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N E W S L E T T E R JUNE 15, 1993. - - 401 Main S t . , Vancouver V6A 2T7 (604) 665-2289

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN

Every organisa t ion needs t o t ake time out t o s e e whpre it has been 6 where i t ' s going. Even so unique an organisa t ion a s t h e Carnegie Conlmunity Centre Association has t o do t h i s every year.

On Sunday, June 20, we w i l l be holding our Annual General Meeting. This is t h e occasion when the Board expla ins what i t has been doing f o r t h e pas t year, & the members d i scuss i s s u e s a f fec t ing t h e f u t - u re of t h e Association.

.What kind of year has it been? A s usual , I it has been very busy f o r t h e Association.

The biggest s i n g l e event was t h e renovat- ions i n Carnegie. Final ly1 We now have more room i n t h e bui ld ing - a brand-new

I l ane l eve l , with a beau t i fu l sen io rq s 1 lounge & poo) room. Plus, t h e k i tchen has 1 been completely modernized I the" a i r cond- ' i t i o n i n g througRout t h e bui ld ing has been overhauled.

Thanks f o r t h e pat ience of Carnegie mem-

bers while the renovations were going on, & t h e dedicat ion of a l l t h e volunteers & s t a f f who contributed t h e i r ideas & energy But i t ' s not over ye t . In the coming year, we w i l l s t a r t on planning t h e improvement of t h e l i b r a r y 6 t h e Learning Centre.

The Association was involved i n so many acti:yylties, i t ' s hard t o know where t o be- gin. Here a r e a few examples:

* We bought new equipment f o r s eve ra l programs i n t h e bui ld ing , inc luding a

keyboard f o r t h e music program & a b ig new t e n t f o r Oppenheimer Park f o r outdoor ev- en t s . We a l s o bought equipment f o r t h e weight room, which had been out of commis- s ion dur$6g t h e renovations. * We helped s t e e r Oppenheimer Park i n t o

a s a f e r environment. Park s t a f f t e l l us. t h e incidence o f drug dea l ing 6 vio lence is going down. * We paid h a l f t h e c o s t o f vo lun tee r out -

t r i p s F, bought c h i l i d inne r s f o r volun- t e e r s i n five-week months. * We helped fund & plan a l l bhe s p e c i a l

events , l i k e Christmas, New Year 's , t h e Anniversary c e l e b r a t i o n E t h e renovat ions open house, 1 * We a r e sponsoring two new programs i n I

I t h e c o y u n i t y t o g ive pre-employment t r a i n i n g f o r new immigrants 6 re fugees . * Through our t owj h a l l forums 6 o t h e r

a c t i v i t i e s , we took p a r t i n a l l s o r t s

ed weJfare r a t e s , t r a f f i c con t ro l s , t h e

I of community i s s u e s l i k e housing, i nc reas - / review of a lcohol ij drug programs, City- Plan F, t h e End Legis la ted Poverty workshop * We publ i sh t h e outs tanding journal of

news tj views i n t h e Downtown Eas ts ide , t h e Carnegie Newslet ter . And d o n t t fo rge t Ilelp i n t h e Downtown Eas ts ide , t h e invalu- ab le guide t o s e r v i c e s a v a i l a b l e i n our neighbourhood. Thanks t o Paul Taylor f o r spearheading these two pub l i ca t ions .

Some of t hese a c t i v i t i e s t ake money. That ' s where bingo F, cas inos come in . A l - ong with 24 o t h e r groups, our bingo i s now loca ted i n t h e PNE. We p u l l our weight be- cause of our dedica ted corps of bingo and cas ino vo lun tee r s , We had two cas inos i n t he pas t year t hey r a i s e d money f o r a van f o r o u t - t r i p s l a s t sununer E more of t he same t h i s summer.

The Assoociat ion is a democratic organi- sq t ion . That means t h e r e is an e l e c t e d Boqd t o implement t he p o l i c i e s of t h e

members. But you don:t have t o be on t h e Board t o t a k e an a c t i v e r o l e .

We have a s t rong system o f committee%:; where t h e most vigorous d i scuss ion & r e - search goes on, wi th recommendations f o r - warded t o t h e Board. Every member is wel- come t o come & t a k e p a r t .

The committees a r e Community Rela t ions , Program, Finance, Education, Library . . . They meet once a month be fo re t h e Board meeting. Notices o f d a t e s & t imes a r e post- ed i n t h e bu i ld ing .

I A t t h e AGM, we w i l l be e l e c t i n g a new

15-member Board. Our Board members t h i s p a s t yea r have been a hard-working group &

I deserve a l o t o f c r e d i t . Anyone can run f o r t h e Board, provided you have been a i member 60 days immediately p r i b r t o t h e meeting. That i s , Apr i l 2 1 o r before . To vo te , you must have been a member f o r 14 days (June 6 o r be fo re ) .

R e g i s t r a t i o n t o v o t e s t a r t s a t 1 p.m. i n t h e Theat re . The meeting s t a r t s a t 2 p-m.

Of course t h e vo lun tee r s a r e r e a l l y who& make Carnegie go. This p a s t yea r we l o s t two popular f i g u r e s around Carnegie - Alan Monsoor and Matthew Cross. They're missed.

I wouldn't want t o f o r g e t our Volunteer of t h e Year e i t h e r - Mary Brogin!

And I wouldn't want t o conclude without paying a t r i b u t e t o Carnegie s t a f f . I t ' s been a d i f f i c u l t labour r e l a t i o n s yea r f o r them, but t hey have kept up t h e i r h igh s t anda rds of profess ional i sm E ded ica t ion t o t h e community.

Of course, we have missed our d i r e c t o r Diane MacKenzie, over t h e p a s t months. But we can be proud t h a t she i s doing t h e good work down on Granv i l l e S t r e e t . And she can r e s t easy t h a t h e r shoes a r e being f i l l e d r i g h t t o t h e brim by t h e inimitablb

' Qonald Mac~herson, See- you a t t h e AGM!

By MUGGS SI GURGEIRSON Pres iden t , C.C.C.A. '92- '93

THE LIONESS LEAVES

I t 's been a b a l l ! P a r t i c u l a r l y my t imes i n the . b a r s & , h o t e l s t r y i n g t o ge t t h e book c o l l e c t i o n back on t h e s h e l v e s , bu t s e r i o u s l y i t ' s t h e b e s t job I ' v e e v e r had, working wi th t h e g r e a t e s t people i n t h e a b s o l u t e b e s t neighbourhood. 1 must admi tGOoD I ' v e had a p r e t t y undis t inguished c a r e e r up t o now, working i n almost a l l t h e neighbourhood l i b r a r i e s i n Vancouver, bu t no th ing could b e a t t h i s .

My thanks t o a l l who have supported our e f f o r t s t o b r i n g b e t t e r l i b r a r y s e r v i c e t o the , DES. To DianeIDonald (who a r e bo th t h e b e s t people ~ ' v e eve r worked4for ) , Muggs & Bob, S h e i l a Baxter , Larry Loyier , I r e n e Schmidt, Margaret P revos t , Sharon Johnson, Barb Morrison, Debbie Bryant , Constance Brissenden & a l l t h e o t h e r s .

Our own Reading Room s t a f f who keep t h e p l a c e going 365 days a year /12 hours a day & who have been very p a t i e n t w i t h a l l my schemes, I ' m going t o m i s s a l l of you! Lianne, L y a l l , Ada, Eva, Dorothy, Marcia, L i sa & Richard many, many thanks f o r your l o y a l t y & hard work.

Our pa t rons , always p a t i e n t ( p a r t i c u l a r l y wi th t h e l ine-ups l a t e l y w i th t h e new 'system' & a p p r e c i a t i v e of o u r e f f o r t s ) I ' l l m i s s s ee ing you, hea r ing your news & t a l k i n g about books & l i t e r a c y wi th you.

F i n a l l y , i t 's been a p r i - i l e g e t o work iw t the Downtown Eas t s ide . Keep up t h e g r e a t e f f o r t f o r one of t h e most humane p l aces i n t h e c i t y . I ' l l b e back wearing one of my h a t s (two would b e too c razy !) : pa ren t of a sometimes-DES r e s i d e n t , l o u n g i n g i n t h e Empress b a r , o r j u s t t o gos s ip ove r c o f f e e on t h e 2nd f l o o r .

A l l my' b e s t t o a l l of you,

AWARDS Oscars Best D i r ec to r : Donald Best Support ing Actor: Dan T e t r a u l t Best Adaptat ion: ~ a u l - ~ ~ a ~ l o r f o r t ak ing a "too p o l i t i c a l " a r t i c l e G r e w r i t i n g i t . Best S tun t Person:l:Bob Morrison

Spor t s S t an l ey Cup Rookie of t h e Year: Richard Tyson

Writ lng m r P r i z e f o r Journal ism: Bob S a r t

Muggs g e t s t h e r e a l p r i z e .

The above awards were named by Carneg L i t e r a r y Lfoness Eleanor Kelly, a t h e r Oemporary) f a r e w e l l p a r t y .

Holy S h i t ! nor ing t h e pover ty , unemployment & s u f f e r - Fr iends , l e t u s no t become a l i e n a t e d

from our own s h i t . We a r e human beings, n o t computers. We a r e i n t h e world bod i ly . AS Merleau-Ponty s a y s , ou r bodies a r e not ob- j e c t s i n t h e world. They a r e our poin t of view. We i n h a b i t space , & t h i s l i v e d pers-

i n g i n t h e conc re t e world of human be ings . Corporate g l a d i a t o r s ( t h e modern in^ Mid- as ) preach g l o b a l compet i t iveness & manage t h e i r single-minded p u r s u i t of weal th and Power w i th Mich iave l l i an e f f i c i e n c y . such i d e o l o g i c a l r i g i d i t y is madness.

pec t ive is not abs t r ac t , i s n ' t mathernatical.4 Freud thought t h a t t h e modern conscious- / I n f a n t s l i v e t h i s t r u t h , & according t o

Sigmund Freud, we have f o r g o t t e n it by t h e time we a r e f i v e yea r s o l d .

n e s s , a l i e n a t e d from i t s own s h i t , w a s d i r e c t l y r e l a t e d t o t h e d r i v e t o accumulate proper ty . For f reud , t h e a n a l S e r s o n a l i t y

Even b e f o r e Freud, Jonathan s w i f t thought e x h i b i t e d traits of agg re s s ivenes s , compe- t h a t human be ings were Yahoos wi th a I t i t i v e n e s s & r i g i d i t y . " s t r ange d i s p o s i t i o n t o Nas t ines s & ~ i r t " Because ou r t a x laws wi th regard t o t h e p r e c i s e l y because of t h e i r a t tempt t o re - very weal thy & l a r g e co rpo ra t ions a r e s o j e c t t h e body & r i s e above it i n some abs- un jus t i n Canada, w e have more b i l l i o n a i r s t r a c t , subl imated way. p e r c a p i t a t han any o t h e r count ry i n t h e

To r i s e above t h e body - t h a t is' t o l i v e world. I n Freudian te rms , we could s ay w e an a b s t r a c t l i f e ' a s though t h e r e were no have more a n a l r e t e n t i v e rectums p e r capi - concre te body - is t o equate t h e body wi th t a t han any o t h e r country i n t h e world. s h i t . From t h i s pe r spec t ive , people have a m a t is t o be done? On a p r a c t i c a l l e v e l tendency t o t r e a t not on ly t h e i r own bod- we need t o f a c e ou r f e a r of l o s i n g c o n t r o l i e s a s s h i t , bu t t h e surrounding world of of ou r l i v e s by rec la iming our c i t i z e n s h i p o b j e c t s a s w e l l . ~ l l l i f e is reduced t o & e x e r c i s i n g ou r p o l i t i c a l judgement. Iss- dead ma t t e r , even a s King Midas reduced ues such a s pover ty , hunger , homelessness, every th ing t o gold. his is an e x t r e n e ex- & unemployment, need t o b e addressed wi th ample of be ing a l i e n a t e d from our own s h i t . common sense i n a democrat ic t r a d i t i o n ,

Mathematics i s t h e language of technolo- no t i n t h e a b s t r a c t ; i d e o l o g i c a l terms of gy & bus iness . It is not t h e language of enoconserva t ive economics. r e a l l i f e . To d e f i n e t h e world only i n Maybe we begin by remembering how we terms of mathematics is t o make a commit- played a s c h i l d r e n & how, when we were as - ment t o a b s t r a c t i o n & dea th . tonish4d.by t h e wonder & mystery of our

Today we face the phenomena ' l i v e s , we c r i e d out i n amazement, IIoly of neoconservat ive economics i n l ove wi th shit ! t ~ i t s own a b s t r a c t i o n s wh i l e completely ig-

Doubledrum Dan

J. To love is t o s u f f e r . To avoid su f fe r ing i /one must not love. but then one s u f f e r s from not loving.

so , i f t o love is t o s u f f e r , not t o love is t o s u f f e r , & t o s u f f e r is t o s u f f e r .

To b e happy is t o love. To be happy then is t o s u f f e r but. s u f f e r i n g makes one unhappy

the re fo re , t o b e unhappy one must love, o r love t o s u f f e r .

o r s u f f e r from too much happiness.

The recent TV coverage of the drug over- doses was t h e Narcs playing p o l i t i c s . M i s - education. a s t o t h e t r u e reasons the re is a problem, is an ongoing po l i cy of t h e Narcs.

Job secur i ty is a l l t h e narcs want. '

Keep it i l l e g a l . They t r i e d t o p&tray an ' I ca re t a t t i t u d e t o the publ ic when a l l they * rea l ly ca re about is t h e i r job. The publ ic never sees t h e handcuffs i n t h e mouth o r t h e rou t ine b r u t a l i t y of these o f f i c e r s ,

Brian Wagget

Bernie Siege1 1 -

Manipulation of News

High Above

High above "Mastings S t ree t " - Hastings s t r e e t I s i t by t h e window. I s e e b i rds , sky 4 humans,.especially humans, I gave up my TV long ago - too damn many commercials. So any time I want t o watch l i v e enter ta in- ment, I s i t by t h e window.

Believe me, you see a l l kinds of ac t ion . Hookers. Panhandlers. Pushers 6 junkies. Punks out looking f o r trouble, ."sooner o r l a t e r they ge t i t " , Good Samaritans help- ing drunks t o t h e i r f e e t , then helping themselves t o watch/money/anything e l s e valuable t o s e l l f o r dope.

Yeah, I ' v e seen it a l l . . j u s t automatic. I can p r e t t y well f o r e t e l l what's coming up, but sometimes people s u r p r i s e me - they can be human 6 be considera te , . smi le 6 shake hands ins tead of t ry ing t o shake you; pockets , . ,

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Editor,

The c r a f t e r s of p lanetary ann ih i l a t ion through corpqrate greed E m i l i t a r y a t r o c i - t i e s must be 'smirking r i g h t now t o s e e two union members, Steve Rose (VMREU) E Gail Harwood (VESTA) locked i n verbal combat. I t kind of takes away from the r e a l iss- ues a t hand doesn ' t i t ? So I am not going t o p lease the corporate masters by picking a f i g h t with Steve 's thought-prbvoking

6 s tuden t s t o ref lCct on bigger i s s u e s which a f f e c t us d a i l y than a constant a t t - , ent ion t o a s e t curriculum, Yes, c l a s s e s were closed but t h e r+gh t t o education was not denied, In f a c t t h e s t r i k e became an exce l l en t learning s i t u a t i o n i n which ev- eryone was involved. I

Yours i n s o l i d a r i t y , Gail Harwood.

a r t i c l e . Instead, I would l i k e t o commend Steve

on r a i s i n g the i s sue of the r i g h t t o educ- a t ion , e spec ia l ly f o r those who have been denied re levant education i n the pas t . I would however, l i k e t o point out some f a c t s which observors t o t h e s i t u a t i o n might not be aware o f . Ed i to r ,

A s members of t h i s community, t h e learn- ; ing cen t re s t a f f were unanimous t h a t t h e volunteer programs should continue during the s t r i k e . In f a c t , t h e ESL groups with t h e i r t u t o r s were a s busy a s usual . LC s t a f f who s a t on t h e p icket l i n e s brought newspapers, magazines, G we even conspired with Lex t o bring out o t h e r reading mater- i a l l i k e Off The.Wall E t h e Carnegie News- l e t t e r so s tudents would have mater ia l which they could work on. In f a c t , some new ESL s tudents came i n E we gave them union s t r i k e b u l l e t i n s which they read E picked up new vocabulary.

Students i n my Welfare Advocacy c l a s s met with me on t h e p icket l i n e severa l times 6 we discussed t h e l a r g e r i s s u e s of why t h e s t r i k e was taking place E how t h a t would a f f e c t t h e progress of t h e c l a s s . Many more of our s tudents came up G d i s - cussed s t r i k e i s sues with us. We explained why we were supporting t h e teachers i n t h e i r s t r i k e f o r t h e most p a r t patrons E s tudents supported us. They had many concerns about t h e ac t ions of t h e school board i n not maintaining a minimum l e v e l of se rv ices i n t h e i r ch i ld ren ' s classrooms Much v i t r i o l was lodged agafns t t h e prov- i n c i a l gov' t f o r not ac t ing sooner than it d id , Pt seemed t o me t h a t t h e Learning Centre

was not r e a l l y c losed down f o r 3 weeks be- cause educational a c t i v i t y was going on. It was a l s o a good t h e f o r s t a f f , t u t o r s

1t 's been a long campaign. For 3 weeks we r o t t e d i n No-Man's-Land a s t h e VSB & VESTA b a t t l e d i n bloody, ba rba r ic bicker- ing. . each s i d e gross ly i n • ’ l a t ing t h i e r v i c t o r i e s & c a s u a l t i e s . Meanwhile we wait- ed i n t h e mire; soaking i n f e t i d d i sa r ray a s our f u t u r e became d i r e c t i o n l e a s and pawned by t h e c r a f t e r s of education anni- h i l a t i o n through ca ree r greed & governm-

a t t h e c e i l i n g of my room & r e a l i z e d t h a t ent a t r o c i t i e s . AAAHHH! Suddenly I s t a r e d I

I had been dreaming. Right? That ' s a l l . I

J u s t a bad dream!? Thanks l i f e i t ' s over. I Today i n r e a l i t y I thank Gai l Harwood

f o r h e r response t o my a r t i c l e on t h e t eacher ' s s t r i k e . Her comments helped me understand t h e s t r i k e a b i t b e t t e r . She was cool & competent i n h e r a b i l i t y t o s e e beyond my f r u s t r a t i o n & responded p o s it i v e l y (un l ike most rksponses I got) .

I ' m su re we a l l learned t h e value of our Learning Centre & t h e value of being a p a r t of helping a neighbourhood whose luck is always being pushed & thwarted by the i n t e r e s t s of "the c r a f t e r s of planet- a ry ann ih i l a t ion through corporate greed and m i l i t a r y a t r o c i t i e s " (I love t h a t l i n e ) .- They a r e t h i s neighbourhoodl s ene- mies & we can now put t h i s bad dream be- hind us , f u s e our energies i n union & de- s t r o y t h i s enemy. Thanks Gail .

Steve Rose

chen Korner : Welcome t o Ida konat, a s dey ca1,ls it up

on Commercial Drive. F i r s t o f f , Catriona had a bouncing baby

boy back i q May; a c t u a l l y at almost 10 l b s i t ' s a good th ing he wasn't bouncing o r she'd have had him much e a r l i e r . You' l l no doubt r e c a l l t h a t t h e 'Korner' predic ted a boy a long time ago & t h e Kitchen s t a f f a r e extremely exci ted about him a s w e need

Anyway, i t ' s j u s t about time t o g e t s t a r ted , s o if you'd l i k e t o come t o t h e dinn- e r you must be a volunteer $ work a t l e a s t 16 hours peT month. I f you don ' t qua l i fy l7 . you n igh t want t o speak with Atiba o r Nat- and become one of our W P t s (Most Valuable Patrons) and volunteer! .......................

One of our f a v o u r i t e people here a t Car- negie, Margy Prevost, i s i n t h e h o s p i t a l recovering from surgery, & I know t h a t ev- eryone is wishing h e r a speedy recovery & hoping t o s e e he r crashing around t h e Cen- t r e i n her l i t t l e veh ic le very very soon.

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Well i t ' s volunteer d inner time again & i n keeping with t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l theme of '93, t h e d inner w i l l be a MiddleEtisti-Feast, f ea tu r ing lamb, taboulah, p i t a & a d e l i c i - ous f i l o desse r t . I ' m looking forward t o it 4 I only g e t t o prepare it. .Volunteers g e t t o e a t it!

Of course t h e Volunteer Dinner i s t h e

the volunteers out of t h e kitchen & br ing 1

one day per month t h a t t h e s t a f f g e t t o show t h e i r apprecia t ion f o r a l l t h e he lp t h a t they rece ive each & every day, every month, This i s t h e day t h a t we kick a l l o f l

in the heavies.. ( i t ' s j u s t an expression). Donald's the re , t a s t i n g ; Dan's the re , wor- I rying; Cleo, Atiba, Sandy a l l prepping & ' preening, and t h e r e ' s I r ene showing u s how! r e a l I t a l i a n s run a kitchen. And whatld a f

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Volunteer Dinner be l i k e without a gorge- I ous d i sp lay of f lowers picked from our p l o t a t t h e Strathcona Community Gardens, picked & arranged by t h a t gorgeous l i t t l e , f r e s h flower he r se l f - Kathy! Our s e c u r i t y 1 supervisor, J e r r y , even g e t s i n t o t h e a c t by s e t t i n g up t h e t h e a t r e & bringing t h e s t u f f down from t h e kitchen. I must admit t h a t we do l e t David Melvin he lp out with / t h e t h e a t r e set-up; he1 s j u s t twice a s f a s t a s anybody e l s e & by t h e t ime we t e l l 1

Atiba informs us t h a t we a r e i n need of a poster-making person 6 t h a t t h e volunt+ e e r committee meeting is t o be held on cheque day, June 23rd, a t 1 p.m.

Speaking of cheque day, next t ime we ' l l touch on t h a t unique phenomenon F i t s e f f - e c t here a t Carnegie Centre.

' T i 1 then, , ..Happy eat ing !

6:30 Wed.

him t o go, he ' s a l ready gone. I

ELP string trick soars I n i c k e l & j u s t p l a i n a i r t o make i t f a l l below t h e o t h e r s & show t h a t t h e poores t

to new heights f i f t h a r e i n deb t . We had a hel ium b a l l - oon on 2 .4 f e e t o f r ibbon t o r ep re sen t t h e second poores t f i f t h . Seve ra l ga s b a l l o o n s were r equ i r ed t o ho ld up t h e 9 .3 f o o t r ibbon t h a t r ep re sen t ed the 'wea l th

On May 15 th I a t t ended t h e g i a n t demo of t h e middle f i f t h of Canadians. The i n Ottawa a g a i n s t f r e e t r a d e & Tory p o l i - . second t o t h e r i c h e s t f i f t h had a r ibbon ties & f o r f u l l employment. About 70,000 19.8 f e e t l ong , he ld up by about 15 b a l l - t o 100,000 people came from a l l ove r Ont- oons. The r i c h e s t f i f t h r equ i r ed about 35 a r i o and Quebec. ba l l oons t o ho ld up t h e i r huge r i bbon ,

~t was a g r e a t f e e l i n g i n t h e morning 69 f e e t long . of t h e 1 5 t h working w i th people from t h e . By JEAN SWANSON - .--- Action Canada Network t o hand a huge 200 met re banner on t h e f ence i n f r o n t of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Par l iament H i l l . The banner had messages

s i g n a t u r e s from thousands of people ac- DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE WOMEN'S CENTRE r o s s Canada from Courtenay BC t o Ca lve r t Newfoundland. It r e a l l y f k l t l i k e we were " tak ing ove r t h e H i l l " f o r t h e people of Canada a s people worked t o g e t ready.

The Canadian Autoworkers had s e t up a cemetery r i g h t on. Par l iament H i l l . They c a l l e d it t h e " l e v e l p l ay ing f i e l d cemet- e r y . I 1 Each s tyrofoam tombstone had t h e name of an On ta r io town, a company & t h e number of j o b s l o s t t o f r e e t r a d e . I n t h e c e n t r e of t h e cemetery was a huge s t u f f e d f ake dead beaver i n a c o f f i n . T o u r i s t s who d i d n ' t even know about t h e r a l l y s topped t o have t h e i r p i c t u r e s t aken i n f r o n t of i t . Others searched through t h e cemetery looking f o r t h e i r town. One wom- an s topped , wrapped h e r arms around one "tombstone" & s a t t h e r e ' f o r about h a l f an hour. Was t h a t t h e tombstone t h a t repres - en t ed h e r job?

The Na t iona l Ant i -Poverty Organisa t i on was asked t o do ELP'S s t r i n g i l l u s t r a t i o n of t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n of wea l th . C l a i r e Was l o t & I , bo th NAP0 board members, were asked t o do t h e demonstrat ion. I n s t e a d of u s ing t h e s t r i n g w i th 1 inch r e p r e s e n t i n g one percent of Canadian wea l th , we used b r i g h t l y co loured r ibbon w i t h one f o o t r e p r e s e n t i n g one percent of wea l th i n Ca- nada, And we used gas ba l l oons t o r a i s e t h e r ibbons up i n t h e a i r . We s t a r t e d wi th a ba l l oon r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e poores t f i f t h of Canadians who have minus . 3 % of t h e weal th . W e used a b a l l o o n w i t h a

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REFRESHMENTS MOVIES ~ A ~ K S

HUMAN RIGHTS: KNOW THEM, DEMAND THEM, DEFEND THEM

se lec t ions from United Nations human r i g h t s instruments

* NO one sha1,l be subjected t o torhure o r * No one within the jurisdiction of a t o c rue l , ihhuman or degrading treatment state party to present optional pro-

or punishemt. DelaratiOn of tocbl sha l l be executed, Each S t a t e par ty Human Rightsy "1 s h a l l take a l l necessary measures t o abol-

* Everyone has t h e r ibh t t o seek & t o en- i s h the death penal ty ...( Second Optional joy i n o the r countr ies asylum from per- Protocol t o the In ternat ional Covenant on

' secution. (Ibid, Ar t i c l e 14, '1) . C i v i l and P o l i t i c a l Eights, Ar t i c l e 1). I * The w i l l of t h e people s h a l l be the bas- * Discrimination agains t women ... i s funda- 1 i s of the au thor i ty of government. ( 5 . mentally unjus t & c o n s t i t u t e s an offense j ( Ib id , A r t i c l e 21,3). agains t human d ign i ty . (Declaration on the

Elimination of Discrimination agains t / * Everyone has t h e r i g h t t o r e s t & l i e s u r e Article 1 ( Ib id , A r t i c l e 24).

* Everyone h a s a t h e r i g h t f r e e l y t o p a r t i c - i p a t e i n the c u l t u r a l l i f e of the comm-

uni ty , t o enjoy t h e a r t s E t o share i n s c i e n t i f i c advancement & i ts benef i t s . ( Ib id , A r t i c l e 27, 1 ) .

* S t a t e s P a r t i e s recognise t h e r i g h t of t h e ch i ld t o be protected from economic

exp lo i t a t ion 6 from performing any work t h a t is l i k e l y t o be hazardous o r t o in te l r f e r e with the c h i l d ' s education..or.rhealth I

(Convention on the Rights of the Child(32) * A l l peoples may, f o r t h e i r own ends,

freely dispose of their natural wealth * S t a t e s P a r t i e s undertake t o p ro tec t the

and resources,..(International Covenant on ch i ld from a l l forms of sexual exploita-

Economic, Social 4 Cultural Rights, A r t 1) t i o n 6 sexual abuse. (Ibid> 34) .

* The S t a t e s P a r t i e s t o t h e present Coven- * S t a t e s P a r t i e s undertake to . . .ensure re -

a n t recognise the r i g h t of everyone t o spect f o ~ the r u l e s of in te rna t iona l humanitarian law appl tcable t o them i n an adequate standard of l i v i n g f o r himself arned conflfcts which'are relevant to the

6 h i s family ... 8 t o the continuous improve ment of l i v i n g condit ions, (Ibid, Art.11,) ch i ld . (Ibid, A r t i c l e 38, 1) .

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* No one s h a l l be subjected t o a r b i t r a r y * S t a t e s have the duty t o co-operate with

o r unlawful in ter ference with h i s priv- each o the r i n ensuring development and

acy, family, home o r correspondence.. . (In- el iminating obstacles t o development.

t e r n a t i h n a l Covenant on C i v i l & P o l i t i c a l (Declaration on t h e Right t o Development)

Rights, A r t i c l e 17, 1 ) . * A l l S t a t e s should..ensure t h a t the r e s - ources re leased by e f f e c t i v e disarmament * In those States in which ethnic, religi- measures a r e used for comprehensive devel-

ous o r l i n g u i s t i c minor i t i e s e x i s t , per- r rt , i n p a r t i c u l a r t h a t of t h e develop-

sons belonging t o such minor i t i e s s h a l l ing countries. (Ibid, Article ,). not be denied t h e r i g h t , , , t o enjoy t h e i r I own cul ture , t o p ro fess 4 p r a c t i c e t h e i r * S t a t e s should encourage popular p a r t i c i - own r e l i g i o n , o r t o use t h e i r own language 1 pation i n a l l spheres.. (Ibid, Art.8, 2)

"WE ARE GOD IN HERE . . . 9 9

ed & broken on t h e rack , having t h e un- speakable become a l i v i n g nightmare.

Be l ieve me, I do not recount t h e s e f a c t s t o be morbid cir t o provide excess- i v e shock va lue .

We a t Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l have l ea rn - ed t h a t t h e t r u t h must be t o l d s o t h a t t h e wor ld ' s peoples can respond wi th t h e moral ou t rage r equ i r ed t o s t o p t h e h i d e o u s cr ime aga in s t humanity t h a t t o r t u r e is.

My p l ea t o you is t h a t you j o i n me and more than a m i l l i o n compassionate human be ings worldwide i n h e s t y In tehna t ionaL I urge you t o add your name t o t h e r o s t e r of t h e only o r g a n i s a t i o n of i t s kind i n h i s t o r y t o have won t h e Nobel P r i z e f o r Peace.

It is t h e mission of Amnesty I n t e r n a t - i o n a l t o work i m p a r t i a l l y on beha l f of v i c t ims of human r i g h t s v i o l a t i o n s . The g r e a t ma jo r i t y of c a se s we undertake in - volve what we c a l l "pr i soners of consci- ence" - men & women who a r e imprisoned anywhere f o r t h e i r b e l i e f s , co lou r , s e x , e t h n i c o r i g i n , language, o r r e l i g i o n , provided t hey have n e i t h e r used n o r advo- ca t ed v io l ence .

We want t o end t h e i r t o r t u r e . We work t o s e c u r e f o r them f a i r & prompt t r i a l s .

. . . THAT'S WHAT THE GUARDS TAUNTED THE PRISONER WITH AS, THEY APPLIED ELECTRICAL SHOCKS TO HER BODY WHILE SHE LAY HAND- CUFFED 1 0 THE SPRINGS OF A METAL BED. HER CRIES WERE ECHOED BY THE SCREAMS OF OTHER VICTIMS AND THE LAUGHTER OF THEIR TORTURERS.

(TESTIMONY GIVEN BY A RELEASE

Though f r i g h t e n i n g & shocking t o even contemplate . . r i g h t now, today , t h e h o r r o r s of t o r t u r e & p o l i t i c a l d e t e n t i o n a r e ev- eryday i n c i d e q t s i n f u l l y 1/3 of t h e wor ld ' s governments.

To r tu r e is t e r r i b l e & d i sgus t i ng . It mocks t h e most s ac r ed & most u n i v e r s a l human va lue - t h e s a n c t i t y of human l i f e . It is p h y s i c a l & mental degrada t ion , ass- a u l t , burn ing of f l e s h wi th c i g a r e t t e s , e l e c t r i c shock, l i v i n g a yea r o r more i n t o t a l darkness b l i nd fo lded , being s t r e t c h -

'we work t o prevent t h e i r execut ion . We work t b s e c u r e t h e i r freedom.

We a t Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l khow t h a t governments do i n f a c t r e l e a s e p r i s o n e r s of consc ience whom we have adopted and

1 fought f o r . Many former p r i s o n e r s have con t ac t ed u s t o thank us. . .

A f r e e d Paraguayan p r i s o n e r a ided by A1 wrote: "On Christmas Eve t h e door t o my

l c e l l opened & t h e guard t o s sed i n a crum- i p l ed p i ece of paper . It s a i d , "Take hear t . 'The world knows you ' r e a l i v e . We%e wi th 1 you. ' That l e t t e r saved my l i f e . "

Another t o l d u s "When t h e f i r s t 200 let- t e r s (from Amnesty) came, t h e guard gave me back my c l o t h e s . Then t h e next 200 let- t e r s came & t h e p r i s o n d i r e c t o r came t o s e e me. The l e t t e r s kept coming. The Pres- i den t c a l l e d t h e p r i son & t o l d them t o l e t me go."

I ' m convinced o u r e f f o r t s a r e s p e x t r a - o r d i n a r i l y e f f e c t i v e because i t ' s ord in-

a r y people, more than governments, who I

have t h e power t o s t o p t o r t u r e . The thou- , 11.

sands of responses t h a t governments re- % ce ive from c a r i n g people around t h e world g ive n o t i c e t o p r i son & gov ' t o f f i c i a l s t h a t t h e i r a c t i o n s have been exposed. Ev- en t h e most t y r a n n i c a l governments don ' t R want t o appear r e p r e s s i v e be fo re t h e i r z * own c i t i z e n s o r be fo re o t h e r c o u n t r i e s . , E

Within Canada, we a r e expanding ou r net- work of l e g a l , medical & p o l i t i c a l e x p e r t s -I

I n f a c t , we now have thousands of lawyers & h e a l t h p ro fes s iona l s p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n f a c t i o n s t o r e l e a s e p r i s o n e r s o f consc ience m e s t y is a l s o working more c l o s e l y wi th

N t a r g e t groups - such as bus ines s , l abour , ; p o l i t i c i a n s - meeting wi th them & sha r ing 1 S ways they can work wi th u s t o he lp s t o p t h e t o r t u r e of innocent people. ; g

1 5 ' We do not b e l i e v e - as some people do - , g

t h a t t o r t u r e is a r e g r e t t a b l e but incura- '

g b l e d i sease . S lavery was once viewed i n a , s i m i l a r l i g h t ; i t is now a l l bu t ex t ing- u ished throughout t h e world. he same e f a t e is p o s s i b l e f o r t o r t u r e . 2

Tor tu re can b e stopped. P r i s o n e r s can -' b e f r eed . Lives can be saved through d i r - e c t a c t ion by Amnesty ~ n t e r n a t i ona l .

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But.. .our l i f e - sav ing work can only cort t i n u e t o func t ion i f c a r i n g , u n s e l f i s h - people who abhor t h e p r a c t i c e of t o r t u r e z a r e w i l l i n g t o p lay j u s t a smal l - y e t important - r o l e i n s topping i t .

Our need f o r your suppor t i s s o t e r r i b - (L] l y urgent because, even as I w r i t e t h i s 5

l e t t e r , someplace i n t h e world v i c t ims of gov' t abuse a r e imprisoned, s u f f e r i n g un- speakable phys i ca l & mental agonies. It is g 2 5 7 tt)

tD up t o us - you & m e - t o f r e e t h e s e p r i s - $ 3 a P

oner s of conscience & thousands l i k e them 0 I 5' around t h e world. @ n rnprn

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moment r i g h t now, whi le you have t h i s i n 8 q 0 f r o n t of you, t o complete t h e form & re- 9. n P Y

t u r n it wi th your ( t ax -c red i t ab le ) cheque rn

f o r $35 - o r more i f you can manage it. 5 3 D i 3

g o " li We are t h e s e people & t hey a r e us. So q Y a

p lease , j o i n Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l today. g 0 5 p

V) n We need you. Mail t h e form today. Thanks. ;;t % Li

Since re ly yours , I : IAN HEIDE , Pres iden t

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PAUL0 FREIRE COMES TO CARNEGIE Emancdpatory Education - Dream o r Reality

On July 16 one of t h e world's most imp- o r t a n t educators w i l l come t o Carnegie as pa r t of a Canadian tour. Paulo Freire 's most famous book Pedagogy of t h e Oppressed de- t a i l s t h e theor ies he developed through work with t h e r u r a l poor of Braz i l , work which l ed t h e government t o e x i l e him from Brazi l .

Education & l i t e r a c y work must enable t h e l ea rne rs t o "name t h e i r world" t o id- e n t i f y the r e a l forces of oppression t h a t a r e masked by t h e s t r u c t u r e s i n our capi- t a l i s t s o c i e t i e s . F re i re c r i t i c i z e s much of l i t e r a c y work today f o r adhering t o a "banking concept of education" where s tu- dents a r e t r e a t e d a s people who a r e edu- ca t iona l ly d e f i c i e n t , thus i n need of "more" knowledge. The banking concept ig- nores t h e r e a l l i f e experiences people br ing t o educational s e t t i n g s & masks t h e forces of oppression & i n j u s t i c e which a r e a t work.

Since Pedagogy of t h e Oppressed, F r e i r e has worked with many groups i n r u r a l and urban s e t t i n g s a s wel l a s - w r i t i n g t o in- crease t h e l e v e l of awareness & debate about the na tu re of l i t e r a c y work. July 16th w i l l provide us with a remarkable opportunity t o meet & t a l k with F r e i r e i n thep lacewhere th i swork i smos t re levant .

A panel representing s tudents , workers & a c t i v i s t s from d i f f e r e n t groups i n t h e Downtown Easts ide w i l l pose problems t o

Dear Carnegie Newsletter,

I MUST respond t o your June 1st i s s u e by saying t h a t I dm pleased t h a t Garry Gust enjoyed h i s t o u r o f the Gathering Place. But I am very embarrassed by h i s por t raya l o f me a s Sa in t Diane. No one has ever seen N

me thus - j u s t my f a i t h f u l o l d dog Pepper and she ' s long gone.

Garry, I was simply doing my job G'loving every minute of it. And, a s I ' ve sa id be- f o r e , it was r e l a t i v e l y easy t o ge t the Gathering Place up $ running because Carn- egie s tands a s such a successful model. Give yourselves t h e c r e d i t , fo lks .

That out of t h e way, here ' s some gossip: Did you know t h a t Bruce Jackson is cook-

ing a t a lodge i n t h e Northwest Ter r i to r - i e s f o r 3 months t h i s summer? He ' l l be feeding f o l k s t h e C a ~ n e g i e menu a t an ani- mal observatory (polar bears, beluga whale,

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ptarmigan I more). The lodge is owned&run by t h r e e I n u i t a r t i s t s G how they tracked down smiling Bmce is a long s tory .

A t t h e end of t h e summer a longtime north shore ~ e s i d e n t is moving downbown. That ' s me $ I ' m ge t t ing myself one of those medical scooters so I can ge t out on the s t r e e t s $ challenge Margaret Prevost t o sidewalk races. John Perguson i n the kitchen w i l l hold your gambling money.

Rumour has it t h a t t h e t h i n chap with t h e bra id has been r e f e r r i n g t o me a s t h e former d i r e c t o r . Let ' s send him of f t o

explore with F r e i r e the 'natuie & possibi- humili ty lessons. Be ca re fu l , Donald ... one

l i t i e s of education f o r s o c i a l change i n of these days, j u s t when you th ink i t ' s

our community . safe , someone w i l l t e l l you SHE'S BACK! , A big hug t o a l l the Carnegie clan.

DATE : FRIDAY, JULY 16 Love, TIME: llam t o 2:30 p m Diane MacKenzie

'Money is the root of a l l e v i l . ' ~t i s The person having a g rea t deal of money only an instrument of Life. In l i f e we ex- can be insensitive..money i s only good i n change things 4 b.qrter with money, but i t the r i g h t hands- to those who use it r i g h t . can ' t buy 1 0 ~ 6 o r respect of a person. Money can be a sickness, l i k e anything

Love is nurtured & respect i s earned ov- e l s e . Money, money ... w i l l my t rouble go e r the years. When you come down t o the away? object of money i t ' s immaterial sometimes. Barry Saunders

11 THE TRUTH ABOUT NON-EXISTENT TCLEPIlONES

1 - all calls to non-existent telephones will be 4irect-dialled, long distancq

wrong numbers or pranks 2- the caller in any such wrong numbers

will be the bearer of bad news; the caller in any such prank will be inebri-

ated; the caller in either case will be - an ABSOLUTE STRANGER __-.-'

phones can, may & someitmes should be 1

3 - since answering a non-existent tdle- order of to some number between in-

disconnected or taken off the hook, non- existent telephones can, may or should 1. also be disconnected or taken off thehook 5 - for the recipients of calls on non-

existent telephones, said instruments will always be located immediately beside the bed, within arm's reach 6 - for the caller of wrong numbers to

non-existent telephones, said numbers will always be unrepeatable, but other- wise ordinary dialling series 7 - for the caller, non-existent tele-

phones may or may not be answered with equal likelihood E respondents may or may not mention the non-existence of their telephones also with equal likeli- hood. 8 - it is more probable to receive a call

on a non-existent telephone 6 to dial the number of a non-existent telephone unintentionally, than to do either inten- t ionally 9 7 .j\" noncexistent answering machines

can be hooked up to non-existent tele- phones, but the prob8bility of this con- figuration occuring 3s somewhere in the

phone that is ringing is neither bet- ter nor worse than not answering it, or than answering or not answering a non-ex- istent telephone that is not ringing, one must assume equal liability in all cases, whatever the outcome 4 - one must not assume that, since tele- By DAN FEENEY

finity 10- non-existent telephones are free of

charge, transient but indestructable 11- it is difficult to impossible to make

an outgoing call on a .non-existent telephone

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ABSOLUTE STRANGER

1 -cannot, obviously, be identified under any circumstance

2 -comes into contact with us only in sit- uations'wherein the possibility of id-

entif ication, either at the time or in future, is nil (eg. wrong number, gives us time on street, saves our life but disappears, etc.) 3 -typical disguises the absolute strang-

- er adopts include: angel, mass murder- er, "love at first (& last) sight", hood- ed figure in rain, hitch-hiker not picked up, character in dream who "must" be liv-

ing somewhere, someone who watches you & when not iced suddenly disappears, e t c . 4 - l ives spa r tan , i n some ambiguous, t r a n s i t i o n a l a rea of town o r i n some secluded area of t h e country 5 -works, reads, watches TV, but has no

ardent f r i ends o r family 6 - w i l l seem awkward of se l f -ef facing but

w i l l show deep confidence o r a g i l i t y e i t h e r momentarily, o r a s an undercurrent but w i l l be gone before t h i s can be t e s t - ed f u r t h e r 7 -is memorable, & we remember t h e absol-

u t e s t r anger t h e way we remember we've l e f t t h e bathwater running 8 -since t h e absolute s t r anger cannot be

i d e n t i f i e d , w i l l seem t o be normal i n a l l ways except i n t h e lack of any dis- cernable i d e n t i t y , & thus a l s o i n t h e J. lack of any discernable t r a c e of having aged o r having t h e p o t e n t i a l t o age 9 -the ob i tua r i es of absolute s t r angers ,

i f they occur, contain references only t o non-existent people, i d e n t i t i e s , ev- e n t s , & these o b i t u a r i e s can never be t raced back t o any h i s t o r i c a l encounter with a given absolute s t r anger

Dan Feeney

So NAFTA is here f o r a while. Passage i n t h e Senate is a l l that. is peeded t o saddle us with another weight, making i t a l l t h e hardef t o disburden ourselves of t h e f i r s t one..that being t h e IFTA.

That agreement has , i f anything, shown us t h i s f a c t : our expor ters gain l i t t l e from rec ip roc i ty with t h e USA. U.S. bus- inessmen, on t h e o t h e r hand, see an open season on Canadian resources & consumers. companies exporting water, lumber & pet- roleum have few i n h i b i t ions about avoid- ing t h e people of Canada a s they p r o f i t on our lands ' r i ches .

Corporatism may b e a problem; I mean t o say business-corporation greed,unchecked, is a problem, but Canadians have t h e w i l l & t h e know-how t o staunch th'e wound in- f l i c t e d by t h e FTA.

An e l e c t i o n is a l l t h a t is required f o r 1 Canadians t o grab t h e l eve rs of power and reverse t h e l o s s suffered f o r t h e l a s t 6 J years . Though our t e l e v i s i o n s a r e c l u t t - ered with t h e voice of America, though

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our radios b l a r e out poetry of American o r i g i n , yet we have our pr ide .

rGumption Sketches Relevance/Irrelevance

I was reading a p iece by someone who ,eemed t o be saying t h a t , even i f a p iece r r i t t en i s not understood i n the way t h e iuthor means i t ' o t be, it can s t i l l have .elevance according t o t h e way it i s actu- i l ly understood; not , however, barr ing t h e ~ o s s i b i l i t y t h a t t h e piece could, theore t - c a l l y , be understood i n p rec i se ly t h e lanner the author meant it o t be, ii s t i l l ave no relevance, o r no appearance of r e g rnvance, t o t h e reader, a s ide from nominal onsidera t ions l i k e t h e time it takes t o ead t h e p iece , t h e consequences of read- ng the piece 6 not doing something e l s e t c . (Which makes these nominal conse4dere ions the only guaranteed relevance of any iece . ) This quandry, though not expressed

POVERTY

Pover ty Degrading, disempowering. Sad f a c e s , empty b e l l i e s .

Hopelessness, h e l p l e s s n e s s . Poverty.

Quest i ons . Why? How?

Who knows, who ca re s? What t o do. Quest i ons .

Problems. No r e n t , no food,

Affordable housing doesn' t exis t . Where t o l i v e ?

Problems.

Fee l ings . Anger, apathy.

J o y l e s s c h i l d r e n , f e a r f u l f a m i l i e s Gr ie f and t e a r s .

Fee l ings .

So lu t ions . Advocacy, community.

Empower t h e poor. Make s o c i a l change.

So lu t ions .

(Val Watson wrote t h i s , h e r f i r s t Doem

Poopnography rages on The media is having a heyday a t t h e ex-

pense of t h e poor. When t h e poor a r e i n - s u l t e d & a s s a u l t e d tlks is c l a s s i sm, a form of d i s c r imina t ion . When t h e media t r a s h e s poor people we c a l l it "poor-nog- raphy": t h e w i l l f u l e x p l o i t a t i o n of poor people a s a form of h a t e l i t e r a t u r e . LOW

income people a r e t h e only group not pro- t e c t e d by any human r i g h t s l e g i s l a t i o n i n B C - no t i n t h e Human Rights Act f ede ra l - l y & p r o v i n c i a l l y and no t i n t h e Char te r of Human Rights . Nowhere i n BC law does i t s a y t h a t i t is no t okay t o d iscr imin- ate a g a i n s t poor people. So of course , t h a t g ives people f r e e l i c e n s e t o do so .

A l o c a l TV s t a t i o n has been on,an obs- cene rampage a g a i n s t low income people. They have made spec ious & f r audu len t c la ims t h a t 40% of people on w e l f a r e c o r n it f raud . I f t hey were t o say 40% of b lack o r d i s a b l e d o r any o t h e r oppressed group commit c r imes , t hey would have t h e i r b u t t s i n t r i b u n a l o r c o u r t . I n s t ead they can j u s t keep s ing ing t h e i r very v in- d i c t i v e t une & t h e poor have no recourse . The P r e s s Council on ly t a k e s p r i n t media complaints . The CRTC is an i n e f f e c t u a l & d i s i n t e r e s t e d p a r t y . So who do t h e poor

omic hardship f o r many among u s , I am an- gered & outraged by a t tempts t o def raud t h e we l f a re system.'' The Min i s t e r announ- ced a Spec ia l I n v e s t i g a t i o n s Unit f o r f raud i n v e s t i g a t i o n . The speech drew app- l a u s e from t h e L i b e r a l s and socreds .

According t o t h e Min i s t ry ' s o f f i c e only 1% of people on we l f a re a r e proven t o commit f r aud , f a r below t h e r a t e of o t h e r k inds of f raud l i k e t a x evasion. The Min- i s t e r is not d i f f e r e n t i a t i n g between whi te c o l l a r organized f r aud wi th comput- e r s & fancy equipment and people on wel- f a r e forced t o scrimp f o r food money,

The Minis t ry of s o c i a l Se rv ices is no p l ace f o r a s p e c i a l p o l i c e u n i t . I f t h e Minis t ry is looking a t every we l f a re rec- i p i e n t t o f i n d fancy f r aud a r t i s t s , they a r e looking i n t h e wrong p lace . They a l - ready have t h e RCMP & CSIS f o r organized crime i n v e s t i g a t i o n s .

Is t h i s what people on we l f a re need r i g h t now? This kind of focus on poor people invokes t e r r o r . The gov ' t should be going a f t e r t h e r e a l f r aud a r t i s t s - corpora t ions who do not pay f a i r t axes . Only 3.5% of BC'S gene ra l revenue comes from co rpora t e income t a x e s , compared t o

i

Yes, your beloved son was h e r e t o e n r i c h your l i f e wi th h i s unshaven f a c e , poor ly groomed h a i r , r o t t e n b r e a t h and s t i n k i n c l o t h i n g -everything t h e upper c r u s t pre- d i c t e d he would eve r amount t o . He runs wi th t h e laymen, a s t a r v i n g pack of wolves hungry f o r what we a l l wish l i f e t o be. What w i l l eve r become of my uneducated b a r b a r i c frame of mind? Maybe I g e t r i c h from i t . But u n t i l t h a t day I s h a l l dream f o r I a m t h e s l e e p e r and no one w i l l awak en m e from my f r u i t f u l dreams!

P.S. I w i l l be by tomorrow t o s t i n k up your world wi th my r o t t e n b r a i n aga in .

l ove , your son

Jav L e c l a i r e

Fools Rush I n

I n your mad scramble t o make t h e most o f '

l i f e , t h e r e are a l o t of t h i n g s you can rush. You rush a de l ive ry . You can rush a h n c h . You can make a rush up t h e footba l l f i e l d . You can 'follow t h e gold rush. You can climb M t . Rushmore, which would r e a l - l y b e rush. .You can rush ou t of t h e house You can rush i n t o a s t o r e . You can even rush i n t o a marriage. You can rush i n t o a l o t o f t h i n g s i n l i f e - bu t an i n t e r s e c t -

58.7% from s a l e s & per sona l income t a x e s i o n i s n ' t one of them, A . M i l i t ani and o t h e r t axes . This f raud squadimpunes

\ a l l people on we l f a re . People need h ighe r I . .

welfare r a t e s , no t more i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n - I -- a l ready very s t r e s s e d l i v e s . ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

h he gene ra l ~ u b l i c a l r eady t h i n k s t h a t j u s t being on we l f a re is f r audu len t The Minis te r should b e committed t o d i s p e l l - i ng those myths, no t adding t o them," s a i d a woman on wel fare .

ELP & FrontLine Advocate W0rkers (FLAW)

!!On t h e &)ad Again, Going p l a c e s t h a t I rye sometimes been1*, as W i l l i e ' s song says.

so there you I will be visiting my s i s t e r ' s fam, shpve l l i ng s h i t g i f t e d by my f a v o u r i t e horses , who supply me wi th wisdom, & f r i endsh ip .

the the Community Lega1 Then on t o Montreal t o playonrthb$r3dge, Assistance are seeking protection i of t h e Fringe F e s t i v a l , where our om-Bruce . i n t h e BC Human Rights Act f o r d iscr imin- Sauer is performing~ ation based On low POor-nography 1 Perhaps then Newfoundland then back.. . and c l a s s i sm h a s t o s top .

I s t o r i e s & p i c t u r e s t o fol low! By PAM FLEMING Tom Lewis

CRAB NOTES from t h e June 10, 1993 City-Port Workshop

on Cruiseship-Piec:,Location

Vancouver Cipy Council i s pretanding t h a t t h e two r e a l a l t e r n a t i v e loca t ions :' f o r a double-berthed c ru i sesh ip p i e r don ' t e x i s t . Fortunately, t h e Fullergon P i l l and Lower Lonsdale s i t e s a r e the re .& "Each of these s i t e s have t h e p r e r e q u i s i t e s of deep water f o r l a r g e sh ips (70,000 ton) , poss i - b l e land f o r terminal development & road access, though i n varying degrees of s u f f - i c i e n c y 1 q P g . 5 , C r i t e r i a f o r S i t i n g of Pot- e n t i a l New Cruise Ship Terminal).

Even t h i s quickly done repor t , funded by t h e Port Corp., admits t h a t t h e b a s i c s f o r another loca t ion does e x i s t .

The c r u i s e l i n e s a r e s a i d t o be concerned about t h e " indus t r i a l sethirigft, but again t h a t would su re ly change over t h e next 5 years of time. Cer ta in ly t h e i r requested o f f ice/commercial buildings/hotel/shops would be b u i l t i f a c ru i sesh ip terminal were placed on t h e north shore of Burrard.

The p r i v a t e s e c t o r would & could provide ex t ra f u e l barges 6 e x t r a buses required.

A p r i v a t e f a s t - f e r r y system f o r 300-500 c ru i sesh ip passengers could move them t o many locat ions i n t h e inner harbour. Buil& ing these sh ips & s t a f f i n g them would cre- a t e badly-needed jobs Snthemarine indus t ry

There a r e exce l l en t eco-nature 6 Native abor iginal c u l t u r a l tourism business opp-

o r t u n i t i e s t h a t should now be made a v a i l a b l e t o North Shore res iden t s .

Larry Beasely, a Vancouver C i ty planner, s a i d t h a t he had Paohtems with t h e sheer numbers 6 volume of people' t h a t t h e Port- proposed development would bring. The Crab w a t e r f ~ o n t park f o r lowincome fami l i e s 6 organised rec rea t iona l ch i ld ren ' s programs could not survive if t h e development goes ahead a s proposed. I t i s c l e a r t h a t Crab Park i s nothing more than a p o t e n t i a l f ron t lawn f o r t o u r i s t s -& r i c h people.

I t ' s sad t h a t t h e Port i s saying no t o developing f o r comm$nity needs - dffordab- l e housing, ,social housing; t h e Port is asking t o increase t h e dens i ty not allowed f o r bui ld ings from 1 . 7 mi l l ion square f e e t t o 3 mi l l ion. Also t h e proposed waterf ront walkway system w i l l j u s t funnel more tour- ists i n t o Crab Park. Where do t h e poor go?

Don Larson

Edi tor ,

Due t o t h e teachers going on s t r i k e which r e a l l y a f fec ted m e , a s one person, a l o t - because of t h e i r wanting money, it a f fec ted not only me, i t a f f e c t e d a l o t of s tudents .

I f e e l i t was only t h e money, even though they s a i d i t wasn' t . In my opinion t h i s is very t r u e . This is a f r e e country and everyone can say what they want. The.y should be s a t i s f i e d with what they ge t . A l o t of countr ies don ' t ge t what we get i n Canada.

Look a t t h e people on welfare. Look a t what we have t o l i v e on compared t o the teachers s a l a r i e s . Sure I know a l o t of them have f a m i l i e s , but I have 8 individ- ua l s t o feed and some of the teachers ,

have only 1 o r 2 i n t h e i r f ami l i e s . And they ' r e s t i l l not s a t i s f i e d with what they ' r e ge t t ing . I h s a t i s f i e d & happy with what I ' m ge t t ing . -

Terry Flamond

blonosodium Glutamate

Many Newsletter readers w i l l remember a young man named McLeod who years ago ran

. a ch i ld ren ' s day-care program a t Carnegie. One day I took him a c o l l e c t i o n of Lip-

ton ' s Noodle Soup Mix which I ' d got ten a t the Food Bank & hadn' t used. McLeod s a i d "Thanks but no thanks. I wouldn't dare give these t o ch i ld ren . In Fact , no dayt

'give me ends up i n the garbage.'' The man I spoke t o s a i d , "You shouldnl t

Jput it i n the garbage. If you don ' t want t o e a t i t , you should give it t o someone.tf

I sa id , "MSG is poison. You're saying I should f i n d someone who i s uninformed & pass i t on t o them so they ge t screwed up ins tead of me!') "I s e e what you mean," he sa id . "As it

happens I c a n ' t e a t MSG e i t h e r . If I e a t it I ge t d iarhea l i k e you wouldn't be l i eve and it makes it hard t o t ake my wife out t o a r e s tauran t . We give it out a t the Food Bank because t h e r e ' s no law agq$st . i t l

MSG works a s a f lavour enhancer i n foods because it shocks the p a r t of &he p a r t of the nervous system involved i n t o hypersen- s i t i v i t y . But once swallowed it makes t h e e n t i r e nervous system hyper. Families lose "

care operator worth h i s s a l t wolld give it t h e i r contentment - ch i ld ren squabble - t o kids - i t ' s loaded with monosodium glu- teenagers roam, brawl & murder - motor is ts t m a t e (MSG). Give kids a bowl of t h a t d r i v e f a s t e r - cr iminals look f o r ac t iv i ty . soup & t h e y ' l l be unmanageable, They' l l be Without MSG we'd have a calmer E more gen-

1 f igh t ing i?, climbing the walls , a l l s t r e s s c t ed out , I 1

For years I had been l i k e everyone e l s e , ea t ing what was put i n f r o n t of me but, iA those years, s leeping 3 o r 4 hours a n igh t McLeodls words f i n a l l y got through t o me, I s t a r t e d sortng through what I a t e , avoid ing MSG; very soon I was s leeping 6-8 h r s 6 my heal th improved tremendously.

MSG is l i k e cocaine, a s one person I spoke t o put i t . I t makes you f e e l good f o r awhile but i t screws you up good.

MSG is not only dumped i n many prepared foods but i s a l s o 'avaflable i n shakers a s a Itflavour enhancerv, l f k e Accent. In post mortems, people who used a l o t of MSG were found t o have s o f t e r b ra ins than normal. I t not only tenderized t h e i r meat, i t a l s o tenderized t h e i r bra ins E l i k e l y t h e i r e n t i r e c e n t r a l nervous system a s well , ,

There has never been so much MSG sold as the re i s today. Also t h e r e have never been so many t r a n q u i l i z e r s so ld , nor so

i many persons t r e a t e d f o r s t r e s s G nervous condit ions.

I had been going t o the Food Bank. I phoned & complained. "Most of t h e cans of food you give out a r e loaded with MSG. I t i s a poison f o r people E most of what you

t l e soc ie ty . MSG makes people a e t x r a z y . Why do fbod processors keep pouring it

i n t h e i r products? Because they a r e i n a madcrace f o r p r o f i t s & they have a mass market of ignorant consumers.

Why doesn't t h e gov ' t outlaw MAG, s i n c e its harmful e f f e c t s a r e so widely known? Because gov ' t r e l i e s on doctors f o r advice; doctors who have grown r i c h countering t h e e f f e c t s of MSG. Without MSG the average in comes of doctors 4 drug companies would go way down.

Notice how these same doctors a r e quick t o dump on ideas of good h e a l t h through propemeating. There is no p r o f i t f o r doc- t o r s o r drug companies i n people taking s t e p s t o keep themselves heal thy through knowledge of n u t r i t i o n .

I hope a l l TeadeTs w i l l begin t o c l o s e l y read-the ingred ien t s l a b e l on prepared ,

foodstuffs 6 t o ask ~ e s t a u r a n t , : p r o p r i e t o r s whether they use BSG. Most canned lfood l a b e l s read l i k e a catalogue of Dow Chemi-, c a l products. About most of those chemical add i t fves we can only c ross our f i n g e r s : But Monosodium glutamate is one t h a t is wel l known t o be very harmful. Let u s avoAd it,

By EREC ERICKSON

Have you s een t h e s i g n s up around t h e c e n t r e announcing t h e Carnegie s low-pi tch (so•’ t b a l l ) team? Well, i t ' s happening.. . b a s e b a l l f e v e r h a s even h i t u s & what an out rageous team we have produced!

Las t weekend t h e 2-week-old Carnegie team p a r t i c i p a t e d i n our f i r s t tournament We weren ' t . q u i t e winners bu t we made a few runs , some good p l ays . & we managed t o s t a g g e r (somewhat b r u i s e d & t i r e d ) through 3 games. More impor t an t l y , s p i r i t s were up & w e had a good t ime. There w i l l b e more games i n t h e f u t u r e , a g a i n s t o t h e r Downtown E a s t s i d e Agencies, w i t h an occa- s i o n a l tournament.

You may b e wondering about how s e r i o u s we a r e & who can g e t involved. F i r s t of a l l , we a r e n o t a s e r i o u s team. What I mean is we a r e p l ay ing only w i th t h e i n t - e n t i o n of having fun. We a r e r ec r ea t i ona l , no t compe t i t i ve , open t o everyone. we ' re a mixed team - women&men. I n f a c t , i n many games, teams a r e r equ i r ed t o have 3 women p l ay ing every inn ing . We have had a good tu rnou t s o f a r but we'd l i k e i t t o cont inue ; t h a t means having new p l a y e r s always j o i n i n g us . . e s p e c i a l l y women. We need more women.

It seems t h a t many people j u s t l i k e t o ge t ou t f o r t h e occas iona l game & d o n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y want t o commit themselves t o

an e n t i r e season s o w e 9 1 have drop-in games f o r anyone on an.ongoing b a s i s . Each Thursday a t 4pm a t Oppenheimer Park (wi th b a l l s , b a t s & some g loves t h e r e ) s o come by & have a game. You may even become hooked. You ' l l c e r t a i n l y h a v e fun!

See you on t h e diamond!! By MARTY

NEWS OF NOTE: Mariqh Sonya changes nam

to - ANYA LORRAINE.

MUSIC on 7 th Avenue

E a r l y Tuesday morning I was r i d i n g my b i c y c l e i n th: a l l e y between 7 th & 8 th avenues, j u s t 'above Ash, when a bag hang- i n g on t h e handlebar caught i n t h e spokes making cons ide rab l e n o i s e f o r 2:30 a.m.

A s I made t h e neces sa ry ad jus tments , a vo i ce emanated from t h e townhouse above me. "Hello t h e r e , " h e s a i d . "Are you co l - l e c t i n g b o t t l e s ? " "I c e r t a i n l y am," I r e jo ined . "Wait then . . I ' l l b r i n g you some down.," I wai ted perhaps a minute & t h e garage

door opened. "Come in , " s a i d my mentor. "'I have some

h e r e f o r you." I e n t e r e d & h e s a i d , "Come up & have a

beer." Up we went t o t h e t h i r d l e v e l and in t roduced ou r se lve s a s he se rved t h e bee r . "My name is Carlos"

"Tom Lewis," I r e p l i e d . "I was j u s t ou t pa r ty ing , " h e s a i d . "I

j u s t f i n i s h e d a r e a l e s t a t e d e a l & earned an $8'8,000 commission. "

H e asked what I d i d & I r e p l i e d t h a t I c o l l e c t e d b o t t l e s & r e c y c l a b l e s & was h e l p i n g t o s t a r t a new r e c y c l i n g depo t , but my main l ove was s i n g i n g count ry . He r o s e from h i s s e a t & when he r e tu rned he had two g u i t a r s , a Martin & a hand-made Spanish c l a s s i c a l g u i t a r , each b e a u t i f u l - l y tuned i n s t rumen t s .

We began p laying songs toge the r & every so o f t e n he 'd s o l o on some b e a u t i f u l Spa- n i s h & Mexican p i eces . j eets/programslindividual e f f o r t s i n many

He asked, "What a r e You doing t~morrow?" communities throughout BC. The min i s t ry t o which I r e p l i e d , " ~ ~ m going-to my sis- t e r ' s farm i n Ontario t o t a l k t o my fav- o u r i t e horse. I'

"No," he s a i d , "come t o Vancouver I s l a n d wi th me. I have a farm t h e r e & w e ' l l p lay music, d r ink & chase women.''

,

%o," I r e p l i e d , "my r e n t is up & I must move & I r e a l l y should be doing my rounds & making some money. "

"Don't worry," he s a i d , & gave me $25. We played u n t i l 6am & I enjoyed myself

tremendously; n i g h t s of good music and f r i endsh ip r a r e l y happen spontaneously.

Well Car los , wherever we may be , I s h a l l remember you we l l .

God go wi th you m i amigo.

Tom Lewis

- of s o c i a l s e r v i c e s seems t o have made a guess on j u s t how many people would ac tu- a l l y ge t involved.

At: t h e same t ime a s t h i s came i n t o e f f - e c t , M s . Smallwood was be ing roas t ed i n t h e media; her s e n i o r bu reauc ra t s , not changed from t h e yea r s of socred appoint- e e s & patronage, have been s t e a d i l y knee- capping h e r by r e l e a s i n g trumped-up rep- o r t s , s p e c u l a t i v e inuendo & out-and-out faked junk t o t h e media. The media, t r u e t o form f o r being s u b s i d i a r i e s of one of two co rpora t ions i n t h e country which own 96% of every th ing , have taken every l i e , rumour o r i s o l a t e d case b por t rayed Joan & t h e NDP a s t h e most incompetent, bung- l i n g bunch of i d i o t s poss ib l e . Real Women doesn ' t ho ld a candle t o some of t h e rag-

/ i n g r e b a t e s t h a t ge t " interviews" on TV & r ad io , as though t h e garbage they spout

, is j u s t normal & f a i r . UTV had a 3-hour s p e c i a l on t h e most obscene exaggera t ions - "40% of we l f a re r e c i p i e n t s commit f r aud ( a r e cr iminals/ lazy/bums. . .) 'I - when t h e a c t u a l percentage of record is l e s s than , 2 percent .

How a l l t h i s h a s combined t o aga in r i p o f f t h e poor is t h a t t h e min i s t ry has a

b s p e c i a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s u n i t t h a t they 've / j u s t h i r e d 200~more people f o r . Th i s w i l l l cos t over a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s a year . A t t h e same t ime, t h e money budgetted f o r

. t h e Community Volunteer Program f o r one "WONDER OF WONDERS'~ yea r is gone - a f t e r 5 months. A f t e r t h e

'media raged about t h e people on we l f a re Despite t h e i n t e n s e c r i t i c i s m t h a t Joan :not want ing t o work, s o many got approval

Smallwood has been under f o r t a k i n g sev- j for the $100 e x t r a a month f o r volunteer - e r a 1 bold s t e p s t o make l i f e f o r low-in- / i n g t h a t t h e guess f o r a yea r is gone in come people more bea rab le , t h e r ightwing j less than half of it. a t t i t u d e co lou r s some i n i t i a t i v e s . The program won't b e cance l l ed bu t t hey

Many of u s w i th GAIN as ou r source of 'will l i k e l y start wi th w a i t i n g lists now have taken advantage of t h e new & perhaps l i m i t how long people can be on

Volunteer Program (CVP) People who are "unemployable" and/or d i sab led can now get an extra $loo a ing at least a month. Most were a l r eady volunteering,c:l

i t t o give t h o s e wa i t ing t h e i r t i m e . To s t a r t , Min i s t e r Smallwood should in-

v e s t i g a t e h e r s e n i o r bureaucra ts & f i r e those who are a c t i v e l y "orking a g a i n s t her.

p u t t i n g t ime & energy i n t o numerous pro- By PAULR TAYLOR

7

Ancient Egyptian I n s t r u c t i o n i n E th i c s : (from s c r o l l s w r i t t e n about 2000 B . C . )

~tgehold, t h e r e i s no p ro fes s ion which i s not governed:. . i t i s only t h e learned man who r u l e s himself"

lfBe not proud of your own l ea rn ing , but do t ake counsel with a l l , f o r it i s p o s s i b l e t o l e a r n from a l l "

"Treat a r e spec tab le (venerable) wise (age4 man with r e spec t but c o r r e c t your equal when he mainta ins a wrong opinion"

"Be not proud of e a r t h l y goods o r r i c h e s , f o r t hey come t o you from God without your help"

I fDisas ters should never be repea ted; mess- ages should be f a i t h f u l l y d e l i v e r e d w

"In a s t r a n g e r ' s house, look not a t t h e 1 women, marry i n s t e a d E g i v e food t o your own household. Let t h e r e be no qua r re l ing about t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n " ... Be not r a sh o r i n d i s c r e t e - e n t e r not uninvi ted i n t o t h e house of another . I f

" he b i d s you e n t e r you a r e honoured. Look n o t around - look not around i n t h e house o f another . I f your eyes s e e any- t h ing , be s i l e n t about i t & r e l a t e it not o u t s i d e t o o t h e r s l e s t if it be heard, it become t o you a s a crime worthy o f death. ... Speak not t oo much because men a r e deaf

1 Do you know how much money MSS c l i e n t s (wel fare r e c i p i e n t s ) have

t o l i v e on each month?

Not t he money t o t h e landlord ( s h e l t e r po r t ion)--but how much per month f o r everything e l s e ?

Do you know?

I f you don' t know th is - - A UTV r e p o r t e r says you a r e :

" I l l i t e r a t e , uneducated, s t u p i d Unaware and a fool . "

She says "everybody knows because t h e f i g u r e s a r e p r i n t e d and repor ted

Everywhere, a l l t h e t i m e . "

Not t h a t I had seen o r heard be fo re ! I f e l t i n s u l t e d .

I d i d n ' t know t h e s e f a c t s before Circumstances forced me t o accept

S o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e f o r my d i s a b i l i t y .

I know now--now t h a t I am "educated" t o t h e man of many words.. .Be s i l e n t t Through personal hardship-experience. r a t h e r , f o r s i l e n c e p l e a s e s a l l . Speak n o t . Before a l l t h ings , guard your I am no longer ad stupid speech, f o r a man's r u i n ( the harm he can , Uneducated, unaware f o o l . do) l j e s i n h i s tongue." A r e you?

I Do you know t h e monthly wel fare r a t e s ? lf!jfan's body is a s torehouse f u l l o f a l l manner o f answers.. .choose t h e r e f o r e t h e 1 A battered and abused survivor r i g h t one E speak it wel l & l e < t h e wrong of a UTV in terv iew. answer remain imprisoned i n your bodyu PS - could you l i v e w e l l on $210 a montM

"Behave well a t meals & be not greedy t o Know any p l aces t o r e n t f o r $325 a month? f i l l your body. Eat not bread while a n o t h By LYNNE GEMEROY e r s t ands by i n hunger. , l a y h i s hand on t h e bread q l so f f

W n e is poor, ,one as r?,ch, bu t bread re- I

milins t o h i q who J s generous. He t h a t was1 r i c h i n t h e year t h a t i s p a s t may even i n / t hks yea r become a vag ran t , Never f o r g e t t o be ~ e s p e c t f u l ~ ~

Submitted by TORA

By H. Walter did you rob the people again, today? did you steal from the common till, again, today'! of minister (s) fierce un-religious one. minister(s) not of the honest holy cloth. but cut from the cloth of fraud, corruption, deception of the money put into the common till. GENERAL REVENUE: ring-up the fraudulent sales slip. bring it into public view. rung-up the fraudulent sales-'slip. brought into public view. did you reward your friends aginl today prime-beef-steak - minister? on high shi over your urgings to accountabilities, you poor the blood the throat-slashed; of the sheep, the led-blind ones. the blind sheep believe in you. believe in you. priviledged one (s) . Victorian based, swinedrels. scoundrels. swindlers. vapor embezzlers. I

THE SUCCESS

Embezzlement. the new-old business talent. busy. busy. busy. stealing from us, for them, your buddy-boy, buddy-girl, club of embezzled not accounted for pub1 ic tax-paid fund. stealers. swindlers. high victorian liver e Hudson Bay Company's RIP-OFFS

of Native Dignity

Sometime i n , t h e e a r l y 1700's a company founded by sofie well-to-do English decidec North America, e s p e c i a l l y Canada's nor th , was prime f o r t h e t ak ing of f u r s , f u r s

FlA'I'E MONGERS

Of course those Free E n t e r p r i s e r s don ' t o f f e r t o c u t up t h e i r medical ca rds , nor do they t a l k about t h e wel fare t hey r e c e i - ve, which i s not c a l l e d welfare but subs i - d i e s o r g r a n t s t o c r e a t e imaginary employ- ment f o r t h e unemployed.

These sanctimonious hypoc r i t e s a r e r ipp - ing off t h e system b i g t ime while deviously promoting hatred of the people bn 6 t h e unemployed. I t ' s t h e t r a d i t i o n a l game of t h e haves a g a i n s t t h e have-nots. I t Is t h e corpora te bums who a r e respons i - b l e f o r t h e poor economy, n o t l t h e t r u l y poor. . .

By BRIAN WAGGET

, t h a t t h e European pub l i c was w i l l i n g t o pay handsomely t o g e t .

Enter t h e always unaware innocence of t h e Indians. .only too w i l l i n g t o he lp t h e White Man. ~t first t h e w h i t e traders

t oo greedy but a s they expanded their lust for more pelts grew.

T~~~ deliberately made their muskets over six f e e t high so ~ ~ t i ~ e trapperstd have t o pay more t o acqu i r e one - p e l t s had to be piled as high as the gun. Imag- ine how many muskrats, beaver, etc. had t o be taken t o make t h e p i l e h igh enough! ... a l l so some English h ighlander could wear a hat or a coat t i n fashion' and the Hudson Bay land pirates could become b i l l i ona i r e s .

A.Mil i tan t

A SENIOR CITIZEN'S LAMENT

Thought I ' d l e t my doc to r check me 'cause I d i d n ' t f e e l q u i t e r i g h t ;

A l l t h o s e ach*s & pa ins annoyed me, And I cou ldn ' t s l e e p at n i g h t .

He could f i n d no r e a l d i s o r d e r , But h e wouldn't l e t i t r e s t ;

What w i th Medicare & Blue Cross It wouldn't h u r t . t o do some t e s t s .

To t h e h o s p i t a l h e s e n t me, Though I d i d n ' t f e e l t h a t bad;

H e a r ranged f o r them t o g ive me eve ry t e s t t h a t could be had.

I w a s f louroscoped & cystoscoped My aging frame d i sp l ayed ;

S t r i pped upon an ice-cold t a b l e wh i l e my g i z z a r d s were X-rayed.

I was checked f o r worms & p a r a s i t e s , For fungus & t h e c rud;

While they p i e r ced me wi th long need le s Taking samples of my blood.

Doctors came t o check m e ove r , Probed & punched & poked around;

And t o make s u r e I was l i v i n g , They wired me f o r sound.

hey have f i n a l l y concluded - T h e i r r e s u l t s have f i l l e d a page -

What I have w i l l some day k i l l m e , My a•’ f l i c a t i o n is OLD AGE.

FOSTER FAMILIES CAMPAIGN BEGINS

Nominations f o r t h e 1993 Lieutenant GOY e r n o r ' s Fos t e r Fami l ies Awards a r e now be- i ng c a l l e d f o r i n communities ac ros s BC.

"There a r e c u r r e n t l y over 3200 BC famil- i e s provid ing s a f e , s t a b l e homes t o k i d s whose own f a m i l i e s may be unable t o meet t h e i r short- term o r long-term needs ,"said Joan Smallwood, Min i s t e r of S o c i a l Serv- i c e s . "The Lieutenant s over nor's Awards recognise t h e s p e c i a l n a t u r e of t h e s e •’am i l i e s & v i t a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s t hey 'make."

Candidates foy t h i s award a r e expected t o demonst r a t e an excep t iona l commitment t o f o s t e r c a r e , i nc lud ing lengthy involve- ment i n t h e program, c a r e of many ch i ld - r en , r e spec t & understanding when dea l ing wi th t h e n a t u r a l f a m i l i e s of t h e i r f o s t e r c h i l d r e n , community involvement & cooper- a t i o n wi th MSS, t h e B C Federa t ion of Fos- t e r Pa ren t s Assoc ia t ion & o t h e r family support agencies .

Joan Wenstob, p r e s iden t of t h e BCFFPA, s a i d : "There is an ongoing demand f o r t h e kinds of s p e c i a l people who a r e w i l l i n g & a b l e t o f o s t e r c h i l d r e n , p a r t i c u l a r l y teenagers , s i b l i n g groups & substance-add- i c t e d babies . These f o s t e r pa ren t s a r e , f o r t h e most p a r t , unsung heroes p lay ing unique r o l e s i n communities i n BC."

Nine f a m i l i e s o r i n d i v i d u a l s from comm- u n i t i e s a c r o s s t h e province w i l l be chos- en by a 3-person panel i nc lud ing t h e Sup- e r in tendent of Family & Child Se rv i ce s & reps from MSS & BCFFPA. They w i l l be hon- m r e d i n a ceremony hos ted by t h e Lieut- znant governor i n October.

Anyone may nominate a f o s t e r family by ;ompleting nomination package & submit- :ing i t be fo re June .25, 1993. Fur ther in- Eormation about nominations o r about be- tng a f o s t e r parent may b e obta ined by : a l l i ng 1-800-663-9999.

NAFTA and water (1): basic resource at risk

m e of t h e repea ted assurances from t h e Mulroney gov ' t dur ing t h e f r e e t r a d e deb- a t e i n 1986-7 was t h a t Canada's water re- sources would be excluded from t h i s dea l .

Th i s was important t o a l o t of u s , a s even ardent proponents of f r e e t r a d e rec- ognised t h e importance of re ta in i f ig cont- r o l of our ex t ens ive but f i n i t e resource .

The ~ o r i e s ' response t o t h e widespread concern about l a rge - sca l e water expor t s was t h e Canadian Water P re se rva t ion Act , which, had it passed, would have a f f i rmed Canadian sovere ignty over i t s water . A l - though many Canadians s t i l l t h i n k t h e b i l l became law, it a c t u a l l y d ied on t h e o rde r paper. Now t h e Conservat ives a r e t r y i n g t o hur ry t h e North American Free Trade A g reement through Par l iament . They have pur- pose ly l i m i t e d deba t e & rammed it through t h e House. I t ' s now be fo re t h e Tary domin- a t e d Senate. Despi te massive oppos i t ion t o NAFTA t h e Tory gov ' t seems bent on passing enabling* l e g i s l a t i o n be fo re t h e e l e c t i o n is c a l l e d . (*ENABLING is important t o understand. A gov ' t not c o n t r o l l e d by t h e Conservat ives can s t i l l s c r a p NAFTA. I t ' s not law ye t .)

J u s t t h e concerns about water should

f o r t h e p a s t 6 yea r s . Her tes t imony bef - o r e t h e Coaunons Sub-Committee on In t e rna - t i o n a l Trade & t h e BCSelect S tanding Com- m i t t e e on Economic Development, Sc ience , Labour, T r a i n i n g & Technology shows c l e a r l y t h a t under NAFTA, water w i l l b e treat- ed as a "good," s u b j e c t t o t h e same r u l e s a s o t h e r "goods & se rv i ce s" under t h e FTA and NAFTA. '

Holm c l a ims "quick a c t i o n t o r e t a i n sov- e r e i g n t y c o n t r o l ove r Canada's water res - ources i n p e r p e t u i t y is.. . t h e s i n g l e most important & p r e s s i n g i s s u e f a c i n g Canadi- an pub l i c po l i cy d e l i b e r a t i o n . " She supp- o r t s h e r p o s i t i o n by c i t i n g r e l e v a n t sec- t i o n s of t h e l T A & NAFTA...& when r e f e r - ence is made t o p rov i s ions of t h e General Agreement on T a r i f f s & ,Trade (GATT) , s h e quotes t h e r e l e v a n t sectiions.

For example, A r t i c l e 102 of t h e NAmA s e t s ou t t h e o b j e c t i v e s of t h e t r a d e d e a l L i nc ludes t h i s goa l : ". . . e l i m i n a t e ba r r - x s t o t r a d e i n , and f a c i l i t a t e t h e c r o s s )order movement o f , goods & s e r v i c e s be-

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cween t h e t e r r i t o r i e s of t h e P a r t i e s . . .I1

A r t i c l e 201 of t h e NAETA d e f i n e s "Goods ,

)f a Par ty" as "products as t h e s e a r e un- i e r s tood i n t h e GATT." Notes Holm: "s ince :ATT's Harmonised Commodity Coding System L i t s n o t e s i nc lude t a r i f f i t em 2201.9 [ "na tu ra l water of a l l k inds o t h e r t han

oonsultant t o t h e a g r i c u l t u r e i n d u s t r y , has been w r e s t l i n g wi th t h e water i s s u e

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s e a water" ) , water i s inc luded a s a good

prompt Canadians t o i n s i s t i t be put on under the terms the NAFTA*" hold. Wendy R. Holm, a p r o f e s s i o n a l ag ro l - Trade Minister insists o g i s t & resource economist who works a s a water has been s p e c i f i c a l l y removed from

NAFTA. Holm has d e t a i l e d h i s s ta tement word-by-word, quot ing t h e a r t i c l e s & de- f i n i t i o n s i n t h e va r ious documents. W i l - son is no t misinformed. He is ly ing .

Wilson: " A r t i c l e 7(1) of t h e t r a d e ag- reement s p e c i f i c a l l y removes water from t h e d e a l (NAFTA) ."

Holm: "Untrue & misleading . What Wilson is r e f e r r i n g t o is A r t i c l e 7(1) of Canad- a ' s domestic FTA implementing l e g i s l a t i o n - a p rov i s ion he a rgues w i l l a l s o be inc- luded i n t h e domestic l e g i s l a t i o n t o imp- lement t h e NAFTA. Such changes i n domest- i c l e g i s l a t i o n do not a l t e r t h e p r i o r corn mitments made i n a b i n a t i o n a l agreement."

Note how t h e US views i ts own & Canadi- an o b l i g a t i o n s under t h e ETA: Sec. 10L449

of US publ ic law required t h a t before the FTA could come i n t o e f f e c t , t h e US pres i - dent had t o determine t h a t Canada had "te ken measures necessary t o comply wi th t h e ob l iga t ions of t h e Agreement.. .If, & i f a t r ade repor t showed t h a t Canadian pract - i c e s were "not i n conformity wi th t h e Ag- reement" then t h e US would "require a change of Canadian law, regula t ion, pol i - cy o r p r a c t i c e t o enable Canada t o conf- orm with i ts i n t e r n a t i o n a l ob l iga t ions un de r t h e Agreement."

Yet sec t ion 102-449 reads: "No provision of t h e Agreement, nor t h e app l i ca t ion of any such provision t o any person o r c i r - cumstance, which is i n c o n f l i c t wi th any law of t h e U.S.A. s h a l l have ' e f fec t . "

I n summary, Canadian l a w s must conform t o t h e FTA while US laws remained para- mount over it.

NAFTA and water (2): saving the resource So how can Canada r e t a i n sovereignty ov

e r i t s water resources? Holm suggests: * F i r s t , Canada nego t i a te an e x p l i c i t

'

NAFTA exemption f o r water i n "other than b o t t l e d form." Canada's bargaining posi t ion should be enhanced because. Pres- ident Clinton a l s o wants ' s i d e dea l s . ' * Second, Canada e n t e r i n t o a Memo .of

Understanding with t h e US t h a t speci f - i c a l l y terms t o "only b o t t l e d water."

* Third , t h e Canadian Water Preservat ion Act shelved by t h e Conservatives i n

1987 must be reintroduced & passed t o , a s Holm puts i t , "es tab l i sh a framework f o r sound & sovereign water policy."

The NAFTA debate is underway. NAFTA i s not a "done deal" & every candidate i n - the e l e c t i o n which must be c a l l e d t h i s year must be made t o s t a t e c l e a r l y what t h e i r pos i t ion is on "free" t r a d e . t h e w a t e r f r o n t Centre

(Marathon Realty]

endorsed by Vancouver 6r District

Labour Council

0 n June 15, Justice for Janitors Day 1993, janitors will face off with North

America's Top Trash-the companies who hire the janitorial contractors that treat their janitors like garbage-and demand their rights as workers.

This year we're targetting 14 companies who act like they think janitors are dirt. Here in Vancouver, it's Marathon Realty.

In Vancouver, contact Justice for Janitors at (604)683-7348, or write to: 526-1 19 W. Pender St. Vancouver, V6B 1 S4 (fax)683-7340

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An Appeal to Vancouver Grassroots Organizations - by the

Squatters Alliance of Vancouver East .,

' own e f f o r t & by c e r t a i n p r i v i l e g e s we have, A s of 4 pm, June 6 , two houses n e a r t h e we f e e l we can 6 should a p p r o p r i a t e b u i l d

co rne r of Broadway & Commercial have been ings t o s e r v e ou r needs & h e l p o t h e r s do appor t ioned a s a pub l i c squa t . I t h e same, i nc lud ing t h e r i g h t of t h e

Th i s squa t is t h e r e s u l t o f a y e a r ' s 1 f i r s t peoples t o re -appropr ia te t h e land work, b r ing ing t o g e t h e r ex - r e s iden t s of 1 t h a t is r i g h t f u l l y t h e i r s . t h e Frances S t r e e t s q u a t s & o t h e r s . we're Our p o l i t i c s a r e a n t i - s t a t e & we favour mostly young ~ e o p l e , l i v i n g i n pover ty , d i r e c t a c t i o n a g a i n s t t h e i dea of owning of a v a r i e t y of r a c e s , s exes , s exua l o r i - l and & proper ty . However, we want t o be en t a t i o n s & c l a s s e s . open t o o t h e r g r a s s r o o t s o rgan i sa t i ons i n

O u r aims i n s q u a t t i n g this are o r d e r t o reach some common ground. We do many* First, we see a need fo r local 'Om- no t expect your group t o have t h e same

I munity 'pace that is free govIt 'Ont- ou t look on s o l u t i o n s t o t h e housing c r i s - rO1 in the 'leasant is i n East Vancouver. What we hope is t h a t area. The first 'loor the is our groups can develop s o l i d a r i t y of corn- - a v a i l a b l e t o g r a s s r o o t s o r g a n i s a t i o n s f o r concerng, meetings, even t s & a s a workspace. Pro j - We want t o encourage your group t o hold ects underway a public garden, a meetings & even t s a t t h e squa t . AS w e l l , c a f e &, i n t h e n e a r fu ture , a t h e r e a r e a couple of th ings your group f r e e space* These events wiP1 be can do t o he lp u s b u i l d ou r commun~ty a n t i - r a c i s t / s e x i s t /homophobic/classis t . sapce & t o h e l p s t o p any i l l e g a l p o l i c e I n a d d i t i o n , we encourage oppressed comm- action against the squat. u n i t i e s t o form s a f e spaaes witihin t h e s q u a

Our second aim, l i k e t h a t of t h e Frances * Donate m a t e r i a l s f o r t h e squa t .

s t r e e t s q u a t s , is t o c r e a t e a r a d i c a l f r e e We e s p e c i a l l y need c h i l d r e n ' s toys, house-

space f o r a c t i v i s t s t o l i v e & work. The wares, camping equipment, t o o l s & a gas-

2nd f l o o r of t h e b u i l d i n g w i l l s e r v e t h i s powered e l e c t r i c gene ra to r .

purpose. Like a t Frances S t r e e t , housing * Send a copy of t h e l e t t e r s on t h e oth- t h e r i g h t t o housing is a l a r g e P a r t of e r page s t a t i n g you oppose p o l i c e a c t i o n ,

why we a r e s q u a t t i n g . However, we do r a t h e r than cou r t a c t i o n , a g a i n s t s q u a t s . s e e t h e squat a s a humble p l e a t o C i ty Your groups name on t h i s l e t t e r w i l l put H a l l t o make more "af fordable" housing av- s t r o n g p o l i t i c a l pressure on t h e ~~~~~g~

a i l a b l e . We want t h e s q u a t s t o be an ex- o f f i c e not t o over - reac t . Whether o r not ample of how gov ' t laws & r e g u l a t i o n s can your group is a b l e t o put your name on b e ignored , and must be ignored , t o re - t h e l e t t e r , i n d i v i d u a l s w i th in t h e group b u i l d a ca r ing community. a r e encouraged t o s i g n t h e i r names a s in-

We don ' t p re tend t o be t h e bottom of d i v i d u a l s . t h e heap i n t h e Canadian c l a s s system but We w i l l cont inue t o update your group we do know t h a t we dese rve , a s everyone on events a t t h e s q u a t , and we hope t o dese rves , a space t h a t is ou r own. By our hea r from you soon!

(fcNote: T h e r e w i l l b e n o C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r on J u l y 1st. I t h i n k i t ' s c a l l e d a v a c a t i o n - !

Dear Vancouver City Council and Mayor's o f f i c e ,

I a m w r i t i n g t o voice my opposit ion t o any i l l e g a l ac t ion by t h e Vancouver P o l i c e department agains t members of t h e Squa t t e r Al l iance of Vancouver East. (SAVE) I n November, 1990, ac t ing under a f ab r ica ted charge of gun possession, over f i f t y Emergency response team members, l o c a l po l i ce & Vancouver City Crew i l l e g a l l y evic ted SAVE members froin s i x occupied homes on 1600-block Frances.

I voice my opposit ion t o t h a t a c t & any f u t u r e a c t s by t h e Vancouver Pol ice department t o i l l e g a l l y e v i c t s q u a t t e r s . Evic t ions should be d e a l t with properly i n a court of law.

S ince re ly ,

Name Address

Send t o Vancouver City Council (453 W. 12th , Vancouver, V5Y lV4, o r SAVE, Box 563, 545 E. Broadway, Vancouver, V5T 1x4.

Dear Vancouver City Council and Mayor's o f f i c e ,

I am w r i t i n g t o voice my opposi t ion t o any i l l e g a l a c t i o n by t h e ~ a n c o u v e r P o l i c e department aga ins t members of t h e S q u a t t e r Al l i ance of Vancouver East. (SAVE) %

I n November, 1990, a c t i n g under a f a b r i c a t e d charge of gun possession, over f i f t y Emergency response team members, l o c a l p o l i c e & Vancouver Ci ty Crew i l l e g a l l y ev ic ted SAVE members from s ix occupied homes on 1600-block Frances.

I voice my opposi t ion t o t h a t a c t & any f u t u r e acts by t h e Vancouver Po l i ce '

department t o i l l e g a l l y e v i c t s q u a t t e r s . Ev ic t ions should be d e a l t wi th proper ly in a cour t of law.

S ince re ly ,

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Send t o Vancouver Ci ty Council (453 W. 12th , Vancouver, V5Y 1V4, o r SAVE, Box 563, -545 E. Broadway, Vancouver, V5T 1x4.