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The C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r b e l o n g s t o t h e members o f Lhe Ca rneg ie Cen t r e . The C a r n e g i e C e n t r e , t h e most used commun- i t y c e n t r e i n Canada, is l o c a t e d i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e of Vancouver, one o f t h e c i t y ' s o l d e s t communit ies w i t h a r e s i d e n t i a l p o p u l a t i o n o f t e n thousand c i t i z e n s .

The n e w s l e t t e r , a l l 24 t o 32 pages o f i t , i s p u b l i s h e d t w i c e a month. Seven hundred c o p i e s a r e p r i n t e d , and t h e s e are d i s t r i b u t e d by hand. The pape r i s f r e e t o r e s i d e n t s of t h e downtown e a s t - s i d e .

I n t h e C a r n e g i e Newsletter t h e p e o p l e o f t h e downtown e a s t s i d e a r e e x e r c i s i n g t h e power t o d e f i n e t h e i r own r e a l i t y . C o n s i d e r , f o r example , t h e f o l l o w i n g s m a l l p a r t o f a c h a r a c t e r s k e t c h by Anne Rayva l s a b o u t a s ix ty - two y e a r o l d woman l i v i n g i n a h o t e l room:

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o f them bugs w h e r e ' s my s h o e who'd have e v e r t hough t i ' d end up h e r e a l l by myse l f l o o k i n g o u t t h e window a t t h i s s t i n k i n g p a r k i n g l o t " T r a d i t i o n a l l y , t h e woman i n t h i s

s t o r y h a s been s i l e n t , b u t now s h e s p e a k s , and h e r v o i c e c h a l l e n g e s t h e myth o f a j u s t s o c i e t y .

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l i k e some f l o w e r - g i r l i n t h e b e e r p a r l o u r s m i l i n g and s e l l i n g teddy b e a r s .

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Years o f h a r d work t o t u r n t h i s s t o n e b u i l d i n g i n t o someth ing l i k e s u n r i s e . "

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d i s c o v e r y . We know t h a t w e ' r e n o t t h e p e o p l e t h e y s a i d we were , and we a r e n o t y e t t h e peop le we know we can become : "1 f e a r t o f e e l p a i n

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s t i c k i t i n your own l a p e l w h i l e you bury o u r peop le i n p r i s o n s and psyche wards ."

Mike Kramer - on t h e c l o s i n g down o f t h e Lea rn ing F r o n t , a s t o r e f r o n t l i t e r - acy c e n t r e on Main S t r e e t , d u r i n g t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l y e a r o f l i t e r a c y .

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t u t o r George C h i e f , a Ca rneg ie mem- b e r who was on d i a l y s i s ; h i s k id - neys d i d n o t f u n c t i o n . I was shock- ed when they s a i d he had d i e d on S a t u r d a y .

He was a r e a l n i c e man. I r e a l l y l i k e d him; he had s o many i n l e r e s t - i n g s t o r i e s . We had p lanned t o w r i t e them. I w a s r e a l l y u p s e t when t h e n u r s e s a i d he c h o s e t o d i e . "

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i s t h i s c a r i n g which Lurns t h e Ca rneg ie C e n t r e from a c o l l e c t i o n of i s o l a t e d i n d i v i d u a l s i n t o a community:

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The C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r i s p o l i t i c a l because i t h e l p s p e o p l e f i n d t h e power t o d e f i n e who t h e y are, and because of i t s p r o p h e t i c s e n s e o f j u s t i c e - t h e conce rn w i t h what ough t t o be . No one is more committed t o j u s t i c e t h a n t h e e d i t o r o f t h e C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r , P a u l T a y l o r . Whether t h e s u b j e c t be hous- i n g , p o v e r t y , unemployment, p o l l u t i o n , o r t h e GST, P a u l s p e a k s s t r o n g l y i n de- f e n c e o f t h e human r i g h t s and d i g n i t y o f t h e p e o p l e o f t h e downtown e a s t s i d e .

The C a r n e g i e N e w s l e t t e r , however, i s n o t p o l i t i c a l i n t h e t r a d i t i o n a l way f o l l o w e d by many who a r e committed t o p o l i t i c a l s t r u g g l e . You won ' t f i n d many a b s t r a c t r e f e r e n c e s t o s o c i a l i s m o r c a p i t a l i s m . You won ' t f i n d much in- t e l l e c t u a l d i s c u s s i o n a b o u t who i s l e f t o r r i g h t o f whom. Well, what w i l l you f i n d ?

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i n an a r t i c l e commemorating t h e f o u r t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e n e w s l e t t e r . " J u s t

w r i t e from t h e h e a r t a b o u t y o u r own e x p e r i e n c e . "

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h i s e x p e r i e n c e : "Depending o n where we s t a n d , i t is

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1 a h e a d , we can s e e n o t h i n g b u t d i s - t a n c e and u n c e r t a i n t y . It is d u r i n g t h e s e t i m e s t h a t we s h o u l d l i s t e n L O o u r h e a r l s ." What a r e t h e " v a l u e s o f t h e h e a r t " ?

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l e s s , Vaclav Havel , t h e P r e s i d e n t o f C z e c h o s l o v a k i a , w r i t e s o f t h e impor- t a n c e o f d i s s e n t i n c h a l l e n g i n g t o t a l i - t a r i a n s y s t e m s . H e s a y s t h a t between t h e aims o f a n i d e o l o g i c a l s y s t e m (com- m u n i s t , c a p i t a l i s t , o r w h a t e v e r ) and

t h e aims of l i f e , t h e r e i s an abyss . A system s e r v e s people on ly t o t h e e x t e n t n e c e s s a r y t o e n s u r e t h a t people w i l l s e r v e i t . For Havel , l i v i n g w i t h i n t h e sys tem w i t h o u t s e r i o u s l y a s k i n g who and what i t i s we s e r v e and obey, i s l i v i n g w i t h i n t h e l i e .

I n o r d e r t o s t o p l i v i n g w i t h i n a l i e , we must beg in t o l i v e w i t h i n t h e t r u t h , Havel s a y s . By t h i s he means l i v i n g from t h e c e n t r e of our most a u t h e n t i c s e l f - o r l i v i n g w i t h t h e v a l u e s of t h e h e a r t a s S h e i l a , Tora , and Danie l have s a i d . Havel t e l l s u s t h a t l i v i n g w i t h i n t h e t r u t h has more than an e x i s t e n t i a l dimension. I t h a s a p o l i t i c a l dimension because i t i s t h e fundamental t h r e a t t o t h e system. Th i s i s t h e p o l i t i c s of t h e h e a r t .

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UNLEARNING RACISM

We a l l l e a r n t h e same r a c i s t c r a p , b u t the impact is comple te ly d i f f e r - e n t f o r a person who i s l e a r n i n g t h e s e messages about someone e l s e , and f o r a person who is l e a r n i n g t h e s e messages abou t themselves . The person who l e a r n s a l l t h e s e d r e a d f u l t h i n g s about o t h e r peop le h a s one s e t o f problems. The person who, l i k e me, l e a r n s a l l t h e s e d r e a d f u l t h i n g s about o u r s e l v e s , o u r f a m i l i e s , o u r communities and anyone who looks l i k e u s - we have a l o t t o contend wi th . . a l o t of p a i n and confus ion and r a g e we d i d n o t a s k f o r , do n o t d e s e r v e , and have t o d e a l w i t h (no o p t i o n ) i n o r d e r t o s u r v i v e . For a l l of u s , whatever o u r a n c e s t r y , r ac i sm h a s been and is a c a t a s t r o p h e i n our l i f e .

The purpose of Unlearning Racism workshops is t o p rov ide a space f o r people t o r e a l l y look a t t h e impact o f r ac i sm on o u r l i v e s , t o s h a r e our- s e l v e s w i t h o t h e r people s o they can s e e what i t looks l i k e from h e r e , and we can s e e what i t looks l i k e from t h e r e . .and t o look a t (and p r a c t i c e )

some of t h e ways we can be of h e l p t o one a n o t h e r .

One o f t h e t h i n g s we do t h e f i r s t n i g h t i s o r g a n i z e o u r s e l v e s i n t o sup- p o r t groups f o r t h e weekend. We u s e a co -counse l l ing o r pee r c o u n s e l l i n g model, which means t h a t a l l of u s can develop s k i l l s as bo th a c o u n s e l l o r ( a b l e t o l i s t e n , a b l e t o t h i n k about and r e a c h f o r someone e l s e ) , and a c l i e n t ( a b l e t o speak your t r u t h , a b l e t o t r u s t ) . People a r e n ' t expected t o a l r e a d y know how t o do t h i s , though many do. What I have seen i s t h a t t h e work is much e a s i e r f o r people who a r e a l r e a d y c l e a n and sober . So, p a r t of t h e t ime we spend i n s m a l l groups ( suppor t groups , t h r e e t o f i v e people) and p a r t of t h e t ime i n l a r g e groups ( u s u a l l y around f o r t y ) .

I f d e b a t e s change a n y t h i n g , every- t h i n g would be changed a l r e a d y . . s o one t h i n g we d o n ' t do i s d e b a t e , o r a rgue . We o f f e r some theory and e x e r c i s e s , ways of l o o k i n g and working w i t h peo- p l e . I n t h e workshops we do make space f o r p e o p l e ' s f e e l i n g s , because w6 b e l i e v e t h a t our f e e l i n g s a r e o u r t r u t h s , and p u t t i n g o u r f e e l i n g s a s i d e means p u t t i n g o u r s e l v e s a s i d e . We l e a v e l o t s of t ime f o r peop le t o t a l k w i t h each o t h e r about w h a t ' s going on, what they t h i n k , and how they f e e l .

Racism i s one o f t h e fundamen ta l op- p r e s s i o n s i n t h i s s o c i e t y , a l o n g w i t h s ex i sm, c l a s s , homophobia, d i s l a b i l i t y . A l l o f t h e o p p r e s s i o n s o p e r a t e i n much t h e same way, and a l t o g e t h e r t h e y weave t h e f a b r i c o f o p p r e s s i v e s o c i e t y t h a t we were a l l thrown i n t o a t b i r t h , a r e formed by, and d e a l w i t h eve ryday i n o u r s e l v e s and w i t h o t h e r s .

U n l e a r n i n g Racism workshops o f f e r an a l t e r n a t i v e t o d e s p a i r .

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Reading about ~ o r a ' s youth , I recog- n ized a p e r f e c t s i m i l a r i t y w i t h my own sLory. FurLhermore, I never read a betLer and c l e a r e r d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e Native Ind ian peop le ' s s i t u a t i o n .

Long ago I thought t h a t I was a l o n e w i ~ h my i n d i v i d u a l , unorthodox ph i lo - sophy. Today I s e e t h a t the number of people , th ink ing l i k e Tora and me, i s m u l ~ i p l y i n g l i k e mushrooms everywhere i n t h e world and the a t t i ~ u d e of t h e Ind ian people is p r imord ia l t o t h i s changing.

I t is very much probable t h a t changes i n t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n of s t a r s i n f l u - ence human behaviour. I n my op in ion t h e r e is a p e r f e c t intercommunication sysLem between t h e d i f f e r e n t atoms of the un ive r se . Those atoms a r e t h e e lementary b u i l d i n g s t o n e s of every- t h i n g . Th i s means t h a t each atom i n the s t a r s can communicate w i t h each aLom i n a human b r a i n . Consequently, d i f f e r e n t k inds of s t a r c o n s t e l l a t i o n s can i n f l u e n c e d i f f e r e n t l y our mental and s p i r i t u a l system. The mechanism of Lhis a ~ o m i c in te rcommunica~ ion is ex- p l a i n e d i n my book h he L iv ing Atoms" (Les ALomes v i v a n t s ) . With t h e h e l p of t h i s new concep l , t h e a r t of Astro- logy w i l l become a r e a l i s t i c s c i e n t i f i c ~ o o l s e r v i n g humanity.

Anyway i t may be , now w e should look i n t o t h c f u t u r e w i t h more op~imism. We can hope t h a t t h e p r e s e n t world-wide chaos w i l l end i n a fundamental change o f human behaviour .

Adding something t o T o r a ' s e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e , I would l i k e LO mention t h a t t h e upcoming fundamental change was p r e d i c t e d long-ago by some w e l l known ph i losophers . For example, t h e out- s t a n d i n g French humanist A l e x i s C a r r e l (1873-1944) wrote t h e f o l l o w i n g sen- t e n c e i n h i s book "Man t h e Unknown": " I n o r d e r t o r e c o n s t r u c t our per-

s o n a l i t y we must b reak t h e frame of t h e s c h o o l , f a c t o r y and o f f i c e , and r e j e c t t h e v e r y p r i n c i p l e s of t h e t e c h n o l o g i c a l c i v i l i z a t i o n . "

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I h e war i n t he Middle East came on the b a s i s of New Year 's r e so lu t i ons . The Am- e r i c a n s with t h e i r v a s t armada of p lanes swooped over t he c i t y of Baghdad and loo- sed a well-planned m i s s i l e a t t a c k on i t .

Ply percept ion of Baghdad has always been f i l l e d wi th e x o t i c s t u f f - Tales of Arabian Nights , a c i t y of camels and baz- a a r s and Arabs dressed i n embroidered tu- n i c s and baggy s i l k t r o u s e r s , shoes wi th cu r l ed up t o e s and turbans, of course. T l~e p i c t u r e s we s e e on TV of Saddam Huss- e i n don' t match my v i s i o n a t a l l . He looks a l i t t l e l i k e somebody you might s e e i n a movie s e t i n t he back s t r e e t s of Cai ro , maybe a c h a r a c t e r from Casablanca, a s e l l e r of d rugs , a mys te r ious da rk str- anger who d e a l s i n sudden s i l e n t death. And so he is a d e a l e r i n dea th , t he dka th of h i s own people, and t h e s loppy haphaz- a rd mi s s i l e -d i r ec t ed dea ths of r e s i d e n t s i n l 'el Aviv and Saudi Arabia. Now he can be accused of k i l l i n g t he environment too - a l l those b i r d s covered i n s l i c k b lack from the gushing o i l r e l ea sed ou t of-Ku- wa i t . We a r e t o ld t h a t t he water supp-ly i u t h e Gulf could be a f f e c t e d f o r up t o t en yea r s a f t e r s e t t l emen t of t h i s war.

We a l l thought i t was going t o be a s h o r t war. We were assured of t h i s be fo re we go t t r i c k e d i n t o i t by P re s iden t Bushs anthem of " ~ e t ' s k i ck a s s " went i n t o play. A symbolic war, we were t o l d , a c l ean p a i n l e s s war, l i k e Nintendo o r a hockey game--just a few s h o t s w i th a s t r a i g h t wllite s t i c k and a powerful puck and t he game would be over . "Let t h e r e be war," dec l a r ed M r . Bush and before you could b l i n k an eye , t h e r e was. Like t h e t i t l e of a romance novel , o r maybe a hur r icane , Uperat ion Desert Storm was born.

A t 3:50 on January 16, I s a t i n my c a r , wa i t i ng f o r i t t o warm up and I a c t u a l l y peard tile bombs exploding on Baghdad. Amazing. And s o i t has been ever s i nce . But i n t he beginning, we be l ieved t h a t t he w i g s i l e s were s o d i r e c t e d t h a t they wpuld ~ , n l y h i t t a r g e t s l i k e m i s s i l e s to rage . warehouses and communications c e n t r e s . d o t peopLe -- heavens, no. Now we know t h a t we s e e and hear on ly what t he U.S. waqts u s t o s e e and hear. News is f i n e l y

s t r a i n e d through a s i e v e by t h e gene ra l s and George ~ u s h ' s group of f i l t e r e r s . But t h i s i s o l d in format ion now.

I w a s s t r u c k by t h e immediacy of t h e war when i t f i r s t beganbut now I s e e i t l s no: a s immediate 'as I o r i g i n a l l y thought , d e s p i t e C N N ' s P e t e r Arnc t t who v a l i a n t l y t r i e s t o g i v e u s t he news from Baghdad. Arne t t w i l l be a b l e t o d i n e o u t f o r yea r s on h i s s t o r i e s of t h e time he has spen t t he r e . "Lone Reporter Faces I n c r e d i b l e Odds t o Bring t he News t o t h e Western World". J o u r n a l i s t s i n I r a q , Kuwait, Sau- d i Arabia and o t h e r p a r t s of t h e Gulf have been glamorized, a s war r e p o r t e r s have always been. Romantic f i g u r e s 'doing t h e i r job ' i n t h e f a c e of t e r r i b l e danger. We admire them. S e c r e t l y , we want t o BE them. And a l l of u s have i n t h e backs of our minds t h e f a n t a s t i c t a l e s of t h e Ara- b i an Nights t h a t j u s t won't go away, des- p i t e t he r e a l i t y of chemical war fa re and

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scud m i s s i l e s and i n s t a n t a n a l y s i s by war s p e c i a l i s t s .

This war seems t o be happening i n our l i v i n g rooms and i n our c a r s . But where a r e t h e dead and dying? Where i s t h e blood? A l l c leaned up and put away s o our eyes a r e n o t offended by anyth ing n o t completely s t e r i l e . We have been foo led i n t o t h ink ing we a r e there . But i t is n o t our bodies who implode. Our h e a r t s do n o t s top . Canada i s p a r t of t h e k i l l - i n g machine.

Saddam Hussein r a n t s ' p u b l i c l y about t he need t o s t o p t h e ' i m p e r i a l i s t i n f i d - e l ' . Bush s ays t h e U.S. is a g a i n s t agg- r e s s ion . The hypocr i sy is s i cken ing when we watch m i s s i l e s launched by t h e thous- ands day a f t e r day on h e l p l e s s c i v i l i a n s i n I r aq . I n t he r e c e n t I ran- I raq q a r , I r a q used U.S. weapons. And t h e r e was no oppos i t i on vo iced by t he U.S. when I r a q loosed chemical war fa re a g a i n s t t h e Kurds i n an almost t o t a l l y s u c c e s s f u l a c t o f genocide.

Everybody i s t ak ing a c u t . The arms d e a l e r s a r e h igh on t h e l i s t . Think of t he money they have made. The s t o c k mar- k e t i n bo th t h e U.S. and Canada is doing very we l l . I r ead somewhere t h a t a coup- l e o f movies a r e soon t o be r e l e a s e d

us ing t h e Gulf a s a theme, and somebody has a l r eady produced a war-game, s e t i n t he Pe r s i an Gulf. Even flag-makers a r e making a buck. P a t r i o t i s m is i n f a sh ion again.

I don ' t know why I am upse t because we a r e n ' t s ee ing any blood on the screen . Af t e r a l l , we a l l know t h a t t h e A l l i e s (who, by t h e way, are t h e A l l i e s when you l eave o u t t h e U.S.?) are t h e good guys. It would be too hard t o s o r t ou t t h e men i n t h e whi te h a t s from those wearing b lack i f we s a w p i c t u r e s of dead I r aqu i s .

During t h e f i r s t World War, a r t i s t s oa in t ed war a t r o c i t i e s f o r p o s t e r i t y , bu t t he se p i c t u r e s , now i n g a l l e r i e s and w a r museums, weren ' t shown u n t i l a f t e r t h e war. Then du r ing World War I1 we watched o u r g l o r i o u s t roops marching i n t o l i b e r a t e still another country. This we saw i n newsreels a t movie t h e a t r e s . And we a l l cheered. I n those days i t was oka t t o s e e dead enemies ( a f t e r a l l we were a l l a g r e e d ' t h a t ou r s was a holy war aga ins t t h e German and Japanese d e v i l s ) but we w e r e spared t h e s i g h t of a l l i e s wi th missing l imbs and dead f rozen f aces . Un t i l they came home.. . o r d i d n ' t .

Vietnam brought u s c l o s e r through t h e medium of TV. But Canadians were d i s t an - ced from Vietnam. W e watched with dismay and ho r ro r , bu t w i th a c e r t a i n kind of smugness. It was n o t o u r war. Not u n t i l t h e r e l e a s e of a f l o o d of f i l m s i n t h e 70 's &i801s d i d w e become aware t h a t the now defunct w a r i n t h e Far East was EV- ERYBODY'S war. Apocalypse Now and Good Morning Vietnam seemed t o do it when t h e news c l i p s d idn ' t.

9. Desert Storm is Canada's war too. Our

government has decided t o become p a r t of t h e move t o d r i v e Saddam Hussein ou t of Kuwait. So w e a r e involved whether we want t o be o r no t . Despi te a s t r o n g wave of anti-war demonstrat ions and lobb ie s , t h e government p reva i l ed . ~ a n a d a ' s :at war.

As I: s i t h e r e w r i t i n g t h i s , o t h e r wars run through my mind. A s a c h i l d I remem- be r l i s t e n i n g t o Lorne Green's vo ice of doom on t h e CBC dur ing WWII, watching my aun t s k n i t t i n g f o r t h e Red Cross. La t e r , I r e c a l l being p a r t of a s t r e e t ce lebra- t i o n i n small-town Ontar io when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed and t h e war wi th

Japan ended. Not one of us i n thaL jub- i l a n t crowd had any concept of the t e r - r i b l e a t r o c i t y which had j u s t been com- mi t ted on t h e Japanese people. By us.

And I can remember the anger I f e l t dur ing t h e Cuban c r i s i s . What r i g h t , I f e l t , had an American p re s iden t t o make dec i s ions t h a t would a f f e c t t h e l i v e s of MY ch i ld ren? That was an imminent t h r e a t which s e n t waves of f e a r through the h e a r t s of Canadians.

More r e c e n t l y we remember t he i nc iden t i n Tianamen Square, where ch i ld ren were gunned down i n f r o n t of our eyes a s we watched the news on TV. We could actu- a l l y s e e t h e look of b e t r a y a l and un- b e l i e f on t h e f a c e s of t h e young s tu - den t s f l e e i n g from t h e tanks t h a t lumb- e red i n t o t h e i r midst. This moment was shared by a l l of us. We were t he re .

And even wi th t h e censored news we g e t from t h e Gulf, we a r e almost t h e r e f o r t h i s war too. I f e e l a t e r r i b l e

personal anguish f o r t he dead and dying, and t h e i r f a m i l i e s , today i n Baghdad. I t might sound l i k e a f o o t b a l l game when P re s iden t Bush says " ~ e t ' s k i ck a s s , " and i t may sound l i k e a holy war when Hussein spou t s h i s r h e t o r i c . But t he war i s widening, i f I might borrow the ja r - gon used by t h e U.S. The U.S. has j e t s i n Turkey and now I r a q has put down p lanes i n I r an . What does i t a l l mean?

Could we be c r e a t i n g our own Armegge- don? Is t h i s ' i n s t a n t rep lay ' war sowing t h e seeds of our own destruct ion--of t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of t h e world?

The poor s e a b i r d covered wi th b lack o i l I was yes te rday on TV s t a y s i n my mind. Of course I know i t ' s supposed t o s t a y i n my mind. I ' m aware t h a t I ' m sup- posed t o h a t e Saddam Hussein a l i t t l e more than be fo re because of t h e o i l f i l - l i n g t h e ocean and k i l l i n g t h e environ- ment. Well, a s I s e e i t , Saddam Hussein is a s i n i s t e r thug who has pu l l ed o f f a major h e i s t . George Bush appears t o be s ee ing himself as the policeman of t he world. He is on a c rusade t o r i g h t t h e wrongs begun by t h e invas ion of Kuwait. But do we know f o r s u r e who pul led t he p lug on t h e o i l t h a t is f a s t c r e a t i n g t h e b i g g e s t s l i c k of them a l l ? Do you know? Do I ? I have grave susp i c ions t h a t we've been had. I th ink t h e American- I s r a e l i a l l i a n c e has dragged B r i t a i n & Canada & t h e o t h e r s i n t o t h i s war under t h e seeming umbrel la of t h e United Na- t i o n s . But what i f i t ' s a l l a b i g con? What i f t h e undercur ren t of goss ip we hea r whispered is t r u e ?

So, w i th m i l l i o n s of o t h e r Canadians, I w a i t . . i n f e a r and t r ep ida t ion . . t he con t inu ing r ep l ay of Desert Storm.

By ANNE RAYVALS

The study of war has taught me that almost every war was avoidable and that the outbreak was most often produced by statesmen losing their heads or their patience, and putting their opponent in a position where he could not draw back without serious loss of fact

- Captain Basil Liddell Hart

He's beginning to distinguish fact from fantasy. I kissed his boo-boo and it didn't get better.

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Forward, Joe Soap's Army, - I Marching without fear, ~ I

With our old commander ,

Safely in the rear!

- A Soldier's Song Get Smarter

ORPHANS

To be l e f t f o r l o r n abandoned e a r l y on L i f e ' s t r a i l . To f a c e a l o n e t o l e a r n L i f e a l o n e by chance, by e r r o r a t t h e dang l ing end o f t h e raw broken chain . t h a t c o n t i n u i t y l o s t .

My mother, who a r e you? What a r e you?

My daddy, who a r e you? What a r e you? Every l e s s o n , l e a r n t t h r u pain . Every p i t f a l l , s u r e t o I s t e p . Unwarned, unprepared my Gramma, who a r e you? What vo id i n my h e a r t would you f i l l ? What h e i g h t s o f L i f e Would you have l i f t e d me? What i s t h a t S i l e n c e you would have f i l l e d That space on ly echoing i n t o i t s e l f .

Not knowing What p a i n of L i f e Am I miss ing? My momma, my daddy. Why d i d you pu t me i n t h i s S i l e n c e ? I f my h e a r t could break might I c a t c h a glimmer o f what they c a l l L i f e ? My momma, e v e r y t h i n g is s o empty and so s i l e n t . My momma, i f my eyes could open i f my e a r s could hear Beyond t h a t , they s a y t h e r e ' s a h e a r t . And t h a t h e a r t could open My daddy, what does t h a t mean? My daddy, i f I had a h e a r t and maybe i f i t could break Would then my h e a r t be opened? Where are you? What a r e you? T e a r l e s s I s i t w*

dreamless I s l e e p ... William Dominic

The Carnegie G a l l e r y , 3rd f l o o r , i s a v a i l a b l e a t no c o s t f o r i n d i v i d u a l s who would l i k e t o p r e s e n t a c u l t u r a l d i s p l a y o r showing.

I f you a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n having a showing a t t h e G a l l e r y , p l e a s e c o n t a c t DONALDA VIAUI) - Monday t o Wednesday - 8:30am - 5:30pm i n t h e t h i r d f l o o r program o f f i c e , o r l e a v e a message f o r h e r a t t h e I n f o Desk on t h e 1st f l o o r .

A sample of your work i s r e q u i r e d b e f o r e a t ime s l o t w i l l be approved.

This is a r ep ly t o Steve Rose's "Please, someone has got t o he lp me!"

This p i ece of ve rba l d i a rhga , t o Mr. ~ o s e ' s c r e d i t , b r ings t o mind some c . ~ o i c e words of wisdom - " l i s t e n t o o t h e r s , even the d u l l and ignorant , they too have t h e i r s tory". Our dear Ed i to r must have had t h i s i n mind when he considered prin- t i n g t h i s rabble . He (Rose) probably does need he lp , but I ques t ion h i s capac i ty t o " learn and understand" i f h i s previous t i d b i t is any i n d i c a t o r of 'void ' a r ea s .

1 must extend s p e c i a l thanks t o our Ed- i t o r f o r e d i t i n g ou t some very d e r i s i v e a d j e c t i v e s t h a t M r . Rose had included. Something l i k e "pissed drunk" i n r e f e r - ence t o Natives on t h e c i t y s t r e e t s . ~ e t ' s pray t h a t a l l persons working i n the Downtown Eas t s ide do not become a s c a l l o u s and i n s e n s i t i v e t o t h e i r neigh- bours a s M r . Rose obviously has.

Ce r t a in ly a b o r i g i n a l Canadians want t o che r i sh and main ta in t h e i r "her i tage , c u l t u r e and language". The va lue of t he se t h ings is immeasureable, and cannot be mistaken when viewed i n comparison t o t h e h i s t o r i c a l l y i l l u s t r i o u s "WHITE1' c u l t u r e , wi th i t s preoccupat ion wi th m a t e r i a l ga in and the r igh teousness of i t s Manifest Destiny rationale. The movie DANCES WITH WOLVES a c c u r a t e l y d e p i c t s t h e va lues and c u l t u r e of a people t h a t "WHITES" could "learn" from. Not only "WHITES", but peo- p l e of every co lou r , i nc lud ing 'Nat ives ' who have l o s t touch wi th t h e s p i r i t u a l s i d e of t h i s e a r t h l y ex i s t ence .

Rose seems t o t h i n k t h a t when F i r s t Na- Lions make progress i n t h e Land Claims process , t h a t he w i l l be l e f t without a pot t o p i s s i n . That f e a r undoubtedly stems from h i s p re sen t p o s i t i o n , which is without a po t t o p i s s i n , a s an "oppress- ed white". W e n one ' s own people doesn ' t a l low one any d i g n i t y , I suppose i t ' s a b i t much t o expec t t o be t r e a t e d any d i f - f e r e n t l y by t h e new landlord . However, kose should no t a t t r i b u t e t o F i r s t Na- t i o n s motives t h e common and pervas ive t r a i t s of h i s own "WHITE" c u l t u r e (which he seems t o have abandoned, o r been aban- doned by!). Ce r t a in ly F i r s t Nations would be wrong t o assume t h a t one "WHITE" Asshola is r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h a t e n t i r e , . BC

race. Before gene ra l i z ing , i t ought t o understand t h a t dumping them a l l t oge the r i n t h e same p i l e of s h i t is no t c o r r e c t .

I do no t want t o confuse t h e i s s u e (or Rose) by going i n t o a l l t h e f i n e d e t a i l s about Land Claims; whether based on t r ea - t y en t i t l emen t o r t h e p r i n c i p l e of abor i - g i n a l occupancy; o r whether they a r e nec- e s sa ry t o r e d r e s s h i s t o r i c a l gr ievances and/or a l s o t o s e c u r e t h e c u l t u r a l , po l i - t i c a l , o r economic f u t u r e of F i r s t Na- t i o n s ; o r t h a t P r o v i n c i a l governments have been r e l u c t a n t , d e s p i t e l e g a l and o t h e r o b l i g a t i o n s ( t r y moral) t o recog- n i z e and n e g o t i a t e land c la ims where t h e i r j u r i s d i c t i o n a l , economic and o t h e r i n t e r e s t s appear threa tened; o r t h a t pro- v i n c i a l governments have t o confront de- . mands from p o l i t i c a l l y powerful groups such a s t h e n a t u r a l resource i n d u s t r y , t h e a g r i c u l t u r e i ndus t ry , outdoor assoc i - . a t i o n s and o t h e r s who want t o ensu re t h a t any d e a l s s t r u c k w i t h F i r s t Nations do n o t adverse ly a f f e c t t h e i r own i n t e r e s t s ; e t al. such as t h e t r u s t r e l a t i o n s h i p wi th t h e gede ra l government. (The only ones b e n e f i t t i n g a r e t h e lawyers.) What's t h e r e t o " l ea rn and understand"? ?

The simple message behind Land Olaims i s t h a t F i r s t Nations a r e a b l e t o become a 'conscience ' f o r t h e Establ ishment . F i r s t Nations a r e say ing t h a t governments cannot go on t ak ing th ings a s they s e e f i t ; and i t is t h e F i r s t Nations which a r e saying t h a t your own l e g a l system i s being used t o prod your memory about cen- t u r i e s of promises and "~ppres s ion" . F i r s t Nations a r e a l s o say ing t h a t i f ' p rogress ' cont inues a t i t s p re sen t r a t e , t he same ends w i l l be achieved a s M r . Hussein is achiev ing by more d i r e c t meth- ods today. F i r s t Nations a r e ask ing f o r land en t i t l emen t s o t h a t a r e spons ib l e c a r e t a k e r , no t owner, w i l l be a b l e t o show some cons ide ra t i on f o r t h e land , and the resources t h a t everyone depends upon.

By BOB KIYOSHK

T r a n s i t i o n House Opening Doors

The Board of D i r e c t o r s of the Help- ing S p i r i t Lodge S o c i e t y wishes t o announce A p r i l 1 5 , 1991 a s t h e d a t e f o r i t s t r a n s i t i o n home f a c i l i t y t o begin o p e r a t i o n s . Th i s i n i t i a t i v e is t h e f i r s t of i t s kind i n t h e Grea te r Vancouver a r e a , and w i l l a d d r e s s t h e unique needs of t h e a b o r i g i n a l commu- n i t y and v i c t i m s of domestic v io lence .

The home w i l l o f f e r s h e l t e r and sup- p o r t f o r t e n women and t h e i r c h i l d r e n . S i g n i f i c a n t l y , t h e home w i l l p rov ide o p t i o n s t o remaining i n abus ive s i t u - a t i o n s . Trained c o u n s e l l o r s w i l l be on hand t o a s s i s t c l i e n t s i n a r e a s of p h y s i c a l , psycho log ica l and s e x u a l abuse.

The S o c i e t y i s proposing t o expand i t s s e r v i c e s t o i n c l u d e a b u s e r s and c h i l d r e n , i n a d d i t i o n t o women and e l d e r s . P u b l i c l e g a l educa t ion and awareness w i l l , of n e c e s s i t y , be a maj. o r focus of t h e s o c i e t y ' s work. For f u r t h e r i n f o , c a l l 872-6649.

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ljI.li;i i s tlle 1)owntown E a s t s i d e Resi- ~ c , I ; L ~ ' A s s u c i a t i o n and DEKAHS i s DEKA I l o u s i n ~ S o c i e t y . The AGM was h e l d a t ~ l r c newes L a d d i t i o n , Pende ra , which o l )e~led i n Flay and houses o v e r 100 seniors i n a b e a u t i f u l b u i l d i n g a t 133 1J. I 'cnder. IJownLowll 1kl)os i t P r o j e c t ........................

' 1 ' 1 1 ~ p r e v a i l i n g t h r e a ~ t o many r e s i - d e n t s , o r be ing mugged f o r t h e i r a s s i s t - ance cheques , is be ing s u c c e s s f u l l y b a t t l e d w i t 1 1 his work. Opening bank ~ C C O U I I L S , a p p l y i n g f o r I D , h av ing t h e II~OIILIIIY (.11eque d e p o s i t e d d i r e c t l y , and s t r c 5 e ~ - l e v e l a c c e s s f o r o t h e r DERA s e r - v i c e s Iras been ongoing s i n c e his pro- jcic.t began. Nunhers - o v e r 1100 c l i e n t s and ;I 1hZ d e c l i n e i n muggings - have (.onv i nccd t h e M i n i s t r y of S o c i a l Ser- v i ( , c>s b l lousing t o make t h i s an "on- ;:o i 11;; program" w i ~ h s e c u r e fund ing .

'I'l~e 1)1)P is now l o c a t e d a t 33 I.!. Cord- ova, s h a r i n g s p a c e w i t h ALICE. S t a f f is Ikllc Mosely and Sam Snobelen . Advocacy ---

I;unding from t h e Law Foundation h a s 3 f 11 1 1-L imc a d v o c a ~ e s i n t h i s d e p a r l - mcut. I keda , Tony and Barb have he lped ovcsr 3000 walk-in c l i e n t s i n t h e l a s t . y e a r w ~ t h a v a r i e L y of d i f F i c u l t i e s , r a n g i n g wit11 w e l f a r e , U I , G A I N f o r he I l<~nd icapped , a p p e a l s , t i b u n a l s , and income tax/(;Sr1' a p p l i c a l i o n s . With t h e work done o v e r t h e phone as w e l l , o v e r 5000 p e o p l e have c a l l e d D E M f o r advo- cacy a s s i s t a n c e .

Kesiden ~ i a 1 Tenancy AcL ....................... The f i g h t Lo have p e o p l e l i v i n g i n

r e s i d e n t i a l h o t e l s i n c l u d e d unde r t h i s l e g i s l a t i o n began i n 1973, when DERA was formed. F i n a l l y , i n 1990, changes were made and l a n d l o r d s have t o do i t ( r e n t i n c r e a s e s , e v i c t i o n s , r e n o v a t e , by-law s t a n d a r d s , e t c . ) l e g a l l y . Debra spoke of he n e c e s s a r y l e t t e r s , c a l l s and o n - s i t e c o n f r o n t a t i o n s t o e d u c a t e l a n d l o r d s & managers abou t t h e law. I t o f t e n i n c l u d e s o t h e r problem a r e a s n o t , s p e c i f i c a l l y unde r Lhe RTA, b u t t h e i broadening network of DERA s e r v i c e s i s ? r i g h t aL hand a s peop le l e a r n r i g h t s . I

S e n i o r s Help I n i t i a i i v e P r o j e c t ............................... SHIP-SHAPE had a d i s p l a y / i n f o r m a t i o n

se t -up a t t h e P a c i f i c N a t i o n a l Exhib i - t i o n where s e n i o r s and r e s i d e n t s c o u l d show peop le w h a ~ good s o c i a l hous ing was a b o u t . T h i s p r o j e c t i s o f , f o r & by s e n i o r s . Members p a r t i c i p a t e d i n 3 c o n f e r e n c e s o v e r t h e y e a r and a r e acL ive i n c i v i c and p r o v i n c i a l forums. On t h e f u n , comniunity l e v e l , t h e r e was a t r a i n e x c u r s i o n , b ingo i s h e l d e v e r y o t h e r week aL Four S i s L e r s , d i n n e r s were he1 d aL b o ~ 11 Thanksg iv ing and Chr i s tmas and Lhe ~ i d s ' ChrisLmas P a r i y was h o s t e d by SKIP-SLiAPE. T h e i r n e x t hope i s t o g e t a g r a n t unde r "New Hori- sons" f o r ALICE. A Low Income Community Endeavour ................................

A.L.I.C.E. ( f o r s h o r ~ ) i s " ju s t - a - b o u ~ - r e a d y " L O open aL 3 3 W.Cordova. I t w i l l be a c o - o p e r a t i v e s t o r e f o r s e n i o r s and l o c a l r e s i d e n L s t o g e t q u a l i t y s u p p l i e s and gome f o o d s t u f f s a t v e r y r e a s o n a b l e p r i c e s .

Mousing ------- DERAHS now manages 5 h o u s i n g s i t e s ,

4 o f which they were r e s p o n s i b l e f o r from i d e a t o work t o b u r e a u c r a t i c r e d t a p e t o b a t t l i n g p o l i t i c i a n s t o b e i n g open ... from t h e ground up. The DERA Co-op (635 Alexander) , Four S i s t e r s Co-op (153 P o w e l l ) , T e l l i e r Tower (16 E . H a s t i n g s ) , and Pende ra (133 W.Pender) a r e o r i g i n a l w i t h DERA and Mar ie Gomez P l a c e (590 Alexander) i s unde r DERAHS.

A new s i t e f o r f a m i l y hous ing (Union S t r e e t ) w i l l be r e p o r t e d on soon. The Rainbow H o t e l , c l o s e d and empt ied o v e r a y e a r ago , w i l l soon b e unde r DERAHS a s i n t e r i m , emergency hous ing . R e l o c a t o r ---------

Stephen Lea rey and J i m Green, s e e k i n g fund ing f o r t h i s c r u c i a l j o b , g o t t h e p r o v i n c i a l government t o fund a f u l l - t ime r e l o c a t o r . Barb D a n i e l spoke o f how t h e C i t y o f Vancouver, a f t e r re- f u s i n g t o fund h e r j o b , g o t embar ra s sed a s h e l l when t h e y found o u t t h a t t h e P rov ince was d o i n g i t and p u t up h a l f t h e money. B a r b ' s work is t o f i n d s h e l t e r and f i n a l l y h o u s i n g f o r p e o p l e who l o s e s u c h b e c a u s e o f e v i c t i o n , d e m o l i t i o n o r d i s a s t e r ( l i k e a f i r e ) . The l a s t is t h e h a r d e s t , s i n c e p e o p l e w i l l u s u a l l y have j u s t t h e c l o t h e s on t h e i r backs and i t may be ( h a s been) a t n i g h t as w e l l . With t h e Rainbow H o t e l , ment ioned above , t h e R e l o c a t o r ' s o f f i c e and work w i l l be on t h e main f l o o r o f t h i s p l a c e ( C a r r a l l & H a s t i n g s ;

Recyc l ing ---------

C i t y ' s Recyc l ing Trucks . Th ink ing , expe r imen t , t r i a l & e r r o r . . a l l w i l l h e l p t h i s model p r o j e c t be used a l l o v e r t h e c i t y and o t h e r c i t i e s a s w e l l . Chinese S e n i o r s ---------------

Ever s i n c e t h e S e n i o r s ' S t r u t began , t h e DERA s e n i o r s ( e s p e c i a l l y Chinese s e n i o r s ) have c o n s i s t e n t l y b rough t i n more money i n p l e d g e s t h a n anyone! Anna Wong h e l p s o r g a n i z e t h i s , a s w e l l as t h e a n n u a l DERA d i n n e r , and o f f e r s a i d i n c a s e s w i t h w e l f a r e , U I and t a x , t r a n s l a t i n g wherever n e c e s s a r y . Guest Speaker

The newes t COPE C o u n c i l l o r , M s . P a t Wi lson , thanked a l l p r e s e n t f o r t h e i r h e l p d u r i n g t h e r e c e n t e l e c t i o n , and t o l d o f how Campbell c o n t i n u e s t o r e - duce p e o p l e ' s a c c e s s t o C i t y H a l l and Counc i l m e e t i n g s . P a t i s no s t r a n g e r t o t h e NPA's m a n i p u l a t i v e t e c h n i q u e s and promised t o s t a y f r e s h i n t h e f i g h t . A s J i m Green s a i d , "We now have 2 g r e a t s t a r s a t C i t y Hall - P a t b Libby Davies"

By PAULR TAYLOR

T h i s w a s one o f t h e most d i f f i c u l t p r o j e c L s t o g e t f u n d i n g f o r , b u t t h a n k s - -

t o Tom Durning i t ' s underway. P a t r i c i a Skye i s i n c h a r g e of t h i s and t h e 5 DEKA b u i l d i n g s a r e a c t i n g a s " p i l o t p r o j e c t s " f o r r e c y c l i n g a t m u l t i - u n i t d w e l l i n g s ( h o t e l s , a p a r t m e n t s , e t c . ) +@P918#9#@ Newspapers, 3 k i n d s o f g l a s s , t i n and ha rd p l a s t i c s a r e t h e main i t e m s and b i n s a r e empt ied once a week by t h e

Community Meeting on

OPPENHEIMER PARK

O v e r f o r t y p e o p l e s h o w e d u p T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 1 5 , t o d i s c u s s t h e d i r e c t i o n o f t h e p a r k . Some

Over f o r t y people showed up Tuesday January 1 5 . . t o d i s c u s s t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e Park. Some of t h e s e people were r e s i d e n t s , o t h e r s were s t a f f from l o c a l a g e n c i e s , l o c a l merchants and Park u s e r s .

Carnegie h a s two s t a f f people work- i n g i n t h e Park t h i s w i n t e r and i n t h e s p r i n g . Th i s i s a unique a s t h e pa rks i n Vancouver do n o t have w i n t e r program s t a f f . The C i t y has funded t h e s e p o s i t i o n s a s a r e s u l t of p ress - u r e s on t h e Park. By ho ld ing t h i s meeting, we hoped t o make t h e commun- i t y aware of Pam Brown and S teve Johnstone. We a l s o hoped t o work wi th t h e community t o d e a l w i t h t h e drug & a l c o h o l a c t i v i t y i n t h e Park.

L ive ly d i s c u s s i o n and bra ins torm- ing went on f o r over two hours . Mark Gaff , t h e community rep . from t h e Vancouver P o l i c e , answered q u e s t i o n s

about p o l i c i n g p rocedures , complaint response t ime, e t c . Sugges t ions such a s Pam and S teve wearing j a c k e t s o r something t h a t s a i d "Park S t a f f t ' a r e p r a c t i c a l and easy t o impliment; o t h e r s u g g e s t i o n s a r e l o n g e r term. The "~e ighbourhood Watch" ( g e t t i n g everyone t o r e p o r t unwanted behaviour) w i l l t a k e longer . The i d e a of encou- r ag ing groups i n t h e neighbourhood t o u s e t h e Park w i t h group a c t i v i t i e s w i l l be explored.

It was po in ted o u t by one of t h e r e s i d e n t s t h a t t h e problems i n t h e Park do n o t s tar t and s t o p a t t h e boundar ies of Oppenheimer. They a r e j u s t more obvious and sometimes more congested i n t h e open a r e a .

Many o t h e r s u g g e s t i o n s and comments were p u t forward. Donalda took n o t e s and w i l l have them w r i t t e n up. Pam & Steve agreed t o d i s t r i b u t e cop ies . I f you want a copy check w i t h them.

We a l l agreed we'd l i k e a few more meet ings t o moni tor t h e s i t u a t i o n . It was suggested t h a t we hold a n o t h e r one i n March and maybe a g a i n i n June. I f y o u ' r e i n t e r e s t e d , watch f o r t h e n o t i c e s i n t h e News le t t e r and around t h e Park .

By MJGGS SIGURGEIRSON

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second Carnegie Poe t ry n i g h t Viola Thomas began f i l l i n g i n i c i a was h e l d on January 25th. w e l l a t t e n d e d and Viola h a s

done an e x c e l l e n t job of f i n d i n g guest speakers .

Everyone d i d a marvel lous job of p resen t ing t h e i r w r i t i n g and spoke r i g h t from t h e h e a r t . Maria Campbell to ld us about t h e problems a r i s i n g when you a r e from two d i f f e r e n t cu l - tu res . She wro te Half-Breed; a l s o J e s s i c a . Maria and a f r i e n d read a few scenes from t h e l a t t e r book.

Debra C h a r l i e a c t s f o r a n a t i v e the- a t r e c a l l e d S p i r i t Song. She read p a r t of a p lay s h e wrote f o r t h i s p a r t i c u - l a r group. Lar ry wrote and read a poem about t h e Capilano t r a i l s , which many Carnegie u s e r s have f i r s t - h a n d exper ience o f .

Vio le t Beston read a poem s h e wrote dur ing World War I1 and played t h e piano whi le r e c i t i n g i t . The audience went wi ld a f t e r s h e completed t h e In- d i a n Love C a l l on t h e piano. V i o l e t thoroughly enjoyed h e r s e l f a s everyone was s o warm and f r i e n d l y .

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* Thank you f o r your l e t t e r of 1011 concerning t h e funding of t h e Carnegie Newslet ter . I have a p p r e c i a t e d your support i n p u b l i s h i n g my comments on v a r i o u s i s s u e s over t h e s e p a s t y e a r s and I am p leased t o enc lose a c o n t r i - but ion. The Carnegie Newslet ter p l a y s an important r o l e i n t h e l i v e s of many Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s and I wish you much success a s Carnegie Cen t re starts i t s second decade i n s e r v i c e . Should t h e Carnegie Newslet ter f i n d i t s e l f i n d i f f i c u l t s t r a i g h t s aga in , p l e a s e f e e l f r e e t o w r i t e .

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Say you worked a t missi le s i t e M-54. The f i r s t t h i n g t o u n d e r s t a n d is

t h a t you a r e a c i v i l i a n , and as a c i v - i l i a n a r e n o t e n t i t l e d t o any informa- t i o n beyond what i s c o n s i d e r e d necess - a r y f o r t h e f u l f i l l m e n t of your d u t i e s .

You canno t b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s p a r t i - c u l a r missile s i t e i s a n y t h i n g b u t a d i v e r s i o n from t h e real missi le s i t e s , t h a t t h e missiles i n t h e s i l o s are i n f a c t r e a l , o r t h a t , even i f t h e m i s s - i l e s a r e f u n c t i o n a l , t h a t t h e warheads a r e o p e r a t i o n a l .

Your employer, who r e f e r s t o h imsel f a s an a d m i n i s t r a t o r , h a s t o l d you t h a t both you and h e are employees o f t h e m i l i t a r y , b u t i t is u n c l e a r whether o r not h e i s i n t h e army, though you f e e l s u r e you are n o t c o n s i d e r e d t o be so . Yet, i t seems p o s s i b l e t h a t your boss is i n f a c t a bus inessman o f s o r t s , and perhaps h i s company h a s some k ind of agreement w i t h t h e army f o r t h e opera- t i o n o f t h e m i s s i l e s i t e . C e r t a i n l y t h e army i s aware of t h e s i t e and h a s o c c a s i o n a l l y v i s i t e d i t , though i n a c a p a c i t y t h a t appea red e n t i r e l y i n f o r - mal, and a s f a r as you can remember t h e r e was no one of any h i g h r a n k i n any o f t h e j e e p s t h a t have s topped a t t h e m i s s i l e s i te . I t i s a l s o p o s s i b l e t h a t you a r e , i n f a c t , a company em-

p l o y e e , b u t f o r some r e a s o n t h e company f e e l s you w i l l per form b e t t e r i f you b e l i e v e you are n o t a n employee.

It i s q u i t e l i k e l y t h a t M-54 is on ly t h e o f f i c i a l name of t h e s i t e , n o t t h e a c t u a l name. You have ove rhea rd c o n v e r s a t i o n s i n which s i t e s M-110 and M-73 have been a l l u d e d t o , and by tile t o n e w i t h which they were r e f e r r e d t o you g a t h e r t h a t t h i n g s a r e n o t done t h e same a t a l l t h e s i t e s , t h a t t h e r e a r e g l a r i n g d i f f e r e n c e s i n t h e way some s i t e s a r e r o u t i n e l y run .

You have been shown t h e p rocedure f o r l a u n c h i n g t h e m i s s i l e s , bu t whether o r n o t t h i s p rocedure would a c t u a l l y l aunch t h e m i s s i l e s i s a mystery .

Your boss h a s t o l d you t h a t h t e army employs c i v i l i a n s f o r c e r t a i n non- e s s e n t i a l d u t i e s d u r i n g l u l l s between h o s t i l i t i e s , but i t i s hard t o t h i n k o f t h e o p e r a t i o n o f such a m i s s i l e s i t e as n o n - e s s e n t i a l , even i n a l u l l , i f i t i s an a c t u a l m i s s i l e s i t e and n o t a d i v e r s i o n a r y semblance of one.

E x a c t l y what h o s t i l i t i e s you a r e em- p loyed i n n o n - e s s e n t i a l d u t i e s d y r i n g a l u l l i n i s unknown t o you.

What you do know i s t h a t , a l t h o u g h t h e s e c u r i t y i n your c o u n t r y canno t p o s s i b l y be a s thorough a s you a r e supposed t o b e l i e v e , i t i s s a f e r t o a c t a s i f i t were.

By DAN FEENEY

MIKI'S HAND

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Carnegie Charac te r P o r t r a i t ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AL WILSON

A t Grey Nuns H o s p i t a l i n Regina, on June 3 rd , 1918, t h e world saw t h e b i r t h of Alfred Herber t Wilson. B e t t e r

known a s A l , h i s f a t h e r worked f o r CNR while h i s mother looked a f t e r 6 boys and 5 g i r l s . Al was t h e 7 th born. H i s f i r s t schoo l ing was i n Knee P a t h , Sask. "I l e a r n e d how t o do c a l l i g r a p h y a t

Luxor School i n Knee Path. My p a r e n t s . ,< ., - -

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forced u s t o go t o school . We walked i n snow up t o our knees. Those were b r u t a l w i n t e r s . The school had 2 rooms, one t e a c h e r and t h e s t u d e n t s were a l l ages. The f i r s t t ime I went t o a movie I thought t h e c a r s i n t h e movie were coming r i g h t a t me s o I ' d duck. Back then movies were 1 0 ~ and were s i l e n t ."

During t h e 1920 's A 1 worked on many d i f fe ren t . farms. He s t a r t e d work a t

age 8 , grooming c a t t l e 6 h o r s e s and worked w i t h a team of horses s took ing hay. "3 sheeves of hay i s one s took and a f t e r t h e b inder would t i e 2 s t o o k s t o g e t h e r , they 'd f a l l on t h e ground s o you had t o l e a n them t o g e t h e r so they wouldn' t r o t , on a 40-45" ang le . You never worked a l o n e though. People from a l l d i f f e r e n t farms worked toge ther . "

When t h e depress ion h i t wheat was 2 9 ~ a bushel . Al was pa id $5.00/month t o work. He s t a y e d r e n t - f r e e 6 spen t most of h i s money on smokes -"smokes were 1 0 ~ a deck, they were l i t t l e bug- g e r s !" I n '35 A 1 moved from Knee Path t o Saskatoon where he worked f o r Broad- b e n t ' s C h e s t e r f i e l d House. He s t u d i e d a t P r i n c e s s Alexander. "I saw Gordie Howe p l a y a t Saskatoon 's A l l S t a r Game. H i s t e a c h e r ' s name was M r . Trickey."

Come W . W . 1 1 , Al e n l i s t e d wi th t h e A i r Force i n 1941. "I was l i s t e d a s a f a b r i c worker. Ear ly i n t h e war we used t o pu t f a b r i c on k i t e s , l i k e t h e Sesna. I went t o bombing & gunnery school i n Moss Bank, j u s t o u t s i d e of Moose Jaw, i n '42 , and then was s e n t t o t h e RCAF AirSea Rescue a t Sea Is- land , Vancouver. Sea Is. is where Van- couver I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t now l i e s . "

It wasn ' t u n t i l 1944 t h a t A 1 s a i l e d from H a l i f a x t o England aboard t h e Y i l l a de France. I n Wickathiness Scot- l a n d , A 1 was l i s t e d a s a S a f e t y Equip- ment Worker packing parachu tes , ding- ies and any th ing e l s e needed f o r sur- v i v a l . He d i d t h a t work f o r t h e r e s t of t h e war. "I never saw a c t i o n i n Eur- ope but I d i d v o l u n t e e r t o go t o I t a l y on an a i r l i f t t o h e l p load equipment. The Canadian boys were happy a s h e l l t o g e t o u t o f I t a l y . "

When A 1 r e t u r n e d t o Canada, he saw h i s mother i n Kenora, Ont. , and was discharged i n Winnipeg. "They gave u s 6 weeks t o dec ide whether t o s t a y o r go. I decided t o l i v e i n F l i n Flon, Manitoba, working i n t h e mines n e a r Thompson Lake. I was a mucker - j u s t

s h o v e l l i n g rock i n t o t h e minecars On t h e main c h a r t t h e r e ' s 15 re fe rences

which went t o t h e s m e l t e r . The work and l o t s of photographs going back t o was extremely t r eacherous . I saw a few lg80. l 9 9 l Mug@ r e p l a c e s Nancy a s people g e t h u r t down t h e r e and I go t t h e #1 Sweethear t & Marty w i l l be #2.

c l o s e t o g e t t i n g k i l l e d a coup le of Nancy w i l l go down a s t h e a l l - ~ i m e

t imes fro.2 be ing too c l o s e t o t h e ex- Sweetheart!"

p l o s i o n s . For b r e a t h i n g w e had t o u s e For h i s v o l u n t e e r work a t Carnegie,

mask r e s p e r a t o r s - i t w a s v e r y f i l t h y ; A l Wilson h a s r e c e i v e d recommendations

e a s i l y one of t h e f o u l e s t j o b s ever ." ' from Ald. L i b b i e Davies, Mayor Gordon ~~i~~ fed up wi th mining, ~1 re-en- Campbell, Jean Swanson, Ald. Harry Ran-

listed with the Air F~~~~ as LAC, one k i n . . n o t t o mention a l l t h e people a t

s t e p be•’ o r e c o r p o r a l . H e l e f t Winnipeg 'irnegie.

i n ' 53 o r '54 and was a g a i n s t a t i o n e d Coming t o Carnegie i s something t o a t Sea I s l a n d . In 1956 he'd had i t w i t h bugging a t Car-

Air Force life and was discharged. He n e g i e l i f e would be h e l l . Those Bull-

went from p i l l a r t o p o s t throughout s h i t Char t s a r e a l l I ' v e g o t , those &

Western Canada look ing f o r work, doing Carnegie." d i f f e r e n t jobs , and wound up i n Calgary. By STEVE ROSE

I n 1971 A 1 f i n a l l y s e t t l e d i n Vancou- v e r . "I l i v e d on W.lOth and go t by on w e l f a r e u n t i l 1984, when my pension came. I used t o do v o l u n t e e r work a t 411 Dunsmuir. Back then t h e p r e s i d e n t was Ruth Armstrong. One day I went f o r a walk and came a c r o s s 401 Main and someone do ing s e c u r i t y s a i d "Welcome!" That was i n 1980 when J i m McDowell was AT THE SPEED OF EVOLUTION D i r e c t o r . "

By 1980 A 1 had l e f t W.lOth and l i v e d a t t h e Lotus Hote l , then l a t e r moved t o t h e Metropole "where they d i d n ' t change your s h e e t s f o r e i g h t months." A 1 ended up a t t h e P a t r i c i a Hote l I 1 where, they t o l d u s t o g e t o u t because of Expo '86. They s e n t u s a l e t t e r say- i n g they had t o r enova te and t h e day I go t i t an o l d man jumped o u t t h e window from t h e 4 t h f l o o r . We had 5 o r 10 days t o g e t o u t s o I went t o Glory Rooms. I ' m s t i l l t h e r e . Things haven ' t changed s i n c e Expo."

I n t h e 11 y e a r s A 1 h a s vo lun tee red a t Carnegie , he has become famous f o r h i s banners and c r a z y c a r d s , n o t t o mention t h e world famous B u l l s h i t Chart ( " I t was an i d e a I came up w i t h t o rep- r e s e n t a l l t h e people who come & go.

So much snow came. A r e a l w i n t e r because t h e promised warming of t h e Greenhouse E f f e c t i s be ing soaked up by t h e oceans , which w i l l con t in - ue f o r t h e n e x t 300 y e a r s . Then t h e i c e w i l l h i t t h e f a n as t h e b o i l i n g ocean d i s s i p a t e s t h e E a r t h ' s h e a t , and most of t h e world w i l l be a g i a n t i c e b a l l .

The on ly i n h a b i t a b l e p l a c e s w i l l be t h e Grand Canyon, t h e North of Mada- g a s c a r , and t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

Why t h e DEside? Because no th ing can happen t o t h i s a r e a u n t i l t h e Carnegie Renovations a r e completed.

Ho, ho, ho.

Woodrow ~ ' l o o s j a w (ex semi-func t ionary)

came a spider and set

beside her

f e e l i n g u p l i f t e d , simply by opening my mouth I merge i n t h e a i r above wi th many o t h e r people :

we move, we s i n g , we l i f t our v o i c e s o u t of enchantment ou t of t h e p r i v a t e p r i s o n s ou t of t h e shadows of He!

our b o d i e s remain 0 my goddess our minds remain i am h e a r t i l y sorry our worlds remain for having stumbled over

j o i n i n g i n c e l e b r a t i o n : forgive US our t r e s p a s s e s remembering r e a l i g n i n g b we forgive t h o s e who have trespassed renewal

8 a g a i n s t u s and

e v e r y t h i n g i s t h e same, we are breaking t h e chains

bu t i t ' s okay now. o u r other Joanne who a r t t h e e a r t h

b holy be 'he ground of Our being Joanne

Once upon a t ime, t h e r e were a l o t of c o u n t r i e s run by dumb peop le and one o t h e r c o u n t r y run by peop le who were more bad than dumb.

I n some of t h e b i g bunch of connt- r i e s t h e r e were greedy people who thought i t would be n i c e t o make a l o t of money by s e l l i n g guns and bombs t o t h e coun t ry run by bad people . I n a few of t h o s e c o u n t r i e s , t h e greedy people who f e l t t h a t way were t h e same ones who were running t h o s e c o u n t r i e s .

So everybody k e p t making money by do ing t h a t u n t i l t h e coun t ry run by t h e bad peop le was chock-a-block f u l l of guns and bombs and r o c k e t s and a l l s o r t s of n a s t y s t u f f .

When t h e coun t ry run by bad people had enough n a s t y t h i n g s i t s t a r t e d t o jump on o t h e r c o u n t r i e s and t r e a t them badly .

The dumb peop le running t h e b i g bunch of c o u n t r i e s d i d n ' t l i k e i t when t h a t one coun t ry s t a r t e d t o jump on c o u n t r i e s t h a t had something t h e i r greedy people wanted s o they g o t to - g e t h e r and dec ided t o do something about t h e coun t ry run by bad people . Which they d i d w i t h t h e i r own guns and bombs and r o c k e t s and o t h e r n a s t y t h i n g s .

But t h e dumb peop le running b i g bunch of c o u n t r i e s w e r e n ' t s o dumb a f t e r a l l . A t l e a s t , t hey w e r e n ' t dumb enough t o admit t h a t i t w a s t h e i r

own greed and s t u p i d i t y t h a t had c rea - t ed t h e s i t u a t i o n . I f they had admit- t e d t h a t , then they would have had t o t e l l t h e i r greedy people i t wasn ' t a good i d e a a f t e r a l l t o make money by s e l l i n g guns and bombs. They d i d n ' t want t o do t h a t because t h e greedy people were t h e i r v e r y good f r i e n d s and sometimes those r u l e r s themselves were t h e greedy ones.

But when peop le asked t h e not-so- dumb-af ter -a l l r u l e r s of t h e c o u n t r i e s t h a t had made a l l t h e money by s e l l i n g n a s t y t h i n g s t o t h e bad people why t h e war w a s b e i n g fough t , they were s t u c k f o r a n answer. They made up t h i n g s l i k e "It 's a g a i n s t a g g r e s s i o n , " o r "1t' s f o r a New World," and one even s a i d "When you come r i g h t down t o i t , i t ' s abou t jobs ."

But s o t h a t they could keep on be ing t h e r u l e r s and s o t h a t t h e i r greedy f r i e n d s cou ld keep on making money by s e l l i n g n a s t y t h i n g s made f o r k i l l i n g people t o s t i l l o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , a l l of t h o s e r u l e r s t r i e d v e r y ha rd n o t t o t e l l t h e peop le t h e t r u t h .

The t r u t h b e i n g t h a t i t was t h e i r own f o l l y and greed t h a t had g o t them i n t o t h i s mess and now a l o t of peo- p l e were go ing t o have t o s u f f e r and d i e t o g e t them o u t of i t , s o they cou ld go on do ing what had g o t t e n them i n t o t h e mess i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e .

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War o n c h i l d r e n

The t h r e e y e a r - o l d c h i l d was s c a r e d . The b i g p e o p l e a r o u n d h e r t a l k e d o f war - bombs-tanks-gas- S h e d i d n ' t know what i t m e a n t . S h e knew t h e y were s c a r e d by t h e i r f a c e s and t h e way no o n e s m i l e d .

S u r e enough i t h a p p e n e d . S c h o o l was

/ i n a ce l la r w i t h b r o k e n up windows,

/ She was g i v e n a g a s mask - s h e d i d n ' t I know what g a s was. . o n l y t h a t i t a n d

bombs would k i l l h e r , h e r p a r e n t s , her f r i e n d s e v e r y o n e .

The l o u d s i r e n u s u a l l y came a t n i g h t - t h e n t h e bombs-the r o c k e t s - t h e g u n s - t h e f i r e s - t h e d e a t h . . One man , t h e y n e v e r f o u n d h i s h e a d j u s t p a r t o f h i s body i n a tree.

So n o t h i n g h a s c h a n g e d ; L h e r e m u s t be o t h e r c h i l d r e n , j u s t l i k e I was , bombed-shot a t - k i l l e d What d i d we do?

T h i s new w a r h a s new t e c h n o l o g y b u t - t h e w o r d s are t h e same-

I h a v e b e e n d e p r e s s e d f e e l i n g power- less . . I see a l l t h e s e b a l d i n g w h i t e m i d d l e - y e a r m a l e s t a l k i n g o f war and i t s v i c t o r i e s . .

Who s p e a k s f o r t h e c h i l d r e n ? I t ' s l i k e i f a f a m i l y is b e i n g b e a t e n by t h e f a t h e r - d o you s a v e them by s h o o t i n g them a l l ? i s t h a ~ l i b e r a t i o n ?

S h e i l a B a x t e r

I h d L e g i s l a t e d Pover ty (El,!?) i s a c o a l i t i o n of 26 g roups i n BC whose work c o v e r s a l l a s p e c t s o f l i I e below t h e pover ty l i n e .

A t ELP'S most r e c e n t meet ing, M s . P a t Chauncey r e p o r t e d , w i t h h e a r t f e l t saL- i s f a c t i o n , t h a t t h e s c h o o l lunch o r i - grams i n 13 Vancouver s c l ~ o o l s a r e now "cllerished". ' I P a t r i c i a and Linda Mar- c o t t e began o r g a n i z i n g and lobbying , going t o e v e r y l e v e l of governmenl and t o t h e s c h o o l s and even p a r e n t s a t t h e same t ime a s Bob S a r t i broke t h e s t o r y of k i d s goirig t o s c h o o l hungry. . i n t h e Vancouver Sun.

P a t r i c i a r e c a l l e d t h a t when s h e f i r s t went t o t h e Vancouver School Board, t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t , Alan FlcLeod, s t a t e d L t i e i d e a of a s u b s i d i z e d food program was "impossible ." AfLer t h e joke i n Vict- o r i a , Zalm, t r i e d t o blame p a r e n t s f o r n o t g e t t i n g o u t of bed o r t h e k i d s f o r " throwing t h e i r l u n c h e s away". . . a r Ler s c h o o l boards c r i e d of t i g h t budgets making a n y t h i n g b u t a token " a f f o r d a b l e " and a f t e r watching t h e buck be ing passed a g a i n and a g a i n , P a t r i c i a and Linda and a l l members of ELP h e a r t h e o f f i c i a l word from t h e same N a n 1.lcLeod: "?he Food Program i s a c h e r i s h e d p a r t of our i n s t i t u t i o n s and w i l l remain a s long a s t h e c h i l d r e n need i L . "

P a t r i c i a reminded t h e people a t t h e mee t ing , and reminds a l l of u s , t h a t i t i s n o t o v e r . Each c i t y , each d i s t r i c t i n BC..each h a s i t s own s c h o o l board. Each one has t o unders tand t h e need f o r a food program a s pover ty i s no t i s o - l a t e d t o Vancouver.

Once we have a d e c e n t government i n V i c t o r i a , food f o r k i d s won't even be a q u e s t i o n .

By PI?UI,II 'I'AY LOU

S O many N e w s l e t t e r r e a d e r s t o l d me l~ow 111ucl1 t h e y a p p r e c i a t e d my a r t i c l e l ' i s ~ i s s u e on lluw L O F i x Your Own TV S e t , I /lad t o r e a l i z e llow i m p o r t a n t a well-working TV seL is t o Down~own L a s ~ s i c l e r e s i d e n t s . 'Thinking a b o u t i t , 1 d e c i d e d t o s t a r t my own l i t t l e pro- );ram i n which I would o f f e r t o come 'iround and a d j u s t 1 ' V s and g e t them working r i g l ~ t f o r Newslet t e r r e a d e r s .

If your t e l e v i s i o n i s n ' t q u i t e d o i n g w l ~ a t i t s l iould be d o i n g , what t o d o ? Simply l e a v e a message f o r me a t t h e Plain F loo r I n f o r m a t i o n c o u n t e r . A l l tlie message h a s t o s a y is "TV" and t l ~ e n your name and a d d r e s s . A phone number would be n i c e s o I c a n check i f you w i l l be a t I~ome, b u t i t i s n o t J must . I have a b u s p a s s , s o i f I d o n ' t c a t c h you on t h e f i r s t v i s i t I c'ln come a g a i n .

I ' v e been t o l d , "With 'SV's, E r i c , you've g o t Magic F i n g e r s . I '

O n e man p a i d a t e c h n i c i a n from a strop t o come work on h i s c o l o u r TV. 1I1c experL mucked around w i t h i t f o r a n Ilour and Llicn gave up w i t h t h e s e t 110 b e t t e r t t ~ a n i t was b e f o r e . 'Sl~e s c ~ ' s owner c a l l e d me i n .

'I 'l~e t e c l m i c i a n had cl larged llim $32 f o r t l ~ e u s e l e s s e f f o r t s . For no c h a r g e I s e t t h i n g s L O r i g h l s and t h e man s a i d , "'l'lie p i c t u r e i s b e t t e r even tlian when I bouglit t l le d a r n e d t h i n g . "

S o , l e a v e a message a t t h e Informa- t i o n Desk i f you wanL. I w i l l come around and s e e what I c a n do . No c o s t . No g u a r a n t e e s .

E r i c E r i c k s o n

From one s t a r t o a n o t h e r -

On J a n u a r y 19 , t h e day b e f o r e o u r l l c h a n n i v e r s a r y c e l e b r a t i o n s , a n o l d f r i e n d of Ca rneg ie dropped i n . L ibby - l a v i e s , one o f t h e f i g h t e r s who made t h e " p o l i t i c a l d r a g o n s g i v e up t h e i r lreams o f p a r k i n g l o t s / m e n l s c l u b s / z x c l u s i v e n i g h t s p o t s / . . . ' I f o r C a r n e g i e and h e l p e d make t h i s t h e most s u c c e s s - f u l community c e n t r e i n Canada, had been a t some evenL t h e day b e f o r e a s Act ing Mayor.

A t t h i s e v e n t , t h e p e o p l e p r e s e n t had g i v e n h e r a huge r o l l o f g e n u i n e Ger-man b a l o n e y , f o u r f e e t l o n g and a b o u t f o u r i n c h e s t h i c k . A s L ibby s a i d "I though t i t w a s a j o k e ' c a u s e t h e y s a i d t hey want-ed t o g e t t h e Baloney o u t o f C i t y H a l l . When I unwrapped i t I saw t h a t i t was r e a l German s t u f f , n o t t h e s t u f f you g e t i n t h e s t o r e . "

Libby b r o u g h t i t t o C a r n e g i e ' s k i t - chen a n d , s l i c e d up , was more t h a n enough t o h e l p f e e d o v e r 200 p e o p l e who were h e r e on t h e 2 0 t h f o r o u r p a r t y !

THEN, on J a n u a r y 24~11, t h e f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r came:

Dear Donalda ,

I r e c e n t l y spoke a t a d i n n e r m e e t i n g and t o my s u r p r i s e w a s handed a $25.00 cheque f o r s p e a k i n g ! I d i d n ' t want LO

keep and t h e r e f o r e am s e n d i n g i t t o t h e Ca rneg ie Community C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n as a s m a l l d o n a t i o n . I w a s n ' t s u r e who t o d i r e c t l y a d d r e s s t h i s t o s o i h o u g h t t h a t you would be t h e b e s t p e r s o n t o make s u r e i t g o t t o he r i g h t Committee o r wha teve r !

Libby Dav ie s , C o u n c i l l o r .

Thanks f o r t h i n k i n g o f u s Libby. I t ' s n i c e t o have f r i e n d s l i k e you.

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A BUDGET SCORECARD The Key Elements ofThe Alternative Budget 'Check ifthey're in Wilson's 1991 Budget)

1 Scrap the Goods and Services Tax (The GST) 2 Increase taxes on corporations and the wealthy 3 Lower interest rates 4 Invest in public works, education, envirmnent cleanup 5 Introduce a national non-profit child care sys tern 6 Restore the previous level of UI benefits 7 Increase the federal minimum wage 8 Halt all privatization and deregulation 9 Restore funding of CBC, Via Rail, R & D

1 o Fund social advocacy groups and shelters for women 1 1 Increase the refundable child tax credit 1 2 Fully cost-share the Canada Assistance Plan 1 3 Withdraw cuts to federal transfer payments 14 Provide more social and non-profit housing 1 5 Increase overseas development assistance 16 Speed up settlement of native land claims

( A fi~ier-al budget that fails to contairl at least 10 of these 16 provisions c m m t be called a People's Budget. The extent to ~phich your- "No" checks outtnmzber your "Yes" checks will irldicate the e-xtent to which the 1991 federal budget fails to meet the basic needs of nzost Canadi- . , ans.) '

A coup e a g l e s

A l l about Eag les V' , l e of months ago I s a w e i g h t c i r c l i n g around when I was V - -

walking home from t h e s t o r e . I looked up and took a p i c t u r e of t h e e a g l e t h a t was c l o s e s t t o me, then I s a w my b r o t h e r s . They asked me what I had t aken a p i c t u r e of and I s a i d , I ' I took a p i c t u r e of e i g h t e a g l e s t h a t were c i r c l i n g around me."

They b o t h looked up. "There they a r e , s t i l l c i r c l i n g around!"

We went home t o t e l l my Mom. She came o u t and looked a t a l l e a g l e s t h a t were s t i l l c i r c l i n g . When I went i n t o e a t they were s t i l l t h e r e , and when we went o u t t o p l a y t h e e a g l e s were c i r c l i n g around t h e house.

Wherever I went they fol lowed me. We went t o p i c k up my c o u s i n s f o r s c h o o l and when we d i d , they looked up and saw t h e e i g h t e a g l e s . One s a i d , " ~ o o k up t h e r e . " I s a i d , "NO,

I know they a r e t h e r e . " My c o u s i n asked me why they were

c i r c l i n g me, and I s a i d , "They must be my guards ." Then we a l l looked.

We s a t down and prayed t o t h e Crea- t o r f o r twenty minu tes , then went t o school .

For t h e l a s t t h r e e hours of schoo l t h e e a g l e s c i r c l e d . When schoo l w a s o u t w e went t o t h e s t o r e , then home t o eat s u p p e r , and t h e e a g l e s were s t i l l c i r c l i n g around me.

The n e x t morning I woke up and e a g l e s were c i r c l i n g around t h e house, b u t now t h e r e were n i n e of them. I s tood on t h e porch and s a i d i n my mind, ' t h e s e e a g l e s must r e a l l y l i k e me'. I s t a r t e d walking t o p i c k up a l l f o u r of my c o u s i n s , then we t o l d my Aunt ie .

Her name i s Helen b u t we c a l l h e r Happy Helen because s h e i s always happy. She walked t o s c h o o l w i t h us - then t h e e a g l e s s t a r t e d c i r c l i n g

a l l of us. W e f e l t t h e s t r e n g t h i t w a s g i v i n g us . We a l l f e l t s t r o n g , then I f e l t l i k e I was going t o f a i n t . . b u t I wasn ' t go ing t o because I had t h e ~ a g l e ' s Power.

By ALEX SCOW