1r IC 1, IC \\v' e () d r LJI () e r G1 '' Interview conducted by Jeff Kravitz. Pedro Noguera is the newly elected President of the A.S.U.C. He previously served as the Chair of the Graduate Assembly, and was a fouhding member of United People of Color. He was interviewed at his home on J:une 16th. BPN: Nuw that the sit-in is over, what is your overall assessment of it? PEDRO: Well, I think the sit-in had both its positive and negative aspects. On the positive side, I think it helped. It was a focal point for a lot of people; it provided a site where people who wanted to get involved could plug in, and it definitely attracted a lot of media. On the nega- tive side, I think that after the arrests made on the steps-- I think about a week after-- the sit-in began to get out of hand. was no way of controlling things such as sexual the·use of drugs, and unsafe condi- tions that were existing on the steps because of a lack of structure. And there was no way of controlling who ,could and who could not participate in it. And I t;. 9.11 p,g , ;3 . 3 -1HE SPIRIT <F b'j Phreo.cl M.C<.l FFifll Johannesburg: ·a city the size of Chicago \\here BlackS . canprise half the population. The Black population is rennved to 28 townships surrotJ!1ding Johan- nesburg because the¥ aren't allowed to live in the Soweto = lliepkloof =SOuthwest Township. Soweto is the largest township, located 7 miles. ·to the . of Johannesburg. Soweto is one tenth the size of Johannesburg, population 2 million. Soweto has one movie theatre, one hospital, one water taQ to four families, thousands of l:leer halls and liquor stores. . . The houses are box-like, nBde of corrugated sheets of rretal in a chegw standard They are owned by the Federal Government, rented or leased to tenants. No pass, .no house. To get a house, you have to have worked with the same employer for IS years. 25% of the is They hide during the day and corre out at night. Temperatures range from 30 degrees (F) in the winter to_ 120 degrees (F) in the summer. Coal stoves are the onl_y ·source of heat for 7 out of 10 Sowetoans. For city · workers, the commute to Johannesburg begans at 3 A.M. Buses run bumper to bumper to train stations. Every berich and restrocm is carefully labelled in Cont. Backpaqe YCIJ HAVE 'RlilE> A \tiMAN- . lOO HAVE SimX lUX by Waren Against Oppression Inspired by women in South Africa who are the backbone of. the · liberation movarent, Wrnen Against Oooression will bring the spirit of' courage and strength to the . Regents. No matter · what the Regents decide-- the People of Azania will be free! · We will carry alarge puppet <?f a South African "-UlBB1 to _ray: tri- bute to these \\UJEll, lives have been spent in struggle. We celebrate. tfie · last generation of Black South African \\UJE11 spend their lives under the brutal weight of ra_n · st oppression. . em gr:oup carre together durmg the sit-in to ensure that sexisn and racism be recognized as-· the same struggle for eq_uality_.. We oppose oppression of all kinds and we encourage all \\UJE11 to attend our. meetings and to join . ou!" action . at tli.e Regents rreetin& At the May ... our fune- ral IJBrch v.as a solam statarent of our opposition to oppression and our solidarity with hberation struggles around the world. . cxrr strength W3S expressed in the songs we sang and in the flames of the coffin into which women had thrown symbols of oppression such as dollar bills, of Ronald Rea&a!l, \\UJE11 m OOfitustans in South Africa and the U.S.S. Mississippi, and then Cont. · · ·
Transcript
1,1~ 1r IC ~\v 1, IC \\v' ~ pI~ e () d ~ r LJI () e
r G1
'' Interview conducted by Jeff Kravitz.
Pedro Noguera is the newly elected President of the A.S.U.C. He previously served as the Chair of the Graduate Assembly, and was a fouhding member of United People of Color. He was interviewed at his home on J:une 16th.
BPN: Nuw that the sit-in is over, what is your overall assessment of it?
PEDRO: Well, I think the sit-in had both its positive and negative aspects. On the positive side, I think it helped. It was a focal point for a lot of people; it provided a site where people who wanted to get involved could plug in, and it definitely attracted a lot of media. On the negative side, I think that short~y after the arrests made on the steps-- I think about a week after-- the sit-in began to get out of hand. ~here was no way of controlling things such as sexual harassment~ the·use of drugs, and unsafe conditions that were existing on the steps because of a lack of structure. And there was no way of controlling who ,could and who could not participate in it. And I Co~ t;. ~ 9.11 p,g , ;3 . ~o.l, ~ 3
-1HE SPIRIT <F ~ b'j Phreo.cl M.C<.l FFifll
Johannesburg: ·a city the size of Chicago \\here BlackS . canprise half the population.
The Black population is rennved to 28 townships surrotJ!1ding Johannesburg because the¥ aren't allowed to live in the c~ty.
Soweto = lliepkloof =SOuthwest Township.
Soweto is the largest township, located 7 miles. ·to the . sou~t of Johannesburg.
Soweto is one tenth the size of Johannesburg, population 2 million.
Soweto has one movie theatre, one hospital, one water taQ to four families, thousands of l:leer halls and liquor stores. ~ . .
The houses are box-like, nBde of corrugated sheets of rretal in a chegw standard ~ttern.
They are owned by the Federal Government, rented or leased to tenants.
No pass, . no house. To get a house, you have to have worked with the same employer for IS years. 25% of the po~lation is ~llegal. They hide during the day and corre out at night.
Temperatures range from 30 degrees (F) in the winter to_ 120 degrees (F) in the summer. Coal stoves are the onl_y · source of heat for 7 out of 10 Sowetoans. For city · workers, the commute to Johannesburg begans at 3 A.M. Buses run bumper to bumper to train stations. Every berich and restrocm is carefully labelled in
Cont. Backpaqe
YCIJ HAVE 'RlilE> A \tiMAN- .
lOO HAVE SimX -~ lUX
by Waren Against Oppression
Inspired by women in South Africa who are the backbone of. the · liberation movarent, Wrnen Against Oooression will bring the spirit of' courage and strength to the . Regents. No matter · what the Regents decide-- the People of Azania will be free! ·
We will carry alarge puppet <?f a South African "-UlBB1 to _ray: tribute to these \\UJEll, ~ose lives have been spent in struggle. We celebrate. tfie · last generation of Black South African \\UJE11 ~owill spend their lives under the brutal weight of ra_n · st oppression. . em gr:oup carre together durmg the sit-in to ensure that sexisn and racism be recognized as-· the same struggle for eq_uality_.. We oppose oppression of all kinds and we encourage all \\UJE11 to attend our. meetings and to join . ou!" action . at tli.e Regents rreetin& At the May ~ents rree~, ... our funeral IJBrch v.as a solam statarent of our opposition to oppression and our solidarity with hberation struggles around the world. . cxrr strength W3S expressed in the songs we sang and in the flames of the coffin into which women had thrown symbols of oppression such as dollar bills, p~ctures of Ronald Rea&a!l, \\UJE11 m OOfitustans in South Africa and the U.S.S. Mississippi, and then
Cont. BackP:a~e, · · ·
PAGE 2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1985 THE BIKO PLAZA NEWS
001EDJI.E (F (lMOO 1MW.lS
Ju~~hfi.M.~~~~~ street theater; bring a shantyf laguna and Market. .
4:00 P.M. March to Union ?quare. 5:3J P.M.. Rally at Union Square
..l't:m 21: ~~.!_8-~ote! 1;~ ~ ~1Utot~~P1{Im
on life :in the liberated zones of El Salvador. Benefit for Casa El Salvador. Telegraph Repertory Theater, 2519 Telegra:r:h, Berkeley.
June · 30: Lesbian/Gay Freedan Lay March. For :infornation, call 652-4401, ex. 656.
July 7: Women to Women run in Golden Gate Park to Benefit A.M.E.S.-... Association of El Salvadorean Waren, and A.M.N.L.A.E.Luisa Amanda Espinoza Women's · Association. Call 652-4400, ex. 419. « 1 (I rather be a ~ [l'lat-\ '" fnl) 1f<W€-~ l;iv-zs ~5 d\ pufF" .. r 8 ~Je..»
l&S AlUII) 'DE WB.D
New G>verment for Nmribia
June 181 Namibia has been g:tven a ''new' colonial administration in an ~ttempt to continue South Africa s !lPre than fD-.year OCCJJIBtion of that countrY.
Internal gpvernrnent functions excepting defense, foreign relations, . and :indepel).dence negotiations will be handled by tfie new eight-man cabinet. These will raoo:in :in South African hands.
Six people were reported injured as police attacked those protesti.ng the pl.an in Windhoek.
AJmtheid begins at IDe ...
June 18: The S.F. Chronicle says that Asian-American enrollni:mt at U.C. Berkeley fell 17% in general and 30% for ChineseAirericans for the freslmm. class of 1~
II! Soil.da gotta DBial •••
Nimes France: An officer Who deserted from, France's strategic nuclear missile base because ne could no longer bear the thou!ili.t that he mighl: have to fire the ~pons was sentenced yesterday to six . nnnths in jail.
loooey '1\mes cmt ••.•
. The ''Equal . ~loynent Opportu-m.ty Comriiiss1on' in a precedent setting· decision has ruled ~t women workers in a comparable Y.Qrth case :in Rockford, Illinois.
:Aissboc:ic lm.\ leave IDe witfnrt: it .
Washing_ton, D.C., June 18: Sen. Paul -sillPn, D-Ill. suggested at heari.ngg on a new bill to con~rol "il'l)!~al aliens" that a 'voluntary national identification card nay be needed.
.A:Im ••• Bal tillPre: &Ire of . the city's
"squeegee kids"- who used to brave traffic to wash windshields for tips-- return to work this week at an official site. They now get ~ and photo identi-fication h:idges. · · · . . .
Denver: P?lice Chief Thomas ~ says he 11 issue orders to use the term "black'' instead of Negro" in suspect, victim
descriptions. It's one of the U.S.A. s last major city departments to make the change. Also to be used: white, HiSIXIDlc, Asian.
Tacna, Arizona, June 18: Four Salvadoran refugees were.found dead from thirst in the desert near hear.
Jtme 18: 33 ~ple irl Berlin, Venront, 16 in Montpelier, Vermont, and 51 in Falmouth, Mass. were all arrested in _protests a.ga:inst the l].S. war :in Nicaragua.
Seen arourd:
S.F. Chronicle says Dan White has cate lEek to the city and has been seen mowing his front lawn.... eye say... I want his lawyer. .
The m:m PlAZA NIH) was born on day 10 of the occ~tion of Biko Steps (then Sproul)_. It was the product of people demanding not only political and economic chariges, but also those .seeking .~sona.l growth throusili acti visn.
The occu~tion created a quali ...;_ tati vely different movement; though student-initiated, it quickl. y 1:JecanE a ~t for elerrents. of the acti V1st coommity, as -well as prov.idipg a center for those Who felt previously excluded fran political activity.
Otir questions, concerns and witticisms are not abstractions contrived in ~litical isolation. The BIKO. PLAZA NEWS is a collection of wooen and rren strug-:. gling against a vicious worid order resting upon the evils of racism, sexism, and militarism. We are individuals bound by our carmitnent to creativity and radical change. The Biko News has been and will raoo:in a &~;:oup prepsred to stand, run, and fignt for freedom through resistance and direct action.
Our purpose is to P.rovide an alternative forun in wliich student · and community organizations and :individuals can coommicate their views and advertise their events. Our job is therefore oofold: (1) to present news-related nateria1 not found in traditional mediai and, (2) to pr<;>vide. an uncensorea forun £or students and coommitl who are struggling against al fonns of oppression.
With raClSll and sexism ~ rampmt through<:>tl;t the Y.Qr ld, and war raging 1n Africa, Central Alrerica and the Middle Fast, the Biko News cannot honest! y claim to be ~1. In fact, the purIJOI?e of the Biko News . is to provoke discussion of radical issues.
The Biko News intends to publish articles written fran 11Bl1Y leftist J_Jerspecti ves. Therefore, our decis1on to publish an article does not necessarily imply editorial support of the position taken. Q::caswns nal anse when the Biko News wi 1 take an editorial stance opposed to the ·views of grou~ or individuals Who publish m the paper. However, our editorial position will never take precedence over our intent to facilitate free and o~ debate.
The Biko News welcomes all contributions: articles, graQhics, letters, and production talent. We invite all of you to join this history IIEk:ing venture.
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The Community_Women's Center, located at 6536 TelEWatn Ave. in Oakland (behind Mama Bear's Books), is a feminist or~tion which opeq1tes a 24--houi Helpline for Bay Area women · in cnsis. Call (415) 652-6566 if you have experienced violence or sexual tratma, if you need help fip.<lii:lg childcare or shelter, psychological and health-care services, or if you just need a WU1Bil to talk to. Referrals are available to the appropriate woman-oriented services. At the Center, women can also find workshops ana cul tu-ral ~' feminist lawyers cmd a drOp-m 1~1 clinic~ as -well as a safe and CanfortabJ.e _ga~ place. For ~1 :into.r rnation, call (415) 652-al12. ·
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v:raJHE AT U.C.L.A.
by Lincoln Buckelr ~ ·· ·
Cb the niclltlyilew8 CBS called events . at tlie Jtme 1bt£ Regents' meeting at U.c.L.A. ''the smlle8t and llPSt violent anti -Apartheid danmstration so far."
Both are true. However, the neoork failed. to say why.
Most groups, includ1ng those from Berkeley, boycotted the meeting :in protest of its forum. Cbl y one of the sneakers allowed to ··address the Regents (which included fuuknr=jian and AsSaribly S~ .Willie Brown) even nentloned any argments :in. favor of full divestment. Students who wanted·· to speak had. to submit their statements in writing beforehand for approval.
The hundred or so who did attend the meeting ~e tired of seeing the Re~~;s stall on the issue of dives . t and ~e there to disrupt the sham meeting. ·
When the Regents returried fran 1~, u.c. police used their billy clubs to· push chanting demonstrators ;out of· the buil='s lobby. An administra--
. tion told the · daronst:ra.-, tors t they could ·not go in and that the meet:ipg Y.QUld not continue until they quieted down. Chanting acc.anpmied by pounding on trash cans continued for an hour.
Tension escalated when a smll group of demonstrators tried to burst throug~ one door. After pglice beat than lEek and cloSed all the doors, de!lPnstrators ~ pounding UJX>!l and throwJ.ng trash cans. at the doors, dei1Bilqirig to be let into the supposed public mee!Jng. .
Then police burst open the doors. Ieronstrators sh.c>wered the police with g8!bage and cardboard c. ut-out pigs while students ~ sing b. y oegan to assemble :in the quad.
Fearful of an escalation of the situation, the administration closed the meeting, declared the daronstration an illegal assembly and formed a police line around the front of the building. The Regents left :in rrotorcades.
Also at the meet:ing were oo of U.c.B.'s Vice Cllanceliors and twu U.C.B.P.D. plainclothes detectives, all of whom have been at the forefront of the effort.to repress the rrovarent at Berkeley. The .v~~e .\hancellors,. Jo1m Currmiris
. \htt Fenin:i.sn M:!ans. to M:!
. by Hannah Zeigellzub .
Last Friday I was asked to write sarething about ''what faninisn rrams to rre."
The simplest inage that caiES to m:ind is that naybe sareday I or naybe !I1Y daughter will be able to walk down tJie street freely day or night, as · a result of the stryggle that ~ are waging now.
It seemed odd to me that if Marx was OOsicall y Uhfl~ that his theories led to such dreadful
.. results. I understand now that he ·never criticized the acceptance of the danination of nature inherent in capitalist societ_y and in JBtriarchy as a Whole. Waren have been perceived . as other, as. J)¥t of nature, and nature was to be
. dcminated. · With that critique comes a whole vision of how the world
· · could be: cooperation with nature . and cooperation with each other ...
that love and friendship are political concerns... that trans-. fomng oneself while creating <;hange m the Y.Qr ld are essential
. in order to not endlessly re~t the mistakes of the past .... that
: one accepts differences and diver. sity... and maybe in the end, ·something that may be more
.. ~rtant than any of us suspect .- rismt now, which is the acceptance _of"' other realities, other cultures, their rituals, sharranist.ic ptaetices, and their understanding of the Y.Qr ld.
Many of us on the left have come to understand that women's issues can no longer be relegated to the back burner to be dealt with after the revolution. In fact, if ~ are to have a revolu-tion, we must deal with those issues now. And finally, that "women's issues" are 1n fact everyone's issues; that~ have to find a way to. deal with our planet and each other in creative, nurturing ways, that sarehoW . the ramP8fit violence of patriarchal culture IIllSt cate to an end if -we are to survive.
I believe that we are on the threshold of getting to work on transforming htm:m relationships. Up until now, survival has been our concern. And I believe ·that ~ have no idea of the depth and power of human creativity and love,
P .S. This is not to say that I am not often angry and wish to smash somebody or something! I definitely want to smsh the state and wage slavery!
lb!re is Ra1Pt Sdun'z?· '-
Raldl Sc:h\.m'z: Your fcmi.ly and friends in San Diego have not heard· frcin or aOOut .·yay since the May ReRents nee~ Please con:-. tact t1iem. . .
Anyone who knows where Ralph is, pl~se contac ... Ranqy_ Wal_sh, hiS brother-in-law, -at Vl4) 646=-3173. You can q:1ll collec~
. "1\-\ANKS 10 EVE.fi.'f.ONE WHO HeLPED US !
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US. P.Rii'AE RR WAR (}{ NirARNIJA
. by Stacy Johl:l$>n
In wh<'llt some Congress :QeOple called~~a declaration of war' ~t Ni~, the Senate and tile IbQse of ~tati ves last week approved $38 millicn and $27 ni:lllion, respectively, in ''nonlethal" aid to the COntra. fighting to overthrow . the Nicaraguan governnm~ The bills now go to a JO!nt committee to resolve the differences between the boo and to
·decide which U.S. agency. wil1 administer the.· aid. . •
Ch June 6 the Senate voted 55-42 to pro vi~ $38 million. of aid to the contra.; . 'The nrme:r could l;>e ~ used.' t.o ruy~·fi:xxi; clothing,- neiical supplies, airplanes, and tmiforms. However, tlie lab_ el '~umanitarian aid' is merely a device to _get the bills .thrOugh ~, f6r any· nrmey . g:L ven to the contra for food, etc., frees up 'the same amount of moneyraised by the contra from other ~ to be ~ to-~ military equiiJIBlt and aDilL11lition. A n~ber of · right-wing~ cirgani~a-: t1ons, such as the neo-fasc:1st \\br ld· Anti-Camunist Or . tioh, sends money arid suppl~o.the contra. · Ch June 12, the House approved !27 lllillion for. the contra, and · ac~~ ~lr:fc~ -~ vote was a dranatic reversal of a similar vote taken by the Hoose in May. The. :&>land AnEndnBtt, which h:lilJled direct or covert mlita,ry aid frOIIl being funnelled· to the contra by the C.I.A. or other ~es, has been approved by the House four times 1n the past. This title, luaever, it was voted down ·by a· 36 vote · nargin, leaving the C.T.A. free to dlp into its con~y funds to send nrmey or supplies to the con~ .
A -number . of 1mportant areru:lne:lts and bills were voted down in the Senate . in the days after the c~ntra vote. _One was Senator D:xid s' wind-down m~sure to provide $14 million fof a 'safe and orderly withdrawal' of the contra and their falllilies from Ni~ It -was defeated 79-17.
A· sB::ond ar:rmdnmt offered was a Kennedy IIEaSUre ncb \\Ulld have prohibited U.S. canb:tt troo~ fran being sent to Nicaragua without ~onal approval. This was voted down by a 2-to-1 IIBrgin. . ·
A third 8l1Bldrrent was another Kennedy_ nmsure which \\Ulld have ur~ the Reaga:n administration to revive talks with the Sandinistas.
. It .lost. oo.a -tie vote. ·'
' Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
offered two measures, both of which v.ere voted down. The first wuld have barred U.S. military or Jma!IILli~ invol veuent in Nicaragua •. -- The second would have barred the use of- the C.I.A. or the De:Qartment of DefE;mse from di . . . the aid to the contra. ~-- IIEaSure was ·offered by
John· Carey fran Massachusetts, ooe which -woUld have ·stipulated that U.S. funds· not be s~t in ways that place- the U.S. in violation
. of international law. On the first vo~e this measure passed, but· after a· ·call for a secona vote, 'the: nmsure failed. sooe· in Qongr~ were said t<;> feel that if Garey s IIEaSUre \\U1l 1t \\Ulld . be a P!Q002anda ·slap at ·the U.S. since the·world Coorf has ruled ~t the C.I.A; mining. of Nicaragua s harbors was in violation of interna-tiooal law. · _ ·
The votes in Congress are -~ significant escalation of U.S. war prepap:ttions 8S1.ainst the ~ tieally elecfedg 2covernment of Ni . IB before the Con-. ~ teays u: . . . Pre-·
- ~Q'f UJ.Ii::LL VO t !Ucaragtml
~dtiit · -funiel Oi1:e2a aniiooriced a Qeace ·overture. ·He stated_ that Nia · 'WOU;ld initiate a cease·f~t the' state-of-eiErgency in ~e ~oun~ry,t.i.;.~~--_~ea,s~ p_ress restrictions if lougL~ voted for no aid to: the _£:antra..,. The V~nan .admin:i.st:ratioh and ~·~_:. tually igriored Ortegas peace iili~ t:iative.- - . · · · · · .· . · ·
Many ··in Cqngress ~.presSured-· to change their prev1ous . vote against aid to the contra ··_by the President and other. members.-of COqgress. · Daniel Ortesia's visit to Moscow was used __ l!Y those who wish to install a U.S.-r~ve res:i!Ie _in •Ni~ as exists .now ~i~~&;Js;aso~, fu~J;.. ragua under the bloody Somoza dictatorshi~ before the 1979 Nica~ Revo~ution. · . . - lMany heads of nations have visited Moscow without any outcries fran the Reagan adm:iiiistration, but because. tlUs administra-. tion is wagi!.1:&:. a propaganda war here in the ur.s. to pre~e the nation for. war in Cattral ~'
~v~·=n~'~ m:d tn~ 11sworn ~ of. ·freed<iii.n ·
The U.S. . ;i~ ;gearing up £-or .. a direct war• <'llm>.tm:rt- M-;,..;;.......;..0 ·.and.·
~...,._ .. ........._"'5uat. has been financing a covert war · for the. past fi_ve ~s. · This war has resUlted in tlie death of hun-. dreds of Ni~ and the m.s-:. placeuent of · t:li)usands mre. The
. people of ~carBg!l8 have the r:Wlt to defend thansel ves agajnst U.S. ~on, and have the rist!t to purchase wea_pons from an:Y}vhere they :wan~ The fact tl)at ~visited Moscow and "bly diScussed arms sales ~not mean tha~ Ni~ is !Jeing "controlled' ]:>_y the U.S.S.R., nor does it mean-Nlcara_gua agrees with the <ialestic or mternational JlOlicies of the Soviet Union. It does -rrea.n that the Nicaraguan ~ople are prep:rred · to defem . their . eotmtrY agalllSt .any· ~ve force- be if the contra or U.S. troo~
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PEDRO cont' f ron\' pg. 1 think that it v_ery quickly
, began to degenerate, and in. the end, it had really long out-lived its use'and value_ to •t::Jie movement.
apartheid, and so in. that way,· it has also been a vic-· tory and success. So I think that I would like to de-. emphasi~~ the value of how the regents 'vote- ·
BPN: What do you expect at BPN: The United People- of. the regents' meeti-ng this Color i.s. a relatively new weekj. both in terms of the organization on campus. In protest and in terms of how ·.what ways do you thinkits you think the regents might first year has been succes-vote? . . sful?
PEDRO: In term's of the PEDRO: . Well, it's been sue-: protest, 'r am hoping , l ex- cessful in many different pect a strong presence·. by ways; . first of. all, because .students and communit'y sup"'" it's the firse· t'irne_ probably .. ·.· porters ~t the U.C. Extension since the Third World s~rike .- -Center. I .arn expecting that· that you have Third World· we.'ll have a.fairly large students working 'together on . rally on Thursday evening at a consistent basis, not just.· Union Square, but the demon- focusing on a single issue, strations at the U.G. Exten- . but w:orking together on many
· sion Center will probably be different issues that we smaller. Certain things are have in: common, over a long· up in. the ai'r as far as how period of t;ime. . It's the it will actually turn out. I first coalition like that think, though, that the re- that has been able to sur~ gents will definitely get the vi ve longer than just for m:essage that we are not going the sake of one particular to support how they are going issue. Beyond that, it's to vote. It is pretty m:uch also an important organiza- · clear now that they are going tion because what we've done to .vote for- -souie form- of is. to attract the most -pto-'partial divestment that con- gressi ve Third World stu-:sists largely of divestiture dents from the different from those companies that are ethnic organiza tiona, as
·.not: signat!l)ries to the ·Sulli- welL as those students who van Principles.- And our pre- were not ·active in those sence at the protest will, I groups· because they · felt· think, show to th.em and to that they were not political others that this movement is enough. And so those stugoing to continue in some dents have joined U~P.C., form, even past the vote. and- so we have a pretty And it's impertant to p.oin~ solid organization that ;is. out that even if the regents made up of committed individon't vote for full duals who are good organidivestment-- and we don't z e r s and committed to expect that they will-- that working. · It's a relatively we will still consider thisa un_ified group-- we don't victory. Because first of have that many divisions
·all, we go·t the·· regen'ts to within the organization, ·and consider it; they hadn't even we tend to.have .a great deal taken a stance on this issue of trust amongst each other since 1978, and we have got- and a very good working
·ten that to' happen. But ·also, relationship. So I. think I think the action at -the it's a very iiilp'or·tant group Berkeley campus and at other . on campus, becaus.e I think college campuses throughout that with i·t, you're going the country ha.ve forcedthe to find the intere.sts of. ·entire nation to take notice fellow students being repre-_ -of this issue of U.S. ties to sented in a much more mili;..
tant way and much m:ore con- . sistently. cont • tommorro~ ·
64... Demand Full and Immediate Divestment of$2.4 Billion
in U.C.'sfunds invested in racist South Africa!
RALLY at UNION SQUARE 5:30 pm THURSDAY, JUNE 20
.Although Blacks constitute 72% of the South African population, they: o have no voting or other civil rights o earn one-fifth of what a white South African does o are forced to live on orily 13% of the land o must carry passbooks
Here in the U.S., Third World Communities are victimized by: o poverty, unemployment. and economic exploitation o inadequate housing and health care o racist immigration policies and practices o police brutalitv and racist violence
~{!t us unite to oppose racism here and to §upport the struggle for freedom in South Africa!
Join the Third World Contiitgent-5pm Powell Bart Station
·PROTEST AT REGENTS' MEETING U.C. EXTENSION CENTER
Laguna between Haight and Market, San Francisco Thursday, June 20th, 7:00A.M. -Civil Disobedience & Legal Picket
4:00 P.M. -March to Union Square
·Friday, June 21st, 9:00A.M. -Respond to Regents' Decision University of California Full Divestment Coalition- Phone 642•2175
I letters to the Frlitor should be
addressed to the Biko Plaza News, 2315 Dwight Wa. YJ. Suite n, . BerJ<:e.:. ley, CA 94704. me Biko Plaza News can be reached by phone at 549-3275 •.
FUlL CF llllS
University Hall employees plan on deliv~ a 5 1/Z P.QUnd block of swiss cheeSe to the Treasurer's office in University Hall tommorrow to syrnJx>lize the Treasurer's rep<;>rt on di vesbrent. A mrrch at 12:3) fran Biko Plaza to Uni versity Hall is also planned.
e ' .· STOP THE BOMB WHERE IT STARTS!
August 6-9. 1985 40th Anniv.ersary of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ·
BLOCKADE LIVERMORE LAB! OCCUPY SITE 300 TEST AREA! -nonviolent direct action -action groups are forming now -CALL 644-2028 . .
Livermore Action Group, 3126 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA 94705, (4r5) 644-2028.
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