OZ London #47

NUMBER 47 A P R IL 1973 25p

THE VOICE OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS AIR & WATER: AN ECO-CHECK THE WOMENS’ EQUALITY BILL CHARLES HARBUTT

THE RISING OF THE WOMEN NASTY TALES’ JUROR EXCLUSIVE ENOCH PIN-UP! HOW TO BLOW UP A SATELLITE NIXON VERSUS THE MEDIA

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APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE YOKO ONO New Musical Express January 13,19 7 3 . Yoko has a sense o f hum our w hich seems to keep her going. She is the real th in g . .. Yoko is an artist m the throes o f creativity, forced to cope w ith the axe-grinding p o litic s o f reality. She won t quit. She 7/ work it a ll out and she '/I te ll the w o rld T have a wom an inside m y s o u l' a nd she does." M elody Maker January6. 1973 "The Album , in fact, weeps sensitivity and tenderness There's a true p oetic consciousness at w ork here . a lyricist w ho can express her pain w ith as m uch cogency as Lennon. . .. she can create a unique ambiance w ith her v o ic e . like that o f a ch ild on the edge o f tears A n d w is tfu l." New York Times January 12,1973 "A pproxim ately In fin ite Universe is very m uch Yoko Ono at m any levels " .

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This is an editorial and, in a sense, an obituary. Let us begin with the obituary, the better to have done with corpses: ‘You see, there is a lie in the air. The underground press is a selfindulgent bore and a rigged up, bullshit fraud. The underground press is operating out o f an abstract policy and not from any concrete need. The newspapers of the underground exist in an invincible fatherland, aloft in a heaven o f international popularity and longhair prosperity...’ E m m ett Grogan in OZ 26, July 1970. Oh my, how we laughed! Bitter words and harsh indictments from a prodigal son. Who was this miserable slob; this merchant of doom bury­ ing bloody hatchets in the backs of the people’s media? We didn’t need no grim Grogans, no thwarted prophets, no ‘uncool’ hustlers rambling and ranting over the loss of their slice o f the Woodstock cake. What a dodo! What a dummy! ‘If you could stand inside my shoes, you’d know what a drag it is to see you’. He should listen to Jerry and Abbie. He should burn money at the Stock Exchange; he should elect a pig for president; he should invade the Frost programme; he should join the yippies and get his shit together; he should join the Weathermen and blow up buildings. Quit bitchin’ Emmett and ‘Do It’! Convinced, utterly convinced that failure was inconceivable, we bur­ ied our souls in the sands o f that ‘invincible fatherland’. We wallowed in heavenly clouds o f ‘international popularity’, (I’ll trade you one con­ spiracy rap for three contraventions o f the Post Office Act amended 1964) and soothed our fevered brows in the muddy waters o f ‘longhair prosperity’ (average earnings for OZ staff members over the last three years - £17.00 per week and all the overtime you can eat). My, how we laughed. But times change and this magazine is about to change with them. Changing partly through economic necessity, partly through the con­ scious, wilful choice of its staff and readers, and partly through the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Kind of accidentally on pur­ pose. Let me explain. To begin with, it would be the grossest self deception for us not to admit that editorially speaking, OZ is often weak. As the ‘New States­ man’ once put it: ‘OZ commits the kind o f savagery upon language with which genuine talent would find it difficult to align itself...’ We are, and always have been, a visually orientated publication. The number of artists, illustrators and photographers on our files, for example, out­ weighs our writers by more than three to one. This imbalance is not a new phenomenon. It has bedevilled us for years and there are several factors to account for it, but if one eliminates the predilections o f our editorial team we find ourselves staring two old and familiar spectres in the face - publishing schedules and money.

The flow o f money which our publishing company turns over is con­ tinually in a state o f flux. This erratic behaviour endangers and hampers us in two ways. Firstly, it creates an unhealthy and inevitable tension between our distributors and ourselves, leaving our weary printers stranded nervously in the crossfire. This in turn creates an enormous credibility gap with our advertisers, w ithout whom we could never have survived the past five and a half years. Secondly, and more importantly, it severely limits the scope o f our editorial horizons. OZ has never been concerned with ‘news’ as such, but the number of potential editorial suggestions and ideas that we are currently forced to discard due to our inadequate and unpredictable print schedule is a criminal disgrace. Time and time again we find ourselves rejecting first rate contributions simply because ‘,..we won’t be out in time...’ And who wants yesterday’s papers? And the solution to this vicious circle o f events? Well, raising capital is certainly part o f it. OZ Magazine was launched in 1967 with barely a penny in the bank and, financially speaking, it is a miracle that we have produced forty-seven issues and survived the longest obscenity trial in British legal history on such slender resources. And we aren’t about to forget that the sustaining force and central energy drive of that miracle emanates chiefly, dear readers, from your good selves. Now it’s a bold cock that crows before the sun has risen, but perhaps we won’t be stepping too far out o f line if we let you into a little secret, a brief.open telegram: ‘THE MAGAZINE THAT YOU HAVE JUST BOUGHT IS EFFECTIVELY DEAD+ WE MURDERED IT GLADLY + IT HAS SERVED US ALL WELL + IT WAS FUN + SEND NO FLOWERS.’ Thus we stand, our monster offspring slain and buried. And the future? Oh, we’ll be publishing alright. OZ Volume II is just around that proverbial corner. But we’ll be publishing regularly; we’ll be searching for new writers and authors, we’ll be emphasising current affairs, we’ll be increasing the number of pages, putting a smile back on our printer’s face (and yours we hope), using new brooms in old rooms and we think you’ll hardly recognise us! Oh, we’ll be bitching, and slandering, and whoring and interesting; we’ll be ‘commiting savagery upon the English language’ and swearing and pointing the finger, and ranting and raving and analysing and fucking the system’s backside in the hope the beast will bleed to death. But OZ is not an ‘underground’ magazine. N ot any more. Maybe we never were. To bury ourselves in the nostalgia o f a late sixties conscious ness would be an easy trip. But in the words o f my dear friend ‘Pretty Boy’ Neville, it would display the foresight o f an ostrich. They say it’s always better the second time around. See you in June. Felix Dennis.

Enstrom. On the day of his acquit­ tal, his everlovin’ wife Barbara assured him that he’d be a million­ aire within a decade. So they’re out to make sure that the prophecy comes true. ‘There’s too much money to be made in civilian life,’ Medina points out, 'I wasted 19 years (as a career officer in the US Army), I lost everything 1 had saved in that time.’ He wants, if all goes well, to make the Enstrom Co. do for Michigan what Ford did for Detroit. And when, fortified with his millions, he does look back at one day o f those 19 years, he will be doubtless able to observe, to paraphrase his mentor Henry Ford, "My Lai is bunk.’

LIKE YOU... Cops in New York’s Midtown North precinct, whose beat covers Times Square-the Piccadilly Circus /Soho equivalent, and then not a little—have been getting into a good Samaritan trip as regards the hook­ ers who ply their elderly profession in the area. When a girl gets busted, and before she gets sent along to the cells or goes out on bail, her local friendly patrol man hands her a little card. On it, above the signa­ ture of the boss o f the Midtown North precinct house, is an exhor­ tation to give up this terrible life before all is lost and the girl is at the very edge o f The Pit. A phone number is added with in­ structions to dial the relevant digits if the lure o f the Lord happens to exceed that of the streets. Unfortunately for the police no-one has bothered to call up yet, but maybe the process isn’t aided by the number being that of the Midtown North vice squad, and they’re shut after 6 pm. But then, the city’s ‘Red Squad’, pledged to fight the red-longhairjew-faggot menace operates out of a simple building labelled, ‘Police Gym and Social Centre’ down on 12th Street, so maybe there’s more in the cards than meets the eye. They may even be connected to yet another branch of the sex rackets that has started up in the Big Apple: after massage parlours (hoho) come Sex Psychotherapists. Its very simple. Si 000 on the table and pants on the floor. Someone’s been reading the penultimate chap­ ter of Candy, and acting thereupon.

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ed by US advisors, has completely slipped the mind o f Captain Ernest L Medina—after all he was pretty Remember My Lai, Song My ... much in charge-but he’s sure as y'know, that little hamlet in hell trying to let those mists of Vietnam where all those people got killed in that war that of course healing time come rolling in. Now, lets not be unfair. Ernest we can all forget about now. Well, was acquitted of all the charges of if you have forgotten it, don’t feel manslaughter and assaulting prison­ too bad because you’re in great ers in his 1972 trial. His attorney company. It’s not fair to say that F Lee Bailey slid him out of those My Lai, where ‘no less than 100’ cruel accusations and today Ernest Vietnamese civilians were murdercan stand up and declare, ’It’s not on my conscience, because 1 didn’t order it. I wasn't aware of it. It’s one of those unfortunate things that have happened and that’s part of living the thing down. But 1 was about tl»* tried and acquitted and there's no A At * 1 1 t W , T need for me to try and rationalize br«*k? or think about what happened or .lUduof PT»*m 1, i.t.mU'*4 *» worry about it any lo n g er...’ u n t i l jo u 1 « ” «“ * . t o a rr o u t Xtttt And F Lee is on hand to help . lt O.C.UM Of — with Ernest's new troublefree life. 1U« >“ ■' 11o r h i . « t l . t t « t l o o f With a few words in the right place B ip lo ltU * I0 » ' .. o>» > ■ » J ° u Bailey has ensured that future t ot thlu « t " customers of the Enstrom Helicop­ * mU“ *; ter Company of Upper Michigan will be getting their sales talk from none other than Ernest Medina, an ■onfldontlol* all-fired all-American hero. Employ you. around o r the Vet demands Nixon, he must be proud as hell with the Copter Corp. Medina, of course, doesn't intend merely to fade into the naughahyde furnishings down at

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Think you re pregnant? Off to the FPA for a checkup? Getting the specimens ready for those discreet little advertisers in the back of the New Statesman? Forget it. There’s a new test that leaves all that scientific mumbojumbo right out in the cold. One Dr Maria Papazachariou, in a report to a recent medical conference on sterility, has stated that determination of preg­ nancy needs only two implements: a mirror and a magnifying glass. If there are three small red dots on the pupil, there’s a kid on the way. To affirm the sex, no problem: if small crystal shaped dots form near the pupil, a boy is due. If the dots are nearer to the whites, its a girl.

DANGEROUS DRINKS ACT 0 Demon Alcohol, Sad Memories 1 Can Recall, Who Thought 1 Would Fall, A Slave to Demon Alcohol’: Ray Davies. Let’s be frank, booze is back. The bottle’s in vogue again and the fab fashionable everywhere are saying Out of the window with that dowdy old LSD, that dreary pot or even those merely ephemerally amusing white powders. Instead its a return to liquor, alcohol, drink, hooch, grog, whatever you want to call your own personal tipple. But, being frank once more, a few glasses of the good stuff, be it wine, spirits or beer, or at least a few too many glasses, can have the most dele­ terious effects on the next morning, a complaint that can’t really be made about a couple of joints. So if drink, as one might say, is your drug, at least avoid the more obvious pitfalls and commit this list of hangover horrors to memory. In descending order o f viciousness.

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one Dr Gaston Pvana of the Middlesex Hospital has found these are the bastards: whiskey, brandy, rum, red wine, white wine, vodka, gin, and least cruel is straight alcohol and fruit juices. The only thing wrong with that one is the taste.

YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY I’VE GOT POISONED SQUIRREL IN MY TUMMY Our dear government, with the people whose destinies they deter­ mine never far from their hearts, have recently turned their atten­ tion to the increasing problem of food: that is, the fact that they have made its prices so high that soon not only will the ‘roast beef of old England’ be the myth it might well have always been, but so too will be the bacon, eggs, coffee, tea, bread and similar commodities that were hitherto staples. Last autumn they attempt­ ed to force Kesp down the un­ suspecting throats of Lancashire schoolkids and it was gratifying to see how speedily this compound of plastic waste and the odd soy bean was rejected. Now there are dread rumours of the return of an old horror which, mercifully, those who were born after the last war managed to avoid. So too, of course, did those who could afford other goodies, and who’d be that surprised if such fortunate ones included the present government. The horror in question in Snoek, a dish that started life

as the South African killer pike. The health minister of the post war years admitted ‘this is one of the dullest fish I have ever eaten’ and it was discarded as soon as possible and mixed in with catfood to dispose of surplus stocks. Now Mr Neil Kinnock (Lab) MP for Bedwellty, Monmouthshire has asked the Minister of Food how much snoek still hangs around Her Majesty’s warehouses. The repul­ sive quality of the dish is balanced by its protein content, so Mr Kinnock would have us believe, and anyway ‘the British palate is far more cosmopolitan than it was then what with curries and chop sueys all the rage". But the real clue to government plans to feed our rapidly shrinking

stomachs may be in two reports in last month’s Times. The first explained that the current plague of grey squirrels had reached such proportions that Warfarin, the popular rat poison, might well be turned against their surging ranks, and perhaps the dread myximatosis scourge of the bunnies, as well. Then, about a week later, we find, still in the thunderer’s somewhat muted columns: ‘Squirrels as Food: The grey squirrel, which has an ‘‘excellent flavour” would make a tasty addition to Britain’s meat diet and eating it would help to preserve the oaks and beechwoods, the Country Landowners Associa­ tion suggests’. So who do you suppose makes up the CLA?

KEEP IT CLEAN While the McWhirter s Whitehouses continue to poke their meddlesome fingers into the public’s viewing pie, back in the good old YewEssAy a shrink has got together a programme for ‘teaching’ the young 'uns how to watch the box. ‘One o f the prob­ lems with TV programmes is that some children believe they are watching real life,’ explains Dr Rubinstein, vicechairman o f the US Surgeon General’s Committee on TV and Violence. ‘They also feel that news shows and commer­ cials are all true’. The way out is for the parent to explain every­ thing to the kid. For instance the impressionable tiny tunes in on a couple of minutes footage of National Guards ‘pacifying’ some ‘commie insurgents’ at Berkeley or wherever: ‘I would ask the child, "Do you think college is always like that?” If the child indicated confusion I would take him to a conveniently located college campus, drive around and show him the peaceful scene.’ And then there were these pictures of B52s over Hanoi ...

deserve all they get.’ This is sancti­ monious hype. Accept the fact that you have to pay for your dope at all, and you’re accepting your role as consumer o f a commodity in short supply. You’re dealing with things as they are, not as they ought to be, and if you think importers are parasites, you can either grow your own or fly to Nepal every time you want to score. In a game where everyone seems to be an amateur (You’re a profess­ ional if you don’t ever get busted) the kids are the worst off of all. They’re the ones who sidle hopefully through Customs with a couple of ki’s sewn into their waistcoats, the ones who get busted in a campaign to tidy up the streets. Release are bringing out a book about whatnot-to-do-on-your-summer-hols. It’ll tell them that unless they have an iron nerve, the acting ability of an Olivier, the cunning o f a fox, oodles of bread and powerful friends-forget trafficking as your chosen career. And if you have all these advantages, Inshailah we may all benefit from your resourceful­ ness. So Release are trying to do some­ What about those trawlermen brav­ ing the elements to bring you your thing for people busted abroad. So fish fingers-and didn’t the US mail far they’ve found quite heavy dealers always get through, once? Here they to be almost as ill-informed and desperate as the optimistic novices, are, these gallant bands of men, getting public acclaim by the bucket­ when it comes to the crunch. They need a lot o f info for their foreign bust book-about the worst borders, the best lawyers, legal procedure in various countries and so on. One gets the impression that there’s a completely one-sided war going on. The police and customs have ‘intelligence’ services who are right in there informing on anyone who buys dope, but heads rely on hear­ say which simply isn’t good enough. It can’t be otherwise, people wouldn’t run the dumb risks they do. It’s exasperating to see people falling into the same old traps, people who on home ground would be perfectly cool ending up in the same old jails abroad through sheer naivete. They know they risk jail, but there are countries where one can score cheaply and go down for ten years for a couple o f kilos, and others where one can score just as cheaply and get away with six months in jail for a hundredweight of hash. Release are also trying to do whatever they can for people in jail already. They need a fat fund to pay for ‘bail’ if possible or just to keep people reasonably healthy and mentally alert while they’re imprisoned. If they had ten percent of the money earned from dope in ful while nobody sees the hash London next week then Release 3 importer as a knight in shining armour. Has it ever occurred to you (the bank account otherwise known as the Distressed Truckers Aid that when dope's legal people are Fund) would be on its way to going to make Easterns about the insuring a few people against acts trade routes of the dope culture? of god ... or the United Nations. Trafficking is the last great adven­ The U.N. is spending about 22 ture. Oh, but watch them come million dollars this year trying to down. When they go down for a stop hash getting to you. Are you ten-year stretch in a Turkish jail going to sit and wait for the man there are plenty of so-called heads to take away your dope, undefend­ who’ll say ‘they were in it for the money, they’re parasites, they ed?

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So, if you’ve got news of a grass, a lawyer, a border to avoid, or other news items, get in touch with Release. If you can give some money for the foreign bust fund send it to Release. And if you want to place an order for the Trucker’s Bible, when it comes out soon, send it Songwriting team Alan Wakeman, to Release. The address is 1 Elgin who wrote the lyrics, and Michael Avenue, London W9 3PR. If you Klein, who composed the music, want to phone, dial 01-289.1123. have produced a 45rpm stereo single for the Save Piccadilly campaign. The whole pressing of 2,500 copies of the record will be given away free to anyone calling at the Save Piccadilly Campaign’s headquarters at 9 Rupert Street, London Wl. All the costs o f the record have been donated by supporters of the cam­ paign. The two songs ‘The Circus Keeps On Turning’ and ‘Motor Car Mad­ ness’ were written especially and highlight the twin problems facing Piccadilly Circus at the present time: the destruction of the city centre by property developers and traffic planners. Alan Wakeman, author and song­ writer, and Michael Klein, singer and leader of the group ‘Everyone Involved’ and owner of the only antique shop in the Circus area both live and work behind the Coca-Cola sign in the Circus itself — in Denman Street on the Monico site which is Eng.Lit., Maths, Engineering, threatened with demolition. History, Mod.Lang., etc, etc ... ‘The City Council has kindly Christ, college curricula are given us four options’, says Alan tedious. The same old crap they Wakeman, ‘To be demolished, to handed out for your last decade or be demolished, to be demolished, so and now they claim that to or to be demolished.’ stick out the next three repetitious years is some kind of privilege. Now if we had a course like ‘Dracula, the Man and the Myth’ currently offer­ ed by Boston College, Massachussetts, under the guidance of Prof. Radu D Florescu things would be infinitely improved. 60 students are enrolled in the course, the only one with its subject in the world, though Universities in Bucharest, Germany and Turkey have docu­ mentary evidence of the carnivor­ ous aristocratic star o f the silver screen. Professor Florescu claims that course is popular for various reasons: ‘One is the tremendous interest among the young in the occult, and students are bored with current problems. They want to escape from these things and First there was become involved more in things Woman ... Then came spiritual.’ Students do term papers Man ... and couple ... and on such topics as ‘Jack the Ripper’, there’s The Sensuous Coloring Book. Bela Lugosi and other screen por­ It’s filled with page after page of trayers of their main man. They fine, healthy smut to amuse the must also study German and Russ­ depraved mind. All the drawings are ian literature on him. ‘1 teach of heterosexual couples and are that Count Dracula was a 15th soft-core with the exception o f five century prince who lived in the pages of color-by-number pictures Transylvania region o f southern which get moderately raunchy. It Roumania. He ruled for ten years probably won’t improve your sex and during that period killed over life or make you a wiser person but 100,000 people. He was finally it is lots o f fun and an entertaining captured by his enemies and be­ way to fill a few hours with your headed. He wasn't really a vampire, intimate friends. The Sensuous but a very cruel man who killed Coloring Book is available from his enemies by impaling them. Creative Advertising Enterprises, There was also some evidence that Box 3436, Seminole, Florida he was a cannibal.’ Maybe they’ll 33540, USA. (From Screw, The devote a semester to Blacula, too. World's Greatest Newspaper).

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lift the kid from his home on stepfather Aristotle Onassis’ yacht and hold out for the big bread. Someone gabbed and the four, Ernest Zoren, Werner Robbers, Jurgen Obermoyer and Suzanne Bausinger were lifted themselves. Since then JFK Jr. has been looking out for himself and taking precautions over and above those paid to look after his valuable skin. On a trip to check out the antiquities that abound on the Greek mainland John John was seen going into a trinket shop. And, according to the redoubtable hacks of the National T attler-one of the last bastions of yellow journalism we have-he purchased himself a knife. ‘He took the biggest he could find,' said the owner o f the shop, ’and he tested it to make sure it was good and sharp. ‘I think it’ll be sharp enough,’ he told me.’ TTie Tattler continues with revelations of our junior hero’s conversation with his ‘girlfriend’, the daughter of Onassis captain: You know what, Mother explained to me that I needn’t worry because there’s always a whole bunch of guys looking after me. I’m not We all love John-John Kennedy. really scared in fact, but they did Not as much as his topless mum, kill my dad -an d he always had not anything like Princess Anne, bodyguards around him. And it was and despite excellent parentage the same with my Uncle Robert.’ he ain’t in the same field as Prince And as John John stalks the un­ Charles, but 11 year old John John, friendly Aegean replete with knife remember the cute kid at JFK’s he could take heart from one, funeral, sure beats them all on albeit fictional, counterpart. ‘Why style. Not so long ago it came out should I worry,’ said Don Corleone, that four evil West German hippie ‘men have been coming to kill me revolutionaries were planning to ever since I was 12 ...’

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Charlie Brown, not the cartoon character, but a 4’3” dwarf from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has started Dwarf Liberation to unite yet another oppressed minority, the dwarfs and midgets o f the world. Brown, who looks strangely like Teddy Kennedy, is an indus­ trial advertising exec and head o f the Pittsburgh chapter o f Little People of America, wants the rest of the world to accept the fact that short stature isn’t automatical­ ly the sign o f one’s profession being a clown or some other type of entertainer. ‘Midgets and dwarfs As the franchises tor our own local no longer want to be known as radio stations are parcelled out and entertainers ... today short people tycoons, already rich or merely re­ are accountants, clerks, educators, joicing in the infinite potential of draftsmen, almost every occupation their latest acquisition, rub their imagineable...’ Maybe they were greedy hands, spare a thought for better off as clowns. a segment of humanity who have their own very special need for the solace of the sound waves. The boys of the US Navy whose submarines One little morsel of info eluded the patrol day and night, on continual plucky probers at the Sunday alert, in the deadly task of holding Times in their recent feature on at bay the forces of red subversion. Liberace. The bejewelled pianist Down there under the pole things who puts mere camp to dowdy can get mighty lonely, and a man shame has one big regret: ‘I’ve can get some urges that don’t bear always wanted to be a father and talking about in a family paper like have a family, but I guess it just this. And they don’t, apparently, wasn’t meant to be.’ He s tried, bear too much talking about in the though: ‘I’ve been engaged three public media of their mother times to three different girls but country. For, unbeknown to all but the brasshats at the Pentagon, each time something went wrong the boys literally down under have and I never did get married. When­ ever I did get to know someone we their own radio service. Planes fly round and round the pole, contin­ inevitably had to part because I was doing a show, and when I came uously brightening the lads’ lonely back she would be going with some­ lives. But why, and you may well inquire, does so apparently simple one else. When that happens three times you get a little disheartened.' an operation have to be veiled

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with such secrecy. Well, its back to those urges. Y’see, rather, one assumes, than permit the hideous spectre of homosexuality menace the crew -and after all that’s one of them red diseases to o -th e powers that be make sure that their men beneath the waves get several hours of good old porn read to them. Whether o f course, they use the tapes of Lord Sutch de­ claiming the ‘good bits’ in Lady Chatterly, as he did on the short lived Radio Sutch, is a whole other story.

WEALTHIER FANCIFUL CONMAN There are, no doubt, some unfor­ tunates who have actually read that particularly unpleasant volume of prose and pix entitled Jonathon Livingston Seagull. There must be, the damn thing’s a best seller worldwide, but then so was Love Story, and there’s no accounting for taste, or lack of it. Here, there­ fore, as interest, one imagines, to those that have read JLS, and as an awful warning for those who haven’t, and either way as great publicity for the book, are the facts behind the farce. Richard Bach, the author, has put it this way: You see it all began back in 1959, payola was bursting on a naive rock’n’roll world, involvement with the ’Nam was just around the corner, and Bach was strolling home one night. ‘1 was walking home one night when 1 heard a voice say very calmly “Jonathon Livingston Seagull” . I looked around but there was no-

one there. I ran all the way home and locked the door behind me. I sat on the edge of the bed, scared and bewildered. 1 knew all this meant something, but what it meant I just had no idea. Finally in agonized frustration, I said “ Look voice, I don’t know what you are. And if you think 1 do, you’re out of your mind. So please tell me” .’ And then, you’ll never guess, or maybe you already did, a seagull vision materialises from out of thin air, lays a few nifty bestselling paras on our author and vanishes into the night from whence it came. Not so swiftly, of course, that Bach wasn’t able to get every­ thing down on paper. Eight years passed; 1967: the Summer of Love, was in full spate and as luck would have it, back to Bach came the feathered vision, and out came the rest o f the tale. ‘People think I’m a nut or that I’m putting them on,’ says Bach, ‘but I didn’t write the book, Jonathon did.’ And as a good author, conscientiously proud of style, he gives the final proof: ‘the style o f writing is just not mine. I also disagree with many of Jona­ thon’s decisions in the book and would never have put them in if I’d written it myself.’

SORRY John Hoyland’s article ‘The Long March Through The Bingo Hall’ published in OZ 46 was originally written for Macmillan publishers, not Hutchinsons as we mistakenly printed. Sorry for any confusion caused.

LETTERS The Pit, Flat 6, 45 Alexandra Drive, Gipsy Hill S.E.19. Dear Cuntz Wot the Fuck! We have noticed lately that your highbrow magazine (price 25p) has dropped its line in Obscenity. What the fucks the matter with yo u cunts, OZ has gone downhill, the beautiful cartoons y o u used to publish, that we used to gloat over fo r hours, eg Honeybunch, Charles Manson, etc. have disappeared. It has also come to our notice that many more news­ agents are selling yo u r product, because its clean now? We d o n ’t like to be fu n n y but we reckon we could do better job than you, and also all yo u r articles seem to be extracts from other articles. As fo r OZ46 what a load o f crap. No fucking letter page, whats your goddam game, and we say who says OZ hasn 7 lost its sting, y e t more fucking bullshit, Neville’s brains gone to pot, and yo u r magazine (bog paper) doesn 7 cater fo r the people anymore, just fo r the sociologists and other pratts that

(including a recent photo), informa­ tion about which yo u will have previously furnished details on your application forms; pages four to six are taken up with the usual BRITISH CAMPAIGN TO STOP IMMIGRATION official details; pages seven to twenty-nine are fo r visas, and . entry and exit stamps; and finally at the end there is the usual warning that the passport must not be used /re "Li-nrr /(i llir tRrili,!, X9aif M ij, in ‘any manner contrary to the public interest.' Appended at the end o f the passport is a five page T h is is to C e rtify th a t r~*•• “ * ,rtooU» “ *• fold-out section where yo u can fill o n th e clay o f *“*"* 197 w in, i f you want, your medical history, next o f kin, driving licence opwttly > U V t l o t i tit * ila tlw ? l i t d t t and P rla n d ljr C lu b ,w o u ld * * r * number, etc. Everything in the th a t I t * M a b a ra w ould u o n tiu u * to a n jo y th * B r l t l a h t r w d it ,,> n *l o lu b I l f * , passport is described in five lan­ rwgardlw aa o f any prwaaurw a p p lla d bp u n - t f r lt ia h o r g a A l.a tlo o a . guages, not the same as those on the cover-this time, English, French, Spanish, German, and a n d a s a re su lt o f th is a c tio n ~~ t»p. u u Italian, and the whole thing is pw opl* who havw n o t j r * t aui rwndwrwd t h la o o u a try to t h * a llw a Lnwaalaa printed on special security paper. w hlab i f joTw rnaw ot a o tlo a 1* n o t ta kan *111 ovw rrun C ro at B r i t a i n . I must say, it looks absolutely splendid-enough to blow the Cbn anion bn< brrn Strtorbtb in Il)t Campaign iBook minds o f most customs guards, etc. of Dnlriolidm. But the passport is n o t just 7, Aoaptr ln n t _ chaikma* looks, and nothing else It has been granted official recognition by tirnMotll (5 ■(' secretahy J Ecuador, India, Kuwait, Laos, ? s lli ft h M h r 1971. . Upper Volta, and Yemen, and furthermore visas have been issued to fVS/l passport holders by the perhaps m ost o f us as individuals this fa ct so that he was granted a following 24 countries:-Afghanis­ agree with, but which many states visa. Once the M S was delivered, I tan, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, could not, without perjury, continue blatantly disregard as it is politic to Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Cook do so. The trouble really is that the to say that he was working on the Islands, Egypt, East Germany, national passport acts more as a MSS. Gabon, Iran, Italy, Liberia, Libya, hindrance to the implementation Yours faithfully Luxembourg, Netherlands, o f the above declaration rather than Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Peter Owen L td an aid. For a state can grant or with­ Romania, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, 12 Kendrick Mews hold a passport as it so wishes, one and Yugoslavia. Kendrick Place state bars all people from another Old Brompton Road Some o f y o u may now be simply because they happen to London SW7 saying to yourselves. Okay, so carry a passport granted by that y o u ’ve sold the idea to us, but To whom it may concern: state, most states require the indivi­ how do we go about getting one. As o f this date the misunder­ dual to obtain a visa and sometimes Just write the WSA at 4002 standings which existed between other pieces o f paper bureaucracy Basle, Switzerland. m yself and Peter Owen have been before that individual can enter A sk fo r the three application cleared up. I no longer feel it those countries. fo rm s-o n e applying fo r World necessary to focus public attention N ow the immediate reaction is Citizenship, one fo r the passport, on the details o f our differences o f to say fu c k passports, let’s forget and the third is an ‘attestation o f opinion. about them. B ut this is foolish as it understanding’ which in a nutshell, George Andrews, is short-sighted. Going abroad by states that yo u and yo u alone are Earlham Street, its very nature means that the indi­ responsible fo r whatever may Al, Steve and the Communal London, WC2. vidual is leaving one country fo r ensue from your use o f the passport. Raincoat. another, and so as to do this, the Having completely filled these in, PS. Enclosed is some Mud!! We Hello OZ, individual m ust have a passport, return them together with 2 didn't think yo u r worth wasting Knowing that yo u OZ people otherwise travelling abroad becomes passport size photos and £2 to the money on a new envelope. Up enjoy cordial relations with that an impossibility. Therefore, the same address, and pretty soon yours cocksuckers! amazing exile, Jim Haynes, I most telling way o f breaking down afterwards, yo u 'll get your passport. thought that perhaps some o f your all these bureaucratic hurdles is not I can't add much more except to to spurn a passport altogether, but Sir: readers might be interested in one say that Jim and his friend, Garry instead to obtain more than one, I object to your piece in OZ 46, o f Jim ’s latest ventures, the World Davis, really deserve our support ie. yo u become the citizen o f more which is inaccurate and libellous. Service A uthority passport. Perhaps in this attem pt to bring about a than one country. A n d what more Our records and reference to George I should state right away that m y saner world. Remember to act in true passport is there than the one Andrews can only confirm that he personal contact with Haynes up time to get one fo r your summer has been paid punctiliously as per to now has been virtually negligible, that states that yo u are a citizen o f travels. A n d finally, i f there are the world-a WSA passport. More­ contract, which was signed by both and therefore the opinions ex­ some nomads with WSA passports over, this passport comes on just parties. In fa ct in view o f his press­ pressed about this venture are reading this, I ’d be very pleased to like other ones. I don't mean that ing need his cheques have invariably purely m y own. A second thing to hear from them. in a derogatory sense, rather it looks been sent two months before they note is that what I have to say on Take good care were due fo r payment, as our record it is n o t just hot air. You see, I have indeed, is official enough to impress Nigel G Turner even the most suspicious and hostile can prove. George sent us his accou­ recently purchased one o f these PS In your last issue, yo u excerpted ntants to inspect our records several passports and I have it before me as immigration authorities a piece from the Realist, but un­ It comes in a blue plastic jacket years ago, and they then told him I type this. across which is emblazened a fortunately ballsed that paper’s that royalty payments were accu­ The idea behind the WSA pass­ picture o f the world, with the address. It moved about a year gone rate. Surely that is the proof? port is in a nutshell, to implement words World Service A uthority over to: The Realist, Box 379, StuyveI do not know what either George Article 13, Section 2, o f the sant Station, N ew York, N Y 10009, the top, and Passport (in five or yo u mean by stating that we Universal Declaration o f Human languages-English, French, Spanish, USA. Moreover, it is not just only helped with the Immigration Rights which states that ‘everyone occasionally brilliant, it is always Authorities until the M S was deliver­ has the right to leave any country, Russian, and Chinese) underneath. including his own, and to return to Inside, pages one to three are taken so. I should know, as I have been a ed Whilst George was working on subscriber fo r some time now. up with yo u r individual details the M SS we gave him letters stating his country'. A sentiment that like to read long words which mean as much as two can say. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Off, Off, Off, Back to Womans Own. We handed over 25p and rushed o f f to a dark place to read it and wot happened, fucking hell, turnfish sanis, ads, meaningless reviews. A single fucking page devoted to three black girls getting beaten by the pigsyou should have devoted the whole cocksucking issue o t it. So nowadays the magazine is well printed and pretty. But we preferred the grubby, ill-printed, obscene, degraded (for the fu n o f it) filth, it meant something then. We were inside in those days, and what a fuss when 'they' caught us reading OZ, we had our time put out backing and defending you in those days, now we hear its allowed. Whats fucking happening? It doesn't mean that they are letting obscene subversive literature in, but that yo ur fucking rag has gone over to the pigs. We did a cartoon o f our place, but come to think o f it we don’t think yo u would have printed it anyway. Motherfuckers. You fucking think your on our side, bollocks, y o u ’re on their side, longwinded bullshit while the pigs bust us, and beat us, and you making fucking money, yes money, roubles, bread, yo u dirty bollock headed, klinker licking queens. Fucking cunts Y ou’re cheating us, after next month, i f it don't get better yo u can s tu ff yo u r fu c k ­ ing rag up yo u r arse, cos w e’re going over to ’I T ’ at least its still decent. That’s a point, yo u cunts. ‘I T ’ now, that's still sane, plenty o f cartoons, demands, they're on our side, yo u bastards. Good grimy black and white. Give them some money, they need it. Oh and last o f all, we gonna have to go over to bum and tit magazines i f we don't get some fo u l obscenities soon.

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Ten things that A lf Moorcroft thinks the informed young citizen o f today should know about the waters o f the planet on which he lives... W ater is th e m o st co m m o n su b sta n ce fro z e n b o d ies o f w a te r u n til m o st, p erh ap s A lth o u g h his b o d ily re q u ire m e n ts o n th is p la n e t — covering th re e fifth s all, th e ip la n e t’s w a te r su p p ly w as solid. fifo r w a te r a re re la tiv e ly sm all m an o f its surface. A ll th e w a te r c o n ta in e d j m rT h e c o m p o sitio n o f sea-w ater is us a n e n o rm o u s a m o u n t o f w ater uses in th e e a rth ’s rivers, lakes, in lan d to survive. In B ritain th e average j f m re m a rk a b ly c o n sta n t. A lth o u g h it seas, sw am ps, bogs, rain , sn o w , soil an d is a g o o d so lv en t an d receives a d aily to p e r cap ita d o m e stic c o n su m p tio n o f w ide ran g e o f solids to dissolve (in ­ w a te r is a staggering 3 8 gallo n s (o v er 70 living th in g s - i.e. all th e w a te r in th e clu d in g m a te ria l b ro u g h t in b y rivers, rain , tim es as m u c h as th e b o d y need s). N a tio n ­ fo rm s in w hich w e m o st c o m m o n ly en ­ snow an d m eltin g ice caps) a n d a lth o u g h al c o n su m p tio n is 1 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 gallons c o u n te r it — a m o u n ts to a m in u te tw o h u n d re d th s o f o n e p e rc e n t o f th e w o rld ’s th e n a tu re o f th ese m aterials varies g rea tly p e r d ay a n d is rising a t 3% p e r a n n u m — to ta l in v e n to ry o f w ater. T h e w o rld o cean fro m place to place an d fro m tim e to tim e, o f w h ich 4 ,2 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 g allo n s is used b y th e relativ e p ro p o rtio n s o f sea-w ater’s in d u stry s try . co m prises a n o th e r 97 .2 % o f th a t to ta l. T h e N a b ate an s m an ag ed to live T h e re s t is c o n ta in e d in ice caps a n d glac­ m an y c o n s titu e n ts are fo u n d to be th e c o m fo rta b ly in th e N egev D esert iers an d in th e g ro u n d w a te rs w h ic h su p p ly sam e ev ery w h ere in th e w o rld ’s ocean s well o f f an average a n n u a l ra in fall o f o u r wells. an d a re th o u g h t to have b een c o n s ta n t fo r 1m m . (T h e y grew o v er 6 0 v ariet­ E a rth is th e o n ly o n e o f th e su n ’s o v e r 6 0 0 m illio n years. T h e co m p lex self- 8 ies o f fru it a lo n e). We’re h ard p u sh ed to n in e p la n e ts having large q u a n titie s reg u latin g m ech an ism s w h ich m a in ta in o f liquid w ater. Its p o sitio n , 93 th is sta b ility a re still fa r fro m fu lly u n d e r­ m a k e d o w ith g e n ero u s ra in fall th a t som e­ tim e s falls a t th e ra te o f 1 m m p e r h o u r. m illion m iles aw ay fro m th e sun, sto o d . 2 k eep s it n ear th e m id d le o f a n a rro w b a n d T h e ric h sta b le e n v iro n m e n t p ro v ­ In th e su m m er o f 1971 o v er h a lf o u r w here te m p e ra tu re s p e rm it w a te r to ex ist w a te r su p p ly o rg an isatio n s ra n s h o rt o f id ed b y sea-w ater is n o w th o u g h t in all th re e states: as a liq u id , solid an d to have b e e n th e o rigin o f life an d w a te r, a t least fifty new h o u sin g schem es gas. h a d to be shelved a n d th o u s a n d s o f p eo p le th e site o f m o st o f its ev o lu tio n 5 w ere laid o f f w o rk b ecau se o f a long d ry A lth o u g h it seem s c o m m o n p la c e (lan d p la n ts a n d an im als a p p e a r to b e a p erio d . M any areas o f B ritain (even th e to us, w a te r h as m a n y e x tre m e ly re c e n t p h e n o m e n o n ). L ife still b ears u n ­ L ake D istric t) n o w ru n low o n w ater u n u su al p ro p e rtie s — w ith o u t m istak a b le stam p s o f its origins. It m ay w h ich life w o u ld n ev er have evol­ seem re m a rk a b le th a t th e rela tiv e p ro p o r­ n early every year. T h e W ater R eso u rces B oard has w arn ed local a u th o r itie s th a t ved an d could n o t c o n tin u e . It has antioa nb sil­o f c o n s titu e n t e le m e n ts fo u n d in a d iffic u ltie s w ill arise ‘in th e n e x t few ity to dissolve chem icals w h ich is n o t ex ­ d ro p o f a rc tic sea-w ater m illio n s o f y ears ceeded b y a n y o th e r liquid (w h ic h is w h y ago is th e sam e as th a t o f a d ro p o f to d a y ’s y e a rs’ in su p p ly in g even ex istin g hom es. e q u a to ria l w a te rs b u t it is even m o re re­ It is h ig h ly u n lik e ly th a t th is w ill b e sea-w ater has su ch a ric h ch em ical co m ­ m a rk a b le th a t th e relativ e p ro p o rtio n s o f avoided. avo id ed . p o sitio n ; it co n ta in s a lm o st every k n o w n e le m e n t in so lu tio n ). W ater’s c a p a c ity fo r th e e le m e n ts o f living th in g s — fro m oneT h e im m e d ia te p ro s p e c ts fo r glob­ celled o rg an ism s to m an - is also fairly al w a te r su p p ly are even g rim m er th e storage o f h e a t is ex ce e d e d o n ly b y liq u id am m o n ia - it ta k e s a lo t o f h e a t to c o n s ta n t a n d is p ec u lia rly sim ilar to th a t th a n th o se fo r B ritain . A jo in t o f sea-w ater. M an s ta rts o f f life as a fo e tu s 9 r p o rt p ro d u c e d last y e a r b y th e raise its te m p e ra tu re b y a sm all a m o u n t re (it is e stim a te d th a t a o n e p e rc e n t increase b u o y e d in a m n io tic flu id w h ich is v irtu a l­ UN ’s h e a lth , m ete o ro lo g ica l a n d fo o d and ly sea-w ater. B lood plasm a has v irtu ally in th e q u a n tity o f so lar e n e rg ry reach in g ag ric u ltu re o rg an isatio n s sees w a te r sh o rt­ th e sam e c o m p o s itio n as b ra c k ish sea­ E a rth w o u ld raise th e a tm o sp h e ric te m ­ ages as th e biggest im m in e n t p ro b le m w a te r - th is has lead som e p e o p le to des­ facin g m an . F o r m o re th a n o n e th ird o f p e ra tu re b y 15 d egrees C w h ilst th e o c ean ic te m p e ra tu re w o u ld rise b y a m ere crib e th e h u m a n b lo o d s tre a m as a ‘p o rt­ th e lan d a rea o f th e e a rth (w h e re m u ch 0.01 degrees C). B ecause o f th is p ro p e rty ab le o c e a n ’. S om e b io lo g ists are startin g m o re th a n a th ird o f th e p o p u la tio n lives) th e w o rld o cean exercises a c o n sid erab le to ta lk o f sea-w ater as if th e y re g a rd e d it w a te r is a lre a d y th e m ain lim itin g fa c to r stabilising in flu e n c e o v er th e te m p e ra tu re as b ein g alive. If th e b lo o d s tre a m can be o n h u m a n activ ity . T w o th ird s to th re e o f th e a tm o sp h e re an d o f th e c o n tin e n ta l seen as a p o rta b le o ce a n th e n th e o c e a n .q u arters o f th e .w a te r u se d b y m a n is_^ la n d masises. If it w ere n o t fo r th e o c e a n can be seen a s a.g lo b a l b lo o d stre a m . T h e u s e d T iT f tJ tf d ^ o 'd u e tlo n v T I w n 'e p o f te ) ? '^ th e g re a te r p a rt o f o u r-c o n tin e n ta l la n d p e c ts fo o d p ro d u c tio n to b e h it v e ry soon flo w a ro iin c firfiris-se e n - as b ein g analog ­ m asses-wotrKFSxp'erience te m p e ra tu re s (w ith in a few years, n o t d ec a d e s) b y w a te r o u s to th e ro le o f sea-w ater in re la tio n to s im ite T tr th d s e o n th e su rfa ce o f th e sh o rtag es. M ore th a n en o u g h w a te r exists, th e m icro sc o p ic p lan ts, th e fish , th e u ro erh -L ik e m o st su b stan ce s, w a te r d e c ­ if it is used as w isely as th e N a b a tean s m a m m a ls a n d o th e r beings w h ic h m ove r e a s e s ^ v o lu m e as it cools. H ow ever, * a ro u n d in it. It p ro v id es a c o n s ta n t self­ used it, to o v erco m e th e se sh o rtag es. T h e b e n e a th 4 degrees C .d o w n to its freezin g blo ck s are n o t te c h n ic a l, th e y a re polftTcaT reg u la tin g e n v iro n m e n t a n d a c ts as a p o in t iF d o e s so m e th in g v ery o d d y t ex- . tra n s p o rt m e d iu m fo r n u trie n ts , w aste If m an can tu rn w a te r, th e p an d s as it c o o ls .'C o n s e q u e n tly v e ry cold p ro d u cts^ d isso lv e d gases a n d h ea t. c o m m o n e st su b s ta n c e o n th is w a ter sinks an d is re p laced by'W arrm er — _ M an can live fo r several w eek s p la n e t, in to a re so u rc e p ro b ­ 'w f th m itf o o d b u t-w ith ftw t. w ate r w ater. F u rth e rm o re , o n c e th e su rface 1 0 lem , th e n he can tu rn a n y ­ lay er freezes th e solid fo rm e d (ice) is less a r f s n r v i v e - W - - th i n g m .tqAa reso u rce p ro b le m . 99.999.% th e lo n g est a n y o n e cca: d en se th a n liquid w a te r an d flo a ts o n th e te n days. N o fo rm o f life can (sic) o f th e w a M ^ r r t h w ^ t e l l e t is-n q t su rface p rev en tin g lo w er w a te r fro m freez­ grow w ith o u t w ater. T h e average m an used ’ b y m a n y e t he is still a p p a re n tly " " " ing. If it w eren ’t fo r th is p e c u lia r b ehav­ carries a ro u n d a p p ro x im a te ly 5 0 q u a rts o f ru n n in g o u t o f it. M aybe th e m illio n s b e­ io u r m o st lakes w ould be p e rm a n e n tly w a te r in his b o d y a n d re p laces a b o u t 2Vi ing sp e n t b y rival c y b e rm e n to p ro v e /d is­ fro zen fro m to p to b o tto m an d w a ter o f th ese d aily . H e o b ta in s a b o u t W i q u a rts prove th a t th is o r th a t re so u rc e is ru n n in g / v ap o u r fro m th e e q u a to ria l reg io n s w ould by d rin k in g a n d a b o u t a n o th e r q u a rt b y n o t ru n n in g o u t co u ld be m o re in te llig e n t­ 10 co llect as fro st o r fall as snow o n th ese eating. ly sp e n t

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We live on th e seab ed o f a g ia n t th e s o u th e rn h e m isp h e re w ith a n y degree m ig h t b e c o m e a little th in n e r (eq u iv alen t ocean o f a ir — five to six th o u sa n d o f c o n fid en ce. N ine te n th s o f th e p o llu t­ to u s all m oving u p in to th e A ndes) m illion m illion to n s o f it. A lth o u g h a n ts m an in tro d u c e s in to th e a tm o sp h e re th in g s w o u ld be b asically O K . N o d o u b t | th is e n o rm o u s m ass o f air stre tc h e s allegedly e n te r it in th e n o rth e rn h em i­ th e y w ill n o w c o n tin u e a p a ce a t th e over 2 0 0 m iles fro m th e su rface o f th e sp h ere b u t a fte r a few y ears a fa ir p ro p ­ g reat w o rk o f b u rn in g all o u r fuel an d e a rth o u t to space we are f o r tu n a te th a t o rtio n o f th is m ix es in to th e so u th e rn d e stro y in g all o u r v e g e ta tio n . E ven air masses. h a lf o f it is c o n c e n tra te d in th e lo w est th o u g h th e d e b a te e n d e d o n an o p tim is t­ 1 8 ,0 0 0 feet. A m ere six m iles u p th e air T h e U n ite d S ta te s (w ith 7% o f th e ic n o te it sh o u ld b e o b serv ed th a t th e is to o th in to b re a th e ; a t tw elve m iles w o rld ’s p o p u la tio n e tc . e tc .) is res­ ‘o p tim ists’ k e p t slip p in g in s ta te m e n ts th e re isn’t even en o u g h a ir to b u rn a p o n s i b le fo r th e p ro d u c tio n o f a su ch as: ‘I have m ad e c a lc u la tio n s w hich candle; fo r every m illio n m o lecu les o f th ird to a h a lf o f th e em issio n s suggest th a t w ith in th e 4 8 c o te rm in o u s air a t sea-level th e re is o n ly o n e 6 0 m iles re su ltin g fro m fu el c o m b u s tio n - th eU n ite d S ta te s w e are u sin g a b o u t 40% up. p rin c ip al fo rm o f a ir p o llu tio n (so u rc e : m o re o x y g e n e a c h y e a r th a n o u r green J u s t as th e o ce a n is m o re th a n a R e p o rt o f th e S tu d y o f C ritical E n v iro n ­ p la n ts are using. In a heavily in d u stria l­ g ian t p u d d le , th e a tm o sp h e re has m e n ta l P ro b lem s — e n tire ly sp o n so re d ised city , o f c o u rse, th e e ffe c t m u st be a d is tin c t lay ered s tru c tu re . T h e b y th e US g o v e rn m e n t a n d in d u s try ). in te n sifie d , esp ecially d u rin g tim e s o f low est lay er is k n o w n as th e T h e re is n o t a h o p e in h ell th a t th ese re d u c e d a tm o sp h e ric circ u la tio n . A t tro p o s p h e re . It is six m iles th ic k a n db a co ­ s w ill sig n ifica n tly re d u c e , in th e stanrd p re se n t o n e can o n ly sp e c u la te a b o u t tain s 70% o f th e e a r th ’s air. We te n d to n e a r fu tu re , th e ra te a t w h ich th e y in­ th e p ro s p e c ts o f tra n sie n t o x y g e n crises e q u a te air w ith o x y g e n , b u t even in th is crease th is lo ad (d e c e le ra tio n is all y o u in cities...’ lay er a ir is m o stly n itro g e n (7 5 % to can ta lk a b o u t, a c tu a l re d u c tio n is a T h e d e b a te has since m oved on o x y g en ’s 23%). L ike th e o c e a n , th e tro p ­ d is ta n t d ream ). M eanw hile we all have to th e e ffe c ts o f in creased carb o n o sp h ere is in c o n tin u o u s p a tte rn e d to b re a th e th e re s u lta n t sh it. d io x id e o n o u r clim ate. W hilst m o tio n . We e x p e rie n c e th is m o tio n as Man b re a th e s, o n average, th ree th e a m o u n t o f o x y g e n in th e a t­ th e w in d s w hich p lay u p o n us. T h e y a c t th o u sa n d g allo n s o f air p e r day. m o sp h e re seem s to have b e e n c o n s ta n t as a n o th e r p la n e ta ry b lo o d s tre a m , carry ­ C o m p ared to th e a m o u n t o f w ith in o n e p a rt p e r th o u s a n d fo r th e last ing vast m asses o f w a te r, gases an d so lid s w ater h e ta k e s in th is is a large 60 years, th e c o n te n t o f c a rb o n d io x id e vital to life a t an even g re a te r ra te th a n a m o u n t - ex p lic a b le becau se o f a ir’s low (p ro d u c e d b y m an ’s c o m b u s tio n o f fossil th e seas. C a lcu latio n s suggest th a t it d e n sity an d becau se his b o d y d o e s n o t fu els) h as increased b y an im pressive/ ta k e s o n ly tw o y ears fo r a c o m p le te m ak e m u ch use o f th e n itro g e n w h ich depressive 550% . S o m e p e o p le th in k th is in te re x c h a n g e o f all th e a ir m asses cir­ c o m p rise s th re e q u a rte rs o f th e v o lu m e. will m elt th e ice cap s (p o ssib ly w ith in a cu latin g a ro u n d th e p la n e t. A lo cal air T w o y ears ago a g ro u p o f e m in e n t A m ­ few d e c ad e s), o th e r s th in k w e’ll have parcel o n ly ta k e s a m o n th to circu m ­ e ric a n sc ie n tists engaged in a c re e p y d e­ a n o th e r ice age. o th e r s d o n ’t give a shit. navigate th e g lo b e: m e a s u re m e n ts o f fall­ b a te a b o u t th e p o ssib ility th a t ra m p a n t A n o th e r d e b a te c e n tre s a ro u n d th e o u t sh o w ed th a t m a te ria l fro m a n u c le a r te c h n o c ra c y w as b u rn in g u p o x y g e n a t e ffe c t o f SST s o n th e o z o n e in th e s tra t­ device e x p lo d e d in C h in a in M ay 1965 a d a n g e ro u s ra te . R e m e m b e r th a t m o re o sp h ere. T h e e m p h asis o f th e d e b a te s is h ad circled th e w o rld tw ice b y Ju ly o f o x y g e n is re q u ire d fo r a car to trav el n o w sh iftin g aw ay fro m assessm en t o f th a t yeai year. 6 0 0 m iles th a n fo r o n e p e rs o n ’s e n tire q u a n tita tiv e e ffe c ts to th e b asic o n e : a t M aterial p ick ed u p o f f th e su r­ life tim e an d th e n th in k o f all th e fuelw h a t p o in t w ill th e b ala n c e o f th e a t­ face o f th e e a rth b y w in d s m ay b u rn in g activ itie s m an engages in an d m o sp h e re b re a k d o w n . T h e m ain co n c e rn w ell be carried th o u s a n d s o f th e n th in k a b o u t th e ra te a t w h ic h th ese is th a t th e a tm o s p h e re a c ts as a su b tle m iles b e fo re b ein g d u m p e d b a c k a c tiv itie s are increasin g an d o n e begins ra d ia tio n filte r a n d th a t w e k n o w very o n it again. agar R esid u es o f D D T sp ra y e d o n to see w h at th e y m ig h t have b e e n w o rry ­ little a b o u t th e w ay s in w h ich it d o es cro p s in A frica have b e e n d e te c te d in ing a b o u t. T h e d iscu ssio n h ad a b su rd this. B efore w e fin d o u t w e co u ld screw rain falling over B arb ad o s o n th e o th e r passages re m in isc e n t o f th e ‘o v e rk ill’ it u p - in w h ic h case life sto p s dead. side o f th e A tla n tic . I f y o u ru n aw ay to b u llsh it a sso cia te d w ith n u c le a r w e a p o n ­ | It’s g o n n a be a p r e tty ending. th e c o u n try to av o id , fo r e x a m p le , lead ry d iscu ssio n s o f th e six ties. T h e su m s A p p a re n tly in creased a ir p o llu tio n p o llu tio n , fo rg et it: th e w in d w ill c a tc h th e y d id to o k in to a c c o u n t w h a t w o u ld (p a rtic u la rly p a rtic u la te p o llu tio n u p w ith you. L ead levels in S h e tla n d h a p p e n if w e b u rn t u p all o u r fossil - b y d u s t a n d so o n ) o v er in d u s t­ rain are as high as o v e r m o st o f L o n d o n . fu e ls (oil, coal e tc .) a n d d e s tro y e d all rial areas is cau sin g th e m to have re d d er V ast tra c ts o f ru ra l S can d in av ia have fo re sts an d all o th e r p la n ts (i.e. th e m o re b e a u tifu l su n sets. T h e o n ly tro u b le a cid ic su lp h u ro u s rain th a t b e a ts th a t o f p ro d u c e rs o f o x y g e n ). T h e y w e re very is th a t y o u o fte n c a n ’t see th e m fo r th e M idlands. Y o u can ’t even ru n o f f to en c o u ra g e d to fin d th a t a lth o u g h th e air sm og.

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’Gentlemen of the Jury. obscen itv is., like an etephalgi W ith th e n ew ju r y law s a n d th e lo w erin g o f th e vo tin g age. p e o p le lik e y o u a n d m e can g e t ca lled to ju r y service m u c h m o re easily th a n before. F ew p e o p le g o to co u rt, m o s t have no idea th a t y o u can argue ro u n d , th a t th e J u d g e is n ’t infallible. H o w d o juries rea ct s ittin g o n th a t sid e o f th e c o u r t? In th e A ngry B rigade t r i a l - a m ate o f m in e w as o n th e ju r y fo r t h a t - t h e y d id n ’t even k n o w th a t th e y c o u ld say th a t th e y c o u ld n ’t co m e to a d ecisio n . T he fac t th e y d id n ’t k n o w th a t w as th e pressu re th a t fo rced th e m to co m e to a d ecisio n . O th e r­ w ise th ere w o u ld have b e e n a h u n g ju r y . In m y case it w o u ld have been a h u n g j u r y - t h r o u g h m o st o f th e trial it w as nine to t h r e e - b u t o n e guy w a n te d to g et h o m e so he ch an g ed his m in d because th e re a lity o f it in te rfe rin g w ith his p riv ate life w as to o m uch. P eople m ay a c tu a lly get fo u r o r five y ea rs in ja il based o n th e fact th a t o n e c h a ra c te r is n e ith e r o n e w ay o r th e o th e r a b o u t w h a t he th in k s. T he c o u rt trie s to k e e p th e ju r y o n lines it lay s d o w n . T h ey d e p e n d o n individuals in th e ju r y n o t being ab le to c o m m u n ic a te w ith each o th e r an d b ein g h a b itu a te d to d o in g w h a t th e y ’re to ld . T h e y sit th e re an d th in k ‘I’m so lib eral o r so o p e n ’ an d th e n th e ju d g e says ‘Do th is’ so th e y all d o it. Can w e go th ro u g h w h a t h a p p e n s in o rd er? Y o u g o t a s u m m o n s th ro u g h th e p o s t sa yin g y o u w ere re q u ired to a p p e a r o n su ch a n d su c h a d a y f o r ju r y service ? T h e re ’s a lo t m o re fo rm s. T h e re ’s a y ello w fo rm say in g th a t on su ch an d su ch a d a te y o u will be e n te re d in a b a llo t fo r ju r y service. In m y case it said ‘O n th e 7 th o f th e 5 th y o u w ere p u t in a b a llo t fo r ju r y service a t th e C e n tra l C rim in al C o u rt fo r Ja n u a ry 1st to Ja n u a ry 2 6 th . Please d o n o t a tte n d th e b a llo t unless y o u have to .’ T h e y ch o o se all th e n a m es th e y w ill need fo r th e p erio d an d divide it in to tw o g ro u p s, o n e fo r th e first tw o w eeks and o n e fo r th e seco n d tw o . F ro m th ese th e y call u p 1 5 o r 2 0 e ach d ay . L a te r y o u get a n o th e r fo rm say in g y o u have b een selected fo r ju r y service o r y o u h a v e n ’t, an d if y o u are th e y send y o u m o re fo rm s sta tin g y o u r legal o b lig a tio n s an d giving v ario u s w arnings. L ike th e r e ’s a h u n d re d p o u n d fine if y o u fail to ap p ear. H o w a b o u t e x p en ses? W hat w ere y o u p a id ? F o r loss o f earn in g s a t a m a x im u m o f £ 4 .7 5 p e r d a y fo r th e first 10 d a y s an d th e n a m ax im u m o f £ 9 .5 0 p e r d ay a fte r th a t. T h en th e r e ’s d aily e x p e n se s o f £ 1 .2 5 p lu s y o u r fares. W hat was y o u r fir s t rea ctio n w h e n y o u g o t th o s e p a p ers? D id y o u th in k 'W hat a gas b e in g a ju r o r ’? 14

Well th e re w ere th re e re a c tio n s. A s I said m y m ate w as o n th e A ngry B rigade trial ju r y a n d h e ’d jo k in g ly said I'd be o n N asty T ales so w h en I w as p ick ed I th o u g h t th is is to o in cred ib le a c o in cid en ce. My seco n d re a c tio n o n th a t line w as th a t he w as d o in g q u ite well o u t o f it bread w ise so I’d be d o in g q u ite well o u t o f it bread w ise a n d m ay b e clea r o f f all m y d e b ts w h ich I d id . B ut m y m a jo r re a c tio n w as a so rt o f c o m b in a tio n o f ‘T h o u sh alt n o t ju d g e ’ an d th e fa c t th a t I w o u ld have to find a n y b o d y n o t g u ilty n o m a tte r w h a t th e y w ere u p fo r. 1 w o u ld have to argue th a t th e y w ere n o t g u ilty fro m an y c o n ceiv ab le, fa ctu al, o r p h ilo so p h ic a l p o in t o f view . H a d y o u ever b e e n to c o u r t b efo re? O n ly as a d e fe n d a n t, a t a Q u a rte r S essions b u t n o t b e fo re a ju ry as I’ve alw ay s p lead ed g u ilty . T h ree o f m y b u sts w ere fo r drugs an d o n e w as fo r u n law fu l sexual in te rc o u rse . B ut I’d n e v er been to th e O ld Bailey b efo re. W hat w as it lik e w h e n y o u g o t th e re as a ju ro r? I had to g et u p e arly ; I had g o t m y je a n s o n an d a sp o rts j a c k e t very s t r a ig h t - I p u t th is o n b ecau se I th o u g h t, th is is g o in g to be very straig h t an d I h a d n ’t g o t a n y p a n ts so I h ad to w e a r m y je a n s an d th is o n e vestage o f stra ig h t g ear th a t I had. 1 th o u g h t ‘I’m g e ttin g th e b read fo r it’ a n d th e n I th o u g h t ‘W ell, o n th e o th e r h a n d , I’m p ro b a b ly going to be ch allen g ed o n a n y ju ry a n y w a y so I’m ju s t going to be sa t a ro u n d all d a y an d m e d ita te .’ I w as q u ite c o n te n t, like w h en I go to th e S ocial S e c u rity o ffice. I sit th e re an d m e d ita te , so it’s n o h ang-up; I g o t th e re .w a lk e d in an d th e a tte n d a n ts th e re asked m e w h a t w as m y b u sin ess and I said I w as a ju ro r. T h e y d ire c te d m e u p sta irs an d I saw a n o th e r a tte n d a n t w h o to ld m e to sit d o w n an d he to ld m e to sit d o w n in th e w ro n g place so I sat th e re in th e c o u rt hall lo o k in g d o w n a t all th e a rtw o rk an d th e b u st o f th e ju d g e w h ich I th o u g h t was to o in cred ib le becau se t h a t ’s w h a t ju d g e s d o lo o k like. Y ou o n ly see th e ir head an d sh o u ld e rs ... a so rt o f figure th e r e —an o b je c t ju d g in g . D id y o u th e n rela te to a n y o f th e o th e r ju r o rs th a t y o u w ere to serve w ith ? N o. T h en I w as o n m y o w n an d th e re w ere th ese o th e r g u y s w h o w ere o b v io u sly ju r o rs b u t I w as sittin g in th e w ro n g place so I w as like th e w o rk in g class k id having h is first d a y a t p u b lic sch o o l. T o o big a leap. T h en I w e n t d o w n to th e o th e r ju ro rs a n d h u n g a ro u n d an d I id e n tifie d m o re w ith th e m . T h e y w ere m o re o b v io u sly w o rk in g class g u y s an d o b v io u sly d id n ’t k n o w each o th e r. T h e y w ere ta lk in g to each o th e r an d m u m b lin g an d

Everybody has watched those films where the camera pans slowly across the blank anonymous faces o f the jury. Everybody knows that rather pompous phrase ‘Gentlemen o f the Jury’. But who actually are these Gentlepersons o f the Jury? What goes on behind those often very bored faces? What happens during those interminable recesses that may decide between freedom and life imprisonment for somebody? The fact is that nobody really knows. A while ago it was decided that only a majority o f 10 to 2 was needed to convict rather than a unanimous decision. The’ idea was that this would mean more convic­ tions but in the best legal tradition nobody bothered to find out what actually goes on in the jury room. In America however there has been a lot o f research done and this came out most clearly in the Angela Davis trial. There the defence built up an incredibly detailed psychological picture o f the sort o f person they wanted and then spent over three weeks questioning and rejecting hundreds o f possible jurors. That could never happen here, firstly because the defence is not allowed to question prospective jurors: they have to make their decision on appearance alone. And secondly because each defendant is only allowed to challenge (reject) seven people. Despite this at the recent Nasty Tales trial by making fullest use o f their challenging rights (28 people in all) they managed to exhaust the pool o f jurors for that day. That’s probably part o f the reason why Bill (that isn’t his real name) managed to get accepted and not be challenged by the prosecution. Jerome Burne talked to one o f the jurors on the Nasty Tales trial to get the first ever in depth account published in this country o f what it’s like to serve on a jury. w alking u p and d o w n lo o k in g very a g ita te d . T h e n w e h ad o u r nam es read o u t b y th e u sh er w h o s ta rts fo rm in g us in to a little g ro u p and even th e n 1 w as still read in g m y m e d ita tio n b o o k try in g to b e in co n sp icu o u s. B ut I w asn ’t even called u p th a t d ay an d a t m id -d ay we w ere to ld to go h o m e. So o n th e T u esd ay m o rn in g I w e n t b ack d o w n again and th e y th re w o u t th e old ju ry , th e te n th e y had selected th e d ay b e fo re and sta rte d again going th ro u g h th e ju r y list in o rd e r. A t th a t stage 1 h ad an e x tre m e fit o f b u tte rflie s in the tu m m y . A ll o v er nerv o u s sh ak in g b ecau se 1 k n e w , so m eh o w o r o th e r, t h a t heavy p re m o n itio n , th a t th e y w o u ld get to m e. T h ey called o u t m y nam e and 1 w alk ed u p fu lly e x p e c tin g th e p ro ­ se c u tio n to challenge m e an d 1 s to o d th ere a n d so rt o f m u m b led th e o a th a n d sat d o w n an d a t th a t stage th e d e p e rso n a lisa tio n w as very stro n g ; y o u ju s t k n o w th a t y o u have b e en fitte d in and it w ill n o w co m m en ce. Y o u ’re th e piece th a t d o e s n ’t fit an d it really g o t h eavy th e n . W hat w as y o u r idea w h en y o u k n e w y o u w ere g o in g to b e a ju r o r a n d th a t y o u w o u ld b e p a rt o f m a k in g th e d ecisio n ? I realised m y fu n c tio n w ith in th e g ro u p . I realised th e process o f com in g to o n e m ind, th e p ro cess o f a rg u m e n t and self­ ju s tific a tio n , so I realised th a t E n sh alah o r K ism et- th e w ill o f G o d - w a s m y fu n c tio n w ith in th e g ro u p . 1 d id n ’t have an y ego a b o u t it b u t I did have th e p ro b le m o f ho w to e x p re ss it b e ­ cause 1 c o u ld n ’t go in th ere an d say. 'L o o k , F rie n d s R o m an s and C o u n try m e n ...’ 1 th o u g h t 'T h e re are eleven o th e r gu y s here and th e y have o b v io u sly g o t q b s an d th e y a re o b v io u sly stra ig h t a n d how are th e y go in g to re a c t to m e? A re th e y going to p u t m e in a c o c o o n an d sit m e w ay at th e e n d a n d say. “ S h u t u p w e k n o w y o u ’re going to find th e m n o t g u ilty ” ? o r w ere th e y going to c o m m u n ic a te o r w h a t? ’ Were th e re a n y o th e r ju ro rs y o u th o u g h t m ig h t b e sy m p a th e tic ? I’m g ro u n d e d in p reju d ic e a n d 1 live against a w all o f h y p o c risy and h a te w ith o u t being p a ra n o id a b o u t it. 'H e has g o t a go o d su it on an d he can say fu ck an d it’s jo lly d e c e n t an d h e ’s a freak and if he says fuck it’s o b sc e n e '; so th a t 1 w as m o re b o th e re d a b o u t th is perso n al re la tio n sh ip w ith th e re st o f th e ju r y th a n a b o u t w h a t th e y w o u ld th in k a b o u t th ese sc ru ffy fre a k s in the d o c k , b ecau se if y o u can sy m p a th ise w ith a g u y p erso n a lly th e n y o u are all read y fo r the n e x t stage o f th e a rg u m e n t so it’s an id e n tity th in lf b efo re th e a rg u m e n t can b e e x p e c te d . F irst th in g a fte r th e trial began w e all w e n t o u t to read th e m agazine. Im m ed iately th e re w as a split b e tw e e n o n e guy______

saying 'G u ilty ’ a n d a n o th e r w h o sto o d u p an d th ro w in g it d o w n said 'M an , w h a t kid has g o t 2 0 p th ese day s? T h a t’s ru b b ish . 1 d o n ’t k n o w w h y w e’re h e re .' I th o u g h t it w as ru b b ish to o , ju s t childish ru b b ish , sex u al d raw in g s, so 1 fe lt I co u ld m ak e c o n ta c t w ith him an d I e sta b lish ed a fa th er-so n o r e le c tricia n -an d -m ate ty p e o f re la tio n sh ip w ith him . T h e n th e re w ere tw o o f us. O ne gu y w asn ’t b o th e re d a b o u t th e so called o b sc e n ity he w as w o rrie d a b o u t th e sto ry o f Israel g e ttin g th e bio logical b o m b . T h a t g u y sh o u tin g p reju d ices against Israel n e a rly had a n erv o u s b re a k d o w n , so I estab lish ed a n o th e r re la tio n sh ip w ith him o n an e m o tio n a l level. ‘I w ill s u p p o rt y o u an d y o u will v o te n o t g u ilty .' As so o n as 1 g o t these re la tio n sh ip s and g o t a c h a tty , frie n d ly th in g going, I fo u n d th e ir re la tio n sh ip to w a rd s m e w as q u ite o p e n b ecau se I w as a fre a k . T h e so lic ito r fo r o y F a rre n th e y used to call R o n n ie C o rb e tt an d th e p ro ­ se c u tio n p a rtially b e c am e R o n n ie B ark er so w e h a d th is jo k e re la tio n sh ip as a g ro u p . Was th e re an e q u a l a n d o p p o s ite fo r c e ? P eo p le w h o th o u g h t, 'this is so a w fu l, w e m u st m a k e sure th e y g e t c o n v ic te d '? T h e m ain o p p o s itio n w as th e fo re m a n , th e gu y w h o lo o k ed like a ro c k e r. He w as m a rrie d an d he p in c h e d h is w ife ’s b o tto m th e d ay a fte r he h a d read it so she said it had c o rru p te d h im . But I’m p re tty m u c h in to c o m m u n a l g ro u p situ a tio n s so I realised th a t it w as no g o o d w aitin g u n til w e go t in to th e ju r y ro o m fo r th e final recess to w in c o n v erts. F o rtu n a te ly th e o p p o sitio n d id n ’t realise th is. N o r d id th e y even realise th a t th e re w as an o p p o sin g p ressu re g ro u p to th e m .T h e y th o u g h t th a t th e over w h elm in g p ressu re g ro u p w as th e c o u rt an d th a t th e facade o f ju s tic e w o u ld b e su ffic ie n t to sw ing th e ju r y against m e. T h ey th o u g h t th a t m y m a te w as o n e o f th e m , so th is fa c to r o f m e b ein g stran g e a n d th e d e fe n d a n ts b e in g stra n g e m a d e th e m fall in to a false c o m p la c e n c y . H o w d id y o u c h o o se th e fo r e m a n ? A t first I th o u g h t, ‘If th e r e ’s going to b e a N o t G u ilty th e n 1 w a n t to have th e h o n o u r o f saying it. 1 w a n t th e o rg asm o f sta n d in g u p in c o u rt an d saying N o t G u ilty ’. B u t th e n I re m e m ­ b ered th a t M ao T zu says th a t if y o u w a n t to o v e rth ro w so m e ­ b o d y y o u m u st first e x h a lt h im , so w h en w e w ere in th e ju ry ro o m to w a rd s th e end an d th e q u e stio n o f c h o o sin g a . fo rem an cam e u p . I said 'I f its N o t G u ilty th e n I’d like to sta n d u p an d say so .’ T h e gu y w h o w as lead in g th e G u ilties said 'N o , w e c a n ’t have y o u ’ th in k in g he h a d s u p p o rt w ith th e r e s t , ’ I’d like to d o it.’ So I said, 'O K , I’ll 1

seco n d y o u ’ an d th a t’s h o w he b ecam e fo re m a n s o u n d s as i f th e trial is irreleva n t in te r m s o f p u ttin g u p w itnesses a n d d eta ilin g a rg u m e n ts beca u se y o u ju s t have a n u m b e r o f p e o p le w h o are e ith e r f o r o r against a n d n o th in g is g o in g to m a k e th e m change th e ir m inds. Well we had five g u ilties a n d th re e n o t g u iltie s an d i o u r waverers. T h e fo u r w averers w ere listen in g to th e a rg u m e n ts a n d w ere q u ite o p en . O bviously regardless o f th e ev idence th e o th e rs w o u ld have stu c k to th e ir p o sitio n s. O b sc e n ity is su ch d1n e b u l­ o u s th in g th a t n e a rly all th e goings o n in th e ju r y ro o h i’wfcfe a ro u n d th e d e fin itio n . M ost o f th e case th o u g h w a s iiio r& o f a" gam e, like G erm ain e G re e r an d th e p ro se c u tio n . It w as a cla: fig h t; o n e o f th e p e o p le said it w as b e tte r th a n .b e tw e e n • an d Mic F o rm a n an d F razier. T h e re p a rte e b etw e e n w as also su p erb . T h e w ay th e y p re se n te d thi] it w c w o u ld n ’t have g o t o u t a n y o th e r w ay, like : D irty D og d o in th is s itu a tio n ’ as if he w a s ; cause h e w as real as fa r as th e re m c e rn e d w as also a g re a t sex u al th in g r co u p le d w ith a vin d ictiv e feeling fo r .ild’, so rt o f scene, 'I f I w as h a lf th e mai , given th ree th e sam e tim e q u a rte rs o f th e ch an ce I mi th e re w as th e th o u g h t, ‘Thi ’t all like th a t.’ B u t basically it is irrele v an t, ; an d fro-ing d o es in d o c trin a te th e ju r y in to i. ‘Y es sir. N ow its tim e fo r us to go sinCjTJ^ aw can we have a cu p o f tea. N ow can w e go to th e toili Can th e ju r y a sk q u e stio n s a b o u t th e T h e y have to it* a q u e stio n d o w n w h ich involves an a b ility to ex p ress yo elf. It involves q u ite a b it o f n erve to a c tu a lly m ake a m ove in c o u rt. Y o u have to in d ic a te to th e u sh e r th a t y o u have a q u e stio n w h ich is again very em b arrassin g a n d v ery aw kw ard. So th e pressu re is ag ain st y o u a sk in g q u e stio n s. T he o n ly th i n g y o u can tr y a n d d o is th ro u g h q u e stio n s to tr y to tell th e d e fe n d a n ts w h a t th e ju r y co n sid ers th e m a jo r p o in t w h ic h is a v ery d iffic u lt th in g tp ,e x p re ss. T h e m a jo r th in g I w a n te d to say to th e d e fe n d a n ts Was, ‘Y o u ’fe argu in g N a s ty a a l e s is in th e p u b lic g o o 'd -^th at’s irrele v an t b ecau se th e y th in k it’s ju s t a com ic! B ut h o w co u jd I g et th a t across? D id y o u a t a ll use th e a rg u m e n ts th a t c o m e u p in c o u r t to b o lste r y o u r o w n p o s itio n ? / I th in k th a t it d e fin ite ly d id cp m e d o w n to th e ju r y d iv id in g up in to th o se re p e a tin g th e p ro s e c u tio n a rg u m e n ts an d th o s e rex Ipeating th e d efen ce arg u m en ts. H o w di/d th e ju d g e c o m e o v e r ? T h e m a j o Hs ta |e m e n t o f th e ju d g e w as th a t o b s c e n ity is lik e an eleph: k n o w w h a t I’m ta lk in g a b o u t. ‘O b sc e n ity is like an e le p h a n t.’ e I w as say in g in th e car a fte rw a rd s, ‘G en tlem en o f th e ju r I th in k th e d e fe n d a n ts are g u ity . I w o u ld like to em p h asis^ is p o in t becau se I th in k it is very im p o rta n t, I th in k th e fe n d a n ts are g u ilty .’ T h a t’s w h a t th e ju d g e w as saying v irtu a lly all th e tim e. D id th e ju r y a t a n y tim e regard h im as b ein g in a n e u tra l p o s i ti o n 1 1 \ V ery early on. T h e g u y w h o sw ay ed th e last w h en it w as nine to tw o and w ho w as v o tin g it w as o b sc en e a lth o u g h h e d id n ’t th in k it w as o b scen e b u t it w as o b sc en e fo r c h ild re n , h e th o u g h t th e ju d g e ’s su m m in g u p w as b eau tiffil. A c tu a lly th e ju d g e w as am azing, his w h o le a ttitu d e w as, ‘Q eB tlem en o f th e ju r y : L ittle p lastic d u m m ie s o f th e d ltry , d o w h a t y o u ’re to ld w h en I pull th e strin g s.’ We k e p t o n try in g to g e t p e o p le to A rebel. He w as like a fa n ta sy c h a ra c te r re a lly ; I’ve o f te n w a n te d o n e o f th o s e Chinese ch airs th a t’s like a th ro n e so I c o u ld sit th e re a n d say ‘I’m k in g in m y p a d .’ a n d ‘Bang, bang, g u ilty : O ff w ith his h e a d .’ W hen y o u w ere discussing th e case d id y o u ta lk a b o u t th e d e ­ fe n d a n ts as a c tu a l p e o p le ? T o som e o f th e p e o p le w h o th o u g h t th e y w ere g u ilty th e se w ere so m e freak s w ho w ere to ta lly in san e beings a n d have g o t su p e r b rain s an d su p e r p o w ers o v e r e v e ry b o d y b ecau se o f th e se d ru g s th a t can change th e p sy c h ic to th e ir w ay o f th in k in g a n d c o rru p t o u t c h ild ren a n d have th e m ru n n in g a ro u n d m ad. T h e y w ere very s y m p a th e tic to w a rd s J o y as a w o m an b u t g e n e ra lly th is re a lisa tio n o f s o m e b o d y in th e d o c k as a n o th e r p e rso n is very h ard to grasp. T h e w h o le s tru c tu r e o f th e c o u rt ro o m is ag ain st it .

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O h yes. T o b e co m e a real p e rso n to th e ju r y is th e m o st im p o r­ ta n t th in g a d e fe n d a n t can d o . O f co u rse it co u ld go th e o th e r way. T h e y c o u ld lo o k a t y o u a n d say, ‘Y o u co u ld b e m y son jand if y o u w ere fifte e n y e a rs w o u ld be to o g o o d fo r y o u .’ B ut ^generally p eo p le sh o u ld d e fe n d them selv es w h en th e y can. If th e y a re d e fe n d e d b y a b a rriste r th e n th e y ju s t sta y p a rt o f th e c o u r t fu rn itu re , b u t if th e y d e fe n d th em selv es th e y b eco m e real peo p le. M ick w as v ery g o o d w ith his q u e stio n s an d even his w eakness w ith th e legal p o sitio n was h e lp fu l all t h e ^ a y th ro u g h b u t he ru in e d e v e ry th in g in his su m m in g u p . W hat h e Jo O k 20 iflin u tes to say was. ‘If y o u , m em b ers o f th e ju r y , are so fucked th a t y o u find th is o b sce n e th e n fin d m e g u ilty .’ and h e sat do w n . B ut y o u sh o u ld n ev er u n d e re s tim a te a ju r y , n ev er talk d o w n to th e m . T h e y can easily see an' h o n e st a rg u m e n t, t h e ’su m m in g u p is im p o rta n t a n d should b lO B d o w ith , ‘Y o u r boy in th e s tre e t a t y o u r sch o o l. A re th e y going to b lo w u p y ° t # ^ ho u se, is it going to d o th e m a n y g o o d ’. I t’s g o t to be o n th a t level. T h e d e fe n c e w as v ery w o rried a b o u t E d w ard . H e seem ed p re tty sto n e d m o st p R h q m m e b u t I d o n ’t th in k an y o f the ■n o tic e d a n y th in g . Y ou see it w as th e w ay a fre ak o u g h t T h e u n d e rly in g th in g in a co n sp iracy o r o b sc e n ity trial is re is th is W icked F o rc e and u n less th e sta te is th e re fit th aatt th eere w ill be let loose o n th e land an d th e F o u r H o rsem en o f th e A p o caly p se w ill rid e again. If y o u can sh o w th a t y o u are ju s t an o rd in a ry b lo k e w h o d rin k s b itte r an d S n o k e s N o .6 a n d n o th in g ' to be w o rried a b o u t th e n y o u have a ch an ce o f g e ttin g th ro u g h to th e m . k W B u t even i f th e o c c a s io n a l. it c o m e s th r o u g h as h u t th e w h o le p n '• as, v e ry a r tjli''i/’iy ™ S om e p e o p le fey’ve i v a te ro o m , a p riv ate b a th ro o m an d a c o lo u r ily thpy can ’t go o u tsid e. T h e y m ay even have a m aid co m e ro u n d . T h e y ] b eliev e th e su rface re a lity . T h e su rface re a lity is: th is is th e legal sy stem , th is is ju s tic e an d th is in th e Q u e e n ’s n a m e w h o is o n th e th r o n e b y th e p o w e r o f A lm ig h ty G od. T h e ju d g e iis Sane becau se so m eh o w o r o th e r h e ’s a QC an d has tea w ith th e Q ueen w h o ’s th e m o d el o f sa n ity so th e re ’s sa n ity b e h in d it all: som e­ w h ere th e re ’s so m eo n e w h o k n o w s w h a. is h a p p e n m g . W hat th e y d o n ’t ask is ‘W hat is real in th is ro o m ? Whj ■ i s n r ^ | t u p so high a n d w earing a fu n n y w ig?’ T he re a lity o f a c o u rtro o m is th a t th e re ’s a few peopli t r rowc' iity t \ / iv tf» d A F a rm * * i nn tth l i Pe n ro o•»m m aa nn dd aann aa tr is hI ^ > in n r; rcnommmmi titte d. A fare ; farce, th is i ju s tic e is b eing e n a c te d ity. g e tj th ro u g h tcxthe ju r y in th e fo rm o f e m o tio n a l l reak o u t: tio n al b rea k d o w n s. P eo p le w h o w ere su d d e n ly fro m th e ir n o rm al o ? 8 u p a tio n , k e p t a w iy fro m s u d d e n lv B liis e . if th e y araM i n atily e n lig h te- n e d o r reasono m ake d ecisio n s a b o u f som ei efSe’s re a lity w h en th e y can ’t even m a k e d e c isio n s a b o u t I o w n . So th e y ’re in th is p o sitio n : ‘N o rm ally m y boss te lls m e w h a t’s real an d I a c c e p t it b u t now th e ju d g e is tellin g m e w h at': real arid h e’s tellin g the to d o th is to th is g u y ’^ S fe’s ^ a y m g ‘F in d th e d e fe n d a n ts g u ilty a n d I can p u t th e m a w a y ’ a n d I’m th in k - J ing, ‘W hy b ring m e in to it. W hy d o n ’t y o u ju s t say “ Y o u can go to p riso n fo r te n years, y o u fo r fiftee n years, o f f w ith h is h ead ” an d a c t like y o u ’re m ad b ecau se y o u m u s t be. T h e y th in k this is all real a n d so th e u n re a lity d o e sn ’t g et th ro u g h to th e m as ■ u n re a lity , to th e m as e m o tio n a l b re a k d o w n . O ne g u y h e a d e d f< a n e rv o u s b re a k d o w n . D id y o u f i n d it very pressurising? ■ O h yes, in c re d ib ly . In fa c t b y th e tim e th e ju d g e ’s su m m in g up com es, it’s te rrib le , it’s like th e clim ax o f a m ovie, w h ere y o u ’re o n y o u r seat an d y o u feel y o u can ’t h a n d le a n y m o re. R eally th e p ressu re is u n b eliev ab le. I w as to ta lly n o t a t h o m e w hen 1 w e n t h o m e. I w as th in k in g , ‘A h y e a h . I’ll be g lad to get back becau se at least th e re I’m alie n a te d . A t le a s t P k n o w w here I am w h en I’m n o t a n y w h e re .’ W hereas th e fa c t is w h e n lI’m ’n a_t h o m e I can ’t re la te to th e fa c t.th a t I’m o n th e N asty T ales trial, a n d if th e y go d o w n . 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I O n F e b ru a ry 2 1973 th e A n ti-D isc rim in a tio n Bill w as ta lk e d o u t in w ars, d o n ig h tsh ifts, e tc ’. A u d re y Wise p o in ts o u t 't h a t we I o f th e H ouse o f C o m m o n s fo r th e seco n d tim e. T h e S p ea k er o f m u st n o t a c c e p t a su p erficial d e fin itio n o f ‘e q u a lity ’; we d o n o t I th e H ouse w ould n o t allo w a v o te to b e ta k e n since th e Bill h a d w a n t all th e d isad v an tag es th a t m en alre ad y have. We m u s t n o t I ru n fifte e n m in u te s s h o r t o f th e tw o h o u rs ’ d e b a te allow o u rselv es to be e q u alised o u t o f p ro te c tiv e leg islatio n , b u t T he Bill is a P rivate M em b er s Bill, p re s e n te d b y W illiam insist th a t it be e x te n d e d ; w ages sh o u ld be rea listic e n o u g h so I H a m ilto n , L a b o u r M P f o r F ife , a n d is a m o d ifie d v ersio n o f a th a t n o -o n e , m ale o r fem ale, n e e d w o rk n ig h tsh ift in o rd e r to I sim ilar Bill first p re s e n te d by J o y c e B u tler, L a b o u t MP fo r e arn su ffic ie n t to live o n ; if th e e c o n o m y m ak es in h u m a n an d I W ood G reen in 1968. T h e Bill, if passed, w o u ld m ak e it illegal e x p lo ita tiv e d e m a n d s, th e n w o m en d o n o t w a n t th e rig h t to be I fo r a n y o n e to be d isc rim in a te d ag ain st o n g ro u n d s o f sex , in th e eq u ally e x p lo ite d a lo n g w ith m en. We m u st w a n t a n o th e r e c o n o ­ I fields o f e m p lo y m e n t, e d u c a tio n a n d train in g , a n d p ro v id es fo r m y . E q u a lity is n o t a one-w ay d rag -lift; in e x ch a n g e fo r im p ro v ­ ed e m p lo y m e n t a n d e d u c a tio n o p p o rtu n itie s w o m en m u st fight I an a n ti-d isc rim in a tio n b o a rd to be s e t u p alo n g th e lines o f th e I R ace R e la tio n s B oard , w here cases can be te ste d . ag ain st e x p o sin g them selv es to fu r th e r fo rm s o f e x p lo ita tio n P art o f th e Bill’s im m e d ia te legislative relev an ce w o u ld be to b ey o n d th e o n es th e y n o w e x p e rie n c e . I b lo ck som e o f th e escap e ro u te s in th e E q u al Pay A ct, d u e to E q u a lity , as a c o n c e p t w hich is m ean in g fu l in a progressive I co m e in to full fo rce by 1 9 7 5 , in w h ic h w o m en will be e n title d sense involves an e x a m in a tio n n o t o n ly o f areas w here w om en I to eq u al pay fo r th e ‘sam e o r b ro a d ly sim ilar w o rk ’. T h is p h rase are n o t (to p jo b s , p a rtic u la r a reas o f in d u s try a n d p ro fe ssio n s), I p rovides a c o n v e n ie n t lo o p h o le ; it allo w s e m p lo y e rs to re arran g e an d d e m a n d th e rig h t o f e n tr y , b u t o f th e a reas w here w om en I th e ir w o rk fo rce so th a t so m e w o rk , by b ein g g ra d ed as are, a n d red ress th e in e q u a litie s th e re . ‘In th e p ro fe ssio n al field I ‘w o m e n ’s w o rk ’ will rem ain lo w -p aid . A ll th e y sim ply have to w o m en are to be fo u n d o v erw h elm in g ly in tw o o c c u p a tio n s: I d o is m ak e sure th e re are n o m en d o in g th e ‘sam e o r b ro ad ly n u rsin g a n d teac h in g . T h ere are very few fields, e ith e r p ro fess­ I sim ilar' w o rk ; th e q u e stio n o f u p g ra d in g w o m e n to eq u a l pay ion al o r n o n -p ro fe ssio n a l, w here a b so lu te ly n o w o m en a t all I w ith m e n d o e sn ’t arise w hen th e re are n o m en to be eq u a l to . are fo u n d , b u t w h ate v er th e field , w o m en are to be fo u n d I T he A n ti-D iscrim in atio n Bill w o u ld allo w w o m e n to challenge c lu ste re d o n th e b o tto m ru n g s o f th e la d d e r, th in n in g o u t rap id ­ I th is p a rtitio n in g o f th e ir la b o u r so th a t th e y can still be k e p t in ly as th e y g et to th e to p ’. (L e o n o ra L lo y d , o n th e E q u a l Pay I th e lo w e st p aid se cto rs o f e m p lo y m e n t. A ct, in ‘T h e B o d y P o litic ’, an a n th o lo g y o f B ritish w o m e n ’s T h e q u e stio n o f eq u al pay a n d eq u a l o p p o rtu n itie s f o r w o m en lib e ra tio n w ritings, S tag e O ne, 6 0 p ). E q u a lity will m e a n a re­ I is b y n o m eans a n ew issue; in 1 9 1 9 a S ex D isq u a lific a tio n R em - d is trib u tio n o f th e m ale la b o u r fo rce as w ell as th e fem ale fo rce. I oval A c t w as passed by P a rlia m e n t, w h ich in th e o ry w as m e a n t It will m ean th a t fields w h ich are lo w -p aid , b ecau se th e y em p lo y I to achieve th e sam e re s u lts as th e p re se n t Bill, b u t it has n ev er w o m en a n d are p ro fessio n al e x te n s io n s o f w o m e n ’s e x tr a role I been really used. T he T U C have h a d th e p rin c ip le o f eq u a l pay as wives an d m o th e r s - n u r s e s , n u rse ry te ac h e rs, p rim a ry sch o o l I o n th e ir b o o k s since th e e n d o f th e last c e n tu ry , b u t th e y have te a c h e rs -w ill have to be in v ad ed by m en , a n d m en will have to I p u t very few p o litical sh o u ld e rs b e h in d it. In re la tio n to a co m ­ w a n t to . We m u s t d e m a n d fro m m en th a t th e y ta k e e q u a l res­ p e titiv e jo b m a rk e t th e q u e stio n o f eq u al p ay a n d o p p o rtu n itie s p o n sib ility in th e h o m e , in lo o k in g a fte r c h ild re n , a n d in u p ­ fo r w o m en aro u ses a n ta g o n ism fro m m a n y m e n ; it will re d u c e grading th e s ta tu s a n d p ay o f e m p lo y m e n t a t p re s e n t d o m in a te d even f u r th e r th e p o ssib ilities th e y alre a d y have f o r im p ro v e m e n t u nw illingly b y w om en . la n d p ro m o tio n , e x p a n d th e field o f c o m p e titio n ; it also brings T h a t k in d o f d e m a n d o n m e n to be eq u a l w ith w o m en , w ith it th e th r e a t th a t a n y field in w h ich w o m e n are e m p lo y e d p aralleled w ith th e d e m a n d b y w o m en fo r th e rig h t to be eq u al te n d s to be low -paid, a n d m a n y m en p ro b a b ly feel th a t a large to m en a lte rs th e e m p h asis o f th e a rg u m e n t. It is n o t as th o u g h in flu x o f w o m en in to an y s e c to r o f e m p lo y m e n t will k e e p wages th ere is so m e n a tu ra l ‘m ale ’ given sta n d a rd o r c ach e w hich d o w n , ra th e r th a n p u sh th e m u p . T h e u n d e rly in g rea so n s fo r w o m en w a n t th e ir sh are of. In an e c o n o m ic sy ste m b ased o n I th is fe a r are real, a n d ste m fro m th e d iffe re n t e c o n o m ic a n d and feed in g o f f in e q u a litie s b e tw e e n g r o u p s - o n th e e x p lo ita tio n social ro les w h ich m en a n d w o m en have. T re a te d a s e c o n o m ic o f m en a t w o rk , o f w o m en a t w o rk a n d a t h o n je , o f-im m ig ra n L ^ ally su b o rd in a te , w o m e n ’s sp ecial ro le as w ives a n d m o th e rs w o r k e r s - a real d e m a n d fo r e q u a lity acro ss - th tf b o a rd w o u ld I m akes th e m u n reliab le as e m p lo y ee s, p re d o m in a n tly d e p e n d e n t m ean to t a l al^ h ti(7 ff d f th e pf6senVsyste'iTr3~nd4ts--replacem ent Io n m e n , a n d th u s gives e m p lo y e rs an ex c u se to p a y th e m less / ~ ~ w h ich " e q u a litv ^ w a s a real p o litic a l fact-ex te n d in g an d m ake n io re p r o f it fro m th e ir la b o u r. M ore d e lic a te a. in to every a re a o f p e o p le s’ lives. 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T o m o re to p jo b s a n d e x e c u tiv e s p o sitio n s is n o ^ u t o m a t i c ^ a r f f i ju dge by th e effectiv en ess o f th e R ace R e la tio n s A c t in s to p p in g tee th a t th e y will m ak e ‘b e tte r ’ d ecisio n s th a n th e m en alread y d isc rim in a tio n o n g ro u n d s o f ra c e, very little —u n less, th a t is, it th e re . T h a t is n o t to say th a t w o m e n sh o u ld n o t have th e rig h t is c o n siste n tly a n d v io len tly ch allen g ed . T h e Bill in itse lf is n o to re a c h th o se p o sitio n s, b u t th a t w o m e n ’s ab se n c e fro m th e m so lu tio n , a n d in d eed , in its p re s e n t vague w o rd in g , can be n o d o es n o t m ean th a t we th in k th e y ’re n ecessarily w o rth preserv­ real so lu tio n fo r th e c o m p le x o f s itu a tio n s in w h ic h w o m en are ing. T o q u o te A u d re y Wise again, ‘I’m n o t in w o m e n ’s lib e ra tio n | o p p ressed a n d e x p lo ite d . 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In th e o ry , th e re fo re , ly so o n ; it has g o t in creasin g s u p p o r t fro m m em b e rs o f all gay m en a n d w om en c o u ld use it to ch allen g e d is c rim in a tio n p a rlia m e n ta ry p a rtie s; w o m e n ’s o rg a n isa tio n s have b ee n cam ­ ag ainst th e m , n o t b ecause o f th e ir biolo g ical sex , b u t b e cau se o f p aigning fo r s u p p o rt. M ore a n d m o re o fficia l b o d ies are c o n c e rn -| the social sexual ro le th e y have ch o sen . ed to p o in t o u t areas o f d isc rim in a tio n ag a in st w o m e n ; th e W om en have lo n g been k e p t in th e ir place by b eing given H ouse o f L o rd s select c o m m itte e w h ich is lo o k in g in to d iscrim i­ th e d o u b tfu l c o m p lim e n t o f b ein g ‘d iffe re n t b u t e q u a l’. A s n a tio n h as b e e n flo o d e d w ith ev id en c e. T h e q u e stio n is w h e th e r A u d rey Wise, sh o p w o rk e rs’ lead er, a n d L a b o u r P a rlia m en ta ry w o m en w o rk o u t th e b e st w ay to u se th e Bill, o r w h e th e r it will c a n d id a te fo r C o v e n try , h as said a t a n u m b e r o f p u b lic m eetin g s be th e Bill th a t u ses us fo r m o re e ffic ie n t p ro d u c tiv e la b o u r, to discuss the Bill a n d its im p lic a tio n s, ‘D o n ’t b e m isled in to w hich fin d s m o re e ffic ie n t w ays to e x p lo it us. T h e in te re s ts o f th in k in g th a t e q u a lity is an a b s tra c tio n ’. T h e co ro lla ry to th e p ro fite e rs w on t d isa p p e a r in a fr o th o f b en ev o le n c e to w a rd s w om en are d iffe re n t b u t e q u a l' a rg u m e n t is th e aggressive 'I f th e fa ir sex ; we have b e en o b je c ts fo r lo n g e n o u g h n o t to be y o u w an t e q u a lity th e n y o u ’ll have to go d o w n th e m ines, fight o b liv io u s to th e possib ilities.

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N o A m erican p o litic ia n has su ffere d so m u c h fro m th e tr u th as R ichard N ix o n ; n o n e has b een so h u rt o r R esponded so fiercely to in te rfe re n c e o f tr u th in th e co u rse o f his career. H e has n o t been m u ch b o th e re d . T h e A m erican m ed ia, as w ith m ed ia ev ery ­ w here, th in k s o f ‘tr u th ’ as a m a tte r o f te x t-b o o k an d n o te b o o k efficien cy an d a c c u ra c y ; if th e q u o te re ad s as it w as sp o k e n , if th e film has b een e d ite d in a c c o rd a n c e w ith h o u se s ty le ,th e m ain business o f th e d ay has been se ttle d an d a sp e e d y a d jo u rn m e n t to th e nearest b a r can be u n d e rta k e n . W ider m a tte rs o f tr u th in ­ volve th e p o sitio n in g o f c u rre n t affa irs w ith in a sch em e o f his­ to ric a l in te rp re ta tio n , a p ra c tic e w h ich re p o rte rs ev ery w h ere hold in th e d e e p e st c o n te m p t as a sp ecies o f d ile tta n tism . Several tr u th s are, h ow ev er, self-ev id en t in th e re la tio n sh ip b e tw e e n N ix o n an d th e n a tio n a l m ed ia. T h e y d e te s t e a c h o th e r w ith all th e sp ittin g violen ce o f w arrin g c a ts fo r w h o m th e m o u n ta in is to o sm all. T h e m ed ia h as b e e n try in g to p u t N ix o n o u t o f bu sin ess since 1 9 5 2 , w h e n th e y g o t a fte r h im o v e r his co r­ ru p tio n o f th e R ep u b lican P a rty in C alifo rn ia. T w e n ty y e ars o f a c rim o n y in w h ich no low d eed h as b een s tin te d seem a b o u t to c o n clu d e w ith R ich ard N ix o n p u ttin g o u t o f b u sin ess m o st o f his en em ies in th e A m erican m edia. T h e sto ry o f th e N ix o n a d m in is tra tio n ’s a tta c k o n th e liberal new sp ap ers - especially th e ‘N ew Y o rk T im es, th e ‘W ashington P o st’ an d th e ‘B o sto n G lo b e ’ - has b ee n rec ite d m a n y tim e s in E u ro p e. T h e o p e n in g volley s w ere fired b y S p iro A gnew in th e 1968 cam p aign w h en , a c tin g as v e n trilo q u is t’s d o ll to his m a ste r’s s e n tim e n ts, th e V ice P re sid e n t-to -b e claim ed th a t th e R ep u b lican cam paign w as su ffe rin g an u n fa ir b esm irc h in g fro m th e ‘e ffe te sn o b s’ o f th e liberal m ed ia w h o so u g h t th e p o w e r o f se lf-a p p o in te d a rb itra tio n o v er a ffa irs o f s ta te . T h e press an d th e a d m in is tra tio n ran in to m a jo r o p e n c o n flic t in 1969 w ith th e p u b lic a tio n , by th e ‘N ew Y o rk T im es’ a n d th e ‘W ash in g to n P o st’ o f th e P en tag o n P apers, w h ic h th e a d m in is tra tio n tried to su p p ress th ro u g h ap p eal to th e S u p re m e C o u rt o f th e U S. In th e last y e a r o r so, th e a tta c k o n th e p ress h as ta k e n th e fo rm o f im p riso n in g jo u rn a lis ts w h o refu se to reveal th e ir so u rce s to th e c o u rts (th e case o f D aniel E llsberg b ein g th e m o st p ro m in e n t o f th ese trials). In th e face o f su ch a c tiv ity fro m th e W hite H o u se, to g e th e r w ith th e h a ra ssm e n t o f re p o rte rs b y m e m b e rs o f th e e x e c u tiv e and d am ag in g g o v ern m en t in te rfe re n c e in th e d ealin g s o f th e p a p e rs’ m a n a g e m e n ts w ith th e ir tra d e u n io n s an d d is trib u to rs , th e press in th e US is in d isp u ta b ly ru n n in g scared . T h e m ain th ru s t o f th e a d m in is tra tio n ’s a tta c k o n telev isio n is d ire c te d to w a rd th e n a jo r n e tw o rk s - N BC, CBS a n d A BC th e ir o ffic e s in N ew Y o rk , a n d th e ir p o w e r in th e 5 8 9 n e tw o rk affilia te d local s ta tio n s th r o u g h o u t th e n a tio n w h ic h ta k e an d b ro a d c a s t th e n e tw o rk s ’ c u rre n t a ffa irs sh o w s. N ix o n alw ay s believed th a t he w as ch e a te d o u t o f th e P resid e n c y in 1 9 6 0 b y th e u n fa v o u ra b le sh o w in g th a t he m ad e o n telev isio n c o m p a re d w ith K e n n e d y . He fe lt th a t he h ad b een se t-u p ; he an d his colleagues w ere ra ttle d by th e C BS coverage o f th e W aterg ate sp y in g a ffa ir a n d th e c o rru p tio n w ith in th e 1972 w h e a t n e g o t­ ia tio n s w ith th e S oviet U n io n . T h e m a jo r strik e ag ain st th e n e t­ w o rk s w as u nveiled a m a tte r o f w e e k s a fte r th e e le c tio n last O c to b e r an d o n ly d ay s b e fo re th e A m e ric a n s b egan th e ir d en sest and m o st m u rd e ro u s b o m b in g o f N o rth V ie tn a m . A t th e b eg in n in g o f D e ce m b er, N ix o n a p p o in te d C lay T. W h iteh ead , aged 3 4 , as d ir e c to r o f th e W hite H o u se O ffic e o f T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n s P olicy . W h ite h e a d ’s first a c t. d eliv ered in a sp eech in In d ia n o p o lis, w as to a n n o u n c e th e a d m in is tra tio n ’s in­ te n tio n o f b rin g in g a bill b e fo re C o n g ress b y w h ic h s ta tio n m an ­ agers w o u ld b e h eld resp o n sib le fo r excesses o f ‘liberal b ia s’ o r 'id e o lo g ic a l p lu g o la’ as W h iteh ead te rm e d it. S ta tio n m an ag ers fo u n d g u ilty o f bias w o u ld ru n th e risk o f re v o c a tio n o f th e ir s ta tio n licences. T h e e ffe c t o f th is a n n o u n c e m e n t w as im m e d ia te a n d sta rtlin g T h e n e tw o rk s , k n o w in g th a t th e ir fin an cial se c u rity d e p e n d s o n re tain in g th e c o n tr a c ts o f th e a ffilia te d sta tio n s , have w ith d ra w n su p p o rt fo r new s o r d o c u m e n ta ry w o rk w h ic h m ig h t e n d a n g er th e s ta tu s o f th e local s ta tio n m an ag ers. T h e last m a jo r d o c u ­ m e n ta ry to carry an undisg u ised a tta c k o n a p o litic al o ffic e w as C BS’ ‘A ttic a ’ film , m ad e a y e a r a fte r th e p o lice h ad fire d o n th e p riso n e rs in A ttic a ja il, a n d a film th a t w as d e e p ly critic a l o f G o v e rn o r R o c k e fe lle r’s p a rt in ev en ts. N o t least o f th e reaso n s th a t th e A m erican p o p u la tio n w as sile n t o v er th e re n ew e d b o m ­ b in g o f N o rth V ie tn a m o v er C h ristm a s w as th e silen ce o f th e n e tw o rk s. In o n e sw o o p th e a d m in is tra tio n had passed a m u zzle o f fe a r o v e r th e n e tw o rk s ’ sen sitiv e s n o u t.

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M o vies lik e S o ld ier B lue a n d L ittle Big M an h a ve e x p lo r e d th e a tr o c itie s c o m m it­ te d a gainst In d ia n s d u rin g th e last c e n tu r y , a n d a s y n d ic a te d n ew sp a p er c o lu m n has c o m p a re d th e S a n d C reek M assacre o f 1 8 6 4 to M y Lai. Is In d ia n h is to r y being re viv e d as a w ay o f u n d e rsta n d in g w h a t's h a p p e n in g in A m e ric a to d a y ? I guess so m e th in g like th a t is g o in g on. B ut th is is th e w h ite m a n ’s p ro b le m a n d it’s h ard to g e t involved fo r In d ian s. If y o u ’re an In d ian , y o u a u to m a tic a lly have w h a t th e m a jo rity o f A m erican s w o u ld p ro b a b ly th in k o f as a ‘d is to rte d ’ view o f U S h is to ry . Y o u see th e In d ia n W ars n o t as so m e k in d o f g ran d a d v e n tu re w ith bugles b lo w in g a n d all th a t, b u t as th e first fo reig n w ar in A m erican h isto ry . W hen th e US cam e charging across th e c o n tin e n t, it w as n o t s o m e th in g th a t had to d o w ith M an ifest D estin y o r a n y th in g m y stica l like th a t. I t w as to c re ate an em p ire. T h e goal w as th e lan d a n d th e w e a lth a tta c h e d to it. In d ia n s w ere in th e w ay. A lo t o f th e m , in clu d in g villages o f w o m en a n d c h ild re n , g o t w ip ed o u t. It w asn’t a n a c c id e n t, it w as g e n o c id e . ...T h e w o rst o f it is th a t th is c o u n tr y still h asn ’t o w n e d u p to w h a t it d id . M aybe th a t’s w h y it k eep s d o in g it all o v er again.

EVEN ITS MYTHS ARE DEAD’ ‘The tirst Americans are the most deprived and most isolated m inority group in our nation. On virtually every scale o f measurement—em ploym ent, incom e, education, h e a lth -th e condition o f the Indian people ranks at the b ottom ’. Richard N ixon may make such statem ents but he’s doing nothing to make life better. American Indians are tired o f waiting and have start­ ed taking the situation into their ow n hands (Wounded Knee, Colorado). They have their own newspaper called ‘Ackwesasne N otes’ published eight times a year. The follow ing interview w ith Vine Deloria is taken from the current issue. He is the author o f ‘Custer Died for Your Sins’ and ‘We Talk, You Listen’, both o f which discuss the role o f the native peoples in white America. He has been working as special counsel to the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado, on the special problems o f re-establishing terminated tribes, i He is interviewed by Peter Collier.

In C u ste r D ied fo r Y o u r Sins y o u say, ‘W hat In d ia n s n e e d m o s t is a c u ltu ra l leave-us-alone a g re e m e n t in sp irit a n d in fa ct. W hat e x a c tly d id y o u m e a n ? P a rtly , 1 h a d in m in d th e a n th ro p o lo g ists , m issio n aries, a n d o th e r frie n d s w h o ’ve b e e n sw arm in g all o v er us a n d o u r reserve tio n s fo r g e n e ra tio n s an d g u id in g o u r lives. B ut in a larg er w ay , I w as th in k in g o f th e leg islatio n , th e p o licies an d p ro g ram s th a t a re th ro w n a t u s b y C ongress. T h e y ’re n o t m a d e to h elp In d ian p e o p le , a lth o u g h th a t’s w h a t ev e ry b o d y is to ld . T h e y ’re a c tu a lly m ad e to p u t c e rta in w h ite c u ltu ra l c h a ra c te ristic s in to a p ro c e ss th a t is m e a n t to cha n g e In d ian s. T h e issue b e c o m e s h o w th e y can g et us in to th e m a in stre a m an d m a k e us n e u ro tic as m id d le-class w hites.

S o y o u w a n t to see In d ia n s th e m se lv e s ta k in g re s p o n sib ility f o r th e d ir e c tio n o f In d ia n p o lic y ? O b v io u sly , a lth o u g h th e w o rd ’re sp o n sib i­ lity ’ b o th e r s m e a little . U su ally , w h e n W ash in g to n says th in g s lik e In d ia n s sh o u ld be ‘m o re re sp o n sib le ’ an d ‘have m o re c o n tr o l o v e r th e ir o w n lives’ th e y have in m in d little p id d lin g a d m in is tra tiv e fu n c tio n s th a t d o n ’t m ean a n y th in g . P e o p le a re alw ay s ta lk in g a b o u t h o w

‘c o m p le x ’ th e In d ia n scen e is. B ut a c tu a lly , w h at w e n e e d is real s im p le - a re c o g n itio n b y th e F e d e ra l G o v e rn m e n t th a t In d ian trib e s are sovereign n a tio n s as g u a ra n te e d in th e h u n d re d s o f tre a tie s th a t w ere m a d e an d b ro k e n , a n d th a t y o u can ’t in te rfe re w ith o u r p ro p e r ty rig h ts, life s ty le s ,o r a n y th in g th a t is im p o rta n t to us. ...T h a t is w h ere th e re a l crisis is, n o t in giving In d ia n s ‘in creased re sp o n sib ility ’, as th e p h rase goes.

W hat co u rse s h o u ld th e G o v e rn m e n t f o llo w f o r e c o n o m ic d e v e lo p m e n t o n th e rese rv a tio n s? T h e re are m o re th a n 3 0 0 In d ia n trib e s in th e c o u n try . M aybe 3 0 o f th e m -N a v a jo s , S io u x , e tc ., have th e p o p u la tio n , size, an d p o te n tia l fo r d e v e lo p m e n t. T h e re s h o u ld b e a revolving lo a n fu n d fo r th e m , a n d e v e n tu a lly th e y ’d g e n e ra te a b u d g e t th e tr ib e c o u ld live u n c k r self-su fficien tly . A s fa r as th e o th e r trib e s are c o n c e rn e d , th e y ’re m a in ly sm all a n d p o o r, w ith o u t m u c h in th e w ay o f re so u rc e s a n d lan d . B ut th e re are h u n d re d s o f th o u s a n d s o f d o lla rs sp e n t ev ery y e a r stu d y in g In d ia n s, h aving c o n fe re n ce s, a n d all th a t n o n sen se. T h is m o n e y sh o u ld b e c o lle c te d a n d p u t in to a g ra n t fu n d a n d g iven o u trig h t to th e sm all trib e s so th e y c a n g e t going...

W hat a b o u t th e B ureau o f In d ia n A ffa irs? I t is o n e o f th e m o s t c ritic ize d agencies in g o v e rn m e n t, th e o n e p e o p le p ic k o u t as th e e p ito m e o f th e G o v e rn m e n t bureaucracy, fille d w ith p a tern a lism , in c o m p e te n c e , a n d even m alice. H o w d o y o u see it? A lo t o f w h a t is said a b o u t it is tru e ...B u t d e sp ite all its flaw s, th e BIA is so m eth in g In d ian p e o p le are a m b iv a le n t a b o u t. R e­ m em b e r, th e y are v ery w o rried a b o u t te r m i n a ti o n - th e en d in g by leg islatio n o f F e d e ra l services and th e tr u s t re la tio n sh ip . If th e B u reau w ere ju s t d o n e a w ay w ith , as som e o f o u r w h ite frie n d s w a n t, th e n In d ian s w o u ld be a b so lu te ly w ith o u t p ro ­ S p e a k in g o f th e w a y In d ia n s h a ve b e c o m e te c tio n ...T h e p e o p le w h o g e t all h o t fa sh io n a b le, in We T alk ; Y o u L isten y o u a b o u t th e BIA an d b lam e it fo r ev ery ­ sa y th a t y o u fe e l th e In d ia n trib e is c o m ­ th in g fo rg e t th a t it d o e sn ’t really m ake in g b a c k as th e m o d e l f o r f u t u r e so c ia l org a n iza tion . W hy? p o l i c y ... ...T h e p o in t is th a t ‘w h ite s o c ie ty ’ is b re a k in g d o w n all a ro u n d us. It c a n ’t o ff e r p e o p le s u p p o rt a n y m o re ; ev en its m y t h s - l ik e th e m e ltin g p o t—a re d ead . P eo p le a re reg ro u p in g . T h e In d ia n trib e is th e logical m o d e l b eca u se it alw a y s a llo w e d th e in d iv id u al d ig n ity a n d also id e n tity as p a rt o f a larger b o d y , so th a t h e d o e sn ’t h ave to live fo r h im se lf alo n e. B u t a lo t o f In d ia n p e o p le c o m p la in a b o u t U S Indian Population trib a l g o v e r n m e n ts as w e ll as th e B IA , calling th e m ‘p u p p e t c o u n c ils ’ a n d charg­ ing th a t th e y 'r e u n d e r th e th u m b o f th e B ureau a n d o th e r in te re sts a n d n o t repre­ s e n ta tiv e o f In d ia n p e o p le p e r se. W hat d o e s th is m ea n to th e progress [ o f th e In d ia n tr ib e s /? W hen y o u w o rk inside In d ian A ffairs, y o u k n o w e x a c tly w h ich co u n c ils are p u p p e ts an d w h ic h a re n ’t. W hen I w as e x ec u tiv e d ir e c to r o f th e N a tio n a l C ongress o f A m erican In d ian s, I c o u ld sit d o w n o n a n y given issue an d ch eck o f f a lm o st e x a c tly w h ic h trib e s w o u ld b e fo r it an d w h ich w o u ld n ’t be. In d ian A ffa irs is a sm all w o rld an d p re tty q u ic k y o u k n o w w h o ’s in so m e b o d y ’s p o c k e t ... In th is b o o k , y o u also say, ‘F o r th e w h ite m a n to c o n tin u e to e x ist, h e m u s t a d o p t a to ta l In d ia n w a y o f l i fe .' A s id e fr o m th is so cia l re o rg a n iza tio n to w a r d tribalism , w h a t d id y o u h ave in m in d ? T h e fa c t th a t w e’re all in tro u b le . T h e re ’s g o t to b e a re c o g n itio n th a t y o u can ’t go o n an d o n e x p lo itin g th e e a rth . I’m ta lk in g a b o u t a n in sig h t th a t g o es fu r th e r

th a n th e c u rr e n t eco lo g y m o v e m e n t, fu r th e r th a n re c y c lin g o ld n e w sp ap ers an d th a t s o rt o f th in g . T h ere’s g o t to b e a re tu rn to so m e k in d o f m e an in g fu l re la tio n sh ip w ith n a tu ra l th in g s, su ch as In d ia n s have h a d ... T h is c o u n tr y sh o u ld b e a p p re c ia te d fo r n o t its g o v e rn m e n t o r a n y o f th a t, b u t fo r itself. T h e re ’s g o t to b e a re th in k in g o f h o w th e p ro c e ss o f life a ffe c ts th e land,

in th e w ay th a t e v ery a sp e c t o f In d ia n life—fro m g o v e rn m e n t to e c o lo g y —w as w h a t y o u m ig h t call eco lo g ical. T h e fr o n tie r th e w h ite s k illed In d ia n s to get a t is all g o n e n o w ... T h e re ’s g o t to b e an o w n in g u p —n o t ju s t say in g In d ia n s w ere rig h t, an d w h ite s w ere w ro n g , b u t an u n d e rs ta n d in g th a t th e e a rth , o r n a tu re , o r w h a te v e r y o u w a n t to call it, can ’t sta n d th e g reed a n d e x p lo ita tio n w h ich are b u ilt in to A nglo v alu es ...

T h is trib a lism w e w ere ta lk in g a b o u t is o n e w ay to begin to re b u ild th in g s. T h ere h as to b e an all o u t e ff o rt to h u m a n iz e life a n d b rin g b a c k th e In d ia n sense o f w h a t real c o m m u n ity is ... I t ’s iro n ic, b u t a fte r all th is tim e , w h ite A m erica is n o t o n ly goin g to fin ally h ave to reco g n ize th a t In d ia n s are h e re to sta y , b u t if it’s sm a rt, it w ill also s ta rt to s tu d y th e m fo r k n o w led g e a b o u t h o w to live.

There is ho fixed subscription rate to ‘Ackwesasne N otes’. But that doesn’t mean that the paper is fre e it is supported by the readers in the Indian way. That means some people have lots o f money, others have none I f you want the paper, they will gladly send it to you. A n d i f you can help with the costs-or the other necessary things-they will appreciate it. They give what they can, y o u give what yo u ca n -th a t’s the Indian way. make it work. The address is ’Ackwesasne N otes’, Mohawk Nation via Rooseveltown, N ew York 13683, USA 'Ackwesasne N otes’ is a member o f the American Indian Press Association (AIPA) and the Underground Press Syndicate (UPS) and is published twoce each season (eight times a year).

'ONE OF OUR SATELLITES IS MISSING...' A g ro u p o f te le p h o n e frea k s in a n o rth e rn E u ro p e a n c a p ital c ity is claim ing to have d iv erte d a c o m m u n ic a tio n s sa te llite fro m its fix e d o rb ita l tra je c to ry a n d , th e re fo re , to have re n d e re d th e sa te llite irrecoverable. ■The d e a d ly w e a p o n w h ic h w as used to sh o o t th e sate llite d o w n w as n o m o re th a n a sta n d a rd E u ro p e a n d o m e stic te le p h o n e . T h e satellite, o n e o f a b o u t 14 o w n ed a n d o p e ra te d b y th e C O M SA T c o rp o r a t­ ion o f W ashington D C, h a d , u n til its u n tim e ly d em ise, carrie d c o m m u n ic a tio n s fro m a S o u th A fric an relay s ta tio n to A sia a n d A u stralia fro m its p e rc h o v er M ada­ gascar. T h e sto ry c o u ld b e all lies. T h e freak s a re u n w illin g to e x p o se th em selv es to e x ­ a m in a tio n ; it has p ro v ed im p o ssib le to raise c o m m e n t fro m th e C O M SA T C o r­ p o ra tio n in W ashington. B u t th e s to ry as to th e m ean s a n d te c h ­ n iq u e s b y w h ich th e sa te llite w as sh o t d o w n is, p erh a p s, m o re fa sc in a tin g th a n a n y m u n d a n e c o n sid e ra tio n s o f w h e th e r o r n o t th e su p p o se d ev en t has o c c u rre d . B ecause, if th is in fo rm a tio n fo llo w in g is c o rre c t, it b e co m e s a m a tte r o f in d iffe r­ en ce w h e th e r o r n o t th e sa te llite sy stem has y e t b e en ta m p e re d w ith ; it seem s th a t th e e n tire n e tw o rk is m assively v u ln erab le a n d th a t th e d e s tru c tio n c o u ld b egin an y tim e. S a te llite s have b e c o m e critic a l to th e flo w o f th e m a n y fo rm s o f in fo rm a tio n , m o re an d less in n o c e n t, b y w h ic h w e ste rn social sy ste m s are m a in ta in e d a n d su p p o r­ te d . A p a rt fro m c a rry in g th e b u lk o f d o m ­ e stic a n d co m m e rc ia l in te rn a tio n a l tele ­ p h o n e an d te le x in fo rm a tio n , th e satellites also tra n sm it, fo r e x a m p le , p ro d u c tio n p ro cess c o n tro l in fo rm a tio n . A p ro d u c tio n c o m p a n y in, say, P itts b u rg h m ay o w n a m ill in L ancashire. In th is im ag in ary case, th e a c c o u n tin g a n d ex ec u tiv e o ffic e s w ill b e c o n c e n tra te d in P itts b u rg h an d th e vital p ro d u c tio n d e cisio n s an d plan s m ad e in th e se o ffic es w ill be tra n s m itte d via sa tellite te le m e try to th e la th e s in L ancashire. T h e sa te llite s also carry a m assive var­ ie ty o f d isc re e t o r classified in fo rm a tio n . In te rn a tio n a l p o lice o u tf its are d e p e n d e n t o n th e satellites, as are th e n a tio n a l/in te r­ n a tio n a l a n d ‘m ilita ry b lo c ’ d e fe n c e sys­ te m s; th u s to o , m issile c o n tro l a n d d e ­ te c tio n sy stem s. T h e in fo rm a tio n w h ic h th e sa te llite s c arry is re la y ed to th e m fro m fix ed p o in t s ta tio n s a ro u n d th e p la n e t a n d f u r th e r tr a n s m itte d to fix e d p o in t receiving sta tio n s. A ll th e sp ecies o f in fo rm a tio n m e n tio n e d above are tr a n s m itte d in a single p a th to th e sa te llite fro m th e relay s ta tio n s lik e G o o n h illy D ow n in E n g lan d . In o rd e r to am a lg a m a te th e se p a ra te k in d s

o f in fo rm a tio n su c h th a t it can all b e tra n s­ m itte d in a single p a th , a single ‘language’ has to b e c re a te d a t th e tra n sm ittin g s ta t­ ion. T h is m ean s th a t th e se p a ra te stra n d s o f in fo rm a tio n b u st be tra n sla te d o r ‘m u ltip le x e d ’ acro ss a single in te rfa c e in th e relay s ta tio n ’s c o m p u te rs. O ne m o re fo rm o f in fo rm a tio n w h ich e n te rs th e m u ltip le x in g , a lo n g w ith all th e te le p h o n e a n d te le x m ate ria l is th e c o n tro l in fo rm a tio n fo r th e sa te llite itself. T h e sa te llite m u st b e m a in ta in e d in its o rb it w ith c o n s ta n t b alan c e, p itc h a n d tra c k , a n d so n a rro w is th e p a th o f im p u lses th a t th e relay s ta tio n p u ts o u t th a t, to rem ain u sefu l, th e sa te llite m u st b e held in p o sitio n to w ith in 3 o r 4% o f th e ‘line o f sight’ o f th e tra n sm itte rs. T h u s th e tra n sm itte rs are c o n s ta n tly sen d in g im ­ p ulses to th e sa te llite w h ich o rd e r it to fire its je ts o n o n e side o r th e o th e r as it m oves th ro u g h space. A n d , to re p e a t, th is in fo rm a tio n goes in to th e m u ltip le x ­ ing fa cility alo n g w ith all th e o th e r s th a t th e sate llite is in te n d e d to relay . T h e h y p o th e s is w h ic h seem s to have g o verned th e w o rk o f th e L u d d ite tele ­ p h o n e fre ak s w h o claim to have sh o t d o w n th e M adagascan sa te llite w as, th a t if it w as n o t p o ssib le to learn th e language o f im ­ p u lses b y w h ich th e sa te llite ’s flig h t w as c o n tro lle d , it w o u ld be a sim p le m a tte r to d is ru p t th e c o n tro l sy ste m b y te le p h o n e . I f in fo rm a tio n n o rm ally m u ltip le x e d o n ‘C h an n el A ’ is receiv ed th ro u g h ‘C h an n el B’ o n th e in te rfa c e , it c a n n o t be c o n tro l­ led. T h e fre a k s g o t access to ‘C h an n el A ’, th e c h a n n e l o f c o n tro llin g im p u lses fo r th e sate llite an d th e ch a n n e l to w h ich th e y h ad n o n o rm a l access, b y feed in g th e language o f ‘C h an n el A ’ d o w n th e te le ­ p h o n e , i.e. ‘C h an n el B’ th e c h a n n e l th a t th e y d id c o n tro l — as w e all d o . T h u s th e y w ere ab le to in s tru c t th e sa te llite to go o f f co u rse, w h ich is th e e q u iv a le n t o f tellin g it to d e stro y itself. As o n e o f th e g e n tle m e n fre a k s said, ‘T h e m in d boggles a t th e p o te n tia l p o w er th a t is d e tiv e d fro m th e k in d s o f te le ­ m e try k n o w led g e th a t w e’re g e ttin g in to . In d u s try , d efen c e sy stem s, th e p o lice — th e y ’re all e q u a lly v u ln erab le. T h e tro u b le is, w e d o n ’t really k n o w h o w to use o u r p o w e r y e t. So far, it’s all b e e n a m a tte r o f faery m isch ief, a d e lig h t a t p la y in g w ith a new m ech a n ism , a b it like learn in g to drive a c a r w h e n y o u d riv e fo r th e h ell o f it a t first, a n d o n ly la te r learn h o w to use it to its b e st e ffe c t. T h e g reat th in g is th a t, w ith th is la te st a d v e n tu re , th e p e o p le in ­ volved really w ere d e n y in g th o s e a rticle s o f tra in in g w h ic h te ll y o u th a t y o u c an ’t d e s tro y so m e th in g w ith o u t p u ttin g so m e­ th in g in its place. T h e y w ere sim p ly say ­ ing, “ Well, le t’s d e stro y it a n y w a y .” ’

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CATALOGUE Commencing with the next issue, the Mail Order Section is to be considerably enlarged and improved and will become available as an entirely separate entity—The OZ Mail Order Catalogue. Only certain selected items will appear in the magazine itself. Primarily, we are publishing the catalogue to limit the amount of space and increasing number o f pages that the Mail Order Section currently requires, but in addition we intend to expand what we hope has proved to be a useful service for OZ readers, especially those living at a distance from London and other major cities. The catalogue will attempt to cater for as broad a spectrum of readers as possible, and to do this, of course, we’ll need feedback. We want to know your likes and dislikes and welcome your suggestions for new inclusions to the catalogue, and ways in which you’d like to see the service expanded. Depending on the level o f incoming mail, I will endeavour to answer queries and problems personally, and any correspondence that seems to be o f particular interest will be reproduced in the magazine. Finally, as no doubt some of you are aware, we have en countered problems of availability in the past. Although these problems are always lik e ly ^ ^ J o arise (due, I’m happy to say, to the increasing numbers o f^ ^ M jj^ k r e a d e r s who use the Mail Order Service) we hope to minimise these risks in future by a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ th o r o u g h check on the holding of larger all sources and stocks. . King Bruce.

G ^M atlOrder(3 atalo®ie This highly unlikely story should be propping up every bookshelf -fast, furious, fantasy. 30p + lO p p ip . ★ 25. ‘Survival Scrapbook (Part 3 ) - Access to Tools' by Williams /Munro (Unicom) This, No.3 of the survival scrapbook series horn the Unicom Foundation, deals out an enormous crosssection of designs, ideas, and constructional data and lists material availability for most anything you’d want to get into, plus a recommended list for further investigation. Father William does it again. £1.25+ 12p p&p.

T-SHIRTS & VESTS i f OZ Trill Honey bunch Veit mustard on yellow. i f OZ Triil Rupert Vest black on blue. i f OZ Famous Elephant Vest blue and red on orange. Sorry medium sizes only and harry dwindlers. i f OZ Conspirator T-shirt i f Male Chauvinist Pig T-shirt i f Mickey Stardust T-shirt in medium and large sizes. T-shirts £1.25 + lOp p i p Vests 80p + 8p p ip .

BOOKS ★ 1. ‘The Diary of i Drug Fiend' by Aleister Crowley (Sphere): The Beast's private papers. Not for squeamish readers. 45p + lOp p ip . ★ 2.The Complete Guide to Growing Marijuana’ by David Fleming It’s cheaper, it’s heal­ thier and it's completely illegal. 40p + 8p p ip . ★ 3. ‘The Famfly’: Charles Manson's Dune Buggy Attack Battalion by Ed Sanders (Hart Davis) You ve probably read some of the extracts in OZ 40. A terrifying slice by slice account of the Manson Murders. Psychedelic fascism incarnate. £2.50+ 1 5 p p ip . i f 4. ‘Knots by R D Laing (Penguin) Tricky games for in­ quisitive hippies by smart-alec Ronny. Hours of fun-am aze your friends and expand your biceps. 25p + 5p p i p . ★ 5. 'Pictorial Key to the Tarot’ A.E. Waite Designed and written for use with the Waite Tarot pack (see Udder S tu ff)-In paper back at last. £1.00+ 1Op p&p. ★ 6. ‘The Strange Case or Pot’ Mike Schofield (Pelican/Penguin) Strange indeed. A book worth reading if you’re seriously in­ terested in the legalisation of marijuana. 30p + 8p p ip . ★ 7. ‘Speed’ by William Burroughs Jnr (Sphere) William’s jangling nightmare of urban paranoia under the weight of the demon speed. Pass the valium, father. 30p + 8p p ip .

★ 8. ‘The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test’ by Tom Wolfe (Bantam) No comment. When you have nothing to say it’s better to say nothing. 30p + 9. Narcotic Plants’ by William Emboden (Studio Vista) Large hard back book, fully illustrated, with pages o f lull colour photographs. Re­ viewed in Ox 42. £2.80 + 30p p*pi f 10. The Book of Ceremony’ by Clem Gorman (Whole Earth Tools). The story of what’s been so lamentably forgotten. The living art of participation; ‘for the spectator shall become the actor . Sensitive and demand­

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ing. 50p + 5p p ip . i f 11. Leaves of Grass’ by Haasan I Sabbah (Unicom). Full of stuff on your favourite weed, cultivation, preparation and plenty of recipes. 50p + 5p p ip . ★ 12. ‘Domebook T An Ameri­ can soft back containing every­ thing you will ever need to know (or forget) about domes. Strictly for dome freaks. £2.10 + 8p p i p ★ 13. ‘Projective Ornaments’ by Claude Bragdon (Unicom) Amazing new forms and designs for the architectural artist. This book could transform your home environment. 90p + 8p P&P . i f 14. Living on Earth by Alicia Bay Laurel (Vintage) A freaky, personal scrapbook of celebrations, storm warnings, formulas, recipes, rumours and country dances. Crazy and infor­ mative. £1.90 + 15p p ip . i f 15. ‘Massage Book’ by George Downing (Random House) Communication without words - a beautiful extension of sexuality-everything you need to about massage ... and more. £1.90 + 15p p ip . ★ 1 6 .‘Dylan- A Commemora­ tion’ by Stephen Pickering (Book People). Forget boring A J Weberman and his garbage can exploits. Here is an author who really knows his subject and who has produced an extra­ ordinary selection of reports, facts, data and speculation on Bobby Dylan. An excellent book £1.05 + 8p p ip . ★ 17. ‘Shots’ edited by David Fenton (Academy) The camera never lies. The American way of life and death captured in black and white. A beautiful book of photographs from the American underground press, compiled by Liberation News Service. ‘Shots’ is an incredible visual experience. £1.60 + 15p p ip . i f 18. ‘Little Red Schoolbook' by Soren Hansen and Jasper Jensen (Stage One) This is the censored, mutilated edition, courtesy of the DPP. It’s still worth reading through and is recommended to all children

rights. 30p + 5p p&p. ★ 19. ‘The Back Yard Dairy Book’ by Len Street and Andrew Singer (Whole Earth Tools) Why be a slave to the milkman? Maintain your own dairy pro­ ducts and be independent. This book tells you how and it’s easy. 40p + 5p p&p. i f 20. Survival Scrapbook (Part 1) by Stephen A Szeselhun This is the first of three scrap books and concentrates on shelter. Notes, information and fascina­ ting survival techniques in every conceivable shelter problem: Paper houses, wigwams, domes, caravans, caves. £1.25 + 12p p&p i f 21. Survival Scrapbook (Part 2) Here is the second o f the three scrapbooks, this one all about food. You don’t have to eat out of the capitalist chemist set-you'U be amazed at what you CAN do for yourself. £1.25 + 12p p&p. ★ 22. ‘Watch Out Kids’ by M Farren (Open Gate) He’s doing it again-The Farren Memoires (or at least what he can remember) £1.50 + 8p p&p.

★ 23. ‘Be Here Now’ by R Alpert (Lama Foundation) A classic. Considered generally to be essential reading (see OZ 45), the book consists o f four section 1. The transformation from Richard Alpert to Baba Ram Dass, 2. Some trippy spiritual fun for the metaphysical freak, 3. Some diets for living and 4. Recommended books. £1.50 + 12p p&p. i f 24. Ugly When She Smiles' by Will Pollard (Crest Press)

★ 26. ‘Dylan’ by A Scuduto The best biography-the rumours you were afraid were true-and most of them are: The de-mythologising of Dylan. 60p + lOp p&p i f 27. ‘Confessions o f Aleister Crowley’ The Beast deflowered. A true adventure story. 80p + 12p p&p. ★ 28. Taychic Discoveries Behind The Iron Curtain’ by Ostrauder and Schroeder Probably the most important book about Official ESP research in the Communist blo c-a big seller. 65p + lOp p&p. ★ 29. ‘The Mind of the Dolphin’ by John Lilly How and why these amazing creatures will inherit the earth by the first man to realise their real potential. 50p + 8p p&p. i f 30. ‘The Morning of the Magicians (The Dawn of Magic) by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier An enormous seller all over the world and really impossible to describe in a few words. Powerful and thought provoking. 50p + lOp P&P★ 31. ‘Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley At last re­ printed, Book o f the Law (Liber Legis) was alledged by Crowley to have been spiritually dictated to him via a mistress and from it came the now infamous ‘Do what though wilt shall be the whole of the law’. A new bible? Read the message- and then swallow it. 30p + 5p p&p. ★ 32. Making Communes’ by Clem Gorman (Whole Earth Tools) A complete beginners guide to the art of communing and also published by the first real Alternative Book Publishers in this country. 75p + 12p p&p. i f 33. ‘Drop City’ by Peter Rabbit Here we have the histoiy of America’s oldest and most famous communes. 75p + 12p p&p. i f 34. Whole Earth Catalogue really the final compilation. Where, and who, what, when and why and at the rock bottom price of £1.75 + 30p p&p. ★ 3 5 .1 C hing-the Richard Wilhelm transation, with fore­ word by Jung. THE authorita­

tive version. I know it's £3.00 but it’s the best (plus 20p p ip ) i f 36. The Great Brain Robb­ ery by K Paton The best de­ schooling statement and put down of liberal establishment schooling. Dennis the Menace lives. 20p + 5p p ip .. i f 37. Sisterhood is Powerful’ edited by Robin Morgan An American paperback containing the best collection of state­ ments on the Women’s lib position. £1.20 + 15p p ip . i f 38. 'The Centre o f the Cyclone’ by John Lflly “What I believe to be true is true or becomes true, within the limits to be found experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.’’ An auto­ biography of inner space. 50p + 8p p ip . ★ 39. ‘Real Magic’ by Philip Bonewits At long last, the whole world o f magic and the occult is brought into modem perspec­ tive by the holder of the World's first ever degree in Thaumatology. Generally recognised as essential reading by the Magic Freaks, Bonewits attacks the cobwebs with devastating logic and awful puns. £2.8 0 + ISp p ip . ★ 40. ‘The Wheel of Death’ by Philip Kapleau “The art of dying’’ an anthology based on the great Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu and Western masters. 95p+ 12p p ip . ★ 41. ‘Maps of Conscious­ ness' by Ralph Metzner (paper­ back). A guide to I Ching, Tantra, Tarot, Alchemy, Astro­ logy, etc. £1.25 + 12p p ip .

i f 42. Chinese Medicine by Georges Beau A modern intro­ duction to the age old methods of healing, including acu­ puncture and m exibustiavery interesting reading. 63p + 8p p ip .

i f 43. 'Children’s Rights edited by Hall Essays towards the liberation of the child, i.e. Parent’s property versus self-determination. 50p + 8p p ip . i f 44. The Tarot’ by S.L. Mac­ Gregor Mathers (Unicorn) A quick, easy guide to the myster­ ies of the Tarot. 30p + 5p p ip . i f 45. ‘English Smocks' by Alice Armes How to make tra­ ditional smocks-also including

7?JMailOrderCatalogue thritcen folded-in paper patterns. 55p + 8p p&p. •fa 46. ‘The Use o f Vegetable Dyes' by Violetta Thurstan A complete guide to using natural dyes from tree barks to lichens and blackberry to onion skins and pine cones. 35 p + 8p p&p.

seven inches high. Here is delicious Honeybunch as you have never seen her before, in sensational three dimension. Every model is unique and finished in a combination of five separate colours: flesh tone, red, yellow, black and white. “What a little yummy.” £1.35 + 25p p&p

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★ 47. Jim Morrison s 'The Lords and the New Creatures’ This is Jim ’s only published book of poems. £ 1.00 + 1Op p&p. ★ 48. ‘View Over Atlantis' by John Michell New revised edition -th e source book for a new age of revelation. £2.50 + 15p p&p. ★ 49. Book of Herbal Highs' (Alchemy) This glossy, multi­ coloured handbook contains all relevant information per­ taining to that which is trippy and legal. The organic hippie’s friend. 30p + 5p p&p. ★ 50. 'The Complcat Astro­ loger' by Derek and Julia Parker (Mitchell/Beazley) This amazing encyclopedia of Astrology has got the lot. Gloriously coloured pictures and illustrations, a concise and finely detailed history of astro­ logy down to the present, including discussion o f it’s temperamental relationship with orthodox science and finally, all there is to know about casting horoscopes. Coming complete with strong and attractively designed folder for protection, this beautiful volume is something you’ll turn to time and again-and no wonder. £5.95 + 25p p&p. ★ 51. 'The Dilly Boys’ by Mervyn Harris (Crown Helm) Male prostitution on Picca­ dilly. ‘Mr Harris deserves top marks for patience, balance and objectivity and for relat­ ing his theme to it’s wider context of sexual and social life among the young in general’-Colin Maclnnes of the New Statesman.

Amazing, stupendous and un­ believable offer from OZ Mail Order. Right now, two books recently published for people ng in London: fa The Survival Guide A guide to survival for people who don’t know London. How to enjoy big city life and avoid being exploited. For foreign visitors there is a section on how to pass effortlessly through immigration. Fix yourself up with a visa renewal and land a work permit. 30p + 5p p&p. ★ Alternative London III New, polished, improved and checked edition of Alternative London. Includes hundreds of readers' suggestions and many complete­ ly new sections. 1) How to Grow Hash without Breaking the Law; 2) Bulk buy your health food; 3) Detailed over­ land trip to India; 4) Children’s education-how to avoid the state system; 5) Ecology by ‘Friends of the Earth’; 6) Im­ proved homosexual section; 7) Do-it-yourself divorce; 8) How to get other information not included in the book. 35p + 5p p&p. ★ Either o f these books are offered to OZ readers placing orders for over £1.00 for goods from this month’s OZ Mail Order, at HALF PRICE. Post and packing will be included free.

ivender 100 cc at just 60p + 12p p&p. ★ Shampoo A magnificently fragrant sham­ poo, that’s both concentrated and organic. Working naturally, with a gentle/fast action, it leaves your hair both wet and .. Special introductory price, 55p + lOp p&p. ★ Krishna incense sticks Seven varieties to choose from: Mangoli, Patchouli, Sandalwood Lotus, Strawberry Fields, Frangipani and Musk. All 35p a packet + 5p p&p.

CANDLES New!! OZ Candles-courtesy ot Captain Swing. ★ 1. The exquisite figurine Bodhisattva, the perfection of wisdom. Along with this deli­ cately detailed statuette comes a complete explanation of the origins of the conception. Charmingly fragrant and beauti­ ful. 80p + p&p.

Sunshine Oils are natural plant extracts. No synthetic chemicals have been added. Selected carefully from the finest grades available, they are presented in beautiful hand­ made stoneware bottles. De­ lightful in their own right, these fragrances may be combined to create perfumes of extraordin­ ary variety and subtlety.

★ OZ 24 (November 1969) World famous ‘Beautiful Freaks’ issue containing the ravings of jolly Lee Heater and other crazies. Free giant sized roster o f Crumb’s ‘Honeybunch’ n all her mouthwatering glory. 50p + 5p p&p. ^

15 Small Set (1W” and 1”) Mandalas, Icons, Demons, £1.90 + 5p p&p Singly Large 30p, Medium 20p, Small 15p. Black and white catalogue available, send SAE.

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★ The OZ Conspirator bad in black and green (behind t lapel special). Price 8p + 4p p&p.

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★ OZ 29 (July 1970) Cringe, male pigs ... it’s Cunt Power OZ, the Female Energy Issue. Nancy Kotex, Whoring Along the Hudson, and Miss Greer’s •Politics o f Female Sexuality’. How to deodorise your balls. 1000 different words for c u n t. nothing but girls, girls, girls! Read on Fatherfuckersf 40p + 5p P&P-

★ OZ 31 (Nov 1970) Yippie OZ, Brave New Morning End of an Era OZ, INK was coming OZ, Ho Ho Ho. All God’s Chillun Got de Clap. Magic Mushrooms. Bobby Sede, Sgt Death Dylan-local Jew Boy makes good. Racist cover. 40p + 5p p&p.

★ 2. The OZ Chinaman, the legendary figure of Poti: fat and intriguing. 50p + p&p.

★ 3. The OZ Anarchist special, this should go a bomb! 65p + 20p p&p. •fa 4. Alright, you’ve been wait­ ing for it and here she is. Melting before your very eyes ... Honey­ bunch Kaminski 80p + 15p p&p. ★ Patchouli From Indonesia. A little goes a long way. A use­ ful fixative in blending. ★ Sandalwood One of the oldest known perfume materials Mysore sandalwood is the finest in the world. ★ Vetiver Sweet and earthy, it blends well with all floral types. ★ Verveine Fresh and pleasant. Reputed magical powers include protection from devils. ★ Musk Flowers A fine floral equivalent to musk. Useful fixative qualities. ★ Egyptiana A blend o f gums.

7 Large Set (2W ")-Tibetan Deities, £ 1.75 + 5p p&p. 7 Medium Set (lV4” )-T «ntric symbols, £1.20 + 5p p&p. 7 Medium Set (1V4 )-K am a Sutra, £1.20 + 5p p&p.

•fa The OZ Mickey Stardust “not so much a magazine” . lOp + 4p p&p.

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★ Beautiful, handpainted plaster Honeybunch models. obtainable only through OZ. Each one is produced entirely by hand and stands almost

spices and balsams from the East. ★ Mandarin A deep and fruity essential oil extracted from the peel of the mandarin orange. ★ Lilac, Magnolia, Hawthorn Price per 10 cc, 65p + 5p p&p. ★ Bath-Ume Bliss Direct from heaven come the latest range of Krishna toiletry requisites. ★ Bath OOs 1. Tangy Sandalwood 2. Natural herbal God's gift at 60p + 8p p&p ★ Cologne 1. Musk 2. Patchouli 50cc of either at only 40p +8pl

★ OZ 18 (Feb 1969) A real Fingerlickin’ Good issue. Andy Warhol whispers to the roar of the Soft Machine. Michael X raps on the Black Eagles. The MC5 kick out what we now know was only marmalade ... it’s all here for 50p + 5p p&p.

■*r OZ 37 (Sept 1971) Angry __ this . . one really .. stings, ., The OZ, rage of innocence. How to corrupt and deprave. The UCS struggle. OZ meets Ronald Biggs-’The World’s Most Wanted Man’. Mick Jagger’s heart o f stone. 30p + 5p p&p

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■fa Tantra Miniatures Full colour micro-paintings perfect­ ly reproduced as badges, with a rap on each. 36 designs includ­ ing 100 armed God-Chenrazi, the Fire God-Yam antaka, Mahakala, the Princes Tara, the Yogi-Milarepa, The Double Dorje, Lotus, Sri Yantra, Wheel of Law, Sun-Moon. Dragon and all the key Tibetan images. 1 Complete Set (36) £5.00 + lOp p&p.

★ OZ 19 (March 1969) ‘Filth..’ whined the News of the World. Drooping Groupies special issue featuring topless Germaine Greer. The first crazed Weberman wanderings on Dylanology. Jimi Hendrix calls Caroline Coon ‘a tart'. Scandal and rumour for 50p + 5p p&p.

★ OZ 38 (Nov 1971) Environ­ mental Chaoz! The Day the Earth Was Out to Lunch ... A

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simple question of survival. US Army junkies: Uncle Sam’s heavy habit. Abbie Hoffman's slags off OZ. Eldridge Cleaver’s latest ’Letter to the Lumpen’. Amazing value. 30p + 5p p&p.

Please send me: In this space list in your neatest capital letters-the title, type, colour or size-as and where applicable-of the goods yo u need.

★ OZ 43 (July 1972) Michael X Prison Plea, Bali-Hippie love and blood paradise. Acupunc­ ture. Post Scarcity AnarchismNew Left piss-off. lonisationthe good vibes machine. Lebanese shit hole. Drunken downer comix. Your pleasure and our profit! 25p + 5p p&p.

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★ OZ 39 (Dec 1971) Baffling, bloodthirsty cover effectively camouflaged this ‘Thrilling Murder Comics OZ‘ from most readers. Result: we lost £4000 ‘at a stroke’. Jim Anderson in Morocco, Saigon Needles, Urban Paranoia and Sweet Cousin Cocaine. Send money immediately - there are only 30,000 copies left. 25p + 5p p&p.

Please allow at least 3 weeks fo r processing your order. °lease note: It’s important that cheques and postal orders for Mail Order and Subscrip:ions are kept separate-this really helps us with our sums. Overseas orders: these must be accompanied by an extra 50p (1 dollar).

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k OZ 40 (Feb 1972) Monster 64 page Fifth Anniversary Issue Charlie Manson in Big Sur, Richard Neville in New York and Auberon Waugh in Widgeryi acne. Felix Dennis’s weird, horrifying rock’n’roll quiz. The erotic dreams of CG Jung, John Peel on long-haired gangsters and the acid nightmare of Jim Leon 25p + 5p p&

Please send me Cozmic Comics/Issue 1/lssue 2/Issue 3/Issue 4/The Firm/The Trials of Nasty Tales/at 20p each plus 5p p&p. Cross out where not applicable. enclose a cheque/money order for £ A ll cheques etc. to be made payable to H Bunch Associates. My name is

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★ OZ 44 (Sept R 7 2 ) The best designed OZ ever! Almost total full-colour, with many specially commissioned photos and illustrations by the cream of London's underground art scene. Amazing articles include Virgin Sperm Dancer, Lilian Roxon Gets Her Rox Off, The Restaurant That Serves Rats, Nudist McGovern, need we go on? 25p + 5p p&p.

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★ OZ41 (April 1972) An issue for our absent friends, the Crime and Conspiracy OZ. Murder, rape, theft, fraud, ,(unpowder, treason and plot, everything you’ll need to know for a lucrative career in black­ mail, thieving, extortion and assassination. Plus OZ shits on Che and black music. 25p + 5p p & p . ---------

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★ OZ 42 (May 1972) Ger­ maine’s husband flashes limp cock. Inside asylums and special ‘Prison Feature’. Macro­ biotics ‘death diet’. Plus Our man in the Panama Jungle and and Roger Hutchinson's mara­ thon tour of the provincial u/g press. 25p + 5p p&p (pssst, dirty pix too).

★ OZ 45 (Nov 1972) The biggest OZ ever! Starring a cast of Tim Leary, Our Mutant Brothers, your navel, 144 Piccadilly (remember?), Watney's Hash, Street Farmer’s Eco-House, Add-vertising, the original Roy Knipe Stoke Newington 8 drawing (as used in every other magazine except the War Cry), full-folour Jim Leon painting pin-up, sex and Socrates. 25p + 5p p&p.

★ OZ 46 (Jan 1973) The follow-up to the best designed OZ ever, packed from cover to cover with futile ramblings or mind-blowing revelations, it’s up to you and not to be missed. R. Neville discovers that life goes on and on, a dictionary of ;ay-talk, the last time we saw ’aris, Joy Hoyland marches through the Bingo halls, G. Greer s pussy, Cole Porter, yet more pussy and Rod, Van, Mick and Allice. 25p + 5p p&p.

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Ginseng is one of the most valuable medicinal herbs known to man. Wars have been fought for it. The Chinese regard it as a panacea, stating that it increa­ ses virility, general vitality and protection against disease and also promotes longevity. Russian scientists have demonstrated recently that it is a stimulant, but unlike most other stimulan­ ts, ginseng also has a prolonged beneficial effect on health. Ginseng doesn’t just go to your head, it gets everywhere. If you’re into feeling “on top” all the time and seeing life as an exciting positive then this is for you. i f White Emperor in tablet form. 90p + p&p. i f Golden Emperor in powder form. 90p + 3p p&p. For further information on this rare herb, please send SAE

The OZ Pleasure Corner. i f Love Egjp Used by Japanese women for centuries and once inserted into the vagina they produce the most fantastically subtle and erotic sensations. Make that boring 300 mile rail journey a pleasure trip. £4.00 + 8p p&p.

hundredweight o f wax in the bath; this new hippy craft makes short work of the nonretumables and in no time at all you’ll be surrounded by glasses, salt and pepper pots, ash trays and candle holders and bleeding fingers. Ours is the best-ours is the cheapest. Just £1.60 + ISp p&p including full instructions.

i f Van Box Here’s Mr Van Gogh with the gloves off! A disturbing portrait. 55p+ 15p p&p.

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★ The Pentagon Game (the one Waddington’s forgot). This is the World famous war game as featured in the press and TV’s ‘Late Night Line-Up’-p u t together by three brilliant young graduates to demonstrate the political charades of modem day warfare. 95p + p&p.

POSTERS (With a little help from Big ‘O’) ★ Dylan The front cover of OZ 7 made into a beautiful gold/black/red poster. Prints on gold foil. 65p + 15p p&p. ★ Cannabis Heavy shit printed on gold foil. 65p + 15p p&p.

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i f Vincent Flower power craziness. A mindblower. 55p + 15p p&p.

i f New OZ otter Sequin glitter wristbands and necklaces. These are hand-made with love and affection and are completely unique. Available in black, ivory or mixed colour combina­ tions (please specify) we have: Wristband normal size 8 Op + 5p

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i f Max Emst An amazing black and red collage of the birdman and his victim printed on silver foil. 65p + 15p p&p.

O K I i f Cigarette papers 100 Dollar Bill, Stars & Stripes. 12p + 3p p&p each packet. Big 5 (white 5” long) 6p + 3p p&p. i f Giant cigarette rollers Look one hand! And perfect smokes every time. 45p + 5p p&p. ★ Soapstone chillums For the discerning customer only. 40p + 5p p&p.

i f Hendrix Enormous (another giant) four colour Martin Sharp of Jimi Hendrix in action. A beautiful poster (first published in OZ 17). 85p + 15p p&p.

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SOUNDS ★ Revelations An Album of mostly live music from the Grateful Dead, Pete Townshend, David Bowie, Marc Boian, Mighty Baby, David Allen and Gong, Edgar Broughton, Skin Alley, Hawkwind, The Pink Finks from Ladbroke Groove and Brinsley Schwarz. A lot of the record comes from the Glastonbury Fayre and it's not a bootleg. The album con­ sists of three LPs, posters, a 32page book, information sheets on the live recordings and a silver cut-out and build your own pyramid, all wrapped up in a heat-sealed polythene bag. £3.60 + 20p p&p.

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An interview by Nick Leach with tGeneral Secretary o f the American Servicemen’s Union, and veteran GIs.

Soldiers returning Stati nam and elsewhere are and most places, experj bitter resumption o f cjj are scarce, dope expei large concerned to disi memory o f the war as fast as possi The Veterans’ organisations like the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) and the American Servicemen’s Union (ASU) are now the most powerful sources o f militancy in the nation. The Nixon administration has signified its understanding of the Veterans’ position by bringing to trial a total o f eleven veterans’ leaders (on charges relating to explosives and guns) in the last six months. Now that the campus kiddies are back to the clean-living pranks trad­ itional to American colleges - bun fights, pinnings and proms have regained their briefly lost popularity - and are no longer anxious to test the batons and bayonets o f the National Guard, the Vets are really the only organised and organisable force within American society which offers resistance to the silent monster in Washington. T ell us a b o u t th e origins o f th e A S U ... T h e A m erican S erv icem en ’s U n io n w as first o rganised b ack in 1 9 6 7 , a t F o r t Sill, O k lah o m a. It w as o rg an ised b y th e c h air­ m an, A n d y S taff, an d a few o th e r a n ti­ w ar G Is, w h o o f cou rse w ere o n activ e d u ty a t th e tim e. T h e U nion w as sp ec ­ ifically organised to fig h t fo r th e rig h ts o f th e en listed m en a n d w o m e n in th e m ilitary , as it seem s th a t w h en m en an d w o m en go in to th e m ilita ry (e ith e r because th e y ’re d ra fte d o r c o erced in so m e w ay ) th e y lose th e ir basic d e m o ­ c ra tic rig h ts su p p o s e d ly g u a ra n te e d b y th e c o n s titu tio n . L ik e what?. Well, n u m b e r o n e , w e’re paid v irtu a lly slave w ages by th e m ilita ry an d we d o n ’t have th e rig h t, in c o u rt m a rtials say, to be trie d b y a ju r y o f o u r peers, b u t a re tried b y a ju r y o f o ffic e rs o r h ig h er ra n k in g N CO s w h o are d e fin ite ly n o t o u r peers. N u m b e r tw o , th e U n io n d e m a n d s th a t we en d th e sir-ing and salu tin g o f o fficers, an d th a t th e black G Is have th e rig h t o f se lf-d e te rm in a tio n in th e m ilitary w ith o u t th e in te rfe re n c e o f a n y racist w hites. W hat a b o u t th e s y s te m o f im m e d ia te o b e d ie n c e to orders?

j|l e w h o w ere ru n n in g th e fair. We d e m a n d e d th a t th e y had th e jo b s p o s te d , th e q u a lific a tio n s listed , a n d if th e v e te ra n s d id n ’t have th e q u a lific a tions,/ttyen th e e m p lo y e r sh o u ld have a tr a ilin g p ro g ram - w h ic h o f c o u rse th e y d id n ’jrd o . We realised th a t w h a t w as T his m i __ _ a c tu a lly going o n w as th a t th e y w ere in itia lly a m o n g st p e o p l e ____ a tte m p tin g to use us to g e t o v e r th is im ­ a c tu a lly e n liste d a n d serving, n o w it age to th e A m erican p u b lic th a t th e se e m s to have s o m e th in g to d o w ith v e t­ g o v e rn m e n t is really try in g to d o so m e ­ erans. th in g fo r th e v e te ra n s, w h ich th e y are O u r m e m b e rsh ip w ith in th e m ilita ry it­ n o t. T h e sam e th in g h a p p e n e d a t th e self has in creased since 1 9 6 7 to te n , C h icago J o b F a ir in M ay. T h is o n e w as eleven th o u s a n d m em b ers. T h e v e teran s h e ra ld e d as th e largest jo b fair th a t w as se c tio n o f th e A m erican S erv icem en ’s ever h eld in th e c o u n try a n d it w as th e U n io n w as org an ised last N o v em b er sam e situ a tio n . V ets w ere going in an d (N o v e m b e r o f ’7 1 ) sp ecific ally a fte r th e filling c o u n tle ss n u m b e rs o f a p p lic a tio n ev e n ts th a t o c c u rre d in N ew Y o rk C ity ’s fo rm s, an d w e re n ’t really g e ttin g a n y ‘J o b F a ir’ fo r v e te ran s, w h ich w ith th e jo b s a t all. h e lp o f th e v e te ra n s, th e A m e rica n S er­ H o w m a n y veteran s are u n e m p lo y e d ? v icem en ’s U n io n e x p o se d as a h o a x , a In N Y C th e re are 3 0 ,0 0 0 u n e m p lo y e d c ru el h o ax . T h e em p lo y e r^ w e re n ’t giving V ie tn a m w ar v ete ra n s a n d a m a jo rity o f th e jo b s th a t th e y said th e y h ad . T he th e se v ete ra n s, in fa c t 2 0 ,0 0 0 , a re black U n io n to o k a su rv ey o f 1 2 6 0 v ete ran s, o r la tin - as c o m p a re d to so m e th in g an d o n ly fo u r o f th e m g o t jo b s a t th e like 1 0 ,0 0 0 w h ites. fair. / k n o w i t ’s d iffic u lt fin d in g jo b s a n y h o w W hose idea w as th is? b u t w h y are vets a t su ch a d isa dvantage? Well it w as M ay o r L in d say a n d so m e o f T h e w ay th a t w e view it h e re in th e th e c o rp o ra tio n s a n d co m p a n ie s, an d U n io n , th e V ie tn a m w a r is a v ery u n ­ som e o f th e o th e r p o litic ia n s... p o p u la r w ar. T h e V ie tn a m w a r v e teran is B u sin essm e n ? a d iffe re n t ty p e o f v ete ra n th a n th e v eter­ I believe so, b u t basically th e idea o f a n s o f p a st w ars. G e n e ra lly th e V ietn am th e J o b F airs cam e fro m th e g o v e rn m e n t v e t is m u c h m o re m ilita n t a n d a lo t o f th em selv es as th e y w ere having th e m in th e co m p a n ie s a n d c o rp o ra tio n s d o n ’t d iffe re n t areas acro ss th e c o u n try . w a n t to e m p lo y th e V ie tn am vets, p a r­ Y o u 're sa y in g th a t it was a h y p e ? tic u la rly b ecau se th e y ’re afra id th a t th e y It w as a h o ax . It w as p ro v ed to b e a w ill co m e in to th e ir fa c to rie s a n d s ta rt h o a x b y th e su rv ey we to o k . Y o u have a o rg an isin g th e w o rk e rs to fig h t fo r high u n e m p lo y m e n t level a m o n g v ete r­ h ig h e r w ages - ju s t like th e w ay th e y ans, a b o u t 90 % o f th e v e te ra n s w h o w ere stru g g led in th e m ilita ry . a t th e N ew Y o rk J o b F a ir w ere u n e m ­ D o y o u have case e vid e n c e o f d isc rim ­ p lo y e d b lack o r latin . W hat h a p p e n e d in a tio n against veterans? th e re in fa c t w as th a t th e c o rp o ra tio n s A P u e rto R ican b ro th e r w e n t u p to th a t se n t us to V ie tn a m , a n d fo r w hose A lex a n d e rs d e p a rtm e n t sto re h e re in p ro fits w e fo u g h t, gave th e v e te ra n s M a n h a tta n to g e t a jo b . H e w as given an fo rm s to fill in b u t w e re n ’t a c tu a lly a p p lic a tio n fo rm , he Tilled it o u t, th e n giving th e m jo b s as th e y h ad p ro m ised . th e w o m an w h o in terv iew ed h im asked O f co urse th e b ro th e rs w ere v ery , very h im if h e w as a v e te ra n , an d he to ld her, an g ry , rig h te o u sly so. A h o ax h a d been an d she said she w as so rry b u t she could p e rp e tra te d u p o n th e m an d th e y w ere n o t ta k e his a p p lic a tio n rig h t n o w . T h e b ein g used. 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E m p lo y e rs lo o k at are, b y allo w in g v e tera n s to su ffe r so th ese codes an d th e y m ig h t n o t say m u ch . V e te ra n s are b eing d riv e n in to a n y th in g to y o u , and y o u m ig h t n o t be th e p o sitio n w h ere th e y have to c o m m it aw are th a t th ese co d es are even o n y o u r crim e fo r survival. T h e y ta lk a b o u t th e D D 2 1 4 ’s, b u t th e y ’ll tu rn y o u d o w n high ra te o f crim e in th e stre e ts , b u t th e y a n d say th a t th e y ca n ’t use y o u . T h a t’s n ever s to p to lo o k a t w h a t is th e cause a re ality . T h e y have d iffe re n t co d es fo r o f it. T h is is w h a t w e’re try in g to d eal y o u if y o u w ere p o litic a l, o r w h a t th e y w ith . We c e rta in ly are n o t try in g to call tro u b le-m ak ers. T h e y ’ve g o t a n o th e r d e s tro y A m erica-,-not in th e s e n s e J h a t co d e fo r d o p e a d d ic ts an d th e y b reak « e F y th in g -d o w rrltk e~ fh af'"5 ' "•"jTTlfcy m ean it an y w ay . T ell m e a b o u t th is d e m a n d f o r 2 5 0 0 irrrm e o f y o u r lea flets th ere w as m en tio n o f s o m e p eo p le-h a vin g g o tte n b a d dollars. Well, 2 5 0 0 d o lla rs is th e d iffe re n c e be­ disji haiges, th r e a te n e d w ith b a d dis^ -V > ,v *• *' tw e e n w h a t th e average w o rk in g p erso n J2 ^ g T B 'T !ra k ^ e te ra m h 'k n m rT tib ,'situ a t- ■ m a d e o n th e o u ts id e o v e r th e tw o y e a r p erio d a n d w h a t we lo st. N o w w e ions th a t pu sh th e b lack s an d latin s, in th o u g h t th is w as th e least th a t w e co u ld p a rtic u la r; in tp th e s itu a tio n w h e re th e y d e m a n d a n d w e d id n ’t w an t to raise th e .m ay g et in to ^ tro u b le ’. N ow th e o ffic e rs figure to o high. B ut we k n o w th a t th e an d th e lifers in general have v ery racist c o rp o ra tio n s th a t se n t us o v er th e re a ttitu d e s , very racist. W hat can h a p p e n m ad e b illio n s o f f th e w ar, a n d b illio n s m ig h t b e th a t an o ffic e r w o u ld say so m e ­ are a p p ro p ria te d fo r d efen se, y e t th e y th in g o r d o so m e th in g very ra cist to a say th e y can ’t d o a n y th in g fo r V ie tn a m b lack m an o r w o m a n ,.a n d if th is b ro th e r w a r v eteran s. oT sister^sptnrics w f-a g a in s t.th is j.re a tm e n t, o r if th e o ffic e r says som efftifig ' H S f h n f f l b i K k t d f l i t tf e ff it ic l e & iu m tf f th a t o r ta k e n it up. o r d isc u ssed it? b ad e n o u g h to m ak e th e G I w a n t to No. T h e y k n o w a b o u t it, b e c au se we p u n c h him o r so m e th in g like th a t have h ad m an y d is trib u tio n s o f o u r w h ich he m ay d o — th e n h e’s s e n t to th e lea fle ts o u t in th e s tre e ts a n d w e’ve se n t sto c k a d e o r m ay be d isch arg ed w ith an so m e to p o litic ia n s h ere in th e city . B ut u n d esirab le discharge. We lo o k a t th e n o n e o f th e m have a c te d u p o n it, an d b ad d ischarges as g en erally b eing w h a t we h aven’t h e a rd a n y th in g fro m th e m , th e brass use ag ain st G Is to b e a t th e m w h e th e r o r n o t th e y s u p p o r t it. in to su b m issio n an d k eep th e m fro m W hy has th e p lig h t o f th e vetera n s n o t struggling. T h e y k n o w th a t m o st G Is, th e average en liste d G Is, h a te th e brass. b ee n ta k e n u p as a u s e fu l m ea n s o f a d ­ T h e y have life a n d d e a th p o w e r o v e r th e v a n c e m e n t b y s o m e sharp lib era l p o li t­ ra n k an d file en listed G Is an d th e y use icians? V ery little o f w h a t y o u 'v e sa id th is. T h e y k n o w th a t if a G I g e ts o u t o f is g en era lly u n d e r s to o d in th is c o u n tr y th e service w ith a bad disch arg e, h e o r — a c o u n tr y w h ere o ld so ld iers are tra d ­ she c a n n o t g et a jo b w hen th e y g e t back itio n a lly h e ld in g rea t e steem ... h ere, an d th a t’s w hy th e U n io n feels th a t F irst o f all, th e n ew s m ed ia, th e m a jo rity b ad d ischarges o f all n a tu re s sh o u ld be o f th e new s m ed ia, is c o n tro lle d in th is a b o lish ed co m p le te ly . c ity b y b u sin ess in terests. T h e y have I w o n d e r h o w fa r y o u lim it y o u r s e lf to really w h ite -liste d us. We g o o u t o n th e th e sp e c ific s o f jo b d isc rim in a tio n a n d s tre e ts to raise issues an d th e su fferin g racism in e m p lo y m e n t, a n d h o w fa r y o u o f th e v e te ra n s o f th e V ie tn a m w ar, b u t

’t g e t a n y coverto o rg an ise the g ain st v ete ra n s a n d th e highersay a re p a rt a n d a r ag a in st th e v e teran s; re p e rp e tra tin g it. F o r in sta n c e , ere was. a re c e n t scan d al h e re in New Y o rk C ity a ro u n d th e jo b s th a t w ere su p p o se d to be fo r v e te ra n s u n d e r th e e m erg en cy e m p lo y m e n t a c t. N ow w h at h a p p e n e d , o f c o u rse, w as th a t th e p o lit­ icians gave th e jo b s th a t w ere su p p o sed to b e o u rs a n d th e p o o r p e o p le ’s, to th e ir p o litic a l frie n d s a n d relatives. D e p u ty M ay o r H a m ilto n w e n t as far as to m ak e a p u b lic s ta te m e n t in th e N e w Y o r k T im e s th a t th e c ity h ad h ad tro u b le g e ttin g V ie tn a m v e te ra n s jo b s in th e p ro g ra m , an d o f c o u rse he also said so m e th in g a b o u t th e fa c t th a t w e d id n ’t have th e c o rre c t q u a lific a tio n s. We sen t a le tte r to th e d e p u ty m a y o r d e m a n d in g th a t he re tra c t th a t s ta te m e n t, b e cau se w h a t he w as really say in g .w as th a t th e v e tera n s d jd n ’t w a n t to w o rk , th a t th e y w ere lazy. A n d sin ce th e m a jo rity o f th e V ie tn a m v e te ra n s th a t are u n e m p lo y ­ ed a re b la c k an d la tin , it w as also a racist s ta te m e n t. W e-w ent d o w n th e re w ith a .d e le g a tio n an d w e to ld h im we w e re co m in g d o w n . We w ard e d h im to p u b lic ly re tra c t th a tiita te r n e n t, b ecause h e had -thade.it in p u b lic , so w h y s h o u ld n ’t h e re tra c t it in p u b lic ? B ut th e y re fu se d to call th e p ress in a n d o n e o f th e re p re se n ta tiv e s, M r Irish , a n d I q u o te th is, said ‘w e d o n o t d o b u siness in th e p u b lic e y e ’. T h a t w as d o w n at C ity H all. W ell, th e A m erican S ervice­ m e n ’s U n io n d o e s n o t d o b u sin ess be­ h in d closed d o o rs , so w e called o f f th e m ee tin g . T h is is th e ty p e o f th in g th a t has b e e n h a p p e n in g to us an d y e t w e see th a t th e o n ly w ay th a t v e te ra n s are really go in g to g e t w h a t th e y d eserv e is to co m e to g e th e r a n d m a k e a stro n g o rg an ­ isatio n a n d fig h t fo r o u r rig h ts. We can ’t d e p e n d o n a n y p o litic ia n s — lib eral D e m o c ra ts in clu d ed . I t ’s o b v io u s ly n o t in th e in te r e s t o f th e p o litic ia n s th a t y o u s h o u ld b e organised. T h a t’s rig h t, th a t’s p e rfe c tly righi be­ cau se, like I said b e fo re , th e V ie tn am v e te ra n s a re v ery m ilita n t. T h e y k n o w th a t if w e b e c o m e o rg a n ise d , we m ay d isco v er th a t w e have to use th e m ilitary skills th a t th e y ta u g h t us ag ain st th e m so m e d a y ...

Charles Harbutt: Beheadings The American Charles Harbutt established him self as one o f the world’s finest photo-journalists in the last fifteen years. In the sixties, Harbutt worked constantly for every major photo-new s magazine in America, covering, for exam ple, the American invasion o f the Bay o f Pigs, the Arab/Israeli war, the Kennedy assassinations and the Chicago riots o f 1968 and placed his work in magazines all over the world through the im m ensely prestigious Magnum Photo agency o f which he was a two-term President. There is effectively no question that, during this period o f his career, Harbutt stood high in the ranking for the world’s best news photographer. Som etim e towards the end o f the last decade, Charles Harbutt seems to have drawn his horns in upon himself, withdrawing from the constant hysteria o f news photography to concentrate upon teaching and shooting personal pictures. In the middle o f last year, on the subway bound for his office and carrying a case full o f these personal pictures, he found him self doing a rapid job o f editing and realising that he had created a book. He describes this experience as being similar to ‘spirit writing’,

a process over which he exerted little or no conscious control. The shape and outline o f the book was conceived subconsciously as were the pictures themselves. Possibly-the m ost pertinent remark that Harbutt makes about these pictures is his assertion that, ‘I d on ’t take pictures; pictures take m e.’ The pictures we publish here are taken from the book which will be called Travelogue and will be published in America in the fall o f 1973 by the MIT press. Generally called ‘Beheadings’, they typify the b ook ’s overall m ethod, especially in that Harbutt says o f these pictures that if he knew why he removed people’s heads from his pictures, he feels sure that he would know more about himself. Travelogue marks a unique departure for the photographic book. This collection o f ‘Beheadings’ shows but one o f the improvised them es that Harbutt has woven into the book. It show s the jazz-like relationship betw een the photographer, his instrument (the camera), and his subject (his head and the world). N obody has com e closer to a photographic representation o f his own psyche and its trips. I - ? -

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Charles Harbutt’s comments on his pictures... I The topsy-turvy Park Ave shot. I guess I beheaded the people in this picture because I feel the milieu (world) they're in is basically inimical to human life - the world o f giant corporation headquarters and p etty bureaucracy. Sometimes I beheaded because I d o n ’t like what I see; sometimes in recognition that the subjects have killed themselves by false allegiances and bad trips._______ 2 D on’t really know anything about the Vermont sunbathers except maybe I couldn't ______ deal with the sexuality o f a fam ily with Mom watching in the background.________ 3 The ‘Yellow Submarine’ hand at the Democratic convention came out o f what happened to the woman's question there. The ‘pursuit’ picture in Washington (opposite) has the shadow o f a tree which is like a negative o f the hand.______________ 4 / rfoticed the m odel beheaded herself by getting into this situation o f the sex object game. I may also have beheaded her because I fe lt her unavailable. This is where the ’f em m e' trip goes.__________________ S Pursuit in Washington - Guess this and 3 have to do with guilt about male chauvinism in myself, but / think they have more to do with (since both sexes are beheaded) the idea that everyone goes down in flames i f sexual relationships are so fu ll o f terror as they sometimes seem to be and that both sexes are guilty o f complicity i f terror exists fo r either. (Are y o u sure you want to print all this?)_________ c 6 The MP’s were beheaded because this is where the macho trip can go - a degradation o f religion, politics and economics, secured by force_______________ 7 f o r so with erect nipples. Feel the posture and hands are a bit menacing. Beheaded because sometimes with eroticism comes harsh psychological warfare, some o f which is deservedsom e someone else deserves._______________________ 8 The child looking at the penis with the lovers walking by in the background Don t know. The statue’s head was gross and pop-eyed. Maybe / felt going down the physical road, rather than the emotional road represented by the hand-holding lovers, is the wrong road. That love needs both.

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a rt; b u t n o t, as he e m p h asized to all w ho k n ew him , fo r p u b lic a tio n in b o o k fo rm . T h e m in e r’s strik e o f w in te r ’7 1 /7 2 w as his in sp ira tio n an d his th e m e : h e set a b o u t w ritin g an epic p o em w h ich w o u ld , by c o n te n t and e ffe c t, an sw e r all his critics. N am ed ‘Je ru sa le m R e v isited ’, D erek fin ish ­ ed th e 8 6 th ree-lin e sta n za s in fo u r d ay s, h ad 2 0 0 0 co p ies p rin te d in p o s te r fo rm on th e fifth , an d had th e m fly -p o ste d across th e W est R iding o f Y o rk sh ire w ith in a w eek. 'W hen fr o m th e d e p th s O f J e t-b la c k earth T h e C oal B o a rd ’s la c k e y s rise T o s ta n d serene. E n lig h ten e d , b o ld ; ’N e a th u n a c c u sto m e d skies, T h en sh o u ld th e lim b s a n d lim o u sin e s O f C apitalists w ise D e p o rt th e m fa s t; F a r fr o m o u r sh o res T h e le m m in g d e a th w a rd flies. ’ T ech n ic a lly , it w as his first e x p e rim e n t in fre e r fo rm . P h ilo so p h ic ally , it w as his last vital a tte m p t to infuse w o rk in g class c o m m u n itie s w ith a fin e a rtfo rm w hich reco g n ised an d re la te d to th e ir ev ery d ay struggles. In th e la te r verses o f ‘Jeru salem R ev isited ’, D erek e x h o rte d th e n o rth e rn m in in g c o m m u n itie s to ‘R ise like angels/ C aress th e s k y /T h ro w o f f th e h u m b le c lo a k ’. H e w as h e a rt-b ro k e n w h en th e U n io n se ttle d fo r 18%, m o rtifie d w hen Jo e G o rm le y , th e U n io n P re sid e n t, on b eing ask ed to c o m m e n t o n D erek E lm ’s w o rk , w as w idely q u o te d in th e local p ress as re p ly in g : ‘W ho?’ A y e a r la te r h e d ied . His sm all fla t, litte r­ ed w ith e n o u g h m a n u sc rip ts to k e e p Hell b u rn in g f o r a y e a r c au g h t fire o n e evening a n d D e re k ’s c h a rre d b o d y w as discovered in th e g u tte d ro o m . T h e c o ro n e r re tu rn e d a v erd ic t o f d e a th b y m isa d v e n tu re , an d it is n o t a v erd ict th a t a n y b u t th o s e w ho k n ew h im well w o u ld q u e stio n . I p refer to th in k th a t he d ied alm o st as he had lived: cau g h t u p in th e fire o f his o w n p ro ­ lific im ag in atio n , a n d th a t he w ro te his o w n e p ita p h in a le tte r to his m o th e r tw o d ay s earlier: ‘I have tr ie d ,’ he said, ‘to rev o lu tio n ise th ro u g h p u re language a stifled p eo p le, to urge th e m in to a rtic u la te th o u g h t. B ecause u n til th e w o rk in g classes refuse to a c c e p t th e a n a e sth e tic d reck th a t poses as th e ir p o p u la r c u ltu re a n d ch o o se to a d o p t a tru e r, m o re vital m o d e o f e x p ­ ressio n th e y w ill be in ca p a b le o f a p p recia­ tin g fu lly e ith e r th e b e n e fits o r th e c o n fin e m e n ts o f th e ir life sty le, a n d c o n ­ se q u e n tly in cap ab le o f e ffe c tin g the slig h test degree o f w o rth w h ile c u ltu ra l ch a n g e .’ It w as p ro b a b ly th e tru e s t th in g he ever w ro te.

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'A n d m e? I w rite In overalls, n o t lace; N o t f o r m y s e lf W hile ste a m a n d grease a n d u n w a sh e d hair B u t f o r th e c o m m o n c a u s e ’ O bscure th e ir sim p le g ra c e ’ D erek E lm , T h e C o m m o n C au se’, P o em s T h ese w ere n o t w h a t D erek called his 1 9 6 5 -7 1 . fin e r p o em s. H e saw th e m m o re as e x p e ri­ T h e o n ly w ay to reach th e E nglish w o rk ­ m en ts in o b se rv a tio n , a c c u ra te re fle c tio n s ing class’, he o n c e p ro cla im e d , ‘is th ro u g h o f a so c ie ty w h ich he k n ew his a rt could th e sta n d a rd o f c u ltu re th a t th e y ’ve been h e lp change. ‘P resen tin g th e w o rk in g m an e d u c a te d to a c c e p t.’ He p au se d a t th is w ith an a rtfo rm th a t he can re la te to is p o in t, 1 rem em b er, to sw allo w som e m ore e x p a n d in g his c u ltu ra l aw aren ess, w h ich is b e e r and fix his fe llo w -stu d e n ts w ith a in itse lf a lib e ra tin g e x p e rie n c e ’, h e o n c e ty p ic a lly piercing gaze b e fo re c o n tin u in g . w ro te to m e. ‘O n e o f th e tra d itio n a l art‘A nd w h e th e r y o u ch o o se to a c c e p t th is fo rm s o f th e c o m m o n p e o p le , beside o r n o t, th e E nglish w o rk in g class h as b een th e a tre an d g o o d m u sic, is p o e try . T h ese e d u c a te d to ac c e p t a very low sta n d a rd o f a rtfo rm s have b een u su rp e d b y a h a n d fu l c u ltu re .’ It seem ed u n assailab iy wello f u p p er-class acad e m ics a n d it is o u r jo b argued, a d m ira b ly a rtic u la te d , a n d p o sitiv e­ to re tu rn th e m .’ W ith th is in te n t, his w o rk ly re so n a n t w ith g o o d sense. B ut th e n , th is to o k o n an a lm o st m issio n ary zeal: ap p lied to ev e ry th in g D erek said; fro m his 'Y o u r b ir th rig h t: E n g la n d ’s W orkin g M an. a p h o rism s o n social chang e ( ‘I am pleased Is o n e o f p rid e a n d stren g th . to be called a cran k . A c ra n k is a sm all Y o u r a n c e stry : a n o b le list in s tru m e n t th a t causes re v o lu tio n s’) to his O f tr u e co lo ssa l len g th : c o m m e n t o n receiving a fail g rad e fo r his O ’C onnor, T yler, big J a c k S tra w . final u n iv ersity th esis ( T h e ca p ita list K e ir H ardie, B lake, T o m L u d d , e d u c a tio n a l sy stem re je c ts th o se fo r w h o m J o h n L e n n o n , O rw ell, G u lly F o y le , it has no use. I am h a p p y to be n u m b ere d J a k e P resco tt, R o b in H ood. ’ gm ongst th e m .’). H is p o litic s w ere m o re e n c y c lo p a e d ic D erek E lm died tw o w eek s a fte r C h rist­ th a n e c le c tic —o n c e su m m arised b y a m as, and th is is su p p o sed to be his cy n ica l a c q u a in ta n c e as ‘if it b re a th e s and o b itu a ry . W hat can y o u say a b o u t a 29fo rm s a u n io n : it’s g o o d ’. T h e a rtis t’s y ear-o ld p o e t w ho loved B lake, th e B eatles ta s k ’, D erek w o u ld have an sw e re d , ‘is to an d B o lto n W anderers? T h a t h e w as b o rn in fo rm , n o t a d m in is tra te .’ A n u n d e n ia b le th e son o f a L ancashire d o c to r , w h o p ro ­ d ic tu m , b u t o n e th a t a ttra c te d fe ro c io u s vided him w ith th e b o u rg eo is lu x u ry o f a criticism fro m th o se a rtistic circles w h ich p u b lic-sch o o l e d u c a tio n , b o u g h t h im an y D erek d ism issed as ‘e ff e te ’ a n d ‘irre le v a n t’. b o o k he cared to re a d ,a n d fin ally sen t him A P K n a p p w ro te in ‘E n c o u n te r’ m agazine to H ull U n iv ersity —‘clo iste re d h all o f o n th e p u b lic a tio n o f D erek ’s first an d b rick s an d p e n s/A n d all th in g s m id d le o n ly b o o k ( T h e C o m m o n C au se’, P oem s class’, as D erek la te r versified it—w h ic h is 1 9 6 5 - 7 1 , A x e sm ith & H u sto n , 6 0 p ): ‘In w h ere I first m et h im ; a n d w h e re , I th in k , a tte m p tin g to c o m m u n ic a te d ire c tly w ith he first began to w rite his p o e try fo r th e th e u n d e r-e d u c a te d m asses, E lm is re d u c ­ p eople. Even th e n he w as p ossessed o f so ing his a d o p te d a rt to its lo w est c o m m o n large an a p p e tite fo r w o rk in g class c u ltu re d e n o m in a to r. He is esch ew in g th e su b tle ­ th a t m any d eem e d it a ffe c te d . T h e re w as ties o f fo rm an d p h ilo so p h ic so p h istic a tio n a d e fin ite in c o n g ru ity a b o u t th e sight o f th a t is g reat p o e tr y ’s h a llm ark , in fav o u r his lank figure stro llin g a w k w a rd ly in to o f c h e a p p o litic a l p a m p h le te e rin g ; sacrifi­ th e u n iv ersity o n w in te r S a tu rd a y evenings, cing th e su b lim e to th e co m m o n p la c e . He feverishly cold a fte r an a fte rn o o n o n th e is w o rth y o f n o f u r th e r c o n sid e ra tio n .’ fo o tb a ll te rra c e s, ch ew in g a bag o f c o n ­ D erek, o f co u rse, w o u ld have n o n e o f gealed ch ip s an d scan n in g th e P in k ’Un this. He p o in te d o u t th a t it is th ro u g h th e e n th u siastically . W hen q u e stio n e d o n w h at re fin e m e n t o f p o e tic e x p re ssio n th a t th e o th e r s tu d e n ts c o u ld o n ly reg ard as th ese c o m m o n p la c e ach iev es su b lim ity , an d th a t u n ju stifia b ly m a so c h istic activ ities, D erek th e c o n c e p t o f su b lim ity is irre le v an t and an sw ered ‘Why be so c o n te m p tu o u s o f as repressive as an y o th e r h iera rc h ic n o tio n c o m m o n p e o p le ’s e x p e rie n c e s? ’ In d e e d , u nless it is available to th e m a jo rity o f th e su ch co m m o n p e o p le ’s ex p e rie n c e s p ro ­ p eo p le. He sug g ested , w ith m u ch ju s tific a ­ vided th e grist fo r m any o f his earlie r tio n . th a t E n g lan d ’s g re a te r p o e ts, fro m p oem s, such as th e len g th y ‘S w an so n g fo r C h a u c e r to B lake, had ta k e n th e lives o f U n ite d ’: c o m m o n p e o p le as th e ir so u rce s o f in sp ira­ O T ra ffo rd P ark! F u ll m a n y a g o a l tio n a n d stu d y . T h e sc a th in g review Y o u r a n tiq u e sta n d s have se e n ; n o tices, h o w ev er, to o k th e ir toll. N ever a A n d sh e lte re d each tr u e local s o u l h e a lth y in d iv id u al. D erek sick en ed , began A b o u t y o u r la u n d e re d green. ’ to d rin k m o re th a n ever, a n d fo r a p erio d o r the p ro so d ic ‘S tre e tc o rn e r O d e ’: o f a b o u t six m o n th s he gave u p w ritin g T he ch ip -sh o p ladies s ta n d a ro u n d a lto g eth e r. In late 1971 he re tu rn e d to his

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Roger Hutchinson obituarises the man o f whom it has been said that ‘his work represents the most articulate voice o f working class culture since William McGonagall’ (Spectrum) and ‘his poetry has taught us more about our art than we would ever have thought possible’ (C P Snow).

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ILLUSTRA TIO N BY Pfc'ARGE M ARCHBAN K

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. 1965-68. (Elcktra). Solid Gold Rock and Roll, Vols 1 & 2. (Mercury). We’ve been American fo r so long now. In rock music that is. In plenty o f other commodities and titillations too, but, fo r the purposes o f this piece, it’s that monumental US in­ fluence over the music o f the last couple o f decades that is o f relev­ ance. Sure, fo r those brief halcyon years o f the early to mid sixties, when Beatles and Stones and even Gerry and the Pacemakers seemed to have the States sewn up, it seem­ ed as i f the Mother Counfry was renegeing somewhat. So i f our pop (ular) music was coming across the Big Ditch and tiny teenies were tripping to what­ ever happened to be the current light fantastic with a New World beat, what were we getting? The Fifties, in the parade o f sociological change that has made up the last two decades, were the years when the young, fo r the first time in their lives, were not merely occupying some ambivalent position between childhood and adult status. Some­ time around 1 9 4 7 an unconscious epochmaker first used the word teenager. The group so typified never looked back. They had jobs, they had money, they had indepen­ dence. Now, they weren’t that in­ dependant yet. It took more than a group identity and a few bucks in the pocket, hot wheels and a ginchy chick to make a cultural group truly part from their elders. The American salesman, that central figure in the great Stateside drama, had m ixed views on the new young. A s a father he may have hated everything about kids who seemed to reject everything he stood for, as a businessman he revelled in the fact that .they seemed to lap u p every­ th in g he produced With the en­ thusiasm o f the newly rich the teen­ agers went on a huge party. They were the greatest single consumer group available, and what Babitt was going to reject their fast cars when nScould cqjp ifirfa st bucks. A nd whatVvaf central to that consumer boom, the number one pleasuring and leisuring o f the em­ ergent teens: rock and roll music. Every side o f their lives was there, every artefact o f the high-school existence was.there on the shelves ■of singles and albums. In England, where the culture was catching on slowly but surely, we didn’t go to high schools, at least not the guys, and the local uniformed crocodiles were hardly the queens o f the Jun­ ior High Prom. B ut we had the

The Big Bopper records, and i f anything could be termed the ‘ambassadors’from the new age, it was the rock idols and their product. Central to all the music was young love and every per­ mutation o f that parlous state. The songs told the tales o f love come true, love sundered, love betrayed, love rejected Paul and Paula epitom­ ised the modus vivendi: ‘True love means planning a whole life fo r two; being together the whole day through; waiting and hoping that soon wishes we made will come true’; it makes a change, fo r those who like amatory definitions, o f ‘never having to say you're sorry’. It was also assumed ov the lovers in question that th e y ’d been together fo r a while already, that the sole bar to instant and eternal happiness was school, which, fo r P&P, was ‘through ’. Perhaps the Diamonds are a perfect example o f the genre. Banal lyrics;'a bass ‘doo-wah’ back­ ground, falsetto singer, a spoken break was always on the cards. The actual music was all but irrelevant, certainly the obsession with the fingerpickin’ excellence o f rival lead guitarists would have Sounded too much like hard brain work fo r these teenagers. It was ideal music fo r necking. Get down there in the back seat at some convenient drivein, let the local rock station drift over y o u r writhing bodies... you d on’t actually notice the individual songs but the repitition o f ‘love’, ‘darlin’, ‘f erever’, etc., may well have had some subliminally encouraging effect on the progress o f those prob­ ing digits. O f course, the course o f true love

didn’t always run smooth. Dickey Lee was a specialist in the broken heart. Indeed, his songs were rarely even about a love still fo r this earth. ‘Laurie’ concerns a girl already a year beneath the soil, ‘Patches', who had the misfortune to come from the wrong side o f the tracks and as ‘a girl from that place will just bring me disgrace’, cannot be married to the hero. She is fo u n d starting on the big sleep ‘floating face down in that dirty river that flow s by the coalyards in old shanty to w n ’ and our hero, love undying, promises as he prepares fo r his own demise, ‘It may not be right, but I ’ll join yo u tomte, Patches I'm coming to yo u Death wasn’t a constant fo r Dickey, b u t in ‘I Saw Linda Yesterday ’ ‘j ust when I thought I was really O K’ back comes the love o f his life to stir up those miseries again. Lesley Gore didn't actually lust fo r death, b u t her ‘I t ’s M y P arty' bears the stamp o f high-school muzak. The ultimate degradation: ‘Judy was wearing his ring’. Oh boy. One aspeht o f life that was con­ spicuously absent from the sounds o f the tim e was Sex. You might be a paid up, card carrying m em ber o f the 4F Club (Find ’em, fe e l ’em. fu c k ’em and forget ’em ) but yo u r music was pristine. I f y o u were listening to whites that is. O f course those niggers down south like Chuck Berry couldn't be trusted to keep a decent tongue in their head, but them clean kids with white skins were OK. The Big Bopper provided the one exception. ‘Chantilly Lace’ lays it delightfully on the line. From the jingle o f coins through the phone

box to the final ‘You know what I like!!’ the song positively drools with the pleasures to come. Or, fo r those w ho can see it that way, i t ’s the anthem o f the obscene phonecaller. A n d there was always Jerry Lee Lewis, like JP Richardson a southern boy, to p u t a little jo lt in all that syrupy happiness I f one thing symbolises the split between the fifties and sixties in youth att­ itudes, it was the reception given to Lew is' marriage with his 13 yearold cousin. To our eternal shame a few critical comments in the press turned a generation against the touring rocker. These days such a blatant flight in authorities’ and convention’s face w ould have been accorded its enthusiastic praise Fifteen years ago, so attached were the teens to their traditional ideas - ie those o f their parents - that Jerry Lee was crucified. Today more o f a country singer, Lewis maintains his belief: ‘You are either hot or cold. I f yo u are lukewarm the Lord will spew y o u o u t his m outh.' Rock, w hite high school rock o f the fifties and through to the early sixties, was essentially laid on its listeners and buyers, it did not usually come fro m them. There were certain norms, certain archetypes, these were exploited fo ra ll that they were worth. ‘The true masters o f the form, the originators and still champions.. ’ The Platters, who, like all exceptions paradoxically proving ruhs, were black but tried so hard to be white that they van­ ished into ignominy ‘took banality to the po in t where it nudged real inspiration ’ (N ik Cohn: Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom). It was a style that continued with decreasing power or prestige, not to mention originality, though once the norms were established that was always a com m odity in short supply (th o ’ no-one seemed to object) into the early sixties. The Beatles and Stones and their better imitators and con­ temporaries were able to strike so mighty a blow because they had the sense to rediscover the greats o f the mid-fifties, Berry and Little Richard, Elvis Presley. It cut through nearly a decade’s crap and a new set o f teenagers w ho’d been too young to appreciate the originals first time around just had to love it. Come the m id sixties, a new ele­ m ent infused the scehe. As much an archetype as the hi-school hops and necking o f the fifties, dope, in par­ ticular cannabis and LSD, became staples o f the y o u th culture o f the new decade. Their main attraction was their illegality and their attack on those things parents held dear. B ut necking and ‘parking’ were un­ popular among parents o f the fif­ ties. It was not merely rebellion that 51

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made the break. It was another effect o f acid and pot: a few trips, a steady consumption o f one mind expander or another, and on e’s lifestyle slowly but undeniably changed. For the first time in a decade or more, the mode o f the music changed, and, as I T pu t it at the time, gloatingly quoting Plato: ‘the walls o f the city shake’. They didn't, not that hard anyway, but there began to emerge a number o f bands trying very hard to break new ground. Here we had such as the Deviants, some o f whose members battle on still as the Pink Fairies, John’s Children, with embryo superstar Marc Bolan (or was he still Mark Feld in those days) singing backup vocal on ‘Desdemona’ whose exhortation to ‘lift up yo u r skirts and f l y ’ duly removed the cut from the BBC playables list. There was Keith West's Tomorrow who released the immortal ‘My White Bicycle’ and possibly the centre o f the whole nascent psychedelic circus. The Creation, who were always into ‘happenings’ and were w ont to flo o d the floor o f their club o f f Regent Street or some such (at the time) mindtwisting surprise. But once again the staples o f the move­ m ent all came from across the water. Acid may have peaked over here in time fo r the ‘Summer o f L ove’ o f 1967, but in the States the weirdo wonderlands had taken over at least a year earlier. The music changed to suit it. It was archetypes again. Only this time th e y ’d upgraded a little. Dope had taken the place o f love. ‘I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) by the Electric Prunes is a classic, fu ll o f veiled dope reference, obligatory swooshing guitar, general freakouts wherever possible. The bands all started adopting these weird names. No more could one fin d such simple lads as Jay and the Techniques or even Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, it was down to Strawberry Alarm Clock, 13th Floor Elevators, Chocolate Watch Band, Crome Cyrcus and Ultimate Spinach, not to mention Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Quick­ silver Messenger Service. There was a new interest in something that had never crossed the minds o f those pubescent ravers o f ten years ago: changing the world... The Third Rail brought out ‘Run, Run, R u n ’ which is hardly putting any motherfuckers up agin' that wall, but gets the requisite E fo r Effort. Delivered in what could well be mistaken fo r a straight surf rendition: ‘Up in the morning at half past eight; Can’t have your breakfast or yo u 'II be late; Tie yo u r tie like a hangman’s noose; D on’t have time to drink yo u r juice’ and this little jollity is broken up with a monologue; based, one assumes on the Stock Market reports: ‘Heart attacks up 2%, Men­ tal Illness split 3 fo r 1,General Chaos up I point... ’ Stirring stuff, but it hardly rushes you to the barricades. ‘A Public Execution’by Mouse might well have that effect, but fo r re­ actionary, not righton reasons. A

An ‘imaginative drawing’ (to quote) from ‘The Eternal Subject’ by Brinsley le Poer Trench (Souvenir Press, £2.50); the author is the former editor of ‘Flying Saucer Review’ and heir presumptive to the Earl o f Clancarty gross Dylan imitation, Mouse, who Knickerbockers, originally called the subsequently grabbed a band called Castle Kings and from New Jersey, The Traps, keeps verging on ‘Like a obviously depended on a close learn­ Rolling Stone' but just resists going ing o f Beatle styles from their first few albums, especially the non-movie all the way. ‘Some words are best not spoken, some things are best not side o f Hard D ay’s Night. Released said...' he menaces, then says the late ’65, it’s a p ity the Knickerbock­ lot in pure Dylan, images and voice ers didn’t wait till Rubber Soul came all there. One point, Mouse does to out. Naturally there was some real the word ‘y o u ’ much the same as Adam Faith used to do to ‘love’. rubbish, or perhaps high camp O f course these early burgeonings would be a kinder description. Top o f psychedelia are hardly the warped o f the list m ust come ‘M oulty’ by craziness o f the later sixties and the Barbarians. L et Moulty, their possibly even early seventies. The one-handed and be-hookeddrummer bands, all o f whom sound slightly speak fo r himself: ‘I remember the amateurish and hardly f i t fo r the days when things were real bad fo r local hall let alone big tours, some­ me, it was right after m y accident, how scraped into charts; maybe when / lost m y hand...’and Moulty novelty helped. It was a changing era finds him self in music and comes and certain things have to be forgiv­ through to declare ‘N ow there’s one en. Even the Dead were still, as the thing I need, not sympathy, and I Warlocks, making their best o f ‘In d o n ’t want y o u r pity, but a gu'rl, a the Midnight Hour’ et al... Some o f real gurl, and then I'll be the com­ the output o f that timeis undeniably plete man... ’ 'N u ff said. But at least excellent. From Detroit, from which poor Moulty has human interest, such kindness can't be extended to M otor City the MC5 would exhort the Magic Mushrooms’ magnum us to ‘Kick out the Jams, Mother­ fuckers!!!’ came the Amboy Dukes, opus, entitled ‘I t ’s-a-happening’. ‘The sky is falling... the ocean’s with, among other things, ‘Baby calling... the world is turning... Please D on’t Go ’. Even i f they did copy Hendrix's r iff o f f ‘Third Stone round... and round... 'Screech, whoosh, thum p thump o f tomtoms. from the Sun ’, they still deserved ‘Burn the weed...' Thump thump. their popularity. The Nazz, led by Todd Rundgren, who came towards Earliest cut here is ‘Farmer J o h n ’ the end o f this era, are another band by the Premiers; the prefatory statement, ‘Has anyone seen Kosher who should have survived longer. Pickled Herring? Tell him that More anglophile than thou, R und­ Herbert’s looking fo r him ’ should gren manages to sound something denote the flavour o f this live like Ringo, and the band had the recording. sense to look to the Who fo r their Apart from their relative lack o f strong musical style, rather than the more anaemic Beatles. There were professional polish one sad common denominator unites all these bands still some who slavishly copied the none o f them survived more than fo u r m op tops. ‘Lies’ by the

a few years at most. Irrespective o f ability, and fo r some it was unden­ iably present, they were represent­ ative o f this era o f transience, and their fam e was duly short-lived. ‘Pushin ’ Too Hard ’ by the Seeds, ‘Oh Yeah’ by the Shadows of Knight and ‘Psychotic Reaction’ (a finetrack which like so many early freakout guitar solos sounds strangely like the Flight o f the Bumblebee with wah-wah thrown in) by Count Five are all good rock­ ers which are still worthy o f playing. But only a handful o f bands survived that euphoric era when there were upwards o f two thousand bands playing out o f the Bay Area alone, and the lowly sugar lump was elevat­ ed to Holy Grail status. A nd they, like all prophets, had to wait a while fo r more than local acceptance. As fo r the rest, they have vanished, the lucky few into other bands, the majority into anonymity, or maybe running headshops or making can­ dles. A n d as Lenny Kaye, who com­ piled ‘Nuggets’points out, what better sixties equivalent could you desire fo r the graveyard o f fifties bands, the car wash or the gas ststion? Jonathon Green. (N.B. Anthologies have certain lim­ its, usually those o f the record com­ pany putting them out, or o f the taste o f the person who compiles. For the rock ’n ’roll duo the tracks are naturally only those which Mer­ cury can lay their copyright dom­ inated hands on. For Nuggets, the second limit exists: Lenny Kaye has given us only his own taste. It is ad­ visable to bear this in m ind when considering both the above )

‘R e v ie w s Beverly Hillbillies’ T V show, and i f th a t’s not y o u r bag, m ost will have seen ‘Bonny and Clyde’ in which Scruggs’ banjo rat-tat-tats along with the hardware. Still at the movies, a lot o f the desperately doleful effect in the Last Picture Show was created by ‘WUI the Circle be Unbroken’ Country and Western, notably Hank (United Artists UAS 9801). Mother Williams accompanied by sliding Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc steel guitar - every time a car door, Watson, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, saloon door, pool room door, apart­ Jimmy Martin plus Vassar Clements m ent door was opened, out wafted (fiddle), Junior Huskey (bass), Williams or a contemporary. I f any o f these phenomena turn­ Norman Blake, Pete ‘Bashful Brother Oswald’ Kirby (both dobro) and ed y o u on, y o u ’ll fin d them in the The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Circle, instruments played to wellnigh perfection, acoustically so y o u Jimmie Faddon (vocals and harp), can get the texture, and singing Jeff Hanna (vocals, washboard), Jim Ibbotson (vocal, guitar, snare), plaintive enough to make y o u reach John McEuen (banjo), Les Thomp­ fo r a slug o f Jack Daniels. son (mandolin). William McEuen, manager o f the Let me declare an interest - I am Dirt Band and brother o f banjo pick­ white, male, and was bom in the er John, produced the set, and aimed fo r spontaneity. There’s studio chat summer o f '42 in Glasgow, one o f between some o f the tracks, which the Nashville ‘in absentia’ o f the over a period o f a week or so were English-speaking world (two o f the in the can after one or two takes other ones in Britain are Liverpool each. and the Shetlands, and Jim Reeves R o y Acuff, doyen o f Country is king o f Ireland). and Western singers, with a voice That said, this three-record set, although priced slightly on the side like Cuban heels on a gravel path, sets the mood early on with the o f extortionate, is unique in bring­ pronouncement o f his policy in the ing the giants o f the country genre together with the Dirt Band, one o f studio: ‘Wheneveryou once decide y o u ’re gonna record a number, put the best o f the groups o f younger musicians who have moved into the everything y o u ’ve got into it, be­ cause —don't say ‘‘w e’ll take it over music instead o f sticking with rock and do it again" - every time you and attempting some kind o f syn­ thesis. go through it yo u lose a little some­ What could have been a confron­ thing. So le t’s do it the first time tation - long-hairs versus red-necks and the hell with the rest o f it. ’ - turned out to be a gas mixtute. O f the songs A c u ff puts across, The boys in the Band, playing Hank Williams’ ‘IS a w the L ight’ is straight acoustic, provide a steady probably the most famous, and style seems to have taken on a new background sound fo r the veterans ‘Wreck on the Highway ’ ( I heard lease o f life since he parted with to do the numbers which made the crash on the highway but I guitarist Lester Flatt. When y o u hear them the darlings o f the South. didn ’t hear nobody pray ’) is the him weild his own invention, the Recorded in Nashville in August most representative o f his material. 1971, the 37 songs and instrument­ Wailing dobro from A c u ff’s long­ Scruggs peg which makes the char­ acteristic twang on ‘Earl’s Break­ als span something like two hours time associate Kirby accompanies down ’, y o u know yo u ’re listening to and take in the three main strands the lyrics into the land o f maudlin Big Daddy. o f D ixie’s music - mountain or old- sentimentality. But this isn’t m y Back in 1959 the first bootleg time country, bluegrass and Country bag so maybe I ’m biased. This also Scruggs album arrived in Glasgow, and Western. applies to Jim m y Martin, whose everyone thought it had been speed­ Grand Ole Opry Song’ opens the One musician in particular links ed up in the re-recording. I still these strands, and that’s Vassar album, a roll-call o f honour o f all wonder. the stars who have appeared at the Clements, a little-known fiddleAlso awe-inspiring is the fiatplayer from Florida. He is equally at celebrated Rym an ’s Theatre (which picking guitar o f Doc Watson. He is sadly is being moved out o f town). home with the single note melody Consumption o f a bottle or so o f the direct descendent o f the oldline o f the mountains as with the hard licker is recommended to pro­ time country bands o f the 20s and chunky chording o f Country and duce the necessary state fo r listening early 30s, in which the free-running Western, and he revels in the blue­ line o f the guitar was the backbone. grass flash like ‘The Orange Blossom to these Country and Western cuts. When he knits his brow and sings Moving sideways from C& W, Special’. Country music, outside the out­ Merle Travis gives out with his met­ ‘Way downtown just a-foolin’ around' and the licks and runs come posts, has never been really fashion­ iculous finger-picking guitar with spilling out o f his machine y o u know able over here, but in spite o f that it the famous educated thum b bass why, like Scruggs, h e ’s become has had its effects on mass culture. lines (is that where Johnny Cash something o f a legend in the South. Most o f the Stones’ albums from got his sound?). Travis wrote ‘Six­ ...A nd then there’s Mother May­ Let It Bleed onwards have had teen Tons’, a million seller in the belle. She was one o f the initial tracks either imitations of, or in­ 50s, and also ‘Dark as a Dungeon ’, musical influences on Doc Watson. fluenced by, ‘country’. which he sings here. The m iner’s The first tune he ever learned was Dylan had his celebrated country complaint became one o f the bestphase, and his dobro player o f those known protest songs during the Al- in 1935, when he was 12, from days, Norman Blake, is part o f the May belle's recording o f 'When the dermaston marches and associated Roses Bloom ’, one o f many which Circle band. A nd D ylan’s early activity. guitar style was Woody Guthrie out Going further back into the Blue- swept the South in the 20s and 30s. o f Maybelle Carter, the last surviving ridge Mountains, yo u get to - fo r She sings fo u r songs on this al­ member o f the famous Carter fam ­ bum, all written by her father, A. P. m y money the three aces on the ily. Carter. Her singing has that sound album, Mother Maybelle Carter, On a different plane, millions o f Earl Scruggs and blind Doc Watson. o f poverty-stricken resignation box-watchers must know backwards Scruggs what can be said that m ixed with a wry dignity which is Earl Scruggs’ theme music fo r ‘The hasn’t been said already? Only that the unmistakable sound o f the

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gives out with ‘Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, keep on the sunny side o f life ' i t ’s not a celebration, more an expression o f foreboding at w hat’s around the corner. Only when heaven is on the agen­ da does optimism appear in its Sun­ day best. 'Will the circle be unbrok­ en, b y and by Lord, by and by, there’s a better home waiting in the sky, Lord, in the sky ’ runs the title track. Everyone gets in the act o f worship. That’s the penultimate number, with a cast o f 30. I t ’s great. But just to prove that nobody’s perfect, the loony company have stuck on the end o f that last side a rambling gui­ tar solo o f Joni Mitchell's ‘Both Sides N o w ’ by Randy Scruggs, son o f Earl. It might as well have been Little Jim m y Osmond. However, in between the first and last tracks is everything yo u ever wanted to know about country music. They murdered the lawyer in ‘Easy R ider’ to the strains o f it, and lynched black men to the beat o f it, but it gets in y o u r blood. 1 remember playing fiddle in a Liverpool Country and Western club in 1962. Before the gig began, the organiser, in boots and buckskins, strode up, backslapping: 'Howdy cousin, did yo u go on the Orange Walk today?’A connection? Poor white music. Hell beckons. Bobby Campbell.

‘R e v ie w s wander on different planes while still, almost subconsciously, remain­ ing aware o f the music. Jenkins’ ‘S o ft Weed Factor’, with its backbone o f a half dozen repeat­ ed notes, andRatledge’s ‘Chloe and the Pirates’ are beautifully rich, hypnotic. A fter these Hopper’s ‘1983’, the last cut on the album, will send yo u grimly groping fo r cigarettes; a year o f f Big Brother and in the tearing electronics and doomwatch rhythm the rats are fighting fo r a bite at Winston’s face The days o f playing Marc Bolan are over fo r the So ft Machine and this fine album certainly w on’t be scoring any Cashbox red bullets Soft Machine ‘Six’ Album (CBS) either. But with their long developed Back in the years before the greasy talents now producing probably the Beatles began rocking Hamburg and closest thing y e t in rock to contem­ Elvis was the king, four Canterbury porary classical music I doubt if music students started experiment­ Hopper and Ratledge regret the end ing with their own form o f electric o f their acid high. They were always jazz. musician before superstar. With the middle 6 0 ’s came the Don Atyeo good Dr Leary and his universal cure-all and this group, with a few new faces and a name borrowed from Bill Burroughs, became ‘Pop Loudon Wainwright III 'Album III’ Stars’, blowing a million minds with their electric acid Muzak. (CBS) We are all human. We all make Right to the end o f the decade mistakes. Even Press Officers from Soft Machine was a familiar name major record companies occasional­ to the teeny in the street: together with those other master electricians ly cease drinking long enough to Pink Floyd they provided the back­ exhibit lamentable mortal frailty. ground music to thousands o f trips A nd who can blame them? Knowing, at such pleasure domes as the as we all do, the intolerable con­ legendary UFO and Middle Earth, ditions under which these wretches they toured the States with Hendrix, to il-th e grinding receptions, the compulsory three hour lunch breaks, won awards on the Continent and the sickening arse-licking o f tyranni­ produced three successful albums. B ut the Seconal seventies brought the collapse o f psychadelia and the S o ft’s popularity dropped sharply. Despite the exit o f drummer Robert Wyatt to Matching Mole and saxophonist Elton Dean, the So ft Machine played on to their dwind­ ling, though often devoted, fans. This, their sixth album which adds oboe/sax/piano player Karl Jenkins and drummer John Marshall to the two originals still remaining (Hugh Hopper and Mike Ratledge), is p ro o f o f the group’s ability to master their own complex, highly developed compositions, an ability that has taken them years cal ‘journalists’, the high medical to evolve. risks involved in shaking hands with The first two sides o f this hundreds o f their companies double album are cuts from last ‘musicians’-kn o w in g all this, it year’s concerts at Brighton and would be uncharitable o f us not to Guildford and, driven by Marshall’s make enormous allowances. And, o f tight, expert drumming (reaching course, it is fo r this reason that I its climax in the solo ‘5 from 13’), refuse to waste the valuable and the music reflects the group’s roots. limited space o f these review pages But despite the discipline and to publicly p u t the finger on an understanding which the group unfortunate individual currently in achieves on stage, it is in the studio the employ o f CBS (The Muzak that they are able to give the fullest People). interpretation o f their works, and Suffice it to say, that this miser­ the studio disc contains some o f able scutn-bag, this foul, brain their best cuts. damaged gibbering idiot, this The Soft's hypnotic, electric alcoholic incom petent... (edited fo r heartbeats replace Marshall's drum­ reasons o f brevity-E d.)... slimy ming which fades to the background son o f a bitch has forgotten to mail allowing each instrument to deter­ me a copy o f Loudon Wainwright’s mine its own rhythm. The.constant third album I t ’s bad enough that repetition o f a fe w bars or even a having filled out his companies’ single note works as a kind o f elec­ beastly form s requesting review tronic OM, freeing the listener to copies that nothing arrives. I t ’s bad 55

anything he has ever recorded, which is saying plenty. In career terms, 1973 may not be his finest hour, but in artistic terms 'Something to S a y’is a creditable comeback. May the Lord have mercy on the fools who said Joe was finished: Cocker has struck another blow fo r living, breathing, believable rock&roll. In a line, music fo r the discriminating. There ain ’t many o f us left. Myles Palmer.

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COCKER COMEBACK Joe Cocker 'Something to Say’ (Cube). In this age o f the Rock-Star-AsEntrepreneur, Joe Cocker still seems destined fo r a career along the lines o f Rock-Star-As- Victim. He sang and sweated fo r peanuts fo r half a decade, and has been per­ ennially neglected, under-rated, ripped o f f and sinned against. The Woodstock and Mad Dogs movies and With A Little Help notwith­ standing, he has never been that big in England. He was and is a music­ ians’ singer, much loved and respect­ ed within the business by critics, agents, managers, disc jockeys and the like. One o f m y lasting regrets o f the Sixties was that I never saw him with the Grease Band. Even now the luckless Joe finds this LP issued in the shabbiest sleeve imaginable. A nd in February his longtime partner and pianist Chris Stainton quit, causing the cancel­ lation o f a Scandinavian tour and two sold-out shows at the Rainbow. In the three years since his last album, Mad Dogs, audiences here have become thoroughly entrenched in middle o f the road pulp, acoustic solo singers and endless permutations o f slick snazzy art-rock and jerk-off keyboardisms. As ever England is deaf to the festive, colourful and

heartfelt sounds which made Joe a Stateside superstar. Consisting o f some old cuts, some new and a couple o f live tracks, this album exceeded expect­ ations w ithout equalling the overall brilliance o f his classic second studio album. It lacks the tender loving care which went into the arrangements and selection o f mat­ erial Bird on a Wire, Something, Hitchcock Railway and Darling Be Home Soon remain inasterpieces o f interpretation which will be marvel­ led at ten years from now. The usual rousing collective play­ ing includes some tasty, original guitar work from Neil Hubbard. Pardon Me Sir is a good rocker with Cocker’s inimitable groanings em­ bellished by a cracking beat, ripe sax and wailing chick chorus. An example o f the much-improved songwriting o f Joe and Chris. Midnight Rider was a highlight o f last yea r’s Rainbow gig, with drummer Alan White triggering the tempo changes like a man possessed. This studio version never quite ig­ nites in the same way, but the rendition o f St James Infirmary is fin e stuff. A million times more convincing as a slow blooze than R od Stew art’s I ’d Rather Go Blind. Die title track is a gorgeous ballad which swells and flow s on fo r five minutes around an immaculate rolling r iff recalling much o f the mood and flavour o f Do I Still Figure In Your Life. I t ’s as good as

Reviews enough that this deranged mongoloid’s inactivity forced me to write a personally signed letter begging him to hasten as our copy date rolled closer. Telephone calls and personal emissaries em itted nothing but em pty mailboxes and the ghashing o f teeth For weeks I have been building up to this high point o f my critical career. For months I have been slipping Wainwright’s name into other reviews, reciting the lyrics on A Ibums I and II until I know them better than Section 4 o f the Obscene Publications A ct and personally boring the arse o f friends, colleagues, acquaintances and even bozos in the street, lauding Loudon's inherent genius and sensitivity. Who was it who sat fo r night after dreary night attempting to persuade Richard Neville that Album I wasn't ‘Leonard Cohen on Mandrax’? Who was it who wrote to the Democratic Party o f America suggesting Wainwright fo r Vice-President? How many thousands o f albums have been sold as a result o f this relent­ less promotional activity on m y behalf? A n d this is the thanks I get! Well? I ’m waiting. Felix Dennis

QUASI-HIP RADICALISM Barbra Streisand Live (CBS) A startling voice which hits and holds notes no other popular singer can make; the power to communicate songs, and good ones, in a way that doesn’t just grip an audience but startles it; an interpretative power that comes not merely from actress-ship but from intelligence and soul; the single fact o f being able to take a song like ‘M y Man ’after Billy Holliday has had her way with it and not just give an account o f it but make it devastating all over again this last thing alone is sufficient to make an artist worthy o f our interest however much pre­ judice forbids. Other reasons clinch it. Barbra Streisand is younger than John Lennon which besides being ever so slightly incongruous is also a nett loss fo, everyone. Had she been born twenty five years earlier she'd have been the all time presid­ ing genius o f the Hollywood musical screen. There d have been a surge every time her film s were shown at cinemas and on television. A s it is she arrived after the directors and studios had gone and the audience was making fo r the door. She just about had time to write her fo o t­ note in ‘Funny Girl’ where she gave a display o f acting, comedienneship and singing which makes Judy Garland in Iter heyday took like a sympathy turn, but probably you only saw it i f y o u needed to go into a cinema to get o u t o f the rain. Now. apart from recording the odd Carole King-type song, which she and CBS probably see as making sound marketing sense but which really don 7 allow her

to express herself fully, she is an actress. On April 15th 1972 she did her first concert in six years fo r the benefit o f George McGovern's election fund, which copped $300,000, and though she must always be better when y o u see her, the album is stunning. It was an evening o f hope and breathtaking liberal chic; everyone who should have been there was there in LA, James Taylor and Carole King did the first half. Even the ushers were superstars and from the point o f view o f tone and effect Streisand was the ideal artist to finish it. The album has priceless moments o f bathetic kitch; her attem pt to implicate herself and her audience in quasi hip radicalism-smoking a joint on stage "Is it still illegal??’’; moments o f pathos- “we ve done som ething... to hopefully elect the next President o f the United States”; the optimistic naivete o f the sequence o f songtitles, a logical Streisand repertoire which reads like a N ew Deal campaign oratorio "M akeyour own kind o f m usic”, "Starting here, starting now ’, "On a clear day yo u can see fo r ever”, "Where y o u lead I will follow ” (!), ‘ Happy Days are Here Again”, ‘ People” ... Yes, folks, this is the George McGovern Memorial Album. Miss Streisand and all her imagemakers sometimes put themselves through uncomfortable and

doomed acrobatics in an attempt to transform a young, (perhaps) politically liberal but essentially traditional great H ollywood star into a palatable dish to set before the self-conscious, exclusive radical yo u th o f the 1970s They d o n ’t make it, but who cares? The per­ formance is the thing and here it s fucking fantastic urgent, super­ musical, brilliant and very, very exciting; a wipe out in every way. Taylor and King must have fo u n d it too much to precede; to ask anyone to follow it would have been grotesque. Why not surprise yo u rself and try this album? I f y o u ’re coy, take a Virgin carrier and go to a record shop on the far side o f town. David Robson

RAGE, TENDERNESS & BOREDOM Yoko Ono ‘Approximately Infinite Universe’ (Apple) The lady is weird and the lady is strange; sometimes her pain is all too obvious. The hatred that Yoko Ono arouses in many people is generally half-concealed behind a dismissal o f herself and her art. ‘She’s a phony, a clever hustler, a designing and devious woman. But an artist?’ Never. I think A. I. U. is

the best Yoko product yet. Certain­ ly it will be valued by women, I'm not so sure that many men will be able to take or ever understand its deepest cuts. The words on the album sleeve and the lyrics o f the songs are more important than the music on this album. ‘I am proposing the feminization o f society, the use o f fem inine tendency as a positive force to change the world’- Yoko Ono. The tracks vary,both in quality and quantity, the double album seems too long, a single album would have been too short. The music and voice are deceptively pleasant. Occasionally Yoko manages to produce that same shiver o f horror that Love in their heyday produced That incredible mingling o f beautiful sweet music and harsh, almost crude lyrics. Some o f the tracks scream o u t a woman’s rage and pain at the world, her parents and her lovers. Others are tender, gentle love songs. A couple are just plain boring. The screaming is still there, but not so harsh. Sometimes Y oko’s voice is not strong enough fo r the song, (particularly on ‘Move on Fast’ a heavy rocking number). Best tracks 7 Felt like Smashing m y Face in a Clear Glass Window’, ‘Winter Sung’, ‘Yang Yang’and ‘What a Bastard the World is. ’ Joy Farren

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‘Reviews o f dignity and w o rth ... Bourgeois women did not make capitalism, they merely attached themselves to its makers and lived o f f their man’s activity. Their dowry helped him to accumulate. ’ Lower down the social scale, however, w om en’s position was Women, Resistance and Revolution becoming less secure. Their place By Sheila Rowbotham (Allen Lane. in the guilds weakened Men took Penguin) over trades formerly recognised as In History we read the story o f the women's-brewing, candlemaking. dominant class, its kings, its generals, A n d male doctors began to predom­ its wars o f attrition Marxists stand inate as medicine aspired to being this topsy-turvy outlook firm ly on a science-women surgeons dis­ its fe e t again and give us our first appeared in the seventeenth glimpse o f the masses-serfs, wage century; midwifery was downgraded labourers, arm ies-the real agents. and reserved fo r the poor. The rise Yet even in the panorama o f the o f unprotected industries fo u n d in exploited, one group has remained women a profitable labour sourcesubmerged Women-producers and at lower pay rates than regulated reproducers. To know exactly who trades. Textiles became ‘w om en’s we are, and who we might be, we w ork’- th e v could also be done at have to ask what have we been, where have we been? History takes on some clarity when understood in terms o f the changing modes o f production, the struggle between classes, but the picture is incom­ plete. ‘N ot only have liberal anthropoligists failed to consider the problem o f the interaction o f modes o f reproduction and production, and the relation o f this to the position o f women and change in the organisation o f society, but Marxists themselves have ignored the important point about repro­ duction, as part o f the material world, being a determining factor in history.' The present day fem inist con­ sciousness o f Women’s Liberation points to the gaps in Marxist theory, and asks new questions about psychology and history, demands new documentations. Sheila Rowbotham describes her book as an attem pt to trace the fortunes o f an idea... ‘It is a very simple idea, but one with which we have lost touch, that the liberation o f women necessitates the liberation o f all human beings. ’ hom e A nd indeed this book will shatter In both classes female resent­ any preconceptions still held even ment and anger fo u n d a voice-but perhaps in Women’s Liberationthe bourgeois feminists and the how can we retain traces o f contem­ emerging fem ale proletariat sound p t fo r our own sex when we see a different note, not surprisingly, that women throughout the since their devaluation took a centuries have neither been unaware different form. I f bourgeois fem ini­ o f their own subordination, nor at sm often showed a tendency to all silent about it? Sheila delineates emphasise female education as a the various ways in which fem inist cure-all-the acceptance o f a ideas manifest themselves in certain number o f privileged different historical conditions, women into the existing state o f different classes and different so ciety-th e proletarian women countries fe lt the threat o f the exploiting We begin to see how the break­ class more concretely than male down o f the medieval com munity superiority as such. The book and the beginnings o f capitalist describes their tendency to short market relations affected the house- term, collective organising in hold-w hether farm or fam ily communities in response to situa­ business, an independent productive tions o f need This was often unit up until then-and how the around consum ption-for instance, aspirations o f a new class-the the Bread R iots o f the eighteenth bourgeoisie-to economic and century. political power brought a new ‘In the French Revolution the mode o f life to its women. N o t to fem inist aspirations o f the privi­ work, fo r the women o f the midd­ leged and the tradition o f collective ling people, became the mark o f action o f the underprivileged class superiority at the very women encountered each other. ’ moment when their men were Women rioting over prices in establishing work as the criterion 1789 demanded better medical

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provision, education, and protection o f trades from male competition. Women were not inactive when it came to the struggle to organise at the point o f production-nor were they unaware o f the contradictions, the prejudice they faced in the early labour movement. Flora Tristan, fem inist and socialist, whose L'Union Ouvriere' laid out one o f the first formulations o f a Workers International wrote in 1843 7 have nearly the whole world against m e-m en, because I demand the emancipation o f women, the owners because I demand the emancipation o f wage earners. ’ B y 1848 Paris working women were going towards ideas o f workers control- the midwives saw socialised medicine as the only solution to bad conditions and low nav Women

petitioned the Provisional Govern­ ment fo r creches, wrote their own newspaper, set up w om en’s clubs where working women m et to discuss ideas and organisation, and develop their confidence and strength away fro m their menfolk. Then, as now, they m et with ridicule and contempt. Women in the Movement will fin d in the following excerpt their own experience. I t ’s Eugenie Niboyet, feminist, addressing noisy male interlopers in a w om en’s club, 1 8 48- ‘We d o n ’t want to act as playthings or as entertainment fo r anybody .. Behind y o u r cat­ calls despotism is strengthened. You know very well we d o n ’t want to lower yo u in any way but y o u ’re afraid to see us rise. ’Also in 18 4 8 - w omen’s collectives. The first was set up by a group o f single working women, the ‘Vesuviennes’, they called them -. selves. With no men to support them, or families to tie them, they pooled their income and organised themselves communally. ‘When my apron strings hung low He’d follow me through frost and

snow Now my apron strings won’t join He’ll pass my door and not come in’ No fem inist history could omit love, birth, waiting, the tragedy o f personal bondage to an individual man, bondage to nature, the inner psychological subjection which reflects the external social subjuga­ tion. Adventurous individuals could attem pt to escape woman­ hood fo r a time, become pirates, or ‘like sweet Polly Oliver, dressed as a boy they joined the army to find their man, or lay disguised beside their press-ganged sailor lover'. But fo r the majority, there was no chance o f controlling their lives. Pregnancy was the ultimate uncontrollable event they faced constantly-freedom, sexuality, adventure was fo r the men, women paid fo r their pleasure in pain and travail. Talk o f the organisation o f reproduction was utopian until a century after the vaginal sponge was first produced in 1823, and demands fo r the socialisation o f childrearing eg the demands o f the Paris women fo r creches were revolutionary indeed in 1848. The book traces the impact on feminism o f the thought o f Marx and Engels, the impetus (and the bias) it gave, and the resulting conditions fo r women in various post revolutionary societies, the attempts o f women at sexual liberation, their attem pts to over­ come their timidity. In post­ revolutionary Russia, the courage­ ous and ultimately unsuccessful struggle to carry through the sexual revolution, in China, the lesson that progressive reforms but lay the preconditions fo r women's equality-that the struggle must also be against the psychological legacy o f centuries o f subordina­ tion/tim idity and against the vested interest o f the m enfolk in continuing domination. Introduc­ ing the new Marriage Laws in Vietnam in 1960, Ho Chi Minh said ‘The emancipation o f women must be carried out simultaneously with the extirpation o f feudal and bourgeois thinking in the men. As fo r themselves, women should not wait until the directives o f the Government and the Party free them but they must rely on them­ selves to struggle. 'H ow the war both creates the basis fo r w om en’s liberation and limits its achieve­ ment is documented. A n d in a chapter entitled Colony within the Colony, the specific racial exploi­ tation and sexual oppression o f the colonised woman are examined together with the situation o f the colonised man and the white colonialist's woman. The preface states that the book will be useful ‘only i f it is dismantled and reconstructed as part o f a continuing effort to connect fem inism to socialist revolution. ’ Women, Resistance and Revolution is one work o f history which will very certainly be used as an instrument o f struggle. Alison Fell