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by_ ! an Rusanovsky_

Qn Wednesday, )\pril 13tp, Jesse ~ _Jackson made a campaign appearance at

-/ ·the SUNY.:.west Gym.-, Prior to his: . ~speech a crowd of ·oyer one hundred

protestors gath~red, holding signs that . condemned J ackso'n for his anti-. ·semitic rhetoric and anti-AJ.Ilerican ·

activities. The speech went fair-ly smooth-with only one incident of anti . .:. . Semitic hatred. ·-

In~ subsequent iss~e ,of 'Pip,e. Dream; a conne·ction was. made ·

·· between Jackson's c~rnpaign and the Ne,w Alliance Party. Further · allegation~ were made by Thomas F. · ·

- - Weiss. a social · worker_ from Westchester county and Editor of Up Front News , a New York . City .

_:_publication . · Weiss 'claimed . that Jackson was endorsed· and has accepted the endorsement ofthe NAP. - '

The New Alliance~arty was started _ in the 19'70's when Fred Newman, its <

pie.~e~t .~head; ) o1ned t·he Natiqnal . . Caucus of L4bor Co~nmittees, run by · Lyndon LaRouche. The two met at . the City .~allege inANew YGrk,. where LaRouche w.as ·posing · as -~ Leftist going under the name of Lyn Marcus. The two colla'I:Sorated on such projects as lf .. Then, and __ Encounter'flouse, both ultra left publications, bordering Fascism. · · · ·

In a 1982 _article in the Village .Voice _written by Joseph Conaso.n . en_titled "PsychopoliLics: What kind of· . party is · this anyway?", facts w·ere

· presented as to ,f:he c6nl\~ctioh between the New· York · Ip-stitute for Social

. Therapy, .run by Newman anq ,the . . NAP. This network of mental l)ealih clinics appears . to be _a front and· a · major source of revenue for the NAP.

The NAP is running its own candida:te in · the 1988 Preside'ntial ·

'.: election, Dr. Lenora Fularii, ·· but ,endorsed . Jackson in its oftkial publication, The National Alliance.

_The NAP-LaRouche c-onnection was reported in the major media in · 1986, when Republican gubernatori._al candidate AndFew O'Rourke refused to participate iQ. a dcbatc_i'in whiCh one of the candffiates, was Lenora Fulan.i. Fulan1 was the NAP candidate_ for

· govemor. At a campaign stop in · - SiJNY-Bingha.mto·n, · O'R~our.k e

"reaffirmed he would not participate in a public debat~ with G~v. Cuomo and other ~candidates · because of the inclusion · of the · NAP. candida~te, · F1,1lani.", accordiqg to TheBinghamton Press. Weiss said that O'Ro9rke's official reason for withdrawal from the

· campaign· was· because "lie would not

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by Ezra Shapiro . ~ . The former Senator Eugene Me

Carthy is schQdUl(fd 10 speak tonight in the Social Room of the Vniversity·

· Union at 8:.00 . pm . . : Senator · Me ·. Carthy will be addrtssing .the "S.tate of America" in the post-Reagan era., -

The seventy two year old Senator has had the dubious honor of _ running as 'the·" do.ve candidate" duril)-g ~ .

· the i968 Presidential election. The former Senator from Minnesota has · since- fallen into relative obscurity after losing th.e Democratic -nomination ·to Hubert Ht,unphrey. After· retiring from the Senate in 1970, h~ has gone on to a career as a: .

· poet/\:Yriter for .numerous magazines such .as- New Republic, and Harpers. ,

. In the tllmultous year of 1968, ·Senator ·Me __ Caithy was the "studeriis'". candfdatc. He advocated an

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. war,' and forced m~ny peace planks . mito the Democratic platform even though Humphrey preferred continuing ))resident Johnson'~

·policies. · M.cCarthy -then rCfused _to ~- "bury the· .. hatchet" . after .. the

r · convention by - not endors~ng Humphrey for Pre?ident

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debate :a can<;fidntq df 4'P~ty;:.tlre' N~P, · · -connection, a _ campa~gn sour:ce has which.be ·iinked to J::.:ynclo.n~ LURouc'11c; " ·_ stipulated. Josh Kurtz, Simon!s New

· During mlt~t~~l'iew~ oh April i:5t11 ~ -,~- York pre~s represcntative 1 wa§. told ._-Weiss made - se,veraLal'leg·~tions, as to · about the NAP involve·ment in tlie NAP's involvemeRt in the Jaok~on · . Jackson's campa~gn on April 5th, by_

, camp~grrand theN.AP's infiitration of .- -- Weiss. Whether this was the reason the "Rainbow Coalition", Jackson's . for Simori's action has· not been

. 'o'wn organization. · Weiss al!eged tha! . proven but the possibility does exist. . Jackson could not afford to refuse NAP- S''imon · like. the other candidates, · support. We~ss poin_led out . th~t the h~s· failed io attack Jackson on any·

.- NAP, posi,ng as a lib_eral grass-root$ ·; salientissu.es of credibility because he -~ organization has "an· ac.ute -abi)ity"to is black. Any questioning of his ta~~ mobilize support. ~or their candidate, . of experience or his _ultra-liberal their,¢andidatebeing·Jackson." ' · positions on most issues woyld :

E1e~tion experts on the . major . immediately be interpreted as racist by television networks specuH.itcd that the media arid his supporters . . -The fact

. Presidential hopeful Paul Simon was · that the other candidates . have · said about to witbdraw -after losing the . nothing abo'ut the· NAP involvement Democratic primary in . Wisconsin. · A · does not mean that they do not know .

', wi~ctrawal ·would automatically _give about it. Any mention qf a pos~ible Simonis delegates to ·Jackson, 1 c0 nmectianwould,again,beinterpreted a&ording to the mles of the Wise,:orisin _ as -racist; · · Democratic party. Simon suspended . ·· his campaign instead of withdrawing ·continued on p4 after hearing about -the Jackson-NAP

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-The on Once again it is election' time . . H is thai .time p( year ~hen candidate~ twist .figures

and facts to their liking irt order tO. catch somy votes. These formulated argumen~ are . · especially misleading : in any .. discussion of U.S. defen~e budgets artg spendmg. · Anytime you Watch the qeFs, ' listen to :a spe·ech .or tum 'on your radio, you' will hear

Year • ., l .n Bevlew ·.A quick glance back at this year -proves that it has not been a boring O!Je. · Co0rs

. many misconceived report$;". ':. . ., .. . - . . ' . . . 7 . Some· ofthe .biggest misconceptions ahout defense spending.are 'attributed to the

· Reagan administration. .First of all, ma~y try to blame·the large federal deficit that. . exists today on Reagati's defense budget. B~t if one takes ~he time to look at the real

beer was boycotted by the Student A:ssembly 'on the initiative of Jon Nevett. · A few angry derriyslifiers made a spectacle of the.mselves_at an "Art Festiv~l" pre~ented by TAU: A few ~months later a di(fer.enfgroup of people tastefully decorated therr· ~ppara! as well as a maniken wiih X's and various meat product~. all in protest of a few cute

. girls, trying ~~ PJ:OVe WhOiS CUter. . I " • _ . . ' • .· . .

· A./revo'lutioriary leader (what;n~vol~tion?) came and insulted f~rty _percent of the . campus pop_ulation. ·-Ture spoke-and we regressed thirty ~ears, back to the Sout~, b~k ·· to the segregatien, back to where it took us ,so long to emerge fr?,m .. Two 'Pre~Idenual - candidates; one who assured us that he · would- not. run agam ~and another, who

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· numbers it can be seen that in the last three decades, while defense has gone from one- , - ·half of d~efederal budget to one-fourth, it is social spending that has doubled. :In 1955,

U.S. defense spending accounted for 9.1% of the . n~tion's Gross National Prodq_€t (GNP) and som~ 54% of the federal budget went tOward nati~n~l security. ·Today, in 1988, 26.2% of the federal budgeq~oes to secur,ity· and defense accou~ts for only 5 .. 9% ·

. of tlie GNP. By contrast, non-defense outlays, 'as a percentage_ of GNP, incr~sed from · 8.6% in 1955", to 16.2% i_n .1975, to 16.5% in 1988 (DepartmeQt of Defense, Report to ' Congress, FY19.88 p.327). SiH"ce 1982, Congre~s. has :add~d "$2_50 billion tqrequests · . for the non-defense' budget (not includjng interest and social sec~rity) w~ile it ha~ cut def~nse r~tiests·by, $125 billion. The'rcal.pmblerri wit4 ~urJeder.al ~ocial ·programs is ,not that Reagan has cut th~ir funds. The propleJfl 's :th~ wast~ful-.mi~tnanagernent of these programs. _ lt has not ·been ·budget cuts that h~ve_ de~eriorated .social program~, but the inefftc~ency in the handling offurids allo_cated~and that can't.P~ b~med .on ~estdent 'Reagan. . · .· · · ·. · · . . · ·· . , · . . Another great misconception about die U.S. def~nse budget is its r~lation to Spviet

spending and _its, emphasis O!l strategic nuclear forc~s. , Fi.rst of all, n;ta!IY· P?liticians· campaign against the' fqolish "arms race" ·pursued l;>Y the Reagan admm1strat10n. }he .problem with ; the analogy that the U.S. is racing against the U.S.S.R. is that,'onc.e ag-a:in, -the numbers prove it \Vrong. The Soviet Union -devotes two-arid_-a:-_half times more percentage, of th~ir 'GNP to the lTiilitary. From 1970 to 1986, the Sovi~tUI)ion has · outspent the tT.s : in defense i~vestmen~s . by .$500 · bil~ion and anually far .. outprc:>duces the U.S~ in tanks, artillcry, ,mival v~ssels, bombers, 'IC~M~ and SLBM's. If the U.S. was in a "race'', we 'would long ago ha,ve forfeited and pulled out. . . . '""

Finally~- many of our misunderstanding- politicians will suggest that cutting bac~ on nuclear forces will slash the defense budget and leave more funding fOP$OCial programs. The fact .is that only about 7.5% of the defense budget gbes toward nuclear fo~ces. The majority, goes toward tlie 'ge~eral -operatioh of th~nnilitary. In a<,ldition, a. cut in spending on nuclear weapons will mean only an increase in cdnventional forces, whkl} is the more expensive of the two. Once agai·n, if .. yeu continue the "rac,e" ai'lalogy, it is interesting to note that only 11 o/~ ofl~e Soviet military bu.dget is spent.on personnel (includingpayments to. military ~rid civilian pe{sonnel, medicaJ-costs;n:tamtenance and repair) whil~ the U.S; spends 55% of it budget for the: same purposes: . -~ ·· . .

Mo§t American~ will ·agr(',e that the preservation offr~om andthe· p~otection of our nation is one- of the most. important purp0ses of our government. But ·before V!e ar~ pursuaded by the attacks waged against the system that exists today, it is important to look at the facts on the U.S. defense spending and assess ·our priorities. · - · ' . by_&,athryn Doherty .

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demonstrated to us that he was highly unqualified for the position, spoke. Qn campu_s. · · The ·first one cost us $10,00(}-and the second caused a ·~Hymie~· uproar. Jack~on could riot ·contidl his -mouth and we all know what ~t could not control --a slip o~ the tongue so to S.Peak; op both their parts. -

. . ' ' ~ . · ·. Donald Woods gave aleeture d~mqnstiatipg his cornplete_lack of unders~nding-_of the.probleni fu So~th 'Africa~ He gave our staff some healthy advice -and re-dedicated the . Soci3l .rooni to that worfd ·reknowned lover of peace; Nelson Mande4l. . · .· · · • • • .\ • r

:Aworld famo~S· theologian;" ptofc$S~r of religion Sid Thom-as· initiat~ ·a ·massive letter wfiting ·campaign tq_the .Pope,! requesting th~t he fornicate (tp "k!low•.r i.n __ the Biblical sence) with himself. _ . ' , .

. . A . former Binghamton Review editor -decided. t9. i~for;m. the. campu~ about a s~ady resu~e filling 'c.on~pitacy in Roosevelt Hall of Hinman College: Guardiano's -Perspectives abo~t the "Clique" ~ere historically accurat~ (wen somewhat) and were . accompanied by a baby pic_ture that made us all appreciate the perm he had. last year. Unfort~nately the controversy ended .on a sad note for; all involved becaus~e m 'the true Chri$tian fashion,,Father Bob beset a "plague orr both our houses"·, . . _ -). . . .....,_ ' . ~ -

All in all the year was full- of intolerance on the piu:t of ali those freedom lo:ving intellectu1lleftists that tried so hard to supress us. What ever happened to· freedom of the press? · Just ask Gayle Gor~ali! · · -

So to all of those who anxiously await the demise of the .B_inghamton Review , · , thanks f9r all of your support. .. and we'll s~ you nex~ year.

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-=T-=-h~e ........ ·~····~-- · ......,.._.....p==-_ ~o~. p_ ............ · e=-::s:p=e=a~ks~. ·~~A~r--t~o--1......... ~F---I ...... i r---t--i n~g...._i. · ... , b(!tween North and South'." He goes by Hod Hellman TAU's Campus Queen is no

by Paul q. Scolese . _ In Pop~ John Paul II's most

recent· ency'clical, SoUicitudo Rei Socialis, he analyzes and criticizes- the . continuing lack' of economic -progress . in : de~elopin·g nations. This· .

· docum1ent states that the great

:progress in the· underdeveloped nations·

on further to ·· state that the Church, Freedom of choice and individual different than the examples c·ited ,._;adoptS a critical 'attitude toward both . . responsibility are the . pillars of ~bove: Many people came toge,ther to ' 'liberal . capit~lism and Marxist , society ;_ . People observe their observe several attractive wo111en. collectivism," ·bGCause both.sitfes have envir0ntnent, and glean .frorri it -what • Furthermore, the women who a "tendency· towards imperi<\l.ism.~· .· they choose.~ .. Apparently, however, . ' exhibited themselves chose to do SO, .

•this seems to state tha( th.c greed' in/.' some groups on campus are opposed . and were not coerceq to by s 0 me \ · tlre West is the same. -thing as the · to this concept. ~. pseudo psycho-social role perpetrated ·

·of the world, whicH'- was hoped for in Pope Paul' VI's Po.pulorum Progressiq. . , written in 1967,' has' failed to iake· place. - Pope John Paul,

East's militarism, · ahd therefore both · .·. ' While maintaining a valid social by the Greeks on campus, or those mi -. , sides are responsible for .. continuing -. commentary on. society, the Art of Madison Avenue. .

the economic .suffering of the· .. -· Flirting coalition has passed all Not only is humaJi · nat'ure '

in aligning himself with the poor and ' 'c'

-underprivileged of the worl_d, has written a eritical, although flawed document about the world's ec0nomic ' systems, in which -he says that it. is

· .the duty of the weaithy nations to aid · / in the progress of developing nations.

· This document-is much more intelligently written thim Pope Paui · VI's Pbpulor..um ProgressiQ , since it , omits the socialist rhetoric of ·central planning, · ( highly regulated

· marketplace; and_national pride,- wlijoh dire·cted more. at fhe "economic · 'experts" in the developing nations: . than the. people of those . nations . . Pope John Paul has properly grasped ·

· certain economic principles, which he · believes can help -developing nations. , ·

He advocates the .reform o'f .the international trade systcrri, awa}'. ; · from . pro_te~tionism .-}awards a free trade·" system; which would allow ·' underdev61opep. . nations to bett~r­compete in the world m(}Ikets. He ' also believes that .there musCbe more . stabilizat,ion in the world mone-tary.-

, and financial systems, since> the , · current dr~stic ·currency 'fluctuations ' hurt developing nations in balance· of · payments and debt repayment. Also tatgeted~ for 'i:efot'tn by the Pope ar.e ,' "International OrgaNizations", ie. the_ World Bank and .. the IMF; whicfi he criticizes for their methods and ·

· effectivenes~. Thg Pope goes on to mention what the developing natio_ns can do for- themselves. :What is . needed is "a spirit of initiative 6n the part of the countries _wbich need it · ~·

. not exp~ecting everything from the more favored: countdes." He further recog'nizes the unjust politkal and economic situations present in .in any develop'ing n_~tions; · authqritariart ';: · forms of gov.ernmcnt must be_ replaced . by "democratic and partk'Ipatory ·

-_ ones." !'

. The most co~troversial p<irt -:­of this-- document . states · "The

J existenc·e g_( two opposing blocs.~ commonly known: as' ihc East and the · West ... heJps to widen the · g'ap

, already existi~g on the economic leve~ .

developing nations. . . . ' ' - . bounds of rational ' argument with . ' attacked, but . so is ' free ~market . · If the Pope believ.es what .he . · . ·their taSteless actions. True, there are . capitiliism .~nd the media. According

has writte~, then he has seriously · .. ·those unfortunate souls who put the''. to the AOF, a "cycle" is created· into misunderstood the I1bcr..tl: capitalist ·"' :pleasQres _of the." flesh in -front -of · which people "feed" themselves, thus · system of the West. He ·fails .to. . p~rsonality. But awicking social developing ''a value system based oii mention· the· biHions of dollars · and · etiquette and ideas of aesthetic beauty the values of mass advertising" (does tons of (ood and other supplies that and labelling these things as "sexist" "opiate of the masses" ·sound the West distributes annually to tpe· · · belies and undeill'lines this -argument. familiar?). However, one ·thing is

.developing nations. Als~ he fails to Human -nature dictates ignored?. pro,ducts are supplied bas~d Cite the fatt tjlat the capitalist syste~ attractiveness Jietw~en- the sexes . . ~ On"demand,and are advertised to meet provides the best basis for .de~ocracy. . Human beings have a funny habit .· · demand. If anything, these seeniipgly and pet'sonal freedoms .. · This · · called flirtin~, and. they invent ~eceptive ads are .a · reflection of. misunderstanding of the capitalist .· methods arid games to facilitate their · society, not vice-versa. · system is probably based on the false · · motives. uThe Art of Flirting"-book Events sqch as tlw ..-Campris ·• belief -still· widely accepted in the. · is a· manifestatioq of these particularly : Queen pageant celebrate the v~ety Church that the wealthy can be ... human characteristics. Is it a crime to and beauty of the human condition. It wealthy only at .the expense of. the ,' ~dvocate females to' act like women, does not force anyone to see b~_uty aS~ .

· poor. This befief, however,· does not . and males to/ act like males- in dress, ()De · hogwgeneous .thing. To slap . take into acc'ount v that wealth - is speec!J,. and behavior? The book is l~yers of salami _OI1' a dummy, wear-·_,~ createtl, :not 'JTiefely transferred frq~{ about _ elerp.entary biology-; not . silly X-marked t-Shirts or draw hideous -. one to another> .. · · misogyny. human figures is 'a _ 'self.,defeating · ·

~- : The ~Pope would have been attempt to proniote · a -rational -idea. · · . rightly justified if·he had attacked the- ' · Perhaps the AOF is out of iouch ( ·the AOF apparently gives little credit . capitalist system.'on the basis of its · with society> From ii me, .to the ~verage person' by .assaulting_-· greed · and- overwhelming material immemorial, h1,1man beings have held . the sen$es with a self-deprecating ·. success. ·Material success, accord,lng . an aesthetically pleasing image · or' display of intolerance. Most people-to the Church, is 9ften worshipped as people. . From cave paintings do not b~e their rehitionships on the ~a false god~ ·and tlrlerefore m-akes depicting f~rtilewomen, to the classic size of their genitalia. While theii . · redemption very. difficult. The Pope Qreek image of _tlie h'Qman body, to. message of' the ~ importance · of . would have been on target if he had the grea~ ar~sts such as Michelang~lo · individual personality is Jauded, their. spoken about {he spiritual corrupti-on -who have adorned our most sacred and · actions. show a malicious contempt_ calfsed by greed and selfishness, and respected monuments, an idolized for all ' things normal and socially' its detritnentat effect on developing . picture of beauty is -expressed'. acceptable in our cultlire. nC;ttions, , . , . , . .

The Pope is also critical ol the single-party rule and tiglit inefficient control of the economy ·

found.throughmlt Eastern Europe and . many developing riat-ions. He believes -that the · developing nations must dev~lop .' l~b.eral democratic institutions · which allow . for

. - indivi~ual right~. participation ·in '< ·

government, ~nd . ~ . fair economiC _:.. . sy~tem that1·aUows for individual · initiat~ye. hi e:ffect then; the Pope is ~ · not critki:z.ing thd' capitalist syste.m

itself .. He is ,criticizing the attitudes · Of greed ai}d s~lfishncss (armed by ihe capitalist system. Although he fails to _mention 1t, th~ pope must' realize

. that strong ec6nomic growth and, ·a · _stable 'political system, ·which can

· ' .only be provided by capitalism, is the key to development in the poor-and · · undewrivileged nations of the world. ' . ,' .

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yputh · yote, Me CarLhy made it po'ssible for Nixon to win the election . by 43% (George Wallace carried 13% on his Independ_ant_ ticket): Bringing-. .MeCarthy to BinghamtoJ! to ,speak, t~etHy years .aftcr 1968, during an election where Jesse Jackson · is ach~~vin'g similar aims ' is v'er'y

;, i~teresting.

Senator Me Carthy 'has been . - ~own as the Liberal's liberal,. and we

wo~id like to congqtulate the SUNY .. Convocations for -bringing yet another left-of-Cefller lecturer to speak on c3n:tpus. · · ·

N~A.P. Conn9.ction o continued from ·pg: 1

Weiss suggested that a deal might be in the works between Jackson and · FulanL "If the NAP-helps Jackson get elected, a cabinet post, even a minot one, w.:.ould go -to Fula1_1i."

The allegations made · hy ·.Thomas . . . . . .

,· Weiss · and - others n~ed to be ·. substantiated: yet Jackson's l~ck of comment on .the issue needs to be investigated as well. · .

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Trade B iII Defeats •Pul-pose.· s ·urrender, ···_ N· ·t .. · . 0 / . ' '

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On Mond~y, April. 14th_, the unexpeeted·news of a sharp increase

: in the . tiad~ deficit sparked heavy · · trading in the stock market which

res.ulted in ·a 108 pointldrop in !he· Dow Jones and left an air o f uncertainty and pessiffiism about the future ·of the economy. The increase ,. in the · trade defiCit has led , to · an · outcfy for trade legishition ·with tough protectionist · measures. - " Congress responded by . proposing

I one of the nrost comprehensive pieces of trade legislation in the last fourteen yeats. The bill, which was - . passed by _ the Ho'~se o f Representatives by a 3 fo 1 margin, , . .

_ rp.ainly provides. the · Presi(}ent the authority to . negotiat~ · ne_w ­international trade ·liberalization pacts (Free Trade) with U.S. trading partners, Congress can investig?-~e , countries wit!t "pervasive"·. unfair trading practiCes · which will face ret::iliatory mea~uies if their barriers are not eliminated. The trade bill also 'requires that all compani~s that

- eiJlploy 100 or more employees tQ , .- · issue a sixty days notice of plant .

· ~ 'Closing or long-term layoffs. Lay0ff·. ·notices. are required if it affects one­third of.- the work force or 5 0.0 ·

. persons. It also provides some form of protection to firms that are hurt bY: imports if they are ' willing to · . make "propei adjusunents' to foreign ·

. c::ompetition, . and a $1 billion ·' retraining · program · for workers displaced by imports. "" .

President Rea,gan~ who wants a· trade bill and _is willing .to ~· work vigotou$ly to secure one"-, was opposed to the provision that required companies ·to issue' sixty > days,notification of plant closings .or layoffs. · Reagan said th~t the

·. ' . . -,-to face stronger oppositi·on -· in the Senate, fuakmg it 1ess) ikety that the ·­proposed trade legislation would gain

· ·enough votes to override a veto. The trade. legislation, without the -.

notification .requlreriient, has woa . ' favorable support from both :'

business and workers. Farmers· ' would benefit _from ~ a ' n~w agricultural export' subsidy ·program, and oil producers would benefit from ' ' the repeal ~f tb~ '"windfal~ profit" ' ~- ~

· This tr~de legislation has its benefits and ·could provide some relief to the huge trade deficit. But · . the measure of retaliation ~gainst · ·

, c.ountries with unfair trading · pr~ctices may cause moFe ·p:r:.obl.ems­than it will solve .. Foreign countries that have a trade surplus with the U.S. may not waJilt to give up their

' .• advantag~us position: and may VGry . ' · ·well embark in a, counter-retaliatory .

policy against th·e U.S. · The U.S. can not attac}c -the problem of the

' trade deficit by singling vout specific ' countries that arc unfair in their trade

-practice~.. This' '}!>rOVi$iOn also , narrows the power ·of-the-President t? ' n'e~oti~fe .· int9tnatio?al trade hberahzatiOn -pactS With- Other countries. ·

. The trade · legislation provides . . short-term relief to· the workers and -busin~sses that are h'urt by foreign competition~ Jobs are saved and the . ailing iQ.dustry receive much needed ·aid. But this could also hurt the workers and. businesses· in the long­~un. ·, If -we protect ''tb,.e. "hurt" ' industries -and give them aid, we will

. risk the danger of allowing f-oreign J

~ompeti~ors to '!dva~ce) to a higher -level while we are trying to reach the foreign · level Qf efficiency. This could leave . the protected industry remaining in an uncompetitiverstate.

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by William R. Hawkins _ -:· · . years. South Vietnam ran low on Sec}etary of Siate George Schultz ammunition and fuel while the USSR

~has. f~iled to sell t!le· latest installment ·- "" .. poured suppliles . in~o the ·north.~~ .In · · of tb.e .·so-called· ·Mideast "peace January 1975, North Vietnam launched -

· .process"· to Isr.ael. · It was a defective its final offensive to conquer the;sbilth. product to begin _with and should be -/·Four months later, ;'peace was at hand" withdrawn. ' - . ' ·~

the peace plan was -bas_ed on the as Hanoi's i~nk~ rolled into Saigon. . Now Hanoi's . troops are fighting· in

_·notioa of "tradin~ land for peace." Cambodia, and ·behind theni .lie the - Israel " was to give :up the buffer , remai~s of fol,lf m_ill!on people :tCiued

t~rritbries won in 1.967 ip. exchangefor sm' ce "peac II ' , 1· ' d' • p· • . . . . . e was proc rume m . ar1S~ promises from the PLO . and_ Syria to · · ln .February 19&8. CongresscJt off leave Israel alone. But the buffer zones: · all aid to the anticommunist Contra are tangible assets in Isratd's secqrity, · resistance army. in Nicar_agua.· .. • .This

· and promises from terrorist chiefs and tl

.. - was done to advance the Arias. peace ictators are nothing rpor~ tha·n thiri -·"plan. Under its terms, the Sandinista

. air~ . \Yo:ds c~ berep~diated overnight regime was to . me-ve towards

. an~ tern tory lost cah,only be recovered democracy. The tangible asset_· of an byblood. · · ··

Recent pistory shows what bad anny of freedom fighters in tqe fi~ld . ~·.bargains -such trades are. At Munich in was traded for - a\ promise:',.by a , September 1938, Epglandand .France communist dictatorship to :·t:¢fot:m·

itself . . A month. later, the Sandinistas · .. agreed to trady_:~land for pea9e" . . The launched an all-out offensive. to

Sudetenland - was taken from eliminate the Contras. This occ.\.rrred · -czeGnoslovakia and· giv.en to Nazi- while ,Israeli Prime· Minister ·Shamir

Germany. Czecltoslovilia lost a third · · of its population -ar~d . its extensive :· was _ visiting Washington. It seryed to

. call into question once more the . border f~>rtifications. In ·exchange, ,

.. Hitler promfsed not to .attack wh:at ./ reliability of the U.S. as an ally . . And rem'ained of. Czechoslovakia. British it destroyed. the credibility of American .. P

. · · advice on how to find · peace ·in', the nme Minister Neville Chamberlain · 'ddl ·

--'claimed "peace . in . our ti~e". Six· Mi . e East or anywhere else. . .· . '-months ·later, Hitler'i tanks rolled into · Trading strategic assets, ·fand or . what remained of Czechoslovakia. su' weapons; for mere words or. scraps of months after tha,t, Hitler in v ad_ed paper may be called "peace" butit has

' . an older., more accurate name: Poland and World ~ar ii began. surrender. That is' how pe~qe is

I~ January 1973, .the U.S. signed ·- achieved.. War ends when orie>:side the Pruis Peace · Ac·cords, supposedly · . . . loses . and the otl_ler ,/side wins. _; The ending the war in Vietnam. · To gain . . great error is to think of peace QQtside .

. this "peace", the u.s .. traded t~ngible · .. ihe context ofvictory and defeat."J t is assets. The U.S; agreed to withdraw an error our enemies do not make for all of its troops in South. Vietnam: they defip._e __ pea,c.e o.n_ly. ~n ..ter:ms 0j_ , Jus~ as Londo~' had given away Czech' victory. In. contrast, we place peace' territory without_ .' telling Prague,~ above victory . and thus end up with Washington gave _a~ay Vietnamese · defeat. We knew better in 1945. It is territory . without telling Saigon. time we remembered. · President Thieu first learned of

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-requirement would be "very · restrictive on bu_§iness and industry iri America" and' "if the bill .reaches my desk in the present form, I will · veto it." · House Republican leader;· Robert H. Mic·liel of Illinois, said ·. that the requifement " impose~ a straitjacket around small bu~iness as well as large ones, inhibiting them from making deCisions that can save jobs and create .new ones." 'fh e notification .requirement is expected

.·Workers will · once again find themselves in job insecurity , rather

' than job security, in a dec1inrng

Washington's concessions by reading. documents his troops had captured from a VietCong headquarters. . .

Then, i!l ·· the ,name of "pe~ce", Congress cut . military- aid to South · Vietnam b~ half qver the next ,two

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. industry .. There is .nothing new with - ·· ailin,g ind.ustries : asking ·_ for protection · by/ the .government, stating that it will make the "proper .· adjustments" to foreign competition.

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Other Highlights ~f .the Trade Bill . _Foreign Corruptfon - · · . - -' - · · . , - . · · ·. .

· Clarifies· the Foreign ·Corrupt Practices Act to spe'clfy what .kind . of knowledge'_ma}(es . American corporate ·o~ficials liable if their for~ign employees are involved in bribery. ,. ·

Toshiba . Ban · , · . · < · • · • • - .

. -Thre~-year b~ on all Government purchases form the Toshiba Corporation, pat~nt of the Toshi~a Machme C,ogmration, which violated)export controls with t(Xhnology sales to Moscow. -S~cilrities- De_aleJ,"s -c-v _, _

:prohibits foreign cotnpanies~from serving as primary dealers·. in- U.s.· Government securit~es ·.unle~~ th~if_ govem!nent atl?ws _American companies to compete against domel?tiC frrms m .therr copntr.y.,

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CJ-ose To_: -lmp_ass · by"Vanneau Haroutunian · The Middle ·_ East has been '

synonymous . with ·violeQce and protests in . recent mon,ths. In f~ct, one tan hardly sit through the evenmg . news without seeing clip$. of Is.r'aeli soldiers attempting to. quelLrebellious stone-throwing Arab youngsters, or~ soffit~ politician: commenting about the latest developments .in the area. It seems .as- though everybody . dis'ag;rees . oil what actions · should be .taken to -

--·stabilize the sit~ation in the · Gaza strip, ~- ~mall piece of !and that-is fl_ve miles-by twenty-eight miles, but With a population ~9f 600,00.0 . t~at · is expected · to reach 1~ million by the. year20oo.

·The .recent uprisings wl~hin ~e ·" Palestinian .cam·ps started .m mid­Decewbe~. even i.qough the reas~n f@t. ._ t_he prptests can ~e dated back ~to 1967, when Israel occupied thc -G.aza

. strip'_ (prt?viously govcrn,cd by Egypt) · ' - ,~ alotig 'with the . West' Bank and the ·

Golan Heights. Thcsq territories were captured at the end of>thc_famous 'Si~,; Day War, · when Egypt a11d Syva·

:jo'in,tly at~ackcd Israel. B,:ver .sinG9. then . Palestinians· have ac tiVel,y prot~s-ted the loss· of' their hotn(fland, .either by· rebelling internally against . the lsmeli rulers or by diplomatically

· protesting- t_he . occupation, . o{t.cn. · through · the. Palestine ·Liberation

- Organization (PLO), an organization . that. is · officially acceplC?d · by the United NatiOI).S a11d · has \)bsem-cr

· status". · The )atcst uprisings, however,

have beeri the most violent so f~. -and probably the most effect-ive, as ·the international press has covered it.quite. extensively. Furthermore, for the first time, there ' has been · some serious talk about Israel pulling out of the ·;occ!Jpied regions . or ·at least allowing more autonomy. Indeed,- "' Israel has been under tremendous pressure to "solv.e" the .~~lestinian -

- pr9blem, and its willingness to withdniw. froin ·those ocGupied. areas .. ·has often been _pointed out as the· only reasonable solution to · the problem even by some of )sr'ael 's allies. However-, the .situation is. much too complic~ted to have a ·simple solu~ion as bo~h sides have legitimate ~hums .

·. and with every passing d~y there arc : · . , dimmer hopes for a · possib~e · compromise. . · ·./ .

~ ·According .to . th6 !sraeli side, the press has been much too unfair in its. . coverage of the m.ovements: iQ thos.c· ~' regions . . , The. claim is that .-the cameras const·antly focus on you~g -Palestinians (often much too young), or even women -. being chased by' ·

, .. heavily armed Israeli soldiers. This_ · gives th~ ihipression ·of civilians

being repressed by a ruthless militart)'. The tn~th, they claim, is that these

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- . .~ youngsters are but a iront ~o ah ' . " . all the necessary resources to its ihterhal upnsmgs at home and a , successf61 rebellion in the ~Gaza strip_ .might very well encourage .other anti­

. establishment An~b groups t6 ·rebel

organized ·and tactfully armed -citizens? Indeed economic sclf-movyment that ,is -being supported by . sufficiency would be quite. a. Herculean

. the PLO, and who arc ·capable of _.. task, for that' 140 squ.are mile arc~ is . undertaking serious vioicnt actions not very rich in natural resources. If . against their own governments , _One

cl~ ~Xample is: th~: expepien~e wit~ whtch the Synans deaft with the prol:>lem of the. Sunnite Brotti<?rs of . Islam. in Hamma and Aleppo i11 1982, an expediency that'led to the death of' thousands of Sunnitcs and the virtual dis-appearance :of .· thp mov;cmcnf

again~t the ·soldiers · or the-local that state. was to receive rnassiye aids ' Jewish settlers. r-'Fhus, they claim that ~ from. other Arab nations, then it

news cameras never seem . t6 .nohicc ,. > would· systematically turn into a the ·'protesters - thro.wing , inoloiov -.: -.. . bastion for ft.u:ther Arab', anti-Israqli cocktails or other types of hand-made-· activism; it would become much like·

. · grenades at the soldiers. - Southern Lebanon was before the • . The Palestl'niafis, .orn ·.tbe other . invasion of 19-82, when hundreds of

- hand, point out ·that tlie: Isr~elis thousands·· of PLO and pro-PLO " anywhere in Syria. should not be there ,in the first place. , · mi-litary factions used that area as a Thus, the press l.s rightfullyshowinff military base to dircct.their \activitics .

· . - In conclusion, it does not look-as . if the uprisings in the _occupied regions are goin·g to yield _positive results for the Palestinians. Naturally ·

the oppression. of their people in thci~ against Israel. ,, · · · , homeland, as they are being relocated, -The withdrawal _from the Gaza

forced to . observe freq_uently strip woul~-~~t.'(preccdent ~hat_·~~uld -Israel is very wary -about losing Ililuch . of the support that it still has · 16ft _.among its friends in the ·west, and . will keep . trying to- deal with the

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: .~it'db~s not look as ifthe .uprising,sin ,.'Qi~ -PccUpied regions are going _t<~ yield · . p_esiti.y.~·.: results for the ·:P·~1esttntans.

problem as· tac'tfully as possible. This means that s,ome copce~sions are·

, goin~( to have to be . made to ~~e Palestinians of the occupied territories. However, the same parties who are putt~ng so much pressu.rc ori Israel are al'so aware of the

imposed curfews. Their claim is that · the ~only . way io end ' the uprisings · is

to-have Israel pull out its. forces from -- "':. tbe .· .. Gaza .. snip . and . allow the

estabiishment of :a Pakstinian government there: - If one were to look "at the situation · in the Gaza. strip from an uninvolved .

but rather humanistic perspective, the first thing that would come· to mil}d is

" th.at tnc Palestinialil claim is compl~tely legitimate and _that the only fair and acceptable solution would be for Is(ael to unc~mditionally

. with.draw ·frGm · thcJ occupied territories. - After all , the P-dlcs.tinians have been deprived of their homeland for more than twenty years ·now and it

. is, time . that they g¢'C .an acti've . govern~mcnt rep_rcserrting them. Nevertheless, im ·Istael'i withdrm.yal I

would ' have~ important: inip1jcalions· , , 'that ihoulq be a.filalyzod ~lnd usuaHy

· do not appear- in press reports. Her:e , are a few-of them: . . · · 1.~ . ~·The establishment· .of another Arab :state on Is-racr~,__, boroer _would

· t~rther endanger Israc,l's already : precarious situation-. · The c~mnter-. argument wo·uld ·bc that the Ga2;a strip coulcL be a demilitarized zone, but it. "

· would ·be ·e~tremcly clifficult; if hot .· .impossible, for ,.Israel· to enforce that _. situation :without sacrificing the self­autonomy. of the region.. The Israelis are not wjlling to toJerate another

. ~ . b d ··pernfeiOUS State on "their Or er, espeqially since the strip "Yas .taken as a result of a war that was w~ged by the Arabs. , , · · -If an indcpend~nt state was

· ' formed, .how~ could that state 'provide

· impracticality . of an .independent Palestinian 'state, . af le~lSt for flOW .

encourage turther Palestinian claims Unfortunately for t!k Palestiniahs, on all of Israel. indeed, at this. point their interest ruris opposite to th<;>SC of -the . i.ssue is only the fat~ , of. the . . both their friends arid their· foes. territories that. were occupied after . Furthermore, their activities -arc pot 1961; .once ~hese regions arc given well coordinated, as shown· by l~c back to the -'Palestinians.;- the ·new reeent hijacking of a Kuwaiti plane by issue will be the establishment of an some Palestinian terrorists. The Arabic government · in all of the \- hijacking could not have come at a_ region that c;pnstitutcs Israel tod31y. . worse time; aU or the media ,attention The Israelis could m afford ·such a that was concentrated on the occupied c.ontroversy on their. right of regio~s shifted to the fate of the plane· sovereignty over Israel. It is in their. and . -1ts passengers. This was best interest to continue· the p.robably the most dcstru9tiv~,Jhin~· controversy · over the fate of the · that couid have happened to tl,te cause occupied lands as long as possible. · · of the Arab· citizens in the Gaza.

· -Finall,y, thG. Arab states have. Even Yassir Atafat was in-furiated by hardly shown~any enthusiasm about- th·e hijacking and ordered the terrorists ·

· the recent Palestinian activism ~ In ,to give. up. . · · fact, Mubarak, the .Egyptian Premier,' Whatever the outwme, there are ,_ cal,led for freezing the movem_cnts,Qn dim hopes that they would be in the: both : sides . for six -- months. Palestinians' interests.' . Everyone

. Furthermore •. he 'is keeping a dose understands their right to exi,st and watch on Pa10stinian ·movements in ·have a homeland, ol'l't · their ends . his 'own. cou_ntry, ··wnh .his · law s.eld.om ·justify -their:. means. _

' enforc~mein· ·officers 'Watching ·International terrorism ·will not get mo,sques aiild universities for any sign them anywhere but will instea~ htjrt of P~llestinian activism. . their cause . . They also· need the

Also, in jordan, King H.usseiri·- ·support of the Arab nations which is·' · -'cannot be too enthusiastic about the, often lacking: Fi~ally their 'demands -protests continuing in the Gaza strip: . ~ should be mad,e- acceptabk to Jhe with tb.e likely conseq,hlence of having Israelis. Everyone wants to' sec an more Palestinians being deported into- end to . the Palestinian proble111, his country:~ He already has enough ' whether it be the Isr.acli$ who~are tired

· .. problems controlli'ngt hc Palestinians of living in constant threat from their . " who ate established there· (one· can hostile neighbors,_ or the Arabs who

. hardly forget the incident of "Black 'would like to have more tirne 'to deal · September" in. 1970, when the(PLO with their own · internal- problems. tried to take . over Jordan in ·a. failed · The only way for that to happen is· if att~mpt that c:.r~sed ·: the lives of · ·the Palestiniim.s · come up with a thousands of Palestinians). ." , proposal in' which/ they . will· :

At its core, the problem wilh the compromise with the Israelis and/' . Arab nations is that they would rather . guarantee them a safe existence.

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, by Anthon,yHarrigan . judge~~ "it is. wise th~t the charaetcr-of / . · By Brian Su/liyan . . NYPIRG's· (New York Puh:lic WASHINGTON , - The the man, far ·rriore than the bundle of ,Qn April 20; .;1 9.88, NYPIRG.,- in Interest Research ·Group) Comq1Lttee

perceptions -foreigne!s have o( thd ·,_·-: .. -promises and compromises labeled as .. conjunction with-;COSA (Committee :. on ·:pi vestment, who ·sponsor<?(f t.he presidency and the electoral process . . . his 'program,-should b<f probc:cf'·and · ·. · on Sm1th Africa), sponsm;ed a .film on movie; is activtly ' lobbying tbe State-·

· often are full of insight. ~Th.ose who . arialyzed;andevery~ effortmade. to test . the life of Nelson Mandela. The film, , Assembly td pass .a -~iivestment tiHI . make ,a career of -observing ·_ 'the > I . him under stress::" ' .• < ' ... ' which. auracted-close to fifty people which wou1d .require New :York :S~ic '

· political process· have ·vie-ws that :· ;· · .-- This is a ·pofnt that Americai:rs !" was,- according-to ;Rev., .Bob Bunter, . based -fi'Uils to .withdraw their assets , Am-eriCans should . tak~· ' ihto. should ,._ bear ' in mind. it isn't' - ''pistoricaJly . and factually -correct." - ftom S:outh Affica. · '[his, they _;(¢al,

c~nsideration. ·Certainly,:· this ' is .. . necessru;y that a ·presidgnt.be a ·g·reat ". . ·Rev. Hunter:, in -introducing the film, . 1

·would put pressure on the . a o'tha illustrated by an . article .ir:t , the , , orator or an original thinker. He need ·called f6r the "d-isinvestment of · _ · go~emmen~ in South Africa to ref6J;m

' Februar y .humb.er of ·1' h e · not .ha:ve a -par~i<;ular packgvound; · American cornpaqies from -Bouth · thei~ distdillinatory :,policy )_:;:of , ·contemporary· Revi'e w, one of c _thm1gh an understllnding of oconomic AfriCa and stated that .it was our -~partheid. . ·-~ . . - ':'}.:S· -Britain's most re~pec.te<J journals~ ·· ·and foreign realities i~- ver-Y. helpful. : . ~ "moral opligation'' as the people of UilfoFtunately, these "PIRG~S'I :. _Esmond Wright~ former director of '_ What. c0unts, in the flna~ analy-sis', is the United States riot to support/ a _ . _. ·are·ign_oring the pleas of m-illions; 6f the .Institute otOiiited States Studies ... · that he ha~e,a very stW'ng character, a _governmttnr . whiCh op presses . its · South African placks who ire oppos~d ill. Lond<)n,~is :the author of the article feeling for Americanhistory,-tradi_tion. ·people~ . -.. . . , . . ..to sanctions . . · . Mcm'bers _ .. ::~:hf . ·entitled "The Next -President of the · and -()udook,' and that he : aave . Th·e filin . centered. : around J.J.W;U.S.f\.,S.outh Afii'ca's · largc_S,t .

. ·Unit~d States.:· Mr. Wright reminds 5. demonstrated firmness and-steadmess ·:-::- Mandela's grad,ualacceptartce' o.f the black Iabar union;· with over ' a l\ritish readers that the com.iJticatc-ct . ·.· tinder pressure 'and in time of crisis. : ·. ~use 0f .s1iibo~ge as ·a flleans ~o: achieve . million. members strongly · opp6~e:s . Electoral Coliege · system "is~ a-k~gacy _ 'One can be sure that . the n ext ·· his goals. Af.s a leader of the African "' &anctions ~as does -Chief. .Min:fSier

· of the,Foundmg Fathers' an-x~ety : that · • president of tile· Unjted S!3tes. ~ill b~ National Congress (ANC) h.e . ~;ra~elled · -' Butbelezi, ,leader ·of 6. 7 ~mi'liiori the 'mob' should riot be ·entrusted·with· severely tested. ·America's ·adversaries around the world meeting ·wit4 ~ms · , Zufus, .- Prime .Minister· G.edrlt~ .

-po\yer, ' and tliat sober men !hould; -__,_ p wanf to know~ ffrst of all, what kirtd1 · deal~rs· trying to obtain bombs and . , Matanzima "Transkei, ~eader .6(:4'.9-. \ choose·a sober chief executive." That ,-, of m~--they ~e dealing _with. if the.y .. : \ · weai;>ons . .to I?e· used-in' ihe q:estrucfi<?.n' . mll-lion· ~hosas, ~d many others~<{'' ..

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countries·. ~- . . ._.. · with determination to gaiii advantage. · -- t ·. e -· .out . A ·rica.n ~g·0ve_-- rrlm._. __ .·en·t ha_· __ .a. .. ·.·_.·_._·::_.:·-_: :~ . . Many' Joreign observcts belie'Ve-1 - over rne, U.S. If they· kn6w -he has · tliatthe.Americ-ahpoliticalprocess-or .. \een tested m.war, rnr ~nstinc~ .• th~y · · ... m,. __ ; ·an/· -y'-·r .. e_-ason_• _S· to> .. susp•.- ect __ -__ Mandela_. : a _.m_;.-_-._.d __ -__ choosing .a n~iion:al leader involves - _ will be much mote reluctanHoforce a ··

:Sresm~~~~:6::i~~ ~r.;r:;~~!'J co~~~~~ht makes ciear &at he . the ~C ofpro· corruriuntst aCtivit~s andendiesslychiv:vi~dbycarrieras 'ancl. "' .beJieve·s .the decisive quality in 'a ~' . . . . ' . ~~- ".

· pr~ss-hounds, _poqtificatfng . ' and ' -~ presiden..t ':is an ability -to surviv.e . smiljng, arguing i ssues ·across a grueling ordeals: \f~is is a j~dgmen~ continent, .and ;;1lways . 'pressing· the, tblat should .impress American voters

. flesh'." · · . who will dete-rmine the fate -of the . . But Mt:_.~ Wright s·ees the wisdom . republic by . ti-ieii actions . on deed on

. · iii tQ.e endless· stressful encounters. ' ~y. : The Am~ric~n presi<;lent, he · notes ~ "is, · first and_ last, a crisis-manager and · problem-solver~ wl)o must be 'prepared

· _. tn cope-- for at leasr four~ pr-o'b.U:bty · · for eight~ years-- w~th the unplanned · . . and the unexpected." Therefor~, Jie

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· of !~symbolic" target$. Mandela 'docs riotl!IY to hid this f act. ·He state.d'·in a J98S, W(lshingto~ Tifnes interview ·

~ that, "There. is no room.for peaceful · struggle in South Afrl.ca,"

. lfhe Sou~h African government was poh rayed --in ·.rne 'movie as being

.. unreasonably ·paranoid of COqlrriunist \ infil tration jn!p ~tne· pf!ght of 'South African bla~ks. At one point in the movie a {>Olice captain stated, whily showing a slide ·of Mandela, ~hat be. (Mandela), was meetiRg with _ "bloody communists" in Angola, Ethiopia, and France. Thi{ anti communist rhetoric: howevei., . was not substantiated in· the mo:v_ie. In,

·· fact, the Sonth.Afri6an government . •. ..J-·· . ...... .

:·had many reasons JO s'uspect :rvfandda ' and the -. ANC .pf _ pro~co·mmunist

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· Jcie Slovo~ founder of the ANC's · mUitant wing ,and co:authot of the . Freedom Charter was a member and ·

. later beca~e .. Chal.nrian of the,·south

. NYPIRG is a rnandatoty funocd organization which. is suppos~ .--ic· · lobby fo:r stude'nt ·rights -~i;fd ·

' environm ental · concems in both Albany .and Washington. By virtueo1

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. student at SUNY Binghamton i~ - .. ~f · m~mber of NYPIRG whether·. they like. it or not. '·

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· for .student rights; -even though-;on · · August 4, · 1980, a· United States. ·· .Court of Appe'als ruled unanimqti~}y

. that students cannot be forced to pa)' a · .. · fee to finat;lce ~ pol{tical grquif ev¢ri if .

- ·the fee is :refurtcll!ble. ·: · . -·. · · . · . ·

Any · ration~! s~!!_.dent should: .be··- · against Apartheid. However, thcrc.js a good degree of di$scnt ' among

. . African Communist Party. At lea~~ · · · nine.t,een _mernbcrs · of the thirty

I Sttidents on how to achicye chauge for · the South African lJlacks: Bceause pf

the. fact that the NYPIRG :r.Mcrendum only . occurs ever ' fo'ur yea·rs· mim:y students our forced to suppott 'the political platform and foreign _policy agendri- 'of Ralph Nader, the invisiblC ·

. merriber ·: Exec:utive Com.rn·ittee;· a" .­functional rnajof ity, ~ h~·ye . be~n ­identifiad ·as members of the .South .African Com~tinist Par~y . 1vf.andelp. h.ihtself has · ev'cn authored · a bo-ok -: ·.·head' of the organization.· e[\titled · How to Make a · 0 o o:d

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- upi¢cently over Jesse _Jacksopis VI$it .. td -citm:pus. Tn~re are a fot of people -.,~: aiotificf hei;e who seem to think the man:rs';some kind of divin~ incatnatiorf . ~ .. ·light switch?.·. Beeausc he .apologized,· (itnof~od ni~self) . . An equally ioud, .. they thi~ ~e l f ves; th~ _Jc~-~-·now? I and yoc.al group fee~ that Jes.se Ja~kSon am surpnscd aByone g.omg_ to college is more <like- .a diar-diea attack--no ' <;an even -think ·scrmcthing'_ sO, stupid.· m~i~~~ whatj~J:IdO ~~- Stop him? .. be . · .'/ . . ·':> ·· · :t ·

just· ~keeps corning baek. · · Many 'of . . · . . " thii{ :i~,tter gtoup· .are · .Icwisp.- people~ .· . , .·. knewn ' to the · Jacks·on ·dan ·a s :. Jackson can _say he is. sorry ~U ·he "-hy:IDJ~s", \vho -are still offended·- by . _ wants, lmf his eorrim((nt tuns d0epcr .

~ this'~I,ittle commenrq~ his he made so - ·' thim a: simple· insult: It is ~ the· . long ago. Jackson supporters _SaY,: that .. ' chi>ssification ,bf race WC "hymies" t~ m,J~n has ·apoJogi:?ed for -t~at-;- -, so cbjecuo, nonhe comment itself. ~We .. wil{ ypu let it go alteady,J ··.tpe rnaq do noi;iilce being, grouped together and '··: makes. one -m·istake-- can't. y·ou forget ,. . h~lVe it'insinuated that we are lesser . it? ·Why can't by-gones be by-goncsZ ' - ~- .· · hum~n ·beings . . IJ is ,really.. shocking , : Why,. can~t Jesse be forgiven? · · ,; · . - that- supposedly Iibc:ral~mirtded Jackson : .:)\'~ll,_ to a large exten.LJesse has ; suppdrters bhirik .that _-sucf.i a ·horrible ·

bd~ivforgiven. The fact thar tie is --. . .. -st~ng cang_o away s~ e~~sl!Y..:· ' ' . .-"· ., ~- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-~ ru~n:ing 'a . dose second to .. D'ukakis · should. ;teu~ us Huit an ·awful lot of pe()ple h~ve for:gotten his .biting, harsh ari~i-S~miJi~ cOrriments, Or have .Jv

chos~n not to . think about them . ... They .. · have aeGepte,d his apology; ~ · · ·~

. ·or maybe some of them do not think he . did any-thing ~rong in the firstplace . ..

, I am· not the kind of person· who­walks ·around shouting'. that h~. is Jewish~ In -fact, I doo-y it .more ·0[tcn th~n not,· as i do not beJi.ev~ in mimy of_ihe ''cu1qlfal and social values tnaci thiill( make . SOlll~One Jew ish. . As . for relig~on, I arii 'an. athci~t. -.Yet Jesse Jackson's _.-anti:-Semiti_srri is a cF.uet -reminder to me ·that those who. hate do. .

·- , not do sb with any logic or :r~ason. To· · · · / . people li~e 'Jesse Jackson, wfrat Lfecl , . .

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. · On April 13: Edward Fiske, · e~h1cation editor_ of the il ew ·Y {jrk - . Times; ~ -gave~ a speed1, ·eiitit(e'd, "Higher Educatiqr,. . in the U.S.,

:rWhat's in it ·foF You?:", i.rt front of ·. apprex!mat({ly" 125 people in the · Mandela Rook!' of .tire -University _Union. · In his speeclJ. .he spent ~ great

· deaL ~ of tirp.e talking about the · . ' per~yived ~ problems of u.s~ chigher · · ed1mation~ spch as the disptafe over -

high college c_osts without . an . . . appreciable increase in quality, and the

' declirie in· inirJori-ty cnrollmen.t. · He · ·also talked ~bout the _current~ebates . on-maJiy :College campuses over what ·should and:should not be·:in the core curriculum;, or . whetb~r there should

. be a .c_ore curriculum"at all. '' ' · In :disc~ssing the cost of 'l

~, big,het education, Mt. F!ske maoc it clear ·that ·collegqS:: wo~:ild charge ·

, ~hatever th.~ .market -}Vquld ~car_. . Mr. ·Fiske, in refe!T_ing to tuition and room · and poard,_ states that despite the fact tllafthey are in different geographical regions·, and have·: greatlY .. -varying

. _ endowmenJ;s, "If y.6ti.'look at Harvard, ... · Yale,and Princeton, there's no ·more

:than :$~06 betweeri the-three of them.'.'· He s~ted that coHcges in a, certain . ":p~ck" charge about the sameqmount .. ofnione.y, with, "Harvard, Y rue,- and Princeton Bei~g in ono.pa,ck," and ,the,

.. oth~r ivies being -another -pack, He · -also · articulated the · unfortunate

con§equence that, ''You want to.,.in- , some cases, charge a higf.l tu-ition not -a low tuition because people identify -quality ,~·ith pr~ce." .. · rn· discussing the._problem of .. declining minority enrollment in higher education_, which Mr.· Fiske -

. Clearly sees ·· as ·a .prob_lem of great importance, he unfortunately resorted to P'olitidtl- arg.uments . When speaking of th,is declin'e~ :he stared, ' "You can .. cerUiinly, fault · the. policies~ ·

· of .the Re<;~.g~n · Adm~:nis.tra'tion and .· 'Congress, ' both." . He · ~ncntio. ried speci(icallythe policy of emppasizihg' loans rather tb..an _grants as well as c.utting - tuitien .pid. Ho also stat~d,

- ·"T~e Reagan..Administration has ,not , . been particularly big boosters , of learniFJ.g,_. hi_ghei or lowcr/·or whatever." Clearly, Mr. Fisk~ .docs ·. not understand thG ec.onomic principle

that the mc,>fe. the federal · govcrnt~e·nt gives out . if!: grants, _ lhe' more

... institutions· of higher learning are -able t6 charge . .. If, in :fact, the · federal. · government inteffereq less in

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. education,:the coll~ges would flaVe to · ,~ .decrea'Se_ their high tuitions in order to · .attract thy divers·e , and ~ hi-ghly .. intelbgeht pe.ople they want.. Also, . ,.

'· · by emphasizing low.,.inte£est Ieraris ' _rather - than , gr~n.ts ; · the · Reagan · . Administration is tryi_l)·g to keep a lid ·

.. oh the· deficit, wi_thoui ~utting· crucjal ._ .. mili~y·, s'p~ending. 1 ro~ .say, t.~at· the . ..

·. Reagan administ raion ~ does- . not ,su_pport learning i:s min~ly a. ch~ap shot. ·A big federal :govemment and higher taxes lea~·ing . to de,stiuction of \ .

" incentive is certainly not the answer · - to AmeriCa's educational difficulties.

· - in discussing ·the rampant debates riatioh ~ide o:ver . curriculum .. . \

. change~, Mr. Fisky djd not seem to take a- ~strong Slai;Ice in· regards to

· whether he supports a core cprric'utum or ~oC He did however show a-slight dislike fo£ distribution requireinents, c-alling them,- '"Chine·se menus'~ . . He

. ,. also stated _that by reestablishi-ng _, di~tribution requirements, "the faculty _ ·was reasserting qontrol . over , the . currkplurh., whichJhey h~d ceded . for ·some good reasons and some bad ones

·-~ . to '. students d'uring the 1->tu'dcnt 'revolution- of the 60's and 70.'s. "· Mr . ·Fiske ~I so spoke out in. favor of'the liberal arts, by-Si~tting that, "there is ·-

·greater ~attraction · to ihc liberal arts, sirrwly auf o_f pragmatism~ " - To

· clarify this point, he talked about ·how the worl<;I is cc>nstantly changing, apd how . the -liberal · arts gi:ves one t!ie abilitT·io change. ·He said -that ·the

· liberal arts g_ives one, "The ability to 'Communicate, to think in an abstract

· man;ner, . havifig a sense of perspectiv~." . _ . .

Overall, Mr. Fiske proved himself to- be . an interesting and

·.entertaining spea,ker. Be ce~tainly did give some enlightening Information _ about 'the benCfits of a libcnll arts education. _However,_ his numerous_

· . attacks on the polici:es of the Reagan · admin~sti:atio:n, J including, - "The

· mes-sage tllat's comirig through ·from -· the Reagan Administraton that they don't belong", jn rcfeience.to minority . . , . - ~ .

college students, were ccrc~iniy not . called for whcri one takes into account the title of the speech . . · In ~ddition; ·Mr. Fiske said of Rev. Jess.e Jackson, · "He's .reaHy a remarkable chiuacter. ": · It· might have been nice ifMr. Fiske ·

· had stuck to_ the pr9posed topi~, about · · ~which he quite o'Qviously knows. a·

great deal, and had ·not abused his: -·p'ower of being -behind ' tpe. ·microphone to lake_ a polihcal stapce:

! . HEt·p GET THE SOVIETS--. .OUT ·OF -- CEN.TRAL· .AMERICA-

. · 'J:he Soyiet. Union ha~ a new fc:Hward base OJl the Allieric~n ·Guatemala to Mexico to the North. ·· Continent. tt's closer to Texas than Te>as is to·Boston. Closer -In 1953 and again in 1971. ihe Soviets tried to overthrow t~e

to tos Angeles than Los Angeles is to Washington. It's another Mexfcan•government and establish a subservient puppet state

· 1 c;_u:~~:~~=r~~f~~~f;~~~;sonner fro~- ihe · tJSSR, Cuba, . ,fh~s~~~:oorstep. They are.dangerously close te succeeding

East Germany, libya. IJietriam, !I"<! the rest of the.Soviet bloc · But its not too late to do sometfiinQ.' As •in Afghanistan, the form ·a veritable occupation force' in Nicaragua. The Russians Nicaraguan people are rej~cting the Soviet-controlled' Sand'

· ' are building a na~~l base on Nicaragu~'s Caribllean coast"' . : ifiista aictiitorship: Thousands more would if they only had the : •. right 'near ' the Panama Canal. A fortified air base. is under means. •

~onsfruction ~at Punta· H~ete near Managua- which can .lhey are looking to Ame.rica for help. The Nicaraguan accomodate Soviet bombers. . , democratic resistance looks to our country: and our denio-

The. Soviets are' taking over all of Central America. Subver- cratic exam~Die, for fiope. we'helped them a(cing this far. It's our ' · sio~ is spreadipg irqm 1\jicaragua throu.gh Costa Rica to · -dut~ to help them win.

Panama in the _ S\)uth. and through El Salvador and

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