Death To The Klan, August 1983

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In spite of adl this violent intimidation on the part of the state, over 300 people e n t e r e d t h e area.

1 B A K C , I N C A R flntemational Commitee Against Racism^ and C E D A R , a l o c a l p a c i f i s t g r o u p , a c c o u n t e d f o r a b o u t 150 a r r t i - K l a n demonstrators.

A n o t h e r 50 w e r e u n a f f i l i a t e d , b u t anti-Klan. Police also let t h r o u ^ 75 t o 100 open K l a n s u p p o r t e r s , m o s t l y b i k e r s , w h o attempted to intimidate people.

A t noon t h e K l a n e m e r g e d f r o m t h e f r o n t d o o r o f C i t y H a l l , i n t h e i r hoods and robes, carrying a large .Amerikkkan f l a g and a banner reading "Peaceful P a t r b t i c Protest by the K K K . " B i l l W i l k i n s o n , G r a n d D r a g o n of t h e I n v i s i b l e E m p i r e o f t h e K n i g h t s o f t h e K K K , spoke t h r o u ^ a large sound system. A t times he was d r o w n e d o u t by " D e a t h to the K l a n " and other chants. The Klan played " G o d Bless A m e r i c a " and o t h e r p a t r i o t k : songs over the speakers and returned to City, HaU after *5 minutes.

A f t e r sneaking o u t t h e bad< dcxsr, tiie Kim left town in a f e e d i n g c a r a v a n led by p a t r o l c a r s . L o c a l teenagers and a n t i - K l a n activists slipped t h r o u g h p o l i c e lines and showered t h e K l a n w i t h stones, shattering a windshield on one Klan car.

San Antonio, Texas I n San A n t o n i o , t h e K n i g h t s o f t h e W h i t e C a m e l i a attempted to continue organizing w i t h a May 1 St m a r c h . P o l i c e sealed o f f a «f b l u c k , a r e a , so t h a t e v e n t h o u g h 800 t o 1,000 demonstrators came, mostly from the c i t / s large M e x i c a n c o m m u n i t y , no one ever saw the Klan.

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In H o u s t o n , t h e p o l i c e called it " s t a t e - o f - t h e - a r t " crowd control. I t meant 1800 poBoe o n ?,000 rfemonstrators, plainclothes " t a i l s " on a l l k n o w n a n t i - K l a n activists, selective seardies o f demoretrators, and a m i d n i g h t r a i d on an anti-Klan punk benefit.

• * • In Meriden, the press c a l l e d i t " a p e a c e f u l day."

There were roadblocks at interstate exits, pat searches of everyone entering the vk±uty o f T o w n H a l l ^occupied by the KKK^ and snarling police dogs on chains. *• I n San A n t o n i o , so m u c h o f t h e c i t y was sealed off by police b a r r i c a d e s t h a t p r o t e s t e r s h a r d l y saw t h e K l a n , and even t h e K l a n complained t h a t t h e y w e r e b e i n g d e n i e d t h e i r ' V i g h f t o a pitolic rally. *• I n a suburban shopping mall in Connecticut, cops o u t n u m b e r e d shoppers and S W A T t e a m s l u r k e d i n the l i n g e r i e w h e n the Klan came to r e c r u i t and a n t i - K l a n d e m o n s t r a t o r s s t o p p e d them.

A New England factory town was turned into what k x a l papers c a l l e d " a n a r m e d c a m p " in a f u t i l e attempt to herd demonstrators into a stadium w i t h the Klan!

A m e r i K K K a , 1983. N e v e r has so much naked p o l i c e p o w e r been m o b i l i z e d t o p r o t e c t t h e a b i l i t y o f fascists t o m a r c h and r a l l y in t h e streets. These events show not only t h e state's c o m m i t m e n t t o b u i l d t h e K l a n , b u t also t h e growing s t r e n g t h of the o p p o s i t i o n .

The resistance t o the Klan is becomir^ a movement, and n o w h e r e c a n t h e K l a n m a r c h w i t h o u t massive oolice protection.

'See centerfold for photos.> Houston, Texas The K K K t h a t m a r c h e d on A p r i l 2 i n H o u s t o n was the same " K n i g h t s o f t h e White Camelia" and " K l a n Boat '^atrol" t h a t m e t w i t h d i s a s t e r i n A u s t i n on F e b r u a r y 1 9 t h . Based p r i m a r i l y i n t h e Houston/Pasadena a r e a , t h e y were marching doser to home this t i m e .

Houston is not Austin, where t h e r e is a lohg h i s t o r y o f leadership from groups lB<e the Black Citizers Task Force in the Black community and w h e r e t h e r e has been 3 y e a r s o f c o n s i s t e n t anti-Klan work among white people. H o u s t o n is a c o n s e r v a t i v e c i t y w i t h a Chicago-style police force infamous for b r u t a l i t v . Still, %000 people c a m e o u t t o oppose t h e Klan march and made 'Tteath to the K l a n " the main slogan of the day.

The k l a n completed their 18-minute march at a n e a r - r m , even t h o u g h n o t h i n g was t h r o w n and protesters 'vere kept behind rope barriers, Sb< a n t i - K l a n a c t i v i s t s w e r e a r r e s t e d b y p o l i c e , who had m o b i l i z e d t h e largest force in Houston's history to protect the K l a n . The day was a d e f e a t for t h e K l a n because i t ^ w e d that they c a n t m a r d i unopposed e v e n in t h e i r o w n backyard and i t was a step forward for the a n t i - K l a i m o v e m e n t , w h i d i now has a - I B A K C chapter in Houston.

Meriden, Connecticut T h e K l a n held t h e i r t h i r d a n n u a l " W h i t e C h r i s t i a n S o l i d a r i t y D a y " r a l l y on the steps of Meriden C i t y Hall on A p r i l 2 9 . T h r e e h u n d r e d p e o p l e ttaned out to oppose t h e m , a smaller and less m i l i t a r t crowd t h a n l a s t y e a r . E f f o r t s t o orgemize a n t i - r a c i s t p e o p l e f r o m all over were frustrated by an almost t o t a l m e d i a " w h i t e o u t , " by p o l i c e roadblod<s t h a t turned cars away, and by the low level of development of the anti-Klan m o v e m e n t a m o n g w h i t e people in New EnglarxJ at this t i m e . Some pacifist and reformist groups and even some anti-Klan groups had joined w i t h the state in urging people to stay away.

S t i l l , t h e o p p o s i t i o n was e n o i ^ so t h a t the K l a n d i d n t a t t e m p t t o m a r c h as i n p r e v i o u s y e a r s and had to remain behind police lines and hide in C i t y H a l l befc«e and after the rally.

Checkpoints were used for blod<s a r o m d C i t y Hall, forcing everyone t o submit t o a search i n w h i c h even sandwiches w e r e confiscated.

The C i t y Hall in the center of t h e sealed a r e a was surrounded by a ring of 200 riot-equipped police, bad<ed i p by SWAT teams, snipers on r o o f t o p s , and dDgs on chains.

ole, including the Chicago CC and Klan r a l l y in K a k m a z o o .

T h e " N a i z i SS A c t i o n G r o u p " from Dearborn fa Detroit sdburb) led the rally w i t h a large banner p r o c l a i m i n g " W h i t e P o w e r — t h e only p o w e r . " D a n i e l V i n c e n t Bfflery,-King Kleagle of the Realm of Indiana o f the N a t i o n a l K n i ^ of the Ku Khjx Klan t r i e d t o speak for almost an hour. T h e N a z i s and K l a n w e r e totally (frowned o u t by t h e c r o w d which chanted, "E)e«th to the K l a n , " " N a z i s and K l a n , scum of l a i d , " and "Cops and tfie Klan go hand in hand," among other chants.

The Nazis, Klan and police were h i t by flying vegetables and other objects at several p o i n t s in t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n . The p o l i c e a r r e s t e d f o i r people who f a c e misdismeanor c h a r g e s .

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EDITORIAL FROM THE NEW AFRIKAN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT ar Is War Even as Black mavors are elected i n Chicago and Philadelphia, even as the talk about a "Black p r e s i d e n c y " g r o w s m o r e c l a m o r o u s , even as thotsands o f N e w A f r i k a n s 'Blacks^ a r e b e i n g m o b i l i z e d t o m a r c h i n Washington, D . C . on August 27th under t h e barmer of s y m b o l i s m a n d r e f o r m i s m , even as a l l t h i s t a k e s p l a c e , t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f War i n A m e r i k k k a are escalating and intensifving.

This w a r began w i t h tiie coming o f the first europeans t o A f r i c a f o r t h e purpose o f b u y i n g a n d t r a f f i c k i n g i n h u m a n beings t o serve as slaves. This was t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f a w a r b e t w e e n t h e oppressed, enslaved and eventually colonized A f r i k a n masses a n d t h e oppressing, e n s l a v i n g a n d colonizing europeans.

Everywhere that Afrikans were dispersed became a p o l i t i c a l and m i l i t a r v f r o n t i n t h i s struggle for freedom and t o end oppression.

This r e a l i t y o f war was i n no way diminished by the fact that A f r k a n s a c t e d as m i d d l e m e n , translators and mercenaries for the barbaric interests of t h e w h i t e m a r a u d e r s .

Here in A m e r i k k k a , d u r i n g s l a v e r y , t h i s reality of war was in no way diminished by the role p l a y e d by U n c l e T o m s , house n s, s n i t c h e s , a n d mercenaries.

A n d e v e n i n t h i s day a n d t i m e , our b u d d i n g w a r o f N e w A f r i k a n national l i b e r a t i o n is i n n o w a y d i m i n i s h e d b y t h e e x i s t e n c e o f r e f o r m i s t s , t r a i t o r s , snitches and black r u m i n g dogs o f U.S. i m p e r i a l i s m .

They e x i s t just as o u r movement exists. They serve W bolster t h e tyranny o f t h e U.S. b o u r g e o i s i e , just as — in counteroosrtion — tfie masses o f our people seek t o free ourselves f r o m A m e r i k k k a n domination.

T h e r e is W a r in Ameri<kka. I t i s n t a war i n the dassic or orthodox sense; nonetfieless, i t is a

w a r t h a t w i t h each passing day d a i m s the lives of hundreds of o u r w o m e n , m e n a n d babies — p h y s i c a l l y as w e l l as p s y c h o l o g i c a l l y a n d spiritually. There are those unscrupulous f o r c e s t h a t seek t o l i q u i d a t e support f o r our w a r against colonialism and a l l forms of e x p l o i t a t i o n by p o i n t i n g a t those w e a k individuals who turn t h e i r b a c k o n our p e o p l e .

We m u s t n o t , however, let them take us o f f course.

Comrade Sekou Odinga correctly states: " M o s t s t r u g g l e s have their traitors, and i n the Amerikan struggle they had t h e i r s , B e n e d i c t A r n o l d a n d o t h e r s ... I n War, i guess, that's something t o expecrt" Without a d o u b t , t h e U.S. bourgeoisie t h r o u g h t h e government, through the media, through chemical and biological weaponry, t h r o u g h t h e i r o f f i c i a l a r m e d forces ^especially t h e police) and through their u n o f f i c i a l w h i t e s u p r e m a c i s t a n d r i g h t - w i n g a r m e d f o r c e s ; t h r o u g h these means and others a r e i n t e n s i f y i n g an u n d e c l a r e d w a r a g a i n s t t h e N e w A f r i k a n nation; that is t o say, against t h e oppressed Blad< masses. I t is f r o m t h i s p o s i t i o n t h a t w e d e m a n d p r i s o n e r of w a r status f o r o u r c a p t u r e d f r e e d o m f i g h t e r s l i k e Sekou O d i n g a a n d t h e m a n y others called criminals and l o c k e d d o w n i n A m e r i k k k a ' s concentration camps called prisons. 'mvte

Sa^remacy Must Not G o UKhaUenged

IMs very d i f f k n h t o be friends w i t h someone w h e n y o u r e n t i r e h i s t o r y o f dealing w i t h them savs — ' T r u s t them and you're a d a m n e d f o o l . " H o w c a n you put any f a i t h in someone who has litercilly sold you down t h e r i v e r t i m e a n d t i m e Cant a g a i n ' ' C a n w e be so gulBble, so naive? we win o i r independenca* w i t h o u t having anytfimg

t o do w i t h any of t h e m ' ' Such are the questions that j B g us like a sore wound or a big b u m p o n t h e head. A l l t h e same, we inderstand t h a t i t was t h e enemy t h a t duped a n d c o n t i n u e s t o m i s l e a d w h i t e workers t o do savage things that are c o u n t e r - p r o d u c t i v e t o t h e s t r u g g l e f o r a b e t t e r l i f e a n d t h e p o w e r t o c o n t r o l our lives fyau, yours and we, ours). WhUe w e u n d e r s t a n d t h e s e t h i n g s , the gas chambers in Germany, t h e e x t i n c t Indian populations and t h e b o n e s o f m i l l i o n s o f our ancestors t h a t lie a t the bottom o f t h e A t l a n t i c Ocean refuse t o a l l o w us t o t o l e r a t e w h i t e supremacy f o r the sake of "unity as a dass".

Recently an a r t i c l e appeared in t h e bourgeoisie press ' N e w Y o r k T i m e s , June 1 1 , l'?83^ e n t i t l e d : " I n v e s t i g a t o r Sees Links Among Heavily A r m e d R i g h t - W i n g G r o u p s . " I t s t a r t s o u t , " F e d e r a l a u t h o r i t i e s ... say they are u n c o v e r i n g some t r o u b l i n g l i n k s a m o n g s m a l l groups o f h e a v i l y a r m e d right wing extremists" w i t h ties t h a t " c u t across o r g a n i z a t i o n a l l i n e s f r o m t h e N a z i P a r t y a n d tfie K u Klux Klan t o radical elements of t h e f a r m protest movement."

I t goes on t o state t h a t , "adherents are armed i n some cases w i t h explosives, grenade l a u n c h e r s , and a u t o m a t i c and semi-automatic weapons and trained in guerilla warfare."

The a r t i d e also speaks about the existence of a secret network of "safehouses," s t o c k p i l e s o f heavy armaments, "counter-insurgency senruriars," p a r a m i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g camps, " j o i n t m i l i t a r y maneuvers" between Klansmen and other f o r m a t i o n s such as Posse C o m l t a t y s a n d t h e ^^ inutemen; and most importantly, o f a "common thread" which is unifying t h e w h i t e r i g h t k n o w n See War Is War, p a g e ? 0

^THE JOHN BROWN ANTI-KLAN COMMITTEE Criminalizing the Anti-Klan Movement Throughout the spring of 1983, in many d t i e s K l a n and Nazi rallies have been c o n f r o n t e d b y d e m o n s t r a t i o n s o f hundreds and often thousands These m o b i l i z a t i o n s o f a n t i - r a c i s t people. r e p r e s e n t t h e emergence of a country wide movement against t h e forces of w h i t e F a c e d w i t h t h e sight o f the Klan supremacy. surrounded by phalanxes of police, demonstrators h a v e h u r l e d rocks a n d f o u g h t t o stop the Klan from m a n t l i n g . P o l i c e a t t a c k s a n d a r r e s t s o f a n t i - K l a n d e m o n s t r a t o r s , carried out inder the pretext of guaranteeing t h e Klan's r i g h t t o f r e e speech have been m e t w i t h r e s i s t a n c e . A n d anti-imperialist organizers are l e a d i n g thousands t o c h a n t , "Cops a n d K l a n w o r k harxl in hand."

The m o u n t i n g a t t a c k s on t h e a n t i - K l a n m o v e m e n t , a n d t h e a t t e m p t s t o criminalize i t , have t o be seen as p a r t o f t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s s t r a t e g y t o prop up and to promote white supremacist f a s c i s t o r g a n i z a t i o n s and d e s t r o y n a t i o n a l liberation struggles. T o the extent that the state's attacks have succeeded in intimidating some n u m b e r s o f p e o p l e , defeating the current offensive poses a real challenge t o t h e a n t i - K l a n movement. ''"he c o n t i n u i n g r e v e l a t i o n s o f f e d e r a l government/FBI collaboration w i t h t h e K l a n c a n no longer be w r i t t e n o f f as m e r e l y a case or two of misconduct. The pattern of direct p o l i c e and F B I participation i n racist organizations dating b a c k f r o m a t t a c k s on t h e C i v i l R i g h t s Movernent, through the Greensboro massacre and coverup o f 1979, c o n t i n u e s t o t h i s d a y .

C r o s s - m e m b e r s h i p between the Klan, police and Soldier of Fortune style mercenary n e t w o r k s has b r o u g h t a q u a l i t a t i v e l y new l e v e l o f m i l i t a r y sophistication and power t o t h e w h i t e supremacist movement.

Exposing and f i g h t i n g these developments is vitally important to every progressive person w h o hates t h e K K K a n d all t h a t i t stands for. The government w i l l n e v e r a d m i t t h a t b e h i n d t h e K l a n m a r c h e s i n " D e f e n s e o f W h i t e Christian

A m e r i c a " lies a natranal strategy t o o r g a n i z e a n a r m e d fascist movement i n this country t h a t w i l l attack a l l struggles f o r human rights, defend U.S. i m p e r i a l i s t w a r (as i n E l S a l v a d o r ) a n d consolidate a mass base among white people t h a t w i l l fight t o preserve the empire and the system o f t h e U.S. T h e K K K is p a r t i c u l a r l y b e i n g developed as a counterinsurgency weapon against revolutionary forces t h a t f i g h t f o r n a t i o n a l l i b e r a t i o n a n d t h e i r s u p p o r t e r s . T h e K l a n is guiding many rightwing paramilitary and religious f o r c e s t o u n i t e inder its leadership. The direct counterinsurgency attacks g a i n s t ttie John Brown A n t i - K l a n C o m m i t t e e , including house break-ins, sabotage o f c a r s , a r r e s t s and d i s i n f o r m a t i o n leaked t o t h e press, is a d i r e c t r e s u l t of our building solidarity with t h e New Afrikan Independence M o v e m e n t , w h i c h is also under direct attack by t h e state and the K l a n . These organizations are being built and,promoted today because the economic, political and s o c i a l c r i s i s w h i c h is s t a r t i n g t o w r a c k U.S. s o c i e t y is creating a breeding ground among many d i s e n c h a n t e d a n d disorganized vi^ite people for just such fascist solutions. T h e massive r a c i s t b a c k l a s h which surfaced recently during t h e Chicago mayoral race is a d e a r signal t h a t t h e K l a n has a p o t e n t i a l l y huge amount of SLpport among disaffected white peoole.

I n d i r e c t o o p o s i t i o n t o this are the m i l i t a n t Black communities, whose c r y o f " D e a t h t o t h e K l a n " is n o w b e c o m i n g a mass demand at the base of the anti-Klan movement. ""Tie f a c t t h a t t h e r e a r e growing numbers o f white peoole who realize that t h e Klan and w h i t e s u p r e m a c y w i l l n e v e r b e " b a n n e d " o u t o f e x i s t e n c e by t h e government; t h a t i t m u s t be d e s t r o y e d t h r o u g h s t r u g g l e , is a r e a l t h r e a t t o U . S . imperialism, '''he possibility that t h e anti-Klan movement w i l l d e v e l o p and u n i t e w ' t h e m e r g i n g national liberation struggles m t h i s c o u n t r y against t h e U.S. i m p e r i a l i s t s t a t e is an advance t h a t ttie government w i l l do everything t o prevent.

This is why, even at its beginning stages, the anti-Klan movement is now being t a r g e t t e d f o r attack.

T h i s a t t a c k is b e i n g designed a n d c a r r i e d o u t by m a n y o f t h e same r e p r e s s i v e f o r c e s ''such as the FBI) which are now working to destroy t h e r e v o l u t i o n a r y leadership o f t h e New Afrikan, Puerto Rican, Mexicano and Native American movements.

F o l l o w i n g t h e street battles against the Klan and p o l i c e i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . i n . N o v e m b e r , 1 9 8 2 , A u s t i n , T e x a s i n F e b r u a r y , 1983 a n d numerous o t h e r c o n f r o n t a t i o n s , t h e s t a t e has moved s w i f t l y t o d e v e l o p a m a j o r , multi-level response. The features o f t h e p l a n t o p r o t e c t t h e k l a n and stop t h e resistance from growing are now becoming d e a r .

F I R S T , t h e g o v e r n m e n t a n d m e d i a are working together to consolidate t h e ideological/legal foundatkjn , based on d t i n g the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees t h e K l a n t h e absolute r i g h t t o e x i s t . P r o t e c t i n g the Klan's "freedom o f speech" i n f a c t means d e f e n d i n g t h e i r f r e e d o m t o r e c r u i t and engage i n paramilitary t r a i n i n g and a c t i v i t y . D o i n g t h i s enables t h e s t a t e t o label forces c o m m i t t e d t o t h e t o t a l d e s t r u c t i o n o f w h i t e s u p r e m a c y as a n t i - d e m o c r a t i c . The report o f the Austin, Texas Grand 3 u r y ' s e t up t o " i n v e s t i g a t e " t h e F e b . 19th d e m o n s t r a t i o n ) brings thfe point into sharp focus. "The first lesson is t h a t any g r o u p ' i . e . t h e Klan> no m a t t e r h o w l o a t h s o m e i t s goals, has t h e r i g h t t o express i t s e l f t h r o u g h m a r c h e s , parades and demonstrations. We have learned t o our considerable alarm t h a t t h e r e a r e some p e o p l e i n o u r c o m m u n i t y who apparently k n o w n o t h i n g about w h a t f r e e d o m o f speech means."

By c y n i c a l l y t u r n r n g t h e r e a l i t y o f r a c i s t terror upside down, the U.S. is attempfing to hold the anti-Klan movement responsible f o r the threat t o freedom and civil liberty.

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!Iune 1. A F e d e r a l j u d g e d e n i e d a s u i t against t h e F B I b y t h e c h i l d r e n of c i v i l rights worker Viola L i u z z o , m u r d e r e d i n 1965 b y K l a n s m e n , one o f w h o m was F B I agent Gary Liuzzos argued t h a t t h e F B I '''homas Ro>we. k n e w o f t h e p l a n t o k i l l t h e i r m o t h e r , and i n fact, Rowe fired t h e fatal shot. The judge ruled t h a t though the F B I knew o f the plan they were under no o b l i g a t i o n t o s t o p i t b e c a u s e " n o s p e c i f i c F e d e r a l s t a t u t e was v i o l a t e d . " H e accepted t h e FBFs a r g u m e n t t h a t Rowe's shot had missed. Anthony Liuzzo Jr. said, " I swear i t was as i f he 'the judge) had n o t even gone t o t h e t r i a l ... because I feel verv strongly t h ^ t we p r o v e d n e g l i g e n c e a n d a l l t h e f a c t s ^^were overlooked." Still on the F B I Payroll, Rowe now lives in Georgia under a new identity.

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Punk Rockers Attack Nazis in Germany West Germany, May 2 1 . Five thousand punk r o c k e r s and angry youth surrounded a hall where SS v e t e r a n s w e r e h a v i n g a r e u n i o n d i n n e r , chanting "Nazis go home!" A VW bus filled w i t h uniformed neo-Nazis was a t t a c k e d b y t h e d e m o n s t r a t o r s , t h e doors were torn o f f and t h e Nazis teargassed, b e f o r e t h e p r o t e s t e r s w e r e d r i v e n away b y police w i t h mace.

Also i n G a m a n y , youths t h r e w stones a n d eggs a t US t a n k s i n a N A T O parade and greeted US troops w i t h mod< Nazi salutes. T h e parade r e v i e w i n g s t a n d w a s bombed, and the police shrewdly commented, "There is almost certainly a p o l i t i c a l motive for tfiis bombing."

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A l a b a m a March Protesters carried o u t a w e e k l o n g , 300 m i l e m a r c h and nriotorcade f r o m Eufaula, Ala., t o the state Capitol i n Montgomery t o p r o t e s t t h e shootings o f t h r e e Black people by police ance Easter. A b o u t 1200 people began t h e m a r c h , w h i c h d e p a r t e d o n t h e 20th anniversary o f George Wallace's attempt t o p r e v e n t t w o B l a c k students from enrolling i n the University o f Akibama a t Tuscaloosa.

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by C h i c a g o ' s e q u i v a l e n t o f t h e J o i n t Terrorist Task Porce. Alberto Rodriquez, Jose R o d r i q u e z and E d d i e C o r t e s a r e being held on $10 million baiL Alejandrina Torres, s t e p m o t h e r o f P u e r t o R i c a n f r e e d o m fighter Carlos Aft)erto Torres, is being held on $5 m i l l i o n b a i l . T h e excuse f o r these a r r e s t s o f p u b l i c a c t i v i s t s was that they were planning t o return William M o r a l e s t o t h i s c o u n t r y b e f o r e his a r r e s t and were planning a bombing o f U.S. m i l i t a r y i n s t a l l a t i o n s on J u l y "th.

A t 5:30 a.m. the following day, 50 jumpsuited agents invaded t h e Puerto Rican High School and C u l t u r a l Center for hours and stole equipment and f i l e s a n d s e i z e d h c a r s , i n c l u d i n g Alejandrina's. The F.B.I., State officials a i d C h i c a g o p o l i c e l a t e r h e l d a press c o n f e r e n c e laving out their story t o justify this counterinsurgency attacrk on t h e P u e r t o R i c a n c o m m u n i t y a n d r e v o l u t i o n a r y a c t i v i s t s . More a r r e s t s and a t t a c k s b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t a r e expected.

A m a i l g r a m and phone campaign is going on t o stop these attacks on t h e c o m m u n i t y i m m e d i a t e l y . Phone o r Writet U . S . Attorney Daniel We** a t 219 So. Demfaom, C h i c a g o , 111.

6 0 6 0 1 , O l 2 > 3 5 3 - 3 5 2 7 x672» t o demand (1) Return all equipment and m a t e r i a l s taken f r o m the Puerto R k a n C u l t i i a l Center; "^2) Return the ft cars impomied to their owners; and (3^ S t < ^ harassment of the Puerto Rican School a i d Cultural Center.

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Radio Free Amerikkka Citing the same " f r e e speech" used t o protect the K l a n , the F . C . C . is a l l o w i n g regula- Posse C o m i t a t u s ladk) broadcasts in Kansas, calling on w h i t e people to "cleanse the land of black b « B t s w i t h a swiard," teaching l y n c h i n g and g a r r o t i n g t e c h n i q u e s , and d e s c r i b i n g Jews as " c h i l d e n o f Satan who a r e going t o g o , a t t h r e e i n t h e m o r n i n g , one way o r a n o t h e r . " K T T L - F M o f D o d g e C i t y b owned b y C h a r l e s a n d N e l l i e Babbs a n d b r o a d c a s t s p r o g r a m s b y W i l l i a m P. Gales o f t h e r ^ i s t Kingdom I d e n t i t y m o v e m e n t and James Wickstrom, "national director o f counterinsurgency" for Posse C o m i t a t u s . B o t h are K l a n - l i n k e d p a r a m i l i t a r y groups that Iiave been orgcnizing in t h e farmers' a n t i - f o r e c l o s u r e movement.

I n s p i t e o f p r o t e s t s and petitions f r o m area residents and organizations, ttie F.C.C. says i t c a n do n o t h i n g t o stop t h e broadcasts unless t h e r e is o b s c e n i t y o r a " d i r e c t l i n k t o violence."

Detroit Curfew D e t r o i t has imposed a police c u r f e w m a k i n g teenagers illegal persons on t h e streets after 10 p.m. on weeknights a n d 11 p . m . on weekends.

M a y o r Coleman Young warned: " I f you mess up we w i l l nail you."

Nazi Attack ""^iree Jewish students were wounded when 2 0 shots f r o m a n M - I 6 were fired into a luncheonette near Y e s h i v a U n i v e r s i t y i n N e w Y o r k C i t y . The noon attack was tfie third in a m o n t h against J e w i s h u n i v e r s i t y a n d h o s p i t a l buiWmgs i n t h e Washington Heights neighborhood.

M-16s have been used i n a l l 3 s h o o t i n g s , w h i c h w e t h i n k a r e l i n k e d w i t h t h e heightened Klan and Naad organizing in t h e Northeast

Sbens w e n t h o m e l a n d g<tf a.b«icii«ff'niit chased and h u n t e d him a r o u i d the n»i)^4)orhood and then beat him t o death. On March 16, 1983 Judge K a u f m a n sentenced Ebens a i d N i t z t o 3 years probation and a $3,000 fine saying "These w e r e n ' t t h e kind o f men you send t o j a i l . " The original judge i n t h e case w a s c r i t i c a l o f t h e Wayne County prosecutor for only charging them with manslaughter, not murder. T h e A s i a n - A m e r i c a n C i t i z e n s f o r Justice and other Asian groips are leading t h e protest against t h i s l e g i t i m i z a t i o n o f racist t e r r o r . Many other progressiA« groups in t h e m i d w e s t a r e i n v o l v e d , and t h e r e have been p r o t e s t r a l l i e s i n D e t r o i t and Chicago.

Greensboro Indictments Green*oro, N.C., A p r i l 2 1 . A f t e r hearing t e s t i m o n y f r o m 1*0 witnesses, a special federal Grand Jury indicted nine Klan and N a z i members, including F B I operative Ed Dawson, f o r " c o n s p i r i n g t o interfere and i n t i m i d a t e " tfie civil r i g h t s o f five leaders of the Communist Workers P a r t y assassinated November 3, 1979. The nine include five o f t h e sfat men acquitted o f m u r d e r by t h e s t a t e . The indictments are the result o f a three year campaign by t h e C W P exposing a Klan-FBI-poUce conspiracy i n the murders.

Banner of White Supremacy When photos o f Klan rallies were f e a t u r e d i n t h e 1983 y e a r b o o k . B l a c k students a t the U n i v e r a t y o f Mississippi protested, demanding t h e r e m o v a l of. t h e C o n f e d e r a t e flag as the school symbol, recruitment o f B l a c k students a n d f a c u l t y a n d a r e f u n d o f s t u d e n t fees. T h e administration refused, a n d 500 w h i t e s t u d e n t s surrounded a Black f r a t e r n i t y , throwing eggs and shouting r a c i s t e p i t h e t s .

Lynn Spragin, a spokesperson f o r t h e 700 Black students a t Ole Miss, says their p r o t e s t s w i l l c o n t i n u e t h r o u g h the summer.

the department, and Captain Cfemes F i t : ^ a t r i c k , head of t h e major crimes divbion. Arguing t h a t the l y a l h SquacT* was routine police p r o c e d u r e , t h e y were c l e a r e d o f any w r o n g d o i n g by t h e Q9urt i n / ^ I9S3.

Klan Arsenal Uncovered Chicago, June 2 9 . K l a n and N a z i m e m b e r , G e o r g e C u l v e r , w a s a r r e s t e d on t h e Northwest side o f C h i c a g o a n d 116 guns, m o s t o f w h i c h were loaded, were confiscated by t h e p o l k e .

H a l f t h e weapons w e r e a t t h e h o m e o f h i s b r o t h e r Richard Culver, a Chicago attorney, who was not arrested. George Culver was being h e l d in C o o k C o u n t y J a i l i n l i e u o f $50,000 bond.

The weapons included s e m i - a u t o m a t i c r i f l e s amd a s u b m a c h i n e g u n . Also seized were many pieces o f fake i d e n t i f i c a t i o n and a c a r d i d e n t i f y i n g Culver as an "armed guard" w i t h t h e New Mexico vigilantes.

Killer Cops: N e w York D u e t o c o m m u n i t y pressure a n d p r o t e s t .

Black Congressmen have asked f o r an investigation o f systematic p o l i c e b r u t a l i t y against B l a c k people by New York C i t y police.

Congressional hearings b e g i n J u l y 18 a t t h e H a r l e m S t a t e O f f i c e B u i l d i n g i n t o 37ft documented cases o f police vkjlence i n t h e past 2ft months, and particularly t h e case o f Rev. Lee Johnson w t t ) was beaten b y cops i n f r o n t o f a H a r l e m precinct. Mayor E d Koch denounced t h e b e a r i r ^ saying t h a t " a n u m b e r o f p e o p l e m a y believe t h a t die police are engaged i n irrtwrtkanal violence against t h e c o m m u n i t y , " b u t h e k n e w t h e r e is "great soUdarity between t h e police and the peopte."

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Austin Update: Charges Fought The Klan in Texas is a t t e m p t i n g t o e s t a b l i s h a s t r o n g h o l d i n r e l a t i o n s h i p t o t h e B l a c k arrf Mexican struggles. Texas i s p a r t o f o c c u p i e d M e x i c o and forms p a r t o f t h e illegal border fhence, t h e Klan Border P a t r o l t h a t w o r k s w i t h t h e INS). Texas adjoins the national t e r r i t o r y of t h e Republic o f New AfrB<a. Klan m a r c h e s a r e a w a y t o t e s t t h e l e v e l o f resistance and organization in t h e Black and Mexican c o m m u n i t i e s as w e l l as t h e response by white people.

T h e K l a n has s t a t e d t h a t o n e o f i t s p r i m a r y goals in Texas i s t o destroy revolutionary f o r c e s ; i t has s p e c i f i c a l l y n a m e d the R e p u b l i c o f New A f r i k a , the Black Liberation A r m y , t h e Movimiento de L i b e r a c i o n N a c i o n a l , t h e B l a c k C i t i z e n ' s Task Force, t h e May 19th Communist Organization and t h e J o h n Brown Anti-Klan C o m m i t t e e .

The turnout and level of m i l i t a n c y i n A u s t i n c a u g h t t h e K l a n a n d t h e g o v e r n m e n t off-guard.

They had expected t h a t t h e i r p u b l i c c a m p a i g n s t o keep peopte away t h r o u g h i n t i m i d a t i o n and attacks on o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a t w e r e m o b i l i z i n g p e o p l e t o d e m o n s t r a t e a g a i n s t t h e m would be successful.

When t h i s d i d n ' t succeed, p o l i c e responded by violently attacking demonstrators.

Victory Against Killer Cops

T h e f i g h t a g a i n s t k i l l e r cops ' t h e notorious Cowboys o f Richmond, C a l i f o m i a ) sharpened recently when, after a year o f pressure f r o m t h e Black community and t h e anti-Klan movement, a judge awcirded damages t o t h e families of Black people murdered by t h e R i c h m o n d P o l i c e D e p t . cBid t h e police chief was forced t o resign.

On May 22, J B A K C led a p i c k e t o f o v e r 80 peoole in f r o n t o f then Police Chief Leo Garfield's home. Chants of "Chief G a r f i e l d , y o u c a n ' t h i d e . We c ^ g e you w i t h genocide" broke t h e c a l m o f t h e q u i e t suburban b l o c k . " L e o G a r f i e l d i s t h e c h i e f k i l l e r c o p o f Richmond," said B a r b a r a Jacobs o f J B A K C ' s B a y A r e a " H e c a n n o t r e t u r n t o the peace and Chapter. quiet of t h e subiahs while he and h b department are responsible f o r murder and brutality in t h e Black community on a daily basis."

W h i l e G a r f i e l d s t a y e d i n the house t o avoid the demonstration, over a dozen uniformed poli<» o f f i c e r s l i n e d t h e b l o c k , positioned every four feet on his f r o n t l a w n . A n o t h e r h a l f - d o z e n p o l i c e p h o t o g r a p h e r s a n d u n d e r c o v e r agents, including one photographer on a neighbor's r o o f , s u r v e i l l e d t h e demonstration. Garfield even had video and sound recording e q u i p m e n t s e t up i n his living room.

A n u m b e r o f n e i g h b o r s a n d young w h i t e people t a u n t e d t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n , b u t as t h e J B A K C speaker said, "We w i l l be here again and again u n t i l p o l i c e m u r d e r s a r e s t o p p e d i n Richmond and everywhere."

On June 3 t h e jury in t h e federal c i v i l r i g h t s suit found the Richmond Police Department guilty o f a " p a t t e r n and p r a c t i c e " o f r a c i s t v i o l e n c e a n d awarded $3 million t o t h e families o f t w o B l a c k m e n k i l l e d by t h e R P D . T h i s v e r d i c t is t h e d i r e c t result o f a year's work by Richmorxfs B l a c k c o m m u n i t y , t h e J o h n B r o w n A n t i - K l a n C b m m i t t e e and other community activists exposing t h a t a K K K type group — t h e C o w b o y s — e x i s t s inside t h e R P D ; t h a t t h e y

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Nine anti-Klan demonstrators were arrested in A u s t i n o n F e b r u a r y 19th o n v a r i o u s charges including a«»gravated assault on a cop — a felony carrying 2 t o 10 years h prison and a fine o f i p t o $5,000. We have found t h e cases i n s t r u c t i v e in s h a r p e n i n g our imderstanding of how t h e government has a n d w i l l c o n t i n u e t o m o v e i n response t o t h e b u i l d i n g o f t h e anti-Klan m o v e m e n t i n t h i s c o u n t r y as p a r t o f a r e v o l u t i o n a r y s t r u g g l e f o r the liberatkjn o f t h e Black nation.

J B A K C w a s s u r v e i l l e d . i n A u s t i n as w e marched m the B C T P s People's M a r c h A g a i n s t t h e K l a n d u r i n g t h e m o r n i n g of Febrijary 19th.

That afternoon, when thousands o f people c o n f r o n t e d t h e Klain as t h e y t r i e d t o m a r c h , J B A K C m e n * e r s cmd s u p p o r t e r s w e r e g r a b b e d f r o m a m i d s t t h e c r o w d by u n d e r c o v e r cops.

Marie Chauvm, Susai Rautenberg, Jackie S t a m e s and C a r o l y n R i t t e r w e r e a r r e s t e d . T h e oops never i d e n t i f i e d themselves and w e r e e a s i l y m i s t a k e n f o r K l a n s m e n since t h e KleUi h a d a n n o u n c e d t h a t they would have armed undercover Klansmen in t h e c r o w d . T h r e e days l a t e r , M a r i e Chauvin was re-arrested a t her job by 5 imderoover cops and charged w i t h a f e l o n y o f a g g r a v a t e d assault o n a peace officer. She has not y e t been indicrted.

The pre-trial hearing for Chauvin, Rautenberg, and Stames ' R i t t e r ' s charge f o r s h o u t i n g an o b s c e n i t y was dropped) was set f o r June 17th. Two days b e f o r e t h e h e a r i n g s , t h e c o u r t " l o s t " t h e m o t i o n s w h i c h had been filed.

This is very unusual ' i n f a c t , one l a w y e r said i t has happened o n l y o n c e before i n Austin, on a poUoe brutality charge) and is one more e x a m p l e o f p o l i t i c a l h a r a s s m e n t . The p t e - t r i a l hearings have been re-set f o r ^ i l y 21st. We believe t h a t t h e s e postponements h these cases are for t w o reasons: P t o k e e p us t i e d u p i n t h e s e p r o c e e d i n g s , a n d m o r e importantly 2) when t h e Klan is scheduled t o r e t u r n t o A u s t i n , t o use

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Stone, who was attacked on F e b r u a y 19th, w e n t t o t h e p o l i c e d e p a r t m e n t t o f i l e a police b m t a l i t y charge. The police not only refused t o a c c e p t t h e c o m p l a i n t , but four days later came t o her job and arrested her for assault on a cop!

She was convkrted and is presently appealing t h e case.

M a r k H o o d , a r r e s t e d f o r reckless behavior, has h a d h i s t r i a l postponed 5 t i m e s . T h i s is a f t e r t h e o r i g i n a l c h a r g e w a s d r o p p e d and he was then re-arrested. He has been t o l d b y t h e judge t h a t he is being investigated f o r invoNeriient w i t h "subversive o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a t

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have t h e f u l l backing of Chief G a r f i e l d a n d t h e c i t y g o v e r n m e n t ; a n d t h a t t h e R P D is systematically b r u t a l i z i n g a n d m u r d e r i n g B l a c k p e o o l e . P o l i c e C h i e f G a r f i e l d , a defendant i n t h e suit, handed i n h i s r e s i g n a t i o n less t h a n a week after the verdict was announced.

A l t h o u g h t h e v e r d i c t has put t h e Richmond C i t y C o u n c i l on t h e d e f e n s i v e , n o t h i n g h a s fundamentally changed.

Officers Samuel Dudkeiwicz and Clinton M i t c h e l l , d e f e n d a n t s i n t h e case and members of the Cowboys, are still patrolling t h e Black community. Polics and c i t y o f f i c i a l s c o n t i n u e t o defend a n d praise t h e actions o f killer cops.

A n o t h e r d e m o n s t r a t i o n was held June 6th a t the Richmond C i t y C o u n c i l . A f t e r a m i l i t a n t p i c k e t , s c o r e s o f angry p e o p l e w e n t t o t h e Council meeting and confronted C o u n c i l m e m b e r s , c h a r g i n g them w i t h complicity in t h e racist terror o f t h e R P D . Inside C o u n c i l C h a m b e r s , oeople disrupted a TV interview w i t h Tony Zanotelli, Presid«it of t h e Richmond Police O f f i c e r s A s s o c i a t i o n , who was explaining t o t h e media t h a t "we^e got guns, a n d s o m e t i m e s w e ' use t h e m . " C o n f r o n t e d w i t h chants of "i^ylurderer, murderer," he stormed out of C o u n c i l Chambers, cursing the protesters. ft is c l e a r f r o m t h e r e a c t i o n o f R i c h m o n d o f f i c i a l s t h a t p o l i c e violence against the Black c o m m u n i t y is n o t a b o u t t o be l e g i s l a t e d o r reformed away, but recent advances in Richmond ^x>w t h e impact t h a t a strong movement against w h i t e s u p r e m a c y c a n have. Both Garfield a i d •^anotelli have made d e r o g a t o r y r e f e r e n c e s t o J B A K C i n t h e i r public statements, trying t o p i n the blame for t h e Black c o m m u n i t y ' s h a t r e d o f t h e R P D o n " r a d i c a l s " a n d "outside ^ h a t o r s . " But t h e movement against t h e C o w b o y s a n d a l l f o r m s o f w h i t e s u p r e m a c i s t terror, and in support o f Black p e o p l e ' s h u m a n r i g h t s t o independence and self-determination, continues t o grow.

plot t h e violent overthrow of the government."

c^iarge& They m u s t b e p u t i n t h e c o n t e x t o f the new F B I guidelines that "legally" allow infiltration, informants, wire-tapping, m a i l - t a m p e r i n g a n d s u r v e i l l a x » of "sibversive" orgaiizations. These guidelines w e r e discussed by t h e S e n a t e S u b - C o m m i t t e e on D o m e s t i c Security, which has said that t h e oublk: anti-Klan m o v e m e n t is o n e o f t h e i r t a r g e t s .

We a r e demanding t h a t t h e charges g a i n s t a l l a n t i - K l a n demonstrators be ctx>pped and Marie Chauvin not be indkrted o n t h e f e l o n y c h a r g e .

J o i n us i n national letter a i d telegram campaigns protesting the criminalization o f t h e anti-Klan movement.

D i s t r i c t A t t o r n e y R o m i e Earle Travis CowTty Courthouse 1000 Guadali4)e Austin, Tx. 78701

O n A o r t l 2 , 1983, 2,000 a n t i - r K i s t people confronted the w h i t e supremacist K u K l u x Klan when they marched i n Houston w i t h massiw police support. Several anti-Klan demonstrators were a r r e s t e d , a m o n g t h e m m e m b e r s oi f « John Brown A n t i - K l a n C o m m i t t e e . They were charged w i t h class C misdemeanors after class B d w g e s were drt^aped because many people called t o demand t h e charges be d r o p p e d a n d the immediate release o f Trefla L a u ^ n and Carolyn R i t t e r .

On March 31st, many peopte were attending a Rock Against R a c i a n concert, a publicized f u n d r a i s i n g e v e n t f o r t h e John B r o w n A n t i - K l a n C o m m i t t e e . Several mdercover oops were presait in t h e crowd.

The C I D ' C e n t r a l Intelligence D l v i a o n - Red Squad> of t h e Houston Police D e p a r t m e n t r a i d e d t h e c l u b , a r r e s t i n g many people, including t h e d»i>'s t w o owners and a supporter o f J B A K C , T o m Williams. When t h e bond was raised t o g e t Tom released, an additional $5,000 was added t o his baiL T h i s w a s a c l e a r a t t e m p t t o keep a n t i - K l a n demonstrators f r o m exercising their absokrte human right t o oppose t h e K u K h i x Klan on A p r i l 2rri i n Houston.

C h a r g e s a r e s t i l l p e n d i n g on s e v e r a l a n t i - K l a n demonstrators arrested in Austin on February 19th, including ^ l a i e Chauvin, Susan Rautenberg and Jacqueline Stames. To take a stand against t h e K l a n is a b a s i c h u m a n r i g h t . I hold the police, the D i s t r i c t Attorney, t h e FBI, and the K K K responsible f o r aO attadcs on anti-Klan demonstrators.

I DEMAND: n T h a t a l l charges b e dropped against a l l a n t i - K l a n demonstrators, both in Houston and Austin, and agskinst a l l peopte who attended t h e Rock Against Racism concert at t h e Island on M a c h 31st.

2^ Stop a l l repression against t h e Black and Mexican communities.

3^ Stop all feoressicn against-the anti-Klan movement.

Sincerely, 'your name arxl address) oc:

Lee P. Brown Chfef o f Police Houston Police Deot.

61 Riesner St. Houston, T X . 77002

Fighting RICO:

An Interview with Silvia Baraldini

In t h e fall of 1982, in t h e a f t e r m a t h of t h e ireuocessful Brink's expropriation, the US. began t h e R I C O conspiracy t r i a l . T h e first major political conspiracy trial of t h e decade and t h e opening gun in a new drive toward hei^^ttened represskan, R I C O is the government's a t t e m p t t o destroy once and for all the ability of the Black Laseratnn Stuggle — in this c a s e elements of the N e w Afrikan Independence Movement — to build a revolutionary struggle for land and power.

Of t h e deven indicted, foia-, including two white people, are s t i l l free and being sought by t h e F B I . Others such as captued B L A sokiier Sekou Odinga and Silvia Baraldini, a w h i t e anti-imperialist activist in the pdblic mov«nent, are on trial and fighting t h e c a s e by exposing and resisting i t a s oointerinsurgency. We print this Interview in f u l l s o l i d a r i t y w i t h t h e i r p o l i t k a l a i m s . T h i s R I C O c a s e is b d i ^ tried under extraordinary s e c u r i t y by Judge K e v i n Duffy, a n out-and-out radst noted in the press for his a n t i - s e m i t i s m . R o b e r t C o r d i e r o f t h e F B I J o i n t T e r r o r i s t T a s k F o r c e sits a t the prosecution table. A s S i l v i a Baraldini said In another context, "TTiis t r i a l is m feet the test case for the new F B I guidelmes." This fftterview was conducted in late June, 1983.

capabilities to organize themselves i n t o r e v o l u t i o n a r y movements t h a t will challenge and defeat US imperialism, '^'e have l e a r n e d f r o m the h i s t o r y o f other struggles, such as Vietnam, Mozambique, Nicaragua, t h a t only one s t r a t e g y c a n l i b e r a t e oppressed n a t i o n s — p r o t r a c t e d people's w a r . C o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y i n t h e 8 0 ' s inside t h e U.S. is t a r g e t i n g t h e beginnings o f that crucial d e v e l o p m e n t w i t h i n t h e oppressed nations inside the U.S. empire. t.'.S. imperialism is targeting the armed clandestine forces and t h e

One of t h e overt acts named i n this case is t h e liberatkjn of Assata Shakur. What do you see as t h e significanoe o f this event?

When a movement takes responsibility f o r freeing one o f its caotured freedom fighters, i t is always s i g n i f i c a n t because i t c o m m u n i c a t e s t o t h e people t h e depth o f t h e c o m m i t t m e n t t o liberation. I t breaks through t h e myth o f i n v i n c i b i l i t y o f t h e enemy and provides t h e masses w i t h a v e r y i m p o r t a n t v i c t o r y . I n t h e case o f A s s a t a S h a k u r , i t was p a r t i c u l a r l y significant because o f t h e leadership she h a d p r o v i d e d w i t h i n t h e ranks o f the New Afrikan and toa l l Independence Movement revolutionaries. Sekou Odinga spoke about her a t the beginning o f our t r i a l : " H e r n a m e is A s s a t a Shakur. She is a soldier. And she is one o f our heroes. She is definitely one o f my heroes, a n d i was t h r i l l e d and happy and proud, really proud, when i h e a d that she had been l i b e r a t e d . M r .

L i t t , here, he would tell vou that was a criminal act. Me, my people, t h e y w i l l t e l l y o u t h a t i t was an h e r o i c a c t , a b e a u t i f u l a c t , one t h a t needs t o be done again and again because she was u n j u s t l y h e l d . Being a f r e e d o m fighter, a soldier f o r t h e l i b e r a t i o n o f her p e o p l e , s h e should have never been p u t h a criminal jeaL" i ^ ^ M ^ ^ m ^ Mm^H^i^ to

D E A T H T O T H E K L A N : Why a r e you indicted in t h i s c a s e ' ' W h y do y o u s a y i t ' s a N e w A f r i o n case?

SILVIA B A R A L D I N I : U.S. imperiaUsm indicted eleven people cn charges of r a c k e t e e r i n g , bank r o b b e r v and accessory a f t e r the fact. Among those indicted are members of the N e w A f r i k a n Independence Movem«it, including Sekou Odinga, New A f r i k a n Pr'soner-of-War, and t h r e e N o r t h A m e r i c a n members of t h e revolutionary antt-imperiaiut mowsnent* Imperialism^ position is that'^ft'^^i^''pn!Mi0^illtll|i^^^~'Cfrl)i'iiiMl tftterpHseb This is a lie. What is being tried is the right o f self-determination and socialism. Sekou Odinga Stated in Ws ooening statement; T o d ^ there i s brother revolution g/c/lg^gj^fjfaiM' '•Wem^ Revolution. l a m a New A ' not consider m y s e l f a n A m e r i c a n consider m y s e l f a N e w A f r i k a n c i t i z e n . Y o u may have heard the t e r m t h e R e p u b l i c o f N e w A f r i k a m e n t i o n e d b y t h e Judge — or if you havent you w i l l . The Republic o f New A f r i k a is the name given our nation by a group o f Black people w h o c a m e t o g e t h e r in I'JfiS a n d w h o d e c i d e d to d e c l a r e o u r s e l v e s free a n d independent o f t h e U . S . " D e s p i t e t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s denials, w h a t has emerged during t h e t r i a l is t h e r e a l i t y t h a t m e m b e r s o f t h e B l a c k Liberation struggle came together to build a clandestine apparatus. These forces engaged in a n u m b e r o f e x p r o p r i a t i o n s a n d l i b e r a t e d Assata Shakur from captivity. These efforts are part o f a i o v e r a l l s t r a t e g y t o f r e e t h e n a t i o n and i t s land base: Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and South C a r o l i n a . This is w h a t imperialism is trying t o defeat.

I a m the only N o r t h A m e r i c a n b e i n g t r i e d in the RICO case. I a m a member o f May 19th Communist Organization and I b e l i e v e i t is because o f t h e organization's principled support of t h e New Afrikan Independence ^tovement a n d its r i g h t t o wage a r m e d s t r u g g l e t h a t I have been indicted. The government's t h e o r y is t h a t a n u m b e r o f N o r t h Americans worked w i t h the New Afrikan clandestine forces, so i t is essential t o t h e i r s t r a t e g y t h a t a white revolutionary be tried. I have worked p o l i t i c a l l y w i t h a n u m b e r o f t h e people indicted, in particular on behalf o f my o r g a n i z a t i o n ; I have p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e defense o f N e w A f r i k a n p o l i t i c a l prisoners and struggled to expose C O I N T E L P R O . What is o n t r i a l i n m y i n d i c t m e n t is N o r t h A m e r i c a n s ' committment t o t h e s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e B l a c k n a t i o n i n p a r t i c u l a r , our c o m m i t t m e n t t o the defeat o f U.S. i m p e r i a l i s m a n d t o t h e establishment o f a socialist society.

What is the government trying to a c c o m p l i s h with this case?

O u r c a s e 'S p a r t o f U S i m p e r i a l i s m ' s counterinsurgency s t r a t e g y i n t h e 80's a n d t h e consolidatron of i t s fascist infrastructure.

C o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y is b e i n g w a g e d a g a i n s t n a t i o n a l l i b e r a t i o n i n C e n t r a l A m e r i c a , in the ^^iddle East and right here at home. The a i m is t h e t o t a l d e s t r u c t i o n o f oppressed peoples'

was l e f t p u r p o s e f u l l y vague t o b e t t e r a l l o w p r o s e c u t i o n of organized crime's infilitration into legitimate business. For the first t i m e i t is being used against revolutionaries. Thus the governmeit establishes that there is no difference between a bank r o b b e r y and a revolutionary expropriation, or between a prison escape and the liberation o f a captured freedom fighter. Along w i t h this criminalization go steeper prison terms; f o r each count o f R I C O w e a r e f a c i n g twenty years as opposed to five under the old conspiracy laws.

Silvia Oaraldini

and N a t i v e targeting the struggle whose goal is tihe transft w h i t e o p p r e s s o r n a t i o n i n t o a non-oppressor socialist society.

C o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y has short and long-term goals: t h e c r i m i n a l i z a t i o n o f t h e N e w A f r i k a n independence M o v e m e n t by trying freedom fighters, a c t i v i s t s and supporters under a l a w a i m e d a t organized c r i m e ; t h e isolation of revolutionary forces b y a m e d i a c a m p a i g n t h a t c a l l s them "terrorists" and "mad dog killers"; and t h e c r e a t i o n a m o n g t h e people o f a f e a r o f revolutionaries 'this was successfully done by the C I A i n Chile'*. O t h e r goals i n c l u d e t h e i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z a t i o n o f fascist "legal" procedures such as anonymous juries and witnesses and t h e g a t h e r i n g o f intelligence against the movement, "^^ost importantly, the goal in this R I C O case is t h e d e f e a t o f t h e a r m e d clandestine forces o f the New A f r i k a n Independence Movement a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e i r d e v e l o p m e n t when they are weak and the enemy s t i l l v e r y p o w e r f u l . T h e R I C O t r i a l is a l s o b e i n g used t o erase t h e differences between t h e a r m e d c l a n d e s t i n e and revolutionary public movements organizations. I f the government is successful i n e s t a b l i s h i n g t h a t common ideology constitutes a conspiracy, this w i l l justify i n f i l t r a t i o n a n d p r o v o c a t i o n s a g a i n s t m a n y o r g a n i z a t i o n s as provided for by the new F B I guidelines.

What a r e the differences between this and other famous politksl conspiracy cases li<e Haymarket a i d the Panther 21'' Conspiracy trials liave historcally been used by imperialism t o silence dissent and t h e voices o f r e v o l u t i o n . H a y m a r k e t was a i m e d a t t h e labor m o v e m e n t , t h e P a n t h e r 21 case a t t h e B l a c k Panther P a r t y , our t r i a l against tiie New Afrikan Independence Movement and members o f t h e a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t m o v e m e n t who support i t .

Conspiracy laws exist f o r t h e purpose o f i m p r i s o n i n g r e v o l u t i o n a r i e s w h o oppose i m p e r i a l i s m . T h e g o v e r n m e n t has r e f i n e d i t s s t r a t e g y by using t h e R I C O 'Rackeetering and Corrupt Organizations) A c t , passed b y Congress in I'^yO under t h e Nwon Administration. RICO

all captured freedom

^ h t e r s , whose task is

"iivestigation* o f t f e P A L N . H o w do you s e e the strategy o f non-oollaboratkjn*' „ Aftar t h e conclusion o f t h e RICO t r i a l , I w i l l ' ^ ' ^ ' e t r ! e d , _ f o r c r i m i n a l c o n t e m p t along w i t h S h e l l e y 4 t o B ^ > » jnqiember of M a y 1 9 t h C o m m u n i s t Orgahifefein and leader of t h e New Movement in S o l i d a r i t y w i t h t h e P u e r t o R i c a n and M e x i c a n R e v o l u t i o n s . We are refusir^ t o collaborate w i t h t h e grand j u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f t h e F u e r z a s A r m a d a de L i b e r a c i o n N a t i o n a l fPALN\ As a member o f M a y 19th C o m m u n i s t O r g a n i z a t i o n I d o n t recognize the legitimacy o f US imperialism's c o l o n i a l d o m i n a t i o n o f P u e r t o R i c o . T h e n a t i o n o f P u e r t o R i c o is w a g i r ^ a , struggle for independence both on the island and i n s i d e t h e U n i t e d States. T h e independence m o v e m e n t has e m b a r k e d o n a s t r a t e g y o f p r o t r a c t e d people's war—the mobilization o f the masses of its people through a r m e d s t r u g g l e t o d e f e a t t h e i l l e g a l o c c u p a t i o n by t h e U S . The a r m e d c l a n d e s t i n e m o v e m e n t is p a r t o f t h i s s t r u g g l e f o r independence and gives Efe t o t h e future victory and has exposed the bar*cn^tcy o f anv r e f o r m i s t solution. The F A L N is the a m i e d clandestine o r g a n i z a t i o n a c t i v e inside t h e U S .

Our organization supports the right o f the Puerto Rican people t o wage a r m e d s t r u g g l e f o r independence and socialism and we support t h e F A L N . Our organization does n o t r e c o g n i z e t h e r i g h t o f imperialism t o investigate the F A L N or to use an alleged "investigation" t o a t t a c k o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n t h e Puerto Rican independence movement, such as the Movimento de L i b e r a c i o n Nacional, Since 1936 t h e Puerto Rican movement has f o u ^ for t o t a l non-collaboration w i t h t h e g r a n d j u r y . O u r refusal t o collaborate follows this revolutionary example. N o n - c o l l a b o r a t i o n is n o t m e r e l y a t a c t i c to be employed when confronted by a subpoena, non-collaboration is a strategy t o b u i l d a m o v e m e n t o f resistance against US imperialism. N o n - c o l l a b o r a t i o n means t h a t w e view imperialism as our enemy and therefore are i r r e v o c a b l y opposed t o i t . N o n - c o l l a b o r a t i o n means we are willing t o go t o jail t o defend our movement—not for symbolic purposes b u t as a n See S i l v i a Baraldini, page

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The Chicago Mayoral Election:

A No-Win This past A p r i l , after a t w o month campaign marked by racist h y s t e r i a — described by one observer as being " l i k e one long, continuous Klan r a l l y " — H a r o l d Weishington w a s e l e c t e d a s C h i c a g o ' s f i r s t Black mayor.

The c i t y was t h r o w n i n t o t u r m o i l as 8 0 % o f t h e w h i t e D e m o c r a t s crossed p a r t y lines t o vote for tfie white RepLfoUcan candidate, Bernard Epton, w h i l e an unprecedented number of Black voters, along w i t h a large coalition o f p r o g r e s s i v e / l e f t w h i t e groups a n d i n d i v i d u a l s , turned o u t t o vote Washington into office. The national D e m o c r a t i c p a r t y t h r e w i t s weight behind Washington, while the local Democratic machine balked a t t h e idea of a B l a c k r e f o r m - o r i e n t e d candidate and supported Epton.

The Washington campaign and election had an impact far beyond Chicago. The depth o f w h i t e r a c i s m that was displayed drew national a t t e i t k j n . Washir^jton's vkrtory has sparked voter registration drives i n Boston srid other cities, and progressive coeilitkms a r e f o r m i n g t o c a m p a i g n f o r Black Democratk: candidates. 3ssse Jackson is c o n d u c t i n g h i s S o u t h e r n crusade f o r v o t e r r e g i s t r a t i o n ( m e e t i n g w i t h t h e lUcss o f George W a l l a c e ) and p r o m o t i n g t h e idea o f a B l a c k Presdential candidate.

While many have hailed Washington's victory as an advance f o r t h e B l a c k s t r u g g l e a n d f o r a l l progressive people, i t is o u r o p i n i o n t h a t t h e campaign was in fact a blow t o progressive s t r i ^ g l e . l*4ow t h a t the election is over and t h e smoke has c l e a r e d s o m e w h a t , C h i c a g o is l e f t w i t h t w o b i g p r o b l e m s . O n t h e one hand we now h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t l y m o r e o r g a n i z e d a n d m o r e b l a t a n t l y racist w h i t e commuruty. And cn the o t h e r hand t h e B l a c ^ c o m m u n i t y a n d t h e pn^pessive w h i t e movement is now united behind a strategy o f seddng t o bring an e n d t o r a c i s m and e x p l o i t a t i o n through the electoral process — t h r o u g h w o r k i n g w i t h i n t h e very system which t h r i v e s o n t h e oppression o f Third WorW people and the e^qploitation o f a l l working dass people.

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D e m o c r a t i c p r i m a r y , masses o f white t i f e - l o r ^ Democrats flocked t o Repii>lkan headquarters t o carr^jaign f o r Epton. A s the campaign developed there appeared tiroughout the white communities m a n y d i f f e r e n t r a c i s t f l y e r s t h a t urged white people to vote f o r Epton. Some o f these f l y e r s w e r e f r o m local Denrxjcrat precinct captains who referred t o E p t o n as " o u r g r e a t w h i t e h o p e . " O t h e r s a p p e a r e d t o come f r o m organized white s u p r e m a c i s t grouos l i k e t h e K l a n a n d N a z i s : these r e f e r r e d t o B l a c k people i n d e r o g a t o r y t e r m s 'such as " b a b o o n s " ) , d e g r a d e d B l a c k c u l t u r e , a n d w a r n e d o f t h e t e r r o r t h a t would stafl< the stteets of Chicago if Washington w e r e e l e c t e d . The slogan "Vote White - Vote R i g h t " appeared on t-shirts and posters. S h o r t l y a f t e r t h e p r i m a r y , some psteons o f a white southwest A niob o f side bar h u i g Washington i n effigy.

E p t o n s u p p o r t e r s , aUong w i t h a c o n t i n g e n t <rf r i i f ^ - w i n g Right-To-Life suppcxters g o t n a t i o n a l a t t e n t i o n when they jeered, threatened and chased a w a y Washington a n d W a l t e r M o n d a l e f r o m a c h u r c h service i n t h e predominantly white northwest ade of Chicago. " N R DE" w a s s p r a y p a i n t e d o n t h ^ side cteor o f t h e church. A similar situatfen o c f 3 ^ ^ another c h v j ^ > t w o weeks later. I r ^ ^ ^ i ^ « s * a d e bar : orrlelection night t h e patrons ^ ^ ^ t e < l " V h i t e fpawer" as t h e y w a i t e d f o r retun&* T w i c e ttie Chicago J B A K C c h a p t e r held a b i p n e f s a y i n g " F I G H T WHITE S U P R E M A C Y -..SUPPORT B L A C K L I B E R A T I O N " o v e r a majoF highway^ - T h e response o f an a l a r m i n g n u m b e r ' o f t h e _.white people d r y i n g by were threats, obscenities »-and shouts o f "white power." Many gf the other ^ h i t e pectple w h o d r o v e b y werfe j u s t a s i v e h e m e n t in t h e i r s u p p o r t o f t h e banner, and r e l i e v e d t o see s o m e p u b l i c a n t i - w h i t e ^suoremacBtt sentiment aired.

A l t h o u ^ rstcisrh is d e e j p i y < ' 6 m b e d d e d i n Chicago's w h i t f e n ^ i g N ^ ^ the "Srate w h i t e " • responsie : - w ^ s j p j ^ , ^ o n t a r i e o u s — i t w a s organized,^ T h e R e p u b l i c a n party set the tone J for the campaign earfy on by adoptir^ the r a c i s t -Slogan " E p t o n - B e f w e I t ' s T o o L a t e " and 1^ focusing t h e i r entire c a m p a i g n o n e x p o s i n g Washington's f a i l u r e t o pay taxes and bUls, e t c .

In his a t t a d s on Washington, Epton c o n s i s t e n t l y , and n o t so sidstly, a l l u d e d t o racist images of B l a c k p e o p l e as c r i m i n a l s w i t h no m o r a l standards — i m a g e s t h a t groups 19ce the K l a n put f o r w a r d The l o c a l D e m o c r a t i c m a c h i n e also l e d i n

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R a d s t propaganda distrixited by Chicago polioei spurring o n t h e racist offensive.

Aldermen t r e a t e d t h e existence o f a Black Democratic candidate as a c r i s i s a n d o p t e d f o r t h e w h i t e candidate.

S i n c e Washington's e l e c t i o n t h e " M a c h i n e " has c o n t i n u e d i t s f i g h t f o r w h i t e power and for the ability to maintain their extensive patronage s y s t e m t h a t W a s h i n g t o n is t h r e a t e n i n g t o d i s m a n t l e . T w e n t y - n i n e white Democrats led by "machine" leader E d w a r d V r d o l y a k f o r m e d a hloci< t o a t t e m p t t o control the C i t y Council. A t t h e first C i t y Council m e e t i n g t h a t Washington presided over, Washington adjourned the m e e t i n g p r e m a t u r e l y .

T h e "Vrdolyak 2 9 " t h e n t o o k o v e r t h e council and a p p o i n t e d t h e i r p e o p l e t o a l l o f t h e i m p o r t a n t c h a i r m a n s h i p positions. The 29 had COB the meeting t o bad< t h e m up.

I t w a s t h e C h i c a g o police who really krcked o f f t h e campaign t o unite behind E p t o n f o r w h i t e power.

Police chief Richard Breczek publkdy stated that he thought Chicago w o u l d n ' t be s a f e i f Washington were elected mayor. He announced his resignation s h o r t l y a f t e r Washington made a c a m p a i g n p r o m i s e t o fire h i m if elected. 'The FBI w a s a p p a r e n t l y m u c h impressed w i t h Breczek's racist performance and w i t h his abiDty t o r i a i an e x c e p t i o n a l l y b r u t a l p o l i c e f o r c e ; they offered h i m a high level position w h k h he declined.)

W h i t e p o l i c e t h r o u g h o u t t h e d t y circulated some o f ttie most v i l e r a c i s t l i t e r a t u r e o f t h e , c a m p a i g n . A m o v e m e n t o f "Police f o r Epton" f o r m e d a n d c a r r i e d o u t such t a s k s as "investigating" voter registration i n the Black c o m m u n i t i e s and c h a r g i n g 5,800 B l a c k v o t e r s w i t h f r a u d . Buttons showir^ a watermelon w i t h a sfeeh across i t o r i g i n a t e d a m o n g t h e p o l i c e .

When t h e p o l i c e department was forced t o b a i a l l oops fnsm wearing campaign buttons on d u t y , due t o increasBig tensions b e t w e e n Black cBid white oops, many wtiite police wore p l a i n w h i t e b u t t o n s . A f e w days before the election, Blade policemen came forward t o say that there was a plan among white police t o make massive arrests in ttie Blad< community on eletrtion eve, in order t o p r e v e n t B l a c k people f r o m making rt t o t h e polls. The Black press p u b l i c i z e d t h i s a n d t h e C h i c a g o PD, was f o r c e d t o openly forbW police f r o m carrying i t out.

J B A K C h e l d a demonstration i n front o f one of t h e police s t a t i o n s s h o r t l y a f t e r r a c i s t propaganda had been discovered i n stations all over the d t y . We protested the propaganda a n d c h a n t e d : " t h e { » p s and t h e K l a n work hand i n hand."

Even w i t h a l l their o r t r a a c t i v i t y , the police d i d n t miss a b e a t i n c a r r y i n g o u t t h e i r usual l e v e l o f violent repreffiioo against the Blad< and Puerto Rican communities. A n u n a r m e d B l a c k m a n , A n t o n i o Armstead, was shot by t h e police, w h o t h e n w a v e d t h e i r guns a t t h e g a t h e r i n g c r o w d t o disperse t h e m . R e p o r t s o f p o l i c e b r u t a l i t y appeared almost daily in the Defender, Chicago's B l a c k newspaper. The Chicago P D is currently f a c i n g a l a w s u i t c l a i m i n g t h e y h a v e made hundreds of thousands of unjustified arrests o f B l a c k a n d o t h e r T h i r d W o r l d people i n t h e past year.

T h e most s e g r e g a t e d c i t y i n t h e c o u n t r y .

Chicago is now a f a t i l e breedff^ g r o m d f o r t h e K K K a n d o t h e r white stpremacist a-ganizations.

I t has maffiy white 'ethnic' neighborhoods w h i c h have stayed a l l - w h i t e t h r o u ^ a combinatkxi o f official police vfolence, c i t y government p o l i c i e s and v i g i l a n t e attacks. Last summer three Black men who dared enter the all-white neighborhood of B r i d g e p o r t w e r e a t t a c k e d ; one was deliberately n n over by a car and t h e n b r u t a l l y b e a t e n w i t h a baseball bat. A week later when a small g r o i p of Black and white d e m o n s t r a t o r s marched through Bridgeport t o protest tills racist a t t a c k , o v e r one h u n d r e d w h i t e B r i d g e p o r t r e s i d e n t s c a m e o u t t o wave posters t h a t t h e Nazis h a d h a n d e d o u t w h i c h s a i d " N - » - - r B e w a r e " and "White Power." There have been a number of w h i t e power rallies i n Chicago i n r e c e n t years. There are several K K K and Posse Comitatus chapters around Chicago a n d t h r o u g h o u t I l l i n o i s , a n d Nazis a n d a neo-Nazi groiq> c a l l e d t h e " A m e r i c a F i r s t C o m m i t t e e " In southern Illinois the o p e r a t e openly.

"Christian Patriots Defense League" has a p a r a m i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g c a m p a n d has t r a i n e d hundreds of white people in preparatton f o r " t h e coming race war." These g r o i ^ have done tiieir best t o p r o m o t e r a c i s t h y s t e r i a a r o u n d t h e W a s h i n g t o n election and are taking advantage o f the opportunity t o r e c r u i t n e w p e o p l e t o t h e i r organizations.

I n the face o f this right-wing onslaight, many white peopte took t o wearing Washington b u t t o n s t o s y m b o l i z e their opposition t o the racism t h a t was sweeping t h r o t ^ their communities. Otfiers w e r e m o v e d t o j o i n Washington's c a m p a i g n .

A l t h o ^ ttie motives briiind tiiese a c t i o n s w e r e w e l l - i n t e n d e d , i t is u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t t h e anti-racist s e n t i m e n t w a s expressed i n s u p p o r t for Washirgton, for there is no evidence t h a t t h e election o f a Black mayor w i l l b r i n g about a n y significant progressive change.

F o u r hundred years o f v i o l e n t r e p r e s s i o n against t h e B l a c k l i b e r a t i o n struggle has diown us t h a t i f H a r o l d Washir^ton's election was any significant threat t o the status quo then we wcxild n o t have seen h i s v i c t o r y a t t h e p o l l s .

We w o u l d n o t have seen the constant parade o f Democratk: n a t i o n a l b i g w i g s l i k e Mondale a n d Kennedy coming t o Chicago t o lend their support for W a ^ i r ^ t e n . Were Wadiir^ton fvmdamentally c h a l l e n g i r ^ t h e system t h a t denies Black people t h e i r humjin rights, then Chicago's business c o m m u n i t y would n o t have endorsed his nor would the leading local f i n d s u c h e s t a b l i s h e d busirt«sss l e a d e r s i n Washington's t r a n s i t i o n a l team, including a rRimber o f c h a i r m e n o f m a j o r C h i c a g o banks.

F u r t h e r m o r e , e v e n i f Washington w e r e r e a l l y going t o t r y and fundam«itally change C h i c a g o , t h e p r o b l e m s he faces i n t r y i n g t o pull a big c i t y o u t o f a major financial c r s i s HI ttie m i d d l e Some o f h i s of a recession are staggering. announced plans, l i k e h i r i n g 1000 m o r e cops, m o s t l y T h i r d W o r l d , t o patrol Third World c o m m u n i t i e s , do n o t sound l i k e t h e y w i l l d o much t o end Black oppression. In fact, they w i l l further t h e government's a b i l i t y t o repress Chicago's Black community.

A m o r e serious c o n c e r n is t h a t t h e U . S . g o v e r n m e n t is manipulating and encouraging this trend towards e l e c t o r a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n . I n 1978 Z b i g n i e w B r z e z i n s k i , N a t i o n a l Security Advisor for President C a r t e r a n d a leader o f t h e T r i l a t e r a l Commission, wrote a memo t o Carter w h i c h was l a t e r l e a k e d t o t h e p u b l i c .

This m e m o o u t l i n e d a i g g e s t i o n s f o r a multi-leveled plan t o p r e v e n t a n d d e s t r o y B l a c k r e s i s t a n c e .

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Freedom Fighters Go to Court, Police Attack Supporters

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A p r e - t r i a l h e a r i n g in t h e case o f t h e B r i n k s F r e e d o m Fighters erupted into violence when police attad<ed supporters i n t h e c o u r t r o o m , b e a t t h e m and t h r e w t h e m i n t o j a i l because they refused t o stand for t h e juctee.

Singled o u t i n t h e attack was Ahmed Obafemi, a leader of t h e National Committee t o Defend New A f r i k a n F r e e d o m F i g h t e r s , one o f t h e main organizations t h a t has been f i g h t i n g t h e

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»sted w e r e J a r e d B l o o d w i n g , "Anti-X7ah C o m m r S t ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^ " ^ ^ T h i r t y people h a d t r a v e l e d t o the tiny ipstate - Y o ^ j ^ m c< Goshen t o show t h e i r s u p p o r t 9f^if-'Kt?1^ah Ffecxfom Fif^itci' K W M S and Judith C l a r k and D a v i d G i l b e r t , w h i t e a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t s , a l l of whom were charged i n t h e 1981 N v a c k , N e w Y o r k a t t e m p t t o e x p r o p r i a t e f u n d s f o r t h e Black liberation struggle f r o m a B r i n k ' s t r u c k . A l l have c o n s i s t e n t l y refused t o e n t e r p l e a s o r t o p u t o n a " c r i m i n a l " defense because of t h e p o l i t i c a l n a t u r e o f t h e a c t . They w e r e i n c o u r t d e m a n d i n g t h e r i g h t t o represent themselves a n d t h a t t h e i r ease b e s e v e r e d f r o m

Black Nation Day

t h a t o f Solonrnan Brown, a co-defendant who turned traitor f o r the government.

The t r i a l had been nxjved t o CKJshen because of the intense oublicity and t h e p o l i t i c a l s u p p o r t a n d controversy surrounding the case, which the state is attempting t o prosecute as a routine c r i m i n a l t r i a l .

Goshen is over t w o hours from New York, where most of t h e support f o r t h e F r e e d o m F i g h t e r s is centered. The "routine" was evident f r o m the first, as the supporters found the courthouse r i n g e d w i t h d e p u t i e s and police armed w i t h automatic weapons, plus FBI T e r r o r i s t Task F o r c e agents a n d a t t a c k dogs.

A f t e r passing t h r o u g h e l e c t r o n i c security, s p e c t a t o r s w e r e given assigned s e a t s .

Ahmed O b a f e m i w a s seated conveniently on t h e aisle a x l police were seen pointing h i m o u t a n d w h i s p e r i n g t h a t he was "the leader of the Blad< people."

When t h e y c a m e i n t o t h e c o u r t r o o m , t h e F r e e d o m Fighters greeted their sipporters w i t h t h e battle cry of t h e N e w A f r i k a n Independence M o v e m e n t , " F r e e t h e L a n d ! " a n d shouted " F r e e w a n a m ^^orales^' as a show o f s o l i d a r i t y w i t h t h e Puerto Rican patriot captured t w o days before.

Their supporters stood as a show of respect f o r t h e F r e e d o m F i g h t e r s - a n d s a t d o w n w h e n the iudge came in. Two marshalls w e r e sent d i r e c t l y t o A h m e d O b a f e m i , on t h e aisle, t o demand that he s t a n d . H e refused, s a y i n g t h a t as a N e w A f r i k a n he did not recognize Ihe legitimacy of the court. T h i r t y others refused w i t h h i m . T h e p o l i c e began p u l l i n g a t h i m . People rose t o protest and the police attacked.

F o u r people w e r e dragged f r o m t h e courtroom and b e a t e n i n t h e h a l l , w h i l e t h e o t h e r s w e r e l o c k e d i n t h e c o u r t r o o m . T h e Freedom F i l t e r s walked out saying they wouW not p a r t i c i p a t e w h i l e t h e i r s u p p o r t e r s w e r e being attad<ed. People l e f t the courtroom and demonstrated a n g r i l y o u t s i d e as t h e f o u r w e r e d r i v e o f f the j a i l . They were arraigned at 6 p.m. the next e v e n i n g a n d c h a r g e d w i t h resisting arrest, and Ahmed alone was charged with assault. When b a i l w a s raised i t w a s foqnd t h f t he t a d l i e e n - ' ^ f f l g m g ' i i i r tommv Meanwhile, l < i M M l t t l l R l ^ ^ ' ' a s p a r a d e d

On March 25, 1983, t h e f i f t e e n t h anniversary o f t h e f o u n d i n g o f t h e Provisional Government and t h e naming of the colonized Black N a t i o n i n A m e r i c a , the Republic o f New A f r i k a , over *,000 peoole gathered for three days i n D e t r o i t , Michigan t o celebrate Black Nation Day. The Black N a t i o n D a y c o n f e r e n c e f e a t u r e d m a n y speakers and workshop leaders wtxj have long histories i n t h e l i b e r a t i o n s t r u g g l e o f t h e Black Nation.

A m o n g t h e m were Robert Williams, Imari Obadele, Jamil A l A m i n fFKA H .

Rap B r o w n ) , K w a m e Toure ' F K A S t o k e l y Carmichael\ A m i r i Baraka, Queen Mother Moore, R e v . Ben C h a v i s , R e v . Charles Koen a x l Dara Abdtaka-i.

A t t h e F r i d a y evening "Spiritual Rally" over 1500 people were i n a t t e n d a n c e t o hear m a j o r addresses b y Louis Farrakhan, o f the Nation of I s l a m , and C h o k w e e L u m u m b a , M i n i s t e r o f Justice of the Republic of New Afrika.

However, i t was the struggles i n t h e workshops and forums which raised the burning questksns — one o f w h i c h was t h e need f o r r e v o l u t i o n a r y s c i e n t i f i c t h e o r y as t h e g u i d i n g f o r c e t o w i n land, independence a n d s o c i a l i s m f o r N e w Afrikan people.

T h r o u g h o u t t h e conference, support for New Afrikan Freedom Fighters was raised as a m a j o r issue t o b e t a k e n u p b y a l l aspects o f t h e . anti-imperialist movement.

New Afrikan Freedom F i l t e r Sekou Odinga and other P.O.W.S received awards for their selfless, sacrificing and h e r o i c s e r v i c e t o t h e B l a c k N a t i o n . These awards w e r e presented a t t h e Founder's D a y D i m e r on Smday evening.

B l a c k N a t i o n D a y 1983 w a s e s p e c i a l l y significant because i t comes a t a t i m e w h e n t h e R e p u b l i c o f N e w A f r i k a is under severe a t t s c k from t h e II.S. government in i t s c o n t i n u i n g a t t e m p t t o crush the struggle for land, inside the VJS. borders. The organizers of t h e c o n f e r e n c e saw their task a s a first-step effort toward the buOing of a much needed n n s s National B l a d e Independence Woveiiient. popOlar res|^^ t o this effort was overwhelming and a signal o f j

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C i t i n g the "Vioience" of the moyement, stMe b VBk^ this ki^jdBrtt I D bu{ld support tnon/f - i^iBi fMOfite^ .t^Bbt^^Jbir^ irfBlAriBttiBn c f their communitvl TJie' struggle to c r i m i F i g h t e r s , bv i n t i m i d a t i n g a n d suRXTters. None of t h e police wore badge or r a m e tags, and if the prosecution g e t s i t s w a v , a l l t h e jurors and witnesses i n the Brink's case w i l l be anonymous; t h e only p u b l i c people w i l l be t h e Freedom Fighters and their supporters.

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N e w Afrikan Freedom Fighter Day Saturday, July 16

JBASHEER HAMEED

March and Rally Assemble: H a r l e m State Office Building, 1 2 5 t h & A.C^. Blvd., 10 a.m.

Rally: M o u n t M o r r i s Park, 124th & Fifth A v e .

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Son Froncisco: Forum, 7:30 pm: St. Johns Church, 3126 22nd Ave. St. (at Capp) This third anrxuai New Afrikar} freedom

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struggle!

For more i n f o r m a t i o n contact: N a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e t o D e f e n d N e w A f r i k a n F r e e d o m F i g h t e r s , P.O. Box 1 1 8 4 , M a n h a t t a n v i l l e S f o . , NY, NY 1 0 0 2 7 , 2 1 2 - 3 6 7 - 3 1 6 7 J o h n B r o w n A n t i - K l a n C o m m i t t e e , P.O. Box 4 0 6 ,

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c i t y g o v e r n m e n t , w h o g r a n t e d t h e p e r m i t and sent i t s p o l i c e f o r c e t o e s c o r t t h e N a z i s a n d K l a n i n and o u t o f Bronson Park and protect them d t r i n g t h e rally.

A t a o r e - d e m o n s t r a t i o n A n t i - N a z i rally, t h e Coalition Against Police Brutality o f B a t t l e C r e e k , Michigan, err^hasized fis need f o r Blad< people t o d e f e n d t h e m s e l v e s a g a i n s t t h e K l a n and p o l i c e t e r r o r . T h e y c i t e d t h e murder of Robert ^Kimau) Guy b y t h e police a f t e r he w a s t h r e a t e n e d by t h e K l a n , because o f h i s w o r k organizing a g a i n s t k i l l e r cops a n d f i g h t i n g f o r New A f r k a n liberation.

The Nazi rally, also attended by the neo-Nazi America First Commitee from Chicago, was i n i t i a l l y organized as pert of an anti-gay crusade led by Rev. Edward Vamer. O n A p r i l 9 t h R e v .

V a r n e r , a n d t h e Nazis and t h e K l a n held a meetmg in t h e Kalamazoo Public L i b r a r y t o b a n a l l books t h a t m e n t i o n h o m o s e x u a l i t y .

That meeting was disrupted by 300 - * 0 0 people. T h e M a y I ' f t h r a l l y w a s t h e N a z i s ' a n d t h e Klan's attempt to come back and organize in Kalamazoo.

They d M not succeed.

Westfarms M a l l , West H a r t f r r d , C t .

A f t e r a c o u r t order allowing t h e National O r g a n i z a t i o n o f W o m e n ^NOW^ t o p e t i t i o n i n C o m e c t i c u f s largest shopping m a l l , W e s t f a r m s M a l l , t h e KIcBI ennounced t h a t they would hold a recruiting drive a t the m a l l on May 2 2 n d . M a l l o f f i c i a l s s a i d t h e y w o u l d a l l o w no K l a n or anti-Klan activity at t h e m a l l . Police said t h e y w o u l d secure t h e area w i t h three police departments. The Klan raid t h e y w o u l d l e a f l e t i n t h e i r robes i f anyone t r i e d t o t l r o w t h e m out.

NOW said n o t h i n g .

JBAKC organized i n H a r t f o r d a n d " c r a s h e d " t h e mall's press conference, c a l l i r ^ o n a l l a n t i - r a c i s t p e o p l e t o c o m e o u t on t h a t Sunday t o stop t h e K K K f r o m recruiting.

Westfarms M a l l was fiill on M a y 22nd, b u t no o r e was shooping. A n t i - K l a n activists, press, t h e c u r i o u s , plainclothes cops d i ^ y i s e d as janitors, a few Klan sympaWzers, a Nazi t e e n a g e r , S W A T t e a m s h i d d e n everywhere — i t was a new phase in the struggle against wtiite s u p r e m a c y .

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p r e s e n t e d o v e r 500 p o s t c a r d s signed l o c a l l y demanding t h a t t h e Klan not be allowed t o r a l l y .

C i t i n g t h e " v i o l e n c e " o f a n t i - K l a n groips, the b a c k door. However, i t wasn't the mall, but the people, t h a t stopped t h e Klan from r e c r u i t i n g a t Westfarms.

O u t s i d e , a f t e r the Klan l e f t , m a l l and p o l i c e o f f i c i a l s w e r e s u r r o u n d e d b y 1 5 0 people chanting "Death t o t h e Klan" in a m i l i t a n t demonstration. Police a t t a c k e d t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n , making t w o arrests, b u t only after t h e p o i n t h a d been m a d e t h a t t h e K l a n c a n r i o t o r j ^ i z e a n y w h e r e w i t h o u t oppositfayi, even in a rfiopDing malL New Britain, C t .

Soon a f t e r t h e i r M e r i d e n r a l l y , t h e K l a n announced a rally i n nearby New Britain, C t . , on June 25, Gay Pride Day. G r a n d D r a g o n J a m e s ,EMtr^nd^imed

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Common C o u n c i l w e n t t o c o u r t t o ask f o r ~ and got — an extraordinary i n p i c t i o n . The Klan was p e r m i t t e d t o rally i n a f o o t b a l l s t a d i u m — and a l l a n t i - K l a n d e m o n s t r a t i o n s w e r e illegal except inside t h e s t a d i u m w i t h t h e K l a n !

Hundreds o f oolice were mobilized f r o m all over the state, p a r k i r ^ was p r o h i b i t e d f o r 18 b l o c k s a r o u n d t h e s t a d i u m , a l l businesses were closed and residents were advised by police t o clear t h e area.

T h i s w e n t b e y o n d t h e usual strategy of protecting t h e Klan as a " l e g i t i m a t e " f o r c e , t o a c t u a l l y m a k i n g a n t i - K l a n activity illegal.

J B A K C announced o i r intention not to go i n t o a s t a d i u m w i t h t h e Klan a i d the police. We saw i t n o t o n l y as a p o t e n t i a l t r a p , b u t as a d a n g e r o u s p r e c e d e n t f o r t h e m o v e m e n t as a whole and a t e s t case f o r g o v e r n m e n t c o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y , i n which any kind of protest would be defined, c o n t a i n e d a n d c o n t r o l l e d b y t h e police. We announced a t a press conference on the morning o f t h e K l a i i r a l l y t h a t w e i n t e n d e d t o defy t h e injunction prohibiting anti-Klan a c t i v i t y w i t h i n 1500 f e e t o f t h e stadium.

By t h e t i m e t h e K K K appeared i n the stadium Cthey w e r e flovm in by state helicopter), over 200 people, most of them from New Britain, were gathered near t h e gate, d e m o n s t r a t i n g and c h a n t l - ^ "Death to the K l a n " in d e f i a n c e o f t h e p o l i c e o r d e r .

Very f e w people" w e n t i n and most o f t h e m w e r e K l a n sympathizers; others went m and then came o u t , angered, and joined t h e demonstration. The Klan could be seen high i n t h e b l e a c h e r s across t h e f i e l d , w i t h t h e i r robes a n d a m e r i k k k a n a n d confederate flags, looking dovyn on hundreds o f p o l i c e s u r r o u n d i n g a s m a l l , scattered crowd on t h e 50 yard line.

A f t e r t h e K l a n l e f t t h e s t a d i u m , when anti-Klan demonstrators attempted t o march back i n t o t o w n , a n g r y police attacked the marchers, a r r e s t i n g t h r e e . T h e p o l i c e a t t a c k i n c l u d e d plainclothes cops w i t h a secret warrant handed down 2 weeks before, charging a J B A K C m e m b e r w i t h assault on a c o p during t h e Westfarms Mall demonstration a m o n t h b e f o r e ,

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Wl^^ Klan was u r a b l P B i f ^ W ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ r p o l i c e , a n d t h e state was unable t o contain t h e movement inside t h e stadium.

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as t h e " I d e n t i t y M o v e m e n t . " D o we need the bourgeoiae press t o c o n v i n c e us t h a t t h e r e ' s a war going on?

F r o m o u r analysis o f i m p e r i a l i s m a n d t h e present economic crises t h a t capitalism is f a c e d w i t h fand h o w these conditions i n t h e realm o f production define t h e period w e live i n \ w e r e a c h a t least t h r e e i m p o r t a n t observations on the domestic s i t u a t i o n ; H t h a t t h e o b j e c t i v e basis f o r f a s c i s m 'and a third world war and/or full-blown race war> is b e i n g c o n s o l i d a t e d w i t h a l l deliberate speed; 2) t h a t as the most c r i t i c a l part o f t h i s c o n s o l i d a t i o n , t h e m o s t b a c k w a r d and r a c i s t e l e m e n t s o f t h e Amerikkkan (white) working class are being trained a n d e q u i p p e d t o a c t as a counterinsurgency b a t t e r i n g r a m i n defense of t h e f a t h e r l a n d as t h e r e v o l u t i o n a r y s t r u g g l e inside amer8<kka grows; and 3) t h a t the U.S. government is fully aware of w h a t is going d o w n because i t is d i r e c t i n g t h e m a j o r i t y o f these developments, particularly the

counterinargency a t t a c k s on a l l r e v o l u t i o n a r y m o v e m e n t s b e i n g led by t h e F B I Joint Terrorist Task Force.

The evidence behind these observations comes f r o m a study o f t h e g e n e r a l h i s t o r y o f t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p o f t h e A m e r i k k k a n ( w h i t e ) ruling class t o tfie w h i t e r i g h t , and o f w o r l d h i s t o r y w i t h r e s p e c t t o when and how fascism « n e r g e s as an extraordinary f o r m of racial, i m p e r i a l a n d class d o m i n a t i o n .

We have also based o u r observations on a c a r e f u l r e a d i n g o f p u b l i c sources a n d e n e m y propaganda (the bourgeoisie press, congressional reports, etc.) as w e l l as f r o m i n v e s t i g a t i v e r e s e a r c h done b y t h e bnftelfi^hce irut of the Black L i b e r a t i o n A r m y .

The data c l e a r l y exposes t h e i n t i m a t e and intricate coiyboraticn between t h e state and t h e w h i t e right. In t h e perkxl ahead of us we must devote as m u c h o f o u r energies t o e x p o s i n g t o t h e masses these " t r o u b l i n g links" and the g o v e r n m e n t ' s m o v e t o w a r d s buildir^ fascism as

we devote t o confronting t h e Klan's marcfies a n d demonstrations in t h e streets. A t every turn we must combat the v i e w t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t is n e u t r a l a n d t h a t i t has its eye on the Klan and is p r o t e c t i n g t h e s o - c a l l e d A m e r i k k k a n p u b l i c f r o m t h e cuckoo-birds (on either the right or the left^ w h o w o u l d d e s t r o y t h i s g r e a t p l u r a l i s i t c democracy.

Such is t h e importance of a paper l i k e D e a t h t o t h e K l a n and we support i t s f o r w a r d development. I n t h e i^Jcoming years we hope t h a t i t w i l l grow into a major news s o u r c e and b r i n g t h e t r u t h o f whafs going down t o t h e w h i t e community, When t h e press propagandizes a n d m i s i n f o r m s t h e p e o p l e t h a t t h e F B I is "uncovering t r o u b l i n g links" of which t h e g o v e r n m e n t itself is t h e organizer i f s d e a r they are trying t o mess w i t h people's m i n d s . A n d i t is a l l t h e m o r e d e a r t h a t the distorted view o f r e a l i t y this m i s i n f o r m a t i o n produces must be c o u n t e r e d by ttie t r u t h . White Stpremacy must not go unchallenged!

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California Klan Leader Tom Metzger "3ust watch us. Just l i s t e n .

Imagine a n y t h i n g y o u w a n t . Imagine we're just a few sophisticated people who a r e g o i n g t o g e t w h a t t h e y w a n t . I m a g i n e we're a massive movement. Whafs t h e d i f f e r e n c e .

No one's g o i n g t o s t o p us. We're professional.

We're very determined.

We're up t o d a t e .

We have y o u t h . " -Tom

" I do n o t support large where our enemies m a y each a n d every member. conform to a cellular, s v s t e m o f a c t i v i t y or activity ...

p u b l i c gatherings easily c a t a l o g u e Either one must unconventional ^to^ f r o n t group

"''The Klan's) mission will only be successful by t a k i n g t h a t d i r e c t i o n a n d t o c e a s e t r v i n g t o make t h e Klan a large-type political group. To a t t r a c t large n u m b e r s , f r o n t g r o u p s m a y be d e v e l o p e d and/or existing p u b l i c o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d p a r t i e s i n f i l t r a t e d f o r v a r i o u s a c t i v i t i e s and long range r e c r u i t i n g p r o g r a m s o f s k i l l e d a n d professional members ...

Metzger

T o m M e t z g e r , ¥t years old, has emerged as a leading Klan ideologue and organizer.

Based i n S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , he heads t w o w h i t e . sipremacist organizations — the White A m e r i c a n Political Association fWAPA) andthe paramilitary K u K l u x K l a n of C a l i f o m i a . In d e s c r i b i n g t h e difference between the t w o .

M e t i e r has said t h a t WAPA "is p u b l i c a n d t h e other is an underground secret organization."

"These t a c t i c s a r e t r i e d a n d p r o v e n ... I suggest s t r o n g l y t h a t y o u p r o c e e d along these lines ... w i t h no n a t i o n a l f i l e s , no i d e n t i f i c a t i o n cards and none o f the public robe demonstrations t h a t serve as useless targets f o r the groups as a whole."

EvoiutiGn of a KJan Leader T o m M e t z g e r c l a i m s t o have g r o w n u p a liberal in Indiana and Florida. I t was i n t h e U.S. A r m y t h a t M e t z g e r says h e c o a l e s c e d h i s "segregationist" views.

D u r i n g t h e 1960's he worked for I h e Doi^las A i r c r a f t Company and i n ^96l^ s u p p o r t e d B a r r y G o l d w a t e r ' s presidential defeat, campaign.

Following Goldwater's M e t z g e r j o i n e d t h e John B i r c h S o c i e t y a n d quickly rose t o a leadership position. H e stayed w i t h t h i s organization f o r nearly t e n years, finally leavff^ because he d i d n t lielieve t h e John B i r c h S o c i e t y was action-oriented enough. " Y o u have t o t r a n s l a t e k n o w l e d g e i n t o a c t i o n , " Metzger said.

H e t h e n formed t h e White d, which in 1974 m e r g e d w i t h D a v i d ' D u k e ^ K n i ^ of the K u Klux K l « . , Five years KKK

During his years w i t h David D u k e a n d l a t e r , as t h e K K K o f California, Metzger attempted t o combine both ptislic and paramilitary activities i n t h e same o r g a n i z a t i o n .

H e created new black u n i f o r m s and talked openly o f organized p a r a m i l i t a r v t r a i n i n g and teaching children how

Metzger started WAPA and hjs Klan organization went •Underground."

troops have called for'the milierTzatfcin border and t h e shooting o f a l l M e x i c a n s

Metzger's organizational h i s t o r y signifies m u c h m o r e t h a n " s p l i t s " or facticmUsm w i t h m the K l a n . H b current strategy, t o b u i l d a mass base w i t h i n the w h i t e working dass w i t h primary emphasis on b u i l d i n g s e c r e t p a r a m i l i t a r y o r g a n i z a t i o n , r e p r e s e n t s t h e most advanced development w i t h i n t h e nationwide organized w h i t e supremacist movement.

When Metzger refused an i n v i t a t i o n t o t h e S e p t e m b e r , 1982 C o n f e d e r a t i o n o f Klans meeting (see D T T K , No. 0 in Stone ^^ountain, Georgia, he stated: — !

These are not t h e words o f someone o n t h e "lunatic fringe."

I t is t h e beginnings o f a s t r a t e g y f o r h o l d i n g p o w e r , a f u l l strategy t o build t h e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e s and paramilitary caoacities f o r fascism and genocide.

A Closer Look

t h e arrival <rf Vietnamese refugees in Ssii lSieg& I n M a r c h , 1 9 8 0 , t h e y d e m o n s t r a t e d in full battledress, irx:luding b a t s , shields, b o t t l e s a n d dogs, in O c e a n s i d e , near t h e C a m p Pendleton Marine Base.

M e t z g e r has n o w m o v e d away f r o m t h e s e tvpes o f d e m o n s t r a t i o n s a n d is d e v e l o p i n g an ^ r e s s i v e grass roots strategy t o win t h e "hearts and minds" of white people.

E a r l y o n M e t z g e r s a w e l e c t i o n s as a n

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Grand Dragon Metzger a t home. important arena f o r front g r o i p a c t i v i t y , a n d he has used this pitolic arena to legitimize the Klan and p r o j e c t i t as a " p e a c e f u l " organization c o n c e r n e d w i t h " w h i t e r i g h t s . " Before running for office himself, Metzger served as c a m p a i g n manager f o r D a v i d Oti<e's run for t h e Louisiana State Senate. Metzger^ first e l e c t i o n c a m p a i g j was i n M a r c h , 1978, w h e n he won 20% o f the vote for axffity p l s w e r r i a t e r , i n J u n ? , be r a n Democratic Congicfs^

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is near C a m p Pendleton.

In fact, Metzger's h t ^ w s t winning p e r c e n t a g e s w e r e i n precincts dussal to these bases. H e even won 2 precincts in s u p e r - r i c h L a J o l l a . W A P A has since r u n c s n i i d a ^ asd wen some of the district p r e c i n c t electkTB for t h e ^ s t e S w ^ ^ Party Central Committee.

I n 1980, M e t s ^ e r r a n f o r U . S .

S e n a t e a n d r e c e i v e d 80,000 v o t e s . H e got f i n a n c i a l support f r o m a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y , including a contribution from States R i ^ t s Party and Klan leader J.B. Stoner.

M a n y , i n c l u d i n g the left, dismissed Metzger's congressional primary v i c t o r y as a f l u k e . Y e t , when t h e L o s Angeles Times and t h e San Diego Union canvassed t h e d i s t r i c t , t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of M e t z g e r v o t e r s said t h e y knew wtx) he was and v o t e d f o r h i m because he was a Klansman.

A typical comment was, " i t was a protest ... and I think alot o f p e o p l e f e e l we've h a d a l o t o f b l a c k a n d b r o w n r a c i s m , w h y c a n t we have a l i t t l e white racism?"

M e t z g e r ' s e l e c t o r a l a c t i v i t y is only one part of his more public work. H e s t a t e s t h a t he i s b u i l d i n g a " f a m i l y " o r g a n i z a t i o n thait has 2 meetings a month — one busirtess, one s b c l M * ' — and a b i g b r o t h e r p r o g r a m f o r fatherless children, financial aid t o t h e elderly, blood donor d r i v e s f o r t h e i r m e m b e r s a n d an e c o n o m i c d i r e c t o r y o f s m a l l businesses stpportive o f t h e Klan. Metzger is also a m i n i s t e r i n t h e " N e w C h r i s t i a n Crusade C h u r c h , " p a r t o f the racist "Kingdom Identity" m o v e m e n t .

A l l four o f his c h i l d r e n , 3 g i r l s and a boy, are active in Klan youth programs which appeal t o w h i t e s t u d e n t s w i t h questions l i k e : " W h y does m y school have Black studies, M e x i c a n studies, A s i a n studies, etc., but not White Studies dasses or dubs';"' The "21st Century Klarf* "We're proceeding on a o n e - t o - o n e basis.

We t r y t o b r i n g f a m i l i e s together so w e can explain our position. We have p a r t i e s together, bowling, horseback r i d i n g , anything else that shows white people t h e y c a n have f u n together while p r e s e r v i n g their m o r a l , f a b r i c " — T o m Met^ec^

C a l i f o m i a K K K "securitv t e a m " o n Mexican border.

See E n e m y : Metzger, p o g e 13

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FROM FREEDOM FIGHTERS T h e John Bfown A n t i - K l a n ConmittBe si^jports i h e developraent a n d g r o w t h o f t h e a r m e d c l a n d e s t i n e movements i n this country. We reprint the c(nnmuni<pjes issued in connection w i t h a r m e d a c t i o n s t o express this si^jport and to geiierale struggle about t h e poUtics o f t h e actions a n d t h e development of armed struggle iiside this oomtry.

E v e r y issue w e w i l l print e i t h e r c o m m u n i q u e s issued from t h e a r m e d clandestine movements o r s t a t e m e n t s f r o m The anti-Klan captured freedom fighters. movement must be an anti-imperiaiist movement to fight tlie K b n and si^jport seif-determkHtion for the New African nation.

T h i s issue w e print t h e communiques from tfie Revolutionary F i g h t i n g G r o u p ( w h o c l a i m e d r e ^ x m s i b U i t y for bombing t h e F B I buikfing in Staten Island a t the end o f lanuaryV t h e A r m e d ResBtanoe Unit and the United Freedom Front.

C o m m a n d a n t e A n a M a r i a of t h e F.M.L.N., murdered m Managua April 16, 1983.

junta, and masshre " w a r g a m e s " a r e c o n d u c t e d

by U.S. t r o o p s diroughout the region. The C I A has hundreds o f agents in C e n t r a l A m e r i c a a n d is t r a i n i n g a n d s u p p l y i n g t h o u s a n d s o f mercenaries and ex-members o f Somoza's N a t i o n a l G u a r d w h o are currently invading Nicaragua.

T h e U.S. is o p e n l y t r a n s f o r m i n g Honduras into a garrison state t o implement U.S. military strategy in t h e region. F a c i n g m i l i t a r y d e f e a t i n E l Salvador, t h e U.S. is implementing "rural pacifkration" programs t h a t w i l l r e s u l t i n t h e d e a t h s o f tens o f thousands, t h e f o r c e d displacement o f hundreds of thousands o f campesinos i n t o barbed-wire-enclosed strategic hamlets, and t h e destruction of t h e land. F a c e d w i t h a people's w a r , t h e U.S. a t t e m p t s t o k i l l the people. This is full-scale c o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y war, and we must actively oppose i t .

This i s n o t t h e p o l i c y o f j u s t o n e b a d administration.

I t is t h e r e a l i t y o f U . S . imperialist control in t h e Third World. I t is t h e r e s u l t o f a s y s t e m based on maximizing profit for r e l a t i v e l y f e w t h r o u g h t h e oppression a n d e x p l o i t a t i o n o f hundreds o f millions throughout the world and within its own borders. Caught i n a p o l i t i c a l a n d e c o n o m i c crisis of i t s o w n making, faced w i t h t h e growing struggles o f people throughout t h e world f o r national liberation and socialism, t h e response of t h e U.S. is war, fascism and genocide.

The courage, sacrifice a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e p e o p l e o f E l Salvador is an inspiration t o oppressed p e o p l e t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d . O u r action is part o f the growing worldwide solidarity w i t h that struggle.

We i n t h e U . S . a r e inside t h e b e l l y o f tiie beast. Solidarity is g r o w i n g b u t alongside o u r p r o t e s t we must b u i l d a n a c t i v e resistance to the U.S. war machine.

The growing m i l i t a r i z a t i o n o f o u r s o c i e t y means t h a t t h e m i l i t a r y is everywhere — and v u l n e r a b l e t o o u r a c t i o n . R e c r u i t i n g s t a t i o n s dot neighborhoods, ROTC functions on campuses, f a c t o r i e s p r o d u c e t h e w e a p o n s , m i l i t a r y bases t r a i n t h e m e n .

Resistance is not only an a c t of s o l i d a r i t y — i t is t h e basis for our own revolutionary movement.

EI Salvador w i l l w i n , Guatemala w i l l w i n , t h e p e o p l e o f L a t i n America and the Caribbean w i l l

A N A Y A MONTES) E S T A P R E S E N T E !

VICTORY T O T r e FMLNAT»!

S O U D A R T T Y WITH T f f i P E O P L E S O F C E N T R A L MMERICA! BUEX) A REVOLUTIONARY RESISTANCE MOVEMENT! F I G H T U.S. IMPERIALISM! D E F E N D T I C N I C A R A G U A N REVCMJJTION!

Armed Resistance Unit Tonight we attacked F o r t Lesley M c N a i r >^ilitary Base in Warfiington, D.C. F o r t M c N a i r houses one branch of the U.S. War College, t h e National Defense University, and t h e I n t e r - A m e r i c a n D e f e n s e C o l l e g e (lADC). This Action was taken in solidarity w i t h t h e g r o w i n g l i b e r a t i o n movements in E l Salvador, i n Guatemala, and throughout Central America, a n d w i t h t h e s o c i a l i s t g o v e r n m e n t o f Nicciragua.

This r e g i o n t o d a y is t h e c e n t e r o f w o r l d r e v o l u t i o n a n d t h e f r o n t l i n e i n t h e defeat of U.S. imperialism. For this reason, i t is c u r r e n t l y t h e t a r g e t o f t h e most vicious U.S. counter-revolutionary attacks.

A t t h e l A D C , t h e U.S. government t r a i n s high-ranking m i l i t a r y officers from L a t i n AJl>,erica i n i t s p r o g r a m o f c o u n t e r i n s u r g e n c y warfare. Trained i n torture and t e r r o r , t i e d t o t h e U . S . m i l i t a r y and the C I A , its graduates are r^ponsible f o r the overthrow of progressive a n d democratic governments throughout Latin America and f o r t h e establishment of fascist m i l i t a r y r e g i m e s t h a t oppress t h e masses o f people. They are responsible for t h e murders o f over 30,000 E l Salvadoreans. The l A D C serves t o k e e p L a t i n A m e r i c a as t h e b a c k y a r d o f Yankee i m p e r i a l i s m a n d t h e graveyard of millions.

T h e p e o p l e of E l Salvador, under t h e leadership o f t h e F M L N / F D R , a r e f i g h t i n g t o end the oppression. Their righteous struggle for peace, s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n , e c o n o m i c a n d s o c i a l j u s t i c e is a beacon f o r t h e peoples o f L a t i n A m e r i c a a n d t h e w o r l d w h o have seen t h e i r l i v e s , l a b o r , a n d resources s a c r i f i c e d f o r t h e e n r i c h m e n t of U.S. i m p e r i a l i s m a n d i t s multi-natkned corporations.

The U.S. response is t o use a l l t h e technkjues of counterinsurgency taught a t the l A D C . Green Berets fight d i r e c t l y i n E l S a l v a d o r w h i l e thousands o f E l Salavadorean government troops train at F t . Bragg and F t . B e m i n g , hundreds o f rnillions o f dollars of m i l i t a r y aid is given t o the

Navy C o m m a n d e r and U.S. Security Chief (head of torture a n d counterinsurgency) A l b e r t Scfiaufelberger, m , rif^iteously executed by the revduticnary movement in E l Salvador on May

Revolutionary Fighting Group T h e f o l l o w i n g t a p e d message w a s r e c e i v e d

by U . P . I , o n Saturday, J a n u a r y 2 9 , c l a i m i n g r e s o o n s i b i l i t y in the name of the Revolutiortary F i g h t i n g G r o u p f o r b o m b i n g of a F e d e r a l building on S t a t e n Island, w h i c h h a d o c c u r r e d t h e p r e v k x i s night. T h e F e d e r a l building contained F B I offices and recruiting s t a t i o n s f o r t h e U . S . N a v y a n d Air Force.

"We b o m b e d t h e F.B.I, o f f i c e on S t a t e n I s l a n d . They a r e t h e p o l i t i c a l p o l i c e .

They are responsible f o r a t t a c k s i n t h e United States and around t h e w o r l d .

Death to Traitors.

Free P o l i t i c a l Prisoners.

We a r e the Revolutionary Fighting Group."

United Freedom Front Communique #2 U.S. O U T O F E L S A L V A D O R HANDS O F F M C A R A G U A On May 11, 1983, t h e United F r e e d o m F r o n t b o m b e d t h e 7 7 t h U.S. A r m y Reserve Command Center, (800th M i l i t a r y Police group) H e m p s t e a d , N . Y . a n d t h e U.S. N a v a l M i l i t i a Base, (Naval Reserve Center - Whitestone) Oueens, N.Y. The P e o p l e of E l Salvador have been struggling against a vicious dictatorship and living under conditions o f economic exploitation, p o l i t i c a l repression, s t a r v a t i o n , a n d h u m a n suffering for generations.

While in Nicaragua, where t h e People after a long h a r d f i g h t w e r e able t o g e t r i d o f the y . S . government supported dictatorship, Reagan fs''*fOw*??|^|^eand paying f o r a mercenary force t o t r y ^ ^ W W I h U i f ^ the popular Sandinista govermvent.

W i t h t h i s action, we attack the U.S.'T*" imperialist m i l i t a r y m a c h i n e , a m a c h i n e w h t e h has p u m p e d hundreds o f m i l l i o n s o f dollars in military aid t o prop i p a m i l i t a r y d i c t a t o r s h i p .

The m i l i t a r y r u l e r s o f E l Salvador are outright fascists w h o rape, t o r t u r e , m u t i l a t e , d e h u m a n i z e a n d massacre tens o f tfxjusands of^ Campesinos and other civiL'ans.

O n c e again a president, R ^ ^ p s * this case, has lied t o t h e A m e r k a n People t o t r y t o g a i n s u p p o r t f o r y e t another bloody war. These Ues w i l l not cover t h e t r u t h and r e a l i t y o f t h e People o f E l Salvador, nor w i l l i t stop their fight for freedom.

I n an e c o n o m y b a s e d . o n a g r i c u l t u r e , where the overwtielming majority of t h e l a n d i s o w n e d by a f e w r i c h f a m i l i e s ( t h e olig£rchy\ 7 0 % o f the children under 5 years are malnourished, t h e i n f a n t m o r t a l i t y r a t e is c r i m i n a l l y h i g h a n d unemployment and illiteracy are rampant.

R a t h e r t h a n a l l e v i a t i n g any o f these conditions, U.S. involvement has only served t o maintain this barbark: system.

The m a j o r i t y o f t h e People o f E l Salvador are i n , or support the Revolutionary organizations, Farabundo M a r t i Front f o r N a t i o n a l L i b e r a t i o n (FMLN) and t h e Denracratic Revolutionary F r o n t ( F D R ) . We r e c o g n i z e t h e R e v o l u t i o n a r y leadership o f the FMLN/FDR and support t h e People's f i ^ for s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n and c e r t a i n v i c t o r y against t h e m i l i t a r y dictatorsh^J o f E l Salvador and U.S. imperialism. " T h e t i m e f o r R e v o l u t i o n has arrived. The t i m e f o r liberatian has come, t h e definite v i c t o r y is i n t h e hands o f t h i s h e r o i c a n d courageous peopte who f o r so m a n y years have shed t h e i r b l o o d t o o b t a i n t h e r i g h t t o b e free, t o enjoy democracy, real independence, s o c i a l p r o g r e s s , sovereignty and seif-determinatiOTu" — F M L N V I C T D R Y TO T H E P E O P L E O F E L S A L V A D O R !

SOLIDARITY A N D SUPPORT T O T H E N I C A R A G U A N PEOPLE A N D T H E I R SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT! S C U D A R m r AND REVOLUTIONARY SUPPORT TO T H E L O C K E D DOWN F R E E D O M F I C M T C R S AND TO A L L O^ATTO J U R Y R E N S l h K S !

FREE A L L P O U T I C A L PRISONERS A N D POWS!!!

SOLIDARITY TO A L L PROGRESSIVE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS OPPOMMG U.S. INVOLVEMENT CENTRAL AMERICA! U.S. O U T O F E L S A L V A D O R !

HANDS O F F N I C A R A G U A !

HASTA L A VKrrORIA S E M P R E

Ziamibtl^^

Silvia Baraldini

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e x a m p l e o f t h e s t e a d f a s t n e s s w e must c o l l e c t i v e l y b u i l d if w e a r e g o i n g t o w i n .

Non-collaboration means refusal to talk to the FBI, to the US attorneys, or to any investigative a r m of the U S government. Non-collaboration means the recognition on the part of t h e public movement that what we do has an impact on the ability of the armed clandestine movement to develop and grow, and that our silence helps keep the state from being able to destroy t h e armed clandestine movement.

Why were you invited to Thrtebwe

twice?

May 19th Communist Organization in 1977 began actively to work with t h e Zimbabwe A f r i c a n National Union ( Z A N U l We sipported the party in their struggle to lead the Zimbabwean people to independence, to overthrow the white settler regimes and to end the p r e s e n c e o f B r i t i s h imperialism in their country. Z A N U was founded in 1964 and from the beginning i t believed that v i c t o r y c o u l d o n l y b e a c h i e v e d if t h e Zimbabwean people, especially t h e peasantry, were mobilized to actwely became participants in a war for liberation. A s of 1979 Z A N U had liberated two provinces and effectively controlled two others out of a total of eight. T h e white settler regime w a s pinned to t h e major urban c e n t e r s . I t was at this point t h a t , t r y i n g t o salvage what it could, imperialism offered a settlement and free elections were held for t h e first time in ''0 years. ZANU invited friends and supporters to observe the elections because of the a t t a c k s being waged against the party. May 19th w a s invited to observe t h e elections, to a t t e n d t h e i n d e p e n d e n c e c e l e b r a t i o n s arid returned a year after to see how the nation w a s changing. Solidarity with the national liberation struggles in Southern and central A f r i c a is part of t h e a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t movement inside the United States. US imperialism is South A f r i c a ' s foremost ally and U S multinatioral corporations dominate the economic life of countries like Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Zambia. The struggle to build a socialist society in Zimbabwe is v e r y important far the future of Southem Africa. A ^ B B H g socialist Zimbabwe, along with , could provide a rearguard for the liberation movements challenging t h e apartheid regime in A z a n i a / S o ^ J M ^ i c a T . The emiJWIIiaft'lJiifcigtiaiil^^ also

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Criminalizing the Anti-Klan Movement from page

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has begun to u t i l i z e a formula portraying the struggle over white supremacy as a c o n f l i c t b e t w e e n " e x t r e m i s t s of the right and l e f t . " Agam, the Grand Jury Report statesjy."... they a r e hut opposite sides of the s a m e coin: li«b| I s ^ i ^ n s jrfap^ n ^ M d i a t e A i ^ r i c a o ^

Enemy: Metzger ]1

Southem Ccdif ornia has a hig^ concentratfon of m i l i t a r y bases and a e r o s p a c e i n d u s t r i e s . " S e c r e t " camps exist for training Salvadorean r i ^ t i s t s and Nkaraguan "Somocistas", a s w e l l a s an Alpha-66 (anti-Cii>an) paramilitary camp. A klavem at Camp Pendleton w a s ejq^osed when B l a c k marines attacked a Klan meeting. Chula Vista, near the border, has t h e highest number of retired military peopte in the country and the border i t s e l f i s b e c o m i n g m o r e a n d m o r e m i l i t a r i z e d . Watts, in L o s Angeles, w a s the scene <rf the first major rebellion of the eo^s and today L A police kill over Black and Latino people every year. This is the bad<drop for t h e increasing growth of K l a n activity in Southem California.

A t least 3 K l a n organ izatrons, including Bill WiDdnson's Invisible Empire of the Knights of t h e K K K and D a v i d Duke's NAAWP are workii^ in the region.

(George P e p p e r , Metzger's " l i e u t e n a n t " until 1981, is now Califomia Grand Dragon for die Invisfcte Empire.) Y e t , Metzger's " 2 1 s t Century Klan," as he calls it, has emerged as a leaifing Klan force throughout the country.

T o m Metzger c a l l s on white people to unite in support of white r i ^ t s and to oppose issues like "busing, foreign product dumping and i l l ^ a l aliens."mAt the same time, the lynchpin of Metzger's work is to build up his clandestine m i l i t a r y organization. H i s strategy i n c l u d e s "surrounding" cities like Los Armeies end the use of computers to compile informatkm for his KBI - Klan Bureau of Investigation.

Most significantly, there is no real separatkxi between Metzgw% vrords and his actkxis. While he woiks openly in "legitimate" piAlic arenas, his e n t i r e p r o g r a m is guided b y h i s v i o l e n t paramilita-y strategy building for race war. " K I ever decided that the Nazi Party w a s t h e best for the white r a c e , Pd be t h e biggest Nazi around." — Tom M e t i e r

T h e government has tried to destroy t h e Black Liberation Struggle and any p r i n c i p l e d alliances i t has had with white forces for WO years; not slavery, assassration, jailing, torture or counterinsurgency has been abte » dwtroy the pesiSaooiS'.'andHiBt^miination cT ** freedom.

lormulation, trie state, often joined by reformist a n t i - K l a n groups, promotes the no-wki posrtksn t h a t t h e . W i w i h y i M b g ignorefd;.

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F i v e Puerto R i c a n and Mexican leaders were sentenced to three years in U.S. prisons for reftskw to t a k to a Federal Grand Jury kwesdgating the Puerto R k a n Independence Movement, particularly t h e a r m e d clandestine F . A . L . N . T h e f i v e a r e m e n t e r s or supporters of the Movinuento de Uberadnn Nackxial, a jxtlic kidependenoe oiiganizatnn that has led the Grand J i r y resistawe movement. T h w conviction f o r c r i m i n a l (as opposed t o c i v i l ) contempt s e t s a precedent for sdffer sentences for non-collaboratkxi, hut the reiatwely l i ^ sentences was seen as a defeat for the F B H e d prosecution, which a t one point h a d asked for t h e death penalty. L e f t t o r i ^ JiMk> Rosado, M v i a Cueto, Anckes Rosado, R k a n b Romero; not shown, Steven Guerra. ^

t h e hook b y p o r t r a y i i ^ t t a s a inediatlng» noivracist •farce ofipaBed .tcv bulfi l e f t a n d ri^ht.

Y e t the focts are that the ihtefests o f the stale and the Klan are the same: the makiteranoe o f the U>S. empire and the contkiued silijtigatei of colonized natkxis a t home and abroad, this is why i n L o s A n g e l e s the P o l i c e Intelligence Division has turned over files to t h e c o m p u t e r i z e d d a t a b a n k of the J d i n B i r c h Society and the Senate Committee on T e r r o r i s m is now investigating t h e a n t i - K l a n movement.

The anti-Klan movement and t h e K l a n a r e not the same, and there is no reasonable, middle ground b e t w e e n t h e m .

T h e only stand progressive people can take is to resst the Klan.

T H I R D L Y , r e s t i n g on t h i s i d e o l o g i c a l foundation, t h e state is directkig the poUce to use " e x t r a o r d i n a r y p o w e r " t o c o n t a i n t h e militancy of t h e movement. Police roadblocks, and s e a r c h e s of a l l demonstrators have been c a r r i e d o u t in T e x a s and C o n n e c t i c u t where antirKlan organizers are confrontkig major drives by t h e K l a n . I n San Antonio, poBce deared a large part of the downtown a r e a of a l l people while they escorted the Klan on its parade and SWAT sharprfwoters stood poised and ready to "keep the peace." In Austki and elsewhere those arrested for demonstratkrg agaktst the K l a n now face heavy cha-ges.

In New Britaki, Conn. # « state attempted to force anti-Klan t*emonstrators into an enclosed s t a d i u m with the K l a n and police, while prohibitkig any a n t i - K l a n a c t i v i t y in any other part of New Britain that da^. Large pictures of known anti-Klan orgaiizers were posted a t t h e police dieckpoint mto the stadiivn so that these people wouM be klentified to- a l l police, local, state and F B L In Ccrmecticut a sn'ies of 'secret warrantsf allegedly resultkig from the Westfarms Mall demonstratson have been issued. Based on police photes and hearsay, these w a r r a n t s c a n now be "dropped" on anti-Klan activists at will.

This is a precursor to full s c a l e preventative detention, which was actually proposed in New Britaki, when the Klan offered to point out and identify leaders of J B A K C , so they could be detained durkig the June 25 Klan rally. This is a new step in the state's strategy to criminalize and stop the growtfi of the anttJ<lan movement and must be fought.

thft l ^ o ^ b i J I i y o f u n i t y b e t w e e n m a s s e s o f a n t i - K l a n white peo|^ and the Blad< LSieratkxi Struggle i n s i d e t h e U . S . A r e v o l u t i o n a r y a n t i - K l a n m o v e m e n t t h a t fights under t h e leadership of t h e New A f r i k a n Independence Movement will be sfole to play a critical role m smashing t h e power of t h e K l a n and t h e imperialist system that gives it life. But this will only be posable a s long a s efforts by t h e a n t i - K l a n movement to combat represaon are b ^ e d ki defense of Black people's human rights and m defense of .freedom fighters committed to freeing the Black natkx\.

This campaign w i * its kieok)gical, legad and police-FBI components can only be understood a s a f u r t h e r s t e p i n t h e c o d i f i c a t i o n of U . S . fascism. T h e state's plan is t o heighten t h e risks, Intknidate peopte and make it a crime for peopte to fight t h e K l a n and t h e growth of a f a s d s t movement. This is made even more real as the state tries to undermine the militancy o f the r e s i s t a n c e by creatkig oonditians where the crowds cant even get near t h e K l a n . Building and d e f e n d i n g o u r movement c a n never be separated from siqsportkig those movements and individuals under attack because they fight for tfe liberation erf the oppressed nations.

T h e government undostands ttie power and potential anti-knperialist content of the anti-Klan struggle. These demonstrations have radkalized peopte who come out to confront t h e K l a n and support Black liberatkxi; and they expose in real terms ttie imity of t h e police and t h e K l a n .

This is why the U . S . is moving now to m ^ militant mass a c t i o n against t h e K l a n an i l l e g i t i m a t e and rWcy form of protest, just as it i s m o v i n g t o attack t h e N e w A f r i k a n I n d e p e n d e n c e M o v e m e n t and other national liberation struggles within t h e borders of t h e U.S. I t is p a r t of an overall plan to quell resistance.

In t h e period to come we dx>uld expect the government t o further expand police/FBI powers.

We believe that the a n t i - K l a n movement has tremendous potential t o grow nationally, i f w e continue to r e a c h more people, t o demonstrate against the Klan whenever i t marches or appears i n public, t o fight attacks on our movemeit and buiW uncompromising support for t h e right of New A f r i k a t o s e l f - d e t e r m i n a t i o n and self-defense. Death to the Klan!

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Vfcfory fo flie FLNC! Struggle in the Congo t o o v e r t h r o w M o b u t u , b u t t o b u i l d i socialist society so t h a t t h e Congolese p e o p l e w i l l h a v e p o w e r over t h e i r o w n l i v e s a n d t h e future o f their nation.

T h e C o n g o is i n t h e h e a r t o f A f r f c a .

If contains strategic minerals necessary f o r t h e US m i l i t a r y machine.

L a r g e uranium deposits are mined and most of t h e world's cobalt i s e x t r a c t e d f r o m t h e Congo.

Its central location makes i t k e y t o t h e m a i n t e n a n c e o f a l l t h e surrounding neo-colonial countries.

Zaire provides bases f o r t h e C I A - b a c k e d U N I T A t o carry out counterinsurgency aimed at destabilizing the socialst nation o f Angola.

This is w h y t h e US has intervened in t h e Congo four t i m e s since 1960 t o p r o p up t h e n e o - c o l o n i a l g o v e r n m e n t o f M o b u t u . I n a r e c e n t defense pact w i t h M o b u t u , I s r a e l has b r o u g h t 5-6,000 t r o o p s i n t o Z a i r e , s u p p l y i n g a r m s arid m i l i t a r y training, in exchange f o r r e c o g n i t i o n i n A f r i c a and economic expanaon. The US hopes t o d e a n up i t s image, as I s r a e l does thie " d i r t y w o r k . " T h i s highly m i l i t a r i z e d situation can only b e d e f e a t e d by t h e F . L . N . C . s t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e i r strategy t o build the people's w a r .

The demonstrations and action f o r June 3 0 t h n o t o n l y b u i l t support for t h e F.L.N.C. and the struggle i n t h e C o n g o , b u t also d e m a n d e d U S / N A T O / I s r a e l t r o o p s o u t o f the Congo.

F i ^ t i r ^ t h e build-up o f imperialist troops i n t h e C o n g o is p a r t o f b u i l d i n g an a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t movement committed to fighting t h e K l a n / o o l i c e / m i l i t a r y w a r m a c h i n e t h e US government is building against n a t i o r a l l i f c e r a t i b n s t r i ^ g J e s and tiie anti-imperialist movement, SBid exposes t h e U S ' i a ^ i t i , , r n n t i n i l i n p r o l e i n t h e C o n g o . These d e r n o n s t t a r B W i l i i ^ ^ a - k x i s l y critfcized t h e People's Reoublk: of China m i l i t a r v troops i t maintains i n t h e Congo to^ support t h e Mobutu regime ani t o guard Chinese investments in t h e area.

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* T h e ^ l a d e d a r e a was leased to 4 w German f k m O T R A G for misale testkig.

T h e Germans effective^ have r m a n e d ooiofUal control of t h e land, r e s o u r c e s and people in IIBS J u n e 3 0 t h is c e l e b r a t e d each year as an interrational day o f solidarity w i t h t h e s t r u g g l e o f t h e C o n g o l e s e oeople f i g h t k i g t o overthrow t h e M o b u t u r e g i m e i n w h a t is now k n o w n as Zaire.

I t is also a day t o build support for t h e National Liberation Front of t h e Congo ( F . L . N . C . ) , t h e r e v o l u t i o n a r y v a n g u a r d o f the Congolese striKjgle.

D e m o n s t r a t i o n s were held m New York C i t y , San Francisco, W a ^ i n g t o n , D.C. and B o s t o n a n d t h e r e were political action tables i n Austin, C h k a g o , and Portletfxl. I n L o s A n g e l e s o n J u l y 1st, a c o a l i t i o n o f groups sponsored a t program keynoted b y Serge M u k e n d i , t h e F . L . N . C .

Reorwentative m the U.S. Since 1968 when the F.L.N.C. was formed, i t has canned forward P a t r i c e L u m u m b a ' s l e g a c y , i n i t i a t i n g armed struggle to overthrow neo-colonialism.

After Patrice Lumumba's a s s a s i n a t i o n by t h e C I A i n l ^ O , t h e U.S. i n s t a l l e d M o b u t u , w h o is c a l l e d t h e "Shah o f A f r i c a " , t o s a f e g u a r d i m p e r i a l i s t econornic interests h t h e C a ^ and repress t h e Congolese o e o p l e wt\o h a d j u s t w o n t h e i r itxlependence f r o m Belgami. fti 1977-78 t h e F X . N . C . liberated t h r e e p r o v i n c e s , e s t a b l i s h i n g liberated zones i n mineral-rich southem Zaire.

Mobutu's f o r c e s w « - e u n a t t e were inable t o contam tiiis uprismg and 20,000 N A T O troops, mcludmg t h e US 82nd A i r b o m D i v i s i o n , were b n x ^ t m t o defeat Hhe r^llion.

S i n c e .1978 t h e I * . L . N . C . has. c o n t i n u e d t o build tfie s t r a t e i y o f peopled w a r . ' T h e i r slogan "Conquer or Die^' means t h a t the t o t a l Bberaticn of t h e Congo is more t h a n just r e p l a c i n g a colonial government w i t h an A f r i c a n one. Under M o b u t u , o n l y 1.2 m i l l i o n o u t o f 3 0 m i l l i o n p e o p l e a r e e m p l o y e d , 5 0 % o f t h e children die before tfiey a r e 2 y e a r s o l d a n d m a n y w o m e n h a v e b e e n forced t o t u r n t o p r o s t i t u t k n t o feed tf»r b i l k ' s . T h e F X J ^ . C . is f i e h t k i s n o t i u s t

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Puerto Rican Freedom Fighter Captured

Killer Cops: Houston A Houston cop was acquitted of murder c h a r g e s on M a y 2 0 t h and then offered his job back.

Deputy Constabte E a r l Jeffrey Johnson shot a n d k i l l e d a 20 year oW Black man. Glen Simpson, i n f r o n t o f his o w n mother and neighbors a f t e r allegedly stopping h i m f o r speedir^ January 30th.

Johnson * o t Glen Simpson a t p o i n t - b l a n k range i n t h e h e a d w i t h a .357 M a g n u m , c l a i m i n g Simpson h a d a w e a p o n , w h i c h o f c o u r s e w a s never found. The Wller cop was then rescued by a polk» team armed w i t h A R - 1 5 automatics.

Due t o community outrage, Johnson was charged w i t h murder, t h e first t i m e a H o u s t o n c o p has e v e r been i n d i c t e d f o r murdering someone while on d u t y . B l a c k j u r o r s w e r e e x c l u d e d b y t h e p r o s e c u t i o n which claimed they would make the t r i a l a "race issue".

KKK at Long Island High School A dummy with a black face a n d " K K K " w r i t t e n across i t w a s found hanging f r o m a backstop on t h e F a r m i n g d a l e , L o n g I s l a n d b a s e b a l l f i e l d o n J u n e 1 * . P o l i c e say t h e dummy was "the work o f youtii rather t h a n a n y o r g a n i z e d K u Klux K l a n . " The s d x » l of almost 3 , 0 0 0 students had been t h e scene o f w h i t e s u p r e m a c i s t v i o l e n c e f o r weeks a n d had iDeen shut down f o r t h r e e days d u e t o K l a n - t y p e attacks o n t h e 112 Black students.

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Puerto Rican r e v o l u t i o n a r y W i l l i a m ^^orales was captured near Mexico C i t y , four vears after his dramatic escape f r o m UJ5, counterinsurgency forces i n New York C i t v .

H e is wanted as a member of the armed clandestine F . A . L . N . , w h i c h f i g h t s f o r ind^endence and socialism f a Puerto Rico. A f t e r his capture, police r a i d e d a h o u s e w h e r e h e w a s t h o u g h t " * t o h a v e been staving and three peopte a n d a p o l i c e m a n w e r e k i l l e d . J^er T o r o o f the FBFs Joint Terrorist <vas ^ m e d i a t e l y sent t o M e x i c o t o supervise Morales' i n t e r r o g a t i o n w i # ! e l e c t r i c shock t o r t u r e , w h i c h w a s c o n d u c t e d b y I N T E R P O L , , T h e U.5v has t r i e d for almost t e n yej^ra ^^destrov t h e F . A . L . N , b u t h a s b e e n w h o l T y l m s u c c e s s f u l because t h e F . A . L . N . is p o r t e d b y many^.tn t h e P u e r t o R i c a n c o r f f f ^ n i ^ t e s inside t h e U . S . A n i n t e m a t k n d c a m p a i f 9 n ^ ^ f e s * n mounted t o s u p o o r t W i l l i a m M o r a l e s ' request f o r p o l i t i c a l asylum f r o m t h e ^lexican ^ e m m e n t .

The e n t i r e P u e r t o R i c a n i n d e p e n d e n c e movement and other p a t r i o t i c sectors have u n i t e d b e h i n d t h i s c a m p a i g n . So • f a r t h e M e x i c a n g o v e r n m e n t has responded t o this support by not allowing t h e U.S. t o extradite William Morales.

Write or t e l ^ r a m ; Pieudente Miguel de l a M a d n d Palacte Presktendal n i s t r i t o Federal, M e d o o M r . President: I a * t h a t Pwrto Rican p a t n o t William M o r a l e s , r e c e n t l y d e t a i n e d i n P u e b l a , M e x i c o , b e given p o l i t k a l refugee status i n your country o r be deported t o a c o u n t r y o f h i s c h o i c e w h i c h is f r i e n d l y t o P u e r t o Rican independence. I hope M e x n o w i l l r w t b r e a k i t s t r a d i t i o n o f p r o t e c t i n g t h e lives and l i i e r t i e s o f Latin American political refugees.

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Irish a c t i v i s t B e r n a d e t t e D e v l i n M c A l i s k e y was b a r r e d f r o m t h e U.S. June 3rd, because of her support for t h e armed s t r u g g l e a g a i n s t t h e B r i t i s h i n Northern Ireland. A State Department spokesman sjiid she " i n t e n d e d t o p a r t i c i p a t e i n a c t i v i t i e s contrary t o U.S. interests" by supporting hinger striker Nicky Kelly.

The U.S. c l a i m e d her speaking tour might win suport f o r the Irish National L i b e r a t i o n A r m y ( I N L A ) .

McAliskey has made trips t o t h e U.S. as recently as O c t o b e r , a n d h e r v i s a d e n i a l i s p a r t o f heightened U.S. attacks o n t h e Irish stn^ggte and sqjport f o r British repression.

More Free Speech The governor o f South D a k o t a is a t t e m p t i n g t o stop d i s t r i b u t i o n o f a book about t h e American I n d i a i Movement a n d t h e s t r u g g l e t o f r e e POW L e o n a r d P e l t i e r .

I n T h e S p i r i t of C r a z y H o r s e by P e t e r M a t t h i e s s e n f V i k i n g V documents F B I counterinsurgency against t h e iKBan s t r u s ^ w d r e w s J s jQBWH^^^yui^^ J a n k l o w w a s c o n v i c t e d o f r a p i n g a n Indian

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One o f Brzezinski's recomrhendattens w a s t o support t h e n o m i n a t i o n a t f e d e r a l and l o c a l levels o f l o y a l black p i i j l i c figures t o e l e c t i v e o f f i c e s , t o g o v e r n m e n t agencies a n d t h e courts.

This wouW p r o m o t e t h e a c h i e v e m e n t o f a t w o f o l d purpose: first, i t would be easier t o c o n t r o l t h e a c t i v i t y o f loyal black representatives within existir^ i n s t i t u t i o n s ; second, t h e idea o f a n indeperxtent blad< political party now under d i s c u s s i o n w i t h i n - b l a c k leadership c i r c l e s swauld sodrt Idse a l l

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Another Racist Attack in Brooklyn Three Black hospital w o r k e r s w e r e a t t a c k e d by a r a c i s t gang May 3 i n Brooklyn, only a mile and a half f r o m Avenue X , where William T u r k s was m u r d e r e d last year. The t h e e had stopped at a n a l l n i g h t n e w s t a n d f o r c i g a r e t t e s a f t e r m i d n i g h t when they were surrounded by a mob, called racist names, and beaten.

One m a n was h o s p i t a l i ^ w i t h a oorxrussion and broken bones; several gf^the racists w e r e also i n j u r e d b e f o r e t h e a t t a c k w a s stopped by an o f f - d u t y c o p .

A f t e r W i l l i a m T u r k s ' m u r d e r only one o f t h e a t t a c k e r s , Gino Bova was ever b r r x ^ t t o t r i a l .

When Gino was a c q u i t t e d o f m u r d e r a n d o n l y c o n v i c t e d o f second degree m a n s l a i ^ i t e r , many warned t h a t i t would serve as a " g r e e n l i g h t , " g i v i n g rise t o further attacks, such as this latest one.

After the attack there were protest demonstrations: one a t the newstand in Brooklyn by t h e J B A K C and o n e i n H a r l e m b y B l a c k c o m m u n i t y groups. T h r e e persons have been indicted f o r assault: Joseph Wiggins, 19, o f 78 Bay 50th S t ; Ronald Sutter, 22, o f 170 Bay 5'fth St.; and Eric Musial, 18, of 189 Bay (tTth St.

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A New Y o r k State Judge was r e c e n t l y c r i t i c i z e d f o r using t h e r a c i s t expression " a n r in t h e woodpile" i n c o u r t . H e was one o f t h e judges in A n t i - S p r i n ^ o k 5 t r i a l , in which 5 a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t s were t r i e d and j a i l e d f o r p r o t e s t i n g t h e U . S . t o u r o f t h e South African Sprinsdxjks Rugby Team in 1981. Judge Agresta, who refused to allow the anti-apartheid defendants t o see their FBI files, s a i d h i s l a t e s t racist remark was " a slip o f tfie tongue."

Reagan cn Brainwashing L o s A n g e l e s , J u l y 5. I n an address t o t h e A m e r i c a n Federation o f Teachers, P r e s i d e n t R e a g a n crrticized anti-Klan and anti-nuclear war study guides p r e p a r e d b y t h e r i v a l N a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n as "propagancfa aimed a t frightening a n d b r a i n w a s h i n g A m e r i c a n school c h i l d r e n . " T h e a n t i - K l a n guides refers t o t h e U.S. as a racist society and t h e Klan as t h e " t i p o f t h e iceberg." Reagan also called f o r stricter discrolire codes and fewer bilingual prc^rams.

F t e ^ s f i r and V o t e . " The U r b a n L e a g u e is funded b y ' t h e Rockefeller F o u n d a t i o n ...

D a v i d R o c k e f e l l e r is t h e l e a d e r o f t h e Trilateral Commission.

The study was u n d e r t a k e n w i t h the view of increasing Black participation in t h e 1<^3 mayoral election.

I t seems clear t h a t t h e n a t i o n a l Democratic Party is t h e main b a c k e r o f t h i s s t r a t e g y t o channel resistance into the harmless electoral process by promoting B l a c k By pulling t h e left/liberal candidates. community into Oeniocratic party c a m p a i g n s , t h e y a r e t r y i n g t o isolate t h e revolutionary l e f t . The T r i l a t e r a l i s t s and t h e D e m o c r a t i c P a r t y w o u l d l i k e f o r us t o f o r g e t t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t t h a t is e n c o u r a g i n g Black p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e e l e c t o r a l process is t h e same government t h a t is building t h e K u K l u x Klan today.

I t is t h e same government t h a t refused t o c o n v i c t t h e m u r d e r e r s o f t h e 5 CWP members in Greensboro or the thousands of killer cops around t h e c o u n t r y . I t is t h e s a m e g o v e r n m e n t t h a t is unleashing g r a n d juries against t h e N e w A f r i k a n a n d P u e r t o R i c a n independence m o v e m e n t s , w h i c h has tortured New Afrikan Freedom F i g h t e r Sekou O d i n g a , a n d w h i c h r e c e n t l y approved n e w , more openly repressive FBI guidelines.

These are k e y struggles a t the center of building a resistance movement. B u t , immersed as t h e y are i n t h e "legitimate" arena o f campaigning, much of t h e left has refused t o take on these struggles.

T h e y are i g n o r i n g t h e danger signals o f i n c r e a s i n g l y f a s c i s t i c g o v e r n m e n t repressfon.

The situation i n Chicago points t o t h e need to carry out careful study o f t h e w a y s i n w h i c h t h e U . S . is c a r r y i n g o u t counterinsurgency against t h e Black l i b e r a t i o n struggle and a l l progressive struggles.

Electoral politics is part o f a single s t r a t e g y t h a t also includes t h e K K K a n d police violence. Unless o u r m o v e m e n t i s b u i l t o n t h e s o l i d unwavering principles t h a t U.S. imperialism is t h e e n e m y o f a l l freedom-toving people ^whether in E l Salvador, Palestine or right here in t h e U.S.) a n d t h a t i t can never be reformed — then we w i l l play d i r e c t l y into the hands of the government and w i l l hold b a c k t h e s t r u g g l e t o d e s t r o y t h i s system.

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WHO WE ARE T h e -Ttrfm B r o w n A n t i - K l a n C o m m i t t e e i s a naitionai orgaruzatkm t h a t m o b i l i z e s w h i t e people t o f i ^ w h i t e s u p r e m a c y . W e w e r e f o r m e d in 1977 m r e s p o n s e t o t h e s t r u g g l e o f B l a d < a n d P u e r t o R i c a n p r i s o n e r s g a i n s t K K K o r g a r a a n g a m o n g N e w Yori< S t a t e prison guaids.

I n t h e last y e a r w e h a v e fought t h e K l a n a n d k i l l e r cops a n d built s o l i d a r i t y w i t h t h e N e w A f r i k a n Independence M o v e m e n t i n S a n F r a n d s c o , Lc3s A l l e l e s , Houston, S a n A n t o n i o , K a l a m a z o o , C h i c a g o , B o s t o n , O m e c t i o i t a n d N e w Y o r k .

W e l o o k t o t h e l e a d e r s H p o f national liberation strtiggles f i ^ i ^ f o r f r e e d o m f r o m U . S . domination a n d t o t h e N e w A f r i c a n I n d e p e n d e n c e M o v e m e n t i n p a r t i c u l a r .

We a r e a s o l i d a r i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n f o r t h e N e w A f r i k a n Independence M o v e m e n t — tfiat p a r t o f t h e B l a c k L B j e r a t i o n Movement w h k * i f i ^ r t s f o r land a x f independence f o r tfie B l a c k nation.

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Nev/ A f r i k a n Freedom Fighter K u w a s i Balagoon the Klan marched through a town with a n economically d e p r i v e d New A f r i k a n a n d Chicane community accompanied by police w h o followed anti Klan demonstrators a r o u n d

T h e f i g h t a g a i n s t t h e K l a n i s fundamentally a f i ^ ^ ; a i n s t U . S . i m p e r i a l i s m . W e know that t h e state c a nnever " b a n " t h e K l a n .

We a r e c o m m i t t e d t o building a n a n t i - i m p e r i a i i s t m a s s m o v e m e n t against w h i t e s i ^ x e m a c y . W e unopncfitionally st^iport a l l s i n g l e s o f B l a c k c o m m u n i t i e s agaJhst t h e K l a n a n d p o l i c e t e r r o r .

We ^ | ^ r t New A f r i k a n F r e e d o m F i g h t e r s a n d t h e buikfing o f a r m e d s t n i g g l e h e r e i n t h e h e a r t o f t h e U . S . e n t i r e . W e td<e o u r n a m e f r o m tfie w h i t e fribolitionist freedom f i ^ r t e r w h o f o u g h t t o k e e p s l a v e r y o u t o f K a n s a s , w h o l e d t h e r a i d o n H a r p e r ^ F e f i y i n 1859 a n d w h o d e d k a t e d h i s life t o t h e f i j ^ c « a m s t w h i t e s ^ j r e m a c y . A s Mateolm X s a i d : " W e n e e d a l l i e s w h o w i l l f i g h t a n d n o t t e l l u s t o h e non-A^olent. I f a « W t e m a n w a n t s t o b e a i a l l y , just a s k h i m w*Krt does h e think o f 3ohn B r o w n .

D o y o u know w h a t 3ohn B r o w n dicf H e went to war."

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