the armed cladestine organizationsboth {nside Purto Rico nd onthe U.S. manland. As Jly 25 s celebrated in Puert Rico as ndependence Day and sround the work! ¢ 4 Inermational Day in Soldarty ‘ith the Puero Rican Independence Suvggle and with the Puerto Rican Polical Prisoners snd risonersof War, we are inclding i his ssu ierviews we have dooe with two Puero Rica Prisoners of War, Edwin Conés and Albero Rodriguez jmprisoned as members of the FALN (Amed Forces of NationslLibeaticn,a wel sntments by two independentsas on il for their involvement withLos Macheiros (The Machete Wild- en). also“discovered" Poeto Rico, then known as Boriquen. | 1 the mame of Spam Eolombos id claim 1o the sand and e nameditSun Jun B I 1511, afergoldwas discovered, i eceved yet amother name: Poerto Rico,or Rich Por. Sinc te deys of Columbus, esisance o ‘olonilst ggression and conrol has ben strong From the fiere ressance of the indgeoous Arawaks and ‘Tuinos againt the Spanish, 1 the FALN and Los Ma- chetero, Puerto Ricans have abways siuggled and ‘ganized o regen he an and soverigaty. I was i he 19601, tha groups uch s the CAL (Comandos Amados de_Liberacon) and MIRA (Movimicnto de Iaquierda Revolucionaia en Amas) beganto engagen miliay actions such s the bombings of US. busineses that exploted Pocro Rican workers 0 botels i S Joan which catered o the U, ourist Alan Berkman Is Free! OnFriday July 10, political prisoner Alan Berk- ran vas s from pie. Al o s i prison since 1985 serving & sentence relating 10 & Secirof s e scios carsed by he Rod Gucril Ressnce o115 miay msaions 1 coporaions vhic suppors perais word oo, ndthe 198 il bobing by e A Resitanc Unit n rspone o e U5, vasion of Grmada. Al ws st oe o the ix comrades involved in the Resistance Conspiracy Case. During this triad, Alan was seriously ill with Hodgkins’ Dis- o, b ncrty dedfom e advre lct of ooty A s o activ el orover vy year g b vt bohas e 120 i it ke 1 m exprced physicin, Al elpdrat woundd prsonrs e e AticaRebel lon i 1971, el d Naive Americans Woundd Kocea 975, ~ We send our wammest greetings 1o comade Al Beskonnt e it i o i prser of i R T—— celebrate the 500 ssiverary of hiogher | Columbus's arrival-inshe New World, that in 1493 be | tade. I themid 1970', the FALN emerged, callin for airiegy o niingll e ecessay fomsof revolution- ary srogale of th Puero Rican peope ino an effort 0 ‘oveturm colniaism through 8 rotaced peopl’s war fo independence. The FALN has carid ou s acions within the bordersofth Urited Staes; s s i has bocn 0 operate withn the metrpolian sres of the ncany colonil pover, wher millions of Puro Ricans eside, fcing condiions o coloialvolence, exploia- on and poveny. FALN actions were centered in New. York City and Chicago snd included atacks on banks, govemmentoffice,and polie stins. Likewise, the Macheteros emerged towards the eodof the 1970's in Pueto Rico, md inthe words o ane of ts Tounden:"Los Machetern i cl. desineonganization formed i 1976 that uses anmed strgle o oppose US. represtion in Pucrto Rico” s acions have incloded the 1981 bombing of nine Nutonal Guard plancs which caused damage of 350 millon, rocket stacks aimed x US. counbouser, mnd in 1986, i it ac. iom with two other e clndestine organizaions; FARP (Anned Forces of Pogular Resisance) sd OVRP Or. pmizaion of Voluniersforthe Puero R Revola- +ion),the bombing of iy installtions 1o proest the. possible raiing of Nicaragoen conras i Puerto Rico 0 the beginning of commercial logging i the Pucrio Rican Naional Rain Foreet. Alough at thepresstime wmed esisance is s low b there e 18 Pt Rican Prisoners of War and. politcal prisoners mprisoned for being par o these ‘amed clandesine organizatons and e upport appe- rtuses. The United Saes government bas rpeatedly vioated the homan rights o hee Puero Rican poliical prisoncrs and POWs by subjectng then o brusal and ortaousprison condtions These aboses inclodesex. sl andphysicl ssauls,long periodsn olsion cls and control unitssndthe denis] of medicl care. . Luis Nieves-Falcon, coordinaor of Ofensiva °92. 8 campaign tofee the poliical prisoner ad Pris- anersof W - has captured he et of he POW"s when e wries thatthy “are foeled by the fac that they are people whohhave futhinhe valiant men and women who will never be anyone’s saves. They belive ia human valour and have fith in the right 1o froedom, in the recupertion of our homeland's soversigny and n the conscious men nd women of Pto Rico. The POW' are fully aware of the empir's sae,but ar convinced that PucroRico'sighto independence i much greaer The POW¢ are ks convinced thatnthe earfture, we ‘will il b ogether i fee bomeland that, nspie of it currentcolofal status, will proclaio this ocencs ‘We s ATS joi n the just demands or independ- ence for Purto Rico and freedom fo all Puerto Rican poliical prisoners and Pisoners of War. Victory For T Thiry-four Mohawks charged in the 1990 Oks criss were aquied o July by a Quebec Superior Cout Juryafe five daysof debberon. Ina satemen, those charged satod h“ e verdict sccn by the Mohawks and thei alies 13 an admision by thejony thasthe soesinvalving lind nd juridicion st be addresid, no in the criminal cours, but by negotaton " Bob Skidders « Mahavk leader who west ‘ander thenicknare Mad Jp duing the criss, ud that e decision was one that had been de fo 300years: I our eoplehadbeen given consideruion a h begiming thenthre would be o fight oday.” “1didn'thave ny it in ysem ke his,bos ' siad that the truth was rally told” said Joe David, another of th sccused Mohawks. 1 feel eally good sbout the verdict” ‘Withthe exceptionof hree who were charged with he Mohawks! assauing » pesc officr snd ntrfering with sn ares, ll e accused had boencharged wih paricpating in iot and abstracting polic andthe millry. In addition, 18 wereaccused of posesson of irearms for a danger. ous purpose. "The crisi began whea the polic stomed a Mo- ek baricade st up1o protet a gol coursecxpansion onto acre buria Land that was part of the Mobaw rndionalland ase. A police ofices was kiled n the id, hhoaghnocne s been chargedn isdeth Afee e police snack, & sand-off which asted 78 days re- subed inth captreof s number of Mohawks - many of ‘whom were i his ecet i, ‘Crown prosectorJean Pere Boyer, clling for & ity verdict had ssid that anyting less would send » mestage o the world the aking up ams ispermissible nd Canada'simage () could sffer s resul. Interview With Alberto Rodriguez In anartice you wrote n 1983 entiied “The Rightto Fight s Noo-begotable’ you sated that “The armed strugsle In Puerto Rico i ot simply » movement dedicated to violence. 1t Is nelher milltarisic nor Incined towards volence.” What s your conception of armed struggte in Puerto Rico; what kind of more- ment do you se 1t as belng? Lenvision e srggle s bing politiclmilary augel in which the polical apec o the gzl ke moredoiant Paricaady i e sationof Pucto i, for s otofdffeen itorcland poliel eason, | do't e h classic modelof poople's war 1. soc i predominunly agriculurlplace ke Chin or Vietmam working. ik s bas o b ol miliary sruggle in which the polical spects of he gle wonld dominme. The polico-miliary aspc of e rvgele vould abweys b in suppors o nd i soldarity i andbopefllyncrin faions cven leading. b iy polteal fores o e movemers. “The policabmiliary organzaions that woold Jead the gl would hev o be clandesin in rder i thy ca opr e snd lea of e US. goven- men ht s, s heivasoof 139, maosioed s largeateligencs and pying necwork i Pero Rico that makes s stempatoorpnize poblcly andopnly sic- . hebioory o Pcro Rico s showe et vy ime e independence movemen bas grown a4 g hullnge US. imperilisn, the indepndence mone. ‘menthas b emaod, il e cader i, and mary o them murderd. W wond have rmed propaganda in which he amod sevgle wold ducee s e consciousnes. “The armed suggle woud be s 3 form of iy ing and brnging 0 the ruggle the most comcions clemens, e mo dcictod nd commiaedcemns o he ndependene movemcn 1o the vggle. S sethe rmed Arvgge a5 being an ntgrl pa of 4 poblic movemen,of n independencs movemen ht openis oy differenlevet nth o, inbe nveriis, i the communites, it wold b el pun of & polteal rggle You were arrested i 1983, allegodly 2 8 member of the FALN. In many of the FALN communiques there ssigoifican discusson fhowelectons o Purio Rico are'an atempt o force the Poerto Rican struggl to ake place withn thelogal apparatus of imperialism. ‘Wit this n mind could tell s about the Puerto Rican Independence movement's opposition o colonia dec- tons,and conld ou tll s something sbou the Pria- cile of Reatramiento on which this oppltion s based? The Puero Rican independence movemment has alvays had an lecoral aspect o . In th begiming. i e 190's,the independence movement a5 & whole, hrough diffrentpartes, participted 1930 Don Pedros Campos, Presidentof the Nationalist ‘Pan, rainthe clecions of 1932 d saw ithand bow clectons controlled by US. colonialism oaly Ied 10 divide the peopie. He saw 1 siwation in which Puerio Ricans wee fighing Pucro Ricans over some posiion ‘which really did ot challenge thesats of Poerto Rico, ‘which did ot bingfto qeston U.S. colonial e ver Puero Rico. Busically Poerio Ricans were fighing Pucrto Ricms over posion or an offce. So Campos. 1aid out the program, o the conceps, of Restramento, ‘which basically means "boycon” and on-recogniion of colonial e, “The conceptoftheeectoral beycotis based cn the factthatibe U.S. imvaded PucrioRicoin 1898 md forwo. years there was # miliary govemment. In 1900, the millary govermment was taoed o cviian govern- ment which coninoed o be conrolled by Washinglon D.C.Tothidaythe asenialelments f his relatinship have not changed. Even though now we have 4 Puero Rican Governor and Puro Rican Sente, Pucto Rican soverigaty continnes 1o lie in the US. congress, and controlof Puerto Rico;real economic andpoltical con- trol, s in Washingion D.C. Reatamieno sees clections s & palical devics creted by he US. 1o perpetai the control. We i he independence movement who reoppored i U.S. colo- il i Puerto Rico, should not paricipaie in these clctons because s onegate hevery hings hat woare ruggling for. Now the independence movement a3 & ‘wholei very divided o te questionof eecions, ind | ‘would say pesonally that my opinin s that i parici- puton i based o0 a lack of vision, a ack of faith in revalution, feling hat sinceroting e s ealy going on,well we'll jus gotoelectons everyfouryears 1 eel thatforus o pariiate inelectons s fouswevery four yearsener oo rocess i which we ar going 10 lose. Everying i aainst us, the whoe lecoral sysem, und the whole educational and policcal sytem is s up 0 equai ndependence with eroriem and ciminalty, and ‘we cannotwin n thet ind of enviroment. So, really, it is the revoluionary independence movement tha pposs clecions and that secs cecions S5, cam, and s conspiracy o keep Puerto Ricans arging amangst themseivs over issues and meaning- lexs polical postions while the tme pover s i Washingion. So the FALN nd other poltical-milary organizations, and sevenl public organizations have atempted 1o rganiz frons aganst cleciona paricips- tion, ndthis lso ncudes paricipationinplebiscites nd referendums crested by the U, whose purpose s ot 10 decolonize the nland, but 1o create new situion o & nw s up where they can cotine theiscontrol. Restrumieno, hen, 1o me, coninues, over sixy ‘years e, o b ealiy o be something tht e is 1 prncipetha can rally the Purto Rican people togeher tisa evolsionary program whichcanchallenge peope 10 break with US. mperialist controland begin 10 think aboot developing a polical projec which exist inde- pendenly o the Uz, andcnly hen will e Puerto Rican Independence movement no longer be & movement of opposiion bat # atonal libersion strogge. 1 believe ha e of ourgreatflaws and weaknesss hasbeen our inabily 1o develop a roe naional libestion srggle. Instead e forthe mostpart acta ef cpposiionto US. govemment md U.S. imperalism. Poerto Rico i col- ony, it a lasscalcolony. It s contolled by the US. hrosghmiliary snd repressive means, and forus have ‘s mvement incpposition which s siply el oy, political appositon, then we are not going 1 80 any Wherein e ong run. Tnee Restramiento s being anmportan concept o nite evoluionary conscioumes, 1o challenge US. mperialism, o crate an independence projct, o crete & revoltionarysrtegy which the U, cannot control, hatthe ULS. cannt dicit the terms o. Tis Reatam iento, slong witha polical-milary iuggle, ke heane Toutined earlr, vould be winnable sraicgy. e e e ety T s iy S e EmbmiEe S, National Committee To Free Puerto Rican Prisoners Of War the Unlied Sates Nuonal Offie PO, Box 476698 Chicago,linois 60647, US.A. Box 613 i - Dorcbester Masachursets 02124, US.A. 138 efferson Suet. Hardord, Conneciicat 06106, US.A. 2B 115 St ‘Now York, New York 10029, US.A. 3604 N.Th Avenne Philacephis, Pennsylvani 19140, US.A. 3543 180 Sreet, Box 12 San Frncisco, Califomia 94110, US.A. 1 Poerto Rico - OFENSIVA ‘92 Apariado Posal 20190 Rio ieduas, Porto Rico 00928 the armed siuggle for natonal beration. Many of theguerril groups are entering o negotation with the sate and olgarchies or are surrendering thelr ‘weapons and entering the elctora arens, as we bave snen most recenty with El Salvador and Columbis. How do you fee about this tarn of events, and how does t afec th Puerto Rlcan struggle? Wihout question, thi is something ha affects us very decply. We have lways seen ourscivs as part of 4n overall Luin American siiegy 1o Gefen U.S. mperalism through the use of people’s war and ammed sruggle. ‘The question to be aked honesly s the queston of whether amed siroggle is & winnable stegy in Latin America. 1 contine to beleve that it s, even though many _gucril groups and amed organiza- ions have begun o e {HASTA A LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE ! (L) Edvin Cors, Alberio Rodrigues, Joe Dokerty (recenly exiredied 1o Northern Ireland), Ricardo Jiménet and Kec Toure (no longer imprisoned). ekt with e Tl of th Sovie Unios d the Socal st blochatistime o cut a0y bk thebest deal potsble. | do ot fel that the fundamental condi- ionsn Latn America have changed,in whichorganiza- tions should enter o negotiations with the ae, with S, imperalism and it puppet sttes,because the con- didon re nch ththey amot b resclved by some ype. of poiicalsccommodaion with imperiaim. So1 eally don’tknow where it going tocndup and fecl that - diffeentn each counry bk i El Salvador, because ofthe strengih ofthegoerilla movement ha thy will b 2 much betr situation 1 guaranee some democracy and some improvement in e livesof themasss, while in Columbis th gucrilla movements are much weaker and willbeina worse siuntion. You have in Peruthecon- tinuaion o the amned strggle, and 10 don'tsee EI Salvador or Coluambie s beingthe ool fuar. How do you view the upld changes which have been occuring in the former Soviet Unloo and Eastern Barope,1nd what ffect doyoufelthesechanges will have for he developing world and natonaliberation struggles? As & Pucro Rican who has et US. coonial since e first beginnings of my poltcal conscournes back i the carly 70's, | have idenifed with he Soviet Unionandihe socilistblocbecauscof hei antcolomil | sand. As 1 developod polticll and began o s the | contradicions o the Soviet nd Chines system; the way ‘Communism and socilism had been pracised, 1 sill denified with i and supporie it n the sense that the enemmy of my eneany s myfrien. Now wit e full of the Soviet Union there i sl an emational side, » cerain sxdness while s | think sboot t and s 1 s wha §00d could come o i el each day les nd les ad bout .. 1 tink tht It of people in the e found oarselves defending th Soviet Union even when he Soviet Urion. ‘wat notdefendable. Some of the posiions ey took in Erite, some of e things they id in Afghanista; bow they aiempiedio hokd ogethe a sysem based on eprs- sion, how ey aempied 10 develop sysem n which theyended politcs, hey eded democracy, sndin snse theybecame everyihing hey wereideologically opposed o Now s goneweolones el burden b . | 28 il Elecots of the Aonomist win of Pcro ‘We nolonger foel te ned o defend tht sysem. And [ hink that we can e from . think that ¢ gives s 1 opportanitytoleam{rom hat expeimentand s hat we cammot develop s sysim fundamentally based on epres. sion. As ety s we can ke it sound, w cannotbuild ‘anew word oder based o repesson: it must be based on democracy.Sol hink it timeof chalenge. | ik imeforus 10 pus away all hese concepeions. Many ofusinthis generaton who came ot o the Victnam war and he stuggles ofthe 70's developed a very romantic and deaisic bsession with the uggle. And now that the romanicsm and deaismhas been destroyed snd we sccthecndofha xperince, i hallengesus, inasease, obe much more rdical than we were because st of cceping deas, we now have o be chalenged tocesie ‘ourown deas, develop deasthat arenot based,realy, onlies The Puerto Rican Independence movement bas al- ‘ways fuced severe repression from the US. govern- ‘ment. The FB in paticlar has b instrumental in parsiing the US. paicy of atiemping to crush the struggle for national beration n Puerto Rico. Re- cently,revetions have come o ligh concerning the role of the FBI and an organization called ‘Defenders of Democracy” In the assasination of two Puerto Rican patriots at Cerro Maravila. Could you tell us ‘what originaly happened at Cerro Maravil, and what was the FBI's nvoivement? We in the Poeto Rican independence movement have beensaying for many year tht the F.B.L beadeda deahsquad type uni in Puerto Rico snd that it has ‘maintained contol ofthe Puerio Rican policesioce the 1930's, since the Pueso Rican polce were mobilized slong with the Naional Guard o smash nd destro the. Puerto Rican Nationalist Pan. For years, many of ourdetractorsatacked us and said we were paranoid and that this det-squed did nok exis and ther did not i this B conrolled polce fore tha was agains the Puero Rican independence mavement. Now we have been vindicated because the ‘whole Cerro Maraill siuaion as shown that there has cxised deal-squadin Puerio Rico made vpof clements ofthe Puerio Rican police, the F.B.L, andother Federal goverment offcals, paticlary people in the US. Navy and the U Marshllsrvice In the Cerro Maravils case, two young Perto Rican independentisas were organized and mobilzed nto an organization which was 4 govermment cresied organization. They were put no station o carying. outarmed aacks gainthe .S, whichhad een totally sctup and the they were ured 10 & commenications tower where they were surounded by the police nd murderedincoldblood. TheUS. nd PoeioRicanpolice aiempted 1 cover tup, bt they filed because ceran ‘witnesss, cetain peopie inthe Pt Rican independ. ence movement have not allowed 10 go sway,and ve. pushed and pushed it And 1o tis day new revelatons come upaboutthe inensty o he .S. ol n this whole e and the factthat the FB.1 was acaly thee. Thus for s he imporiance tha e F.B.L was there and that ther exiss a deathsquad made up of US. overment officilsandthe Purto Rican polic s tht it shows that Paero Rico s coloay despt thefuct i we have s conan satss known s Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and hatthe U.S. efrs o us s democrcy. Ths showsthat PuertoRico{s o different thanthe estof Latin America whereyou have govermment that iy in ot by forc, that creae exr-legal means 1o say in “The Cermo Maravll case bas gone 1o the highest levelsof goverment i Puero Rico d it hasgoneto the highetlevels of govermmentinthe U, Wher i wilend pis hard o ey, becaus s he govermmentimvestigat Rican colonalsm that ar prescaly in power feel that hey can gainsometing from nvesigaing this consir a0y o kil e two comsades st Cerro Maravll. AL the time of the murders the govemment in pover was the Statchooders. So they are tempting 10 use this 18 4 opportunicy 1o down he Snchooders andhopefaly win the cleciona th endoftis yer. It s nt clr ow they are willng 10 go, andth fuct i ey may end vp cutingtheir own throas becaus they have been unior parmers, for § decades, in mintining U.S. conirl in Puerto Rico. I his invesigaion continves and i keeps n going o the very hearof he US. role in Puerio Rico many o theirparty members will be questoning their ‘own policies and teir own thoughs Soitis hard o ay how far they will o snd 1 oot believe thathe Poerto Rican independence mavement szong enough o force the govemment o continue the investigaions. So the investgeton could end &t any ‘moment and whaiever has been discovered has been discovered and here will e nothing mor 0. The U, overmmentobviously hasaniners n trying 1 sop it and hey aredoing everyiing possibe 10 sop e nves- tigaion. But withow queston it has exposed o the masses of Purio Ricanpeople e fact hatthere i a eath Squad, tht the govemment has o qualms sbout usng. vilence againt s own peopl 0 stay i powes, and i the US. is the master of Puro Rico without question, they arethe ones who pull l he srings and whaev happens in Puerto Rico comes from Washingion D.C. So, for u it has been vindication. I vindicasd many of th things we have boe sayin for years and it s been good for us. We have been abe 10 bring 1o us many new peopl, and 't been very posiive thing, | o't know how much more we can gain from i, b op 10 now i's been very good for s Puerto Rican women have always played an impor- tant rolen the Puerto Rican iberation sruggle, b i your words,sexism runs rampant n the Independence movement. Do you e the struggle against sexism a5 an ntegral par of the Independence struggle? The Puerto Rican independence movement, com- ing from soiey which s pusiarchl, bs becn s chau- viistic and sexist movemmen, without question. While we have exampls of Puerto Rican women who bave o0 up and fought anddied for Pucro Rican ndepend- ence, for the most pan women have been shut oot ‘Women haveforoed hemselves onto he tcene nd have forcedmento recognize hem w10 scceptthem s ol parmers i the srggle for Pueto Rican independence. ot it has ot been because we have opened p the ranks and allowed them 0 ent the movemens. It has been in spite of men, and not becauseofthem. Withost quesion, if we ar 10 be serous about developing anew society anda new wy o hinking, then we can'tsay we are oing 10 chunge some aspect of ourselves and of our socity and not other sepects. We. have o be willng and sble 1 open vp o discusion nd 1ot sruggleal aspects o Puerto Rican socity and the sruggle for independence | think the srugge agains sesim has 0 be n itegrl partofthe sivggle of the Puerto Rican people o develop new way o thinking and 2 new socey InPuerto Rico you have s ssasion where themain ‘cause of death among Puero Rican women is domestic Vilence. We have s terble siston of baterd women and of incetand rap, This i aggravated by the deero- ing economic condilons in Poeto Rico and by 4 colonal deology that condones and even encourages such vilence against women. The Perto Rican inde- pendence movement has ot been immane from thesc hings. Some have aempted 10 e thes ssues and 1o aie consciousness, bt we hve a long why 1 g0 Purio continsed on the back page... Interview With Edwin Cortés O June 29, 983, you and thre others were arrested. 1 Chicago und sccused of belng members of the PALN (Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Naconal), a evolo- tonary dandestioe organizaton actvein the Unlted States which basassumed respousbilyfor over 100 ‘armed actons carried cut i support of Purto Rican ndependence. Could you tell us sometsing of the history bebind the FALN, wihin the contxt of the bistory of the armed stroggl for Puerto Rican inde- peadence? The FALN bas been sn natrl extnsion of the Prerto Rican sruggle for independence and socialim. The armed stuggle was niisted Sepember 23, 18681 what is known ss the Grito de Lars (Cry of Lares) occurred,ld by Dr. Ramon Emeierio Betance. This se. & coune in Puero Rican history for amed sruggle. Secret Socities and revolsionary acivty continued ‘when he United Sttes milailyinvaded Puero Rico on July 25,1898, The amed goerillasdeclared the Repab- lic of Ciles i Augus of 1898. The amd sroggle contined developng in Poero Rico i the 1930's tp il he 1950’ wihthe Puerto Rican Natonalist Pary; d withthe experienceofthe Naticalist Pary and the. previous movements, the amned candestine movement ealy began t function round 1967 with he deveop- mens of the Commandos Armados de Liberacion and b orgmizaions, some of which ermbraced the s eqy o Prolonged People’s War. Ad i 1974, he FALN came abou, aacking Unied Sintes goveromenal, mili- and corponte stcres; perpetuaorsof colonil- am in Puerto Rico. The FALN developed clanderine ‘methods o orgaizaion i order 1o neatalize U, gov- ermmestal reprssion wd 1o futhes the siggle for Puerto Rican independence and socialism. Are there atthe present time any organizations carry- Ing out armed actions n Puerto Rice? ‘The Ejercio Popalar Boricus Machetero led by Filbeio Ojeds, s wel a the Fuerzas Amadas Do Pedro Albiza Campos have caimed crodi for varous actions nd there has been many actsof sabotage, many. of which no one has claimed credit for, in relation 1o worker's srikes and other movement. Overal, the amed revohuionary activiyin Poero Rico is st 4 low. b In your openiag statement o the court n August of 1985 you stated that “In keeping with my princpls, ‘with hetradition ofour eroke feedom ghtersand ‘ccordance withnternational aw, the ooy law which has right to try me, it s my oblgation o declare mysef » Prisoner of War.” Could you explain the reasoning bebind the Prisoner of War postion? The POW posion that we assamed was dveloped by Guillermo Morsles in 1978 and in 1980 by Carmen Valenin, Alicia Rodrigocz, Luis Rosa, Lucy Rorigucz, Ricardo iménez, Carlos Tomes, Haydee Belvi, Elizam. Escobar, Adolfo Matos, and Dyctn Pagie as well s OscarLépezin 1981, end it was doe o heintenifcaion of e amed struggein Peto Rico e Unied Suxes 43 el s n idelogical and poliial debaie going o within the independence movement s 1o wheiher of nok the ammed stroggle was evennecessay, and questioning. itvis-a-vis s tacticor siregy. The POWs embraced e amed aevggle wiin the siniegy of a Prolonged People's War. e assumed he posiion inrderto further the srugale for Poerto Rican independence because we b med e o sty compoct o b movemen,und was pcessaryaha ine; 1 sl sl today n ordrtocombet US. s 1 destoy the independence movemens and annex our homeland. We ls challenged thelegaltyofthe Troaty of Parisof 1898 which wassigned betwee th U.S. and Spain. Spain gave Puero Ricotothe US. s plece of propery, which did not belong 1o Spain. Spain had aleady granied Puero Rico s autonomy under the Courerof Autonomy of 189. The United Sttes nvades Puerto Rico in Jly, 1898 and a *Sate of War” exiss between the Pucro Rican people and the UsS. govern- ment. Regardiess o he saeof the war, i il contioues 1ody. And icaly, ourPOW positionisootednnieroa- onallaw, paricuirly resouton 1514 whichrecopnizes the righ of colonial peole o self-desemminaion and independence, and ober various esolatons of the UN ‘which rcognize amued strggle as & means 10 achieve idependence md whichconfe a Pisoner of Warsatas 10 thoe captred in colomial armed conflcs. How then doe the Prisoner of War’ postion contrast it th ‘palitcal pisoner” psiton? Bothpoiion complement ch e, Thecnly diference bwen poltica piscnr s prisner of aris ot « POW acknowlaige s paricipaticn nthe amnc s, wherea s policl e scoersually bes e s o some ol e, and ot e Sy an e action. ‘You werefound gullty I 1985 ofseditious conspiracy. ‘What s seditous conspircy and why s i an impos- sblecrime for Puerto Ricans? During ourwial, Don Juan Antonio Coreer, who was the national poct of Peno Rico and was one of PuertoRico' greaes independentist sod socialist tink- er, auiended our rial,and he developed the concepe of sediton being the impossible crme. Unforunatcly, Doo Jum died in 1985 with fullmilary hooours and be- owed withthe rank of Commander.Seditonisfous impossible crime becaus,firstof l, th US. accuss us of conspiing o overthrow the .. govermment by force ‘andviolenceinorderioobainthe politicalndependence of Puerto Rico. And the uthrity that wear challnging s anillegal nd colonial mathority the U.S. has o awul subority in Puero Rico. Colonalsm is s crime against hmaniy. We lsochallenged e US. miliry inervn- ion in our homeland in 1898, and the llegaly o the Treaty of Pai. "Also, forus sediton i crme of though; becase forPrero Rican ndependentista,jos advocatng amod evoluton, o supportfor rmed oganizaions s cnough forthe US. govermmen 1o charge them wih sedition. Somewher i the four, i the Poerto Rican sruggle does reach high lvelof sirugge, it s my opiion hat he U will ot hsitat 1o charge oherndependenisas ‘withseiton. Tis was shown in 1937, with D Pedro ‘Nlbiza Campos, s Harvard sdvcated lawyer, and leader of the Pucrto Rican Naionalist Party, who was chirged with sediton for jut merely advocating Poerto Rican independence. He was never sccused of carying utany med acuons. ‘Duringourwial Jose Rrgoes, who ook ol cal pisoner defens, also challnged sediion and it ecame abvious daring the rial tha he was accused of sditon or nly merly supporing Pucro Rican nde- pendence, and no forpaicipating i any armed actions. So, the US. govermment rally does no need for people tobe involved in armed acts o hargethem with Sedition. s merely politcal sate that thy ose 10 incarcerte Puero Ricans. ‘Ao, in 1922, he U.S. Supreme Count passed & deciion that Puto Rico blongs o, bt i o par of, e Unied Suate. And we ed his dcieion 1 demon: Puerto Rican Prisoners Of War And Political PnSoners Luis Rosa INO2I43 Box 711 Meoar, liois 2259 USA Alica Rodriguez INO7157 PO, Box 5007 Dvight,loois 60420, US A. Alberto Rodrigues #92150.024(8-3) Bdwin Conés #2153.004 (82) Ricardo Jiméaez #3967 024(A2) PO, Box 1000 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837, US A Elizam Escobar #88969-004 FCI Colorado Usit Adolfo Maios #83968-024 3901 Kiein Bivd (Unit 1) Lompoc, Cliforia 93436, USA. ‘Carlos Albero Torres S8976.024 Woodhouse, P.0. Box 1000 ‘Oxford, Wisconsin 53952:1000, US.A. Dylca Pagia #88971.024 Ids Luz Rodsigocs #88973.024 Haydoo Belirin $83462.004 ‘Carmen Valetin 485574024 Aljandria Tores #92152-024 FClPlesasion 701 8 S, Cap Pk ‘Dublin, Caifomia 94568, US A. Juan Sogara Plmer ¥15357-071 100 FCI Rowd Marianoa, Florida 32446, US.A. Astonio Camacho-Negrén #03587.069 ROl MeKen (Unit2) PO, Box 8000 Bradtord, Pansyivania 16701, USA. ‘Norman Ramirez Taavers KO3171-069 FC Danbary Pembroke Swion ‘Danbury, Connoctcu 06811, US.A. RobertoJosé Maldonado #03588.069 Fedenl Medical Facility 3150 Horon Rosd Fon Wonh, Texas 6119, US.A. L A. Colén Ororio #03172.069 FCl Ouville Box 1000, Unit 5 Oirille New York 10963 USA. S SIS ‘te thatPoero Rico i Ltin Americancouny in e (Carbbean sndthtisightin fots raiona independ. Could you el us sbout the campaign known s ‘Ofe- s sz, Ofensiva 92 beganin uly 1991, sndn Puerto Rico 0 the US. hey are orgmizing local commiees in diferent parts of e iland, o ar they have orgnized about 30 local commies. In the Urited States, the Natonal Commicee o Free All Pveio Rican Pisoners of War and Poliical Prisoners, ia Phiadelphis, Chicago, Harord, New York, und oheriies have been esroc. ‘ared o embracthe wide support we hve eceived from iffeent seciors. Th campaignisimed t 1992 because ‘we will b commemoraingth 500t armiverary of the discovery o the Americas nd 10 s spproprisete for Puerto Ricans 1o inteaify the strgglefor Poerto Rican independence sndthe ex.carceruton oft poltcalpis: ‘oner and POWs. Alo, e UN hasdeclaed the 1990's st decad for he elminationofcolonialim, sad this resolutiongives fothe ammuiion o our valiat cause. ik Ofeniva 92 has the poteial of orgaizing nd mobilzing the Puerto Rican people sround support for POWs and pliical pisoners,and the we can be nifying force within the independence movement to- day. This campaign s smilar 1 he campaign waged in he carly 1970s for the Five Puero Rican Nationlits ‘Who wer in the United Sttes pisons frover 25 years ‘What can be done t suppart the sruggle for Puerto Rican independence and the truggle o ree the ris- oners of War and poltcal prisoners? 1 hink a commite in sopportof Puerio Rican independence und POWs and pliical prisoners would be in order 1 think such » commitee could ke up he work of poopie around the colonial case of PuctoRico as well 5 why we ave beenmprisoned and mistrated. Th commitee can expose the hypocritcal postare o the U.S-human right policy: i goesaround the world talking sbout uman righis s freedom for polticalpisoners,whie it negaes s ow human rights: vilaions and deniesthe exisenceof pliical pisoners here nthe US. The US. also allges tha Purto Ricois: it own nteral affirandrfuses o recognize the s dicionof th United Natons. s the responsibiity of al peace loving and progressiv peoples of the workd o be involvedinhe srugae o free Pueto Rico. A commitse in Canada would help o inemationlize the colonial caseof Puerto Rico. How do you se tis struggle 1 fre the mprisoned fghters In reltion to similar sruggles around the worid? The last e years we have bocn sble 10 make contac with variaus movements in upportoffeedom fopoltcal priscners he ish sruggle,the Palestiian ssuggle, the srogseof GRAPO ind PCE() riscnersin ‘Spain,and various other movements. And we ae rying 101set ome kind f agenda where we could alk abouthe incarcerationof poliicalpisooers and prisoners of war and he repressive naare of the sae. Though the work i suppor for pliical prisonrs we have also ben able 1o understand and sppert hestroggls againtmperial. m,rcism, ionim, . We have very mach in com- ‘mon with people whoar ighiing ornaional independ- ‘nce and social change throughout the world. Togeher ‘wecanmake the 1990she decade ortheex-caceraion of al policalprisonersand prisoners of wa. For frther information oniac he Movimieno de Lib- eracion Naciona, 1671 N. Claremoni, Chicago, L, 0647 USA 1. Luis Alrado Colon Osork, mnudmmmm—hnnfidm Rico n geoeral the following: 10t ecognize LS. Feden juisdicdion i Poero Rico, northe cots imposed o this end by the power of atmed force. -1 denounce the cumpuign of i that the FB s ‘canying ot in laion 10 my arest d he spposed ool e ey gyl i time of my ares. The enemy pracices soch acics orer io i 4 demarlie he ndependence Neverteles, | decar tha the dug probie i this country i not, s they llge, the main caus of ime inour county. Aibough | ecognize that a grea vanber of poopl i our counry, children, o young- ster and aduls fom all social phers,use drogs s form of escape and urvival, They ae o, norwil hey ‘ver be,the main cause o our problan. “The rea cause s nothing but the sock-poltical sitution produced by » Machisvelia plan direced nd orchestned by the U.S. govemment in order 0 susain » relacionship o poliical conol over all a5 pocts of our development as 4 free and sovemign ~Today, befor ourcouney and all e countriesof he ‘work,the U.S. govesmment s gy of e esponsie for al the death that cccar o » dily basis in our comiry. - denounce any inteot ofthe FBl 1o repess,trorie orpressure bumble and good acro Rican people, uch Statement To The Court - Luis Col6n Osorio and the right i jodge mo is te Hagoe Iniemuiona Cou. Puco Rican people. I the bookle have elephone a4 the meambers of the PNP, opulars ndependents 12 people that ar ot afliied withany polical: pany for metcly having given fellow Poeo Ricsa . plteofrce snd beans. ~ The only court with the power, e globalmandate - have been rrod due 1o the conflict betweea the. Puero Rican nation nd the U, ovemment;there fore I1ake stand sccoring o he Geneva Convention fldmmhmhmm-«hnfl ofWar. - Beathough hisfct i im'-flmi-llm'q’fll the mechuniams within o reach o defend mysell againt e injusicos commitied gains me, ot cous- ‘0 the Independence movemens. - When | was aesid I had booklet wih various phon pumbers, tha incuded fumily members tnd Pocro Rican ficnds that have nthing t0 do with my simaton, o my poliicalbeliefs. And the FBl s going 10 u8ethis bookle 10 repress and erorizethese good ‘mumbersof doctors, fumily members, inds ad jour. oaliss, - And finlly, ugrecing 10l the Posro Rican pecple 0 have uith i God.Inhis show decoloiaaton proc- st togeher with poety, heart,heguitar s, with houes day o day practic, and with th powerof & whole naton i the difernt enches of sivggle, from he egal 1o amd confrontaion, we will chieve EXPOlice Terror In Sevilla In Sevila, Sain, series of acions were held in April 0 protstaganst he Expo 92 and 10 demonstsie agast500year ofclonialim, the fortres Earope, and the Nor-South confic. Afer an ani-Bxpo concert on Apeil 19, 4 lef- radical demonstraton of sbout 350 people whs hed. Afer sbout anbour, the march was stopped by police on bothsides,resuling i panic among somedemontrstors. As pogie iedto dipers,thy were chased by police wih pistols draon, and brualy besten. When some demonsrsors fought back with stones, poics opened fire, hiving one bystander nd wounding thee demon- iors. Atleast 100 eople wer arresied,and most had 1o be hospializd. ‘When the Expo opened an Apel 20, s group of ‘people hoking lacards demanding the elaseof those arested the ight before were tacked by policeas hey 4 AT atempted 1 alk 1 & Spanish TV crew, There were 20 et Tensons increased in Sevil 4 hundreds of police with machine guns were deployed throughout e ity. I sems the s sought o crush any public aciios agtinstihe Expo. A campingground used by demonsre 1o, incluing some peopl {rom South Amercs, wis evicied by police on Aprl 21, There were 30 ars On Aprl 22, mos of those rrsied had sill not becn eleased,and thoe that were complained ofacim and sevee misreaument. Solidaity demos and press conferences were held in Piss, Paus, snd Venedig. ‘Three Germans und one Austrisn were tmnspored 0 4 ‘Spanish priso forprevetive detenion. Other Europe. ans athad been rrsted were guickly depored.But, a5 ndicaive o te New Europe, thers, expecially North Affcans, were given much hrsher uestment. As 4 form of intimidation, aesies wer t0ld that they must re- nouincethe ani Expo actins before beng releaed, and hatf any one pessom refused,all would il b hed By tsis poin, the politcl diffrences among the ani-Bxpo organizers ad worsened severely. The Groens compleely distanced themselves rom the letrdic roups. The Spaishpressspead s les sbot e Sctions, and Svils was fled wi besvily rmed olice. ‘Mesnwiil, the prisoners were sl being misreted nd deniedvisiors a they avaied i fortaking part n “illgal demonstaion”. Ofien durin e confnemert, prsoners hadtostandfor hoursaginet the walwi heir ands sbove e heads. ey moved, ey werebeaien They were asodenid food snd waerforlong priodsof time, Severl South Amercians, upon beng released, ‘wersimmedisely deporid from Span. Open Letter To The Puerto Rican People As we reportedin AT, 12, Purio Rican indepen. denista Ivonne Meléndes was io be senienced o July 1 andfacedupio 1S yearsinprisoncharged withiranspor. ationand conspiracyinan expropriatin carriedout on the Wels Fargo Companyin Connectcu in 1983 by the polical miltary organizsion "Los Mocheteras”. We re happy 0 reporttha sh willnot be ailed, but was senienced 03 years probation an 1,000 bours ofcom- ity work. On the same day, Filiert Ojeds Rios,a Leader of "Los Macheteros” was seenced in absenia andsenencedio 3 yearsfor isalleged aricipationin he expropriation. Below we have reprined a satement that Ivonne made befor the egal process egan. 1 wan 10 ke this opportumity 0 explain 1o the ‘Puerto Rican people the rasons why | have decded 10 face il o charges broogh againt me following my arest on Augast 30,1985 ‘However, before | crplain my reasons | wani 10 give my poliical analysisof each of ou cass und the hisory preceding them. Historically in Puerto Rico,the Puerto Rican nde- pendence Movement has taken the niform position of refusing to collborue with the government that - presss ourpeopl.Lamsure that everyone who sraggles for Poeo Rico's ndependence ecl this way. Consider The Following 13% of the land on the 35 by 100 mile istand is occupied by U.S. military bases. U, mcteararmsare wsdandstordin PurtoRico i vikaron of h Treaty of Titelolco,whichproki- e malear weapons in Ltin America. The inland's unemployment e is 43% 0% of Pt Rican womenof hild-berin s steriisedas ress of US. depopsionprograms. Half o the Pusrio Rican nation ha been forced t0 migrate 10 he United Sates e to wnemployment and he colonil government s policies - an exodhs (among the most massiv recorded by history. And, hen thy arive inthe United Siate, th migranis e subjected 0 povery and racism. The US. congress reains power 10 legisate o Puerto Rico withouthe consen of s people. Purto Ricans on he folanc are o permited 0 voe for Presdent e congresional represetatives. 11917 the Jones Actfocdcitizanship on the Puerio Rican people along with hedrft and World War . e quent U, wars. Implemeiation of U.S designed 2020 plon (named for theyear of s anicpated congetion) wil irans. formhe economy an physicalterrainof PuetoRico 1o conform1o US. trategic neds. The plam will - ect h sanc 1 Lagescale sp mining and defor- cstation, contamination of waer resowrces fther reduction of s populion, ond expansion of US. miary presence. Aspart o s ttack on the independence movemes, he FBI rins the colonial police - responsible for bombing, arsauls and assassinaions of independ- ence and iabouw activss. FREEDOM FIGHTERS NOT TERRORISTS Amrestd comrades have tditonaly clamed the Priscner of War satos based o the analyss that Pocrto Rico was invaded milarily in 1898 by the US. and that odaythe U.. cotinves 0 oppressourpeople.For hese: reasons Pucrio Rico s colony of the US. To ke the Prisonerof War posiion takes courngeand sacifice, st means facing tomatic convicion and & mazimum prison sentence, sch s thoe being servd by the Puerio Rican Priscners of War in the U.S. Thei dcision was ‘based on theie amlyss. | respec and perfcty under- and ha decirion. ‘When we were aresed on Augast 0, 1985, we began anlyzing our reality o deermine what posiion o ke, keeping in mind the goveroment's objectve - 10 take s out o circulaton, give us mazimum seences nd keep s in sub-buman conditions of incarcertion), asthey do our comdes - the poliical prisoners and prisonersof war. "We decided 1o oganize » poliical-legal defense which implied using. US. laws o expore the goverment's inenions, which has beca histoically 1> obstract and weaken the movement troogh imprison: s, abricaion of cases,persecuton and ssssivaion euch s the ‘Cerro Mareil case. During this poliical and lgal proces, diferen circumstances have risen leading he compatiers and | 10 assume diffrent posiions. Theve were based on our respecive poltical and personal idealogies 0d our anatyis s e time. Filibero Ojeda Rios and Luis Colén Osorio de- cided1o go clandestine. | espect this deision mainly for 1. Every comrade has he right 1o confront the encanyin whateverformbele undersandsisnccessary. (oy dfiiion, coonialism i a crme agaist humaniy andmosbefought by whatevermeans svailaic isbas been ecogaized by intemational laws and the Unised Natons), 2 Clandesiiy is a vald form o soggle, one that thes comrades fet abligated 0 choos, becaus of the epeession hat exiss in Perto Rico “Though this decision could have had an immediste effect on those of s who were on bal, i was more. mporantioview thei ecisioninthe contestofthe long: e goal, recognizingth impartance of e o pois ‘menioned sbove. About a year ago, the govemment began to make offers for » poliically negotisied way out of the case. Once sgain, we surted 1o snalyze eachcase and found it it o ll,the goverment's case i weak and they el obligated o drop the charges against Elis Castro Ramot nd Angel Diz Raiz Secondly the overmment s no aiemative but t0 drop the two min charges, ‘which bor satences of 20 yearseach. I my case, this: reduced the possbility of 1 60 year seeace 0 15 years. “The govermmen continues o make offrs, tenpt. g 1o negotst poliical way out i order 80 10 §0 10 il 1 tenminsied the negoisions on my own case in December 1991, Th thercomdes decided toconine negotining and seck s solution ccording 0 their own siations. These negotations resulied in th fllowing: 1. Hillon_ Femandez Diamente and Orlando | Gonzalez Claudio eached an agreement with the gov- emment. The detsils of the ina outcome is wknown. “The hearingon thecase i schedaled for Apil 10,1992 2. Tssac Comacho-Negrén reached an agreement withthe govemment whereby hischarges were reduced 1 one count with posible maximum senicac offve years, He was given » 44 month sntence. 3. Jorpe Farinacci Gurcia aso reached an aree mens with the govemment. To date we ar not aware of the fina resls. His sentencs hearingis scheduled for Jaly 10,1992. Lunderstand and respecs the deciions of the com- rades.Lbelevethat when fced with th impossibilty of o fir ral, o jury of people who are not our pers, and maimo senences, was th corrct poriton 1 ake e 10 thie parculr itutin. Mahemaiclly speaing, 200 years are more than 10 years. Polically speaking, poliical prisones and prisoners of warae ncded on h srets 0 advance the ruggle for Puero Rican independenc, ot inprison. Neverteles, this leaves us wilh an wresolved issue; why have | decided 10 go o uial, f | am aware 5. they were, that L will ot ecive fai i, tht Lill - juror that re ot my peer, i & couny, in angusge 0 culture that e o my own! Thesearemy ressons: 1. The violaons ofcvil nd homan rights i this case,including: - vioations of the Puerto Rican colonial consitation and e ight o privacy as i elaes o the recordings made during the investigaion; - impeisonment for 16 moeihs without bail; buil conditions that incuded retricions on our freedom of movemen, propertes confiscated fo more than five years, nd house arest resticions from 1200 midnight 1 6:00 AM, among obers; - being exradited frommy country o be judged by people who are ot my peers; - violation of & speedyfexpedied tral. We have ‘waited ot 90 ays, bot almont seven years, Lt sic s Do jusice. "forced sepraton from my hildren and faily for il hese years; ~ d all he tber violations that | am wnable o enumersie at his time because there are o many. 2 And, the reason tha cries a o of welghtinmy decision; ‘As's woman and a Purto Rican mothe, [ believe hat we hould always spire 10 give the masimum. Our polcal work s oficn ignored and minimiacd. For this Feason I hink someane shoukd i voice n protest. “Throughout all these. years of colonialism, our people have demonstaed esisance, nd i cancontrib- e 0 that process, 1 will do t provdly. I pracice, his proces,full o conradicions and ifficulies, n which w bave ken difeent positions, s proven o beavictory and has advanced our srvggle contnued on page 13.. Interview With Chinganji Akinyela New Afrikan Peoples Organization, L.A. Chapter Why 4l the King verdic cause such an explosion i the Black community? 1ot just the vrdict. Plopl have becn old aver e past fve years and more that police crimes in our community canbe resolved hrough e justicesysem. In e last yoar, the situation of the Koresn women who. Kl Lot Harlin 1 was e off o fee brosghta ot of hea, e and anger i th Black commanity; ight behind it was the Rodney King wia. People watched i, ey waited for justics 10 be served. When it wast, people hadaready docided there was going tobe hell 5 ey in the szt €' mor than a sporianecus ot of olaed incdentas the media has bocn wying 10 sy. I’ josifed response 10 an ufust siuaton What was ke tolive i South Central LA, during the st woek? U have been inspire by our people. [ had thought that LA was pray letargi, eety Hollywood, pretyy Dismeyland. And I'v bocn inspire o see people e- spond i s bealing way, + wey that makes sense, that s jos. Living her has bon frghtening. I'm more frghi- ‘end by the st tropers and the milfary than by the people who have come from oor community and are Tespondingin» iregic wey o unjost sysem. 1 say hat because i wasnot st enselessotin o baming. i was done stegically, andin discustion wih people outonthestreet,most eopleundersand hat we e ot i jopardy. No homes were bumed. Bat you can 010 Philadelphis and they Il bum 8 whoe ocighbourhood like they did with the MOVE bombing withot any consideruion for families sodchildrn. There wer some. Canaalics, nd lorumaily when you have war, when ‘you bave rbelion, thee are some casualies. ‘One of themost apallinghingisththe cnly area Whereheroops are i southof Pico Boulevard. I you g0 upin the white commanity - Bevery Hils, Hollywood, other areas which were al afecied by the rebellion - thre are o troop there. This ik South Afrca Peopl: ‘upthere have no idea what' going onin South Cearl. They have 1o idea pople are walking up and down the et with guns and n faigoes s i i wee war sne. ‘Abbough the curew s lified, everything closes down. e dark. They don'tJt mare thn fve people imo & bank atatm. ' teifying. ' ot ke iving inacity st Totl rgimentatio. | mean, i's 1 Nz camp. Go. outside the community and ' » whol other workd. ‘What would yousa to e chargethat e community was engaged n snseless, sl-destructive violence? 1 funny 10 me 1 hear peopl ak about violence onthe part of urcommanity, when we'r responding 10 S siaton that s bocn very violenttowards us. 's OK. ‘whenit works forth syiem. But when s us responcing. 10 e ysiem, we're violens, eroist, gmngbangers, and thugs. In videowpes of the ooting you do ot see pre- dominanily gangbengers. You e mothers, abers, il ren out thee iberating thingsfo heir survival. youlook st relisically,yousee s srvegy. The fires, te so-caled looting, were sysematc. In most cases, those business were ciher Korean or whie- ‘owned, Thes nstitusion i s communisy re ok of our Community 4nd do not serve our commniy. We are consumers nthoe markets, but he money mmediniely £0%s outofourcommunity, 50 w do ot reapany of the ‘enefi. I those instiuionsare o be rbul,they have 1o b responsive our communiy. Unforumately, 0% of the Black businesses i Los Angeles were lso afected because hey were nearolher businesss ' 58410 secour senio cizens aving 0 g0 40 farout o th commenity o purchase thei groceris and what have you. We, 1 actvit, have mixed emo- tions about this, bocaus i docs affec pecple who e dependent on these sevices wthin oor community in order o be ble o exis. On the other hand, we s a5 Tightcous response 10 very s s, Infact, s 8 blow aaine eocolonialist siuation wherethy st up censin things i ourcommnity to make t ook ike i's ouns, bt ' ot urs infct t does ot serve s at all. (Can you ek about the reationship betweenthe Black. and the Latino commanity f all this? 1 think i's key. We've soen grff which says ~Crips, Bloods™ - two opposing gangsher in Los Ange- les-*4nd Mesicans unie” thoughout South Cetl. the past there have been 8 o oftesions berween the Mesican and the Black gangs, and withi the general popalaton feling that te Mexicans were takiog over. Nowthere'ssome el unity. Infactwe've reached out 10 build conliions 10 do some joint work, 8o that the sume casions sreallowsd o come back. How would you compare thi rebelion 1o what bap- ‘pened In Watts 27 years sgo? “Themostsrikinghingormestha urpeoplebave guns now. There were seveal pswn shops and surplus ores thas were i, and e st ings hat were aken out ‘were guns. Pople re armed; nthe past that wasn't he case. Mostof he 1965 upiing wass-caledloting and borming. Here 'sbeen peope prparing for war. T oo think ic’s much more youth-led thaa i the past. T've tlked 10 & many young poope who waiched the uia intesivey. The youth are responding, tey're organizing they're poliscized. the work thatthey have L.A., Washington Heights... On Fridey July 3, Jos Garcs, Dorinican - ‘migrant living in upper Mankatan, was tho and Killed by NYPD officer Michael O'Keefe. The fo- lowing Manday, 8 march o the 34h precinct tamed violent. The vielence continved for the next three days, withover 1200 i polce beng deployed nthe neighborbood. One, desonsuraior was killed when, scconding to winesses, police comered the man on he roof of a building and then pushed him o his oath. Polic oftn b o e from sipe ire during the ioing. By Friday July 10, 125 people had been areaed, 14 beildings md 125 cars were bumed, several business were loted, nd seores of police were injoed and et two dozen police vehicl asboen detoyed. Over 2000ripolicsremained in the Washinglon Heighis aighborhood throughout theweskend... They have ound common ey “The gang e between the rips andthe Bloodsin Lot Angeles i sl in ffoct. Gang embers have recenly held meetings with Korean merchanis n sa effons t heal racial wounds o rotom cighbor- hoods. Gang membes lso ssued a wriien roposal with thee ideas for rebilding Eis LA. They have even formed a nonprofit corporation osllar-wash spray md gangtrce vhins o raise money for community feconsrucin.. doneinthe aftermath,intermsof really getinga viceon he medi,hasmade i 0 clear thtouryouh s nok ot aeneraion. How e the youth Infivenced by th legacy of Mal- cmX? The youth are without a doub influenced by Mal- colm "By any meansnecessary” speaks o thei frusr- tionsatbing ol 10 vait, o bepatietand o follow. The ‘yoular nspredby Macolm becaus b spoke o hem. They are iredof a schol sysiem which does ot adess. them, They areredof being empied by materiaism b able o have the “hings” which say they aresucceseful continued on the back pae... Assata Shakur On Racism In The USA Deliversd st a meetng o the Organtzaion of Solldar- ity of the Peopis of Afrca, Asia and Latin America. Havana, Cubs May 8,195 Fist of al L would ke tosay it 8 great pleasre and 1 great honoos for me 10 be here today. | would ke othakthe Cubangovernment md the Cobanpeople for | theilong and consisint histryof sldarty end sopport for the srggles of African Americns nd other op- prescd people i the United Suate. | amsure tht | peak forthe vastmajoiy ofprogressvetinking pople.n e United Sttes whea | say tha for s, the b rvoluion s been shining example of freedom, socal sie, ‘0dof coursgeous sruggleaginst .S, Imperiaim. We a1 tuly graefl for th very pincipled stand tha the Cuban govemment has taken aganstracis, both s tionally and nermaionally. ‘Many of u i the Afrcan- Amercan commanity ekt became aquanied with the Cuban revoluion i 1960, when Fide Casroandthe nire Cuban delegation sayed inth Teresa ot in Harem, N.Y. snd becam the it d probably the nly, worldlederto say in s hote i predominately Blck and poorneighbourbood. Black and Thind World peopl nthe United Sses have epeatedly bocn the victims o persecation and poliical repression and we are deepy graeful 1o the Cuban ‘peoplefor giving poliicalsylumto activiss ik Robert. ‘Willsms and Hey Newnon o the Black Paher Pry. ‘Weare lsovery apprcinive of e vast sppartin Cuba hat poliical pisoners like Angels Davis tnd Leonard Pelir have received. At time when the Uniied Sutes goverment’s policis sround e world ar becoming moremilarieic, epresson nside e U.S. boder i 1 n the uprwing. Raciem and poice bality have been patof th US. reaity, bt they are now reachin lvels that havenever ‘boen known before. The case of Rodney King in Los Aageles is no an isouid incdens. Over th lat five years here have been uprisings or mass demorstrsions inevery major ity nthe United e potstng police brtalty and repression. Alhough there ar re also ‘hitevicms of polie butlty, blcks sndcther Thind ‘World people e the most freuent vicims of police violnce.In Aficn- America,Lutino, Native American and Asian communites the police hav a virual lcense kil Bach year,hundredsofpolice e invesgaied on charges f using excessive forc orof wanion rder, bt only & smal mamber are ever offcaly charged with ‘rmes andoalyutiny percentagesr evr found guiy. And even on those rars occasions when policemen are actually conviced of assal, orture o mrder,the vio- Iators seldom spend im in pison fo theircrimer. “The racis massmedi nd the cnersirmnentndus- ey acty condone this police eror by degicing Blacks ‘and ot Thid Workd people s violent crminals s by reating police violeoce s & pormal jusifiabl fac of e The message i repeted over and overn thousends of bl ways, implying that Blacks and cher peaple of coloursomebow deserve 1 be bestenor shot. Giventhe eaiy i poor and appressed commni- i i ot rprisingthat olice braalty riggered oprising in Los Angels. What s infactsrprisng s that more rbellions havenotoccurd. e plice chiefDaryl (Gats hascome underfiefr s racitpoliciessd acst. remar. When bis department was cicized because s large amkberof Blacks, pproximatly 20, had died 3t ‘aresultof police chokehold, Gates sated that e may be finding that in some Backs when » (retin] it applicd e veins o aneriesdovot openup s as s they o on nomal people.” Police rcism i such commen ‘occurence in L.A.tha thepoliceshowed vl hesiation n laughing and joking over plice adios snd compuaes about the beating of Rodaey and ober police bet- ngs,refring o King and other blcks e lzard orllas.Foryear. L A. SWAT (assau) eams have conducied massive sweeps of Afrcan-American a0d Latino communities,during which huge mum. | bersofyouths are foreed o kneel i o the ground ‘whiethe polce conductrandom searches, suppor: edly o combat drug and gang aciviy. I some Los Angeles neighbouthoods police have put up con- crte bamicades with polce poiad st ntrnces Signs reading "Narcotis Enforcement Area - Open 10 Residents Only” have been put up nd cveryone police suspectof being a gang member of 4 drug. pusher o use e rosinely stopped and searched. ‘Theeventin Los Angeies re repeted, lmost dentialy, throughos the U.S.A. Alough young Black and Third Workd males i thet tecns and weatis have been the main targets of police vio- lence,no one s safe. T Calfomi,polce broke nto s locked sprt- mens and sho a five-year-ld black boy who was playing with oy pistol 1o desth. The oficer who. shotthe boy climed thathethough hathe by ws man who was rying 1o shoot him. He was never prosscuid. Eleanor Bumpers, 6-yeur-okd black grand- ‘mber,was shotiodeath splicestempted evict e rom hr home because she was severa months bebind with bor res. Police claimed tha Bumpers atacked them, aliongh she weighed close 10 300 potnds d could baely move because she sffered from sevre anbris. Michael Sewan, 18 yearscld, was beaen 1 death by police fortbe crime of painting onthe wals of e subway. I anmp o cover p his deth, New. York City's chiel medica examminer falified aviopey eports o three diffeent occasons - satin that b diod from cardin ares, bronchial pneamonis, ad then - ally, of spinal cond njury. The six police who were young childrn. Siaty-one homes were alo desroyed, leaving 253 homeless. Atough the group had commi. 1ed no crime, police offcals iisted the bombing 10 evicthem from the res, ating that they were radicals, ndesirables, nd maurlists who had to be removed from the aea by fore. i many tates,notonly bestingsbut various kinds of orare have become a common pracice, usally 1o obean a forcd confession. In Texas, Alabar, Califor- nin, and New York, poics have besn accused and con- viced of oraring prisoners with *Stun Guns” - baons hat can deliver 50,000 ol chage. These are just tiny sampling of rcint polce violence in the Unted Sute. The overall st are alaming. In New York Ciy, for example, minories ac- counted for 92.5%of police kllings in 1990 Ther were 41 peopie killed by policein 1990; 15 were African- American, 23 were Luino, and only 3 were white The US. Jusice Depariment repots that thre were 15,000 cases of police brtaity and exceiv foceinvstigaied ‘overth as6years. The Jusice Deparumenthas brooght only approximaiely 40 awivid charging police brotal- ity. In lmost all areas, i the vast oy of cases s acism and violence asicreasing, the U, govemment looks the other way. Racism has become fashionalle in the United ‘Staes, agely doe o the open hostlty and indifference 10theplightofpoorandhird workdpeopl by eh Reagan and Bush administations. Both denistratons have igorously opposed al Civil Right egisiton, sl pro- rams 1o belp e pocr, nd have severy cus bck funds sacd for eakh, educaton and socil welfr. By the begioning of the 1990s, most of the policies d pro- rams which had provided # snal amount of1d 10 the urban poor had been eliminsid. Boih Reagan and Bush ra polictcal campigns ‘which epreseased e nteress of rich, white Amerca. Instead of using overly racst ngusge, thy closked their racit appeas with hily code-words by opposing “quotas”,“specal intres groops” “reverse descimion- tioa", eic. I 1988 the George Bush campaign pid g amouns of anly o ren “Wille Horlo” eeviion ads ‘whichdircly appeled o while rcism. Wille Horton was Black man who, while relessed from prson an & furough, llegedly raped » white worman. Bush quicly aligned himsel withelemeots of the ar.rgh,seikling hisspeaches with uka-right thetoic I was under these condions that wite sprema- it groups proiersed in the U.S. Between 1990 and 1991 the nummberof htegroups i the U . rose by 27%. In 1990 there were 69 Ku Klux Kian groupe; by 1991 there were 7. I 1990 there were 160 neo-Nzi groups; by 1991 there were more than 200. There were 25 bias- elated murders n 1991, upfrom 20 i 1990, As 2 result of he ongoing, uninterupted rcist policisof the LS. govermens, opprested communites % in sne of crsis. D abuse, violence, crie,the AIDS cpidemic and poverty have wieaked haves on black an other third world communitis. These condi- tions make up the underlying cause for the rage and cxireme discontnea tha lod up 1 the rebellion in Los ‘Angeles sd other places. Poverty There are more than § millon omeless people comeny livinginthe United States, —_— Between 1986 10d 1990 here was 1 49% rse inthe. ‘unber of Blacks lvin in high povery aeas in ceral ctes. I 1989, alfof Black chidre ander 6 were ibing i poveny,along with 40% of Latino children. aversge income ros 0 148,438 n 1989 from 120,253 1979, nthe same 10 year period,theaveage ncome of the poorest ne-fifthof all amilicsdeclined by 559 1990, the average Black worker eamed $329 » week, ‘compared with $421 or the average white worker. Bducation As government funds ar cu, access to quality ‘education becomes more and more difcut for poor children. In many larg ciies, th hightschooldrop-outs e i between 30% and 70% Racism follows children from Kindergarten o college. Black chidren ae hre times more lkely 10 be classifid “rtardod” by theis public schools ss whites, ‘whil black tecnagesread four yearsbehindthe level of white clasmates. ln 1980, the weathiest school disticts in New Jerey spent $300 more per child than the poorest dis. rcts.Today,they spend 3,0 more. In Texss,in 1978, the richet disricts spent $600 more than the poor discicts. Today they spend upo $5,000 mor. Tuiion coss have more than wipled s privae: collgessince 1977 Lustyear's aversge ill was sbout 8700. At public schools iton more thn doubled, up 10 3bout $1.700las year Thepercntage of low-ncome. black high chool gradustes suending colege droppedio 30%n 1983, form nealy 40% i 1976..In 1976, 53% of black middie-income high school graduaies were en- rolled; by 1988 only 28% were there. The black prescnce on campus waned - even s ot colegestendunce rose, according o Newsweck: “Who goes o Colege?" from Newsweek) Blackmales 4% Black femtles 6% White maes 39% Whic females 46% Health “The death rae for Black ifants (17,6 per 1,000 bt 2 f 1988) s more thn twic that for whites (8.5 per 1,000). Acording to the Natonsl Commission 1o Prevent Jafnt Moraliy,Detoi, Washingion, nd Phils delphis suffe highes infun-desth s than Jamaica or ‘Costa Rie.In CetrlHilenthe nfant mortlity e is: the same s in Malaysi: oot Moraliy Rae, 1985 (Deaths per 1,000 birhs) Contnl e~ 234 Bedford Suyvesant 210 Eas Harlers 149 NewYokCiy 133 Asudy by . Harold reeman,directorof srgery Harlem Hospital, and Dr. Colin McCord, found tat & min Hariem s less chance f iving past 40 than 8 man in impoverished Bangladesh. In Bangladesh 55 percent of men liv 1o age 65, whileanly 40 percen of Harlem men ive that long, Nearly 7% of al US. bbies - a quare millon s year-arcborm1oo small. Tt is fa highe, s ising, ‘mong minoriies. In 1988 fully 13% of il Black children came nio the world dangerously underweight. ‘Cocaine use rote ominously amor young women doring the 1980's. Recent findings suggests tht the problem has peaked; experts gucss that 300000 1o 100,000 women deliver cocine-ezpored babies each year. At Harlem Hospal, th froquency o cocsine we ‘among expectant matbers jumped from 1% in 1980 1o 20% in 1968. A 1989 survey soggested that 17% of Philadelphin’s babes were bom exposed. More than 34 milion Americans have oo heakh insurance. Of the uninsured,sbout 27% o Hispanis are. ninsured, 20% of blacks and 12% ofwhite. Prison Biack males compris less than 6% of he US. Populiton b epresent nearly 50 % ofprisoner n el and penitoiares. The Urited Sate now has e world's highestknow e of ncarceation, with 26 prsonersper 100.000peopulason. South Africis second inthe workd with e of 333 per 100,000 - Blackmlesnthe US. are incarersed ata i of four tmes that of Black male in Sosh Arice, 3,109 per 100,000 compared 10729 per 100,000, ~Between 1973 and 1988, the mamber of felons n s and federal priscns almost ipled from 204,000 10 603,000, By 1989, the toal inmate popalaton i US. prisns and jails hd passe the one millon mark. - Almos e infour (23 perce) lack men i the ag¢ group 20-2 i ther inprisom i, on probaton, or parol on any given ~For white e inthe age group 20-29, one in 16 (6%)i unde the control of the criminljustics sysem. - Latino males e ull bewoen these two groups, with e in 10(10.4%) within the rmina otice syscm on any gven day. The umberofwomen imaeshaslmost rpledin the last 10years. Thre quaren of the women are moth. e, and many of them single paent... The typica of- fender, scconding 0 1988 naional tdy conduciedfor the American Corectionsl Astocistion, s 8 young mi- nority matber Death Penaty There e 2,400 pople on desth Tow. More than 41% of prisoners on desth row are Aftcan- American. - More than 6% of those on dest row reHispanic. - Native Americans eceive the death peoay in ‘umbers more than iple thei proportion o the general popultion. A House Juiciary Commite found that 60 of the 115 prisoners on death row in Alsbama were Aftcan American, s were 71% of thos execuied snce the recsabishmentof executions n ha e nhecarly 19805, The overmment'sown General Accouming Offce revicwed 20 sodies onthe patemsof death sentencin. ‘The sty concluded that " 82% o the sudies, rce of vicm was found 1 inflcnce the lkehbood of being charged with capial murder Those who. murdered ‘whites were more likely 1o be sentnced 1o death than hose who murdered Blacks” “There are more than 100 Politcl Prsoners and Prisones of War curvently in US. Prisons. “The “Special ntematonsl Trbunal On The Viols- tion OfHuman Rights Of Polical Prisoners And rison- ers Of War In United Sner” Piscns And Jal” beld n December, 1990, concloded i s vendict that: ~“Within theprsons and il of the Unied Ssies exis substanial mumbers o Plical Prisoners and Pri oners of War. - “These risones hve been incrcersed for their opposition 0 UsS. govermment policies and actions that at egal under domestic and nermaiona aw, ncud g the right 0 self-determination, genocide,coloial | am,rcism and milariom. -“TheUS. goverment riminalizes d mprisons persons involvd in th strugles fo slf.detemination of Native Amercans, Pocro Ricans, and Black and Mexicano-Chicano acvists witin the borders o the Unied Ssts. - “The US. also crminalizes snd imprisons whie: North Americans and others who have worked i oldar ity with srugges for self-determination, s well 3 for peace and sgains nucear v, againet aciem, sexim and e forms o discrimination. - “Political people have been subjcte 1o dispo- portonaicly lengihy prisn senences and 10 ortre, cruel, nbuman and degrading estment withia he U, prisonsysem.” ‘The Realty of Life n the USA “The realty of wht e in the USA is really lie dependson what clas and race one belongs . In rany ‘cases hequalityofife s frcyfrom the images shown onthesilver creen. Th image ha the .S, govermment projctsabroa i based cn shes hipocriy. Whie US, leaders make speeches sboutuman Righis sbroad they. blauanly violae the human righis o the U.S. populution. Democacy has meant it more to many people livinginthe US.A. tan a choiesbetween the esser f evils Just because you've got Hider, Massoln and Franco nunning against each othr inanslcton doesn' mean you've got democracy. Ther is o freedom of speechinthe .S, olyfreedom o whispe, Anyane who eally spesks out aganst U.S.polices loudly and effc. tivly becomes trgeted by the FBI o the CIA. The govemment’s spokesmen give much lp service 1o “multi-pat democracy,” b any pary that difers from the pro-capitaist policiesof the Republican and Desno- craic paries will be ifilrted 0d atacked by govern. mea agencis. Oppressed peoplein the UritedSstes idenify with a0d supgon Cubs, not only becaus of Cuba's evole- tionarycxample. We ls elte o the Cubancxperiece. becatic we ave been victimized by the same reacion- ary poliics. It s ot diffcultfor s 1 recopnize and ‘condernthe U.S. blockade againstCubs,because many. of us v experienced very different but somehat similar blockade duing our e lfetmes The subja- atd people i the Unied Sates have been mbjecied o s kind of cconomic and poliial blockade since the day ‘we were bom. We have expericaced a job blockade, an edocation blockade, heabhear blockade, nd s fic. dom, jusice snd iberty blockade. We cn relate 10 the plightof e Cubanpeople because weknow whatt fels lik 10 be aacked from al side, simply for fighing, agains exploiation. We support the igh o the Cuban people 1o sel-detrmination. We fel cerin tht the ‘Cuban peopie wil be bl 1 solve thei own problems, ‘withoutcopying any kind of bigbusiness, Willie Horion syl “democracy.” Reering ohe vprising and the rcia comporiion of Los Angeles, Police Chif Daryl Gees calld i " “Thid Worldcity." Those of us who have sffeed at the hands o the US. governmeat oryears knew the rah in ‘what he sid. e same federa troops that ad ivaded Panama thathad foughtn I, were now fighinginLos Aageles. And w were the cnemy. Inne of e bloodies ebellons n US.histry,with clos 1060 dead and more. then 2,000 wounded, the ralty s saing us nthe fce. Opprssed people i the U.S. e o dierent from op- pressed propleall overthe word, We will never be frie il imperialismis defete. Vivala Revolucion Cubanat Vivala ibertad! Veaceremasttt (rom Race & Class Neweed via NY Transfer News Servce) Interview With Women Political Prisoners In Chile On Tuesdy, December 1091, some 150200 peopl damonsiraled i Saniago, Chil,The demonsira i was held o the Day o Human Righs der the mai: “Againt the Chilan Sl For the Feadomof Paliical Priomesl” Th damonsrtion was techwiclly ilega, since e crgaizrsdid ot wishiorecive e S s permis sonfor o march beforehand. i lanned tht march would sirt from two iffrnt ploces at 1 pom. and hed for Moneds (he overmment palace). As soon s people egan forming Jorhedemonsration, he polic arived and sood with e club i from of hee passing o lefets nd hokdingbamners. Wikt anyreason,cthr than wisin o hinder he demo beore i even began, the polcefred a water cannon ("Guanaca") down he i tree,hiting not onlyhe demanstraiors, bt pasers.byas wel.Demn- Satos responded with s and moloovs. Te up. pased hrowe of the molotew which st the “Granaco” Wt canon onfire s buialy betenand aen 0 hospi. The common march o the Moneds palace was abadoned since ihe amber of derontrtors was 50 smal o insead, mal bands o ecpe esded fr the uticemiiry. A regulr damonsrion s o longer possble, as people had alrady been dispersd. But bout 0 eople cssembledinfrot of he CODEPU (the polical prisoners” sugport group) building nr the Jusiceminisy. Tey showed stogans ik (Todas I ressPoliicas-prsene” "Alpoliial rinsersare her with ) and Haber,hberlos deechos . e, irar s resos,casiguaalirand” (Tt wit andse, humanighs will s h rons and et the poliical prisoners e ") The cops orderedall foregn. Crstoleave hearea-theyprobably aniedno winesses o it was 10 follow. They “lad ther o the ezt iirsecion, axd wen th foeigners e o gofr- her, ey were pushed nio ope wfic A a il conroniation, ey crosed e svet. Meawhi,some ofthe demonsirtos risdioseckrefue inhe CODEPU ffce, bt th ortar wordd't et hminthe uing S0 hen 10 pecple wee btenand s, The cps hen entona cialrampageinth s iy, infl i e, firing tear gas and beating people. A mobile unit continu- ly paroled the ars in v tofo, b, and emomtaors. T wentonfor e s andmvolid ot he i curyforces. On aceoutof th sl o of eaple, o commo cions could e carred Ot 0 ot actons ware v nd sponaneos. Tt e conerence.whchwas o b¢ el onh Pl e rve ook e The backou 0 his damontration s he i oo poiicat prsoner. There are il 60 manand Vameninjailwho werepriscnednder e (Pincches] ictorsip. Te women are orgnised i o wamer's Coluciv i the S Domingoprisen nSaiag,and e memare i e “Carel ablic in Saniog. e demonsirtors ware acing it the Chilean St hich contnesio dein perins who od siugsled Spainthe dctrshi, and which om0 vilte o ighi and sy owt o, Thy s the 20cald democracy which capres new prsonrs, ccordance it th new v Terorist Lw, who e mmbersof revolioaryorganistions,a whichwill it oo e 0 ol risors, d which i i b oo, a8 specily h e i Marel Rk The Chian S b ot changed s e icethe lecions of o s ago. The oy of ecnciaion Yo nad een drced gt he pecpl ot those responilefor he dicttors, Th goal of e Decam. ber 10 demonstraion was 10 maskthe St s reaiy, | Jor example: the secret service has merely been sub. ‘sumd ino the milary; the neo-libeal economic pol cis are coninuing, and thenew fnace miniter under Aybwin seems more lieral [in o clasical, economic sense -] tham i predecessor ader he dicalorship; ew antiterorit commandas are being formed: mili lary spending s up 30%, arc e amberof arabineros has aiso increased; and in the sphares of jutice, the [ ———— iy oo e e s oot nown he et sision, e ety ek Pk i vsion v bld o Dcenter 18 e wamek st SoneDonbi S ol i [y Sy oy i st oot oot e ey et T e s s oo ot P e 37y ol wi v i i o e Howpens et Losro ok o s s - s o s e il b o i o e eemeess e e 08 i e 4 S g ek S | T e v e | o [ — s onir tieronsi i s o e s ol 1 i e b o oo it oo pes i 3 sl PC il et n I ot i st o e bt | anti-terror law violations and weapons offences, has. [ drhemtdrek: er e s e o coonses et S Dorigs e o | Leonora- inhospilal since December 10/91; anMJ | s o s s 8. L e S 990, ek o ‘What s your presentsituation bere Inthe rison ke, ‘and how did you reach these conditions? Cecela: Our presen siuaion is the reult of long irugals o each decentcondiion. Ou atos s ol cal prisoners was mach harder o rainain under e dicatorship, i fact, it prciclly did't exis. And every peiion we submited fo schooling orsports was wmed down. To ge these things, we had o carry out actions. ‘Sometimes we weresuccessful, sometimes we weren', By the time of the end of the dicutorship. We had achicved some improvemmens, ike 1 b in & prson for polidca prisoners, like the one we'r: in now, Sanio Domingo. After the civilian govemment 1ok power, hingsremained the same. There's e bt more “re. | dom"asfar ascondiions inside go, ke enghening the visiing day, more activiis, visit from childrn every | day,general viiors hre imes a week,and the right 10 receive pecialvsitors every day. We dodifferent kinds of jobs, crafiwork with copper and lesther, lieature, dance classs,and macrame. So we have los we can do, including computer lessons three tmes week, 5 ime. passes quickly. Patrica: Like Ceci sid, we achicved cerain “free- doms”,but ponetbeles,hings reharderfo usnowthan during hedicuaorsip. AL that e thre wasadictior- Ship whom we could stuggle aganat. Bt oday, two years aftrthe peopl voted in new govermen, we are Sl held a5 politcal priscners, and that's & diffcuit Valentin: And snober hing, which hink s imporuant hatppl nemationally eamof, s ha we re tortured prscners, both nder the dictsorsip and the democ- iy, And the ias, o athr he law suts, which wenk before the coun Conceming human. rghts abuses, achieved nothing. What's mor, some people respon- bl fo torur escaped going on il shogiher. Plesse describe o u the prison conditons under the dicatorship, and what aspecs havechanged fo you. Valentin: During the dicaorship thre e prisoners ‘who have bee njal mor han 10 years, and some of us have been infor 5 or 6 yeas - we were moved between diffeeot i, Firt we e in womea's pison, which was very sl regulaied and repressve, espcially for the poliical prisoners. Then, because of iieratiooal | pressure, we were incorporsted into & men's prison. ‘Alhoughallhe women here were pliical prisooers, we ill had 10 foar for rape nd physical stacs from the male social pisoner. Then, afe isuing » seies of demands, ud wih pressre from inermationa human vights organizations, we were pt in i prisc i Jan ary/B8.Sincethen we've boen her, in Sio Domingo, ‘whichdiffr alok romoer prisons, I s bigoldhouse, used specifcally for . That has improved ou lvog. conditons, s fa s sccomodatons g0, but ot the stte of our lock-down. The judicial condidons, which we have been sobject o, bothnow and daring he dicutor. ship, arounjot. Belinda: And snoths thing that needs 0 be aid regard- ing e condidons,especiallyfo imprisoned women, is tha every time we sart a movement 1o demand more space, we gt punished. Thatnialy siredhe stesion of e prison’sdirectors. Forexample, they thretened 10 ke away the guaranteed rightofthote comrdes, who, forexample, come isybeis mprisoned comvades i, 10 Vst 0 then they'dloe he abiliy 10 se tei com- rades. Weaso gt punished with geeralbancn visis. Some things we. did achieve, however, was the ability 10 have doctors and peychitrits visit That has ensbled s 10 hold some son of dislogue on prison siutions. This sision ha ld t fumilsl dsiniegra- tion, for example. This disiniegraion bas, among olher hings, health side-ffecs. And oven prychologoical helpcan'tundo he efecs o e, The docors, which ‘wehave now, e very rustworthy. This has ben ganed. bothhrough our acivies and rough the sppartf the socialorganizations who exert pressure on our behf. Gladys: naditiontothe disstgration o h amily for thote of us who have chikdren, here is an orgnizaion dedicated exchusively 10 this. Tha's cracil, because children also have o lve through the side-effecs of tone. The PDIE s n organization which offes ey- chological help, pdiaty, and medicin. Patrica: Something else w have achieved i that com- ades are now abie to complee thir schooing ere. We havetwo comrades, who ar now e, who jo Fnished theis midlevel education. Ove groupintended 10 iody socology a the wniversity leve from inide. Unfor- il we coulde'sdo this,becusse there was & lack of profcssors. Botwith his ction, we succeeded i furher developing ourelves. Howi i that ot prisomersarenow out,while youll e st beng held? What cluse inthe Lex Cumplido ledto this? Patrica: That has 1o do with Bow the govemment has answeredthe problemn of poliical pisoner. That's why. here weredifferent laws 0 dealwih the whole roblem ofpoliical prsoners. Thse wereheso-called Cumplido Laws. Atthe cud, everyting was mare complicaed,snd only few comdesactally gotous, sine the govern- ment viewed the problem a3 udical, ot politcal. So ‘what happened next? During th ast year of the diciator. ship, nd even now, hey solve things acoordin 1 their ‘own nteress. Andi's th sam people: he judges now. ar e same ones there were then. In other words, athough the govermment changed hands, the jodicial sysiem did not. So tha's why some prisners got out soones thanothers. But thenthere's judges who hand oo indictments agans us. In my cse, ree,aod Valetina ‘g0 another on usta week g, andshe's b in il for S years now! Thar's the generl sitution. Things have otin worse, more miserable Thre's sl he possiil- ity once the wials are Fially over, o win freedom by means of a pardon,or by anoffer of exile. But L ink s diffcuhtoprodict There ar o many diffrencases ke Miriam Ortega's forcxample. She wasinprison for 10 ‘years. When hr ria ended,she was pardoned. But a5 You can see her il took 10 years. Valentin: Furhermore, wht th posibilyof reedom for cerin pisonersof the dictatorship meant s being leased under waming afer the tal was over. The punishments they got weresmall. This was on group. Sull thers received pardons,once he wials wee over: ‘And then there's us, those of us that are lef, unlocky ‘cnoughto il uve opencases. If wegobeforeaprogres- e judge, then we may gainour frecdom. Butif we gt arigh-wing judge,one fromthe dicatoshipperiod then ‘wewill e deniedu freedom. Soit's l amatierf fck. Bt sopports the mpression which the govemment and the couns ar giving tthe moment,namely rlesing & centain mumber of politca prisoners. And his st violaing the sipulations of thelews ‘which were pased i he partismient. We baven'tye o our chance fo & eleae wnder waming, But in this ‘ouniey, the mechanim ' urgent. Hom doyou al bope (0 gaia your reedom, and what are your means of struggle? The men, for example, began bungerstrike withthe demand of “lmmediate Freedom!™ Tell us something about your acivites. Valentina: Yoo see, we were invlved in the hunger- ke, whichlsied 23 days, andthe porpose ws o draw auntion 10 the matier e again - 1o make the pubic aware of the fact that there are sl poliical prisoners from e dicttorship perod.In Janeofthis year(1991] ‘wehada second ungesrke. Thefirstone wasin March, and it ased 19 days. All these acions, an things ik prson ccuptions which we did kong withoursoppor- e, were and il are designed 0 put pressure on the. CRNATONAL Ntou PARITY FORALL WOMEN IN JAHL govermment 10 give s ou elease under waming snd 10 spood upthe ral, o gran pardons,and some comrades arecontidering exile 113 posibleopion. Al of these posabies which the government agred to discus but which theynevercnce disucssedunil June of 1991]. ‘The ungerstrike esliedinsome comrades aving theis ral poeded up,some gained thir feadom, and some now have the possibilty o a pardon. For us it was ike this:f we donotbing, we'll e agai. Our main denand s frodom based on the amncsty mechanisms which are i place. Tha means, fhey say they’re actlly going 1o wrap upa case, h they do 0. The govemmment is in 8 posiion 1 pu pressure on the judges based on the ocrees. B if theres o pressre xered cithernation- sy oritematonaly thenthe il go very slowly. So ‘youcansee thenthis s cerly oltcl probleas. When he goverament sees that there re people mobilizin, exering presure, and making demands,hen they have o cither negocai o put pressre o the judicil sysem 1o make soe the mechanisms are functonin. Belinda: The question s ot asked, bow will we adjisk ounelves in socety, should we gan our freedom. For thoseof s il prison, we have seen how comndes | ‘who have been elessed have had diffculies on the ouide, 10d we'l hav 1o desl with these probems ourslves. There s 10 many tings sbou curcharges, under the Ani-Terrorist Law td weapoos vioaions hat willtfectus indily lfe and prevent s from fnding, ‘work. You want 0 be it inagin, bt you can't,becanse o the ne hand there’s no jobs,and o the ober hand becaus is logiscally 30 difficl now, because you don' have s home, you can'sdevelop yourself o sudy, nd you see yourself as marginalized. That's snother point hat we addressed i he hungertriks. Gladys: 1 think i's more than his. Fising back oo society i alo diffcult prychologicaly. Comrades who have been in prison for more than en yearsgetout snd have o make o n s vally diffeent sciety; hir iver outide were soddenly stopped, nd now they are back out, and hey e how things ave changed, e former friends e no longerhere, and the condiion are ol ifferen. They e havetoreadspttothis, od, s were, sart anew again. Notonly s fnding work diffcal, but just adjoting psychologcaly i s well Forthose com- des who are mothrs, here' he problemn of coming 1 {erms with e children The chidrehave rowa up snd have vy differetlivs of e own. Relaionsbips with th iy and with e parner will ave sagaated. This s realy iffical sitsation. What do you think of the possibilty of exile or 3 ‘pardon? Wouldw't pardon have to be tied with 3 Fenunciation? How doyou all view his as pssibily of gaining freedom? ‘Cecella: Well, s forvoluntaryexle, tha's omething we v ejcied utrigh. We tink ha we have th igh 1o Jive o cur own county,because ur siruggle was & just ‘ne. We shouldhavebeen releasd n March 1990 [when Ayl ook power - cd. myself umed down “volun- ary"exile. They established heboundaris ealyon nd ‘ur opton for freedom s waiin for th caes o be over and hen o discuss the possbilsy ofan arvesty - hat's e only way we ec of gining ur reedom. Thereare very individoal matiers of conscence 1 be dedt wilh ‘when considering whether o 20 10 ccept “voluniary” enle, Like in Paica’s cae, because hr fsnce is in Belgiom. Bot she doesm't wan 10 go- S0 you se, we arc confroned withsome very diffcl problens, ke with her, ber parner and comrade is outside of the counry. ‘Andhecant earm, orh'll e arested. And o he ot hand, she does't want o lave ber county. That's 3 iton with 5o esey soluon. She'll ave o decidefor berself whenthe time comes: o say and los ber parne, o b reunited with him bt 0 leav hercounty behind. ‘Valentina: What we havesiruggld for i notonly 1 b recogazed a politcl prisones, bat 1o to have cur sruggleagaios e dictoship ecognized, hat we o3k on fomms of simggle which were revoluionary. Apart from our own efforis, we have o thank th iniemations] pressure which belpd o end hedicttorship. Ourlegi- mate right o form 4 essnce has ot yt ben reco. nized. What's mor, hey degrade people with ulk of things like pardons, volunary exile, and the Cumplido Laws. The goverment rais us ike aw beeakers. They ook st us ¢ f we have done things which must be punished; they dont realize hat we had o aliemativ. When the government changed bands, ey did’thave {he will power o grant s oue rights and recognze us 35 policalpisoners. They parialyrecogrized s, bt hey fuiled 10 recopaize the most sigificant pa, and the ardest forus,samely hat weare sl npisn. Theyare recogaizeda politca prisoner aginsihe dicaorship, bt this s not sutomaticaly e o e freedom. ed ] We aren't in the business o asking for concesions, o wriing papers and secking i We demand freedom aod e righ o lvein Chie, now. But th govemment o stcks to s mechanisn, and acts a5 i her's po hemaive for us. We have accept these means, be- ‘cause we donhavethe strengthto develop any alierm- ive o ha's why we have 0 addrss th realty of the Curplido Laws and the ias. B these are realies ‘which we are not in agreement wih, especialy 5 Belnda: The same goes for e qesion of vluiary el ha's emeing wed' gre with, bt here' s oo aemive. Tt meas cceping the fac a ither by o yououf e counry.rthey keepyou il You bave o choose betwen on o the et Youhave 10 reive e probiem it he coufioes f e Cu. pideLovs Avoe ing st he Complin Low 0 el egilnive o tht o adress . ey i e ' igifcnt ht ey are ot conered with i, ey rig us to il but no 4 people who svgeled agint e dcmorsip o make hanges i i perodin ‘hich we v, The Camplido Law s ot pused wilh hiinmid, bt rber was s s e soaionto the prone e, whic fo he govemmens mesnt boh il md policlprisoners. ‘The wormen have been on hungerstrike sincs Decemn- er 91 Which women are these, and whatare their demands? [We do aot know the outcome of this hus- gersrike - o] Ester:Firs I'd ke o say thathere are sboutT0polical prisoners in Chile who were arested durin the democ- cy. Inthe penientay i Seniago,there are 40 com. rdes, and that ave to ot p with bad conditions nd violene from the gutrds. Some have received desth threts. As for the women, thre s the case of Marcela Rodrigue, whoisis the prisnbosptal. She s sninjry ‘which hs basically made hs an imvalid. This i from bullelodged inhervericbrae Othercomrades are being imprisoned in San Miguel. Ths is # man'spriscn, and they had 0 be imafered on accouns of sexualasass. Inttal, there sre 9 of s, 2 of whom havebeen raped. We have ll been orared by e avesigative Commisson, ‘which s 1 special police group. We bave al boa tor. ‘red, bl he govermment acsdea. e goveroment won't recogize us as poliicl priscners, bot sl here: arespeciallawsthat sy only 1 u, ke the wespons laws, and the Anti-Teroriss L. On December 9, we began s new, unrefesbod hungersrke. We demand the eleas of Marcela Rodrigues on homaitrin groands. Thesocond demand s h rogrovpment o ll e wormen bere in Saoio Dormingo in Seniago. We also demind 1o be recognized a politcal prsoners, capturd during the dicatorship, and we alo demand the frvedom for all poltcal priscners. Tell us something more about Marcea Rodriguer's ealth conditon? Ester: Marcela bas been i the prson bospul, in & egolarcel,for yearnow. She has noview o the oiside from hercell On bsic humanirian grounds,she should ot be in such conditons. We'd ie 1o se he relesed, 50 thatshecan be ehabilitsed. At presca, he has aly basic conditons. Bus she neads specia condiions in- clding physologial herapy s that he can e rehabili- 1ated. What Mcela demands i, if she cannot be re- eased, tha she aeast bave b ovn,rusted physicans. ‘Aod she also demands conditons which st leastallow et some feshair ‘Marcela has received deaththret from he gards. The Pniteaceri [where Marcela s beld-ed ) is 3 ‘man's priscn, ad it llows o fee chice of physicant. Not only Mcel,bat also ber whole amily have been thresiened. They have found dead nimals ke cas and dog n their yard at home, an 0 his is why Marcea secms o g worse each week. A wek ago, she hadu seious break down. She will jin fully in the hungerstike, but she ‘would prefer 0 dic in hungersirke tha to die n the conditons in which she presenly ‘Marcelahas bl i her spine, 50 she s paraly parayzed. She has o control ver some o her bodily Tunctions. What she candos speak and move her bands, nothing ele. ‘The government makes a distinction betwen prison- ers ofthe dictatosbip and prisoners of the so-alled democracy. The present bungerstrike only Invalved the prisoners of the so-called democracy. Wh are your o, achangs, nd apons of o 5 ‘Cocela: We, s political priscners from e dicatorship, recopnize them s polical prisoner, we suppor ther and are imslidritywit thir acions. Ao 's imporant o note thatthey re ool rarly ecogaized a poliical prsoncrs. But i general they aren't. Thatis herpresent emnand. We see this s legitimat, 10 they desrve our support nd soldaiy, and we r ready o niiaie various achvites o suppor ther acton. Our primary means of support will be public declaraions which sappor their demmands. They are a part of the dossir which we bave sent ot intematonaly, nd in this we describe their \estmonies tnd theircurrent sisston. ‘We gave the impeus for murals n walls in San- tingo, and, i the opes that people will recognize their ights, we mde & pumphlet which was disibuted in acighborboods nd 10 organiztions; these are ur forms. ofupport And we have sked hose orgaizatons which support us o ikewise supporttei activiis. They are prisoners of this perod. AL the begianingof the hunger. ke, extemal commitice was fommed o sopport them. We ikewise suppor this exiemal commitce with resource materials. And we hav taken up he intems- tional sideoftheircampaign. How things o from bere depends o how the movementdevelops,and we'llhave 01e2 st what frms ourcomtinuing sapport cantake on. They have asked us o it leiers i thejustics minisry andothe prison sdminisraion, expressing heirdemand 10 be regrouped n this prson. ‘What formsof support are thre on theoutsde? How s the external commitie pt together, and what s s Parpose? Arethere partsofthe social moverment, po- tkcal groups, o parties which support your srikes? Ester: Theextemal commitio i 8 ro0p o rends snd alles of u all who support the hungerike, among. others the “Velcods Motherr”, and s the commitiee furhr develops, otber social orgnizaions will suely o, Bu tha's the case o the momens. Dostatements sbautthe bungerstrike sppear in pub- i, that i, n the media? Ester: Yes, some media do covr the bungersrike, and o Monday th press confrence ootsde the prisn wes prevened from happening. Today, on Frday, s press: conference was given outside the Peitenceria. All the discusions wer sbout Marcla. Sh s the spoksspersen forthe bumgerike. What has the government’s reation been 1o your bungerstrike? Belinda: They've sid absoltely noting, | don's hink. that bodes wel forus. And s | i, the sif i une- freshed,so we're ot expecing 1 reach ourgoal i just fow days, and that goa is Marcel'simmediat release 0d regroupment in one prison. How reslistic are you about your demands belng oing to be difficut o reac his gou, eIt l depends onte level of suppart which the comrades receive, Pressure, bothfrom inide the counry and intemationally, coukdhelp 10 pus the overmment o release Marcela onhumaniaran grounds ndbecauseof herphysical conditon.There are ifferent facors which play o his. So he fundumenta issue ereisf people willupport heacion o reach hi gou. Marcla's coniionof being it forpisonhas esuled i many iniemaional campigs. For exampie, big campuign ha developed in Frane, and there re lso effos being made in Sweden and Belgium andin ol countries which I can't remember. If she s special ‘conditons o that she canrehabilsie erslf as much s possible - then she will make progress. Her progrss dpendsonbermedicalcare,carewhichshe s ot gting at preent. The longer hings are beld up, the more ifcul b recovery willbe. Tha's why ber feedom i s0necessey, 50 she can go 10 ancther couniry where she can gt adoguate weaument. I sh remains i prison, she will ot heal. She needs, at the very leas, & minimal improvemeat in bt conditions, 1o tht she can car for herelf,because right now she's oaly dependent. Belinda: Like you st id, Cec, ntheealercampsign for Marcels, the govemment was toully unseasibi. That's why is 50 important that the suppon for present action be 0 much sronger. Gladys: And 'd ke 1 poin ot that these conditions for Marcla which we retalking sbout are merey forher survival. | don' think they are tying o help ber be rehabiliated. They wanttokeepheralivetosucha degree that she can b i s 1o be detained. ‘ot thi bings with it 8 ot of diffculties and emotional and physcal problems Because sh s st much srength, she s gotien s whol sris of wounds, o account of erlack of rengih, nd hisjust makes b Twice she nearly died from n infecton. Thar's ‘why wetink it would be good, 0, i's fundamentalthat she b given ber freedom 80 that she can receive care. Andihen she could develop bi. Thisiscrcil, because it 40 had forher o se heref degeneraing day by day o s baby. "And that's what she pracically s s he moment. ‘Cocella: Well 'dlike o ok you, o0 behalf of the collciv, for giving us the opportunity o discass cur siaton, sod o complain about ou ontinved deention, 010 make call 0 itermational rganizations o con- tinue 10 ask for our relesse and 1o support the new gemeraton of poiial prisones. They should receivethe “best conditons” possible during tei detetion - the bestcondion in piton whichhey shouk be reunited in. Forthemandforutalike, who find oursevessillin prion today, i's crucial to support the pettons for egroupment beter conditions, and recogition s polii. cal prisoners. And i ourcase he presure st be kept o010 demand our freedom! o Angehsigen o #56) coninued rom page & Al means of sggle have been rescted snd recog- nized. The comrades can itegrate thenselves in the Wwork s 00n 45 possible, and mostimgerantly the U.S govemment has ot achieved s purpose of desroying. the Puerto Rican revokuonary movement. “The sruggle consinues unil the il victry rom Libertad Updat, April 18, 1952) FPMR: Our Eight Years by Daniel Martiner On December 14, 1991 the Manmel Rodriguez Pusitic Front (FPMR) was 8 years ok, Bom n 1983 in themdstof th Pnochet dicatorshipthe FPMR has bee a0 important actor in nasional e, epecially daring the ‘yearsoftyrnay. Every amiversary, aide from being ime of celbruion, hould o be time o evalution nd reflc- of the past should Making 0 account of the Pairioic Front's life proves how diffical i i 1o summarize tis brief bt intcase istory, these 8 years filed with human and revolutionary conent at tmes ising 1o heroem because of their digity nd consequence. “The bith o he orgamization ook plce inthe hest of the peak of the i icaoril popularmrvggles which had bee increasing since 1980 Driven by the popalar rebellon which bad the dicutorship i check, we were bom nd grew in-the mide of great nightourhood, communal, regional and national procests; strikes and othes mulifcetd froms of sggle which oo people appled orid themselvs of the tyrnny whichoppressed s since 1973 "On December 14, 1983, 8 naiona blackout - ‘nounced that something ew was being bom i the ‘couniey th peopl eceved with grea jo their w ool of comaba bo inhedecpest partof s socal being. The actions took place quicky, dizzyingly, mehed in the frootal atacks agains he dicatoahips i them we were fommed and forge ourcombasiveness s the rmed s of the Cilean peope. Thre were thousands o Parios ‘who begn joiing the “Front” 1 be oa the fron ine agaiast the tyranny, men a0d women from al socal lastes, mostof the youth who werethe ones who with greicn decisveness ook on the new forms of ivggle hichthe FPMR s leading. The colosal icresse of the quanity of combative acions b th popular masses began producing qualiaive kesp among them, almost natrallygoingonto superiorforms ofsuggle, incipient expressions of amed acions which demanded organiza- on ad eadersipin which the milftas and ober cpers- tional iuctues went on 1o eam the admiation 4nd sympaiby o the people which o longe el unprotected in s unequl ot dicutorial suruggle, “The main objecive of the gret offeive from thoseyearswas 1 overhrow th dicaiorship, 1 obiain it overtrow as it was 10 longer possble to continue. Pusing up with 0 much opprssion and sateterorisn, 50 much criminaliy. How o finish withth dictsorship was . diffcakt objctive; the means exmployed in the sruggle weretianic and hroic. Between 1983 10d 1986 it began sinking in an almost totl crisie: sconomic, poltical, milary and moral and ol itemal intematonal isclson. s discediation was toal and it sufferedabsou rpadiston. That s how 1986 aived, Which defned iell as the decisive year Everything. ndicaiedthathis would be schieved sndhe el would be progresive, paicpatory and pogular, bt we would reach an advanced democracy wih importan parici paton by the seciosof thelft which ud i a impor. tant ol throughoot al hote year. “The strengh of th deeds had forced s sectorof the cemeright_opposiion, hegemonized by Chrisisn Democracy o join the margin of the slorementioned sruggls, 1o spport the social mobilization and oher forms ofsi-dicatoral strggle, faced with e earof being marginalized b th changes that could e seenin the shor erm. In hi manner the Chritan Democrats ‘weat from collboruing wih the fuscist egime 0 the opposion tnd articipaing n thescruggls fo s over throw, incorporating il s policesthe concepes o il disobedicace and ungovermability 1o complement, o ‘counterbalance, those of opelar ebelion and nional revol with which the et had won ¢ lesderahip e In this pictue threare twoimporant clements which sk be highlighied: 1) The pea of his ofensive against the tyranny achieved i's desabilization by sharpening 4l of ts contrdicions and crisis inal flds, 2) In the midst o thissrong combativeness and nleashing o the popular masts evoluionary vilence e greatest nitary achievements in which the e layed an imponan roe took place. During this period the workers command assembly of civiiy and the bl of politcal paries were creaed, among others. News Briefs Inthe Marchisue of the German polie magasine “Krlmialistie”, ouralis: Mathias Mitzko do- scribes the ntagonism between fa-ight orces sod autonomistan. fuscists s considersle security ‘porblem or the pearfuure. In his ive.page anicle eniied “The. ANTIFA-Canpaign of Auionome Groups*, he examines the milian, pro-vilencs poltcs o the wionomisis which incorportes . sintancs o “fscira” with criicsm of “westes . perilio” snd Gemmany asyloen polices. Mietzko poins outhat . fascam s shways beca s poent 100t for“othodos commuist maipulaon and dis- informaion". The aricle meetions by name such periodical a5 “Radikal” and makes pote of he BCN,en sionemistcompuiernformationetwork. Outhe ntematona evel, e pig Mietzko lsotakes Dotice of the auionomistconfernce hed n Veaice in 1991, the network of “nfo-shops” which has sprung up actoss Westem Erope, and alisged on. tact etween German i fascsssnd forign evo- lutionary groupings suchas DevSolandbo PKK n other words, th autonomist ani-fascistscene s ex. perincingaperiod ofniense scruiny andcimipa- ‘zation by be Gemman sae security apparsun, For exampie, the Gouingen Autonome. ANTIFA sccne was recently criminalized under paragraph 1295, andthe anarchist pper “Unlassba” was indiced for “rupporting a temoris organization”, i, the RAF, “This i al pae of wave of mids nd sestches of sutonomistinfo-shops throughout Gernany (Fam APS)... Ciing 10 practcal resuls afer spening almost$500,0000fJustice Ministyfunds e Dusch Soverament s decided to disband the special fn- veSgative eam which was s-up 1 ovesigae he ‘clandesine smtonomist group RARA. The team, nowas LCT:2,will cotinoetsinvestigaionsun the endof 1992, bus. with reduced budiet of e a2 $50,000. Ha Hal RARA Continoal The LCT-2 teambas b fuled t0tum up any coesrogarding e 8roup calling thecaseves “Froedom For Al Palt- cal Prisonert” who e e 1 several milary heli. copten at a milfry base near Abern on Febrary 3 (rom APS)...On Juuary 27, Florence Tos i Serge Quadruppani,ciior o the rdical Freach maguine “Mordicus”, wer charged with “incte- mentiorobbery,loting,ason, directprovoction o ‘murderous crimes, md complicy i misdemesa- ors" Theapparet easo for e indictment eem 10 be 0 aricle in which they published the ext of s rap soag, “Cest ton feta” (“This s your feas®™, ‘which inclodes the refan, “No cops n the quanr, Boquateforthe cops." Thetwo diors e acing 3. 5 years inpeson ortheso idicalous charges rom "Communis Ainational).. Since My 14, bock- ades sctup by Native snd Metipeopls bave s cesfully baled clear-coing inhe forest of ot ‘westem Sakaicheavn. The orce onhe lockades, oosely calld the “Proteciors of Mother Earth”, have ciicived he “corpora indiss” of the Tribal Comcilforsellngollogeing rightso the NordSusk: corporution. Lubicon peoples from Alberts sod - tivins from Toronio have ided in the blockade actions.OnJune 30, over I00RCMP offcersmoved n on one blockade and arested 31 prople. The policshave vowed o lake furthec acio i the bock- ades are not ended soon. Tribal elders, however, rfuse o end he blockade unil hei concems sbout the logging are ddressed from Ecomadia #120)... On Decmber 1791, ive peopl astociied wthhe Talian - communisyantiimperialst magazine contnued on the back poge.. —_——— A Blow To The Possbe Popular Triumph The lvel of confrotaton was 10 great that the United St forsew revolutonary result and the imminen ovestbrow o the tyan, his was made clearer consideinghe sitaton ia Cental America: e Sandin- ta evoluton; e srong uerril ivggls inEl Sah dorand Guatemal,an s nflcnce inthe region. Faced ‘with his ear the United States developed a complee offensiv agains. Chile which involved bllons of dol- ars. Thi ok lace maialy nthe olitcal, economic and miliry felds n the cultrl, judica and diplomatic ares, among other areas of inerest. The objecive of these American efons were 1o preserve i imperialist fnterns in hileand throughout the roion. Asid from the United Stses some European cou- res s invested 1 hlp achieve el in sccordance withheirinterests ffors i which many non- govermen- 1al organizations (NGO's)have played anmport medit- ing ol of e rugales. The big nflux offeshdolars 1 “help” the peaceful rmovalof the dicaorsip bought many who began 10 play & braking roe. I this marmer Chrinian Democracy nd othe cenier-right sciors al- lowed themaeivs t be wsd inthe formla 1 remove Pinochet tnd the diciatorship from govermment; 8 for- mols which wentagaast sy popularsoluton sndespe- cialya revolionay one. The United Sttesdermandod from the beginnin, end ol social mobilzation nd vilent suggles, 45 well 4s any agreement with the Maristefand sboveallhe evoluonaies,“erroriss”™ intheishypocrical sleng. Atthat sagesignficant iar- a0 advances had lready been achieved,prncipally i the stdent levl, mong obers. These humilating de- mands were acceptd by Chrsian Democrats surely becaute ofteir ancient grodines for powes which bas been demonstrated 50 many times before. Already in 1964 thy recieved millons of dollars from the United Staes, through the CIA, o halth possible presidental iumph of the “Marsist” cadidate Salvador Allnde. When Allende was overtrown a5 presidnt i 1973, Cristian Democracy sappored the fascat coup d'etat and the bloodbeth in which they immersed our peope, {hinking ththe coupis iy would deliver power 10 them st that time. In th pacs made in 1986787 they forced theexclusion of e Commnis Purty and the MIR and logicalyth polica-mlay organizaions. Fom here the so-called conceraton fo democracy became prvileged u & pliiea formula for chnge, oliial aliance 10 which the most opporuist and inconsequen- il seciors o hetadional Cilean Jf atached then- slves, “They negotnted these agreements withth dica- tombipandsncethen they ssumed the “poicyof aree- menss” o g0 about replacing the i dictaoial sruggl. ‘Ourpeople,otally againt hese undignifid runsacions ‘madebehindtheirbacks,lead great basesofsragle i 1986 from the perspecive of ovethrowing the dicaor. Thestonal ke afoly .3 of hatyearwas a wanscen. denal combtive sroggle, the regime resoned 0 the ‘mon crminal ste teoriam 1o impede the popular rugge:they murdered a family on Mamif sret in 3 touthern Suntingo neightourhood. They bumed live wo youbs inthe Bstacion centa eighboarbood among thoosands of other trocities. I the monahof Augus ey discovered s arge cache of weapons inthe porher par ofthe county with whichthy frosrated grea tempt in the paih o liberion; they held the Patiotc Front respantibie for this and unlesshed rea “witch hunt” agains our orpanizaton. On Sepumber 7, 196, the ‘xecution siemp of the tyt ook place in“Operaion 208 Century”,n ambush f the dictators motorcade in he canyon of the Msio, an acton camid out by the FPMR. These three imporant decds only ilustae the 7ot effors ot were made by thousands of actons nd the tyrmy. “The diffcabies in meeiing he objectives of the “Deciive Year"produced all mannerof fears ad deser- tions, of sebacks and rereats. The isorclft was ot apable of muitaining s seadfst ao-dicttoral posi- tiom which produced s serious process of dispersion and iomizaion which they have yt 1o overcome. Regrea- by in the midst f this the Chrisian Demmocrats and theis lles ssumed thepoliical eadership whichcouldcount o allthe resurces to chieve their carrent egeamony. Al o his facilmed theinstional timeiable conten- plied by the 1980 Pinochet consiutin, srengthened by the agrcments and politcal support of those who. compromised themselves in he diciator's negodated e, ensuring a process of condinity o the polica ysem imposed by te tyrasny in s neary 17 yearsof oppression. Our organiztion nevr accepted the “pscado-le- giimacy” of the crininal Pinochet regime and their frudolent preudo-consiution. We also never give mora olvency tothe government whichhas given st 10 eprescns this comedy of “democracy” bom n agree- ments with imperalism, o raber widh the same ones Tespnsibl fo the 1973 coup dett. A System OF Dominaion: The Dictaoria Contisulty From i e e arecments which ave boca impoted defend nerens alien 1o our peope, 10 oot sation, s have v e o dowith et resios- o ofrea dmocrcy n he ey ssured Americn ety it plce For i e - e o model b ben h prfectnrument 1 e thre s, 1 consolidaie he sy of dominion i pored uring th dictomhip by tood wnd fie. This Coeron sy of dependance, bcens o s s dance, conitts & ong ter naicoa devclopment prjectof reic haracier which will morgage the Counryfr decades o the 21t cenuy. In it oty by risto ity cas elations i v - oot secor. b momaionalr, e goup of o o paer and heplical md iy chucs wiih Rave clloed fo th revison of depeniens capiai which curody holds power. Thi cxplins he ol ‘ehich e dicto continues 1 ploy 4 commande . hietofthe armyandthe s g of poer e il ‘caeasly bolds. It aso cxpains the evoaion f the “democruic” govemmen in i yars nioe monihs of maasgemen, bt e o herights creasing s wel 't repressive counter npogent charscie i vsanes iy by day. Fial, resident Paicio Aylwin il b ansounced tht I Augse 7 e i 0 democracy” ended dogical et was e s was o consoldte it ‘The Patiotic Front's Development Process these years of e we bave sccumulids e combaivecapricnce, e have caried o sigaiicant mamber ofpicipaly o s acons 0 welsane o one.One cion tht s o wht he idnaprog ofColonel Cako Careo,Dieciorol AMAE, e amy ‘weapons faciory whichsppear o be curenly invaved inthe contmband hipment f 1 00 of wespons eized in Hungary e o 1o Croui, i vielain f th e bargo on weapons sl Lo e waring counies i that egion. Coloned Careo was feed n o Psl, Brezil. [rmsitors o Caet'storared, bl by v ey found i iver in hile. Accorin ot Uniguayan newspaper “Brecha” no one has clamed et o the Killng bt i sppears el 0 e above ‘menioned srms shpmen o). Aside from the Combaive actions nd various oms of Arvgge e plyed inthee years we haveasocaiedout animpor- {ant amotntofscislwork we havea good sccumulation e areaof suggeforhamen ighs d sy polical iplomat workinhe ool e, .. “As torganiation we werebor 4 the ard s of the Chilen poople but since 1987 we iiiied our ransformtion 1o # polical-mliry organiztion - 3 processsill underway. e first ool forthis change was the poltical edesign elaborted in the 20d semester of 1987, Ul 1988 our policsand sctions were wiin e concepts of national uprsings which e replaced that year wih the political sirtegic lie of Parioic and Natonal War (. and N. W) whichhad it aptismo e on Ociober 21, 1988 in the campaign for“naiona dig- nity”, batle in which our comrades Cecilia Magri C. od Raul Pellgain F., Comandanes Tanara nd Ro- drigo, fll n combat, wh wih thei scrfce became. rue symbols inte rescue of digniy. Our pany construction i that of a vanguard or gaaationin s conceptof shared vanguards, organizaions ‘whichshould e buil and i will b oor pople who give them s quaiy. Our siegic lineof P and N. W, was completed wth the Paioic Siuggle for Natoral Digaity (PSND), ourtacticallne claborsid n 1990.In September of tht yearthe “Manifesto for Nationl Digniy” sumaurized ‘o careent policy, our acic for the perod. This s Finished with the document “Characie of he Snge”. Despite the fuc tht our characteizaion of the ity weacked lsibilsy Lo conronthe new elities and the space thy have ceated. This took us 0 & criain ‘sgtionofour pojec which we confionted by demo- crtically analyzing it s alllvels of the orgaization, miliens, combatmts, a0d leaders i the i Inerual Rodrigaita Consulaion which wok place in he first morshs of 1991 This consulation concloded i clear mandate forchange o acheived greatr inerion n> Curret eaity 1 advance ou revoltionay project of ‘mtional and scial liberation which will end the curent sysim of domination and dependeac. Todsy thesc ‘changesarebeing implemented which ignifies esruc- {uring and edefning o th project's par. Ideologica Fountalns Of Rodriguism Pusioiom is he priocpal ieologial o, From it ve rexco ou hisoric oo, eveythin that s s shou ot s cur pecpe. This s e i evoltionsy memaionslsn scmming from Lac. samericaien: Bolive, St M, Mari. We have leamed from, 0 b ispid by e Cuban nd Sundiias revoluicns, We have sienific soilsn 13 oue anyic b, 1. gude o acion Huranist s nd cdicl vahos, sch s igniy and decorum, which r needd s mch i these mes. Consnency, sefcanes, loyaky and iy with the “The Roigist mysican whichour broshers end iners - ed) have had bused o these prcices a0d principies ad huan nd revoltiomary vaucs bave e th most beric s aced pages ofour isory. e brothrs ud i) who hvepuid it prisns and Shall end tis incomplet summary, symbolzing all of the patiots who have given their lives for our cause; Camilio, Taisna, Marceo, Puico, Margarta, Valei- o, Moises, Jos,Ignacio, Cesa, Pao, Elzabet, Estr, Julio, Ricardo, Mianue, Wilson, Jua, Maria, lidoro, Raul Ceclia, Robert, Hernan, Carlos and Maarici. ‘Memory would neves e sbie o eain somany dear atmes whohad given e mos sublime human snd moral. base which each time obligates us mors o cary our iberaon projec forwad, for which they gave thei valusble and ineplacesble lives. For them, for our ‘peoples for he viabilty of prnciples and revoluion we Conclude withour slogan: “Unil vctoy ordeatht” (rom Ko ey Latincamaricano, JanMar. '%2) Peace Negotiations In The Philippines Interview With European NDF Representative Acitwarbasbeenfohtithe Pippins o e a3 as. Thflof e Marcos dictorsi i 1986 e he rospcs for pace mre ey, B fe the Tecen resdenil elcions, esce now sans e iton han ever. Negotaions e he Naioal DemecraticFront NDF)ad it gerilawing e New eopi s Ay (NPA),wer ot o the compeign Jormofon e condit, e vt of Marees anc Aquin' s aa-ovr o poweraserictcfsesoiaions i Febrary 196 edioa Cesefoe and egoiions bevwen Aguino and the NDFNPA. Bt hi procescllsped o Samary 287, b the Atuin g ooty enahed prtesh rch by famars. Thi atack ecame rown o the oo Mssare" In March f 1907, At . carad “linar on the i wing ressance meve. pon Sice the,the confict s taen on dissrus propoiors: e ave been over 2 il iieral Tefees v hept 3 s, The e and doppear s o e fwing St vt b comen. place. Amnesty Iniernational s last report from February o i ar reporied ht e asdering coninar” he Phippinc. Thearmy and e rghing pars military troops roam freely. T 1990, e et overds pece roces dewiopd. Charch groups and ew-govrmmenil or- yonstions ook he v, and i Sepember 191, {herwara meting i Hong Kong e NDF lders and Phiippin armygenrais A second round of ik ebduldforMerch g this oo i B werelled Uy he gomermet et memen ekt acing place (e European Parlamen) wes o0 remine” et woddaion e NDF o chanc vpread i propanana.Snce he, thre v bee %0 s {evards schedaing frbr als Thefolowig i e it Byon Bocar, e NDF s represencive o Western e The talks n Hong Kong did notresultfn much, and the ks n Brusselsnever ook place. What weat wrong? “The ks in Hong Kong wer supposed o discuss respecting human ights snd spplying ntemationa laws o8 stuton of smnedconfict Inoureyes, is s e it sicp of the peace-process. Nommal cvilians mast be proteced. We had proporals with us, b the Sovermment’s delegates had noing, They did't even have « mandae from the government nd 40 they couldn' signor sgre 1o anything. “The government el that the tlks would give us itemtional st a5 8 pary in 0 amed stuggle. We. ave neverdemanded thi satu. The Philppine govern- ment consstently manuains thet the Philippine ‘constitton ha obethe bsis o thepeace process, and har' becn the biggest obstace s far That relegaie the NDF 1nd the whole national democrtic stuggle 10 8 police mater. hat s o acceptable o us. Theconfictin the hilppines is ot jadicil ne, but plical on. The causes o the confict hve o b seld wih poltcal messures. Bothsdes have tobe pen o thi. Only then can serious ks begin. How do you sccount fo these problems? The govermment doean' ake the negotaions seri- ouly. They e the peace-rocess 45 & par of their srtegy of oal-war. Aquino used the peace process n 1986. She wed it 10 et the “moral jusification” for resuling o amilary souionto the poblem. Shevowed. 10 crush th revolutionary movement by the o o her . That'sthisJune. Sonow she'slking sbou aiing. “urtegic control”over he revoluionary movement by the end of 1993 Ax long s the govemment keeps hinking in those trms nd refuss 1o work towards 8 poltclsolutiontothe conflc o advances can e made n the peace-pocess. ‘Some people caim that the NDF dow’ttakethe pace- process seriously, but are Just using 1 for tactical pins. Is armed struggle sl your most important strategy? Youhavetojdge he NDF by s deeds. And when ‘you considr allhe effors we'v madesince 198810 gt poople a the negotiating able, we have 1o be ukea Cxmest. Of course discssions sbow where the talks shouldakeplace re.a part of the NDF s overall gy Bt we have sated tha we wan 10 contiove with the peace-process il a policalsolution i reached. We. sand by that promise. Bt unti then,you'l Keep shooting? Yer.there can be o cease-ire without 8 clear proporal sndme-able fortalks. We eamed tha back in 1986/87. At thatim, we agrd 0 cease i before e agenda or e alks had boe set. Bu al he poverment wanied 0 alk sbout was our surender. o the ammod sl contiucs. Bt ent that an 00d comblnation, peace negoiatons and armed struggle? I some aeas, wehave srucure inpacehat have 10 be defended. We have 1o maintain and expand our srengih. That i necessay, 5o that we wil be aken seriously t negotitons. You could compare his 0 Bl ‘Salvador. The peace-proces there only got underway ‘when the US ecognized that the FMLN rbels couldnot be defesied ilitaly. Even though the farright Chrs meambers o he govermment,sod especially he ey, ‘consistenly mainta tha we have o be crushed milir iy Withinthe NDF, are ngotiations viewed asrefornis? No. The fac tat you ave il upeacugh strength a0d organization to force the ele 1 negotite about ead o this, hen we view it a pan o he evolutionary process Wha's more,he peace movementn e Pilp- pines relizes tha pesce means more then s he ab- sence of war. We have o in soutions o the probems ‘which case the conflc. Can ths be compared to B2 Salvador? ‘The proces hat we ae involvd i e much ke it was i Bl Salvador, bt the eventaal contet will be docided by he negoiations themselvs. We wou'tlay down our weapons befor there is complee agreement on scial, economic, s polical reforms. Did the FMLN give up on oo many of s demands? Inmany ways, thelr agenda didadiffr from ours. Bt we disagree on the end resul. Many of s fee that they gave more than ey got. (Can you be more concree? Wil Industries b nation- alzed? T don'tknow. But e poiais e disnaaling of he pecilla-ammy. It scemstha he PMLN agreed oleaverhe Sovemment’s anmy iniact, more 0 than they waated, whie e forces would he incorpraid no the police. Asforthe oberefoms, et sl ave o be a numberof ‘consttutionsl changes- Somepeopledoubs wheberhere have been coough gusraneessecured ofacual eforms. The FMLN have said that the people are hei best suaranie,aod itemational oldaiy...The discassions ar il akingplace. We will avetocxamine the specific advaniages and disadvanages o the scual ccord. As forthe Philppins, thas wil depeod on the balance of power. What roe do lctions play I our strategy? We atrally don' ke par, ot e doview them s el mporia. We ncourag he propresive orpizaions Lotk pr nd suppor rogrssvecandi e, Everyting we win i the clecons gy ken, bt clections are no a mporant as building peopes- orpmizaions d the amed siuggle. Thes clcions ‘won'tlead o mesaingfl change. ot onesingle cand- daeiseven addessing e fundamenal poblems ing he prople. ‘What do you think you can coneretely achieve? Firs, progressive candidate can b chosen,But st e natonsl lvel, hey havelle chance i the “gans, 0005, and old” sy, They haveabeterchancea b localleve, eventhoughheireffect here s minimal. T imporant hing is o sdvance the srugl f the pooples” ‘movement Flectoral scuggle snd mas-srvggle mus o ogeiber. Another imporant poit i the Americs mill coninued on page ... Red Army Fraction Communique ‘Greetings To Al Those Taking Part In The Demon- strations And Congresses Agalnst The World Eco- ‘omic Summit In Munich! We aregiad tatyou ll have come o this demon- sracion d o thiscongres, despiethemassve umbers ofpolice troops s themedia's smear.campaign, which ‘both stempted 1o beat down and defea your oganizing efors and prepantions. Despit the varying levels i th devlopmentof he srogal and differing conditons there emais the ed for & comm seach or urgent solutions for pecpls’ lives agains the world-dominsting polices of the G-1 saes, whose capialit power rles over people a0d desoys maure. ‘We think s corect that you al bave chosen 1 oppose the S00:year fetival of imperialim with this demonsirtion, congrss, 1addays of sctions. You bave showed that on out sds - th side of the oppresed - history and the consciousmessof siggle are alve. As onga this mperaist ystem, whicvaves hrnan lves and naareas mere toolsof capialism, exis, here will o exist irvggle for sociey fre from domimation. ‘The srgglefor e liberation of spral worth will b camiod ou wherever racst and sexist strctres of op- presion exist which deythe wort of human beings. ‘With this congress, you have made i posible o exchangeexperinces withone aother s o e from. each ther, o come common evaliations snd 1 begin ‘working on common sitegis. Given the contemporary titsion, we thisk it's extremely importaa,boh berea wel s itermatioally, 10 arive at concee common goals sod demands. We. Deed 0 come p with proposals s to wht iep e 1o e taken against he ruling powes'gip over pople and e - whetherin Manich, Rio, Los Angels or Mapato, ‘whether inPalesine or Kurdisan and reverse e ol sloba catetrophe. A process of sppropristionfrom belowis cresedin concret staggles and demands which confron the ol ing powen with the peopls’ nees. For xample, the ruggleforliving space, the srvggle againt destroctive and pindessabowr the sruggle agans:cavironmensal destucion, th pison sioggles, organizing belp for efugees, ani-fscist mobilizatons, and th demand for dbtcancelaion tnd reparaions from the imperalist sats which have profted rom clonizing peoples. Wein Germany beara grea deslofresponaibilyin {his proces,because we lveunder st whose capacty for destrucion is enormos. Domesticaly,the ruling. powers have created a reacionary climate which has reslied in raciet moblizations and an almostdsly war ‘againstefugees. Th uling powersneed his eacionary climae 10 sirengthen the German mle-consciousness nd 238 safety-valve aginst the increasingly despernc Hiving conditions o millons o peopl er,because hey want 1o be given 4 froe hand for thir superpower poltcs: oday, e German detschmark marchs across Easte Europe, tomorrow, Germanroops mch acos the globe. Next 1o Japan, Gemnany has the world's srongest economy. The might of German capial is nbroken. With this suatement rom us, we'd ik o make some poits from our Aprl commanique (namely, our de-escalation) clar o e comrades from other counisies ho have avelld hee forthse potets. This spartof ourspeciliep within Germany. We don' question the legitimacy of amed liberaion sugyles n otber counries;our decpest slidarity goes ot 1o sl hose siuggling foriberation troughout the world. i up forthose involved i the sruggl o decide, basod upon ther specfic conditions, which means i form o strggle should b employed t given point in For you l, we'dlike o sy something beif sboot ourown hisory. ‘We, the RAF, came ino existence inhe arly T0's outof he workd-wide i Vienam War movemens. Our beginmings came during the 68 revolts, 3 time when many peopl became aciv: i his county, where, afes Auschwitz, there was 1o broad social discussion of ‘Germany's Nazi past snd whereex- Nis beld posiions of powes in al the major govemment and financal nstiutions,communist and sn. aciss were piedon, and allihos who sought o break with Germany s fascist past faca eprssion. Agains thisgloomy and suffoct- ing imperialst rality i post-war Gernany, an enire eoeraion sought new emancipaiory snd ni-capialist means of lvng. For cxumple, base-democratic - Tares s schools and uiversies,ving ogeber in com- munes 1 cpposed o uclear amilies,orgnizing wornen against e rditional oles and againstiheiroppresion both within socety and within the I During he Vienam War, our counry was e most imporunt wmiable forthe U.S-genocide of the Viel namese people. We linked ourslves 1o the world-wide esistance o U imperaivm. ‘Autbaime, heexstence f he Soviet Union made it earer 1o securetes to the wionl iberation move. menis of the Souh. Under those global ircumstances, ‘wemadeour radicalsruggle b arof e nemational ot imperialis. lberaton font. That was our swom perspeciv, 1o cany ot simulincous iniematonal Hrogale o chieve frecdom. Even when imperiaism was abl 10 bl the ad- ‘vance of the berationtragglesat hecad of he 0's,our politics were il pimarily orenated in his wey snd remained that way wp 10 the mid-80's. We used oor g inthe 80' t hinder theimperialist ol-back, orderto tum around hehistory since the October Revo- Tuton; we wanied o re.stengehen our side. T the vaious phases of our 22-year isory, we have intevened i our role s an wben gueril aginst imperinist word poliics, against US. polces, ageinst 'NATO, againt the formuaionof s West Eoropean bloc, agains the develogment of Grest Germany s & workd Look Forward In Anger! - Anti-G7 Actions In cuty July, the world cconomic summis (WWG) of the workd's seven riches naion, be O, ook place in Mrich, Gemnany. Sinc te s ‘was being heldin Bavasia, one of Germiny's most conservtive egion,heavy confroniationsbetween police and - summi demonsuors were ¢x- pecid. To prevent this, over 000 police from il over Germany wers depoyed in Manich, and il foads o the ity had polic check pons. (On Suurdey, aly 4, over 15,000 pople ok purt in 10 4.7 demonsiruion through Manich. Manic plic do o lerai the wearing of masks, oreven e bolding ofarg bncrs o theides o demontruions. Shordy et the march begen, he ‘women/isbia-blocunfurid s burneslong e vide o theirbloc,reslin i police stack.n e, 53 people were amested duin e dmo. Iresingly, e wutonamit d womensbian blocs made 15 about 273 ofth ot dem, which 1ys something hout e abilsy of varios roupe o mobilie. “The same was e hroughos he woekend b fore e sctual G summi. The Aui-Summit Con. e, beld he weckead befor he O s, was i many ways, » disspointmeas. Ociginally scheuied 10 be beld on a universty campus, the university evoked the permi shorly beloe he even was 0 begin. Thus,h countr congres b e disprsed among seven area churchs, This undernandably pse any participans, since hechurch s played eadin ol n colonialim d i world explor- aion throughout hisory. Plns by suomorsisis o merly siom the uiversity md s the bldings anyway were ey rsisid b el and et roups who did o want 0 sk confontations wi th police, who had aready mided wo coucr-con- a7 orpunsing meeings in the weeks bfore he aciualevens el Despt il tho problens and disppoiomerss, much nceded ditogue bevween Europoan, Lati American, Asitn, sod Middle Eates social move. ments did ke plac a the Ani-Sunmit Congress. One e econd doy o s congres, epresaaives ‘were rese from the NutonalDecsocrtic ot of the Phippines,the Pro-Homman Righe Assocaion of Trkey, e FMLN o E Savador, NatonalLib- ervien Movement Tupamaron of Urvgusy, the ‘Sovermemnt of Cubs, the Plsario Front of Sahars. Afica and the Purio Rican MLN. The opics is- casted were bumaa righs, the New World Order, poliicalprisners, mthodsof sevge, md polics o bomctopole. Despitcthe delogicldiffernces of many of e paricipais, ome basc poios were sareedupon: 1) Thathe Now World Orer snbing ess s he rdivision of he workd i spheres of infiucnce or the powertl and will eve sve the soci-cconamic probems of the Thid World; 2) “Tha the opic of politcal prisoners and prsones of ‘warmuste aprioity nhesgendas o revoloionary policalmovemcnts; ) Tha s sof e umont mpor. e 1o susan trly aubeosc and indepeodeat process oot presibed by imperialiss; 4) Tha the ope of humaaity Tests on the development of Socalim tha s roly paiipaory, where there do ot cas prvicges justfor e e, ad whee thre nooppressiononihebsisof ac,genderoscxal preference. Therewas asolk of yin 10 esblish 0 ntemaional Dey in Slidarey with he Plical Prisoners of the World. Besides h discusions duing he - smmi. congress, actons weesocaiedout o prcet he " onnsed n the beck pge-. | | e pover nd i e e word i Ty e o of "9, who e amcxaion o the fomer DDR by We Geman wh ey n s Shaie o iy, oe which b g i he Ociber Revolaion, b come 0 1n . Nonshless, we (o 1o icuvionof i oo b hisryof ourovn struggle - of its strengths and weaknesses - and to come up il new orcnton Wit our acions, we aaght o begin o rse coerpover o below o s dikcursion i re-orientation around this situation, which had greatly Incesad th okl conrdicins o givenrio a0 i, Nonebeless, we could ct bk hvugh s ofpoveriess o e sgnation o e v {or ofcpealimwhich hadgipped e vy pecple e oot oo moin. Tt s precilyour st action which made this mon e 1o ur, the wack oo Robwedder, Wath this o, wenervane nm ey new socil i, one wich arse ferhe socasinof e DDR I i s o hinde the march of cpilem o the former DR s 1o alow 151 cot s with hes Pl gl ther Now we el hat o cometo s ommen Sl from o oftwo il s snd st of cxpercac akes o gra deal of discsion s wnder- sanding laming rom e snodber's e hisories, 5410 e go forward gt in aking » coutr pover G coue ther wer ety of peole who - porcd ur acions, b s s bardy sard sy incuion or el i s orgmizaioal g, nor ey psh the g power” o sy comer. Beraoe o al s, w e s bk 0 come Wi new deperars poi. Weaeodancpendcanion s ocodtons nd rctaions i order o G o with nw hovgh 224 propouls for devloing process of hange. A ek s meas eaming o ovahiney sossnt repestie e ik, ot rng gl oo cxperences. We o hatthre re comrades wh i o dicionsbeweenou et i Al d e carod Siumion,conderng o smple, the sclaing war i th Kurih eope, hich the Tukish st s Vaging with Geman weapons snd Geman ey hereisroqesionpatesnc othe plicisof Grea Germany, both from within 4 b, s e ey necomay o i iy bt o X oces o dacuion. Bt e el ths A st o v i proces i e "ocome up i e oitof dputar, weeed < common,do foundsion aying dcamion, S glov chines v global s ket mcreasing e popl deemed ok e by capital and who no longer have any means of exis- poople who ar being forced 1o the fringes bere i Grest Gemmsay, pecple who are secking # new socalralty ‘with aman crtcia nd who ejec the vales tnd ol ogy of apialism. “Thehistoryof decades ofscia orentontowrds capial bas alicnted peope from ther lves. Fom ti, d fromhefaiur 10 et anycxistingaliematives,we. can see why racistand st vioence has increasedher. s a way o duling e brsalityof day-to-day Ife. By not creting groups consisting of diffeen kinds of people who can work together 1 solve the common problems facing them dily, taking these problems in haod and struggling aganst them, what we have soca appen in ur society i herse of destrucive ad sl destracive forcesand incrased fuscist mobilzations. Isupioeveryone who does not want obecrushed. by the powerof money to develop new social iruggles ‘which come from the peopl themselvs. I this, w see the posuibilty of creaing o relevant social counter Bt the development of this s also & part of our responsibilty o all those people around the workl who ar sroggin for change and 0 al ppressed poopies, bocausi'supto s hereiose o i hat rea ‘work-poltcsdon' o unchallenged t home, b raber atther i socal consciousmessht expresis ol ity with other peopls and which resists e ruling pow- ers. We have o tan & new socil movement in which people can find » emuine socil perspciive and seethe. ‘wortlesmess o the capais sy temand it resmentof s worh A movement withnew content nd vlocs, ‘one which canmakeconcreechanges -becanse hse are. ‘¢ gouls whichcan b ptoff il “ate e revolution”, Withour comemanique of 104, very long huse of our history came 1o an eod. This was our decision, because we want 1o see 3 proces of reflction and - orintationonou side- tadnoing o do wit e ate. “This stte s sought 1o destoy the RAF nd the prsoners romthe RAF a the resisancefo th st 22 ‘years uing ol e meansavailble o . The e failed, a0 with tis in miod, we nered i new phase. I the stae chooses todisrup his new phase, then i will b up. 10 everyone o decide bow to react, snd we won'ttake responsibilty for the consequences. ‘We have sttt mporiant cormponentof s new rbuilding process mustbe th siruggle o ree our imprisoned comades. When we sste ther fredom cm be achieved through » poliica slwion, tis s the resuls ofyears of sruggle. Freedom for al poliical pisners witin & forsceable period of ime cun ly b achieved through & process of sruggle. T should be everyone's wsk o seizs the ntntive 0 struggle o cod the tomae and win freedom forthe prsonens. e sek el lfeperspsiive forcurimpris ved comrades andfor e prisoners from ll beruion movement; we want his foreveryone and wih everycne ‘who wans o iuggle forjoicesnd s humn exivience for al the oppressed poples of th word. 269 Red Army Fraction The recet cease fire annownced by the RAF has leashed a great deal of disussion within atonomisi and lef revolsionary crcles in Burope. In our nest e, weitend 1o cove part o his debte by repriting ‘amimber o crituques, not oy of the RAF, bt alsoof he R2s, RARA, and miltant-armed siugglein generl. For cxample, we will publish he tex of an RZ group who ‘announce thei intention toabandon hearmad siruggle. We willalso prin a paper by another RZ group who criizeboth1his tex, as wel s the “Gerd Albarus is Decd*text by another RZ cel. Althoughall o the papers 10be publshedinour nxs s arefrom Burope,we el thahe isuesdiscussedare inporiantandshoud halpio start a similor dicission here in North America on armed and milantresistance 'ENOUGH OF THE BROWN SHIRTS! Breryone bas heard of the buming refuges- sbou tis. Manich i o it way o becorn- ing the capial of the German noo-Nai movemen. Enough of isl We wil atack he facisl Two centersof the Munih fscst movement ot ‘ombed eaty tis morning. The firs, the AVO-offce of Ewald Alhans, the most imporant propagande center of the Monich neo-Naz sccoe. The second, he “Monich Anaeiger”, which i esponsibi or sread- eo-Nazi soene for year. I 1990, be organized o march 1o commenorae Hiler's birbdsy, In March 1991, heorgmizndthe Leucir Congres,where beand othe promines neo-Nazis publicy decared thas the mardes o milions of ews dringth holocaus was lieIn May 1991, he oranizd mesting in the Edeo W hotel 1 honor Radolf Hess. He has amanged rnsporation scross Germany for Muich neo Nazis. Revolutionary Cells Communique hoses e the desths, b fu too il ar doing 50t money and behind-the-sceocs oniacts And fom s “We wank the rth aod ot righis”, which caled the There hasbasaly been a-right evet Minich which e has ot belped to organize. On May 192, be rpized s meeting nhis new brown b wderthe ‘motto:“Uniny Brings Sreagh™ About 300 neo-Na. i, includingthe ot signifcas cadres o Bayen, attnded. . Althans alsohassrong intermational ies He has offce s Heraog-Hearich Suee 30, he cansprad s ‘brown propaganda ushindered. “The “Munich Anzsiger” s fes adveriscment bullerin whichgets disrbutedtomailbores and which an be found i mot supermarkets. It comes ut n§ ‘neigbborhood ditons all troughout Munich. I's published by Alfred Detscer, Jadgsret 28, In the ‘eper, Nazs dissibue ther fncis and racistpropa. yanda unindered. Like in issoe 45591, when the “Monich Anzsger” ra & ullpage arice exxiled holocat e mddemanded bt e loodof g mae efugcs b sopped”. T icce whs wrtea by e ld Nasi Ouo vt Reame. NPD 14 Regub. aner Pari owo neo-Nei ol parics 4] menberssso s this puper. Inthe lins s, eriings Toll o haed or freginen re oy prined. The s e ful o e ke “pusic lavlens puags ke reogee” nd“ay st . i youl el disbed i pring by AVO, Akbans was ighysecumed. Anoer comecio, ha. PS: We'd like o quicky respond 0 8 few groups in ihi satement: we don' agree with people who hik that e and fames ae o longes spproprine methods forrevolutonary poltcs. Furlermore, wedon't wank 1o close ou his sage of hisiory d be siack with rused rucures and e of sirugale, tiher we ‘want1obea polical subjec which s bl o ntervene i contemporarysocisl proestes. Revolutionary Cells Punks Making Statement By Brian Coan Regarding His Grand Jury Subpoena | When I was spproached by a Secre Sevice (S5) sgentwhilatrackpracice oo May 7, it s the it time: Thad evr found mysef i soch # posison. Bt | knew how o react [ efused 0 speak o theagent. The SS then tred 10 coeroe me nto lking by issuing me subgoena 10 tpper efor federa grandfry. Agin, this washe- st time ] or snyone el inthe contemporary marchist ‘movemeat for that mater) bad ever been in such 8 posiion. Butonce again, knew what o do: 1 couner- actthegrand jurys sececy, L alened e medi nd ther | ‘comiades in the movemment, and | staed ron the begin- ning that | would ot comply with thegran fory invest- gaion. ‘When I suedthe subpocnaon May 8, anageat ‘mensioned that it was rlaed o s threat on th presidn. Boton what grounds? Was i doe 0 peech I had iven & week caler a u rotest in fron of fedens court in Pitsfied, in which [ had defended the armed L A.rbel- lion? Or was the govemment ate something more? Perhups they were on » “fahing expediion”, oping 10 gai nfo o the anarchisyautonomist movernen, ot revolutionary anuchist necwork “Love nd Rage”. But there were oberthings 0 consider as wel, uch a8 my ‘contact wih poltical prseners, and my ivolvement ‘with Arn The Sprc, A or the e, there was abvi- ‘ous cuse for alam, iven the naure of the matrial ‘which ATS publishes. Givenll of hese concerns, it wa ot clear whatthe grand juy were upo. Henee, ook 8 sand of ol on-collborstion. Bt astime wore on, hings became more clear. The S, it tumed ou,had copid all o my computer s on thecumpus oo frme, which used o gainacces othe Intemet aglobal compoter information necwork. What's Hews Brifscondinued from page 13 “CONTROMformesione” were stroiod. and churged with asociaion with » ferori organia- tion. In_ addiion, the newspeper’s offces were searched and some mserials were seied. Those arested were held in slitary coninement wmil ‘oun rled tat they be rleased cn Jsouary 2. We apologize for reporing tis pews so e, b word only 5ot 10 08 sbout his event recendly. We don't now whathas developed since th comrades were reeased..On July 4, America’ ‘ndependeace Dey', e march from Butery Pak to Cty Hall poles et s 25 people,mosly Puco Ricanide- peodenitn. Anothr demo is being plamned for Ociober 121 Now Yok Ciy, onpeizd by groues astcited with e Froedom Now Network (fomLa Patria Radical JuyS2).. Two Saia Cu,acivists whowed 16 o demagesvemd NAVSTAR s e wes o prisn uly 13, Kelth Klole od Peter ‘Lumsdsne piesded gy i US. Disc cot 1o exoying proenybeing manced fr he US. e, oy They e vpio e yarsin il when hey e sincod o Sprber 21. T ol tbe pir i pproximaely 2 londamage e Rockwell et n Sena Oz 00 My 10 The Pentagon aes he Rockwell seeltes 1 gade - clear e b wesponssndfor lry comat oc. For fonmation, wr to: Masins Ve, PO. Bos 1645, Berksley, CA 4701 (fom The Guardion 438). Threats Again more, a8 50 one else had been subpoensed 1o appesr beforthe grand jury,t g ook ke | was the arget. ofthe invsdgaton. Bt s, you can never be sue of ‘whatthe govemmentis up 10, 50 maintained my siace. of ot noncollsboraton. Just s v et down my posture, neiherdid the govermment. US Auorney Kevin O'Regan remrked to my lwyer, Sualey Coben: “OK, your cien wanis 1o playhard bl We'll lay hrd-bul.” Sumley s mation o elay the grand-ury proceedings for cne week (Sunley ‘wasiobeoutof twwn right upunil e 288) was et with counter.motion from O'Reganinwhich was meationed | my ntation oot oy refuse o give testimony, butlso 10 refuse 1 give fingerprint and handwiting ampics. O'Regan o caledme s “olicalopporanit”and said s Stanley's tempt o dely the proceedings was justa mesns of gaining time to do more polical organizing. Notsuprsingly, the jdge denied Staley's mion, snd the grandjury was st 10 proceed on May 28. Given e fuc tht e amrchistautonomist move- mentanly had 20 days o orgmize, soldarey lfona were remendous (with maay hearfeltthnks being doe 1o imprisoned comrades and comrades from otherpurtsof the Left who helped with these ffos). Inthat time, 1 individual and movemment with no pror experience ia deslng with fedeal grand joies had 10 become ot cducaied and organied to take on the govemment. A leter-wriingand phone.incampaign was orgnized, sd they were veryffectiv. Theday bfore e poceedings, the US. Atomey's phone rang all day long, and M. O'Regan received several dozen eners and potcads of protst from al sontsof people ranging from Willams College suodets and facuty. o Willsmstow residents, 10 anarchissautonomiss and lefist from across the US. and Canada. Allof this, combined with rea deal offvoursble mediaauenton, was not1o e iking ofthe US. Atomey's offce. O Refan menioned ll ofhis i his counter motion o th court. effor Springfied n May 28 flly expeciing o be e that afemoon. T was only on that morming tht & conscious, pliicaly-motivaied decision was made (0 comply with the ubpeena'srequest or photo, hand- wring samples, finger prious, and ircarms documenis. ‘Was thi was rversal of a reviously-saied positon? Yer. Did i some way comply with he subpocns by providinghose mateils? Agan, I must it yes. Was s the st poltical route 10 ke? I think s The uacical decision to comply wih the sobpons's request o fumish s phoograph, igerprinis, andriing sampis, nd frearms documents was 1ok ‘made unil the morming of the procsedings befors the federal grand ory. Thedocision was made afiea hested discassion with my lawyer and with comades. The. decition was not one o fear, bt rather oneofsengeh. It ‘was conscious, poltical decision, and ove which, we feel, resulied n the outcome of his case bing a minor poltclvictryforthemovemnent snd anembarrasment o the govermment. Because some peaple n the move- ‘would have sy beenthe pasive aceptance o il - in other words,compiying with he Sse's wish 1o 6t an acsive militan offthe srets. ndeed, i his nok ‘whatfedera grand jures ek 10do? N THIS PARTICU- 'LAR CASE, sch a otcome - being heldn conizmpt by efusing 1o give materal aready in the goverments posscsrion- would have smounied o collaboratng with he Sae'swish o jil il acvis Bt through our Randingof he maer, w in elfct caud the St o ack down 1 cept st ‘Apin,bear i i whet i fct was t s here s ne e of compotermesge i which was i B e sl Tis wa e s ol o e Sue'scidnce s me on chageof st ‘oing e P of e Unied S s foderl e punishablcty oS yeusinpiso) Theesn forhe rbpocns waspobaly my sadaet el 10 el wih fodel aged abot the meag. T, copled withmy stpoken il poliics nd s fack ey ———er Soverments mind an nvesiguion My sance, coniry o wht some may ares, i einfore somoveryimporatprecedets it s mastnerespea o fden g As Sl nd et Loth s oo el aounbone i pringiid on iy 2, we were ke sid b US Atorcy Kevin ‘O'Regan and two SS agents. O'Regan then “explained” how i maticr was ot st my ol opions or sstcimions bt wassipl e ot nvesigaion o ossbl threat apit th Prsdes (0"Regan i Tepecdihis e pbicisingnaemnt o e membersof e gand oy O Repanioen i f vk ol he gttt e mesage was ot ioded s b e e masier wold be closed, we coud svid tho grand ury. a1 voukd nt ik e o contmpt charges. ey he Sae had b ot i an g con: otine checkp had cvcaeed o polic o 424 o of mdi nion uesicing e Ve iy of the fedes grend fry syl Aiboughoffred ncayroveof e for b puries, Tty o Fiue it evr ek i s Second, il sever give oy etmony 14 feder g .| eund o, smawer sny uesions. Even whenhey s showed me & coy o my s Hicenc nd sked i | mcogized .1 wovld's e, i, il sever gvethe Suie things ey ot bav,orshoidn v, el e sk {oprovide’ opy ofthe nevpaperLove and Reg' o kgl o v of - Tt S wou have reuscd, venhough e fedscould ot g any i bookstoreand g copy i vould hve e 8 pedrefualio i o snoous ol siack. B {being providedto e prand oy wer hings hich Thad ieady el ivnto e S vhen! g for pslpemi Whetyou sply oreha peri you gt Potographed s finger prid. S, collaboruied vy iving o e grand . adaeady ol Tacd by ppving o egallycayFrears s cpposcd nain du wih i one. If ey s ey have my sl o resetd e for e rand . | oldhev . “Apinthedeciion! made was o o, b Liofimiybaewis e ncedorto g omapolin afcive ruer o puaively et 8 e o 8 vl s, Agkin, h gl i v 1 30 i We received the following letter from a comrade in Greece: In ATS Nel1 (216) you efer o the wnited sctonof *12 of May" aad "RLPS." ageinta v of antiot police. ] hik that you might waz 0 know that the groups have camiod out lot of acions Al the two groups decidod 0 unite on Oc- ober 20, 1991, th dey, 14 yearsago, that goereila activat Chrsios Kisiis died durig a0 stack agains e Gemoan muli-caional AEG (s an ct of oldary s reveng for e maderd RAP - ades S priscn). 19.292 Bomb atack agaist » bat named “CAN- CAN". This bar is owned by Gigurtakis, notarious g deser who i conmecid o and proteced byt 26292 Bomb anack sgainsta van of ot poics ‘van near Thisi. 18 cops wounded. 392 Bomb asacks aginst two can elonging EBCoffcl in A, i 20352 B ks g e o o ‘who gavo he police descrptions of th persons who caried out o aack of Thik. 31,392 Bomb miack agins the Couns of Jusico of Also, ot of actions have been carried ut by the "Anarchint Group Mialis Kalteas”. he group s carid ot s i Sobingsover e 10menth (since October 1991): ~Fourocal ffices of e lin righ wing Nw De- mecmcy Pury in Kesl, i, lipol, md ~Thelocal oo he Scilis Pary n ko snd NSmimi. ~Two super makets i the are of Tlsia. - A police car i the are ofPeki. - The Boy Scout's Club at Peister. The Boy Scou’s b hereinGroece ar oy tying o pase matonsl- st and it propagancs o o kids. (OF ourse, e clon wae't diecied s the by sous e —continued from page 16 policiescf the G nations. Late Sunday night, s branchof the Destsche Bank was ire-bombed by an suoncmist roop,resulng in 150,000 dmage. A message nearby ‘was found whichread: “Auack the WWGI" Authe G7 ammit'sopening on Monday, he police prescnce wasexremely besvy. Mot demonsintors were Dot abl o reach he Max-Joseph-Plaiz wer the smmit ‘was being beld. Those that did were quickly surounded, beaten, 0d amesied. There were severl spontancous demonstations roughout e day, esuling i over SO et There were severlcomplaints ofpolice bruiy, 0 much s thateven Manich's daily-paper ran & fron page condemnaton of the police's “smecestary escala- (rom Interim 201 and La Patria Rodical Juby92) dliver 8 satement denouncing the federa grand ury process and affrming ef-radical poltc, ad then be beldincontempt. Butif wehad done tht, wenever would have really know what the sate was up 0. Bus by linening t0 the questions sked by the U.S. suomey (ahboagh,of coure, efusing to snswes sy), [ was sble 10 what th grnd jury was aficr. And s i e out, it wasa ivialmater relating 10y we of computes network. The knowledge o tis then put many of my. ‘comades’ minds at eas, since right up unil May 28, hre was il e fer tht the comrades i he move: men may gt sbpocnacd. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, the bst polcal routewas 10 make acticaldecision. Why? I's kind of ke when you ge bused for spray-paining. Do yourben denouncethe nis US.jsice ysiem nd goojal?No, foratrival charge, you pup withthe egal s and rytogetoff. Andi seem ikemy recent case was jstthe. federal eqivalentof spray-pinting. Of courve efuseto recogaiz the legiimacy of fodera grand juris; hey re. ool of polical oppression. They have been used, to wrongfully imprison Poerio Rican independentisias, Black/New Afikan revolotonarics,whitan-imperial st 10d 10 0n. But cven though I don' recogaize theie legiimacy, they exist nonebeles. And | had 1o ace ooe of hem. Usnderlmostmy ther ircamstance, I hink . ncompromising stund o otl noo-ollaborion s te. ‘only way 1o go. But s the movemneat ready for this i my case? Was th lfh once agai prepared o ackle he sve of fodenl grand juries in-tod-of themielves? | don' ink 10, That wam't the main e n my case. ‘What wasatssue, however, was s whole variey of b ‘concers, ke youth, guns, computrs, ndtei laion 1o rdicableh poliics. ‘Autisime, have o exiend my warmest hasks o theimprisoned comrades who upportedme. Theyalked ‘wilhme, gave me dvice, nd were generally looking ot forme. This meant o tome. The et oa largs degre, s abandoned it oltcal prsoners. We o th ouside ofien forgetourcomradesonthe nsde, b’ clear bt ey haven's forgoten boot us ik allserious aciv- A movement thatforgea s pisoners i ot evol onary. “Again, forthe most part it was ly 4 grop of imprisoned comrades and my lewyer who were giving ‘me (ofen conlicing) advice. Lot of fos sround the Love and Rage project, as well as several Canalians, ‘mobilized realy quickly Lo help. But again, mos o us had neverdeae wih thisbefore. So we had 0 go bout in the way tha scmed best 0 s in tis e, nd | hink we did OK. ‘Going ol was ever sn sse. | weat 1o Speing- el expectingohave a number fermy name s the end ofte day. And again th fodsoffered me way oo, axd refused 1o accept e “ofer.Sothe isue was poliics: ow couldthe moveament gan the mostfrom ll of his? ‘Would my being locked upor ol ncn-calsboraion be {ebest? Maybe. Butmaybe ot Foroneting, my being il would ave put big ouacial and organzatonal ‘nin on ATS and Love and Rage, two projecs sleady operating onvery low budgets. Normallythis wouldnot bo concem. But my case, gai, was st foolish cne, a0d one which caly diredly involved me. I way ik it would have been responsibleofme o drag the whole movemeot behind n ssoe which really only bad to do ‘with me. Obviousy there wer arger poltclissucs o il b hecas i me ws i reference 08 idc Touslaw, andhe governmmet did'thaveany subsancve ‘vidence foracase o begn with. o, wesezed o his, ‘madeth govermment ook ba fo elsing to commer about e nguiry ("We can neiherconfirmor deay that thegrand jury i evenin place a i tme.), we exposed the patue of federl grand juies in the muastream ‘media,and we al (opefuly) eamed that wehave otake hings ke govemment repression, movement secuy, 0 potenial impriscnment sesiously. Inany case,leamod alotfromal . Jostnoicng ‘Who gave me support and who didat wasrevealin: it was o surpise when lberal student activisis seered clea of me when the fods rived, but my fiends and “normal” working folks at my job dd all hey could 1o elp. And 1 hink the anarchist movemment gt 3 good ‘wake-up cll s well. We had 1o edcatecureives about the federl grand jry proces,for one hing. And this processof educatin i something e should continue: e have o cducate ourselvs ahout movement secuiy, about dealing with federal harssmen, and sbous the prospects of doin tme. | workoa the assumption that sae sepession will cnly become more iease 3 the decade wears on- with oy comrade fcing imprison: continaed on he back pge... NDF Unersie continsed from page 15 arybases. Lastyear, the Senae eached s new agreement onthe bases.ishouldsay et way. s ot et enough senstors who are opposed o the bases. n ine ‘with this, mor progresive oranizaions ar trying 1o make such issues cenral poliical questons inthe lec- Bt whh ltte succes, one would think.bave the Peace process and th totalwar become bt lssues? No.Buthepressur b the peace-movement o he policans has had some effct. Presidntial candidate Stlonga pubicy declared his willngncss o e nto 0 agrecment witthe NDF. Even Ramos bas mentioned e ssue, bu e ony alks o our surender IfRames s ceciod president (e was .}, bow will he NDF nsure tha the government begias negotaions? ‘We have lie choie. We will kecp defening. ouelvesagsinstthe govermment's oal-war, which will surly coninue, and we willry 10 put pressue on the Ramos govemment. Miliary succesies b the NPA wil weakea the army’s faith in thei ability 1 Gefeat us ‘militrly.Inaddiion s, s mporan ht hepeace- movement say suong. There i now 4 group calling hemsclyes ‘peace nkiators” This s e broadest group 10 dae. They want o actas ntemediaie. The govers. ‘ment noeds o cleary sa what it wanis fom the peace- process. That's why they may come io The Netherlands 108peak with the NDF. f this happens, h peace-process will ave advanced one siep. Then we can begin 10 discuss daes and delegaies. Of coure, intematonal support forthe peace rocessisalo mporan. The Swiss a0 Swedish governments bave offered 0 bost lks in ‘Geneva snd tockbolm respectvely, bt foreign ministes ‘Manglapus refused thi offer. The Europesn Parliament passed » resoluton expessing its hope that the new Philppinegovermmens will ke sieps towards pace nd improving human rights. Bt presursfrom he US gov- emment i crucial. Americanchurches have taken some iniatives. We need to have obher govemments and S0 the American presidental election Is mportant. ‘Who do you sapport, Claion or Bush? Wel, what can sy? That's ke choosng btween Coke and Pepi..No, give me Heineken..or S Miguel Ithe mos: popularbeer n the Philippoes). (rom Konfronatie #11) — e We now have a FAX number. It's (416) 527 2419 (for the Canadian address) We also have an E-mail address in the U.S.: aforum@moose.uvm.edu —Alberis Rodrluet ieriew condinaed Jrom page 1 Rican women lead s dangerous xisence hirives are. in dungerevery day,going out i the srets s nightis 3 theat,even living st home s 8 treat 0 them. So I think th siationin Poero Ricois ke the suion i the US. and Birope and everywhere inthe. ‘workd where wormen ae developing teir own polical hought,their own ideslogy 1o queston puciarchy. Several yearsago, one of he organizations inthe Puerto Ricen independence movement,the MLN, beld s congress, and s major par of that congress was dealing ‘wih sexom,the famly, bomosexuality and quesions ht for the s part the independence movemens hes ignored. Now I hik the MLN has begun a process n ‘whichthe wholeindependence movementis quesioning. it pat with regards 1 the isses of bomesexualty, sesim, od anindes owards women, children ad the family. Alotof very god hings heve come abou. I the Puerto Rico today woumen ar organizing theirown or- geaiztions nd heir own projects an they have chal- bave been taken towards dealing with sexism in the independence moveme,but | hick we have ong way 10 g0, And I think tht this camnot be jus & woman's projes menhavetotake ol nitalso, Women williead s stroggle, bt men hav obe willng 1o change and 10 open ounelves up o cricism and ener this process. | binkivi hallenging and thresining 0 us becausc o 50 long we an the how and now o have women challnge s v i 8 prdicament hat or many mea i very difcult to bandle. But 1 hik if we are 1o grow as 8 AmmThe Spitis minfor- mation collecive focus- ing on milant nd revo- lationary srugges. Our perpecive s aono- mous bt we s a need o discoss and amalyse all fomms ofef resistance in order 1o contribue 10 8 revolutionary _process. We welcome tnd encour. age ther o jonusinour otk La Lcha Contoual Arm TheSpiits co oblished withthe U . based Autonorme Forum. Th ediorsl grovpis basedin Canada 0 sl comespondence, nd lienure Should b st o the Canadian adress. Subscriptions or s bi-morsbly buleinae $12 for 10 ssus. Donaiins e lways wekcome. We accepecash (concea it wel)or money orders but o cheques I sending s money oder oot *Arm The Spic, just leave i blank. A The Spist Amm The Spirc clo Wild Seed Pres clo Astooome Forum P.0.Box 57584, Jackson S P.O. Box 1242 Hamiton,Ont. Buringion, VT LEP4X3 CANADA 054021242 USA FAX Number for Canadian sddres: 416 527 2419 Editor: Gabriel Dumont movemen for socal change 420 5oL o 34 & narTow ‘oot movemen, hen | hink we bave 0 pea up 0 he struggle of wamen and th srugge aganst sexim, ‘paiinrchy snd bomophobia and alltese qustions thal ‘we hve ignored 100 ong. And we suffe because o that ignorance. Any last words? 1 definitely want 1o thask youfor giving me this opportniy. | hink thatthe Poeio Rican ndependence ‘movement has for » long time suffered & curan of lence. Many people tink of Puero Rico only a1 & wondeful place 10 vacation; an island with beautiful moumains and th sea, and they don'trealy realize the fachatwe have sufferd colonilism for 00 years. And alo, ther reover 1 Sllion Pero Ricans lvig in e U, in conditons of an ntermal colony and tat chal- lenge US. imperalism n each md every dy.Lbink that thelefthastorecogniz thatit doom'thave o gobalf-way sroumd he world o fight coloiais; colonalismexiss ight et doorand ] hisk that thef in Norh America nceds ook t te fac that there i colonilism righi n theirovm backyard,mnd o rlly round it and fgh ot independence. The lat thing s, | hink that the e in gemeral has 1o ealize that here are people in riscn because of their principled stand against imperalisn. ‘And even f on disagrees with the tactics thtthey have ased, o i they take 4 non-violent approsch 1o teir ‘polidea toggle, nonebeles,these brohers snd sisiers who saffr long yeas of imprisonment ar part of the very same srogale and should ot be gnored. Alberto Rodbigues and Edvin Corts were both ntr- viewed by ATS on CKLN, a pogressive radio siaion in Toronto, Canada, durin the early part of this year. Editorial Notes Weapologia for hefacttatsome of he information in this i is somewhat ou of date. Unforunctely. becauseour budge i 0 limted, we can onlypublsh oma roughlybimonthly schedule. Eventhoughpices ik the Chileanarticles area il od, we sl el i’ imporiant forsch informaiion io be published, since Uhere are 30 fow let radical publicaiions in North America which cover the material whichATS covers. Also included inthis s s asatement froman ATS Collecive member,Brian Coan, regarding hisrecent federal rand jury case. We are prising o lengihy Statement from Brian, because we fel i’ imporiant tha polsica issues involved n his handling of the case b properlyaddessed. —Brian Coan's saiemens coniinaed from page 13 e, and oven deuth. Kind of pogaive mind-se, | ealize, bot i’ a realistic ove, and i’ beter 10 be prepared forthe wors, that way anything betc i il nshon, we hoold makeprsoner supportwork bigger prorty hanithas beenhe ast. Afer i, all milans/ revoluionaiesaepoteial prisones. | wasshmostane, o my comrades on the inside were there for me; we hould sl be thee forthem. Solidarity s 2 Weapon! Bran Com ‘Caution: Protected Private Property! hi pobliction emin the propery of e sener e andorunl t s b prcnaly and mtrialy e e o o . e, In o ven o o G ireck el s 0 e iion peeeediote i vith i ofteressn() for il dlvr o o e - NAPO inerview continued from page 7 They areiredof he cutbacks nhei collge envolments nd programs. They are inspied by Malcokmbecause e aaghthem o fight fo he lberaton ‘What do you thik the mpact nternationally and na- onally has been? 1 going o bavea profound impact It s forced e ntemationsl communiy o look at America nd see e acim and theresisance o thatracim. Ona mational perspecive it has allowed us 1o it aroundtis sue. I s the poteil fr rebuilding movement that wert 1o sleep in e 708 and i eawakeoiag in the 90s. Our responsibilty s 1 pul iogther that movement. “The aieis doingeveryhing posibletosquashany ‘movement becauseitdoes't wanius oivehe poltcal conten or what i happening. As long a hey coninue o say i's monsters and thugs and vltues involved in {his and thre is o poltcl consequeace, the they're fne. They want to keep the real ssoes way from the screen. Intally, aybody could sa amything, Butafee hee o our days, the only ones thatcould alk wereall saying that these were st a few people, hat it didn't eflct the ol community, that they're just gung- ‘banger, thatmostpope uthese hadnobing 10 dowith Rodaey king that they were just greedy. ‘What has been the response rom the white comma nity? Thcre has bosn b response. People allover the workd have responded 1o the njustice. But the whitc commanitysill s ot of work 0 do 1 address laent raciem, sndtheother ssues that have comeup. f youlive i the Black communisy,you areaware of the sses. But because of e soaton, the only informuton thatthe ‘whit commurity gets is from the medi. S thy come. nd do the do-gooder ting of rying o clean up the commuit, but they really have o concept of what happened, of what's going on and what people a1 1 sponding . “Hey, it was jury e, whatcan you say, the jory found them innoceat; i's fir, that's bow it ‘works "Ther is o el concepton of what cism s how it works throughout the sysem. What's going o appen pext? 1 theshors e, the demands f e movement are forsmncsty or those mested; US. roops oot of South (Central Los Angels;ad ebuilding - providing ervices. A realimportant lement of our coaltion s providing Clthng snd whatever oher services are needed for survival We've organied a eriss inervenion group, the CoultionforJustics, oreinterprthe Los Angeles ebel- Tion, o formuate denands, and o Covntercthe medi campaign 1o criminalize our community. Our desire ‘within the New Afrken People's Organization (NAPO) 0d the Malcolm X Grassroos Movermen, i 10 buid it into moch broader group, and i cerinly has the potenilforthat.For th frst i i qute a whike, we find ouneives working wid individuals who fel the ‘comectons beween his and what ele is happening in the world. Ubimaely, we see it buiding toward the ool libermion moverment that we want i his cou- . Chingaaji Akiayela is an organizer for NAPO. ‘Shewasinterviewed on May 8,192 by Breakthrough. NAPO, which celebraies s sixth anniversary this yearonMay 19, struggles forslf-determinationn the tradiion of Malcolm X. romthe inset o the Summer 2 s of Breakihrough)