5@) MAN TrIS 71 M i @ 15 R.§ ALLY MEAD /@ "BEN OVER T HETORTHE M0UL, V1L BE S(Rfifi/f /l/lORE l@ " 5A:To,}:,fv~/ac/¢.s o4y, (798 e cx&cqs PARADe GIVE THEM A FAITH TO LIVE BY... NOTHIN @narchy in everyday life this week Sonfronting facias, by Ron Duntels 3 oneshare neas 200 churches have besa burned since 1990. Yasy of thes dus to 40 the Activiiien of the Ku Klux Klan, the AF7an Factiot and other White supceateist orqatuations. This Lesus of race ia Ansrican soclety ie otill a very dominant insse. T4 vas V.8.3, Dubota, the meat proainent intellectual seholar Umt APrican- Anertoans have groduced, nd one of the great intallectuals, moet priific veitars 404 thinkara, that Anericans have produced, she prophetioaliy said the sarly part of ‘the centary it the “color line" - tha Froblen of race would be the critical guention F e tventioth century. Indesd, he has proven to be rigt. it vonan or & man'of color. be 7ou Africanchserican, Latine-Anarican or an'Tndlgamoun Jeracn, our Solor coatinues b be o Testraint in iares of ones Supacity and AMIL to ALAILE oeself 1 Anerioan sciety, 4nd indont, 1n some Aatuier in thia vorl WAt e vant 0 do 10 talk about aspecte of 1% (racisa) and wee idees sbout hex o sight orguaies to couter o sradicats this svil - this disease - Umt ffltcte ecrizination againet or axclusios or pprassioo Al sat Of qualities, like hair Gelas of Mair texture n 1610 e tagun 11k shout *reverse recien sl i racten. Vi1, 1t In true, that all husaa brings, including African~iaaricans, are ot axonpt 'fron Seing produdlont: ~Prajudice 1o the AMILLY ko prejeles or he tapectty S350 Jotge and 11 14 rogrettatle tat poople pre-Sudge thingr: Tecele bass shelr Deririor and some of i wahavior Lo nok aloe.. Or, ve Kigh be chauriotat, Thia 10 the belier that one 1n better - ones Group is bettar. Or, ve sight be bigoted: Ohe night sot. aut, out of tred oF seas-apLitadnessy 4ad G sota. that ace sakind, O on the baata of Frejoiice tovarda other Groge. AL of these things are Jad, ot Uheyare not iy what ve are efacring Lo shen ve talk sbout rach Tacizn reslly 1o the Sepaoiiy o Sraasiate attitudes of supsriselly loto cumtoss, Talatively seaningioos - vell, 10%8 ok eiagienst - 10 11 dontt. ik, you, Af_somsose calle me & “iggar or if INurger T Gull someons & "heaky® oF & ~eraskare o semsihiag of:that savure: 1 1o 700'"3 rature 1o do scy but T ALeN Sunt Ereak dova one day nd o thats But, 10'0 Tk Une‘old saying, “iticks and stones sy ot 1y bomes, St saasa vl mavar burt “Th fact of the satiar Lo, be are lalking abeet. tha cameliy of & rou Paorle 1o take that animosity, at anger and SetiILty, Umt fouling of surACieFIty, 8 raatata 1t 10 smething Sat depeives perte of the ssetty o fulAL esseivens " fas 8 been he Matary of tnéiguoos posle, Ty hae st bae i1ty of Lyehinge: Jatterns, Long-atarking putiorna of Aynching or sxcluting porle. hor {1a 14 the Kistory of) Aeiaas, ror Latinos and certaily sot APrican-isericasn, In fate 1 oo St e e S (rhre T e & 10ng iniry o7 Lcning, © 408 toror and exlunten dizoted 3t people of color (10 el 1) mlicien thit Constrain thalr AM11L, because Uhe pover haa beun thare 1o Lranslate those Sititiies 1nto polter, Fractices, custons and 1au: So, 14 seed 1o be slese stout e Feentes Sihervise, out of that sontueien, Sous his fe 11 slout promensia, 1080 1 Sbout a struggie of ddema. In that sirugsle, shat oftes tappena 1a thars L thin Lntent 1o contise, 1o Leke ua oFf Folnt ANk iake ua OFF the Seck, T'vant %o quickly ravier the five proositlone that 1 1aid out i this presentation, Dacuana T 4ant Lo duell on et sne of than. Thasa five promeiiisas are, miarer anes Ueories of race and Attiteten of racial superiority inmelved in nntitutionilued aystena. The questions of prefudice and Mgy, the disoriaiastion of ssclusion 204 doprivmtion of oppreseton, tased on race ars lavolved, Some people call 1t & n'of Whita supremacy. Secondls, (there 1a) racion aad euliurad adgeesaion. Lottty lo atick ultare 10 s of control. Bacten st it f eanion aze Mghly dustruotiva of peorle of selor in terne of thets Leying 2upialn commiy sad propleness, ‘Toree are very Lapertast tema, - propiecese” Mistorically, ractas has constituted & aysten of apectal privilegs and banertts - pychologioal, arstolia and astarisl resards for white people, as i & long stanting Affiraative sition grogran for white people. Pourthly, the proposition that T vill TR S e e bt Mooty il 1 e o seion t atratey for dividing and conqueriag, for dividing aad sxploiting peorls of color 4nd poor and werking people. The clasa diamsions of soctets Begeisarily sos irto Slar, tn this. Final nd sconont T viLl duell on sunber § Macian s s strategy of dividing asd expolting prosle. Hare rs some Mistorical wasples. In the slave sxperisnce, oo of the Ziaviies duriag the practice of slavery, very oftan, slavematers would hire out Uate slaven 10 peosle in the Sitles, loms aad sanufuoturing sentere, their th an in. One of the things that appened vas that alave 1abor, betng. 8o shasps amtercut fres lator - 1t aleays does. 1% Like rise lahor foday.. Iv'e the’ 820 Lind of phencaenon, in sone respecta. Vhite sorking class a0k jovs people ™4 thel vages dopresasd buceise they bad to compate ¥1th slave lator, Toe prodlen 25, White vorking people didn't look at the rel villisns, colluding logethet (the slaveiaetars, wrian omers, petty siore operators, ete.) The slare was ticgeted ae. the vil1ian instesd of 4 it vietisa. That petiecn, has continued throughost hatory: Another exarpie vas the convict/leese progras. After the Givil Var, vhen African people vere quote-unquote *esancipated, - no forty seree aod & mult andoment - Wt Just sort of *freed, and puople vent into s new stage of peooage, 7977, very roniniacent of in the period of Beitish history, vhen afies he Bncloeures “hen’the Tand vas snclonsd o raige shesp for the induatey, during the Todusteiad Revolution. The Elissbethan 1iterature Tofers to these povsle (i Trish) as “vagatonds, saucy, liehy 1ot, 4nd se agrante and had %0 khace. 1o g5, The bame, thing ta, ‘who happesed o be Africsn- ‘There vare eprisiage agaizst the souri: ageien by “ilte vorkers, but the Initia) stage. again, vas the ‘aguinat the wrong son. The sane thing hapensd ¥1th the Chpiaine oy, uho often talked it the fact that black peopls who propagated the Lden of infariority er st eest Aauienced 10 18, Dut vhen thers vas & var Like the Firot Yorld Var, or shen dator Bogan to organise to got & fair vage and safe working conditions and'all, those Uingn Uut ve now someuhat. take for granted, the tosses tarmed 1o Black pacple o e then sa ncaba to Tust up the etrikes - sirike breakers. . OF course, people deaparate for xork, very oftas ngaged 1a thia prastice. Anger towsrde the “niggera- for broaking up the strikes ¥as grest. - never aind the Iator novanent vas nok too anxious o Lnclode Black paople Ln the crganising efforto - though there vers excaptions, such as the Knights of Latour, the Longshorasen snd bera who were pretty god at thie. They had & pretty good Fecord on thine Buty 3 ad luzgs, the question of wiat S do vith blask Lator vas & sar lesue for many, 07 yoars. T4%a only been the Tast 10-15 years that Mlacks have been & part of the Slcherschalons of the Knerican Labor movasent. Thera'a the inatance of the Jia Crow L 1n the South. The “Elack codea® of tie Abgut 141" "Hol" But, by Cod, because they had faith, because of thelr sxtrserdinacy e A Tou dons bave ot Fatih: 7w L b searoally Semsiafetie: I's sternally optiaisticl They say, "Viy?" Because I ! T tave 3 T have Tuihthat ve can schiove Grestar (s who we ace 4nd shat ve are. That sonahar, the povec ve e 1n greater than our individuniness amd our ndividual T ioss rriunts with b Ltoan peavers b § Sheare der 10 3 Wi Ahie Afrioan pravery au § skiaye dor It saye, e a2iaja reaaster thote ita have gone efore bar’ Ank thtTa suportant 1 mer Sectuse, ihat falth that T being o this propssition, that Falth that 1 vill earry L0 Grave, 13 crousied 1a Ane sepecitote of & poojle ¥ho saas o ihte Soutey. Nidoappud 13 slave Shipe, 1n ose of the Grestest Talosauste in huaan ieteryy Wt & eople whe 414 mut ourrender and have st surrusderedi That, 1n spite of i the verssty, Afeiin puople in facts Eeap tratghtaned oty 1ad sometines ot contuned, buk b ve Are in ouk . That Nloody day at the Edaund Petat Dridge, whers they o turned back. Sens vers Killed - tho froedon rides, the sit-ins, Hmy lost their 1ives) Schiarner, Goodaan and Chaney - two Jave and & black, who died, that o might 1n fact, see in their dsath the posaibilities of & new sacisty. Three 114120 childzren, 'four 114tle children, boabed in the apement in Dirainghma. Palcola who vas wasted 1n s tallroon in Harlen. Martin Luther King, b ws guned down on & talcony in Neaphis. Acd, indoed we have o thisk, doa’t ¥e nowt Across the oceans, scross the aters, to East Tisar, whare coursgeous people, W0 1n spite in o smyenes sy T an lajuntics o sveciong 1""'S0, v rember thea. Faybe o inapired by their vielon and Shelf valor: Ti 10 said here there 1n o Visten, pesple pertah. It is our responsibility o hold up the forch - that people gt have & 147e1 - ia inspire then to nove forvard, and the walor, the coursgs in our oum Yives.fay their lives continually resind us that servaats sce the leaders. ¥han T say v are the loadeca ve've boen Looking for, we are the ot the pecplel Vo axe 20t the Luadera of the people, %o ace the servanta. The Righest leval of ‘more, Anjoriant than success, Indeed, service 1s svccoss! Poople are sore iaporiant than pesessions. Prisciple s more iajortant tn over, 16 ve have snyihing as progressivess 1% st be 4o stand e priseiple. If vhatever v e do be shaped molded by hoseaty, conpetence and comaltaent. murmun-l, Sadeu chilaran's shiliren kaaw that e beleve thia in the Africen oemenitr. Vo AEneT™n klioatien o Temsaber shons Uwi Tare gune befors w0 thoss ve muat rork hew "ith 1a she esosat gumerution, s that the future generations can look prvudly on Thoss Thines'shat e ave dong1n our oun tise, 11 vas Mih Featherotons the said, e e teveutiosarios Lo o fnov what sise 14 1n in history .o do sonething i ot e ive that shioh ve Are Figning for today 1n shie houe, St Jet the future geserations reflect back aad eay ve did ay whatover ve do be shaped 4nd aolded by honsety Fay oux Suildren and sur childrents childees carry forth OF oux history and tesdition - od 11 0. Tt ve otand ea. ou etteve 1a: ‘what vas 1o sur Sompotence and commitasnt. O pride, the oMLY Niutery and traditien that you stand eator of w Ll or whatever 1% L, that he mist dodioate our Tires to aake thia vorld betieri The visien TF'ueate"snd Juatice society sk vltisataly, ve must sake 1t mers Beastiful A tape of thts inapired presentation, as vell as & vides Traigon. 14, can o attatned b sending $25.00 to 1 Fagasine, 18 Hfield Sireet, Voodhole, Massachisetts, O25%). Thdn 1a o fund-rataing affort s they continve with thair berrifle wrk. any Cihee Lupus and vidaak a0 Sell e Togk, e, chn bn shiaines thrvegn 3. It 1a ikiseie af Sapiiatiin ik Sas wen Stasdfust i e sisgsle sexinet 1 Towr s of captiatien Stasifus in e sisesle y b he Ceocept of ssLiariey ta hesrt aad work shosely Sth othar Frovre ant hald workahore, io. to supover setiviste. RACE “Two Societies’ RTY YEARS AGO, THE Kerner Commission on Civ- il Disorders warned: “Our na- tion is moving toward two soci- eties, une.::dt. one white— separate and unequal.” A 30th- anniversary update, e s st gt st identifies some progress since 1968, but concludes that the P has come to pass.” Some evidence: ® The unemployment rate for ‘young men in inner cities is ‘over 30 percent; the national rate is under 5 percent. WThe U.S. income gap has ‘widened to the point that the top 1 percent of Americans have more wealth than the bot- tom 90 percent. The poor are disproportionately African- American and Hispanic. #One in three young black ‘men is in prison, on probation or on parole. States now spend more per year on prisons than on high- ‘er education. Ten years ago the 8 NEWSWEEK FEBRUARY 23, 1998 @ An Aboiifionist Response to Slavery and Racism Good fvening im sure many of you feel ha abosorism s an anachionstic ea. Siavery s over, Why ‘woud people consider hemsalves abollionists 1oday? That's whal | hope o expich. 1 want 1o present a bt hstory of abollionm - 1hek feachings, gocs, effect on hsiary and how thok laciics and pinciples can and are being ufized fodoy. Frsl | would e o define o fow lorms. Lot me quote fon Danieks 0 kong fme GCistin the siuggle. “Rackm s the syslemalic iscAmination agains! or excluion or oppression of @ Group, bsed ‘on an acekdentalset of quosie, e sin COIo,or ok Color or hal fexiure of hape. 526 of£0s. nose. . It s offen instutional n characier, i not confined o Indivdual ock. 1 s someling ‘Geeply imbedded in American sociely. One of ihe ings we need 1o do's expiode ihe myih of ‘black rackm_ because one of e 1rings hof happenad over tha coure of e fast weniy years, particulary wiih he Reagan ‘adminisiafion,cs the while backish ogaist fhe civfighls movement began foreach s zenih, s Roagan bogan 1o change the lerms of the debale. Ho began 1o alk about Yeven lockm. ‘Wel. s rue tha all human beings, inciucing Affcan-Americans, e not @xemp! rom being prejuciced. Prefucico’s Ihe abilly 1o proucig o the capacly 1o pre-judge and regrelliable thot people pré-udge tRings. People base ther behavior and some of benavior ks ol ice. O, wo mighi bo chouvinsi. This s he bofl thal ono ks belle - ones GFOUp. s beier. Or,we might be bigoled. One mightsaf out oul o hared or mean-spiecess, and o acts thal are unkind. or o Ihe bassof projucice fowards olher groups. Allol thess Ihings are b0d, bul Iney are nol rsally whof we are roferting 1o whon wo falk abou rackm. Rackm realy the copacly 1o ransale itludes of supercry nfo cusioms. proctce or aw. The fact o the matler s, we ore laling aboul ihe copacly of @ Group of peopie fo ke thot ‘animosy.thot anger and hostl. hal feeing of supericly and fransiate I inko somelring ihat ‘oprives people o the capacily 1o ull hormseives.” ‘Tho Gbolllonsls wera the mos effectve fovolufionaies in American hilory adde fom he. founding fathers. Th founcing fathers howover, codfled, embedded ond sanciiied fackm ‘and savery o 1he laws, custorms and prociices of American e, making il consiufionaly legal. The abostonits fought 10 desloy i most vile reafy. Tho Ameican revolufloncrios of 1776 ware very lucky 16 hiow oft he usurious Influence of Engiand, who was preoccugied an ocean away. They sel up G system which mocked fhek very ‘own lowery wards. They deciared “All men cro crealod equal” n one breath and wit iho. ‘other sancfoned, codiied and legfimtzed human siovery. This may very wel hav boen the. mos galingly ecelul sel of documents ever conured. To hs cred, Thomas Paine was ona of 1o very fow of s fme 10 opaniy denounce i scowrge. In i disgus!, ho went o France fo continve the singge for human Berry. There cre two wors oflooking of 1aGs I 1his worid. One s the blg e of rackal superory of s0-cated “while" people over those of color, parfculary, the blacks. This somehow sifies genocide, siavey. fackm. syiematic opgresson, degradation ond the explolation of mos! of 1he worid's poopio, for the envichment of a finy inary of white, male copilast. Most whiles ore less oppressed workers, ised 0 pawns 10 perpoGle theso praciices. Many of them cre. ouraized inlo ocquescence 1o s syslem by the confuson and limicl systemalic brcinwosh forces upon them. The ofher ke on face s the big rulh of acial equofty and the stuggie for s recizotion. ‘Caplalsm has long refled on siovery and siove Kdeology - fockm - o expial the workers ana poor of hs worid. Hilr based s aiempled iakeover of Eufope on fhe succeslul model of the rock! conqueng by whilo invaders i fhe Wesiem Homisphere. He grovelod oy 1o Is German caplal. They approved hisrack! megalomaria as they saw fhek creams of ulfo polis being reatzed, ivough genockde, siave labor Gnd millary conquost. “Americon caplal has broughi he war on the word's people home - 1o while people. AS blacks and ofher of color cre being harded Info prsons, while warkers aro cicoverng fhey are o longor capilafm's darings. Indeed, they never have been. The Gumbs of while prviege "have Giways boen an emply smoke screen 1o keep whies ignorani o ihak rect enemy - hei ‘own bosses. Tris has served [0 kaop Iho blocks super oppressed and the whilo workers unabie o undentond thek histoical role of unifing wilh Ihek brofhers and sslersof Color fo overifvow Ihe enermies of @ mankind, - US. dominaled, word caplatsm. 1 the rinefes, one of he new groups o ravolufionadies s the Gbolonisls. We've faken up. Ihe challonge of raicheting up the level of underiancing. which fhe abolllonkts of yore were. 50 famout for, Wandel Phikps scid boasifuly. bul honest, “Wo have facts for hose who k. arguments fo those who roasons buf ho who cannol be reasoned out of his prefucices mus! be loughed out of hem: he who cannol bo argued ou of s soffshness musl be shomed oul of by the miror of K haleulsel heid up reentiessly belcre his eyes.” Rockm as a cipping mind- 501 while penons problem. Blacks genercl undersiand whal rackm s and block Intellectucs have beon af the forefront I the understanding of s pervasve plogue, but s while peopie who must change thelr oy of hinking fr s Couniry and fhi world io hove @ legitmate chance i sodafal advancement. I behooves while nlellectuas and while GCiisls o concenirate on fhs uiauilous problem and eniohien whiles o ockl really 1o empower them 1o clecrer rinking and a sense of belonging i tho sivggle or rocol usic which k eally I e o cman beneo o b ey ond oncpporry o cere thek 3 ‘Modem day abofflonss have lakon up the manile and uncbashedy endeavor fo "dently. chatienge. dely. carupi and final destroy the Insiufions hal feproduce face.” We woni fo ke tho lessons and example of fast conlutes abollonist movemant, thot doep commiment and unvelenting decicafion, the¥ moral ferv and powerfuly Cogen warding. spoechies and roct action, expand upon them and moke thes lessons and gudoines soble n loday's word. Today, rackms a ol more sublle. The propaganda machine of the siale s much mare adep! at hidden mind control and The lechriques of socal brainwath are much more ‘Gppecingly sireamined and homogenized. A thorough expose of thissham thal makes many ‘Whites Conder young block maies o3 ciminals ond black femcies Immoral, s absoiely vial for the empowenment of ou stugge. Fighling rackm s not only the moraly dght hing o do. bul I opens he dor 1o all of socioty’s screarming probioms,as he fog b fed from people’s Minking. As i racial awarenoss helped spel he doom of he save system, s0 100 could I prove the Achiies heol of modem oy capllasm. "The abofllonsis emerged as the forcos opposed 10 fhe accomodafioni! poslion of graduci anfhsiavery thinking. 1 was a rocicol break wih the Bberas. 1 domanded an immediate end fo Slaverey and full human Aghtsfor block poople. They beleved in tho concept of irmedem. hich held ihat ocused concentrafion shovid be ppled 10 1he problem unfl fhe goal of ‘omancipaion was achiéved. I was o panonal commiment 1o koop ha pressure on, dcdy. They were uncomprombingly 0pposed fo anyihing less hon the lofol desiuciion of the siove systom, Thek lactics ncluded dipling church mealings. operating save - oeing operciions. Such s fhe underground raifood, ogiafing agals! and violating he fugiive siove kow. efc. Ther consiont legal and legal agliafion and drect acflns. wilngs spoeches, books, ic.. noverlotthe awiu really o sioery be kgnored, despie the often finy number of odherens they ‘Coud bocst. What Ihey acked i numbers ihey made up with nlensely worded i, relenfiess aghation and uncomimon couage. ‘ot unid 1831, cid wiile people begi 1o ake ? upon ihemseives o organize egimately o 4 ght savery, oo and nal. Wik Uoyd Gomon began s i coreer wih the it sue o e Lieotae Kot Tumer's ove rebetion occured n ns seminal yocr. 1l was ho IIgos!ove. robation n US. hslay. A block thinke, Dovid Walke.isved @ powertuly recsonad Gppoci 0 Siaves.coing o them foreaizo ho logHimacy of hok ighi o evot. Garson'sfomous Inundortol chatongo road. - om awaro hal many Gbjoct o he vty of my kanguage: but isnere o cause o severly? | wil be hoah as i, ond 3 uncompromsing Gs usico. On Ihs Subjoc. 10 ot wih 10 hink, o 5ok, o wrle wih odorafon. Mol Nol 16113 man whoso houe s on o 1o Give o modarato alarm: ol 1o moderalely escue hs wio fom ihe honds o ho rovaher: e fha moiher fo gracuady exticale hor babo fiom fhe e nlo which i has foten: - but e me ot 1o se modraon h @ couse ko fha present, |G n eomest - wl ol ecuivocote - 1w ol excuse | wil ol robei @ sngie nch - AND | WILL B HEARD." Thoso were ho posworc of ery. The gouniiel was i down. Allvough in Boson. ho was suoundod by 0550 0f gnoran,tocst while ociety. who wer offen whsped nfo a randed mab. b the o ich and hef biealing papes. Abolionst waro uvemitngy bosogod by mobs and ‘occasonaly mudered, &e out own Ellch P Lovojoy. who was Gumad down by 0 mob i Hs "hometwon of Ao, ncs, s he was delencing s outh pnling pessflom destruconl A dy ocrr,he had Hs murdrers lubbering nfocrs rom ha powar of s craiay, os o foRsod 10 ‘e run out of fown. Toremain i usinass wih aves. hey dockdod he had 10 G, 10 Soulh. Iho esporsa i pae, 10 Gbollonkm, wa 1o sep up the auppresion, Aiing i overy acvocaios Norward and fghioring the chainson e sioves. Scke, Gk human lows were pased and enforced. Women ined Ihe movemen! and acdod hok He-cfiming dloquence and indominate 3pH f human deconcy and moral ighloounes. Ful auciAghis of woman was an ovon mro biasiphomaus concop ihan Kl ights forves T nvalvemon! by women prosaged he sinuggleforwomen's fghis. ‘A3pl i the ranks o he abollionishs occued n 1840 ovr he invlvemoni of women. The moderctes fookhly ian' want women Gavocating fo human fresdom and wero thus cas by ha woyse ofKoos Gnd marginated. Aboionkis afacked reigious couson wit overy and want 1o he churches 1o challenge hes plous ypocity. They produced book, pampHiok, Gnhologies, loumals, Newspaper. ic.. documonting no vl o avery, conslanty advocating o acclecually. At o US, Govemmon’ provod moro and moro 1o 50 @ SaveGcracy. he PIEssu® by aboltonsts war incroose, Miloen out of Iha s loan presonts werd v ownen, boig vt on hand and ool - n 1ho whlo housol - s were Innumerctio senator. legHoHcr and Suprome cour hatces. Abotionishsof p Ihe Bogal underground rood 0 help flosng soves o e reedom of Canada and ined 1o pravent he abucton of biacks by ave bounly e, They rased monoy or provelons and guns for anfaveryfghiers n Konsos,sich as 1 Brown, and kop up ther oo of mral ham and dolaled 0xpoo of 1o ‘abaminaton ofsavery and o offl shom of “espectabie” Soulhem socioly. They afacted ‘Noriem compsciy I kaveny’s Contiuation ond [he evisof capliolm's wagosiave aslom- They ralod agais 1he Genacidal exirminaion of e ndigonous Amercans and the mperais! vasion of koo, Thay ndeavcrod o oducala chidien, willg aboffons! Chidren's books andnloematon on ways 1o veal crdeen s human beings s of sy, uper-erplolibio warkers. o abotionkts contibulod mighl o the warkd of leciuro and advoncod hough. Lydi Mo Chi was o profic aboBlors uihor G were many oihan. Harlol Saocher Siowd's mastopiece, Uncie lom' Cabl, hs fow 6quals o 10¢kaly mpociful work offcfon,nor many Tlerry ecuas. So you sea. cilhough fhe abofonists concentralid on ace, hey openod and explored the ‘pondora’s box of ol ihe ovis thal define capltolsm. Ther conlrbutons fo revolutionary theary and practce cre ich. Losons we can raw on, ought 1 e lfienton by he Gooftorsts cr . ot ey o cridren. feaching them to fight nsiice and advocaiing for hef decent reaimen, 2. The rominence of women n the antsiavery batfl and the legilmacy of women's fghis. 3. Ther atlacting the compliy o the churches wilhsiavery. 4. The fecressness wih which aosonisis advocaled ihek posllons and the inlenslly and depih of ihek rgumentation. fyou want 1o10ad briant, manly crgument on 11 subject, check oul Wendell PRIEpsl Number S This wouid be Ihef aliack on business and thek Cofusion wilh savery and the inhurman eatment of "ree" wivie Iabar and he grossy underpaying of he lobx of reed biacks. Number 6. Woukd be fhe abotioritssoldarty wilh ofher siuggies in America and abrood. For ‘example. ihey supporied the siuggle of the Feh, who were, ond 10,0 rge exlen sl re. the “riggers” of Erope. ‘The abollfonksls were profic wrler. roducing many newssapen. joumat, pamphiets iers, books. exhausivel resecrched resource manuals ond reams of postry. They. were cary Znesters. geling the word oul n @ Ly manner. Alihough having diferent idecs on Vatous sves and cifedng femparamants ey supporled eacholher o Ihey ol held m on e ‘one basc iGea. the boion of iavery. They refused [0 be cowed by the pofce or e mods ot hounded fhem. They possessed an emalional honesty and o wiligness 1o odmil [0 el ‘Wecknesses and mistakes which raflect bock on Ine honesl, basic human decency. e concept of immeclatim s uselul for us foday. This b he fe-long Comemiment 10 he ‘goai of Eoeration. an indefafigabie spé, o diven, molive-nspired decication 1o he aglationa! Tosks. They demonsioled o fecress wilngness o affema! 10 1eason wih e eneries and ‘aven converlad soma by fhe power of hot ideas. They didn't sl preach 10 1ha cho. They remained steadtost I thek mianicy wih o unique clecrighledness for decades! They ‘advocoted for educafion o be avalble for gl Americons. Le's ot fargel thal Il wos legal 1o ‘educate soves and even fres biacks up North 10 large exfent. They advocaled forthe- "humanking and opening of pisons. They sought balter keatment for ihe menlally and physicall handicapped. - he bind, mue. deal and sck. They fough fox the recfaafion of Infemational peace. They pressured pollicians o laking more and maxe fodical postions. Mosty, hey hammered awoy of the majr cancer o Ihis County - rackl oppression. When fhe fime came. many joned the siggle becring ams. Many aboionsts oned Nodhe aries. leccing sckers nfo baftle oo the South. when I become dovious f had become o war of beration. Many fought bravely and sacificed fhek ives and for that, Ihey cre immoriolzed in our hoart of nearts. Lorone Bennett . scid, “There was i John Bown @ complele denfiicafion wilh the. ‘oppressed. Il was his chid Ihal a skaveowne was seing: s ssler who was being whippedin fhe. flic: N wife who was being raped n o Gi hovse. 1 was not happening 1o the Negroes:t wos happering 1o him. Thus i wos sai Ihal he couid nol bear 1o ecr he word siave spoken. AT the sound of the ward hs body viralod o fho sfings of a sensiive vioin. John Srown was @ Negro and i was n Ihs aspect it he suffered.” A the war clouds galhered. John own seeded them wih His myhic afiack on Horper's Feny. forfeing i ife and I of two of his sons, cong wih many of hs Cormvades-arms. T Increcible gesiure of a whie man fryng fo G ihe sioves 1o revall wos such a shock I drove fhe South nlo a paranok frenzy and forced fhe North o reluctantl respond. electrfied fhe an- slavery forces n he Norh. Hs fe-socicing commiment (o human feedor essened fhe fime block people were [orced Io endure chatielsavery. Hi memory fves on n ihe heats of of black Amedcans and ofher freedom loving pecple Ihroughout ne gicbe. Whan e war bogged down, os Koriherm whios rofused o 1ocHice fhomsalves for iho cims ofthe ich,f became clecr that the urion was disciving. The govemmenl inaly Istenod 10 the abolionsts, s Lncoln wos forced o come hat In hand 10 ther for a slufon 1 the. ‘quagmie. Wendefl Phifps Garessed a ont sesson of congress and insrucled them 10 one, make i o war of emancipalion and fwo, i ond arm back siaves o ihi for et Faedom. ) I tnco e e Ercciotonockamalion o vor itk howers Srt 16w o ey vt o o wicemed T s s e o oot I s e oo, ki s gk P et oo bl ot Gt o G iegmoyia maon s macke. i Saro o W o e o o w1 chan s parioho. Wik o o s Ao i s o oo o era o o e W oSl e 628 Lonat. S o ooy o o et e o e o o oy s s e s, She e o i o By P e oo e ocmaased e aus o e Sooren aot e o e i retocsts oo s e oy vy e oo o e e sk oSy Toteann Aminmant shichcotere kg o 5 Sl e Rramment o orieshre Yoy e i s . ooty oo s e oo, g e e i o A Pl il ot oot o e e e B s Sowed aocnse o et o s oo, Lo St svon o o o o i chowes o e, oot I o o ot s o o oot yoas Stk vt 00 o it B3 el o e oo 1ot e e ol Bk oo e i Vi i bom s St syl o ssa iy et niha Pt ianrrema i ity o o bocamo s o v e a0 s s . S o0 ok K T 70 Yl e e eSS i e, Sk oo O omca can, Tl o T R Smonmawors orna v h e s Rocun e o oy e e o o e o o ) o s i Wer Ko Vi 0w Ao rtvament oo o o ock s o oo e iy ol o . o 0 oo A oo o o TS ey ey of e vl woting cos o s couty s boan mared b I i e Tt e, Wl o e x4 o oot T ¥ ey, oconomcdly socly. s P0G oy I TG o T o oo recuces ek i oo oo e sty oG a5 mece e e e, s ko e cophont i o ot ol rearvores oo 4o Stammatans snianch ok svereah anpacid T enganei o e i deteas o o ko ey v o bl Ferups e B o St ot e Rove et s o o s . Ty oy hov oo ot ey ko v S oy it e o g bore o1 . T malorancy s 4 i, Wt oo oot SO Suhee b sl . . i, oS Cormamnin: Wir o oot Craqig o ko G saO o e seape o v o Chrg o ek ks e s o vone e g o v Sl s Yoo s ook e oo 3 e s i o ke b i i ooy hava ok ckancompcsing chtenge of bk e human) Hoacom o, aasay ank P 1 e vl . 4o e g et o e omaci At o o o e g oot o i ho ks ceree oo o) ovrdon oacm o e v 1o secamoan e 501 We i Iy con oy o et v o 3 3 e, oo st s ety a5 oo SO this Qwareness s spreading. " Today. as reactionary sockal loscism becomes mare and more pronounced and naked profitseeking becomes more biian!, while workers are beginning fo realze fhat the so-cated ‘while skin piviege i about as useful Gs @ hundred maks in 1923 Germany. Viulent rockm fsuch 03 church burmings and polce assaults cre on the increase as capital records record profis ond ‘workers are increaingly beseiged. Many white foiks il blame sociefy's Rardships on the blacts istead of everyone's 16ai formentors, - ne siate and the corporafions they senvice. But, on the ‘other sde of the coin. many more whiles have begun fo refect fhese lies and idenilfy more and. more wilh block people ond ofhers of color. This offers hope fha our chicren may experience ‘on adui ffe based on rocil saniy. The civi dghts movement, Vietnam and e sociol upheavas of tha sdies and seventies ‘brought new oppartunilies for minor improvements o DIocks. Some words were changed in G. fewlaws. Social, ecucalional and economic opportunities opened up a il for some blacks. Afte the U.. wos defeated in Vieinom, he U.S. beas! refreated f0 ick ifs wounds for o ifle whie betore i fell comlorable in cranking up the reactionary swing of racialst copliaism. e facade of 6 phony communit monolth Crumbled, enabiing fhe ring class 1o occelerate M subjugation of all ine word's workers and resources. ‘Out of ths reactonaty envionment. iho New Abolioris! Movement was launched in 1990, A new volce of focused understanding and siudy of the roie face plays in ou sociely s being heard with the aim of gefting white peopie 1o reject the lles of rockm and emtxace Ihe siuggle for black freedom - n effect, o Gbolsh *whileness.” These ideas are arfculated in the jouml, Rage Irailor ond fhe newsiefter. the “New Abollions! News." They are coling on whiles fo serve o race ailor 1o expose, idently. alfack. reveal and make untenable ihe consiuct of racitideology. Insght into race wil provide whiles wih fhe fog-iting ciarty 1o begin fo ‘confront America's ofher sockal, economic and polical problems. f provides blacks with long ‘past due alllesin the struggle for reedom. 1 also gives whites the Iberating freedom of ‘becoming fu human beings. no longer fied 1o self-cApping eas. ‘Wny am | an abollonisfd | consider myseif an anachist and an afhest. n ofher words. @ rofionaisl. Why do | go around advocating abolfionkm? If's becausa this sckening. Earth- threotening capliais! beast nas aways used siave ideology as s moorings. ff we can dssove. 1he white rac! bes infecting o many minds, we have a much befter chance af effectively ‘opposing ol he other systerms of oppression under capilalsm’s umbrela - sexsm. religious degrocing, posoning. buldozing and King ths word of ous. Just because a person's kin s white, doesn'l mean he has fo think “while.” If @nough white peopie refuse to iy this game, the rCt s00. which caplaism 50 rakes on, wl Bogin 10 G p. As more whitesreaize ighting for block Boerafion i i thek own best inferests, @ genuinely multh facial force can be mustered 1o revol agains! o of coplioism's degrading inequlties. Allhese. siruggies are inter-connected, ond | don't mean fo minimize the importonce of the ofher ones. ut dofee! ihat rackm k so fundamentally pervasive fhroughout America's history. tha It ot 10 be concentrated upon. ‘Capitalsm has aways saved s harshest, most devastafing reatment for black peaple. fhvoughout fhs worid. By focusing on Ihs siruggle. the frue naiure of ou enemy can be seen in allis deproviy. It keeps our hatied of the syslem pure and pofent and insures our concentrated affenton. Remember, we are ihek nex! intended victms. The siuggle for block Iroedom is where some of the most powerful wrilings and inspirafional examples of sellessness. ‘ot shown, which con fortfy Gna empower us. f s whee fhe real revolufionry acfion s beng waged, daly. The massive sponianeous revol which greeted fha Rodney King *verdic!” coud nof have come from he white Communily. or even he Chicano commanily - of 16Gs! not yet. | Ininkit s mporiant to nofe fhat this Insurecion enjoyed he suppor of some non-blocis, - oihers of color, and signifigantly. some whites. Ourjob i 1o eaucate, propogondze. buld coaiiors. 20 recn fighter and be ivolved in anfhac! acfions. We hoid forurms, meefings. conventons. seminars - anyiNing Gnd every(ing 1o gel out Mesoge kNow n 3 way hal wh Gdvance e siuggle against racism propped capialsm. s for modem day abolfionism, f sprung outof the ocial awareness cccumuating i the ‘univeries. Race It two main eclfon. John Garvey and Nol ignatiev, doubio os briant professons. Garvey feaches of the City Uriersi of New York. Noe has recently wiapped up his leciutng a1 Horverd. 1o devore (ul ime 1o the cross-country advacacy of Gbodons! Geas. fssue #8 of Race Iraioxust como out. 1 have @ few Gopiesfo sok. long with th frs four sues. ‘of my aboflons!zne. Tnough Bomb, which | hove ust recently detonaed. Sioughion Lynd. o ‘welrespecied hsioron. hos wifen the s arlcio in i atest Bace Irclcr. I & enfied “Bock ‘ond White and Dead Al Ove : The Lucassle Insuecton.” If s about ihe prson f@vai in ONo. 11993, where the Block Musins Gnd he Aryan Natlon leomed up during s revoll, ond fhe. rutalsuperession meled Gul by fhe siafe when I was o over, I's powesul iuf. beeve me. e best f the fsf four sues of Race Iiglor hos been compled inlo book form. 1T wona Nafonol Book Award. ast yecr. One essay. “Thvee Days Thot Shook The New Warkd Order,” was. ‘wiien by Chicogo's own, Fonkin Rosemant. 1 el i events of e Rodney King insumecton. Roce Iialorsfu of nsghttul olcle. essays, hkoical onalyss and leftes. Thel fensts e ihat race being the hitarcaly consucted soci fomafion that . con be. ismantied by having enough wila pogo foject e “whienoss” which wouid make ine ‘whole shom of “whifenss” unfenaible, opening up fhe siuggle across fhe board. We must gef white peogie past the stumbing block of ace to empower them effectively n s chalionge ‘aganst the state. “The exslence of the white 1ace depends on the wlingness of hose assighed o 1 0 ploce thes rocil inferess above cioss, gender, o any ofher nferetsthey hold. The Gefection of ‘enough of s members o make i urvelable as a precicior of behavior wa lead fo s Colopse.™ Rage Iralors gucing penciple is "Treason fo Whianess i Loyaty 1o Humanty." Whother ihis s realzable as soon as we'd like.or s00n af i, s anybody's guess. Bul I's hopeful, nspred and ‘worthy of our mos determined effors.Last My, an abotfons gathering was held n New York City. aftended by 175 activsis. Out of his was unched he New Abollionis! News, fechung more nsighifl sy and news. The dcress of 1ho New Abofflons' b P.0. Box 603, ‘Combrdge. Massachusetts. 02140-0005. The joumals wenfy bucks for four ssues. You can oo, ol a local edforat (312) - 794 2954, ‘Acfions such os copwalches, where civsts koap an eye on the police, wih video ‘cameras. efc.. n areas where the Cops crs known 1o abuse peope. are don In various cies ‘acros the counly. College Compuses cre boghning 1o forn abolfons! Grougs ch a3 e one. i ine niversty o Texcs. GG G our very own Univorsy of Chicago, whose GFoup Goas by the. 'name of SAW. (Sludents Agains! Writness) New ociiils e being @nergized 1o advocate for racilsolorty. Books have been wrien reconfly obout hssubjoct.such os Ihe Wages of Whiteness by Dovid Roeciger and How the iish Bacame While, by Noel Ignatiev. 's moihaling 10 50 whiles ol focusing on thet gonuine sellinferests and batting long. sice their broihers and ssters of colo, becouse offer i 1 § o of o suggle. The block revolufioncries ore slapping up fher acfvies as wall. Tho Panhers ro bock! - ‘more cleanighied. learies,cricuiale and inspiing than ever, afer being decimaied by the ‘geoth sauads of he US. govemment. Ofher groups of women, biocks, punks, Chicancs, Indiors, fc. have stepped up the pace of e siuggle. There's a group calied Block Autonomy ol of eifle. They're black anarchiss who ako ofer fertlc leadersp and inighi. | have o st of o couple dazen odcresses and briel descrplion of Underground pUbicafons. ‘Ovalable of he erolue foble. Aboiionsisstive fo support and work ciosely wth these biock fghfers. ' forreal. The fight 150n. Tne commiment & nere! Siowy, o new mulfrocial evolulioncry movernent k foking shape. We have a worid 10 recicim from the rac fich. I1's ime o knuckie down and do o 31 100 There's o excuse for e 1 10 be involved n s broodening of humaniy. 72 B 10 loave You Wi few Quole. James Bolcin s, A ong G you Ik you 9 whie. here s 1 hope foryou.™ W..5. DB, perhaps he mos! bron nfetaciual Amarica has ever produced, i, Il wos bod nough 1o have he Corsequences ol upon colared poopla fhe word ver bu ntho end i Wos 6ven worse when one Gorsder wh 1 Giifude i 1o he (whie) warksi Hs G and Icoci was dslorfoc. Ho begon fo wan! nol comicrtfor il men bul power over oiher men..Ho @ not love humarly andi he hofed riggers~ Here's Wondet hilis 0goin. - o fo ne antsiovery movement. i has been matked by sound jugement, unering fresigh.Ihe mos!sagacious adaplalion of mears 1o enc, e sicist s Ghclpin, e mos!Inorough teseach, 6 G o of patlent Gnd mary crgumont oddrased 10 he concionce and nfefectof he nafon. uch 1 0 ihr cause of he ind, i Englandi o s county. hos everofferea” “Sogin wih e chicren and i or mnc o i ofjust foalngs and acting. and you may hope fo great sucoess. Bl once you e e mind become imbued wih ihe o s - whch s s 10 same s he 31 o davenokig, o sl whch leads man o domineer ove hs roiher, 1o crush him and Gospol i - ol mind wi ol depar fom s cloboscal s Honey Wight. “But why s 1t 1 seems so repugnant fo mary you sons and daughiers o colored penons? Smply becouse publc opinion s ogais! . Nafue lecches no such repugnance. but ‘oxperance has aughi me that education oy does. Do chiken foelond exerche prejcice fowards colored persons? 0o nof cokored and while chicren play logeiher promcuouly uni iha whi s laught 1o Gespke fhe Colord?” - David “Man can betier stond sicvaflon han the consciousnes of rusice. The conscousness hat you are realed iy wl ouse you o prolest and rebellon s o ikl 0 hunges, pahaps even uicter. Hunger moy be Ine inmedate couse of ovay reelon or DG, bul benealn s ihe sumberng ariagonsm and haled of ihe masses agars! hase o whose ands hey Gro sfeng nsice and wiong. The fin s at fgnt and e poy a or more imporiant rlein cur ves than most people cro aware ol” - Alexander Barkman. “The 104 droma of Immigrons emoxacing whlanoss whie focing e theat of beng Victimaod as nonwhle wouid have many seuels ofler e i expaence.” - Dovid Roecier, “We fist dabase 1he nolure of man by making him a skave, and then very cooly fell him that he must aiways remaln a save because he does not know how 1o use freedom. ‘Ne fst cush 0D 10 1ho earth, and thom colm ha fght of rampling on the forever becouse they aro prosate. - Lycia Mavia Chl. She aso sci. 1 antisiavery mode me ke one parice less of Interest I the 30 muskc o e moon. the bih and death of he flowers ond above . n he. rose colored creams of youthfu love, | wouid abire f fomorrow.™ “Who can be serene i@ Counlry where bolh iers and ruled are wiihout principie? The. femembrance of he baseness of poiciansspols my walks. My Inoughis ar murdar 0 the Stote. | endeavor in vain fo observe nafure, my thoughis involuniarly go plofing aganstthe. Stall. | st hal o just men whl consoo.” - Horvy David Thoreau. “We o not piay polfics. Anlsiovery s no haltest wih us. 1l .o ferble ecmest wi e or death. wore than o or deah.." - my boy Wende Phls. ~Rackm does nol exemp! whie peopie from explotafion, i reconcles them 1o 1. - Noe! ignatev. 11eil you al this because hiskory s the genelic buepdnt of present doy reafy. Thank you ol foryour attention. Anthony Rayson, 27009 S. Egyptian Trail, Monee. llinois, 40449 CoLtege ©F comflexes A0PRsss [-31-98 COME OXE, COME AL PUBLIC INVITED! SLIM BRUNDAGE REMEMBERED FROM BUGHOUSE SQUARE TO THE BEAT GENERATION A College of Complexes Class Reunion 27 Celebrating the new Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company book, From Bughouse Square [0 the Beat Generation: Selecied Ravings of Stim Brundage, Founder & e College of Compleses, edited & ntroduced by Franklin Rosemont Welcome by Cindy Mitchell, Mayor of Bughouse Square m Adelman, Kathy Kelly & Franklin Rosemont cences & Reflections: Leon Despres, Robert Green, Ella Jenl Krasne, Burr McCloskey, Heary Octtinger & Charles Pai Jenkins and Allen Schwartz Songs by El Saturday, September 20, 2-4 p.m. Free admission SULZER LIBRARY 4445 North Lincoln Avenue Co.sponsored by The Newberey Library, the Ilines Labor History Society, Publishing Company, the Collge of Complexes & Workers' Education Local 189 For furthe information call 312-744-7616 or 7734657774 - 23 $iim Brundage Deciphered S0k renegade ofen got N n Toubke. h Bafween (8VIOT..” Sim ep! ome. “Sfied up mino rebeion ogans! poor 10od G resticton of shvieges. 1o oiner s ot 1o 50y ek Bt GECUPGRR: NG5, POSedURG SEX6CeH.. 00O e Mare. - When Gwake, S baseved i ne judkcious use o s fme. i 51 cvor G fosten..” - im worked i s it rroughout s e g role! “Siarted 1chooi o 100 durmb.. criod agan o seven: oo mar.. ales! wie senl mo fo rigntschool 10 am whera o o Gnd 5100 3 sentence. . Sl Gon' know. - Sm was o1 Crremely aucte, i choks 0nd echcolcE. CWent 10 wark o afan for b and room... g leats 0 heffer.. As0 @ ke gardenng...Poialost, cabboges, ke, CaToh, somberies... Row on fow...Wlo on mie... Rierge 1o Gorcons over dnce- - Sim iked fo do the cooking of e Colege. He was an exceent chet. “There & defiiion which e siffs ra fond of g, bul whch 't Gways caect. goss ke i A hooo .0 mialey werker, A Yomp s mGlory nonworker. A bum's @ non- micpatcry nomwckee- 8ut boomers cre Caed romps e G Yomp-Iaf; i fhey Gr0 oGy oo beconang 1 1l dafriion. AR of them e Cailed bus r S omoimas. oven By armssives. Anc hers wore fow o fram who 'l o soma wark o lecs somatime.” Sim befivedin geting you focts i orge. Shove Ugarbos Union- - S was unimpressad by Boerck. o, knwyes and ot kndy legions. o Sim. e Nghest cflainment @ perion Coud EpH fo, was 0,08 & bum who fosed oot oo Wobbies were conscinfious bjecion, buf ol pocft. $im quotes Fred omgson. W et Gefoc 15 e warking man going oul and Kiing Gnofher warkig man s 10 defend some caplalst's money.” Doss t0a ng a beld The wobbles cre bty the most ffocive group o ravakonss ha Uned Sictes has over mad cut. They do nol belleve you can ck he Capls! f fhe baol box. They bojeve raroct acton. They 30y 1 Bekt of ot & ihe . They have probably goned maee (o the Peopie ey resresont than any warker's crgonkation exdanl.™ Sim was o doad efous Wbl crganizet Thoy cr 38 around You know. 50 a1 o Bock Panfhen. the Tiophos ond many ofhar groups ofsockal s fghlon. " Sorme fimo 0o Giendad o raly addressed by ihe Grea! Wikla Hope of i Communits™ S rectpec he rea evoluton was fough! by thos of Co, woman, nd fhe pocr, wihout “Geologies" orreance on ony govermmerss! Sk wos G revOlUGNGY. ki Roseman! 1cuchad on i 1 e nkoduciion o 1 book, from Bughouse SQUEXe 1 1 fedi Generalin. e raloe raw Sim wou € Himsel “Sim X rundoge.” Rosemont wies, “nieesingy. Conosprondance ciiareveds hi admaion o rovoluionary Block Nofional Rober . Wisams. ‘Gavocole of Back amed sef-delenso, o et forh n i book. Negroes Wi Gury, ° ink You G i o dynaimic rebel 1 Amencd fody, BUndage wiote hm in My 1960 - Sim was mortl "k wh aocied Sm 1o work 50 herd s 0 Wabbly. e LWIW. genuinely embroced hosl of cokr 16 o, mmigronts ond i oppresed women. Thal & whal he devoloped af Tho Gl of Compatsen.- & gamune mlksaci lelieciuci camial. Many o he ladhg ouros of o Collge wers ond i# cro] men nd woren of GOk Sim was @ Ghi on brohart S won s, Simwas @ 0ce Vs, in fher wordh SEm wat @ legimale human being. e uyad 16 1 h o on 1 e 0 ik and do, ik the shamaluly sccred. Somnortasoac levion waichers of today. Heled o very Golatul e A lie