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I am wcxnan, hear me roar I n numbers too big to Ignore And, I know too much to go back and pretend 'Cause I've heard i t a l l before And, I've been down there on the f l o o r . No one's ever going to keep me down again.

Yea, I am wise But, i t ' s wlsdan born of pain And, yes I ' l l pay the price But, look how much 1*11 gain. I f I have to I can do anything. I am strong, I am I n v i n c i b l e , I am woman.

You can bend, but never break me 'Cauae i t only serves to make me More determined to achieve my f i n a l goal. And I ' l l COTie badk even stronger Not a novice anv lopp-er *?r»r' ^Tnu've difjt —„4-©4> • my s o u l

Yes, I am wise But, i t ' s wisdom bom of pain And, yes I ' l l pay the price But look how much I ' l l gain. I f I have t o I can do anything. I am strong, I am i n v i n c i b l e , I am woman

WOMAN '4. J I am w«nan, watch me grow ~ e me standing toe to toe

d l»il spread my loving arms across the land, t I'm a t i l l an embryo tn a long, long way to go t i l I maka my brothers understand.

oh, yes I am wise But, i t ' s wisdom bom of pain. Yes I ' l l pay the pr i c e But look how much I ' l l gain. I f I have to I can face anything. I am strong, I am I n v i n c i b l e , I am woman.

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GRAPEVINE Fordham Hosp

Criminal Neglect The l i f e of a 12 year o l d

b r o t h e r we know was c r i m i n a l ­l y threatened "by the neglect of doctors at Fordham H o s p i t a l who couldn't t e l l the d i f f e r ­ence between a sore t h r o a t & s p i n a l menengitis. The br o t h e r had a dangerously high f e v e r & was d e l i r i o u s when he a r r i v e d at 4 J00 A.M. m Emer-gency- The doctor was unconcerned and said he had a sore t h r o a t * He was

m... Fordham Hospital Dutchershop

sent home w i t h cough medicine and s u p p o s i t o r i e s .

,^ days l a t g ^ , t h ^ f^V^l? was s t i l l apound 10^^ and n i s fam­i l y brought him back t o Ford--ham. A t e s t showed t h a t he had spinal menengitis^ s^ he was admlttGd. His f a m i l y was warned about the seriousness of the d i s e a s e with the \Aior»ds^ "Don't be surprised i f you get a c a l l m the middle of the night I "

L u c k i l y ^ t h i s bi^othei? pe-Govei^ed, But the l a c k of ^on-oQm tw. nis nsaith ana m g ^ n s i t i v i t y f03? his family GhowG t h a t h o s p i t a l s place l i t t l e lmpoi?tan6e on the good health of the peopleo

HOSPITALS MUST SERVE THE PEOPLE1

Brother Fired Brother Norman was f i r o d by

the phone company a f t e r 5? years. He'd r e c e n t l y s t a r t e d g e t t i n g i n v o l v e d w i t h the union and Dtrussling f o r decent work­i n g oonditionD. The phone comp­any said he was a troublemaker and f i r e d him.

The phone company i s one of the r i c h e s t b u s i n e s s e s i n the world but they s t i l l must be a f r a i ' ^ of attempts by laoiclc&r's t o improve working c o n d i t i o n s .

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

A l l Power To The People

Conditions At 2450 Creston The tenants I n 2450 Creston

AvCt have been on r e n t s t r i k e roY» t h ^ p^st U months

T h e i r b u i l d i n g i s owned by Harold Kahn^ and he couldn^t care l ^ s s i f the tenants i n h i s h u l l d l n g have decent c o n d i t i o n s . A l l he wants i s t h e i r money!

When the tenants c a l l Kahn t o set t h i n g s f i x e d h i s answer i s i f you don^t l i k e i t ^ you can got"

Damaged Ce i l i n g At 2450 Creston Right TiQvi th^rs are l o

apartments empty OUt Of 25. Some o^ the apartments got dest­royed m a f i r e 2 years ago, and nothing has heen done to r e p a i r the damages, which means that r a t s and mice take over the burnt out apartments and from there enter the other apart­ments. One tenant has a big hole i n the c e i l i n g caused by water leaking through from a f i r e damaged apartment.

Last August and September there was no hot water and during t h i s winter the b u i l d ­ing had ateam for only one month* This l e f t the house cold and damp causing s e v e r a l chil<3_ ren to get sick which means i n -fll'eased hardship on the famil­i e s , expensive doctor h i l l s , etc.

With 10 apartments empty the building i s deteriorating f a s t but Kahn refuses to rent apartments. So f a r he has sent 5 people away when they asked about the empty apartments,

Paced with t h i s arrosant criminal landlord the tenants got together and looked for ways to restore decent condi­tions i n t h e i r house,

gne woman c a l l e d the City anergency number at le a s t 35

times. Lots of inspectors came but they did nothing.

Going through the courts proved as f r u s t r a t i n g as going to the City. So far they have been to court k times, paved a l o t of money for a lawyer only to see t h e i r case post­poned because the judge found something wrong with the lawyers papers.

The tenants are continuing t h e i r fight becuase they know i t * 3 Just! Their strength i s that they s t i c k tog&m&Y* and help each other out.

I f we want thinsF^cnarig^iS***— In t h i s society, we muat do i t ourselves and do I t togetherl GOOD HOUSING I S A HUMAN RIGHTI

St, Raymond's Brothers Rap

Some brothers who go no 3t * Raymond*5 High School, t o l d us about conditions t h e r e .

They l i k e a young math teach­er named Mr. Troy who, thoy say, i s a p r e t t y good teacher. Mr. O^Rellly sends students down t o get a l a t e pass i f they come i n Just a few seconds l a t e . One bro t h e r has had t o get 10 l a t e passes t h i s term thanks t o Mr. O^Rellly. They say Brother Jer­ome a ^ ^ t teach and people f a l l asleep i n h i s class a l l the

The p r i n c i p a l & Dean of Dis­c i p l i n e i s Brother Andrew. I f anyone s^ts caught smoking c i g ­a r e t t e s i n school they get det­e n t i o n - - up t o 1^ hours a f t e r s c h o o l — f o r several weeks. Detention u s u a l l y means stand­i n g i n f r o n t of a w a l l and do­ing nothing. Sometimes they make people w r i t e dumb t h i n g s l i k e , ""Don^t t a l k back" 500 times-.

JuDt what do thcDC r i d i c u l ­ous d i s c i p l i n e s teach our bro­thers a t St. Raymonds? WE DEMAND EDUCATION THAT RELATES

TO Otm LIVES! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

U N I T Y IN THE No Money ,

No Help Recently a s i s t e r from

Brooklyn namea Dawn was taken to Methodist H o s p i t a l Emergency Room because she had a s e v e r e G^SQ Of pneumonia. When the a6etci?s found out she had no money or medicaid they t o l d her to go home. They gave her a ^ t s i ^ i c or pi*^sftT»iptiAns wniGh or courDe ahe couldn't a f f o r d t o have f i l l e d .

THIS type or treatment i s t y p i c a l or hospitals thru-out the o l t y where doctors put pro­f i t s b e f o r e p a t i e n t s . GOOD HMI/PH CARE I S A HUBIAN RIQHTl

Power To Brooklyn S i ^ t ^ r s !

Brothers Busted 'Wlicoln

On Mar'oh S a probation o f f i c e r and 3 p^am^lC'i^waa naps pushed a work e r a t L i n c o l n HoS^ltal a g a i n s t the w a l l and put hand­c u f f s on h i m — j u e t t o servo a warrant Issuod by hifi w i r e . Since when I s I t neccsaary t o uac t h i e kind of f o r c o to s e w e d warrant to a oity-eraployed worker^ Plainclothes ocps (^ause e x t r a f e a r beoauB© t h e y p r e t e n d to be ordinary b r o t h e r s & a i s -t e r s u n t i l t h e moment they jump on you. These cops were r a c i s t ttscause they showed a complete l a c k of r e s p e c t f o r t h e m o s t l y •BXack & P u e r t o R i c a n workers i n the h o s p i t a l . They turned a minor i n c i d e n t i n t o a v i o l e n t c o n f r o n t a t i o n .

Two workers asaigned t o main­t a i n s eGur>ity i n the h o s p i t a l helped the bJ^otiier who had been jumped t o escape. Otherwise he Dro b a b l y would have been beaten badly i n t h e - r a c i s t f r e n Z V of thes© oops.

As i t was, the 2 workers were a r r e s t e d and a l o t of other work­ers were h i t with p o l i c e oluboi The workcro were release';^ w i t h ­out b a i l that n i g h t .

VJfpr-ker's a t L i n c o l n have often been v i c t i m s of unprovoked r a c i s t police attacks, L a ^ t summei? 23 woi:»kers were b e a t e n an«l arr^ste<S f/yf w a t c h i n g a movie on t h e i r own l u n c h hour (see WL # 6 ) .

VJhite L i g h t n i n g s a l u t e s the vjorkers a t L i n c o l n who united & protected t h e i r brother from attack, A L L POWER TO THE P E O P L E l

White Lightning Condemns Racist Mob Attacks

On March 12j a t Chatterton & C a s t l e H i l l Avo.ja school bus c a r r y i n g Black & Puerto R i c a n elementary students from P*3<>36 wao s a v a s c l y attacked by a mob of ol d e r V/hite peoplet The Black & Puerto R i c a n students were the target of r a c i s t I n -s u l t s j s p i t , rooks & b o t t l e s * Several windows of the bus were s h a t t e r e d and at l e a s t i young Black s i s t e r was h i t i n the raee witn a o o t t i e . wnen tne bus stopped f u r t h e r down tho block: i t was again set upon by a mob of Whites•

Th^ a t t a c k s were p a r t i c u l ­a r l y ugly because young White people were encouraged to repeatedly a t t a c k the bus by parents and other a d u l t s .

T h i s was no r a c i a l f i g h t cowardly r a c i s t mob a t t a c k on unarmed elementary students t h a t was provokod and support­ed by some w h i t e a d u l t s I n the community•

ThQ tragody of t^x^ d i s ­g u s ting incident i s mat most­l y young I t a l i a n s from working f ^ m i l i ^ s a i ^ ^ bAing fl^lltt^'pately lead by some a d u l t s to a t t a c k Black & Puerto R i c a n students

from working f a m i l i o ^ . T h i s kind of a t t a c k makes no s^nse except t o those crooks i n power who p r o f i t from the d i v ­i s i o n and weakn^s^ of wo r k i n g people.

Most of the brothers and s i s t e r s i n White L i g h t n i n g come from Iri£ I t a l i a n and Jewish working c l a s s neighborhoods. Many of us p a r t i c i p a t e d i n rao~ 1st a t t a c k s on Black & Puerto R i c a n people when we were younger^ Therefore we f e e l I t I s our s p e c i a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to outspoken anfl f i r m i n our absolute o p p o s i t i o n t o r a c ­i s t mob a t t a c k s on Bla c k and Puerto R i c a n people.

We stand f o r the u n i t y of a l l oppressed people a g a i n s t t h e gr^eedy b u s i n e s s men and t n e i r p o l i t i c a l r i u n k i s s who condemn a l l working people t o decaying h o u s i n g ^ drug a d d i c ­t i o n ^ s k y r o c k e t i n g food p r i c e s , D o l l c e c o r r u p t i o n , r o t t e n med-i c a l c a r e and bad education.

ALL POWER TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY! WHITE LIGHTNING

S i s t e r s At Walton

Walton H, S* Hassles

A s i s t e r who j u s t l e f t Walton High School t o l d us t h a t they gave h e r a l o t of c l a s s e s she didn^t l i k e or need* She r ' e a l l y y^&nh thr>ough a l o t o f changes t r y i i ^ g to g e t good c l a s s e s o She even had to br i n g her mother t o school to t r y to get her schedule changed.

E v e n t u a l l y she st a r t e d - out'-t i n g o l a s s ^ S i

I f schools r e a l l y oared about s t u d e n t s 3 they would o f f e r courses that are worth­w h i l e & I n t e r e s t i n g and not the nonsense they c a l l , "Educa­t i o n " .

WE DEMAND EDUCATION THAT RELATES TO OUR LIVES'.

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE 1

Cops Harrass 10 Year Old

R^OSntiy w© were t o l d of an-An argument between two f a m i l i e s l e d one to pl a c e r i d i c u l o u s a s s u a l t charges a g a i n s t the other. The mother, f a t h e r and 3 so n s — a g e d 10, l4 & 15—were a c ­cused of a s s u a l t .

On Feb* ^0, a t about 4;30 FJ^o 2 oops i n p l a i n olotheo and an unm-<.rked oar stopped a t the house of the accused. One of them, Ptl» F e r r c i r i of the 45th P r e c i n c t , took the 10-year old from t i l s own f r o n t yard and

S i s t e r s A t Colvumbus put him I n the police car. Where he wae called an "anlraal" and S e n e r a l l y abused. A l l t h i s w i t h ­out any attempt by the cops t o i d e n t i f y themselves or e x p l a i n t h e i r a c t i o n s .

When the mother t r i e d t o t a l k on the phone t o someone i n charge a t the P r e c i n c t , she was Ignored,

We demand an end to harass­ment and I l l e g a l treatment of the people by the cops* ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

COMMUNITY Cancer Pill

Health columnist E l l e n Pran-f o r t chargefl the Food & Drug Aa-m l n l s t r a t i o n w i t h a l l o w i n g women r>ape viefctms t o Q&t a mo-pning-a f t e r h l r t h c o n t r o l p i l l t h a t contains d i e t h y l s t i l b e s t r o l ( D E S X This drug has been proven t o cau^e cano0r i n th.0 vagina,

" i r a apug was snown to eause oanoer i n a man*8 penis i t would be removed from the market fty tho Qov^vtm^nt," she s a i d , "but i t ' s a l l r i g h t t o gi v e a young Wottan a drug w i t h a h i s t o r y of pp©du«in6 oanoer i n the vasina* reauirine i t s sureicaj. removal."

Rape v i o t i m o aro thup punish­ed t w i c e : F i r s t by the r a p i s t and then by the FDA w i t h i t a cancer-eausing p i l l I 3AVE OUR SISTERS' ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLES

On March 8 a f i g h t broke out i n a bathroom a t Lehman High School between some BlacR stud­ents ^ some White students• The c o n f l i o t spread t o the c a f e t e r i a where Whites & Blacks fought againet each other« Classes were l e t out e a r l y t h a t day & the next day there were l o t s of oops O A the scene.

Brothers and s i s t e r s should r e a l i z e t h a t n^ithe^f* side can win i n suoh a f i . ^ h t ^ P o l i c e r e a l ­l y c3ig r a c i a l f i g h t s because they keep people d i v i d e d ^ Cops bust White olubs (gangs) i n the North

onx. Black & Puer»to l^ican clubs gange) are busted by C O D S I n the outh Bronx. This h^T»assment of

Clubs shows t h a t C O D S don^t want t o see people g e t t i n g t o g e t h e r -even m t h e i r own communities. They espsoiaily don't want u n i t y between d i f f e r e n t communities*

This should make brothers and s i s t e r s who are I n clubs see t h a t they have more i n common w i t h Other C l u b s — Black or VJhite— than w i t h the C O D S .

The school a d m i n i s t r a t i o n i n -

1

Methodist Hosp Abuses Brother

About 3 weeks ago^ bpotnei^ c n a r l l ^ ti^ken t o the Emer­gency Room a t Methodist Hospi­t a l s u f f e r i n g from an overQose or b a r b i t u r a t e s , A nurse threw him i n t o a wheel c h a i r l i k e he was J u s t ^ p±QQQ of moat• His f e e t were Qragging on the f l o o r and the nurse d i d n ^ t give a damn. He was kept there f o r 6 hours*

When they found out t h i s was the f i r s t time the bro t h e r ever c^verdns^d on n y t h i n s they d e c i ­ded t o send him to the "G' B u i l d s i ^ S ^ which i s l i k o a j a i l a t K^ings County H o s p i t a l j f o r observation."

They pushed him out i n the f r e e z i n g coia, starK nailed, u n t i l h i s mother p r o t e s t e d t h a t t h i s w:is no way t o t r e a t a human beins. Then a nurse cov­ered him w i t h a sheet.

They kept Charlie locked up ± n the "G" B u i l d i n s f o r 4 days and then they out him loose4

T h i s b a r b a r i c t r > ^ a t m ^ n t Qf

our brothers & s i s t e r s a t Meth­o d i s t H o s p i t a l must stop* Hosp­i t a l s arc supposed t o serve the peoplei

Race Riots At Lehman HS s t i l l s r a c i s t ideas I n people t o keep them d i v i d e d . So long as r a c i a l c o n f l i c t s e x i s t among students, thoy w i l l not be able t o u n i t e t o s t r u g g l e f o r the ki n d or education we a l l want and deserve*

The r e a l ©nemies of students, Black & White, are the cops who bust us TOT t i * y i n g t o get together & the school system t h a t forces us t o s i t through hours of bo r i n g b u l l s h i t and cond i t i o n s us t o hate our s i s ­t e r s & brothers because of t h e i r race.

We know t h a t hatred runs deep on both sides a t Lehman and the r i d i c u l o u s speeches of Mr. L i l l y the p r i n c i p a l , haven»t helped matters. But since we a l l want an end t o p o l i c e harassment and education t h a t r e l a t e s t o our l i v e s , the brothers & s i s t e r s w i l l have t o u n i t e and f i g h t against t h e i r t r u e enemies. ALL POWER TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO UNITE TO FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY I

Post Office Layoffs

The post o f f i c e a t 3^th St. (G.P.O.) i s h i r i n g t o t a l l y un­s k i l l e d people, c a l l e d casual worker's, f o r p o s t a l work* Mostly these oeople are c o l l e g e grads l o o k i n g f o r p a r t - t i m e work- untJiU thoy^ro accepted i n tna r-veia Th^y studied f o r . rh6y u s u a l l y work ^bout three months.

J u l i e & Brenda-Walton

GOOD HEALTH CARE I S A HUMAN RIGHT* ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Trained part-time p o s t a l workers are being l a i d o f f and replaced by casual workers who get paid a l o t less money. Postal work i s p i l i n g up, be­cause these new W6t»k6i»s are u n t r a i n e d . The e x t r a work I s done by r e g u l a r workers. This i s one reason there are i n c r e a ­sed delays i n handling and de­l i v e r i n g people*s m a i l .

This ohango i n p o l i c y takes jobs from more s k i l l e d workers, and helps the G,P,0, r i p o f f more p r o f i t s . Regular p o s t a l workers b e l i e v e t h a t these casual workers are not worKiers tout casualties.

WHITE LIGHTNING SUPPORTS THE

AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT IN THEIR STRUGGLES AT WOUNDED KNEE!

T h e i r v i c t o r y should be seen as a v i o t o r y f o r a l l freodom-l o v l n g people. The nationwide s t r u g g l e s of Native Amerlcsins and the American I n d i a n Move­ment (AIM) Should he 5uppoi*t©d i n the f u t u r e . Contributions t o a i d tne flerenders of Wounded Knee should be sent t o Wounded Knee Defense Pwnd, United Bank of Denver, 17th & Broadway,Den­ver, Colorado.

ALL POWER TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THEIR STRUGGLE

FOR FREEDOMI

Native Americans at Wounded Knee

BEAT OF THE PEOPLE Horrible Housing

On Cortlandt Ave. Mr»s, Mattero and hei> f a m i l y

are tenants a t 617 Cortland Ave. a b u i l d i n g owned by a Mr, Daoro, Their apartmon-fc has ^ broken windows, a bathroom c e i l i n g t n a t i s c o n s t a n t l y rioofling t n e i r apartment & ready t o c o l l a p s e , TnePA otnap tnings l l l c e Isaky fauodts i.n th© k i t c h e n and a leak i n the k i t c h e n c e i l ­i n g . The neighbor's apartment downotairo I D j u o t ao toadi i l i o bathroom c e i l i n g i s l e a k y j Olas-t e r a l l over the f l o o r 0 His b$<i-room i s a l s o i n desperate need Of a p l a s t e r i n g ana p a i n t j o b .

There was a l s o very l i t t l e neat t h i s winter, Mrs. Mattero has a l i t t l e baby who has g o t ­t e n SlOlC U oguplQ cjf times due t o the c o n d i t i o n s of t h i s apartment.They have asked Mr. Daoro many times t o f i x t h e i r apartments but he kSSDS on refuQins•

The people arc becoming awar^ a«cl u n i t i n g to f i g h t sluM la n f l i o r a s nice Mr. Dacro w i t h any mcano a v a i l a b l e t o thorn. A L L POWER TO T H E FBOFLBH

H i a t e r s a t Bronx Community Center f o r WM»€ft's Health

Dentists Rob The People I am a d e n t a l a s s i s t a n t i n a

o f f i c e t h a t services predominant fcly Whit^ woi:»king c l a s s brothet^s & s i s t e r s and ovon some Wall-s t r e e t e r s . My reason f o r w r i t m s t h i s a r t i c l e i s t o make people t h a t go on d a l l y i n a d e n t a l

9th Worker Killed In Water Tunnel No, 3

Nino mon hav9 died b u i l d i n g Water Tunnel #3 i n the Bron;?i:o Bi^otner Mwapd Doasey, 3^, was k l l l e Q t)y an unexpected b l a s t of dynamiteo That n i g h t people were b l a s t i n g explosives around

s a f e t y to g a i n p r o f i t s . Person f o r person> t h i s Job

IS moi*6 dangerous than any war m American h i s t o r y o But Nixon w i l l never honor prisoners of the war of Water Tunnel #3^

tne cloGK t o squeeze more p r o f i t s because Nixon i s p a r t or tne foT» ,ibh^ bossos^ The p r o f i t s from t h i s Job are t r u l y blood money, At t h i s r a t e more than 100 men w i l l be k i l l e d before the pro­j e c t i s over* Thousands more have l o s t limbs; b©en poisoned by rock dust & become p a r t l y deaf o

I n our December issue (#11) we accusea tnese Dosses, trie Water T u r j i e l Contractors Con­sortium, of k i l l i n g our brothers by n e g l e c t i n g job

proJfit hunsry system t h a t k i l l s worllers l i k e Edward Dodsey^

The high r a t e of unemploy­ment; and r i s i n g p r i c e s f o r c e workers t o choose dangerous Jobs t o Durviye*

Defend our brothers I Stop the outrageous treachery of the Water Tunnel bossesi

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

For example, i f you v i s i t our o f f i c e t o s t a r t d e n t a l treatment you w i l l leave w i t h no idea of What w i l l be done and how much I t w i l l cost. This allows the doctor t o charge you whatever h i s greedy heart desires every time you come I n . For instance he w i l l open up t e e t h f o r r o o t c a n a l which are p e r f e c t l y sounds Root canal brings i n a t l e a s t ^75 f o r a s i n g l e rooted t o o t h & about $2^5 molars which have 3 or more r o o t s . P a t i e n t s a r e sometimes a f r a i d and even embar-rassAd to Sisk questions and many doctors know I t

Th^y cloan t ^ ^ t h w i t hout mak­i n g tne n a t l e n t aware t h a t t h i s w i l l cost $35. I f e e l t h a t a t i35, w i t h the economy the ir*ay I t 15, people should have a choice as to when they want t h e i r t e e t n cleaned. The dent­i s t I work f o r has cleaned t e e t h f o r people who only have about 5 stumps I n t h e i r mouthy ana Gha^gefl tnem $35.

A f t ^ r t h ^ s^qgnd v i s i t he*11 t e l l tnem now tnoae t e e t h can^t bo savod and d^ntur^s shculd b^ made^ This costs the p a t i e n t about ^800 , but $35 was over charged from the besinninp;^

Another very common a t r o c ­i t y IS t o r i l l a t o o t n t h a t has already been f i l l e d and i f the p a t i e n t i s n ' t aviare of the f a o t t h a t the doctor d r i l l e d & f i l l e d the same t o o t h the week b e f o r e , he W i l l 3^^ ^^^y ^^^^

VThen a doctor asks for* money f i r s t or takes a p i e c e of Jewl-r y from a p a t i e n t t o assure payment, ne should be boycotted by the p a t i e n t , because t n i s I n d i c a t e s t h a t h i s I n t e r e s t only l i e s i n p r o f i t and not i n h i s patients«

I f you have s u f f e r e d any of these a t r o c i t i e s there are p l a ­ces you can complain t o : American Dental A s s o c i a t i o n (ADA) & New York Dental Society. BOYCOTT GREEDY MAL-PRACTICE I ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

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R O O K Y ' S L I F E F O R P U S H E R S The 52,000 V i c t i m s Being Helped By Drug Programs Could A l l Have Gotten

L i f e I n J a i l , '^ere Rocky's Law I n E f f e c t a Few Years Agol

w i t h o v e r h a l f the nQi*oln Victims i n the world l i v i n g i n New Yurkj Governor Rockefeller i s tidying to I c c k QQQ^ by ask­ing f o r laws zmt would give DO-oallcd pushers l i f e I n J a i l without p o s s i D i i i t y or o a r o i e . Those under I9 Gould p o s s i b l y get parole a f t e r 15 yearso

The r e a l causes or m& av^wg plague: poverty, bad housing^ bad schools, racism^ etc. are i Q n w ^ d by p€^iitioiano who seelc " s o l u t i o n s , "

Rocky IiQughQ WhiU Vlgfelres Px^l

R O C K E r E L L E R FROGRAW FAILS

Rookj e: ys i)nQ,i a l l drus oi:*6cr»a.ms are f a i l u r e s . The N ^ r c c ' t i c s A d d i c t i o n C o n t r o l c^t>^^i ^ciOT (NACC). R o c k y o w n

i i n 1967. I t was a victims entered Rocky's p3 o~ '

^^am Y o l u n t a J p i l y t Many w^s?'^ .arneu m toy t h e i r f a m i l i e s ( c a l l e d a o i v l l oommitmont}. •fn^'i^ci w^pe 5(^nt Dv trie courts ICiy a P l i n l n ^ l aommltment, V i c t i m s

c ^ r » t x : ^ i e d {^or* t r e a t m e n t hy the Narcotics Addiction Dct>-^ o t i c ^ n C i ^ r n m i ^ s i o n (WADC). Tt Wa5' a dehummlzilng, degrading process. A brother we krioW, .who only ohot horoln onoo^but •hot a l o t of Dpoed ( c r y s t a l methedi^ih^) was c e r t i r i e Q a ^'her^^in ^ d d i c t ^ a r t a r a 3 day l o c k - u p O i l R i k e r a Island and a 10 mlnutic examination by a senilG 87 year old doctor.

The nocKereller Frogram's t]?6at;ment requirea 3O months f o r v i c t i m s wh© c^mmitt^d misdemeanors & 60 months f o r f e l o n s . Th^ MACG centers were r»un 111/! pY»lsons; t h ^ i r guards had been t r a i n e d f o r p r i s o n work; there was 1 guard f o r ev­ery 2 v i c t i m s ; victims wore b©at©n plaoed I n i s o l a t i o n and on reduced d i e t s r.or " a i s -c i D i m e j " v i c t i m s were sexual­l y abusedo

P6t* 5,000 victims m i4 MCC i n s t i t u t i o n s there were 4 psy­c h i a t r i s t s , 15 psychologists & 78 teaohoro & vooatrional i n s t r ­u c t o r s, s of June,1970, NACC cost taxpayers over $250 m i i i ^ i o n - - $£5>000 per victim.NACC was t h e most e x p e n s i v e and l e a s t e f f e c t i v e drug program i n the State!

COMMUNITY CONTROL WORKS

The only programs t h a t can olalm succoss aro thoso run by community people and ex-drug vlot4^*«s. T h e S t a t e n e v e r w a s t r u l y committed t o community programs. I n s u f f i c i e n t fundfi^ lack of f a o i l i t i o ^ & s t a f f ^ show Clearly the c r n c i a i neglect of these programs•

To make matters worse,there i s a b i l l befo5?e the l e g i s l a t ­ure t h a t o a l l G f o r State Ho-enclng of psychologists and pr o f e s s i o n a l supervision of a l l drug programs. Most pro-gramc have i i t t i o monoy Q0ul4 h^jpaiy a f f o r d t o r e t a i n a professional s t a f f . This b i l l (formerly the Biondo B i l l c u r r e n t l y the G o v e r n o r D i l l ) prevents ex-victims & community p^opl^ from t x * 9 a t i n Q v i c t i m s . I t would guarantee huge s a l a r ­i e s t o i n c o m p e t e n t p s y a h o l o Q -i s t s 60 e f f e c t i v e l y deotroy community c o n t r o l l e d drug DroHrams.

There are 5a|000 victims nov b e i n g h e l p e d by th^SA drug p '^O-gramoi Were Rooky's law i n o f -

Methadone Mfllntenan^ft i Legal Addiction 1

f e e t a few y e a r s ago, they would a l l have been e l i g i b l e f o r a. l i f e sentence witnout p o o p l b i l l t y gf parole, DOPE IN JAIL

Rocky*s proposals would g r e a t l y increase the p r i s o n 30puiatlon<, wo v i c t i m was ever •iolp^d by ^ a i l . Ro^l^y's b r u t a l murder of 43 inmates & guards at A t t i c a on Sept. 13, 1971. g a v e u s s o m e i d e a o f h i s f o ^ l i n g s f o r human l i f o .

Heroin & other death drugs are j u s t a s avaiiaDie msiae p r i s o n s a s o n t h e s t r e e t . I t ^ s Drought m hy guards & sold f o r cash or cartons of cigar-* etteso We know a brother who came out of Sing Sing w i t h a $4o a day heroin h a h l t . ROCKY I S A PUSHER

Rocky says he's against a e ^ t h d r u g s . Y e t h e f u l l y s u p ­ports methadone maintenance as an a l t e r n a t i v e t o drug addic­t i o n . Methadone i s second only

t o heroin i n k i l l i n g v i c tims of the drug plague. I t ' s also 10 times as add i c t i v e as heroin

Along w i t h Nljcon, Rocky supports the corrupt regimes of South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, who are involved i n heroin trade. The connection of former Vice President Ky & other South Vietnamese o f f i c ­i a l s w i t h heroin t r a f f i c has been reported by newspapers & on TV. T h e r e s o mucn dope m S o u t h e a s t A s i a t h a t 7 0 0 ^ 0 0 0 Gold's have come home using I heroin, $5 BILLION INDUSTRY

At $5 b i l l i o n a yoar, heroin i s the l a r g e s t consumer import coming i n t o t h i s country.Street pusher-victims s e l l drugs only to support t h e i r h a b i t s . Organ­ized crime & narcotics p r o f i t ­eers, who can a f f o r d t o lay out tne money up f r o n t t o o r i n g m these death drugs and bribe o r r i G l a l s & j u d g e s , gain the p r o f i t s from the salo of dope* They wonH he threatened much

The $73 m i l l i o n worth of drugs s t o l e n by (50"» 5 upt ^ops i n Now York^ i o a very small Dsrcentase of the f l o o d of dope coming i n t o t h i s country, UNITED CITIZENS WHO CARE |

Thru u n i t y ^ poo^ ^ working people v j l l l be able t o express t h e i r outrai^e a t t h i s l a t e s t attempt bv the ^ovornor t o oppr^ya u s . Togt^thep Wc3 can 3tru.;gle t o cnr^ t h C D C attaokp and f i n d true solutions t o tne menace or dope.

A Mass Meetins United C i t i z e n s Who Care

United Citizens Who c a r e i s a c o a l i t i o n or canmunity groups drug programs, r e l a t i v e s of victim s & working people,which IS concentrating on aereating Rocky^s law & other Insane p r o p o s a l s f o r t h e r e s t r i e t i o n of canmunity c o n t r o l l e d drug programs. White Lightning i s a p a r t of t h i s G o a l i t i o n .

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iOGK THE RGGKl I ^ L L POWER TO THE t m ^ L E i

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

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r S American medicine has become ^ an industry with more i n t e r e s t 1 i n our sickness than i n our good S h e a l t h • I t has become a b i g , 5 p r o f i t a b l e b u s i n e s s and everyone Swho's I n t o making money wants a ^piece of the action* This 'health ^empii*e" consists of doctors, jQPugs, hospital supplies^ e l e c t ­o r onlc equipment^ computers> oon-3 s t r u c t i o n ^ health insurance^ 5 r e a i e s t a t e ^ profit-making nos-^ i t a i s and n u r s i n g homes. Over

on of our tax money i s n a t i o n ^ver snent 5o l i t t l e *

SO much f o r

WAITIHG, WAITING What haDPens when you s e t

gs i c i c ? Most DOor & working DeoDle I g o to the emergency room a t the | i o o a i h o s p i t a l s An 8 nour wai t ^ I s not uncammon. When the doctor J f i n a l l y s^ss y^u, h& makes a Sminute d i a g n o s i s & off you go 5to\the lab f o r t e s t s . g While you're there y o u ' l l Sr i n d gAi^bag^ p a l l s f u l l throw away needles, oaper d r e s s i n g Si?wns, paper oupe, etc« The c o s t

Jo f the^e orteti uitfiecessary "CHQ-Bposables" has gone from $ i i i m i l -

SS^ l i o n i n 1951 to $300 m i l l i o n I n 1970, p ^ i d f o r by the taxpayers' money whloh largely supports these h o s p i t a l s . I t has ht.nnmP

found drugs with 2 a n t i b i o t i c s combined were less e f f e c t i v e than when the ingredients were used alone. They were also dan­gerous because they encouraged the growth of bacteria that r e s i s t drugs. The American Med­i c a l Association, an u l t r a - c o n -iservatlve group that controls most of medicine, refused t o publish these f i n d i n g s . WhyV r]ne-hair or t h e i r income i s from drug comoanles* ads i n t h e i r Journal.

We snouia see flpug ads as a threat t o our health. How can anyone make an informed decision about drugs? v/e ^ r e a l l forcea to accept the i n d u s t r y ' s claim that we need them without f e a l l y knowing what they do. UNHBALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS

I f you* re fortunate to go home at t h i s point you havo praotio-a l l y no chance of f i n d i n g out your test r e s u l t s . At most hos­p i t a l s you are not n o t i f i e d even I f something Is wronK unless you return t o the c l i n i c . There i s rarely follow-up or any I n t e r e s t i n helping you change the con­d i t i o n s that made you sick i n the f i r s t place (lousy l i v i n g conditions, cheralcal-fllled food, p o l l u t i o n ) ,

I f you're put I n t o the hospi­t a l you oan r e a l l y see business

I n h o s p i t a l s l i k e t h i s ( F o r d h a m )

m a k e b i l l i o n s off h u m a n s i : 1

THE PROFIT HUNGR

one or tne most proritable neaitn l i n d u s t r i e B today,

THE TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS

J Now you may get a p r e s c r i p t i o n

8 f o r a drug which you can only r i l l at the e i i n i C pharmacy to

imake sure the money i s kept i n J the "family". Let's look a t drugs. ^Over ^ of the drugs r e l e a s e d i n

the l a s t 10 years are only s l i g h t ­l y -aifferent from older drugs — ehewable, time-releaQedj J doa^ I n handy aispensepg, etc. Prices

I v a r y widely & q u a l i t y I s a guess. •Drug companies spend 254 out of Severy d o l l a r on a d v e r t i s i n g — 3 gtimes as mucn as on research.

^ And dont^: think tho drus i s S s a f e ^ u s t because a doctor p r e -S s c r i b e d i t . U s u a l l y drug com-Spanies t e s t t h e i r own drugs with ^no outside s u p e r v i s i o n . Often ^they c r i m i n a l l y f a i l to r e p o r t J a i l t h e i r f i n d i n g s t o the Pood S& Drug A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . For ex-Kample, the National Academy of ^Sciences t e s t e d a l l drugs ap-kpr»c>v«d b^tw^en 1938 & 1962, They

at work t u t I t rias l i t t l e to ao with you. F i r s t of a l l ^ you're l u a ^ y i r yew s ^ t a o§a smo^ Waiting l i s t s are long. Once you^re i n ^ your privacy disap­pears. Patients beoome teaohins models f o r tne nearby medical school students & there are cori-stant examinationsf especially i f your ^ case i s rareo You be­come a numtier OP worse^ simply an orpran o r a d i s e a s e — t h e g a l l bladder i n room 319."

PEOPLENEEDS FOROOTTEN The average hospital stay

Is under 10 days and the eauip-ment used includes x-ray^ e l e c t ­rocardiogram, certain lab mach­ines, etc^ But most hospitals are spending a yearly t o t a l of $1^^ b i l l i o n f o r ver^y speciaH^^ -ed machines t h a t are r£.rely usedl Heart t r a n s p l a n t equipment, spe­c i a l computerized monitors, & even a "rorelgn-body locator" f o r f i n d i n g p i n s swallowed by babies are a few. These extravagant machines do nothing f o r prevent.-ing sickness f o r the majority of people and are bought with money from our pockets whioh we ha*?©

T h e P e c

profit h u n g r y b u s i n e s s e s

f f e r i n g , . .

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no c o n t r o l over. People's needs at»e not considered^ only the E m p i r e n e e d t o a t t r a c t more government r e s e a r c h money & medical i n t e l l e c t u a l s whose in t e i ^ e ^ t i ^ '^^^ly i i ^ " r a r e cases •

INSUIANCE IS A JOKE You may think t h a t the i n s u r ­

ance you've been paying a l l t h i s tim^ W i l l oov^i? your b i l l s tout you may be s u r p r i s e d . B e n e f i t s i n the pas t years Uave been cut while p r i c e s r i s e * Blue Cross f o r eitample^ has cut c e r t a i n com­mon medical s e r v i c e s l i k e x - r a y s ^ lab t e s t s , & a n e s t h e s i a from i t s p o l i c y Without changing i t s p r i c e o To be Covered f o r these you must now Q0t B l u ^ S h i e l d .

Tn^up^ne^ cgmpanlQ&r 5iv^ hos­p i t a l s a l o t of t h e i r Income. Each day a p a t i e n t s t a y s i n the hos­p i t a l s the insurance pays an average of ^12^. But you're lucky i r you sec a nurse during the day. Money th a t should be used f o r much needed p a t i e n t c a r e l i k e expanded emergency rooms^ i s I n s t e a d used f o r high s a l a r i e s f o r doctoi-^ and a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , new b u i l d i n s i s f o r "reoearch"^ & fancy equipment« The r e s u l t s are seen a t Jaco b l H o s p i t a l where homicidal & s u i c i d a l adole5cent p a t i e n t s are turned away because or OVSreroWding while the new Bronx F s y c h l a t r i c c n i i G r e n ^ s Hos-

r^ac^ial & c l a s s background—poor 8c working B l a c k s and Puerto Ricans The doctors & s o c i a l workers are 8 mostly white and middle c l a s s but many of them supported and p a r t - ^ i e i p a t e d i n the takeovero

The^e were the g o a l s ; 1) to c h a l l e n g e t h o s e i n c o n t r o l & s e t new p r i o r i t i e s ; 2)change the way d a l l y work i s organised; 3) 3)change the way woi?kei^^ ( i n c l u d ­i n g doCto3:'s) r e l a t e to each other & to p a t i e n t s *

P e d i a t r i c s ( c h i l d r e n s healtli) has seen b i g changes i n t h e i r department. Decision-making there has been taken from the head of th e department 8c i s now s h a r e d by the doctors, nurses^ & c l e r k s who send r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o s t e e r i n g committee meetings. There are a l s o g e n e r a l meetings where c h i l d care I s d i s c u s s e d among the e n t i r e p e d i a t r i c s t a f f and a t t i t u d e s towards p a t i e n t s & f e l l o w workers i s c r i t i c i z e d • Th^re a r ^ a l s o ^>Jard meeting where parents & workers meet t o deal with any c r i t i c i s m s o r sug­g e s t i o n s « .Everyone has a chance to e^CChange i d e a s and begin r e ­l a t i n g to each other I n new ways. These changes have brought workers & DauientS c l o s e r and has improv­ed p a t i e n t care^

I Y HEALTH SYSTEM I

l a ^ k of money t o pay a f u l l s t a f f . LTNCOIJI--OlfE SOLUTION

A s o l u t i o n to t h i s medical c r i s i s i s being worked out a t L l n c l o n H o s p i t a l i n the South Bronx. The community & the Lin« c o i n workers had become enraged by the misuse & e x p l o i t a t i o n of th e poor and working 3rd World p e o p l e who had to use L i n c o l n s i n c e there was nothing e l s e i n

to n e g l e c t & "mistakes" c l e a r l y shows the dual nature of r a c i s t medicine. I f your s k i n i s not white then your medical care w i l l probably be rushed, rude, & inadequate. The r e s u l t i s poor h e a l t h & maybe an o a r l y death© I n 1969 t h e M e n t a l H e a l t h U n i t a t L i n c o l n was taken over by the people with demands of community-worker c o n t r o l s By workers & com­munity f o r c e s o r g a n i s i n g themsel** ves there could be a chance to change the decision-making and c o n t r o l a t the h o s p i t a l . Workers took the lead because they know best how the h o s p i t a l runs & they know each other w e l l through work. They a l s o shar»e a common

pie Are Forgotten.

WHO CONTROLS OUR HEALTH?

Bur tns proBiam of donri'oi s t i l l remains. As long as the Y e s h i v a U n i v e r s i t y - A l b e r t E i n s t e i n College of Medicine Empire (own­e r s of about 2850 of the 330O h o s p i t a l t)eag i n the Bronx & em­plo y e r s of 2000 of the 2700 Bronx d o c t o r s ) runs the f i n a n c e s of the borough's h e a l t h car©, r e a l changes w i l l be hard to make. They take a 20^ out of a l l c i t y , Btate, and f e d e r a l money t h a t canes I n and are notorious f o r d i s t r i b u t i n g i t as they choose. At J a c o b l & Fordham H o s p i t a l s , money f o r needed mental h e a l t h and p a t i e n t care I s used i n s t e a d f o r t r a i n i n g r e s i d e n t s .

Strong, organized groups of Workers & community f o r c e s mu 't be rormed t o f o r c e h e a l t h empires to serve the h e a l t h needs of the people. We can no longer accept the profit-hungry c o n t r o l over our l i v e s ,

GOOD HEALTH IS A HUMAN RIC3HT I

" I t i s no longer a q u e s t i o n of t h i n g s not g e t t i n g b e t t e r . Nixon^s budget c u t s mean t h a t l i v i n g c o n d i t i o n s w i l l c e r t a i n l y get worse f o r a l l poor and working people/'

t o r many of us the beginning

a l l know how rough i t has been

our f d m i l i d s . We hdve d l l seen our rents sKyrocRet wniie land­lords deliberately reduce our neighborhoods to slums by ignor­ing the law and not providing ^dequ^me s e r v i c e s f o r our b u i l d -mgfi. we havA watched p u b l i c i n s t i t u t i o n s such as schools and h o s p i t a l s d e t e r i o r a t e f o r l a c k of funds; w h i l e our t^x money i s used to put rugs inside of a few subway c a r s . We have read about p o l i c e , who are paid by us, l e t -

Scnool nas t)een almost completely 22 Classes have been droDoed from the prot.i'am. JO percent of the students at Morris High School a^e Spanish speai^ing. What Chanfte do these students have t o learn anything when the b i - l i n g u a l pro­gram 15 DGing aestroyea oy budget cuts.

Near»ly a l l the public schools In the Bronx are b u r s t i n g at the seams—housing student populations that are nearly double what the s<?no©is wore o n s i n a i l y t ^ u i i t t o accept. While the children of Nlxon^ Rockefeller^ ana Lindsay attend neatj modern private schools^ many of our kids are

NIXON I S RESPONSIBLB PCR CRIMS IN THR STREETS

Tsn^t Nixon supposed to the blg-tlme *'law and order" man? Yet by Dcrapping the Office of Economic opportunity(the poverty pros^^am)^ he w i l l immediately throw 30^000 poor youngsters out of Work.. Combined with t h ^ thousandQ of j o b - l e s s veterans and the thousands reduced t o des­peration by cuts i n welfare^ what Ghance w i l l these people have but t o t urn t o "crime" i n order to survive. I n effect Nixon i s f o r ­cing people to commit crime. We must condemn Nixon as the most cold-blooded criminal of a l l .

WAR BUDGET

t i n g 400 povinds Q£ dope get back on the otrcets* Many of us can't put meet on the table every n i g h t , b ^ ^ ^ t i e ^ ckt tho sh^rp jump i n food prices.

Yet, didn't Richard Nixon pro­mise US a r e l i e f from t n i s suffe­r i n g . I f he was r e - e l e c t e d ? And QlQn't his "lanQsllQfe" v i c t o r y mean that he would be obligated to the m i l l i o n s of his supporters to d e l i v e r on h i s promises?

LIVING CONDITIONS ARE QBITINO WORSE

Nixon»s cutbacks i n the fede­r a l budget shatter our hopes f o r better days ahead* I t i s no longer j u s t a question of things not g e t t i n g better. His budget outfi mean 1:hai: l i v i n g oo^^^ltloi^S w i l l c e r t a i n l y get worse f o r a l l poor and working people.

Let's put some of the budget «ut0 iLnto clear J human terms t Then we w i l l be able t o see how much they a f f e c t our l i v e s .

SCHOOL NONE? SL/ISHED Ni^ion I D c u t t i n g o f f 1^5

b i l l i o n d o l l a r s a year that had been given t o elementary and high schools. Already a special

p^^lc^A i n t o gymnasiums f o r math ana peaaing 01^55^^,

HOOSINH ftnd HOSPITALS CUT

Nixon has cut federal aid f o r public houslng^ consiructlon and rent assistance, i n New York City over half the apartment b u i l d i n g s H^ve been declared belo\v standard f o r years. The cuts guarantee that we won't be able t o escape the decaying buildings.

F e d e r a l funds f o r hospital c o n s t r u c t i o n have been cut back. T h i s means we either r i s k our l i v e s by going to butchershops such as Pordhana Hospital or drown I n d^bt by going t o private hos­p i t a l s such as Montefiore.

VmPERAMS CHEATED

Nixon has paid the returning vcterano a l o t of cheap l i p service about being t h e i r ole buddy. Yet he i s slashing t h e i r pensions and eliminating veterans' job t r a i n i n g programs. How are the ^ m i l l i o n veterans returning to c i v i l i a n l i f e t h i s year going t o f i n d employment?

Nl3ton Claims that he i s forced to cutback on social welfare pro­grams i n order t o stem t h ^ r i s e of i n f l a t i o n and prevent new taxes1 This i s pure hypocrisy. More money w i l l now sp^nt on defense—even though the war I n Vietnam I D over. 05 b i l l i o n w i l l be spent instead of 81 b i l l i o n . This i s almost one t h i r d of the t o t a l budgets I n addition, Nixon shovels huge amounts of our tax money t o r i c h ^ corporations(Lockheed and Penn Cent-ral Railroad), He I s simply l o o t i n g ou3? taxss and i?s-aisti?ib-utlng more and more of them t o the huge corporations that have, f a t contracts with the Defense Department.

WHO HAS A STAKE XN FIOMTING THE CUTBACKS

Nixon's budget outs s t r i k e hardest at the most exploited mem­bers of our society--the poor^ people of aoXoY^j v ^ t ^ r a n s ^ t h e s i c i ^ ana tne e i a e r l y . A l l working people have a stake i n otopping t h i s madness. We must organise on the blocks i n the community and at our workplaces t o bu i l d a un i f i e d movement that w i l l put people's needs before the s e l f i s h p r o f i t s of a few.

When more than 607o of the s t u ­dents a t F.3. 56(on Perry Ave) scored below the n a t i o n a l average i n reading i n 1972, how can anyone suggest cut backs i n money f o r schools.

As Ralph Abe ma thy of the Southern Christian Leadership Con­ference said at a recent demon­s t r a t i o n of 30,000 people i n Washington t o protest Richard ^^Hl Nlxon^s budget cuts,^ "King RichardJ get ready f o r a r e v o l t by the people I "

NO MORE CUTTING BACK ON THE NEEDS OP THE PEOPLE

CHINA'S HEALTH CARE 1949: Starvation And Plague 1973: Good Health Care For All When we hear about r e v o l u t i o n ­

a r y change i n C i i l n a , sometimes I t I s h a r d t o understand wnat r e v o l u t i o n means t o the people I n ­v o l v e d . L e t * s cneck out l i e a l t n oare i n Onlna as an example oT now s o c i a l i s m worlds on a flay-t^-day l e v e l .

A f t e r t h e v i c t o r y of the Chi-nese Revolution I n 19^9^ the peo­p l e set up 3 haslc g u i d e l i n e s or h e a l t h c a r e ( u n d e r l i n e d b e l o w ) .

PEOPLE ARE CHOSEN TO BE DOGTORfl BY THSIR CO-WORKERS

1. H e a l t h work s h o u l d prlmar.* l l y s e r v e t n e l a b o r i n g p e o p l e , m China peop l e a r e chosen t o be d o c t o r s by f e l l o w workers I n t h e f ^ c t g a ^ i o s o r f a r m s . M e d i c a l scnoois make tne r i n a i B s i e a t i m . I t i s easy t o see why people h u r t on t h e j o b a r e never t r e a t e d l i k e f ^ k ^ l ^ ^ dil^ h u s t l e d bs.ck t o wo^^k "Derore tney are ready. Indus-

t-t ? i 9 , l ^coid^n-hs c i r e t h e m o s t

A l o t o f a t t e n t i o n i s g i v e n t o p - r i ^ v 0 n t h^^st^^dous v O T ^ k t n g c o n ­d i t i o n s , cninese r e s e a r c h i n t h i s area leads t h e world.

Womenjbefore t h e r e v o l u t i o n j had t o s t a y home^ cook^ c l e a n and t a k e care of c h i l d r e n a l l t h e

m^^4k0w^^^^t^ mi^Q t r a i n e d f o r j o t i s t h e sam^ m^n a r o , A l l BEFORE THE PEOPLE

C0MTOCLLE1> CHIMA

Hundreda of m i l l i o n s of people wore weak from m a l n u t r i t i o n • TenG of m i l l i o n o were v i c t i m s o f m a l a r i a a n d v ^ n ^ t - ^ a l d i e -^^^4. M i l l i o n s wora dddi^^tod to opium* Worms, c h o l e r a , leprosy, and t u b e r c u l o s i s w^re uttchdcked. There was no san--i t a t i o n . There were beggars and c h i l d p r o s t i t u t e s . And, a t fch^ sama fclm^^ fch^ra w^ro r i c h Chinese l a n d l o r d s , gen­e r a l s , and American b u s i n e s s ­men who were e a t i n g fanoy dinners while they forced many people to c a t w i l d grass and scraps of food out of garbage cans.

AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REVOLUTION

China i s a c l e a n , s a n i t a r y country where no one goes hungry and epidemics are a l ­most unknown. Venereal d i s ­ease and drug a d d i c t i o n have h a e n d ^ f a a t a d . M l l l l o r i f i o £ medical workers have been t r a i n e d to work among the people. China leads the world i n a n a e s t h e s i a tech­niques such as acupuncture and m surgei^ to reconnect hands th a t have been cut o f f i n a c c i d e n t s .

women r e c e i v e ^6 days p a i d mater­n i t y l ^ ^ v ^ 9,n^ 3 ^^V^ o p t i o n a l Dald m e n s t r u a l l e a v e e a c h month. FvQQ day «are f a c i l i t i e s a r e u s u a l l y io<^at:ad n ^ a r t h ^ w o r k -Dlaces. Mothers have hreaks t o f e e d and v i s i t s m a l l c h i l d r e n * Thie way^ women have t i m e t o work and h o l p b u i l d t h e i r s o c i e t y .

J u s t l o o k a t t h e i n c r e d i b l e d i f f e r e n c e s between C h i n a and t h ^ U.S. i n i n d u s t r i a l and women's h e a l t h care* T h i o c l e a r l y shows now ^mp^y^t^nt V^o h e a l t h and l i v e s o f l a b o r i n g pepple l a a s o c i a l i s t c o u n t r y .

COLONIAL DOPE DEALERS FORCED STAHVINO PEASANTS TO GROW OPlUM INSTEAD OF R I C E

2- Thg m a i n ^mphU^lS snpuia be p l a c ^ n on p r 4 j v g n t i v ^ m ^ j l ^ m ^ . 'i'h9 dQstdly plague of opium'^addic-t l o n e x i s t e d because o f t h e power Of l a n a i o r a s m^Chlna. Opium i s

t h e y choose. The r e v o l u t i o n a l s o gave people jobs and a new hnpa I n l i f e sn t h a t people w o u l d n ' t want t o g e t s t r u n g out on opium. The Chinese p r e v e n ­t e d t h e epidemic of drui^. a d d i c ­t i o n by d e s t r o y i n g t h e l a n d l o r d s s u p p l y of drugs and by changing an o p p r e s s i v e c o l o n i a l g o v e r n ­ment i n t o a d e m o c r a t i c onoi

China i s the f i r s t country i n the world to defeat hunger, v e n e r e a l d i s e a s e , and d r u g a d d i c t i o n .

U^^aitb ^^.ark€r^5' mi:>t '^W^Cn tjirlmi iv '1

as a d d i c t i v e as h e r o i n and metha­done. C o l o n i a l dope dealers of China c r i m i n a l l y forced s t a r v i n g peasants t o grow opium poppies inst e a d of r l c e - - l f they wanted t o stay a l i v e and remain on the land.

One of the f i r s t acts of the l i b e r a t i n g Red Army was t o burn the opium f i e l d s and give the peasants c o n t r o l of t h e i r own land and freedom t o grow what

I n America ' ' t r e a t i n g ' r e s u l t s of the d r u g plague i s c o n s i d e r e d t h e o n l y s o l u t i o n , b u t t n e oausas suo^ unemploy­ment 9.nfl p o o r h o u s i n g ar»^ rjtever d e a l t w i t h ,

3, Whenever^ p o s s i b l e ^ h e a l t h work s h o u l d be conducted by mass campaigns. S y p h i l i s epidemic's grow whenever s i s t e r s a r e f o r c e d t o be p r o s t i t u t e . ) i n o r d e r t o s u r v i v e . I n China p r o s t i t u t i o n i s a t h i n g of t h e p a s t ^ because p o v e r t y and hunger have been Wiped o u t .

Huge mass campaigns were con­d u c t e d t o t e a c h everyone t h e im­p o r t a n c e of b e i n g t e s t e d and s e t t l i n g the r i g h t m e d i c i n e . M i l l i o n s of people got i n v o l v e d on v a r i o u s l e v e l s - - a s l a b t e c h ­n i c i a n s o r g a n i z e r s o f h e a l t h meetings^ and members o f educa­t i o n a l t h e a t e r g r o u p s . Here i s a t y p i c a l b e g i n n i n g o f a m e e t i n g ; " F r i e n d s ^ s y p l i i l i s i s a d i s e a s e t h a t we i n h e r i t e d f r o m t h e r o t t e n system we have t h r o w n o u t . We^re goini-^ f o r w a r d t o communism and a t r u e people^s aemocracy ana we c a n ^ t t a k e t h i s d i s e a s e w i t h u s * "

Ho\M many d i s e a s e s — s u c h as l e a d p o i s o n i n g due t o l a n d l o r d ' s c r i m i n a l n e g l e c t o f r e - p a i n t i n g a p a r t m e n t s — h a v e we i n h e r i t e d f r o m t h e p r o f i t - h u n g r y system i n America,

WE CAN LEARN FROM THE EXAMPLE OF HUMANITY AND SOCIALISM IN CHINA

P R I S O N G R A P E V I N E "...THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER SUICIDE ATTEMPT, ONLY THIS LATIN BROTHER WAS SUCESSFUL...MUST WE KEEP CRYING FOR JUSTICE AND THE RIGHT TO BE TREATED LIKE HUMAN BEINGS...???"

Poem The poem below was reoeived

from a b r o t h o r i n p r i o o n t l t ex­presses some of h i s f e e l i n g s t o w a r d W h i t ^ L i g h t n i n g s T A J ^ I ^ ^

moved by t h e poem and w i l l s t l ^ ways t r y t o l i v e up t o those Ideas. You t h e p e o p l e w i l l he the judge,

^ J h i t e L i g h t n i n g i s d o i n g some deeo r e v o l u t i o n a r y w r i t i n g

n* doing p l e n t y of sho^nuff revolutionary fignting

! a i f o r the r e v o l u t i o n a r y conciousnQss t o be heightened

Whito L i g h t n i n g i s sho^nuff f i g h t i n g f o r the people

Serving t h e i r needs S^rs/ing w i t h t h e i r d^eds Serving i n t h e i r creed Dedicated t o t h e people D o d i o a t ^ d to tho s t r u g g l e U n i t y i n the community

i o t h e i r cry P l g l s m i n -fch^ aommxjLY\±izf^ m u ^ t

die R evolutionary oduoation Wc^y^ tYi^ o p p r ^ s s ^ d A ^ p l c i t o d

p o p u l a t i o n C i r o u l a t e t o educate E d u c a t e t o l i b e r a t e reople teach the p e o p l e l o i ^

Comrade Kamau

Letters Dear Comrades, 3/15/73

We are being held i n t h e Brooklyn House of Detention on trumped-up charges of robbery and are being held on ransom b a i l .

There was an I n c i d e n t on the •*B'' Side, 2/3/73J where a b r o t h ­er t r i e d t o hang h l m g ^ l f ^ The p s y c h i a t r i s t t o l d him someone would bo around t o speak t o hlmo over a weei^ has passed and no ones beon around y e t * He may make a n o t h e r attempt Whoro he might succeed 6

Anoth^i^ br^other put h i s name on the medical l i s t t o see the doctor t h e f o l l o w i n g morn­i n g . His r i g h t t o receive med­i c a t i o n was overlooked & he w^s t o l d he doesn^t deserve i t o He t h ^ n 5^0fused t o l o c k Xn & was sent t o t h ^ feihg^ a j a i l t 5?ithin a j a i l i

What ki n d of eyotem i s t h i s tha^t l e t s o5 ^ b^^other t r y t o commit s u i c i d e and then places him back i n t o h i s o o l l w i t h o u t any kind of treatment? Then when a b r o t h e r t r i e s t o receive M ^ d i ^ a t i o n he i s ignored or thrown i n t o a dungeon. I t i s a s a d i s t i c system.

The power of the people w i l l p r e v a i l & a l l forms of racism, c a p i t a l i s m , faclsm3 & i m p e r i a l ­i s m w i l l be destroyed, chaka Long L i v e t h e Power of the People

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iryHmlkr jd I juSi Ct^fdni gei. lir^o-ih^t opartryieni i^e

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iti^iftair^j J i r l ^ ^ h ^ ^ m ^

•^.haveJb^iLJ brothers i n I here now. So

_ _ j l a t i n | , feioh i s c a l l e 4 . ^ ^ t i n k * ,

HoweveFTTfere seems t o be a pro­blem; the I n s t i t u t i o n does not want the t r u t h t o be brought t o l i g h t which puts \is i n jeopardy. For exampleJ r e l a t i n g t o an i n ­cident which oecured not long ap o a youni? man> by the name of Joey X had a f i t i n h i s c e l l * He was removed from h i s c e l l & taken t o the 2nd f l o o r i n one of the pens without s e e i n g a doctor or given any medication. He awoke t h e r e t h e n e x t morning. He was t a k e n back t o h i s c e l l s t i l l w i t h o u t se^lnp; a d o o t o r & no breakfasts Are these pigs human?

Shis i n f o r m a t i o n was given by t h e i n m a t e himself & an Off­i c e r whose name w i l l be kept c o n f i d e n t i a l o o o

V/e the brothers here are t i r e d of inhuman conditionsc

A l l Power t o the People f o r the People are the PowerI

Jose

2/23/73 Dear White L i g h t n i n g ,

1 am b e i n g h e l d pr»isoi^^r> i n So. Carolina's concentration camp. I read i n a Midnight Spe­c i a l t h a t you send free s u b s c r ­i p t i o n s t o pnlson^r»s. I f o- I would l i k e t o subscribe«

A revolution cannot be made by a s i n g l e man^ A l a r g e f o r c e i s needed,the e n t i r e people must p a r t i - ^ i p a t e . Our members must be kind-hearted^ open-minded 8c sincere* They must help one another as comrades.

A man j o i n s the r e v o l u t i o n only when he understands t h a t oppression i s the c a u s e of h i s s u f f e r i n g s . Therefore we can­not l i e t o the peopleo Before the people, a r e v o l u t i o n a r y has no r i g h t t o assume a haughty & ant»ogant a t t i t u d ^ ^ as i f he were a f e u d a l w a r l o r d • He must be modest.

I love people, love n a t u r e , l o v e , love* I am a r e v o l u t i o n ­ary, n o t h i n g s p e c i a l , one s o u l , one l i f e ^ w i l l i n g t o give i t , ready t o d i e * Comrade Frederi c k G Columbia, S.C.

Wounded K n e e U p r i s i n g

Tfcejr mac/e us many promises,

more than I can remember.

bat they i iAver k^pf b a f c n c :

they promised f o

f a t e o n r l^nd,

anrf fftey fAdk If.

On Feb. 28^ some 200 members of zhQ A«oifl6dn Indian Movement (AIM) COOlC OVA¥ the town of Wounded K n c s , S O U t H Ddkotfl and declared I t their own ceiftitory. They aire t a k i n g the f i r s t step I n r e b u i l d i n g an Indian nation on the land that was stolen from thorn.

In 1890» at Wounded Knee. Federal troops massacred 200 Indiana, most of them old men, won>«n and children. For years» the Indians have lived under horrible conditions. Thous­ands of Indians die each year from hunger and their average life expectancy is 45 years.

For th« past few weeks 300 Federal Marahals with a large supply of weapons surrounded the town of Wounded Knee, not allowing any food or supplies inside. There has been a con­stant threat of massacre by governaient troops such as i n the killings at Attiea Prison in 1971 and Wounded Knee i n 1890.

The Indians dettandt senate hearings on the hundredg of t r e a t i e s with the U.S. govern­ment which have never been kept; a f u l l investigation o£ the government's treatment of the Indian people, and examin­ation o£ the conditions on a l l Sioux reservationa in South Dakota.

Indian people a l l aeross America &Y6 giving their sup­port to the liberation strug­gle going on at Wounded Knee. ALL POWER to our brothers and sisters fighting to end their oppression!

Govt. Attacks O n W o r k i n g People NoYoG.- The c i t y I s racing t slash of 50J000 Joba for teen-aeefs under the Neighborhood Youth Corps' .lob DPOgPMi because of Nixon*s cuthaeks m U 3 ? i 5 ^ aid.

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N.Y.Co- 1 0 , 0 0 0 apA't menfcs for low- and miaaie-inooMe uenants w i l l not be b u i l t because of Nixon*s freezing of federal hous­ing funds,

NoYoC,- A local union presi­dent reoresentlng 3 , 3 0 0 N„Y. Telephone Co. wor»kei»s has char­ged that Bell oystem companies, mciuamg N . Y . T & I , , spy on workers and are "making voice recordings without tn^lJ? know­ledge,"

N,Y,C.- At least 100,000 r a w i l i 6 s who moved into apart­ments since July 1 , 1971 now have no protection frcan sky­rocketing rents and are entirely without legal rights to keep •fch^ir apartmento» I f your lease runs out, your landlord oan raise your rent as high aa he wants; i f you can't dfford to Pdy I t , you can be legally evicted.

* • • * » Wash,- Under Phase 3 of

Nixon's economic plan, wages s t i l l can't go up more than 5»5 percent with rar^e exceptions. You air»e s t i l l at your employer's mer»cy.

'POLLUTION IS CLEANLINESS . . . DECAY IS PftOSftESS . . . Cnm )NCfiE>4Se is S4F£Ty ... you AHE

venr vsnY HAPPY . . :

Wash.- "Let them ©at floh." That's What the government i s •belling people to eat because of the high ooat of meat. (Food eosts went up S-3 percent In January, the highest monthly in-4lf6aaQ in more than 2 0 years.) What the government doesn't seSBft to know i s that fish prices are as high—or higher—as those for meat. Pish prices will go up even mofe this month—as much as 7«10 percent.

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Waoh,- The Departments of Defense and State urged Congress to approve increased overseas sales of American-made weapons. In this way, i t vius explained, the U,ao can make a big rinan-olal k i l l i n g . I t will also help further the oDoresslon of the colonized people of the world, » » » « »

N.J.- The Pentagon i s paying sweatshop wages to people who embroider military inslgnias. Pay i s as l i t t l e as 33^ an hour. They are also using this illegal operation to dodge taxes-^rom Jack Andersonij>

Three Quita have been filed to stop the Nixon administration from destroying the Office of Economic Opportunity (QJEO), Suits we-r»e filed by QEQ employ­ees, their labor unions, non­profit OEO community action agencies, and individual persona,

if. If. If. If.

Wash,- Wholesale prices soared 1,9 percent last month-the biggest rise since 1951,

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Wash*- Patients In non-fed­eral hospitals are often forced to work as much as 11 hours a day, 5 days a week for pay of $ 2 a month. S«ne get no pay at allp A suit against the UoS. Dept. of Labor charges that hundreds of thousands of resi­dents of hospitals and other institutions are being used as "institutional slaves to keep the Institutions going.

WHAT'S GOIN'ON

Baby Born Addicted Doctors Don't Care

L a s t August ^ s i s t e r entered J ^ ^ i i 5 $ t H o s p i t a l (Gueens) t o have a babYo When she came th e r e , she t o l d the staff* t h a t she was &n SL methadone maintenance pro-granii t a k i n g l4o m i l l i g r a m s of metha^^Qne a ciay. She explained t h a t her c h i l d would probably be born addicted t o methadone*

Tv?o days a f t ^ r dellvoa^y t h ^ s i s t e r n o t i c e d t h a t her daugh­t e r was Dufforing from oxtr^m^ wlthdpawal p a i n s . 3he reauea-ted a doGtoi^. At f i r s t the nux^s^s ¥»^ru5^a^ F i n a l l y ^ a f t e r she r a i s e d a storm^ the doctor put the baby on a s m a l l dose of phenoba? ^ b l t a l o T h i s amount eroved to be inadequateo When the s i s t e r complained, the s t a f f bfigan t o abuso n^r* by c a l l i n s her "a j u n k i e who didn ^ t care about hor baby i n tno f i r s t p l a c e a"

L a t e r the baby was givon high doses Of b a r b i t u r a t e s , t h o r a z i n e ^ and p a r a g o r l c . The s t a f f made fun of the c h i l d when they gave out medication by sayings time to g i v e the l i t t l e Junkie her f i X o "

28 days l a t e r the baby was r e l e a s e d , and a l l medication was immediately cut offo The baby screamed h j j s t e r l ^ a l ^ g ^ t h ^

week home^ Now, 6 months l a t e r , she s t i l l t w i t c h e s , trembles, and s u f f e r s c o n s t a n t l y •

T h i s i n c i d e n t i s the kind of outrage t h a t happens every day i n butohershop p u b l i c h o s p i t a l s •

Doctors make m i l l i o n s pushing methadone, but have no knowledge of i t s long range e f f e c t s or the e f f e c t s on babies« MA ny pec^ple on methadone maintenance are denied t h ^ r i g h t of decent h e a l t h care f o r themselves and t h e i r c h i l d r e n * SSCENT HBftUIH CARE I S A RXOHT..

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BUTTONS

Medical Empire Robs The People

A l b e r t E i n s t e i n Medical College i s r i p p i n g o f f the peo­ple of the Bronx once morel The overloaded M o r r i s a n i a c i t y h o s p i t a l i s being replaced by a new h o s p i t a l i n the north cen­t r a l Bronx. The new h o s p i t a l i s supposed to serve the h e a l t h needs of the people from Morris-a n i a ' s old d l s t r l c c plus the community around the new hospi­t a l . Two f a c t s prove that t h i s i s a l i e . F i r s t , people who went to Morrisania a t 168th and Walton w i l l be forced to t r a v e l 40 blocks north out of t h e i r d i s t r i c t to the new h o s p i t a l on Gun H i l l Road. Second, i t has been discovered that moot of the beds i n the new h o s p i t a l are £or s u r g i c a l c ases and w i l l not be a v a i l a b l e to meet the g e n e r a l medical needs of the people.

Obviously the new h o s p i t a l w i l l f u l f i l l nearby Monteflore H o s p i t a l ' s ambitions to become a s p e c i a l i z e d r e s e a r c h i n s t i ­t u t e . E i n s t e i n Medical College t h i n k s t h i s plan i s great. E i n s t e i n c o n t r o l s Montefior^, M o r r i s a n i a , and every other h o s p i t a l i n the Bronx_._^Thex«-««-^ have been pushing f o r h i g h l y s p e c i a l i z e d r e s e a r c h . B i l l i o n s i n p u b l i c funds ave being s t o l e n f o r p r i v a t e use by E i n s t e i n -Monteflore.

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Police: Who Do They Serve? People are always asking why

White L i g h t n i n g I s down on po­l i c e . White Li g h t n i n g ' s p o s i ­t i o n i s not t h a t cops have had p e r s o n a l i t i e s or are e v i l . We are not t a l k i n g about the i n d i ­v i d u a l s ^ but t h e i r r o l e as p o l i c e • We recognize t h a t there are good and bad cops. But the r o l e of a l l p o l i c e i s t o p r o t e c t p r o p e r t y a t the expense of l i v e s • They are h i r e d t o make sure t h a t the r i c h people's l i v e s , p r o p e r t y and p o s i t i o n are p r o t e c t e d . Sure, they do other t h i n g s , but t h i s i s j u s t minor t o the Job. To b e t t e r understand the r o l e of p o l i c e we have t o look t o America's past

White Lightning's members are a l l from poor and working Class backgrounds, and our education came from l i s t e n i n g t o our parents. They t o l d us of t h e i r experiences as work­ers and immigrants i n the 1920'St 30's and 40's, 1932--1,500 TENANTS FIGHT POLICE

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more I n c i d e n i Bronx t h a t year where poor wor­kers were being ev' - ' ^he p o l i c e . I n one oa- , , .©in­kers stormed the p o l i c e s t a t i o n . That year alone, l85,79^ people were served w i t h dispossess no­t i c e s i n NoY.C.

There were i n c i d e n t s of po­l i c e f i r i n g a t opowfls of p i c k ­e t i n g workers and k i l l i n g 10-15 workers a t a time. The p o l i c e s e c t i o n which used t o clo t h i s was c a l l e d the " l a b o r d i ­v i s i o n " and i t s sole purpose was t o stop unions and workers u n i t i n g on any l e v e l . P O L I C E SPY ON THE PEOPLE

This section s t i l l e x i s t s and i s now c a l l e d the S e c u r i t y and I n v e s t i g a t i o n s e c t i o n . This s e c t i o n i n N.Y. has f i l e s on 1,230.000 people. They range from antiwar a c t i v i s t s , ecology groups, c i v i l r i g h t s eind union organizers, consumer groups, and tenant groups, to r e v o l u t i o n a r y o r g a n i s a t i o n s . They are people who want a change so t h a t con­d i t i o n s improve for working people. But they are considered a t h r e a t t o the r i c h .

This p o l i c e s e c t i o n i s being t r a i n e d by the CIA (Ce n t r a l I n ­t e l l i g e n c e Agency) i n such i l ­l e g a l methods as w i r e t a p p i n g , spying, and how t o keep sur­v e i l l a n c e on a l l c i t i z e n s ' ac­t i v i t i e s .

But t h i s i s only one p a r t of the p o l i c e department. White L i g h t n i n g has a l s o t a l k e d about c o r r u p t i o n , b r u t a l i t y , harass-

But people say t h i s i s done by a few "bad apples". We are not t a l k i n g about a l l oops, but the m e n t a l i t y t h a t allows these i n j u s t i c e s t o continue and makes excuses f o r them. And I t goes way beyond the cops them­selves, since the law i n s t i l l e d i n them makes them see every poor person as a p o t e n t i a l c r i ­m i n a l . I t never assumes t h a t r i c h people are - c r i m i n a l s t o o . I t i s a law t h a t releases b i g drug pushers and business swindlers from c r i m i n a l charges because they have the money t o b a i l or b r i b e t h e i r way out. So p o l i c e coming? on the f o r c e w i t h good i n t e n t i o n s soon lose t h e i r decent Ideas and go f o r them­selves. They take g r a f t i n s t e a d of making a r r e s t s , and soon l e a r n i t ' s not worth being hon­e s t . This was shown by the Knapp Conuniaalon.

could s a f e l y say Tha^^merTca i s moving toward a p o l i c e s t a t e , POLICE R E J E C T C I V I L I A N REVIEW

i ' o i i c e are supposed t o serve the people i n the ccaranunities where they work. But t h i s has never been t r u e . A l l requests f o r a C i v i l i a n Review Board (CRB have been r e j e c t e d by them. T h e i r f r i e n d s i n stopping a CKB range from r i c h businessmen and l y i n g p o l i t i c i a n s t o the Ameri­can Nazi Party. They have a l l s a i d , "keep the p o l i c e indepen­dent . Independent of whom? The peopleI They want the cops t o remain servants of business and f a s c i s t s such as the American Nazi Pa r t y .

Police can change f o r the b e t t e r by q u i t t i n g or by expos­i n g the c o r r u p t i o n of the courts l y i n g p o l i t i c i a n s and the p o l i c e department i t s e l f . People can

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s i d e . Police treatment of min­o r i t i e s borders on complete hatre d and vengence. They are used as an array of occupation t o keep m i n o r l t e s i n t h e i r place and oppressed. The r a c i s t ideas t h a t are taught to p o l i c e make them see every Black per­son as a c r i m i n a l . I t even goes as f a r as the shooting of o f f -duty Black policemen by white p o l i c e . At the f u n e r a l a f t e r the most recent such murder. Rev, Taylor s a i d , "When the face i n f r o n t i s Black the f i n ­ger on the t r i g g e r i s l i k e l y to be ever so s l i g h t l y less r e l u c ­t a n t . "

So you see there are good and bad Cops, but when i t comes down t o i t , they w i l l a l l obey t h e i r orders. Those orders u s u a l l y put them on the side of the l a n d l o r d not the tenant, bosses not workers, r i c h not poor. To s t r e t c h a p o i n t , there were good s o l d i e r s i n the German Array but y e t they were doing H i t l e r ' s b i d d i n g .

But i t ' s not r e a l l y s t r e t c h ­i n g a p o i n t since i n N.Y. they have f i l e s on over a. m i l l i o n out of 8 m i l l i o n people and have plans to expand t h i s . You

f i g h t back by demanding a Civ­i l i a n Review Board and comfflunity c o n t r o l of the p o l i c e .

White L i g h t n i r i g has been wrong i n c a l l i n g p o l i c e "pigs". We have confused many people and got people hung up on a word. Our Ideas on p o l i c e haven' changed. But I n the f u t u r e , we w i l l e x p l a i n t h e i r r o l e and not c a l l them names. The i r r o l e s w i l l range from soab« p r o t e c t o r of c r i m i n a l l a n d l o r d s and op­pressor of working people t o r a c i s t , WHITE LIGHTNING IS FOR ORDER

People sometimes come t o the conclusion t h a t White L i g h t n i n g i s against law and order. We have c h i l d r e n and parents t o o j s and we want o^I? communities t^L saf e . But the answer i s not more money spent on weapons f o r a p o l i c e s t a t e . We'should use t h a t money t o improve c o n d i t i o n s ao we e l i m i n a t e the reasons f o r crime. We are f o r a d i s c i p l i n e d and ordered s o c i e t y — n o t chaos or anarchy. But t h i s i s only p o s s i b l e by t o t a l l y changing the system. Then p o l i c e w i l l serve the people and not the r i c h , l y i n g politic-' - ns o-i-^

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