WHAT SOME PEOPLE \YHO USE FOOD BANKS THINK ABOUT THE 'TASTE OF NATIONS'

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By Jearl Swamon. 011 April loth I we~lt to a Varlcouver food bank line up arzd explained to people that [he 'Taste of Nariom' event was hcryyenirlg, that it was to raise r?zotley for food charity. I asked people what fhey thought of rhe idea orld ifthey thought there were berrer \ ~ - a y s to deal with hunger. I also showed them the bandaid leaflet. All of the people I asked said that they agreed ,~,ith the leaflet. I rolked to 7 81-oups of 3 or 4 people each. Here's some of what they said:

"(Taste of Nations) is a good idea. We shouldn't have to eat scraps, but its better than climbing in bins."

" W h don't they just give the money to us$ Right now we're stuck."

"Its positive isn't it. Its helping the poor. What else can you do?"

"I think its the government responsibility, not charity. They should raise the minimum wage. Do you want people to live like animals?"

"I'd say (to the people who attend Taste of Nations) ' I hope i t makes j,ou feel better cause i t doesn't make

me feel better.' $62 to us is like a penny to them."

"If welfare were at a hi her level

respect for all people. " 7 there would be a better eve1 of

"If people had a better econonlic base, more would go to school, more would relax and be able to put food on the table. "

"The picture (cartoon in the bandaid leaflet) is good. That's what i t comes down to."

"It would be better if we were like Sweden with free daycare and education."

"The economic situation has created a line. If wages are increased, create jobs; more people are ab e to consume more."

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"Tell (the people attending Taste of Nations) its the government's responsibility. "

"Profit and greed create these i~nbalances therefore we have a gap of really rich and poor."

"Its a good idea. The only thing is, I can't afford to go."

"Taste of Nations1' was an event held at the PanPacific Hotel near Canada Place on the waterfront. Seems that the mountains of fancy food 'left over' after banquets and corporate dinners and all manner of swank social events really bothered people..after they had eaten their fill. "Taste of Nations" was a $62 a plate

affair where all present were going to do 'their bit' for charity and make donations to buy a van for the Food Bank. This van would then go around to huge gala dinners and load up all the leftovers and take them to the Food Bank to be included in the next week's distribution. End legislated Poverty was outside

with about 10 members. A large banner proclaimed what is stated on the News- letter's cover. Sheila Baxter sat at our version of a fancy table, dressed as a wealthy matron, and while enjoy- ing her "fancy" meal, made a show of offering crumbs to the poor on the ground around her and extolling the virtues of her charity. Several of us handed out pamphlets made to pur- posely look like bandaids, to the passersby and people arriving to go to the "Taste" dinner. They had this to say:

THE PROBLEMS ARE +:High unemployment: no jobs for 180 thousand people in B.C. in March '91; "Low wages: a single person can work full time at minimum wage and still be over $3000 below the poverty line; "Welfare rates at about half the pov-

erty line; ;\Housing is too expensive and hard to find; ;+Free Trade is costing jobs and push- ing wages lower; 9:Our governments are purposely keep- ing unemployment high, wages low, and

3. trashing social programs. This is their strategy to become "competitive in a global economy."

THE CHARITY BANDAID: *Charity creates a relationship of power and dependence instead of equal- ity and respect; *Charity makes the giver feel good while the receiver feels humiliated; *Charity perpetuates inequality; *Charity doesn't end poverty; *Charity lets the government off the hook; *Charity creates the illusion that people's needs are befng met when they are not; *Most people fall through the cracks

of charity.

THE JUST SOLUTION: *Create decent jobs; *Raise minimum wage to at least $7.50 an hour ; *Raise welfare rates to the poverty line; *Build affordable housing and bring in rent control; *Base taxes on ability to pay; *Say "no" to the free trade deal; +;Base government economic strategies on meeting people's needs, not on play- ing the game of competitive impoverish- men t .

WHAT CAN YOU DO? I 3

*Write to your MP and MLA and tell them you support the above policies; *Support organizations committed to justice so we don't need charity; *Vote for politicians committed to

policies that will end legislated poverty.

End Legislated Poverty Statement at Taste of Nations Event

By Debbie Ellison, o member of the Board of End Legislated Poveny

"I would like to make a statement on behalf of End Legislated Poverty to explain why we are here this evening. The Board thought that it would be im- portant for a person who uses food banks to be making this statement. I am one of thousands of people in B.C. who use food banks. "First I want to state clearly what

we are not doing: We are not attacking the food bank. We are not asking people to stop don- ating to the food bank. This is what we are saying:

We want to end the need foc food bhnks. We want people who are concerned about hunger to join us in fighting to end the need for food banks so that all people can live with dignity & respect. We want to challenge the people who attend this event and the people who read or hear about it through media. "We challenge people who aren't poor

to ask hard questions about charity. Does charity meet the needs of poor people? How many people fall through the cracks of charity? How many don't use food banks because they are dis- abled or beeause they work, or because they are students and can't get there? How many don't use food banks because they would rather be hungry than humi- liated? Will charity end poverty? Or will it let people think that the hun- ger problem is solved when it is grow-

ing instead? Does charity reflect the kind of society we want? Do we want a society where the poor subsist on left- overs from the rich?

11 We challenge people who aren't poor

to listen to people who are poor. Some of us do use food banks. But it's not because we like to. We don't want to live in a society where one group is powerful and another powerless. We want to have a relationship of equality and citizenship. We don't want handouts and humiliation. We want jobs and ad- equate incomes.

11 We challenge people who aren't poor

to join with us in rejecting American style social programs where food and housing are provided for the poor at the whim of the rich. One of the re- sults of privatized charitable social programs is that alienation, violence, crime and drug use become rampant as they have in the U.S.

I I And we challenge people who aren't

poor to work with us to change our system to end poverty. We need jobs, housing, higher minimum wage, higher welfare. Canada has the resources to provide a decent life for everyone. We challenge people who aren't poor to de- mand that our politicians work for a just society, where people are more equal and where the poor don't have to depend on leftovers from the rich to subsist. "

"Right now we can use all the help we can get. It would be better to have higher welfare. We can't go to shows. We can't afford a luxury like a haircut. That's why niy hair is long."

"Governnlents could do more. It would be better to increase the minimum wage. "

"You don't know what goes through people's minds. Some want to give cause it makes them feel good. Some are genuine. "

"It makes me feel like a has-been (to have to receive charity). It makes me feel small. You gotta lower yourself down to this after working SO many years?"

"Its a disgrace (to have to receive charity). Its chopping your ego."

"I wouldn't want to make (the eople attending Taste of Nations)

Feel bad. "

"I want lots of these events. They should be regular. It will alleviate 1 percent of the problem for a short time. I feel rateful. We appreciate it. (Do ou ave any other Y 1 feelings.) "A little unshy. Do\~ntrodden. All t % ose negative feelings come out. But you 80 with your needs and not your feehngs."

"The cost of housing and food and hydro is too much. Welfare isn't enough. We need more money to live. '

"They say budget, bud et, budget. There's not enough to % udget."

"Its not the best way but its better than nothing. I ' m afraid of s oilage. You have to eat that kind of ood (leftovers from banquets and

P restaurants) right away. Food poisoning is dangerous. "

"When you've been working all your life and then you're left standing with vour hand out. It cuts you down:"

"Its like we're eating garbage. Its an insult. Its giving the leftovers from the rich to the poor. Its a shame. Why don't they hold these banquets and invite us?'

"Its ths rioht way for now but its not a solution?'

"The government is the main roblem. We've got to make them

&sten. They don't give a shit about US.

"I suppose !his ticket (to Taste of Nations) is tax deductible, eh?"

From a literary guerilla the End Legislated Poverty Board: "Its so horrendous to be dependent on sonleone's leftovers. Someone's

ing to offer me their left over !'on d'he~mles because they're full from gorging themselves on boitef bourgeois. "

Produced bj End Legislated Poverty, #211 456 W. Broadway, Vancouver, B. C. V5Y IR3 Phone 879-1209

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o f new f r i e n d s t o n i g h t . F C

Michae l P o t t s I

A couple of newsletters back Tora wrote that full employment is a capi- talist plot. This is wrong. Business is always against full employment be- cause it pushes wages up, so working people make more money and business profits go down. High unemployment drives wages down and makes usrpdorer. And since people get less money, cor- porations get more. The poorer you are the less power you have in society and less say in how things are run. This's one of the basic laws of capitalism and capitalists like it that way. For example, Tora gives the impress-

ion that socred welfare policies pro- mote full employment. Not true. Socred welfare is a system to subsidize low- wage employers, many of whom are socred supporters. There are different ways that socreds make it easy for business to pay workers low wage: By keeping GAIN and Handicapped payments lower than the poverty line, by paying for privatized employment skills' programs that stream people into low wage jobs; by paying small businesses that hire people who used to be on GAIN; by for- cing people off GAIN into the job mar- ket. Even if you pay your employees crappy money, the government will make sure there is a steady supply of people who will take it. They need a high rate of unemployment to do this.

L& wages are the opposite of full employment. A full employment society promotes h i g h wages and good working conditions. People only work for low

wages when there are no alternatives. 7.

This is the kind of situation that cap- italists and their supporters like So- cial ~redit/~ories/~iberals promote. They don't like full employment because it means that employers have to offer higher wages to attract workers. They also have to offer better working con- d i t ions. When there are lots of jobs, we are

able to pick and choose which ones we want. This means that some places are left with a shortage of workers. To get people to fill the job, the employer has to up the wages and provide better working conditions. Because wages are higher and corporate profits slimmer, wealth is spread around a little more equally. Corporations are a little less powerful and the rest of us are a little more powerful. There are problems with the system of

employment and wage slavery that forces us to work at making other people rich so that we can make just enough to scrape by. Full employment is one dir- ection out of this because it gives working people more power over the dir- ection of society. As wages go up, wor- king conditions improve and people have more creativity, choice and control in their jobs. For those who choose not to have jobs, benefits like UI & welfare are far better than in high unemploy- ment societies, like B.C. So whether you want to have a job or not, we're all better off with full employment.

By JEFF SOMMERS

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Dear Br ian :

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you pars imonious S.O.B.

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Wind Song, t a k e me w i t h you a new l o v e .

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Reade r s may know t h a t I have been c a r r y i n g o n a one-man programme o f g o i n g o u t t o h e l p Ca rneg ie -a rea pe r - s o n s w i t h problems t h e y have been h a v i n g w i t h t h e i r TV sets.

T h i s was a Carneg ie - suppor t ed pro- gramme and I r e c e i v e d c o f f e e t i c k e t s , j u s t as d o e s any o t h e r v o l u n t e e r , i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e t i m e I s p e n t .

So f a r i n t h e c o u r s e o f t h e program I w a s c a l l e d i n t o l o o k a t and work on a t o t a l o f 26 t e l e v i s i o n s e t s . Of t h o s e , I was s u c c e s s f u l i n b r i n g i n g a b o u t improvement i n 16 o f them.

A t t h e o u t s e t , I had p u b l i s h e d a l e t t e r i n t h e s e pages s a y i n g t h a t any one c o u l d do what t e c h n i c i a n s do i n TV s h o p s i n 40% o f t h e c a s e s where s e t s come t o t h e i r s h o p s - make them work r i g h t by s i m p l y making a d j u s t - ments t o t h e c o n t r o l s a t t h e f r o n t o f t h e s e t s and t h o s e o t h e r c o n t r o l s t h a t poke t h r o u g h l i t t l e h o l e s a t t h e backs o f t h e s e t s .

I n f a c t , my f i r s t l e t t e r on t h e s u b j e c t t o o k t h e form o f a s h o r t c o u r s e i n how t o do i t . More t h a n one p e r s o n e x p r e s s e d a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h o s e in- s t r u c t i o n s and s e v e r a l t o l d me t h e y had k e p t t h e i r copy o f t h a t N e w s l e t t - e r f o r f u t u r e r e f e r e n c e when t h e i r TV s e t migh t a c t up.

I n a l e t t e r i n t h e l a s t e d i t i o n of t h e N e w s l e t t e r , I s t r e s s e d a g a i n how I am n o t a TV t e c h n i c i a n , how s o many TV problems c o u l d be c o r r e c t e d by mess ing around w i t h t h e a v a i l a b l e c o n t r o l s and I s u r e l y t h i n k I have been g e t t i n g t h e i d e a a c r o s s t h a t v e r y many TV problems c a n be c o r r e c t e by t h e v i e w e r . I t h i n k a l o t of News-

l e t t e r r e a d e r s have p i c k e d up on t h i s and r e a l i z e d maybe t h e y d o n ' t need h i g h l y p a i d t e c h n i c i a n s o r even E r i c E r i c k s o n . I t h i n k t h e y a r e g o i n g t o work on t h e i r TVs themse lves . Wi thout any d o u b t , many o f them w i l l be suc- ceed ing . Tha t i s v e r y f i n e w i t h m e . 1 w i l l r e j o i c e no end i f a l l t h e Down- town E a s t s i d e r s become a b l e t o do a s much as i s p o s s i b l e t o keep t h e i r TVs happen ing w i t h o u t h i g h - p r i c e d h e l p .

I n l i n e w i t h t h a t g o a l , i f t h e . N e w s l e t t e r e d i t o r p e r m i t s , 1'11 o f f e r l e s s o n s i s s u e by i s s u e on how-to-do- i t w i t h a l l t h o s e c o n t r o l s t o g e t good r e c e p t i o n .

F i r s t Lesson ------------ Suppose your p i c t u r e is t o o r e d o t

t o o b l u e o r t o o g r e e n . And you 've t r i e d w i t h o u t s u c c e s s t o s t r a i g h t e n it o u t by m a n i p u l a t i n g t h e Co lou r & T i n t b u t t o n s a t t h e f r o n t o r unde r t h f r o n t edge o f you r s e t .

Your f i r s t move is t o t u r n o f f t h e Co lou r b u t t o n o r c o n t r o l on t h e f r o n t o f you r set . When a l l t h e c o l o u r s are i n b a l a n c e , t h i s w i l l g i v e you a g r e a B & W p i c t u r e . I f t h e p i c t u r e you g e t i s t o o r e d , go t o t h e back o f t h e set and a b i t a t a t i m e , t u r n up t h e B lue S c r e e n and Green Sc reen c o n t r o l s un- t i l you g e t a good B&W p i c t u r e . I f t h i s makes your s c r e e n t o o b r i g h t and you c a n ' t c o r r e c t i t by means o f t h e B r i g h t n e s s c o n t r o l , t h e n t u r n down t h e Blue and Green S c r e e n b u t t o n s t o where t h e y were b e f o r e and t h e n t u r n down t h e Red Sc reen . Remember a lways , t u r n i n g up t h e S c r e e n c o l o u r g i v e s yo more b r i g h t n e s s , more l i g h t . T r y i n g t o c o r r e c t t h e c o l o u r b a l a n c e by a l - ways t u r n i n g them down w i l l make your p i c t u r e d a r k e r and dimmer.

?lore n e x t N e w s l e t t e r . My phone ii is 253-5187. C a l l me i f you want to .

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Every y e a r a t t h i s t i m e we c e l e b r a t e N a t i o n a l C i t i z e n s h i p Week. T h i s y e a r es- p e c i a l l y w e r e c o g n i z e t h e t r o u b l e and t u r - m o i l p e o p l e o f many c o u n t r i e s must l i v e w i t h everyday and we a p p r e c i a t e t h e r e l a - t i v e s t a b i l i t y and p r o g r e s s i v e n e s s of o u r own c o u n t r y . A s we work f o r a renewed Can- ada w e s h o u l d t h i n k a b o u t what b e i n g Can- a d i a n r e a l l y means and t h e k i n d of s o c i e t y we want i n t h e f u t u r e .

For m e , b e i n g Canadian i s n ' t s imply ow- n i n g a Canadian c i ~ i z e n s h i p o r b i r t h c e r - t i f i c a t e , a l t h o u g h t h e s e c o n f e r a l e g a l s t a t u s . Many new immigran t s who c h o s e t o come t o Canada and are n o t y e t c i t i z e n s a r e no l e s s Canadian t h a n t h e r e s t of u s . They work ha rd t o a d a p t and c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e i r new c o u n t r y r a i s i n g c h i l d r e n and g r a n d c h i l d r e n as f u t u r e Canad ians . 1 a m saddened t h a t many o l d e r women a r e a f r a i d t o a p p l y f o r c i t i z e n s h i p because of l a r ~ g - uage o r l i t e r a c y b a r r i e r s .

Being Canadian i s n ' t a n e x c l u s i v e p r l v - i l e g e of a dominant g roup . S i n c e t h e be- g i n n i n g , Canada h a s been a p l u r a l i s t i c s o c i e t y . A b o r i g i n a l p e o p l e have t h e i r own c u l t u r e and t r a d i t i o n s which a r e a n impor- t a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e Canadian h e r i t - a g e . Immigrants f rom a l l o v e r t h e wor ld b rought a l o n g t h e i r d i s t i n c t i v e appear - a n c e s and u n i q u e ways of l i f e t o e n r i c h o u r c u l t u r a l mosa ic . We a r e proud t o bc a microcosm o f t h e g l o b a l community where p e o p l e of a l l backgrounds l i v e t o g e t h e r i n a g e n e r a l l y p e a c e f u l manner.

Al though t h e p h y s i c a l d i f f e r e n c e s am2n- g s t Canad ians a r e o b v i o u s , what i s more i m p o r t a n t i s t h a t we s h a r e s i n ~ i l i a r v a l - u e s and a s i m i l i a r v i s i o n f o r Cnn,lda. We a l l b e l i e v e i n and v a l u e t h e b a s i c p r i n - c i p l e s of democracv, j u s t i c e lntl I I U T ~ , ~

1 1 . , r i g h t s which form t h e p i l l a r s o f o u r soc - i e t y . We want a f a i r and j u s t s o c i e t y

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where everyone , i n c l u d i n g women and o t h e r d i s a d v a n t a g e d g r o u p s , c a n have e q u a l opp- o r t u n i t i e s t o d e v e l o p t o t h e i r f u l l po t - e n t i a l . We want a c l e a n , h e a l t h y env i ron- ment f o r o u r c h i l d r e n and a p e a c e f u l world f o r o u r s e l v e s a n 3 i o r o t h e r s around t h e world .

However, we c a n n o t deny t h a t we a r e a l o n g way from a c h i e v i n g o u r g o a l s . Elany problems t h a t have been around f o r y e a r s a r e s t i l l w i t h u s i n c l u d i n g unen~ployment , p o l l u t i o n and v i o l e n c e . A t t h e same t i m e new problems a r e a r i s i n g which r e q u i r e immediate a t t e n t i o n . The t r e a t m e n t of aL1--

o r i g i n a l p e o p l e remains a n a t i o n a l d i s - g r a c e . T h e i r s i t u a t i o n h a s n o t s i g n i f i-- c a n t l y improved. Francophone Canad ians f e e l t h a t t h e i r c u l t u r e i s t h r e a t e n e d a~:d t h e i r r i g f ~ t s a r e s l i p p i n g away. V i s i b l e m i n o r i t i e s a r e s t i l l s t r u g g l i n g t o be e q u a l p a r t i c i p a n t s i n Canada where r e c i s m is on t h e i n c r e a s e . T h e i r s t r u g g l e is hampered by t h e l a c k o f government a c t i o n t o f i g h t r a c i s m . Women c o n t i n u e t o b e t h e v i c t i m s of v i o l e n c e and t h e a b i l i t i e s o f d i s a b l e d p e o p l e a r e f r e q u e n t l y undermined, During t h e s e d i f f i c u l t t i m e s , i t is e a s y f o r u s t o blame o t h e r s who seem t o b e b e t t e r o f f f o r o u r problems.

R e c e n t l y NDP l e a d e r Audrey McLaughliil s t a t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g seven p r i n c i p l e s which we b e l i e v e a r e fundamenta l t o a re- newed and u n i t e d Canada where c i t i z e n s

have e q u a l r i g h t s al;d o p p o r t u n i t i e s :

f u l l elnploymmt and e l i m i n a t i o n of j lovert y ; a comni tnient t o i n t e r n a t i o n a l peace t h r o u g h common s e c u r i t y ; a b o r i g i n a l s e l f government; r c c ~ g n i t i o n of two o f f i c i a l l a n g u a g e s and d i v e r s e c u l t u r e s ; a un ique Quebec based on s e l f d e t e r m i - n a t i o n ; advancermnt of women and m i n o r i t i e s ; t r u l y d e m o c r a t i c i n s t i t u t i o n .

Canadian c i t i z e n s h i p in t h e f u t u r e w i l l have n d e e p e r meaning a s we work t o g e t h e r t o :I( 1 1 i t . v ~ t l ~ c s e f;oal<,.

Su\.e rhis punlphler Think ahoirr ir Girv ir ro a friend

Free trade--a key part of the New World order

George Bush, Brian Mulroney, and Caros Salinas are working for a new world order. In their vision, transnational corporations should have more rights. Corporations should have the right to move to any country where labour is cheap, taxes are low and pollution regulations are lax or non-existant. In the Bush/h.Iulroney vision corporations, accountable to shareholders, will be "frce" to make crucial decisions about job creation, production of food and housing, wages, investment, the environment, culture, and social programs. Free trade is a key part of this New l\'urld Order.

Free trade-more lost Jobs Over 200,000 Canadian jobs have already been lost l ~ c c a u ~ e of free trade with the U . S. Many of these jobs have m o ~ e d to low wage U . S. srdteh, and eve11 to hlcxico.

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Free trade--more low wages We know in our guts that Canadian workers, with a minimum wage of $5 an hour, cannot compete with Mexican workers who often get less than $5 a day. Canadian workers are already being told to accept lower wages so their employers can compete.

Free trade--more trashed social programs Already, the hlulroney government has leveled Canada's Unemployment Insurance donq towards the U. S. standard. With Bill C-69, the Tories have started a process that will effectively end family allowances, old age pensions, and universal medicare unless we elect another government to repeal this law.

Free trade--more corporate co~ltrol of the enviro~lme~lt Free trade lets corporations move to countries where there are virtually no cnvironniental standards. This helps polluting corporations produce cheaper products and undercut responsible companies. Part of free trade negotiations involves harnionizing environmental standards d o ~ m to the lowest common denominator.

Knocking 'em Dead

War ! Now. vou and I have a1 r e a Hey, i t ' s SIIOWTIME i n t h e Theat re o f . , , . - -. - - - . - . - - - - - - The one s u r e time t h e poor g e t f r e ~ t i c k e t s because we s e t t h i s war u - even though they 'd never asked - GEORGE: Yes, we've s a c r i and t h e r i c h a r e devas t a t ed i f t h e poor don ' t come. s o now w e ' l l pa s s t h e t ab Bush i s hold ing a super b i g blow-out, t o t h e unemployed and tho: no expense spared; This show c o s t s Canada and c u t t h e i r payments re , a lone , n i n e t y m i l l i o n bucks a month! g i v i n g them the oppor tun i~ I t ' s go t eve ry th ing - t h r i l l s , s p i l l s , of c o n t r i b u t i n g t o t h i s g and a l l t h e body bags you can grab here's s o da rn many of tl be fo re t h e b e l l r i n g s , you lucky , lucky people! t h a t w e ' l l r a i s e t h a t monc And he re , s t r a i g h t from h i s s t a r wars programme, a t g r e a t personal s a c r i f i c e , comes s u p e r s t a r George Bush, your k inde r , g e n t l e r v e n t r i l o q u i s t w i th h i s dummy Br ian Mulroncy. Yehhhh! And George and Br ian w i l l open wi th t h e i r theme song, t he number one h i t i n t h e Gulf. Take i t away, Br ian and George!

GEORGE AND BRIAN ( t o When I r i s h Eyes Are Smil ing) This gu l f war is conducted,

f o r t h e h ighes t p r i n c i p l e - yes, t h e whopping p r i n c i p l e and i n t e r e s t on American o i l s h a r e s ... Come on now, everyone, j o i n i n t h e song and dance - keep those arms and l e g s f l y i n g - ( o f f , t h a t i s .. ..) BRIAN: Gotta hand i t t o you, George - when t h i s w a r ' s over 1 t h e r e ' s going t o be a bonanza of c o n t r a c t s ! GEORGE: I t h i n k I thought of every th ing . A l l those roads t h a t ' l l need r ebu i ld ing ! A l l those houses blown down! A l l t hose h o s p i t a l s blown up! Not t o mention p r o t h e s i s f i r m s having a b a l l f i t t i n g f a l s e limbs t o a l l t hose I r n a u i s miss in^ a limb o r two - - and t o our own boys and g i r l s t oo , Brian - BRIAN: And don ' t f o r g e t f r e e t r a d e , George - gee , George, I could k i ck myself! Why d i d n ' t t h i n k of t h i s war e a r l i e r ! I d i d promise Canadians j obs , jobs , jobs and now they c a n ' t c a l l me l y i n ' Br ian anymore because a f t e r t h i s war, we ' re gonna have f u l l employment! A

GEORGE AND BRIAN: With a hey and a ho and a hey nonny no - a war i n t h e gu l f is t h e way t o go, With a hey and a hum and a bloody b i g gun

A ec ib inuc s a b c t i o n s a i n ' t ha l f a s much fun a s blowing I r a q u i c h i l d r e n t o Kingdom Come

GEORGE: Gee, i t ' s too bad, Brian, , - , * t

a l l t h e b e s t p a r t i e s g o t t a end sometime and someone has t o pay t h e p ipe r . BRIAN: Don't worry, George, Canada i s a democracy where everybody s h a r e s equa l ly .

!y done o u r b i t ) - !iced a l r e a d y , B r i a n -

;e peop le on w e l f a r e 11 good, t h u s : Y :eat c o u c t r y of o u r s . lem, George, ?y i n no t ime a t a l l !

GEORGE AND BRIAN: Oh, do your we1 f a r e mums keep low, c a n you swing them t o and f r o ? Can you t i e ' e m i n a kno t , Can you t i e 'em i n a bow? Can you throw them o v e r your s h o u l d e r t h e way you d i d t h e i r w e l f a r e f o l d c - - do your w e l f a r e m u m s keep low?

GEORCE: Say, B r i a n , do you know why t h e I r a q u i c r o s s e d t h e road? B R I A N : I d o n ' t know, Ccorge, why d i d t h e I r a q u i c r o s s t h e road? GEORGE: Why, B r i a n , ' c o s h e was c h i c k e n and d i d n ' t want t o g e t f r i e d ! ! 1100 1100 hoo - BRIAN: 1100, hoo, hoo - Oh, George - gee - you k i l l me - GEORGE: E r - oo - don ' t s a y t h a t , B r i a n , d o n ' t s a y t h a t . . . . BRIAN: Gee, George, I ' v e had such a g r e a t t i ine , I j u s t t i a t e h a v i n g i t a l l come t o a n end , and Big B u s i n e s s e s p e c i a l l y h a s been such a g r e a t a u d i e n c e and we've had s u c h wonder fu l r ev iews , h a v e n ' t we, George, j u s t wonder fu l - a l l t h o s e b e a u t i f 111 supper r i v e e d i t o r i a l s i n t l ic Globe & Flai l and t h e Vancouver SUI and on r a d i o & t e l e v i s i o r ~ - GEORGE: We s u r e have , B r i a n , and t h a t was a g r e a t i d e a of yours t o change t h e s l o g a n "Support Big Bus iness i n t h e Gulf" t o "Support your t r o o p s i n t h e Gulf!" c o u l d n ' t have done i t b e t t e r m y s e l f , And I won't f o r g e t t h i s , B r i a n , when t h e t ime comes f o r t h o s e Mexico f r e e t r a d e t a l k s - I ' m making a p e r s o n a l commitment r i g l i t h e r e , boy, t h a t your i n d u s t r i e s c a n move s t r a i g h t down t o !lexica and t h o s e heart-warming wages of t h r e e d o l l a r s a day - and none of t h i s env i ronmenta l p r o t e c t i o n r u b b i s h , B r i a n - BRIAN: Oh George, t h a t ' s s o b e a u t i f u l - g e e , i t s o r t of g e t s me r i g h t h e r e - I f e e l I shou ld make a r e c i p r o c a l g e s t u r e l i k e c u t t i n g Medicare o r something - GEORGE: S u r e , B r i a n , I g o t a f a v o u r i t e g e s t u r e r i g h t l ~ c r c ! (Makes t h e Nazi s a l u t e ) BRIAN: Er - g e e , George - maybe n o t g e s t u r e - GEORCE: Oh! Oh, s o r r y , s o r t a f o r c e of h a b i t . . . t h e r e ! ( p l a c e s hand on h e a r t ) B R I M : T h a t ' s b e t t e r ! Now how about a f i n a l c h o r u s f o r t h e n i c e f o l k s - George, g e e , t h a t hand on t h e l i e a r t s t u f f , i t makes you l o o k s o good - s o r t of - holy - GEORGE: " [ J e l l , t h i s 2 a h o l y war , E r i a n ! Okay, p a l , t h a t ' s a good n o t e t o end on ... GEORGE AND B R I A N : ( l a s t b a r s of 1.Jlien I r i s 1 1 Eyes Are Smi l ine ) Oh, Big B u s i n e s s i s s o happy and t h e g e n e r a l s u s do thank and t h i s is a 110-ly m r - a r because p r o f i t s a r e s a c r o s a n c t !

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Iree t rade--more power fbr corporirt ions f:rce trade gives corporations more rights like these:

*the right to take profits and dividends out of a country; *[he right to bid on Government contracts of othcr countries and create jobs outside of

Canada with taxpayers money; *the right to buy energy even if we need to consenie it; *the right to take over more and more Canadian companies; *the right to dominate Canadian culture; *the right to keep governments from providing uni\fersal public programs like daycare

or auto insurance.

Free trade--an end to effective democracy In a democracy, politicians ~ h o make decisions are accountable to the people u,ho are affected by the decisions. With free trade, multinational corporations nil1 make most of the decisions that affect people's livelihood and en\ironnment. They will make decisions on all the things listed above and more. Corporations are accountable to sl~areholders uho upant profits, not to the people affcctcd by their decisions.

Free trade--a chance to unite people to work for a just aild democratic society Canadian polls show that most of us don't like the free trade deal with the U. S. and don't support a deal with hlexico. The Action Canada Net\i.ork (formerly Pro Canada Netu,ork) is uniting groups representing over 10 million Canadians to stop these deals and to work for a society of social and economic justice and democracy.

I n B. C. the Coalition Against "Free" Trade is working to educate people about the trade deal with Mexico and to stop the deal. CAFT also %,ants to start the process of naming constructive alternatives to free trade. For example, u.e \,ant trade deals only 14.hen they:

*improve the living standards of all workers in all countries; *set strong cnvironmentd protection standards; *c.nsure that democratically elected governments can dc.\elop policics and programs hich mcet the needs of their citizens: *protect human rights.

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You can find out more:

* Get a copy of Que Pasa, the most up-to-date information on how free trade with Mexico will affect people in B. C. Call Jim Sinclair at 255-1336 or Jean at 879-1209. * Subscribe to the Action Canada Dossier. It's up to date information on the work in Canada to stop the free trade deals and to build a future shaped by people, not profits. Write to Action Canada Dossier, 251 Laurier Ave. West, Suite 901, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 556. Subscriptions are $20 for individuals. * Borrow a copy of Dirty Business, a video about Mexican wages, working conditions and environmental pollution. Call Jef Keighley at 522-7911. Show the video at a meeting of friends, your union, church, or group. * Get a copy of "We can say no" and "Fighting Back", two hard hitting, lively

* videos about the trade deal and what you can do. Available in May. Call Jef at 522- 7911 or Jean at 879-1209. 7:30 pm. * Buy a ticket for a night of entertainment and information with a speaker from hfsxico, Utah Phillips, and others. Call Mayworks at 324-8821 for tickets.

You can get involved: * Get the Coalition Against "Free" Trade's Proclaniation on the trade deals with the

U. S. and Mexico. Get your church, union, or group to pass the proclamation. Organize an event to use it. Call Jean at 879-1209 for your copy. Available by May 1st.

* Come to a rally and short march on June 1st at the Trilde and Converition Centre, foot of Howe St. at noon. The Coalition Against Free Trade will post our proclamation against the trade deal.

Produced by the Coalitiot~ Agititlst "Free" Trade, #211 456 W. Brocltht~~y, Vcul~vuiw, B. C. V5Y fR3. Pllorw 879-1209'875-[769.

CONCISE OXFOIII) L)IC'l'IONARY:

Poor: 1. Not h a v i n g means t o p r o c u r e com- f o r t s o r n e c e s s i t y s o f l i f e ( p o o r

i n s p i r i t ) , ill s u p p l i e d , d e f i c i e n t ( i n a p o s s e s s i o n o r q u a l i t y ) ( o f s o i l ) u n p r o d u c t i v e . 2 . S c a n t y , i n a d e q u a t e , l e s s o r l e s s

good t h a n is e x p e c t e d ( t h e c r o p was p o o r ; had a poor n i g h t ; i s a poor d r i v e r ; i n poor s p i r i t s ) p a l t r y , s o r r y ( t l i a t is a poor c o n s o l a t i o n ) ; i t is a poor look-out i f t h a t hap- p e n s ) s p i r i t l e s s , d e s p i c a b l e ; (he is a poor c r e a t u r e ) humble; i n s i g - n i f i c a n t ( o f t e n i r o n i c o r j o c u l a r ; i n my poor o p i n i o n ) t a k e a poor v iew o f ; r e g a r d w i t h d i s f a v o u r o r pess imism. 3. ( E x p r e s s i n g p i t y o r sympathy) un-

f o r t u n a t e , h a p l e s s , (poor f e l l o w ; t h e poor c h i l d is u n c o n s o l a b l e ) . 4 . Poor box; money box, e s p e c i a l l y

i n c h u r c h f o r r e l i e f o f t h e poor ; poorhouse ( h i s t o r i c a l ) workhouse; poor law ( h i s t o r i c a l ) law r e l a t i n g t o s u p p o r t o f p a u p e r s ; poor man 's , i n f e r i o r , o r c h e a p e r s u b s t i t u t e f o r

( cabbage , e t c . ) poor r a t e ( h i s t o r i - c a l ) r a t e o r a s s e s s m e n t f o r r e l i e f

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o r s u p p o r t o f t h e poor . Poor r e l a - t i o n : ( E i g u r a t i v e ) i n f e r i o r o r sub- o r d i n a t e member o f t h e g roup ; poor s p i r i t e d , t i m i d , coward ly ; poor wl l i te ( e s p e c i a l l y o f n e g r o e s - d e r - o g a t o r y ) member of s o c i a l l y i n f e r - i o r group of w h i t e p e o p l e .

PZiddle Eng l i s i l & Old French: pov ( e ) r e , poure ; 1,aL i n : pauper .

P o o r l y : 1. S c a n t i l y , d e f e c t i v e l y , w i t h no g r e a t s u c c e s s , meanly , contemp-

t i b l e . 2 . Unwell; (He i s l o o k i n g p o o r l y )

P o o r n e s s : D e f e c t i v e n e s s ; l a c k of some good q u a l i t y .

P o v e r t y : f i e ing poor , ind. igence , want , ( e c c l e s i a s t i c ) r e n u n c i a t i o n of r i g h t t o i n d i v i d u a l ownership of p r o p e r t y ; s c a r c i t y , d e f i c i e n c y , i n f e r i o r i t y , p o o r n e s s , meanness ; P o v e r t y l i n e : minimum income l e v - e l needed t o g e t t h e n e c e s s i t i e s o f l i f e ; P o v e r t y s t r i c k e n : poor ( l i t e r a l o r f i g u r a t i v e ) a pov- e r t y - s t r i c k e n l anguage .

P o v e r t y is n o t as s i m p l e & one-dimensi- o n a l a s t h o s e who wage " w a r on pover ty" b e l i e v e i t is. The image o f p o v e r t y o f f e r - ed by p o l i t i c s & t h e media i s f a r f rom be- ing t h e whole t r u t h . S e l f - a p p o i n t e d "ex- p e r t s " on p o v e r t y d e c r y t h e " e v i l s " o f i t - bu t t h e m i d d l e c l a s s v a l u e o f "more is b e t t e r " - t h e i d e a t h a t money i s t h e magic remedy t o a l l p rob lems , & t h a t , deep down, a l l ' p o o r ' p e o p l e must c l i n g t o t i le same v a l u e s 6 economic a m b i t i o n s a s t h o s e who

t a l k a b o u t " l ie lp ing" them, is l a r g e l y un- t r u e . ..

Altliough t h e r e i s much t a l k abou t h e l p - i n g t h e poor by i n c r e a s i n g t h e i r income, t h i s n e v e r happens . A s we a l l know, t h e p u r c h a s i n g power of s u b s i s t e n c e incomes d e c r e a s e s y e a r by y e a r , 6 t h e " a u t h o r i - t i e s " on p o v e r t y c o n t i n u e t o p i l e on hor- r o r s t o r y s abou t how d e g r a d i n g L e v i l t h e c o n d i t i o n of no t hav ing enough money is .

They o f f e r i n s t e n d o f m o n e y - "serv ices"

which they say w i l l h e lp a l l e v i a t e t h e s u f f e r i n g of " the poor". I n o r d e r t o ob- t a i n such "serv ices" t hose who " su f f e r " from a l a c k of money must show some i n t e r - est i n f i n d i n g a job, adopt ing middle- c l a s s va lues , o r a t l e a s t say they a r e t r y - ing t o "c lean up t h e i r ac t . "

Most of t h e people who go t h i s r o u t e d o n ' t r e a l l y b e l i e v e i n i t - they a r e j u s t t e l l i n g t h e well-heeled bu reauc ra t what they know he wants t o hea r i n o rde r t o g a i n temporar i ly a l i t t l e of t h e "help" he s ays they a r e e n t i t l e d t o . I n o rde r f o r "serv ices" t o k i c k i n , they know they must demonstrate a d e s i r e t o j o i n programs, a t t e n d c l a s s e s , f o l l ow t h e d i r e c t i o n s of d o c t o r s , h e a l t h nu r se s , p s y c h i a t r i c teams,

p roba t ion o f f i c e r s , e t c . who a r e a l l t r y - i n g t o conver t them t o middle-c lass va lues . Poor people a l s o know t h a t t h e s a l a r y s of t he se "serv ice" p r o f e s s i o n a l s a r e enormous by t h e i r s t anda rds - and s o t h e i r cynicism i s honest .

Because most "poor" people seem t o l a c k t h e ambit ion necessary t o "promote" them- s e l v e s - t o d r e s s i n c l e a n , f a s h i o n a b l e c l o t h e s , p r e sen t resumes, & adopt t h e language & mannerisms of l ' success" . . . tha t i s because they l a c k t h e ambit ion t o m i s - r e p r e s e n t themselves, & deny t h e f a c t s of t h e i r exper ience , t h e i r v a l u e a s human be- i n g s d imin i shes i n t h e eyes of those who a r e pa id t o "help" them.. . I f n a t u r a l hu- man v a l u e s were app l i ed t o such a s i t u a - t i o n , t hose who were honest enough t o re - f u s e t h e s o c i a l l y accep tab l e l i e , should be rewarded f o r demonstrat ing a l e v e l of t r u t h f u l n e s s t h a t is d i f f i c u l t t o ach i eve & u n f o r t u n a t e l y r a r e i n humans today.

Those who r e f u s e t h e l i e a r e i n s t e a d s t i gma t i zed & f r o z e n on "guaranteed f i xed" incomes & grudgingly a f fo rded t h e few es- s e n t i a l "serv ices" t h a t might be necessary du r ing l i f e - t h r e a t e n i n g emergencys.

Much more may be s a i d about t he "war" being waged on poverty i n t h i s f a sh ion by " s e r v i c e p ro fe s s iona l s " who a r e h i r e d t o

conver,f t h e poor, & "save" them from t h e pe r sona l i n t e g r i t y they have developed out of rough exper ience , bu t space is l i m i t e d , & t o understand t h e r e a l f a c t s of poverty ( a s opposed t o t h e p o l i t i c a l l y expedient image) we must spend some t ime exp lo r ing t h e more d i f f i c u l t p sycho log ica l & e t h i c a l f a c t o r s involved.

I n a s o c i e t y t h a t rewards conformity t o wel l -es tab l i shed economic v a l u e s , "poor" people a r e t h e u l t i m a t e non-conformists. To say t h a t they a r e "trapped" i n f a i l u r e , " su f f e r " from low se l f -es teem, o r sugges t t h a t t h e i r v a l u e s a r e "perverted" simply because they r e f u s e t o fo l l ow t h e dominant theme of s o c i e t y , r e v e a l s a s e l f - r i g h t e o u s sadism t h a t permeates t h e a t t i t u d e of so- c a l l e d "helpers" .

Negat ive moods, - low se l f -es teem, de- p r e s s i o n & d e s p a i r , a r e no more p reva l en t among t h e poor t h a n they a r e among t h e r i c h . They a r e j u s t l e s s well-hidden. I have l i v e d t h e middle-c lass l i f e & t h e l i f e of pover ty , & I can t e l l you t h a t am- ong t h e economical ly s ecu re , j u s t a s much c r a z i n e s s , d e s p a i r & depres s ion e x i s t s a s among t h e poor & I t h i n k i t ' s f a i r t o as- sume, from what we s e e r epo r t ed i n t h e media about t h e a n t i c s of t h e ve ry r i c h ,

So where does t h i s l e a v e t h e "war on poverty"? - i n much t h e same s t a t e a s t h e "war on drugs" o r t h e "war on hunger1' o r the "war on p o l l u t i o n " . . . These a r e no t r e a l unde r t ak ings - bu t convenient s l o - gans & images t h a t d i v e r t a l t r u i s t i c in - t e n t i o n s i n t o well-paid comfor tab le pos- i t i o n s . These j obs c r e a t e t h e paperwork tha t adds an o f f i c i a l " r e a l i t y " t o t h e i m - age, & documented "exper t s" ach i eve prof - i t a b l e employment.

A s t h e "war on poverty" c l a ims s u c c e s s , poverty i n c r e a s e s & i s l e s s w e l l under- stood. A s t h e "war on drugs" con t inues , hard drugs become more & more a v a i l a b l e . A s t h e "war on hunger" p rog re s se s , famines & re fugee camps p r o l i f e r a t e . A s t h e "war on po l lu t i on" j u s t i f y s i t s e l f , enormous & c a t a s t r o p h i c po i son ings of t h e environment go on.

There i s , perhaps , unde r ly ing t h e image of pover ty a s " f a i l e d humanity", a deep & ab id ing f e a r of t h e t r u t h s t h a t have been d iscovered by those who have l e a r n e d t o su rv ive wi thout t h e e l a b o r a t e m a t e r i a l - suppor t s s o c i e t y deems s o necessary .

D e f i n i t i o n : Midd le C l a s s V a l u e s

P h i l o s o p h y s & r a t i o n a l i z a t i o n s main- t a i n e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e of s u p p o r t i n g economic s e c u r i t y , a d d i n g t o t h a t sec- u r i t y , and a v o i d i n g economic l o s s .

Human be ings , of whatever s t r i p e , a r e a f r a i d of change. They c l i n g d e s p e r a t e l y to what they have, & seek t o add more of the same. They c l a im t o unders tand t h a t "more i s

l e s s " , then t u r n around & u s e i t a s a s logan t o s e l l compact c a r s .

I The l e s s o n s of pove r ty , which today a r e probably t h e most important l e s s o n s i n the world, go unlearned & unrecognized, because s o many "wel l - in ten t ioned" i nd iv - i d u a l s have accumulated s o much s o c i a l r e spec t & economic b e n e f i t from t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n a l s o c i a l i s m t h a t t o r e v e a l t h e inadequacys of t h e i r s u p e r f i c i a l approach would rock t h e boa t . The i r c a r e f u l l y c r a f - ted image of "poor" people would be knock- ed overboard, & drown i n a s e a of t r u t h . Undeniably, l a c k of money i n a s o c i e t y

t h a t worships t h e s t u f f makes l i f e a h e l l o f a l o t more d i f f i c u l t - bu t t h e t e r r - i b l e t w i s t s & t u r n s of p sycho log ica l thumbscrews - t h e inhuman & e x c r u c i a t i n g l y s u b t l e s o c i a l s t i g m a t a t h a t abound every- where, behind t h e scenes of t h i s game of "helping" t h e poor, a r e f a r more des t ruc - t i v e & e v e r l a s t i n g t h a n a mere l a c k of money.

The "poor" a r e proud of t h e i r l i f e t i m e s - a s w e l l t hey should be, & t o cha rac t e r - i z e them a s g r o v e l l i n g i n t h e d i r t f o r handouts o r f o r c i n g them t o p re t end t o b e l i e v e i n t h e ques t ionab le b e n e f i t s of jobs & educa t ion j u s t t o ge t a bus p a s s , is p e r p e t u a t i n g l i e s & s t u p i d i t y s t h a t con t inue t o ma in t a in an i n s i d i o u s p l a c e i n ou r h i s t o r y . . . We a r e r e s p o n s i b l e , & only i n f u l l expe r i ence & unders tanding of what we a r e d e a l i n g wi th , i s t h e r e any hope f o r meaningful change.

TORA

"The f i r s t g o l d star a c h i l d g e t s i n s c h o o l f o r t h e mere pe r fo rmance o f a n e e d f u l t a s k is i t s f i r s t l e s s o n i n g r a f t ." " . . . goods add l i t t l e rea l ease t o l i f e & t h e t o t a l w o r s h i p o f goods , i n t h e end , t a k e s away a l l p e a c e & s e c u r i t y . I n a w o r l d t h a t i s engaged i n t h e r e c k l e s s r u s h f o r mass-produced mater- i a l o b j e c t s - w h a t e v e r t h e fo rm o f government - t h e r e w i l l b e no s e c u r i t y b e c a u s e s e c u r i t y comes f rom man 's t r u s t o f man - man ' s c o n f i d e n c e i n man - & t h e m i l l s c a n n o t m a n u f a c t u r e i t & t h e S t a t e c a n n o t g u a r a n t e e i t . Only e a c h man, w o r k i n g w i t h i n h i m s e l f t o t he b e s t o f h i s a b i l i t y , c a n create temp- o r a l s e c u r i t y . ... s o l o n g as t h e few b a s i c h u n g e r s i n man are c o n t e n t e d , more goods can- n o t add a n y t h i n g t o t h a t s e c u r i t y . "

PHILIP WYLIE G e n e r a t i o n o f V i p e r s (1942)

We s t a r t e d t h e ranch up i n t h e e a r l y summer of 1947. By mid-summer a l l o u r h o r s e s up & d i e d from sun- s t r o k e . So we looked f o r a h a r d i e r breed of animal t o s t o c k t h e s q u a r e wi th .

F i d d l e S t i c k s was o u r f i r s t mature P i female e l e p h a n t , and s h e was a r e a l p a i n i n t h e b r i t c h e s u n t i l we took on a rogue s t u d by t h e name of Dandy who seemed t o p r e f e r g e t t i n g i t on w i t h t h e f e n c e p o s t more t h a n he d i d F i d d l e S t i c k s , who became s o h o s t i l e t h a t s h e r a n Dandy o f f t h e p l a c e & we a i n ' t s een him s i n c e .

So, w e modernized and went i n t o art- 7'0 i f i c i a l insemina t i o n , which h a s no- +

t h i n g t o do w i t h r e p l a c i n g P a l e s t i n - i a n s . No, i t means g rabb ing a p l a s t i c b a l l o o n - l i k e v i a l and d e l i v e r i n g i t t o - t h e i n n e r r e g i o n s of F i d d l e S t i c k ' s p r i v a t e concerns .

Well , S i r , from t h a t h u m i l i a t i n g e x p e r i e n c e came t h e huge he rd we have today, which i s some of t h e f i n e s t s t o c k t h i s s i d e of N e c e r v e r o l i a .

So me & L u c r i c i a , t h a t ' s my o l d g a l , a r e s i t t i n g p r e t t y h i g h on t h e p i l e , e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e t h e e l e p h a n t s e l l i n g market h a s n ' t always been t h a t h o t a commodity.

So me & Lu, t h a t ' s my o l d g a l a g a i n , have dec ided t o se l l s h a r e s i n t h e he rd a t 250 Kopics p e r .

I f you go t any i n t e r e s t i n g e t t i n g i n on t h i s d e a l , w r i t e me,

HUSKY SMITHRITE, c / o The Premie rs O f f i c e ,

New Old South L i v e r p o o l , Nor thern Songs, A f r i c a . 401 DSJ

Red-Faced 3. Red face P!? eyes through sell right red-neck horror we'might be all so familiar fear so fundamental

1. The Newscaster's contrite voice

A tone so... not here we're O.K. It's not so bad

nasty alligator snapping and yawning at intervals rolling over; itching to belong

as some may say 4. Red skin making the lone fight

Ohl tread carefully ... I n A lbe r t a t h e Aryan Na-

t i o n s demonstrated i n Pro- vos t . They advocate geno- '

c ide , a t t acked a female r e p o r t e r and shot guns i n t h e a i r . P h i l F raze r , A l - b e r t a ' s Human Rights Comm- i s s i o n e r , s a i d t h e r e was no th ing he could do about t h e i n c i d e n t . A t t h e same time a t t h e Oldman Dam d ive r s ion s i t e Milton Born

Dirt is my God Blue Eagle says to belong

go to plays fix teeth with stretched palm

I will go back to my God

Red face Red skin making the lone

the voice prodaiming the importance of ... business investments stocks bonds

red-neck fight

where only the sun can touch 5. Fury

With A Tooth, a lonef igh t - er p r o t e s t i n g t h e dam, shot 2 s h o t s i n t h e a i r when t h e R.C.M.P. came on h i s l and . Milton was j a i l - ed 4 months and denied b a i l be fo re h i s t r i a l . He has now been charged and given a sen tence of 18 months. Milton does no t advocate genocide. This is racism i n t h e

j u s t i c e system, i n s t i t u t i o n a l i z e d racism.

from a formed prison

read red

a red funnel swirling blowing random picking a path to smash

2. Red round Angora Mother So close and never touch behind 19 coats of lacquer over wood Hang on there,s one telling me of the world's finest engineered ovens them, they

delight and design

looks plastic

Fury directed to them gathering momentum

pregnant round and red fine and fuzzv

sucking more air those so low as to rise up through the fury of the red funnel

marble plastic countertops reflected in 19 coats of lacquer over wood

shine to blind Marilyn Seelye

M A Y

FREE OR LOW COST GOODS 1.

SHELTER & HOUSING 3 . HEALTH SERVICES 4.

COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, INFO 6 .

LEGAL SERVICES 8.

ADVOCACY RESOURCE LIST 8 .

SOCIAL, DROP-IN, K E C R E A T I O N 10.

YOUTH SERVICES 11, 1 2 .

OTHER SERVICES 13.

XE: EXCESSIVE ABSENCES ------------------ Due t o t h e e x c e s s i v e number of ab-

sences from work, t h e fo l lowing r u l e s and procedures w i l l be put i n t o e f f e c t immediately. S ickness : No excuse. We no longer ac- c e p t your d o c t o r ' s s t a t ement a s p r o o f , a s we b e l i e v e t h a t i f you a r e a b l e t o go t o t h e d o c t o r , you a r e a b l e t o go t o work. Death ( o t h e r t h a n your own): There is no th ing you can do f o r them, and we - a r e s u r e t h a t someone e l s e w i t h a l e s - s e r p o s i t i o n can a t t e n d t o t h e ar range- ments. However, we w i l l be g lad t o l e t you o f f an hour e a r l i e r i f t h e funer- e a l can be h e l d i n t h e l a t e a f t e r n o o n , provided you can come i n a h a l f hour e a r l i e r , work through your l u c h pe r iod and s k i p bo th c o f f e e breaks . Leave of Absence ( f o r a n o p e r a t i o n ) : We a r e no longer a l lowing t h i s prac- t i c e . We wish t o d i scourage any thought t h a t you may need an opera- t i o n a s we b e l i e v e t h a t a s long a s you a r e an employee h e r e , you w i l l need a l l of whatever you have and you should not c o n s i d e r having any th ing removed. Also, we h i r e d you a s you a r e , and t o have any th ing removed would c e r t a i n l y make you l e s s than we bargained f o r . Death (your own): Th i s w i l l be accep t - ed a s an excuse , but we would l i k e two weeks n o t i c e a s we f e e l i t i s your du ty t i t each someone e l s e your job. Also E n t i r e l y too much t ime i s being spen t i n t h e res t rooms and, i n f u t u r e , we w i l l f o l low t h e p r a c t i c e of going i n a l p h a b e t i c a l o r d e r . For i n s t a n c e - ' A ' w i l l go from 8:15 t o 8:30 and those whose names begin w i t h ' B ' w i l l go from 8:30 t o 8:45 and s o on. I f you a r e unable t o go a t your appointed t ime, i t w i l l be necessa ry t o wa i t un- t i l the next day when your time comes around aga in .

The f u l l co-operat ion of t h e s t a f f i n t h e s e m a t t c r s would b e a p p r e c i a t e d .

Modem sex:

balancing

and fidelity

'Sex that is not an evidence of a strong human tie is just

like blowing your nose; it's not a c a splendid

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s u b m i s s ion D E A D L I N E

12 May (Sunday)

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