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Peace Lived in Nicaragu aDear friends ,

Peace is the gift that Jesusbrought to the world and the gift tha the would want us to pass along toothers .

Living in Nicaragua for the las t8 months has helped me to under -stand more clearly what that peac ewas .

In Nicaragua I have seen thispeace lived out more evidentlythan I have ever seen in my lifetime .For the first time in my life I see awhole country concerned about it sinhabitants .

Before 1979, the infan tinfant mortality rate meant

that 120 out of 1000 childre ndied before their first birthda yToday, because there has bee nincreased medical attention for al lof the inhabitants of the country, 9 0out of 1, 000 die . And since 1979 ,9, 000 new homes have been con -structed to house 125, 000 people .

However this peace that th epeople of Nicaragua are experiencin gafter 50 years of oppression unde rthe Somoza family is being disturbe d

by the U.S . foreign policy towar dNicaragua . Through the U .S . covertaid to the opposition forces a wa rhas been escalating on the Nicara -guan borders . Along with the border

border war, the U .S . has alsostaged a psychological war by sur-rounding the country with 20, 00 0American troops, 140 airplane bom-bers and 15 U .S . naval ships . Thepeople of Nicaragua will not exper-ience Christ's peace this year . The

foreign policy of the U .S . refuses togive this peace to the Nicaragua n

people .I am doing very well, enjoying

my work with the Nicaraguans and

learning so much from the people .We work and pray every day for thepeace that the Nicaraguans havebeen waiting for for a long time.

Paz ,BARB GINTE R

Thanks from Hancock AF BTo: Syracuse Peace Counci l

1. The Hancock Field Base Lib-rary will permanently close effectiv e

31 January 1984 . Therefore, pleaseremove our name from your mailinglist .

2. Thank you for the courtes ycopies you have been mailing us .Our library patrons enjoyed readingthem .

CAROLE H . COT EBase Library Technicia n

Holiday GreetingsAppreciated

Dear PNL Readers ,We want to thank you for all the

great holiday cards and greeting swe received at SPC . We encourage

you to write to us in 1984 . Pleaselet us know what you'd like to se e

in the upcoming Peace Newsletters .You are more important to us tha n

anyone else .

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In This IssueWelcome to the first PNL o f

1984--which does NOT contain a narticle on George Orwell .

Instead, you'll find plenty ofnews about what's happened sinc ethe December issue, like the TenDays of Action, an update on theGriffiss Plowshare activists ,sanctuary at May Memorial ,Dennis Banks' activities, andlocal war tax resistance .

News about the Disarmamen tProgram is appropriately accom-panied by a book review about nevidirections for the general disarma-ment movement .

And, of course, the long-await-ed computer discussion makes u pa major portion of this PNL .Along with the many topics raise dyou'll find a fable .

Editorial CommitteeKaren Beetle, Paul Germano, Pe rHerng;en,Angus MacDonald, Dian eSwords ; Katie Froelich, Randy Gim-pel , observing .

Production WorkersEditorial Committee and Bob Staley -Mays, Gary Weinstein, Mary Loehr ,Dik Cool,- Peter Doyle, Sharon Wolf ,Toni Meyer, Carol Baum, Linda Boyd ,Lesley Pease, Maura McNulty, Alle nSmith, Jean Wittman, Lisa johns, Bo bRose, Mary Leahy

Mailing Party WorkersJane Begley, Amy Shenaman, Rut hLyman, Allen Smith, Jan Peterson,Sandy Resnick, Bree Peterson-Resnick, Gary Weinstei n

Next Month's ProductionLayout : Monday and Tuesday, Feb .20-2 1Proofreading : Wednesday, Feb . 2 2

DeadlinesSpace Requests : January 1 0Display Ads : January 1 9Classifieds/Calendar: January 21

DANILO DOLCI6 4 There are moments when things go well an d

one feels encouraged . There are difficul tmoments and one feels overwhelmed . But it' ssenseless to speak of optimism or pessimism .The only important thing is to know that if on eworks well in a potato field, the potatoes wil lgrow . If one works well among people they wil lgrow—that's reality . The rest is smoke . It's 'important to know that words don't move moun-tains. Work, exacting work, moves mountains»

February 1984 PNl 50 4COVERMarco Burkli-Vils cover drawing captures the clean lines of th ecomputer - We hope this month's PNL captures as many of the lines o fdebate surrounding them !

SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL5 SPC News6 Disarmament Project 1984 - A New Program Initiative8 Monday Night Potluck s

MILITARISM9 Soviet Union: Country of Contrasts by Helen Anderson

REGULARS11 Book Review: Beyond Surviva l19-20 Report s21 Peaces22 Classifieds

The Power to Contro lComputers for Peace and Social Justice? !Computer Projection - A Fabl eVDT's : A High Tech EyesoreUse Computers, But Choose Peopl eComputers - "Progress " at What Cost ?Racism and Sexism in High Tech Firm s

COMPUTERS - A SPECIAL SECTION12 Computers and Social Change by Michael Messin a

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by John Brule

The PEACE NEWSLETTER (PNL) is published 10 times per year (except January andAugust) by the Syracuse Peace Council (SPC) . SPC, founded in 1936, is a nonprofit ,community based organization . The PNL is collectively produced by the Editoria lCommittee, workers and SPC staff. The PNL serves two functions: that of a pape roffering news, analysis and upcoming events ; and that of the internal organ of SPC, th etraditional newsletter role . We welcome suggestions and assistance of all kinds . The PNLhas very reasonable ad rates; call or write for our rate card. Movement groups, pleasefeel free to reprint or use graphics, but please give credit . Profit groups, please inquire .The PNL is a member of the Alternative Press Syndicate (APS P O . Box 1347, Ansonia

Station, New York, N .Y . 10023); is listed in the Alternative Press Index (quarterly fro mP .O . Box 7229 Baltimore MD 21218) and is available on microfilm from APS .Subscriptions are $8 for the U.S.; $12 for Canada and Mexico ; and $20 for overseas. Theinstitutional rate is $12. Free or donation to prisoners and low income people . Yourorganization, co-op, etc . can receive 15-25 PNL's each month at a bulk subscription o f$25 per year. Contributions to SPC beyond PNL subscriptions support our activistprograms . PEACE NEWSLETTER/SPC 924 Burnet Ave . Syracuse, NY 13203 (31S)472-5478. Circulation : 5,000 . Printed by Lakeside Printing, Skaneateles, N .Y .

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,Syracuse Peace Counci lNews from

SPC Collectives ,The SPC House

Committees 8s Project sNew people are always welcome to join any of these activities .

This Peace Newsletter may not look different Contact the person listed to find out what you can do .to you, but it has the distinction of being the

Staff Collective The SPC Pres sfirst PNL produced in the *Improved Layout Room *Thanks to the efforts of Erwin Reiner and Maura Karen Beetle, Per Herngren, Maura McNulty

McNulty, the layout room has a new floor! Allen Smith, Gary WeinsteinFront Room Bookstore Collectiv e

Gone are the days of . . .Steering Committees : Carol Baum, Dik Cool ,

- the layout room being a major fire hazard Jean Wittma n(the fire department will rejoice) Organizational Maintenanc e

- feeling unnerved as the leg of the chair Pat Hoffman, Brent Bleier, Peace Newslette ryou've just sat on plops through a hole Peter Scheibe, Margaret Karen Beetle, Paul Germano ,in the floor Palmieri, Charlotte Haas, Per Herngren, Angus MacDon -

-Karen Beetle getting splinters in her fin - Allen Smith ald, Diane Swords ,gers while dragging some of the debris Program & Evaluation Katie Froelich, Rand yout of the cracks (the debris often in- Lisa Johns, Ann Tierney, Gimpelcluded missing headlines and graphics) Carole Resnick, Tim Book Review Editor :

As Dik Cool says, the new floor "makes yo uwant to dance! "

Another exciting change is that The Front Roo mBookstore will be open on Saturdays from 10- 2instead of Wednesday nights . Doesn't it makesense for TFR to be open Saturdays? We though tso too and finally decided to do something about it .

December was frantic and fun and vacationswere of course wonderful . We're all back no w

and working hard .-Carol Bau m

SPCStatement of Purpose

The Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), founded in 1936, is an antiwar/socia ljustice organization . It is community-based, autonomous and funded by th econtributions of its supporters.

SPC educates, agitates and organizes for a world where war, violence an dexploitation in any form will no longer exist . It challenges the existin gunjust power relationships among nations, among people and betwee nourselves and the environment . As members, we work to replace inequality,hierarchy, domination and powerlessness with mutual respect, personalempowerment, cooperation and a sense of community .

Present social injustices cannot be understood in isolation from eac hother nor can they be overcome without recognizing their economic an dmilitaristic roots . SPC stresses a strategy that makes these connectionsclear. We initiate and support activities that help build this sense ofcommunity and help tear down the walls of oppression . A fundamenta lbasis for peace and justice is an economic system that places human nee dabove monetary profit . We establish relationships among people based o ncooperation rather Chap competition or the threat of destruction .

Our political values and personal lives shape and reflect each other . I nboth we are committed to nonviolent means of conflict resolution and to aprocess of decision-making that responds to the needs of all .

Syracuse Peace Council924 Burnet Ave.Syracuse, N.Y. 13203 (315) 472-5478

4 Peace Newsletter 12/83 .

Carol Baum

472-547 8Distribution:

Karen Beetle

472-547 8PNL Calender :

Corinne Kinane

422-165 9

SPC Projects

McLaughlin, Elyse Meltz ,Gary Weinstein

476-690 6473-435 0

Jim Dessauer

479-5977Local Weapons Facilitie s

Carol Baum

472-547 8Dennis Banks Support Committe e

Jan Peterson

476-6103

Disarmament '84 ProjectLisa johns

475-3279

Middle East Study Grou pGary Weinstein

472-547 8SPC Poster s

Dik Cool

474-113 2Syracuse Science Collective

A.P. Balachandran 479-882 6Stop Nine Mile II Campaign

Corinne Kinane

422-165 9Philippine s

Sally & John Brule 445-069 8

SPC PotlucksSPC Staff

Upstate Resistanc eAndy Mage r

NVS Film sDik Coo lJerry O ' Callagha n

SPC Film Committe eMargaret Palmieri

472-547 8

472-701 0

474-113 2425-701 2

Alliances, Coalitions & Contacts with whom SPC works :

,Friends of Central AmericaUnited in Support (FOCUS )

Ron Shuffler

475-1403Syracuse Cultura lWorkers Project

Dik Cool

474-113 2Nuclear Weapons Freeze

Marty Bartlett

458-6266Finger Lakes Peace Allianc e

Gary Weinstein

472-547 8East Timor Human Rights Comm .

Mike Chamberlain 673-326 8Upstate Peace Network

Geoff Navias

472-9942Women's Peace Encampmen t

Karen Beetle

472-5478Syracuse Men's Grou p

Paul Barfoot

446-812 7Educator's fo rSocial Responsibility

Joan Goldberg

6731083

United Campuses Agains tNuclear War (UCAM )

Tekla Lewin

423-374 9Doug Cooper

425-6980Physicians for Socia lResponsibility

Bob Kantor

473-5800Tax Resistance Support Grou p

Peter Swords

479-565 8People for Animal Rights (PAR )

Linda DeStefano

475-006 2

Upstaters Against Corporat eBlackmai l

Jim Ellis

476-153 6

Finger Lakes Military Coun-seling & Information Center(Days) 365-2426, 789-940 9

Ongoing affinity group s-for information call 472-547 8

Syracuse Peace Counci l

NewsPotluck Coordinator Still Needed

Changes 1984Two Staff Openings This Year

Gary Weinstein, the Program & Evaluation staffperson ,and Karen Beetle, the PNL staffperson, both plan to leav estaff this year . Their positions will open up on approxi-mately July 1 and August 1 respectively . This will mak efor big changes for the SPC office and we'd like the tran-sitions to go as smoothly as possible . We're thereforestarting the staff search immediately . If you are intereste din either position, know someone who is, or would like t ohelp the search, please contact the SPC office very soon .

Opening with the SPC PressMaura McNulty is our lone Press worker and is looking fo r

a working partner . The Press position trains and offers ex-perience in all aspects of offset printing - a valuable skil land trade ! The position is open immediately and pays u pto $80 . / week . Inquire by contacting Maura here at th ePress .

Salary Increases &the New Fund Raising Committee

We begin 1984 with a new commitment to raising Peac eCouncil staff salaries to $80 ./week. The October '8 3Council meeting discussion on staff salary concluded tha twe must raise salary not only this year, but make a longerterm effort to raise salaries over the next few years to a tleast minimum wage . While this is good news to many ,everyone should realize the burden this places on ourbudget and on the Organization & Maintanence committe eto raise income . We're looking to all of you to help b yraising your pledges or your contributions . As importantthough, are the new projects in 1984 that will raise mone ywhile they educate, agitate and organize (see pages 6-7) .

Another exciting opportunity to aid this effort to make SP Cmore financially stable is to join our new fundraising comm-ittee . This autonomous committee, overseen by OM, willwork on creative ways to raise new funds for SPC in 1984 .

Central America CommitteeThe SPC Central America committee's work is moving for -

ward. An initial project was a joint SPC - FOCUS mailingof fact sheets, action alert and a contingency plan for amarch and demonstration in case of an escalation of U .S .military involvement in the region . Please stay on top ofthis volitile situation and help us prevent another Viet Nam .

Also planned is a speaking engagement by Magdo Enriques ,a founder of the Nicaraguan Association of Women (AMLA)

Cont . page 8

(the peace council page)An organization like SPC thrives on willing volunteers .

But when people do not come forward to help, projects d onot get accomplished . Our much-loved SPC Potluck serie smay not be able to continue unless we find someone to hel pthe Potluck committee . Adele Baruch is our new volunteer;she joins Marge Rusk, long time Potluck worker. Still, weneed a third coordinator . Please look at your 1984 commit-ments and consider helping this vital project . Thanks .

Plowshare 1983 - How It WasLast December 10th and 11th brought the 13th annua l

Plowshare Craftsfair to the Plymouth Church for all to en -joy. As one of the most consistent fundraisers and good -time events in the Peace Council yearly calendar, it onceagain fulfilled both roles . Though attendence was dow nslightly from previous years, the spirit remained high a smany wandered the fair searching for crafts while livemusic echoed throughout the church . Face-painting, potters ,crafters of wood and leather were among the scores of ex-hibits of craftspeople from all over Central New York . Asa fundraiser it netted SPC close to $2, 000 . As a celebrationof the w.inter's holiday seasons, it brought many out toshare laughter and gifts .

SPC & Computers - How Its GoingAt the SPC computer evaluation meeting )n January 17th ,

agreement was reached to continue using home computersto store and update our mailing list . The list has been o ncomputer for about six months . It has saved much time andhas greatly increased the accuracy of the list . Concernhad been expressed about use of staff time, dependenc eand access once the list was computerized, and the central-ization of skills in two or three people . In addition, therewas concern about the health hazards of video display ter-minals . The exposure of SPC workers is so low (3 to 4 hoursper month) that there seemed little danger . We agreed tha tany further use of the computer would be decided on a cas eby case basis . The meeting also spent discussion time o nthe role of computers and high tech in society .


Militarism

The SIC DisarmamentProject7984

Announcing a major SPC program initiativ efor 1984 focused on peace

The Military Budget vs .Real Security Need s

In January 1984, the Reagan Admin-istration asked for somewhere nea r$330 billion in military spending forfiscal year 1985 (Oct . 1, 1984 to Oct .1, 1985) . This is a 17% increase overthe previous year above inflation I !Expected public outcry may lower th efigure to "only" $315 billion . Congressmay pass even less sometime in May .The 1983 military budget request wa sreduced from a 10% increase (aboveinflation) to 4% through lobbying, pro-test and pressure from opposition .Whatever the case, we are talkin gabout billions and billions too much !

The 1985 military budget illustrate sReagan ' s continuing commitment tobreak the national bank while financin g

the "rearming of America . " Spendingfor human and social needs in the 198 5budget will rise only an average of 3 %while some programs will actually be

cally important year for the peace move- cut again . It's more Reaganomics -

ment, a group of Peace Council activ-

billions for weapons and cuts

ists began meeting in the early fall

jobs, health care, education,

of 1983 to shape SPC ' s program prior-

portation, and so on .

ities for the coming year . After many

Every billion dollars spent on th emeetings and discussions, and after

military creates only 25, 000 jobsthe endorsement of the late October

while that same billion spent in services gone on record in favor of a

Council Meeting, we are ready to be-

would create from 43, 000 to 123, 000

weapons freeze, the weapon s

gin. But we need your active involve-

jobs instead . The nationwide unemploy- on coming . In 1982 and 1983 ,Pentagon received every major wea-pons system it requested . Includedin the 1983 budget is continuatio nfunding for all of the nuclear weapon sCongress approved before—the B- 1bomber, more neutron bombs, moreTrident submarines, the Ste3nt hbomber, sea- and ground-launche dcruise missiles, " Midgetman " mis -siles, Pershing missiles, the MX :

Over the next six years, abou t22% of all military spending i smarked for nuclear weapons . Spend-ing on nuclear weapons has morethan doubled in the years of Ronal dReagan's presidency; in fact, spend-

Overview of Prioritie s

1984--it has the potential for being areal watershed year for the peace and

social justice movement . Will thearms race continue spiraling beyondrational control, producing mor eexotic weaponry (lasers in space ,"little" nuclear weapons, the MX), a tan ever-increasing cost to our nation' swellbeing? Will there be a worseningof the dangerous tension and ill wil l

in U.S . -Soviet relations? Or will th evoice of the people prevail? Polls showmost U.S . people favor reductions inmilitary spending, and they supportgenuine efforts toward detente .

Yet it,isn't enough simply to wis hfor peace, simply to desire a nuclea rfreeze and then a process of reversa lto begin between the USSR and the

United States . If we don't make ou rpriorities felt, forcefully and compel-lingly, in this election year, we ca n

expect four more years of the same—

or worse .Knowing that 1984 would be a criti -

tary spending and a reordering ofour national priorities . Jobs wit hPeace has the support of hundred sof unions, churches, social servic eand peace and social justice groupsas well as city and town council sacross the country. It believes wecan safely make significant reduc-tions in military spending so tha tneeded funding may be channele dinto socially useful programs-education, health care, job train-ing, child care programs, and thelike .

In Syracuse, we will continuethe jobs with Peace work begun ayear ago by a coalition of loca lorganizations that included SPC .Once again we hope to work close-ly with labor, church, social ser-vice, and other community groupsin pressing for a common agenda —during April jobs with Peace Weekand throughout the remainder o fthe year .

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Reversing the Arms Race/Opposing Specific Weapon sSystem s

Even though many Americans hav enuclear

keepthe

ment in whatever way you can contrib-ute (see box, next page) to make our

collective voice heard—and heeded .As you read through the priorities wehave chosen to focus our organizingenergies on in the coming months ,please consider joining us, gettinginvolved—now . SPC ' s 1984 agend afor disarmament will not happen with-

out the energy, imagination, dedica-tion and commitment of many, man ypeople . We welcome new activist s

and old activists alike—anyone wh oever considered getting involved o rreinvolved; there couldn't be abetter time than right now .

ment and federal deficits we face aredirectly caused by the astronomica lmilitary spending of recent years . Be -cause minorities are the first to los etheir jobs when unemployment goes up ,that one billion spent on the militarythrows 1,300 Blacks out of work . BlackAmericans continue to live in a de-pression, with nearly 50% unemploy-ment, while the U .S . builds moreweapons each year than were built inall of World War II .

In 1984 the SPC disarmamentproject will cooperate with thenational jobs with Peace campaig nin working for a reduction in mili -


Militarisming on nuclear weaponry is going u pfaster than the overall defense bud-get . Between fiscal years 1983 an d1984, funding for nuclear weaponsincreased 25% . And once the Penta-gon comes to Congress seeking ap-propriations for a particular weapon ssystem, Congress almost never send sit away empty-handed .

Clearly, we the people will hav eto push very hard before Congres swill take action toward institutinga nuclear weapons freeze, muc hless undertaking a genuine reductio nin the U.S. stock of nuclear weapons .

SPC's new disarmament projec twill track the progress of specificweapons appropriations in Congress ,and keep Peace Council member sregularly informed . A major objec-tive of our work in 1984 will be tostrengthen the call for meaningfu lprogress on disarmament —and keepup the pressure for as long as it' snecessary to bring about real change .

The Elections—Show 'Em th eDoor in '84

Many of us working to end the nu -clear and conventional arms race sin-

cerely wonder whether we would sur-vive four more years of a Reagan pres-idency . Tragically, Congress has bee nlittle if any safeguard against thefrightening Reagan military buildup .Hopefully, in 1984 we will be able t ocast our ballots for survival and nota long dark tunnel of continued militar-ism, social decay and the .threat o fwar .

In Central New York we are "repre-sented" by Rep . George Wortley. Hisvoting record is nearly 100% wrongon military spending and disarmamen tissues . Since 1980 Wortley has vote dfor virtually all military spending in-creases and social service progra mcuts, the MX, Trident II, Pershing I Iand cruise missiles, binary chemica lweapons production and the draft . Inaddition, he has voted against theNuclear Freeze, U.S. troop reduc-tions overseas, the CongressionalBlack Caucus' alternative federa lbudget and numerous other progressiveCongressional measures . The Upstat eNew York Nuclear Weapons Freez ecampaign feels he is the most import-ant Congressperson in New YorkState to defeat .

The SPC Disarmament Project '84

will pay close attention to the 198 4elections . It will carefully watch ho wdisarmament issues are handled ,making sure the public is informed ,not deceived . We will be publishinginformation on candidate's views re-garding disarmament and peace issues .Reagan and Wortley must be defeated !

What about the Russians?

Just what does the "Soviet threat "consist of? How realistic is the fear-some picture painted by U .S . policy-makers? How does our military forc ematch up to theirs? Wnat would reallyhappen if there was a nuclear weapon sfreeze? What does real national secur-ity for the U .S . require ?

What are the Soviet people think-ing? What is their history? How dothey feel about war and peace? Whatare the prospects for genuine peac ebetween our peoples ?

These are important questions onthe minds of many MAericans . Wewill be searching for, and communi-cating some honest and informe danswers .

-Lisa Johns, Bob Staley-Mays &Gary Weinstei n

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVEDin SPC's new disarmament project

There are many ways you can aid the work of SPC's disarmament project. Hereare some of them:

q Join the disarmament workin gcommittee

q Help with specific project work(research; tracking legislation; articl ewriting; staffing a public table; medi awork; office work; much more . . .)

q 8e part of the new SPC phone &letter-writing response tree


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If you' d like to join us, or if you'd like additional information, contactGary Weinstein at the Peace Council .

q Subscribe to the Peace Newsletter(S8/yr( : stay up to date o ndisarmament issues and SPC activitie s

q Support the Peace Council'sdisarmament work with a financia lcontribution or a regular pledge

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Syracuse Peace counci land a member of the ruling Council of State . She will speakat the Brighton Family Center, at 100 Edmund Avenue(of fNewell) at 7 :30 on Tuesday, February 7th . Also Planned forthat week is a showing of the new film "Nigaragua : Reportfrom the Front" on the CIA ' s war against that country .

The ambassadors from El Salvador and Honduras will bespeaking at Cazenovia College this month, on Feb . 6th and27th respectively . It will be at 8 :30pm in the gym and peo-ple should try to attend . The ambassador from Nicaragu aspoke there on January 16th and the series will end with aPresentation by Rep . George Wortley on March 16th . Tohelp with work on the region contact the SPC office soon .

PNL Distributers Needed - It's Easy .

itate to come because you have three meetings a week ,this course is for you !

To register, send your name and $5 to Kath Buffington ,RD 1, Box 192, Savannah, NY 13146 . For more informatio ncall Kath at 475-4822 or Per at 472-5478 .

Ring, Ring, The SPC PhonathonThats right, the long awaited SPC phonothon will b e

held on February 13th through the 16th . We will be call-ing all our members within the local calling area in theearly evening to ask for there support by pledging to thePeace Council .

You're driving around town on errands . . . you're visitinga friend . . . you're going out to eat . . . take a stack of PNLsalong ! Its that easy. We especially need a distributor forour well-established Westcott route (we know there ar eplenty of you out there) . Help in Baldwinsville, the Sout hside of Syracuse and the Salt Springs area would also b eappreciated .

Burn Out Prevention Workshops for Peace Activist sAre you a victim of Activist Burnout?? Might you b e

someday? Kath Buffington and Gerry Edwards are offerin ga workshop on burnout prevention for activists . Theyhave given burnout prevention workshops together fo rseveral years to a variety of groups . It runs from FridayFebruary 24th at 9pm to Saturday the 25th at 9pm at Kath' shouse, and costs a mere $5 (includes food and materials) .

People are welcome to come early or stay over Saturda ynight . Bring your skis, sleds or skates . And if you hes-


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THE SYRACUSE PEACE COUNCIL' SMONDAY POTLUC K

OPEN TO ALL AT NO ADMISSION CHARGE FOR COMRADERIE, DINNER & DISCUSSIO N•DINNER at 6pm (bring a dish or beverage to share) •DISCUSSION from 7-9p m

There will no Potluck on this evening. We are sorry to be starting thePotluck series so late this year . We are still short-handed on the Potluc kcommittee (see note on Peace Council Page ; page 5) .

We are encouraging people to attend the talk by the Ambassador fro m

Honduras at Cazanovia College on this evening starting at 8 :30pm (see

mention above under SPC Central America committee) .

March 5th

120 U .S . Volunteers Aid Nicaraguan Harvest120 U .S . volunteers recently went to Nicaragua during the coffee har-

vest season to help with the harvest . With the ever-present possibilit y

of a U .S . invasion, the trip required a special courage and dedication .Come hear several volunteers discuss their experiences and thei r

reasons for going, as well as what they feel the future holds for th e

Nicaraguan Revolution . A very special evening . . .

THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE 821 Euclid (near the corner of Westcott, across from ECOH )

FOR INFORMATION/INPUT ON POTLUCK DISCUSSIONS CALL SPC AT (315) 472-547 8

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February 27th

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Militarism

The Soviet Union : Country of Contrastsby Helen Anderso n

In August 1983, a group of 35 so-cial workers from all over the Unite dStates visited the U .S .S . R . a sguests of the Soviet Central Counci lof Trade Unions . We met and talkedwith social security administators i nan attempt to see for ourselves howsocial services operated in a planne deconomy.

In our 4-week trip to 5 major citie sin 4 republics, we discovered tha tthere are no Soviet counterparts to a nAmerican social worker . "The Trad eUnion supplies and meets all th eneeds of the worker and his family " ,claimed the social security adminis-trator . We therefore did not meetour counterparts but the opportunityto see much of the Soviet Union wasexciting, enlightening and education -al . It was truly an enriching exper-ience .

As Americans we were treated wit hgreat hospitality and afforded muc hfreedom to photograph with few re-strictions and with no restrictions o nmeeting and talking to citizen swherever we visited. We were notobliged to go to the planned trips oractivities in each city .

We did visit day-care centers, a nenterprise in which the blind made u pabout 70% of the employees, a schoo lfor the mentally retarded, hospitals ,polyclinics for preventive medicine ,workers holiday hotels, sanitarium sfor the elderly and factories including

a TV assembly plant, shoe factory ,carpet factory, flower collective an da trip to the oil rigs off Baku . In ad-dition, we visited the highest publicofficials in each republic .

Contradictions Aboun dIn a few words what we saw was a

land of large contrasts,in scenery ,people, philosophy and action . Aland where there appears to be lim-ited freedom but unlimited love for" Mother Russia", family and peace .It is a land where officials sharewith their pride in full employment ,decent salaries and full benefits, aconcern for high absenteeism, in-creasingly high alcoholism, and a

Helen works with the Carin gCoalition as a social worker/hospice .She is a former executive directorof Planned Parenthood and a long-tim emember and supporter of SPC .

rise in poor workmanship .Transportation is inexpensive,tram,

subway and even internal plane fareis very reasonable, but citizens arelimited by internal visas . Th eU .S .S .R . has professed state own-ership, yet is now experimentingwith private enterprise. Private carowners can hire out as taxis andfarmers can bring their produce int oregional town markets and both keepmost of the profits . They are doingthis they say because it seems som epeople need an incentive, money re -cognition, in order to produce qualitygoods and services .

It is a nation that so control s

their peoples' thinking, action, andlives, yet when asked why they man-ufacture cigarettes while they active-ly campaign against smoking be-cause it is "injurious to your health "it was replied after much deliberation"Because the people want to smoke" .How much like us .

The people say they are afraid ofAmericans (because we are too ag-gressive) but they like the Americansthey meet . These people lov e"Mother Russia" but would like t otravel abroad .

There appears to be a class con-sciousness in this classless society .Party members , engineers, scien-tists are treated with more equality

than doctors, teachers or othe rworkers . The party stresses equalityof sexes, yet we observed andlistened to sexist talk everywhere .In the U .S .S .R . we saw mostlywomen doing street heavy work .The "babushkas "laying track, sweep-ing streets, scrubbing walls andfloors in the subway, and mixin gcement . About 90% of the physicianswe saw were women, but with th eexception of one, all departmentheads were men .

The Peoples' Messag eThe major feeling that I came bac k

with is that in this land of contras t

the people want peace . They remem-ber and honor the war dead, all 2 0million of them, on all special oc-casions . But more impressive, the yremember war, bombings, starvation ,separation, pain and death . Theysuffered and will never forget it .The people talk and want peace .

In one of our visits to an Armenia nfamily we spent an entire evenin geating, drinking, talking and sharingour dreams, hopes and aspiration sall centered on peace . I rememberwe started dinner with grace and the n

four grandchildren sang Jingle Bells

in English . We concluded with hugs ,

kisses, a new understanding of fam-ily life and sang "Auld Lang Syne "in English .

In Georgia, walking down the mai nstreet at night we were approached

by 2 soldiers on street patrol who ,when they discovered we were

Americansky talked for V2 hour a-bout family, travel, our impression s

of the U .S .S .R . and their ideas of

America . They were proud they wereGeorgian first and then Soviets, andwe concluded our conversation with a

wish for peace . As a climax onegave me a pink rose-- as both said ,

"MIR, MIR, MIR" (PEACE) .

These are reminiscences of ajourney I will never forget . Ibrought back about 400 slides, tap e

recordings and a notebook of notes ,

U .S .S .R . propaganda booklets ,copies of Moscow News, and book s

and pamphlets of many kinds . Butmy Most memorable impression is adeep feeling that people-to-peoplethere is a crying need for dialogu e

and a fervent desire for peace .


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Beyond Survival : New Directions fo rthe Disarmament Movemen t

edited by Michael Albert and David Dellinger South End Press 1983 58 .00

by Orin DominicoThe New Year is a traditional tim e

for personal renewal . Periodic self -evaluation, reassessment of goal sand strategies and rededication t opurpose is important to communitie sand movements as well as to indivi-duals . The disarmament movemen tis currently at a critical juncture tha tperhaps calls for its going throughsuch a process .

We have succeeded in capturingpeoples' attention . A growing con-cern over the rapidly increasing like-lihood of nuclear confrontation ca nbe witnessed everywhere, in th esmallest hamlets and in the mos tconservative quarters . The questionwe must now ask ourselves is howcan we turn this concern to activism ,an activism that will have a chanceof winning this struggle for survival ?Beyond Survival should prove to be avery important resource for those wh oseek an answer to this question .

In their introduction, the editor sstate that the disarmament movementis faced with a "perplexing problem" :

It must broaden and deepen at th esame time, two tasks that appear con-tradictory. To succeed it mustbroaden its active constituency t oinclude people who have tradition -ally viewed unconventional idea sand activist movements with suspi-cion if not hostility . But it mustalso deepen its critique of a soci-ety that is spiritually and politic-ally capable of threatening to us eweapons that can destroy the humanrace .

This collection of essays offers ananswer to this problem. Its thesi sis that these seemingly contradictorypurposes are in fact not contradictor yat all but rather, like the old songabout love and marriage, "you can'thave one without the other" . BeyondSurvival convincingly rejects thepopular notion that the disarmamentmovement must maintain a narrow

Orin is a carpenter, student ,husband, father . He is currentlyworking with others to organize apeace and social justice coalitionin the Rome/Utica area .

focus on the arms race in order toattract the broadest possible support .To build a strong coalition, one tha tis capable pf bringing about th enecessary social changes to bringabout real disarmament, the move-ment must "enrich its analysis o fthe arms race" and address the re-lated issues of sexism, racism, thirdworld intervention and economic in-justice . For middle-class whiteswho have dominated the peace move-ment it is easy to regard the nuclearperil as an overriding first concern .Oppressed minorities, the unemployed ,and subjugated third world people shave other primary concerns . If wewant to gain their necessary supportin the struggle for survival then w emust not only be willing to listen tothem but to support them in their im-mediate survival issues as well .The fine essays in this book can hel pus move our efforts in this direction .I will herein mention those piece sthat were of particular importance tome while assuring the reader that al lof the essays are useful in contribu-ting to a more full understanding o fthe arms race .

In the first piece "The Bread i sRising" Dave Dellinger draws fro mhis forty plus years of experience a sa social change activist to provide astirring "state of the movement" mes-sage . He sounds the opening callfor a broader movement for chang emarked by a solidarity that "tran-scends our differences in views andnomenclature" .

In "Lessons From the Sixties", co -editor Michael Albert offers a loo kat the strengths and weaknesses o fthe New Left during the sixties andearly seventies in hopes that we canlearn from our past mistakes . Albertstresses the need for analysis, strat-egy and vision in our movement . Theessays which follow provide much o fthe needed analysis .

Leslie Cagan's "Feminism an dMilitarism" looks at the "feminis tperspectives that the disarmamentmovrement needs to take up and howthe movement addresses the concern ssurfaced by feminism" . She makes a

strong case for feminist process be-ing able to serve the disarmamentmovement well .

In "Intervention and Nuclear War "Noam Chomsky effectively argue sthat the disarmament movement mus thave an anti-interventionist empha-sis if it hopes to be successful .Chomsky reveals the dangers in al -lowing a conventional weapons build -up to take place in lieu of a nuclea rarms race and provides the cleares tanalysis of the economic and politi-cal forces that drive the arms rac ethat I have yet encountered .

The "Afterward" by the editors sug-gests ways in which the analyses o fthe forces "that have produced andnow sustain the nuclear threat" con-tained in Beyond Survival can be putto use in the "day to day workingsof groups and organizations" whic hmake up our movement . They dis-cuss the need for "imaginative ef-forts . . . not only to reach out to newconstituencies" and to address fa-talistic nuclear despair, but als othe need, "despite wide-rangin gdifferences, to achieve interna lsolidarity that can inspire others" .

I have here barely scratched th esurface of the useful experience an dknowledge contained in this volume .I believe it is essential reading forall of us engaged in the spiritua land political struggle for the victoryof life over death as "step by ste pwe come to realize that in order t owin the struggle for survival w emust aim at much more than survival" .


Computers

Computers and Social Chang eby Michael Messin a

Imagine this scene :Your food co-op finance committe e

is meeting to review budget and in -come projections for the next year .Expenses have gone up recently du eto a rent increase and a raise for th estaffperson . The figures for the firs tquarter look bad, and the co-op wil llose money for the next five months .In addition, inventory figures show agradual decline .

'What if we had that membershi pdrive the board's been talking about "says Anna, the treasurer . "It wouldcost only about $200 for lots of fly-ers and a small newspaper ad, an dwe could probably bring in another25 or 30 households by the end of amonth . Well distribute the flyersin the lower income and public hous-ing areas and combine outreach wit heducation on the cooperative move-ment . "

"Let's see what the results of tha twould look like, " says Pat, wh oturns to the microcomputer on th edesk . After Pat adds the $200 to ex-penses and $25 households to themembership, the group hold theirbreath as he pushed the "recalculate 'key. The computer subtracts the$200 from gross income and figure sthe dues and shares payments from25 households, adding that sum . Italso calculates the increase in sale sfrom the new members and adds thi sto each month, making seasonal ad-justments . The income increase sare automatically carried into thefood purchases column . Operatingcosts are incrementally increased .The new figures show a break eve nin the second month and a signifi-cant surplus for inventory expansio nTb • total figuring, done in a few sec-

onds, would have taken hours other -wise, even with a pocket calculator .

Some think of computers as mon-sters that screw up our electric bil lor help somebody keep tabs on us .Some large, centralized computer smay continue to fulfill those func -tions, but developments of the las tfew years have changed the very na-ture of computers and offer some

Michael is a graduate student a tSU and a board member of the South-

west Food coop .

real opportunities for social chang eactivists .

An Appropriate Technolog ySmall is beautiful . New smalle r

computers can enable social changeorganizations and activists to handl einformation and communication job sthat only large corporations and thegovernment could handle previously .For several hundred or several thou -sand dollars, an individual or grou pcan use a "micro" to plan budgets ,hold, sort, and update membershi pand fundraising lists ; do the book -keeping ; write and copy letters ; re-trieve inf ormation from larger com-puters ; and correspond with man yothers via computer networks . Every

association of more than a handful ofpeople will be using computer sshortly to help them carry out theirobjectives . If progressives refus eto utilize them because of technolog yparanoia, we'll be left behind .

If the pen is mightier than th esword, the microcomputer is mightie rthan the missile . In a technologica lage we need to make use of technol-ogies that can help us wage peacewhile maintaining a human scale . Apeace and social justice agenda de-pends on communication and educa-tion, important kinds of which can beaided by computers .

Educatio nThe possibilities of a peacefu l

world are enhanced by having a well -educated public . Far from being ameans of programming children, mi-crocomputers open up a new world o findividualized instruction and wil lrevolutionize education . Youngster swill be able to work at their own pac esolving problems in math or logic ,science, English and foreign lan-guages, simulations and programming,Not only are such educational use sself-pacing, but the children can se-lect the simulations they find mos tinteresting .

Peace GamesA new computer game currently o n

the market, "In Search of the Mos tAmazing Thing, " advertises, "F,inal-ly, aliens your kids can reason wit hinstead of destroy." I haven't seenthis game, and their ideas of reason-ing may be different from mine, butthe possibilities are intriguing . Com-

puter simulations already availableteach one to solve ecological an dland management problems .

Instead of seeking treasures andkilling dragons in underground cav-erns, computers could be analyzingconflicts and searching for win-winsolutions in human situations . Theycould bring peaceworking concept sto many people who might not other -wise be exposed to them .

Military ContractsWhile some computer companie s

have military contracts, this shoul dnot prevent us from using computers .Do we do without cars because Ford ,GM and Chrysler have military con-tracts? How effective would we b eif we couldn't get around? "Politica ljiu-jitsu" means using your oppo-nents ' own resources against them .

The new computers should be ap-proached with an eye to their limi-tations as well as their benefits .But we should not reject potentialsfor progress that come from unex-pected sources . Knee-jerk fear ofthe new is not appropriate for peo-ple who advocate change . Let' sconsider the many positive uses towhich . microcomputers can be put i fwe embrace and excel in their use ,rather than being left behind by aworld that outgrows us .


I am refusing to pay my federal telephone excise tax In the amount of in so doinn i protest the federal government ' s spendtnn of my money for warmakina . iwould gladly pay if the money were used for peaceful and lif e -affirminn purposes, suc has prorrrams to benefit the poor, the environment and health care . However, presentl y53'/. .nf the federal budget is spent for military purposes - past, present and future wars .

The telephone excise tax has been associated with war spendtnn since 1914 . in 196 6congress restored the 10% tax which tt had voted to phase out entirely the year before ,explicitly to help pay for the Indochina War . The tax rate was supposed to he reduced yea rby year and then the tax discontinued . Yet it 1s still in effect, and the rate is now noin aup .

f strongly protest the use of my money for the mak Ina of more and more nuclear weapon sand the feeding of our country's overarown military establishment . I hope that more andmore people will resist, and that, as time qoes on, our national leaders will net the stron gmessane that the people want peace .

Military Tax Resistance Support Grou p104 Greenwood PlaceSyracuse, New York 1321 0

i am refusing to pay my federal telephone excise tax in the amount of in so doinn i protest the federal government ' s spendlnn of my money for warmakina . Iwould aladly pay if the money were used for peaceful and life-affirming purposes, suc has programs to benefit the poor, the environment and health care . However, presentl y53%of the federal budnet is spent for military purposes - past, present and future wars .

The telephone excise tax has been associated with war spendlnn since 1914 . in 196 6conaress restored the 10% tax which it had voted to phase out entirely the year before ,

explicitly to help pay for the Indochina War . The tax rate was supposed to he reduced yea r

by year and then the tax discontinued . Yet it is still in effect, and the rate is now aoin au p .

I stronnly protest the use of my money for the mak Ina of more and more nuclear weapon sand the feeding of our country's overqrown military establishment . I hope that more and

more people will resist, and that, as time qoes on, our national leaders will net the stron gmessage that the people want peace .

Military Tax Resistance Support Grou p304 Greenwood PlaceSyracuse, New York 13210

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Here are three copies of aform designed to be sent i nwith your monthly phone bill .For more information on phon etax resistance and possibl econsequences, see PEACES ,pg . 21, in the Peace Newslet-ter (Feb . 1984) . More formsare available from SPC and th eMilitary Tax Resistanc eSupport Group .

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I would like to be informedof tax resistance support grou pmeetings and events .

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I would like more informa -tion about military tax resis-tance, in general .

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Please send me more phonetax resistance forms (Dona-tions are welcome) .

i am refusing to pay my federal telephone excise tax In the amount ofin so doin g i protest the federal government's spending of my money for warmakina . Iwould aladly pay if the money were used for peaceful and life-affirminn purposes, suc has pronrams to benefit the poor, the environment and health care . However, presentl y53%of the federal budnet is spent for military purposes - past, present and future wars .

The telephone excise tax has been associated with war spendlnn since 1914 . Tn 196 6conaress restored the 10% tax which it had voted to phase out entirely the year before ,explicitly to help pay for the Indochina War . The tax rate was supposed to he reduced yea rby year and then the tax discontinued . Yet it is still in effect, and the rate is now noln q

up .

i stronnly protest the use of my money for the mak Intl of more and more nuclear weapon sand the feedin g of our country's overgrown military establishment . I hope that more andmore people will resist, and that, as time goes on, our national leaders will net the stron gmessane that the people want peace .

Military Tax Resistance Support Grou p104 Greenwood Plac eSyracuse, New York 13210

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NVS FILMSSpring 1984• Every Friday* Kittredge Aud ., Syracuse Univ . •$2

Kittredge Aud . is in H .B . Crouse Hall, below Gifford Aud .

We are very pleased to have no less than si xSyracuse area premieres (indicated by ') i nbur Spring schedule . All have receive dw despread critical acclaim . IN OUR HAND S

the inspiring story of the largest peace de-in„nstration in U .S . history SAY AMEN ,SOMEBODY is a pure musical experienc ewith black gospel singers SISTERS i sanother intense work from Margarethe vo nTrotta AISINO AND THE CONDOR is a pas-sionate allegory from post-revolutionaryNicaragua . VOL . from Turkey via the under-ground . shared the Cannes grand prize wit hMISSING THE WHITE ROSE is a moving storyof German resistance to the Nazis . Filmgoer sare again reminded that we are screening i nKittredge Aud so seating is limited . Pleas ecome early to assure yourself a seat .

HAROLD AND MAUD EFriday, Jan . 20 7, 9, 1 1

This joyous" (Judith Cris() film about a nunlikely but beautiful relationship between ayoung man (Bud Cort) and an old woma n(Ruth Gordon) is an NVS favorite and a cul tclassic . Music by Cat Stevens (Hal Ashby .1972, 92 min )

THE MAGNIFICEN TAMBERSON SFriday, Jan . 27 7 :30, 9 :30

Orson Welfes's second trim masterpiec e('Citizen Kane" was the first) in as many trie sis the story of a wealthy New England family' sdecadent decline Screenplay by Welles fro mthe novel by Booth Tarkington With Josep hCotten . Anne Baxter - If Flaubert re-read Do nQuixote each year, why can't we see Th eMagnificent Ambersons whenever possible ?Orson Welles is without doubt one of the te ngreatest filmmakers in the world .—Francois Truffaut (Orson Welles . 1942 8 8min )

SMALL CIRCLEOF FRIEND SFriday, Feb. 3 7, 9, 1 1

One of 1980's best films tells the story o fthree students affected by the colleg eradicalism and sexual revolution of the Six -ties . The sensationalized ending mars the fil ma bit Thoughtful . reflective, and hones t(New Times) With Brad Davis, Karen Allen .Jameson Parker (Rob Cohen . 1980 . 113min )

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Based on his best selling autobiograph y(done with Alex Haley) and narrated by Jame sEarl Jones . this film recreates the story of agreat black leader A brilliantly constructe ddocumentary It stands as a vital record of aman of our time -Judith Grist (Marvin Wort hand Arnold Perl producers 1972 . 92 min .) ABlack History Month fil m

IN OUR HANDS *Thursday . Feb . 16 7 :30 . 9 :30 Kittredg eFriday, Feb . 17 7 :30, 9 :30 Kittredg e

Here is the hopeful . celebrative story of th elargest peace demonstration in U .S . history —June 12 . 1982 in New York City Forty volun-teer film crews produced 60 hours of footag ewhich has been skillfulry edited into what i sprobably the greatest participatory film eve rproduced . Performers include James Taylor .Holly Near Rita Marley . Pete Seeger Speak-ers Helen Caldicott . Ben Spock and others

A tribute to a historic event

a celeb -ration remarkably poignant —NY Times .(Produced by Robert Richter and Stan War -now 1983 . 90 min ) It will make you feel

peace is possible' Newhouse faculty membe rBob Nickson, one of the films productio ncoordinators . will speak after each of the fou rshowings .

SAY AMEN,SOMEBODY *Friday, Feb . 24 7 :30, 9 :30 Kittredge $ 2Saturday - Beauchamp Library, 2 pm, Fre eMonday (27th) - Mundy Library, 3 pm, Fre e

A joyful documentary combines the story o fgospel music with great performances by theBarrett Sisters . the O ' Neal Twins . Zell aJackson Price, and Mother Willie Mae Ford t oname just a few . The men and women in SayAmen, Somebody, a thrilling documentar yabout black gospel singers, g ive so much o fthemselves when they perform that they see menraptured, even transfigured right beforeour eyes ." David Denby, NEW "OR KMAGAZINE (George T . Nierenberg, 1983, 100min .) A Black History Month film .

The Community Folk Art Gallery isholding a film series on works by blac kfilmmakers beginning Wednesday, Feb-ruary 15 through March 29, culminatingwith asymposium . For more information424-8487 .SISTERS OR TH EBALANCE OFHAPPINESS*Friday, March 2 7 :30, 9 :3 0

The conflict between two sisters, a prag-matic career woman, and a sensitive, non -conformist is the focus of this complex ,psychological drama . Von Trotta consider sthis the middle part of a three-part film trilogy .NVS has previously shown the first . SECON DAWAKENING OF CHRISTA KLAGES and th ethird . MARIANNE ANDJULIANE . (Margareth evon Trotta . 1981,95 min . . German with subti-tles) . Cosponsor S .U . Women's Center In-ternational Women's Day is March 8

RAMPARTS OF CLAYFriday, March 9 7 :30, 9 :30 Kittredg eSaturday - Beauchamp Library, 2 pm, Fre e

Directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli . A youn gwoman leads a struggle against the exploita-tion of her village . Despite the films over -wr,elming oeauty it was banned' in the coun-tries of its origin . Tunisia and Algeria . be -cause of the political message One of th emost sophisticated protest hims ever made .Like The Battleof Akers . it is a re-creation of anactual incident, recalled in a spirit of quietfury . TIME MAGAZINE (Jean-Louis Ber-tucelli . 1970 . 85 min ., Arabic with subtitles )Cosponsor S .0 Women's Cente r

ALSINO AND TH ECONDOR *Friday, March 23 7 :30, 9 :30 Kittredge $ 2Saturday - Beauchamp Library, 2 pm, Fre eMonday (26th) - Mundy Library, 3 pm, Fre e

An allegorical tale of a Latin American re -volution told through the eyes of a young boyand his decision to join the guerrillas Thi sNicaraguan-Costa Rican-Cuban-Mexica nco-production won an Oscar nomination fo rBest Foreign film . Alsino is the film tha tLittin s - ( The Promised Land') supporter shave been waiting for - a work of maturity by afilmmaker with a unique style and an i,itense .socially rooted passion . —Pat Aufderheide ,IN THESE TIMES With Dean Stockwell, Ala nEsquivel . (Miguel Littin, 1982 . 89 min . .Spanish with subtitles )

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A powerfully intimate and inspirationa ldrama about fighting back . about enduringmental and physical pain . about the positiv ethinking of the physically handicapped . Di -rector Richard Donner has taken the Tod dWalton novel and its message of the hope an dtriumph of dreams over reality vividly ye thumorously to the big screen Diana Scarwi dnominated for an Academy Award for BestSupporting Actress smooth ensembleacting and excellent performances _ —N YTimes (Richard Donner, 113 min . )

YOL*Thursday, April 5 7 :30, 9 :3 0Friday, April 6 7 :30, 9 :3 0

This epic Turkish drama is the universa lstory of three families search for freedom .Even though the credits officially recognizehim only as scriptwriter, this is the work o fTurkey ' s leading filmmaker . Yilmaz Guney : i twas made under his supervision while he wa sserving 18 years in a labor camp . Eventuall yboth he and his negatives were smuggled ou tof Turkey . YOL won the Grand Prize at Can-nes . Given the conditions this is a remarkabl ypolished and extremely complex work . (Seri fGoren, 1982, 111 min ., Turkish with subtitles)UNDER FIREThursday, April 12 7 :30, 9 :3 0Friday, April 13 7 :30, 9 :3 0

Two members of the faded internationa lpress corps, a reporter (Joanna Cassidy) an da photographer (Nick Nolte) are caught up i nthe Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979 . Gen eHackman plays their boss . a good-hearte dcynic . Eventually the two find themselve sparticipants and supporters of the revolutio nrather than - objective" journalists . This is a ninsightful . accomplished and sympatheti ctreatment of the Nicaraguan people and thei rRevolution It is also a highly entertainin gmovie. (Roger Spottiswoode . 1983 . England .100 min .) Cosponsor - UU Cinem a

THE WHITE ROSE *Tuesday, April 17 7, 9 Gifford $ 2Wednesday, 18th 7, 9 Gifford $ 2Friday, 20th 7 :30, 9 :30 Kittredge $ 2

Five students and their professor at th eUniversity of Munich formed a resistanc emovement against the Nazis that existed bet-ween June 1942 and February 1943 . The ten-sion mounts in this semi-documentary as th eefforts of "The White Rose" protestors mov efrom leafletting to arousing the campus t orevolt . "Stirring . The White Rose' has hon-esty . urgency and emotional power . Jane tMaslen, NEW YORK TIMES Quite simply th efinest German movie since Das Boo t-Richard Freedman . Newhouse Newspapers(Michael Verhoeven . 1983 . 112 min . Germa nwith subtitles) Cosponsor - UU Cinem a

GRAPES OF WRAT HFriday, April 27 7, 9 :3 0

Based on John Steinbeck s great nove lThis is the story of the Joad family, farmers i nthe Southwest, who are thrown off their famil yfarm during the horrible droughts of th e1930's (dust bowl era) . Their farm is then gob -bled up by a large corporation - as insidiou seconomic trend that continues through thepresent . The Joad family, like thousands o fothers, sets off for California and the goo dlife" only to find the same kind of exploitatio nthere . With Henry Fonda . Jane Darwell, Joh nCarradine . (John Ford, 1940, 129 min )NVS Films is sponsored by the Program i nNonviolent Conflict and Change at Syracus eUniversity, 423-3870 . NVS Films thanks th eSyracuse Peace Council for its assistance .

cornputersThe rise of a new age of technology "out there" sparks the movement's own de -An Introduction- bates; SPC does not remain untouched . For this special section in the Peace

Newsletter , we have tried to look at computer technology from several angles bringing our own perceptions and expe-riences to the discussion. Health effects, interpersonal relations, concepts of progress, community, government re-pression, the value of efficiency, appropriate technology, fantasies of the future, all weave in and out of the articles .The discussion will continue . Your letters, article suggestions, ideas are welcome . We want to hear from you !

The Power to Contro lComputers and Government Files

by Mark Hanse lThe development of computerized

files in government bureaucracie ssignificantly concentrates the powe rto control individuals . Followingan historic policy of maximizingefficiency, increasingly broade rsegments of society have been re-duced to this scientific management .Enlarging the types and amounts ofinformation about individuals rapidlyavailable to bureaucrats has beenintrinsic to this reduction .

This process is evident in crimin-al justice . Here the momentum t ocomputerize criminal records gaine da tremendous boost from the rapid ris eof crime beginning in the early 60' sand the resultant "war on crime" de-clared by President Johnson . His"President's Commission on Law En-forcement and Administration of Jus -tice" criticized the uncoordinated ,even chaotic, state of criminal just -ice administration . Its reports srecommended, among other things ,the development of mechanisms tocoordinate criminal justice agencies ,within and between the states . Acentral recommendation was comput-erized record keeping .

In 1968, only ten states had com-puterized state-level criminal justic einformation systems . Today, al lstates do, largely due to federal fun -ding, between 1964 and 1974, of anational policymaking group and asix state demonstration project .More important, these systems arecompatible; it is technologicallypossible to send the contents offiles from one state to another virt-ually instantaneously .

Since 1974, these systems havebeen linked through the Nationa lCrime Information Center (NCIC )within the FBI . The central dat abase of the NCIC is the Computer-ized Criminal History (CCH) . ByJanuary, 1978, the NCIC was pro-

Mark is a professor of Sociology(Criminal Justice) at the Universit yof Minnesota and a friend of SPC .

cessing over 1/2 million "transac-tions" per day .

The CCH contains a record of al lcontacts an individual has with th ecriminal justice system (actually re -ported to the FBI) . These contactsextend from arrest through punishment .

HOW DID WE GET ON THE TOPOF THE "MOST WANTED LIST" ?

The validity of arrest records ha sbeen severely criticized; and arrest ,however trivial, can be recorded inthe CCH . This information ha sbeen used for many non crimina lpurposes, such as security clear-ances, bombing clearances and em-ployment screening .

In addition to these data, edu-cational institutions at all levels ,the Consumer Credit Bureau, insur-ance firms, the Census Bureau, th eSocial Security Administration, al lbranches of the military, socia lwelfare organizations, juvenilecourts and mental hospitals main-tain files containing much persona linformation . Many of these filesare indexed by social security

numbers (or contain the SSN) . Thismakes it easy to merge them .Even if we assume that the secur-ity of a computer system is suffi-cient to prevent access to restrictedinformation, a decision to makemerger possible could be implement-ed very rapidly (probably overnight) .

While we may view this dossie rsociety with alarm, we must recog-nize the tremendous pressure to pro -duce dossiers whenever efficiencybecomes a dominant value . AsFoucault's analysis of the peniten-tiary (Discipline and Punishment )illustrates, schooling, medica ltreatment, manufacturing, warfar eand punishment were all reduced t overy similar forms shortly prior to th e19th century . That form emphasize defficient surveillance and control o fthe individual . It entailed theanalysis of tasks into small stage s(e .g ., time/motion analysis) an dsystematic training of individuals t opursue these tiny steps . The mean-ingfulness of the entire enterpris ewas to be considered only at thelevel of efficiency assessment . Thefeelings of individuals marching ,learning, being healed, buildingbridges or being punished were notrelevant .

While Foucault ignores the will-ing participation of citizens in thei rown social control (workers after al ldo still choose to do demeaning work ,still send their children to schoo lwith pride and still use hospitals) ,his point is important and simple :historically the governance of wes-tern institutions has moved toward sincreasingly greater ancLmor eextensive managerial control .Extensive information consolidationabout individuals is a logica lextension of prior developments .More generally, wherever efficiencybecomes a central value, pressure s

to elaborate and centralize contro lbecome strong . And the politica lleft is not immune from thes epressures .


Computers

Computersfor Peace and Social Justice?!? !

by John BruleHow could that possibly be ?

Aren't computers being used to guideCruise missiles, replace huma nworkers, and assist in the diagnosi sof illness? Oops, how did that lastquestion get into that sentence? Bu twe know that children waste enor-mous amounts of time and moneyplaying video arcade games, watch-ing TV and being challenged by de-veloping new ways to understand ol dproblems .

Oops, again .

However, we know the FBI keeps

huge data bases on citizens, thu smaking it possible to invade theirprivacy, and we learn about this byreading publications from liberal or-ganizations that keep their mailinglists on computers !

Now waft a minute . How are wegoing to maintain our indignationabout computers if we keep gettingthese mixed signals? Maybe w ejust have to look at the situationmore' carefully, and try to control i trather than try to eliminate it .

Computers have been around forcenturies, if one counts the abacu sas a computer . But digital compu-ters ., and in particular small personalcomputers, are much more recent .Really, it's just within the last seve nor eight years that the most obviouschanges have occurred . The smal lmicrocomputer that many people hav ein their homes has more computingpower than the first electronic com-puter had that filled an entire roomnot too many years ago . And thetruth is, it is the lack of rapidenough advance in computers an dautomation that has cost many work-ers their jobs . While the auto work-ers are being thrown out of work b yforeign imports, it is well to look a

little deeper to establish why thatis happening . Part of the reasonmay well be some unfair subsidy byJapan, but undoubtedly another ma-jor reason . is that US production

John, a long-time SPC member, i sexcited by exploring new technologies .

techniques are antiquated, com-pared with the automated factorie sof Europe and Japan . Fear of auto-mation, and robots taking over ,cause people to fight change ;it is also the case that if automatedfactories had developed more rapid-ly, US workers would have beenable to keep their jobs .

But computers are just another ex -tension of the military-industria lcomplex, so we must eliminate them !

The military-industrial complexalso uses cars, airplanes, air-condi-tioners, etc, and we don't want toeliminate all of those things, too.Besides that, many small businesse suse high technology material, andmuch of this is the life blood of ou rcountry. I have worked with a smal lcompany that is making real stridesin data gathering and processing fo rcardiac research . I couldn't con-ceive that anyone would want to dis-mantle that company !

However, the computer does in-deed cause disruption of the lives ofpeople . Jobs that had existed priorto computers have been eliminated ,or perhaps reduced in challenge .

Word processors tend to eliminate alot of the work that a typist used todo, and perhaps even make the re-maining part of the work less reward-ing . This is distressing, to be sure .The change is so rapid that peopledo not have time to adjust to a newsituation, and understand it, before

it impinges on their lives . But com-

puters also create many exciting jobs

and give new meaning and under -standing to those people who ar e

able to incorporate them . The

amount of paper work that is gener-ated by the computers around theworld amounts to the equivalent ofsome 12 trillion office workers .That 's a number of people that i sthousands of times larger than theentire population of the world ! Itisn't all garbage that is generated .The world of communication has beenenlarged because of computers, andwe are able to do more things, morerapidly, and with fewer mistakes ,than ever before . The modern of-fice can keep records on tap that canand do help people to straighten outtheir affairs very efficiently . Butthe way in which office jobs are or-ganized must be adjusted to properlyconsider the effects upon all thepeople, not only the customer but al -so the supplier of services . Themodern automated factory must notonly eliminate hazardous and boringjobs that used to be performed bypeople, but also must raise th etechnological level of the peoplethat are employed .

To me, computers and automation(robots) are but another challenge tous . We must find ways to use th enew technology for the benefit of hu-mankind . But always, this is ac-complished, not by attempting tostop the growth of new things, bu tby channeling growth into meaning-ful directions . Sometimes this mightmean trying to stop certain activitie s-- human cloning? - because bothsociety and technology are not pre -pared to handle all the serious ram-ifications . But in the case of com-puters, let's riot try to stop theft ;rather join it enough to supply goodideas and humanistic growth .


Computer s

Computer Projectio n— A Fabl e

The controlling interests sent their great compu-ters like scouts into the future and asked them, "Wha twill be? "

Like all owned oracles and paid prophets the com-puters answered only the question asked. They said ,"Your system will die speedily and you will die wit hit."

Then said the controlling interests, (forgettin gto ask the second question, or religiously refusing t oadmit that there WAS a second question) "Let's have aparty/ Today let us pillage and starve the people a snever before .

We will devour the beauty and viabilit yof the earth and poison water, land and air . Let useat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die . And whenwe die, everyone dies, in a nuclear war . "

The almost powerless meanwhile were beginning t oask their little computers, and the computers withi ntheir heads, and history, "Can we kill the controllin ginterests, and take back what they have taken from us ,and live happily ever after? "

All sources responded practically, "They can kil lyou first . They are at present hopeless people who hat eyou because they must rob you beyond tolerance in orde rto make points in their sick game. You must all livetogether or you shall all die together . "

Then some irritating and sensible dissidents fromthe temporarily powerful and from the awaking powerles scame together to ask the second question : "What must wedo in order to survive?" They asked their computers,

and the computers in their heads, and books, and histor yand a man from Nazareth, and a man from India .

The answer came back : "You must together manu-facture for EVERYONE a believable and practical reasonfor hope .

"You must separate your egos from war, dogma ,profit and self-righteousness so that you may work to-gether, laughing (and sometimes cursing) and pla ytogether in the sun .

"And what you do must be based on love for eachother, and for all the other dwellers upon the earth ,and for the lovely and hospitable earth itself . "

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Well designed equipment is only the first step in assur-ing a safe, healthy, and productive work environment .The implementation of automation in the workplace is ofequal, if not greater, importance . The new technolog yshould relieve office workers of repetitive work, upgrad eskills, and increase promotional opportunities . 9to5 andDistrict 925 recommend the following for ensuring th ehealth and safety of Video Display Terminal (VDT) oper-ators :To employers -*Equipment should be adjustable to the worker, not vic e

versa . The angle of the keyboard to the screen should beeasily adjustable . Both the brightness of the letters andthe contrast between the letters and the screen should b eadjustable as well ,*Display screens with glare-reducing glass are prefer -

able . Printers should be as quiet as possible and no tplaced near the operator . Optional antiglare shields an dnoise covers should be provided for all operators .

,'Comfortable, adjustable chairs are essential for VDT

operators .*Frequent rest breaks are essential for operators of VDTs*Regular employer-paid eye exams should be provided for

all operators, and employers should pay for glasses i fneeded for VDT work ,*Office workers should be informed of plans to introduc e

automation before decisions are made . Employees shouldbe involved in making decisions about the applications ofthe equipment and the systems introduced .

*Women who choose to become pregnant should be give nthe choice to transfer to non-VDT work at no loss in pay .*Preventive maintainence checks should be provided fo r

all equipment at 6-month intervals, and workers shouldhave access to maintainence logs .*The VDT work environment should be redesigned to

prevent crowding and noise and to provide proper lightingadequate work space, comfortable furnishings and goodair quality .

To VDT operator-*I f you work in an office where you cannot individuall y

control factors relating to your health and safety,and i fyour employer is unaware of, or insensitive to VDT .hazards, then it is time that you and your fellow VDToperators unionize . Contact District 925 at 446-4495, o r3060 Erie Blvd . East, Syracuse, NY . 13201 . With a unio nyou can have a say in designing your job,work pace ,work environment, and introduction of new equipment .

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Use Computers, But Choose PeopleI no longer worry about turning into a computer frea k

who sits in a closet all day playing with a machine anddoesn't know how to relate to people . I no longer us ecomputers . Still, I feel a need to consider what we do toour images, to ourselves and our relationships with eac hother by using computers .

We err by accepting computers unquestioningly and byrejecting them fearfully . People are behind what com-puters do, and remembering that is the best way to keepthings in perspective .

To say that "a computer is infallible" is a fallacy .The people behind the computer's performance are fallibl elike any of us . But "the computer made a mistake " isalso a fallacy . Program designers make the mistakes .They forget to put in steps to handle all cases . They at -

tempt to program processes that they don't understandwell enough - or perhaps that are beyond comprehension .If we ignore the person behind the program, no one i smade responsible for errors and injustices .

People can care, love, and create beautiful and mean-ingful works, appriciate beauty and understand meaning ;people can do much more than they can program . We mayassume that a computer can be made to do a given task a swell as or better than a person . But tor some tasks, thi sis to ignore the wonder and the importance of human feel-ings- like caring .

For example- the relationship between a patient and apsychotherapist would seem to be one calling especiall yfor personal caring . Yet some psychotherapists and com-puter experts developed visions of therapy by compute rafter seeing a program, " Eliza " , mimic a Rogeria npsychotherapist . The program's creator, Joseph Weizen-

baum of M .I .T ., was very dismayed . He only meant forit to test some idea about computer analysis of natura llanguage and never intended any ideas about machin etherapy .

Computer " therapy" deprives a needing person of ahelping human contact . Yet computers can also bringpeople together--to site one example, making com-munication easier for handicapped people . The friend ofa man with cerebral palsy designed a special compute rfor him that changed his life . A pointer attached to hi shead allowed him to pick out sounds and words from akeyboard , which were then "spoken" by a speech synth-esizer . Being able to talk to people meant that he couldfinally have personal relationships ; people were able an dwilling to communicate with him and discovered a rea lperson behind the physical problem .

We can explore applications to help people get along .

We should take care that more mundane uses are reallyto the benefit of all concerned . Anyone using computers

has a responsibilty to know what he or she is doing an dand to keep people uppermost in his or her mind . Thisshould be a part of education in the use of computers :we get to choose . And we must choose well .

Mary Mihalyi

COmputers - "Progress" at What Cost ?Throughout our society computers are being hailed a s

a technological advance destined to change our lives .We all recognize that computers can be used for bothpositive and negative purposes . The Peace Council canput our mailing list on a computer and save volunteertime . Selective Service can use computerized IRS anddriver's license records to track down suspected non-reg-istrants . But are there certain values (or dangers) in-herent in the use of computers? I see this as one of th ekey issues in evaluating our use of computers !

Computers are a tool used to accomplish various tasksOther tools can and have been used to perform much ofthe "work" now done computers . Perhaps the main ben-efit attributed to computers is efficiency . They can per-form both simple and complex tasks much faster thanpeople can do them . Efficiency can be important but i tis only one factor in our work . Human working condi -tions, a feeling of community, and accessible technolo-gy are others that are equally important . For example ,is it better to have someone spend several hours with acomputer as it prints out labels, or a group of peopl esorting labels around a table ?My experience with computers is not extensive, so m yfeelings are partly intuitive . But it seems to me thatcomputers foster a certain mindset . Problems and solu -

tions are seen in technical rather than human terms . Ra-ther than increasing our ability to respond to other peo-ple (subjective beings), we learn to expect "programm-ed" responses from machines . Can we help but applywhat we learn about relating to machines to our relation -ships with other people ?

Certainly the changes necessary for us to reverse th egrowing use of computers are tremendous . But as peaceactivists who recognize the deeply rooted nature of vio-lence in our society, we are already calling for drasti cchanges in our daily lives, Above all, we must assertour own definitions of progress and decide how compu-ters fit into this . Does progress mean technological in-novation, or an improvement in the quality of our inter-actions with other people and life on Earth ?

When I talk with people about computers I feel tha tthey're saying, "Computers are here to stay so wemight as Well take advantage of them ." As peace -seeking people I feel that we have a right and responsibil-ity not to blindly accept but to carefully evaluate thesocial costs of these new technologies . We should netmore unquestioningly accept computers and the valuesthey reflect than we do the inevitability of war and in -

justice .- Andy Mager


Computers

Racism & Sexism Prevalent in High Tech Firm sCorporations and politicians alike feed us "high tech-

nology propaganda" . Many leading Democrats, inclu-ding Senator Paul Tsongas and Presidential aspirant GaryHart, claim that expansion of high technological firm swould resolve many of America's long-term economi cproblems . But let's look at reality .

Racial and sexual segregation already characterizes

high tech manufacture . Whites comprise over 96 percent

of all professional and managerial positions in high tech-related firms, such as insurance, computers , and bank-

ing . Women and nonwhites total over 90 percent of th e

low-level workers in these companies . Despite industry

claims that high: tech could increase demand for skille d

workers, most political economists predict that high tec hwill create only 900,000 new jobs over the next ten year sThe vast majority of these will be clericals and opera-tives . Minorities now entering the field won't benefit

.materially .

High technology yearly eliminates thousands of job swhich were the sectors of Blacks, Hispanics and women .Several hundred thousand black women are currently em-ployed as bank tellers, keypunch operators, etc . Em-ployment in these vocations will drop by at least one -fifth during the next ten to fifteen years due to computer

use . TwQ disturbing illustrations of this dynamic can becited . One major New York bank recently issued a state-ment telling depositors below a certain amount that the ywould transact normal business via a bank card machin erather than seeing a teller . This meant the number oftellers could be reduced . Since 1970, the number o ftelephone operators has been cut 30 percent, also be -

cause of computer use . Corporate technology promise sto continue this trend .

American banks subsidize the high tech explosion

abroad, which undermines U .S . jobs . Between 1960 and

1983, for instance, the sale of foreign made steel in th e

U .S . expanded from 4 percent to 23 percent . Why? The

pension funds of U .S . Steel and Bethlehem Steel had, a sof the late 1970s, a total of $133 million invested in th estock of ten major banks . Using these same deposits ,plus those of other American workers, these bank s

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loaned Japanese steel companies more than 1 .16 5billion dollars . Japanese steel firms have taken U.S .workers' capital to develop high tech steel production ,which displaces those steel workers !

Aggressive export of high tech oriented productiorfacilities by U .S . -based multinationals, and supp-ression of foreign workers' wages, has sent hundred sof thousands of Americans to unemployment lines .No wonder the percentage of foreign made electrica lcomponents in the past twenty-three years has soare dfrom 1 to 26; of consumer electronics, 6 to 95 ; and ofcalculators, 5 to 45 per cent .

High technology could serve the interests of labor ,rather than the destructive prerogatives of the banks an dcorporations . Technological advances must serve thepublic policy goal of a full employment economy at home ,and more effective affirmative action for Blacks Latino s

and women .

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With energy renewed from the International Days o fProtest in October, affinity groups in Upstate New Yor kgathered again to protest the already begun Euromissiledeployment . Our actions were in solidarity with our Euro-pean sisters and brothers and with the resistance witnes sby the Griffiss Plowshare Seven .

The December 3-12 actions occurred both at Griffis sAir Force Base (GAFB) and Seneca Army Depot (SEAD) .Legal and non-legal actions took place . Leaflets werehanded out at both military installations by Syracuse ,Geneva and Ithaca affinity groups . Eleven people from a nIthaca affinity group entered GAFB to leaflet in a residen tarea . Ot)lers joined them and sixteen people were appre-hended .

Public vigils at each facility were well attended withover 130 people at the Finger Lakes Peace Alliance vigi lat SEAD on Dec . 11 . The Women's Encampment held tw ovigils at SEAD . The Ithaca women's affinity group walke daround the the entire depot and returned the followingSaturday to blockade the air strip .

Affinity groups chose many ways of entering SEAD .The International Peace Keeping Force, of Geneva, en-tered the air traffic control tower two separate times .

Spinsters Opposed to Nuclear Genocide took dow nsome 15 yards of SEAD fence near the "Q" zone and leftundetected . Two women from Rochester walked throug hthe main gate with ornaments and signs to convert SEA Dinto a travel bureau .

On December 12th, the fourth anniversary of the NAT Odecision to deploy Cruise and Pershing II missiles,SEADwas the focus of several actions . Seven people from"Help Wanted" out of Buffalo, attempted to blockade theairstrip . A simultaneous witness at Congressman Kemp ' soffice protested his support of the deployment . An affinitygroup with people from Oswego, Geneva, Washington DC ,Romulus and Rochester blockaded the airstrip at two se-parate times .

In addition, three women from the Women's Interven-tion to Stop the Holocaust tampered with a lock and threw

red paint on the military security center in Geneva .Lee Ann Irwin

At an evaluation meetin gin January plans were madeto continue the affinitygroup network . Does youraffinity group want to joi nthe network? For moreinformation contact : Kare nBeetle 315-472-5478 .

Silkwood Seven at SenecaOn Dec. 3rd the Syracuse Women's Affinity Group too k

part in a non-violent civil disobedience action at Senec aArmy Depot, Seven women entered the depot carryingsigns "We Are Missile-Stopping Women! ", and sat on th e

airstrip .All seven women used the name Karen Silkwood . Two

were released with "ban and bar" letters . The other fiv ewere detained for the weekend and brought to the Rocheste rFederal Court Monday morning, During an arraignmentand trial (Jan 23) the court found four women guilty, anddropped charges on the fifth . A donation of food value dat $ 100 was offered to the Rochester Catholic Worker a spayment of two fines .

A similiar action took place the same weekend at amilitary installation in Australia where over 300 wome ndid civil disobedience and used the name Karen Silkwood .

Patchwork at Seneca

— Janet Schneider

On the last day of Ten Days of Actions the Patchworkaffinity group from Syracuse went into the Seneca Arm yDepot to protest NATO ' s decision four years earlier t odeploy Cruise and Pershing II missiles .

With signs on our backs which told that we were a n"International Peace Making Force" we entered the depot .Singing, we walked to the airstrip . There we put toy swith messages from children .

With a folkdance from Greece we blocked the runway.The folkdance also made the nervous military policemore relaxed and it gave us some contact with them beforethe arrest .

After we got arrested and handcuffed we were trans -ported to a detention center inside the depot .

All six in our affinity group got "ban and bar" letter sand were released later the same day .

— Per Herngren

Resisting Frivolous FinesFrivolous war tax resisters have discovered thi s

word to mean income tax returns to which the governmen tobjects at a cost of $500 .

Locally we know two instances of "frivolous" penal-ties . Diane and Peter Swords claimed a refund of 40% o ftheir taxes (already withheld) by taking a "war tax deduct ,

ion" . They received the refund in June and sent it to theConscience and Military Tax Campaign. In Decemberthey received an IRS form assessing a $500 penalty fo rfiling a "frivolous income tax return" . To contest th epenalty, 15% of it had to be paid within thirty days and aclaim filed for abatement of penalty . The Swords paid th e15% under protest at the Federal Building on January 3rd ,accompanied by about 25 supporters . They donated a n

equal amount to the American Friends Service Committee .

Kath Buffington had filed for a refund of her alreadywithheld taxes based on a "war tax credit" but did no treceive it . She received notice of her $500 "frivolous "penalty in late December . Since then she was taxed a nadditional unexplained amount . She will not pay and wil lcontinue her protest this year .

—Diane Sword s

Griffiss Plowshares Free dThe Griffiss Plowshares defendants had a hearing i n

Syracuse on Dec . 14 . They responded to court's earlierunwillingness to release them with several arguments .

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Now they await denial of abatement . Upon receipt of tha tdenial they have thirty days to bring suit in U .S . Distric tCourt .


Regula rFirst, they pointed out that the court recognized the Ai rForce's indictment but ignored the defendant's indictment ,which found Ronald Reagan et al guilty of war crimes .Secondly, they proved that by waiting to be arrested in -side of Griffiss for two hours, they were obviously takin gresponsibility for their act, expecting a trial, and couldbe counted on to appear in court . Finally, Dean Hamme rmentioned that bail is not meant to be a punishment bu trather a form of assurance that defendants will show u pin court . The judge decided to release the defendant swithout bail with the understanding that they would re -turn for trial .

The next hearing is unscheduled as of now and wil lprobably be in early March . The seven are home wit htheir families, and have been meeting regularly to preparefor trial . For further information, contact Mary Loehr ,

at (607)257-1852 .

-Mary Loehr

Trials and Tribulation s- On December 9th, Karen Beetle was found guilty b ythe Rome City Court for her participation in a blockade ofGriffiss following the deployment of the first Cruise Mis-siles in England . She was fined, refused to pay the fine ,and was resentenced to three days in jail . She was re-leased after 1 V2 hours .- Carol McKenzie, Kim Blacklock, & Johanna Benshop o fthe Women's Encampment were arrested for throwing pain ton the military recruiters office in Geneva in early Dec .They were found guilty, sentenced to a fine and resti-tution . They refused to pay, and were given the maximu msentence . 89 DAYS . Send letters of support to : Ontari oCounty Jail, 74 Ontario St . Canandaigua, NY 14424, Forupdates or more info call : (607) 869-5825 .

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New York -- The Sacrifice Stat eIn February, 1984, a series of hearing will take place

around New York state to determine how "low-level "radioactive waste will be handled in New York and thesurrounding states . The West Valley dump, about 17 0miles southwest of Syracuse, could easily become th e

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state area . The West Valley dump closed in 1975 whe n

radioactive water broke through the trench caps andspilled into surrounding streams that drain into Lak eErie, the drinking water for millions of people in the U S

and Canada . Plutonium at West Valley has moved a tleast 60 feet from one of the burial holes . The formeroperator, Nuclear Fuel Services/Getty Oil Company ,said it would move, at most, 3 inches in that amount

of time .

Lots of Power, NO AccountabilityIn 1980, a federal law was passed requiring eac h

state to care for its own nuclear waste by 1986 . Groupsof states could join to form a regional agreement (o r

compact) and site regional dumps . Eleven states could

join the Northeast Compact . Numerous unresolvedquestions have led many in the northeast to oppose i t

and offer alternate proposals . Some of the problems :

*A group of gubernatorial appointees would form a Com-mission to assure a dump for the region . This Commis-sionwould be an unelected, unaccountable interstat e

- body .

THE TRIAL OF LEONARD PELTIER - Messerschmid t(7 .50 )

A BASIC CALL TO CONSCIOUSNESS - ed . Akwesasn e

Notes (5 .50 )CUSTER DIED FOR YOUR SINS - Deloria (3 .50 )WHITE ROOTS OF PEACE - Wallace (5 .00 )GOD IS RED - Deloria (3 .95)

*The Commission could supersede local and state laws .*The Commission can accept donations from privat ecorporations .

*There is no clear public participation program and n oprocedures for Commission decision-making .

*The state which accepts the dump has sole legal andfinancial responsibilities .

*No environmental impact statement is required fo rCommission action .

Witnesses needed, no exp . nec .People (like you!) are needed to testify in Syracus e

on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1984, 2-5 pm or 7-9 pm a tthe Onondaga County Legislature Building, Room 407 ,

Montgomery Street . Background information and coach-ing(!) is available from Kath Buffington, AFSC, 821 Euc-lid Avenue, Syracuse, 13210, 315-475-4822 or Dian eD'Arrigo, Sierra Club Radioactive Waste Campaign, 7 8Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, 14201, 716-884-1000 . If youcan't testify, write a letter and Kath or Diane will submi tit . Petitions and sample resolutions are also available .

A draft or summary of the draft study on low-leve lwaste in NYS can be obtained from jack Spath, NYSERDA ,2 Rockefeller Plaza, Albany, 12223, 518-465-6251 . Hewill also accept pre-registration from witnesses for th eFebruary 16th hearing . Other dates are scheduled forAlbany, New York City, Mineola, and Buffalo .

-compiled by Kath Buffington

SEVEN ARROWS - Hyemeyohsts Storm

(12 .95 )SONGS FROM THIS EARTH ON TURTLE'S BACK -

Contemporary American Indian Poetry -Bruchac ,ed .

(9 .95 )POSTCARDS : Geronimo, Kill Spotted Horse, Sittin g

Bull, Chief Joseph, Chief Wolf Robe, more . . .ALSO : Akwesasne Note s


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Dennis Banks UpdateDemocratic Conventions . Banks 'supporters will promote Dennis 'case against the federal indictmentfor unlawful flight and address th eissue of Native American rights a tthe N .Y .S . and National Conven-tions . Dennis (not the usua l"select committee" of Native andnon-native people) will write th eNative American plank . Dennisneeds a strong legislative advocat eand examples of position paper swhich have been entered as platform :before . Any suggestions or help wil lbe appreciated .Olympic Games. Dennis is in-volved in promoting sports at theOnondaga Nation and is preparingfor the summer Olympics in L .A .A campaign is just beginning to ena-ble the Six Nations to compete wit hsovereign status . Donald Swamp ,an Onondagan, will run for the Si xNations - not for the U .S . - and maycompete with record miler Sebastia nCoe before the Olympics .

Jim Thorpe Memorial Games . Work

has begun to establish an "Indian

Olympics " on or near the site an d

time of the Olympics this summer .

The Thorpe Games will enable Native

People to compete fairly outside th e

U .S . dominated Olympics and dra w

attention to the long struggle to re -turn the Jim Thorpe Olympic Medal sto his family . More information wil lbe available . Contact the Denni sBanks Support Committee at 476-610 3

and/or come to the Floyd Westerma nBenefit Concert on February 11 . De-

tails on calendar .

'hone Tax Equals War TaxPhone tax resistance is a clear ,

low-risk way to make a statemen tagainst paying for war .

To resist this tax, deduct th eamount of the federal tax from you rphone bill and fill in, sign , and en-close the "Taxes for Peace" sli p(stuffer) . Resisted money can beredirected to human service and com-munity groups .

Telephone tax refusal is betwee nthe individual and the government .Nonpayment of the tax cannot affectphone service . The phone companyreports the telephone tax resister t othe IRS .

The IRS can take unpaid taxe sfrom bank accounts, wages, or prop-erty seizure, but must notify the

resister first . The resister can pa yat any point . In fact, collection hasbeen extremely rare since the Vie tNam war .

Women's Peace Presenceto Stop Project Elf

The spirit of the Women's Encamp-ment for a Future of Peace and Justic econtinues in the midwest with Wo-men's Peace Presence to Stop ProjectElf . Project Elf is the Navy's firs tstrike one-way transmitter for theTrident submarines . The Encampmentwill open May 28, 1984 in NorthernWisconsin near the Elf site . Supportis needed . For more information ,write to WPPSPE , 731 State St . Mad-ison, WI 53703, (608) 257-7562 .

May Memorial Votesfor Sanctuary

In December of 1983 May Memo-rial Unitarian-Universalist Societ y(MMUS) voted to become a part o fa nationwide network to provid esafe asylum for El Salvadoran refu-gees fleeing the violence in theirhomeland . This symbolic sanctu-ary speaks to a number of purposes :1, to educate the community abou tthe plight of the refugees ; 2 . toprovide safe haven for refugees ; 3 .to work toward a reclassification o fthe status of the refugees under Im-migration and Naturalization Servic elaw; 4, to challenge and changesome aspects of US policy in Centra lAmerica,

This action by the MMUS Congre-gation followed a four month periodof intensive study of the issues andproblems in El Salvador . FOCUS ,who initially contacted MMUS re-questing support for this project ,provided speakers and films for thi seducational process . Discussiongroups and two formal Congregationa lhearings explored the possible con-sequences of this action which ma ybe a form of civil disobedience . TheSanctuary committee provided factsheets on the issues', coordinatededucational events and made a strongeffort to create an atmosphere wher epros and cons could be discussedwithout censure .

MMUS is now looking to the wide rSyracuse community for endorsementof this action . It is hoped that a re-fugee will be here in early Springand a broad base of ecumenical andcommunity support will insure his/her safety as well as providing in -creased public awareness . This sup-port can take the form of otherChurches declaring Sanctuary, o rChurches, organizations and individ-uals within or outside of the religiou scommunity endorsing the project ,and/or supporting it materially . Formore information, please contact Pa mWalker, FOCUS Sanctuary Committee ,(479-5648) or Ann Tiffany, MMUS

"This Card .- Isn't a CardMen who registered for the draft

this fall are being issued wallet siz-ed "registration acknowledgementforms" designed to replace the formletters previously used as proof ofregistration .

Spokeswoman Joan Lamb explainsfor Selective Service : " This card isnot really a card, because it is notat thick as a card . It is a slip of pa -per they can carry with them voluntar-ily . It is a handy little thing we de -signed for their convenience . "

The first draft cards were issued inthe U .S . during WWII . More than amillion men were seized in major ci-ties accross the country during th ewar . They were held if they coul dnot produce draft cards .


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Classified listings should be typed or printed and mailed to PNLClassifieds, 924 Bumet Ave ., Syr ., N .Y . 13203 . You may also call-inyour ad by calling 1-315-656-8297 . Ads are free and will run for tw omonths after which further correspondence is necessary .Donations areaccepted and appreciated !

Artists & photographers are invited to submit work or proposals to Syracuse Cult-ural Workers Project for consideration in our 1985 calendar, posters or postcards .Send to Box 6367, Syracuse, NY 13217 or call Dik at (315)474-1132 .

Food needed (money too) by Dennis Banks, family and friends at the Onondaga Nation .Food may be taken to the Church Center, 3049 E . Genesee St ., Syr, 13224 and give n

to Dorothy Campbell-Hiney, 446-7185 .

Housemate wanted to share large house in Westcott area with 2 adults and one child .Fireplace, washer&dryer, on busline . Quiet nonsmoker preferred . $150/mo . include s

utilities . Call Linda or Dik at 474-1132 anytime .

Housemate wanted-join our wonderful vegetarian, nonsmoking cooperative householdin Westcott area ; share chores, utilities . Experience in cooperative living helpful .Call 475-2202 .

Housemate wanted . Sunny room in 3 bdrm house, live with woman and child, outeruniversity . Female preferred, older student or working . Vegetarian nonsmoker . Ren t$135/mo . plus, but negotiable for some childcare . Quiet street, laundry .422-2615 .

Money is still needed to help support our European intern, Per Herngren . ContactAllen at SPC, 472-5478 if you can help in any way .

Yoga classes, Womens Information Center every Tuesday night at 7 :00 p .m . .

Womens massage class to meet 4 times in Feb . Study deep pressure massage to

relieve tension &balance body energies . Contact Debra Lee & Barb Dunn 478-5522 .

Using a pendulum to channel inner wisdom 4 classes in Feb . Call Barb Dunn 478-5522 .

Yoga for Activists . There is space available in upcoming Yoga classes . Reduced feefor activists . Classes start Monday, Feb . 13 . Call Gerry Edwards at 472-4564 .

Do you have a space heater you could loan The Front Room Too Bookstore for th ewinter? It's unheated and cold . Thanks, Carol 472-5478 .

P .S ., a network of women & men supporting alternatives to nuclear weapons an dabortion, is looking for a used mimeograph machine . If you have one to donate orsell , call: Scott 424-9356 .

ACCORD has lowered the age eligibility from age 60 to 55 for Discount Merchan tmembership card . Get your discount card and save 10% plus on many of your pur-chases . Call the ACCORD office at 422-2331.

Keenagers are looking for new members . Open to men &women who consider themselve ssenior citizens .

For more information, call Mrs . Bark 472-4027 or drop in for lunc hwhich is served every Tuesday at noon , Euclid Community Open House, Syr . NY.

Three Mile Island Mail Art Exhibition : Send your postcard art (3x5 to 8x10) to th e4th annual TMI art exhibit . This years theme not only considers the TMI nuclear

Reactor Incident but deals with all aspects of the nuclear question . Work to bedisplayed Merch8-23 at Gettysburg College, Penn . Send entries to Art Dept .

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325 . Deadline'Feb . 29 . Further Informatio navailable : Prof. James D . Agars (717) 334-3131, ext . 203 .

We are seeking banners from Peace . Nuclear and Social justice demonstrationsfor a show in NY city, then treeing country wide . Banners of design merit (if in

doubt let us decide) . Send dimensions & color slide/photo by March 1 to Banners ,Westbury Peace Center, 550 Post Ave ., Westbury, NY 11590 .

Singing for our Lives a collection of songs about peace .and social change is availablefor all interested peacemakers . Order copies from Guelph Actioa for Peace, box 144 ,Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N 1H 6G6. $6 .50 plus $1 .75 postage . Bulk rates available .

The Lisle Fellowship in cooperation with the Gandhi Peace Foundation is sponsorin ga trensnetional/intercultural peace project to be held in India June 14-25, 1984 .

The theme of the program is "Alternatives to Violence : Education for Social Change . "Share in cooperative living, dialogue & spiritual discipline, training & experience innonviolent action. Write to Rev . Carl Kline, United Ministries, 802 I1th Ave .Brookings, South Dakota 57006, for more information .

Opening for Elementary Teacher in independent, non-sectarian, parent run school .Part time to become full time for energetic, committed person . Send resume/statement of interest by Feb . 15 to Hickory Hollow School, 21 Taber Rd. Newfield NY 1486 7

Slant six Dodge Coronet for sale . 1969, good mechanically, body very rough, automatictrans, power steering, good rat, $100, call Dik at 474-1132 anytime, oh-yeh-2doors .

RECON's winter issue includes : Battleship Base for NY city, Air Force Space Command ,Nuclear Warhead Production, Cost of Carrier Battlegroup Doubles and much more .Send $10 /year (4lssues) to RECON, PO box 14602, Philadelphia, PA 19134 .

Georgia Center for Continuing Education announces their forthcoming conference o n" Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution"to be held Sept. 20-23 at the University o fMissouri-St . Louis, St . Louis , Missouri . For more information contact EdwardS . Weeks at Georgia Center for Continuing Educ . University of Georgia-Athens 30602 .

The Peace Museum, Chicago, is organizing a special exhibition entitled "5000 Button sfor Peace", concentrating on the history of the U . S . peace movement . Button collector sare encouraged to donate peace buttons for permanent collection at museum and fo rconsideration as exhibit items in the show, scheduled for May, 1984 . Your contributionswould be most helpful , send to The Peace Museum, 364 W . Erie st ., Chicago, IL, 60610 .

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Advocates for Choices InChildbirth mtg . 7 :30pmPlymouth Ch . 428-9922

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dor to speak at Caz . Co l8 :30pm In the gymPhys . for Soc . Respons .mtg . 6pm Upstate Me dCtr . 475-0062

Magdo Enriques of Nicar -aqua will speak at 7 :30 :Brighton Family Center .Nuclear Freeze Mtg .7 :30pm May Mem C h479-5658

CNY NOW mtg . 7 :30p mFed Bldg . Rm 1117 446 -212 8

TFR Meeting 7-9pm a tSPC 472-5478

Marxist Theory & Rev .Struggle in C .A . : JohnNagle 11 :40am 119 Coll -ege Pl freeGay/Lesbian Conf.cover dish supper & mtg .

NVS Films : 7 :30 & 9 :30pmKittr . Aud . $

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Universal Worship Svce . 7 :3 0pm, May Msm Ch, Spon- SufiOrder of the West

NYPIRG Gen'l InterestMtg . 7 :30 SU Nobel Rm .Hendricks Ch 476-8381

. Ch Ctr 422-5732 Jowonio Benefit with Cranber -ryIake, 8pm, Sumner School ,215 Bassett St . $4

12 13 14 15 16 In Our Hands

17 . 18Cross Country Skiing, 9 :30am Yoga Class, Beg . 7pm Childbirth Support & Educators for Soc Respor In Our Hands, NVS Films NVS Films : 7 :30 & 9 :30 Every Sat . Westcott Recycle s

glass, alum ., returnable bot-ECOH Spon- New Envir Assoc . Ctr . for Hol ° Lvng 471- Communicatn . mtg. Ply- mtg . 7 :30pm Laubach Lit 7 :30 & 9 :30pm Kitt Aud Kittredge Aud $2 423-3870

ties & cans, 12-9pm . 30 14564 mouth Ch 422-7791 673-1083 $2 423-387 0Low-Level Radiation Every Fri.

Macrobiotic Din-Jud-976-7001Gr Syr

Lesbian/Gay Co nY< Yoga Class . Inter . 5 :30p Adoptees Liberty M'ment Gay Husbands &Fathers Hearing 2'Spm & 7-9pm tier & Lecture, 6pm, $8 East-Peat St . 472-415 7

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mtg . 422-5732 Onon Co Ct Hse Rm . 407 West Ctr. 475 - 72302-Spm 446-222 9African Art Exhibit 2/12-3/3 Master Harold & the Boy Contemp . Democracy in 474-4822 Celtic Folk Music ;

Two Flights Up Gallery, 404 BoYs (S . African play) Meditation Classes 471- Nigeria 3pm SU Bird Lib NAACP mtg . 7 :30pm 116 Annable Taylor Hal l

S . Franklin St . 471-8155 8pm Civic Ctr 424-8210 4564 Ctr for holistic Lvg 1916 rm . Rox 423-4302 Furman St . 471-3891 Ithaca 8pm .

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24 25Mental Patients Alliance Mtg. PAR mtg . 7pm Jane 478- PNL Production . Brush LIP OM mtg . 7 :30pm SPC Somebody Pax Christi mtg . 10:30 am3pm . Plymouth Ch . 8521 or Linda 475-0062 on your layout, proff House 472-5478 NVS Films : 7 :30 & 9 :30pm 208 Slocum Ave .

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PNL Production. Come reading or typing skills! Women's Info .Newsier_ Kittredge Aud . $2 423-3870

Front Room Bookstore ope n_Help!!! Gr Syr NOW mtg . 8pm Ma SPC's new disarmament ter mtgs . every Thurs . Open 10-2pm Every Saturday

If listed grps change May Mem Ch 446-2754 Project meets--7 :30 pm, 7pm 478-4636

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Upstate ResistanceDance Benefit

~' in the gym Every Tues . Kundalini Helene 44 Barb & Deb 478-5522 Concert "Vaguely Reminescent of theP`

R•`+ Contra Dance 8pm Yoga 7pm Women's Info . Barb Dunn60's" 8pm ECOH $3-5 472 -C

Grace Epis Ch $1 .50 Mercy 471-2504 8pm Refreshments, 9p m~ ; ., Music at ECOH 472-5478 (see pg . 10)

Inter-Religious Instr forPeace mtg . 9 :30 am Friendsmtg . house 475-4822

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PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURC H232 E . Onondaga St., Syracuse, N.Y.saturday, february 11 1984 at 8:00 pmreception and refreshments at 7 :3(3ADMISSION PRICE $3-5 (SLIDING SCALPS) Al DOOR

sponsored by the syracuse cultural workers projec tand the dennis banks support committee

Floyd Westerman is a Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux singer and songwriter .Floyd has performed with Willie Nelson, Kris itristoffereon and sit e

Coolidge . Presently an MM representative, Floyd is a well known musi-cian in Europe and travels the earth singing and speaking about the dan-gert of nuclear development and the right of indigenous peoples to sell-deierminetion .

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