DANGER OPPORTUNITY

CRISIS

The Chinese wo+dfor *'crisis" is composed of two characters: *'danger" and 'bpportunity." The coming decade will certainly be a time of danger as old patterns self-destruct; but i t will also be a time of F e a t opportunity for new modes of lCfe to emerge.

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I f you ask anyone about Carnegie , y o u ' l l g e t a s many answers a s peop le asked, but i t ' l l g e n e r a l l y be good. There ' s something about t h i s p l a c e - enough v a r i e t y G dep th o f a c t i v i t i e s and o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o make t h e p l a c e okay. S t i l l , c a l l s from people s t i l l asking ques t ions l i k e "Can I come i n i f I come down the re?" o r "1s everyone i n t h e r e drunk a l l t h e time?" o r you hear from someone who d r i v e s by every day saying t o a f r i e n d who s a y s t o a Carnegie u s e r : "I s e e them on t h a t c o r n e r every day, t h o s e d runks E pimps & d e a l e r s a t t h e Carnegie ."

So much f o r s t e r e o t y p e s . A group o f s t u d e n t s from Capi lano

Col lege made a v ideo h e r e r e c e n t l y ; a d i s p l a y o f photos t aken by s t r e e t k i d s go t coverage on CBC TV na t ionwide ; G f o r some mys t ica l reason, i n t h e mids t o f c i ty-wide budget c u t s , Carnegie go t funding f o r year-round s t a f f a t Oppen- heimer Park. Both Pam Brown and S teve

Johnson have done such an i n c r e d i b l e j o b t h e r e f o r months t h a t , when t h e c r u c i a l c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e i r work was p r e s e n t e d t o t h e fund ing peop le , i t g o t l i s t e d as an e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e !

Oh yeah. A l i t t l e i t e m t h a t q u i e t l y passed unanimously a t C i t y Council ( i n t h e middle o f 5% c u t s t o e v e r y C i t y Department) - we got $125,000 t o f i n - i s h r e n o v a t i o n s t o t h e l s t , 2nd G l a n e l e v e l f l o o r s b e f o r e Xmas a c t i v i t i e s .

There ' s t h i s motley crew c a l l i n g themselves t h e Reno's Committee who w i l l meet a f t e r t h i s goes t o p r e s s t o make a d e f i n i t e l i s t o f e x a c t l y what w i l l be done wi th t h e e x t r a money.

George P u i l , one o f t h e C o u n c i l l o r s , s a i d i n 1979 when C a r n e g i e ' s f u t u r e was be ing deba ted t h a t p u t t i n g money i n t o Carneg ie 'was l i k e pour ing it down a r a t h o l e . J u s t r e c e n t l y he s a i d t h a t t h e C i t y o f Vancouver has a "moral ob- l i g a t i o n " t o suppor t Carnegie. Bruce Er icksen & Libby Davies spearheaded t h e b a t t l e i n t h e l a t e 7 0 ' s t o make Carnegie i n t o a community c e n t r e . I f you send X m a s c a r d s , o r j u s t want t o c a l l them up a t C i t y H a l l G say thanks ... m By PAULR TAYLOR

He Is Not Dead

I cannot say, and I w i l l n o t say That he is dead. He is j u s t away. With a cheery s m i l e , and a wave o f t h e hand, He has wandered i n t o an unknown land And l e f t us dreaming how very f a i r I t needs must be, s i n c e he l i n g e r s t h e r e And you - oh you, who t h e w i l d e s t yearn For an o ld - t ime s t e p , and t h e g l a d r e t u r n Think o f him a s f a r i n g on, a s d e a r In t h e love of t h e r e a s t h e l o v e o f h e r e Think o f him s t i l l a s t h e same. I say , He i s n o t dead - He i s j u s t away.

James Whitcomb R i l e y

-1\ PACT WITH THE STARS

I would d i e when all seasons tu rn t o winter and t h e winds of summer

cold on t h i s skin , as April t o September vanishes i n a long, vague moment of surrender t o the l a s t kinship of autumn.

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In the sweetness of t h a t hour, may I bear the

' thorns and the hemlock

1 Jpon t h e t i s s u e of my , hear t , and cry out

l o t f o r mercy, ?ut acceptance.

Gar ry Gust The a s s t h a t walks & t a l k s , Given Canada away, Jobs go everyday, Mexico & U.S.A. Should klck h i s a s s , He has nc c l a s s , Catering t o Corporate e l i t e Nothing but a bag of d e c e i t ,

Balroney,

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I knew h e r once, many t imes I w i l l l o v e h e r always She meant t h e world t o me. And I cou ld n e v e r t e l l h e r so. Can i t be t h a t it i s f o r e v e r o v e r I missed my chance,

So many many changes. - Whatever could I have been t h i n k i n g - To know e x a c t l y how I was f e e l i n g - To l e t t h i s p r e c i o u s love s l i p away So s lowly, s o p a i n f u l l y - I f e l t i n my h e a r t o f h e a r t s - C u t t i n g i n t o s o deep and hard - and s o e n d l e s s l y f a t a l . - A sorrow t h a t w i l l always - remain wi th in me u n t i l t h e - end o f my days f o r now and - f o r t h e e t e r n a l h e r e a f t e r . - Where has s h e gone my p a r t n e r - Where i s she now Oh p l e a s e - S t a r s above me, l e a d t h e way - Up so high where you a r e

The a s s t h a t walks & t a l k s . . . - Shining h O ~ e f u i l ~ ~ O r far - below beneath me. P lease

Brian Wagget

The Lonely Wonderer

I ' m a l o s t s o u l j u s t wondering about . I o f t e n wonder why I was brought h e r e . I r e a l l y d o n ' t be long he re . I 'm always passed abou t . My Daddy. My Mommy, t h e i r M r . E Mrs. wonderabout. My Daddy, he s a y s he l o v e s me whi le h i s drowning h i s s p o u t , a s w e l l a s , h i s mouth, h e ' s proud t o be M r . Wonderabout. My Mommy, she s a y s s h e l o v e s me when s h e ' s water- ing h e r v e i n s and g i v i n g everyone a pump, s h e ' s j u s t be ing Mrs. Wonderabout. When a l l I r e a l l y g e t is a lump i n my t h r o a t t h a t goes thump thump. P l e a s e ! ! Mommy, Daddy l e t ' s f a c e t h e p a i n s o we can g a i n o u r f a m i l y a g a i n . Before I'm f o r c e d t o become Son Wonderabout.

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- Grant my wish, j u s t t h i s - once, s o a s t o p u t an end t o - t h i s e t e r n a l c o n s t a n t - s u f f e r i n g I am e x p e r i e n c i n g - i n empty s p e n t vacuums o f - my s o u l . U n t i l t h a t t ime - when you d e c r e e my r e q u e s t . - Oh mighty l i g h t s o f love o f - t h e u n i v e r s e . I w i l l always - c o n t i n u e t o s e a r c h f o r h e r . - Everywhere; f o r e v e r , I - promise, I am say ing t o you - - u n t i l my h e a r t c e a s e s t o b e a t . - Because I am i n love wi th h e r . - I t i s t h a t s imple , and a l s o - t h a t complex. I w i l l never love - anyone e l s e , a s much a s I am - i n love wi th you Rebecca. - Because you a r e i r r e p l a c e a b l e - You a r e p r i c e l e s s t o me.

Robb Livingstone

Once-a-year C h r i s t i a n s :

I must compliment you on t h e Nov.15 i ;sue. Now I know most peop le t h i n k I r c a l l y d o n ' t l i k e you b u t t h a t ' s n o t t r u e . I f t h e r e ' s any th ing I ' v e e v e r d i s l i k e d t h a t has any th ing t o do wi th you is i n t e n s e o v e r - s a t u r a t i o n o f p o l - i t i c a l i s s u e s pub l i shed i n t h e news- l e t t e r , Most o f t h e t ime t h e s e a r t i c - l e s were smal l p r i n t G v e r y d i f f i c u l t f o r S e n i o r s t o r ead . I unders tand how you wish t o u s e t h e n e w s l e t t e r a s a v e h i c l e f o r awareness b i t it always seemed t o o v e r k i l l o r f i l l e r , j u s t t o make t h e n e w s l e t t e r b i z g e r .

Nothing r e l i e v e s and r e f r e s h e s me more than t o s e e t h e f i r s t 2 1 pages s t u f f e d with p o e t r y , announcements G a r t i c l e s w r i t t e n by vo lun tee r s ! I can a c c e p t t h o s e two pages a t t h e end o f t h e n e w s l e t t e r d e a l i n g wi th Mulroney's proposed c o n s t i t u t i o n a l changes be- cause o f i t s immediate importance .

Anyway I b e l i e v e t h i s t r u e "Carnegie" News le t t e r i s a p roduc t o f t h e NDP v i c t o r y on Oct.17. I guess you won't h e w r i t i n q l o f t y a r t i c l e s about scummy p o l i t i c i a n s , t h e i r shenanigans and un- f a i r c o n s e r v a t i v e p o l i c i e s .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o you and t h e Car- n e g i e r s who c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e v e r y c r e a t i v e Nov.15 Newsle t ter .

S teve Rose

I t ' s n e v e r a s u r e t h i n g b u t anyone i n t e r e s t e d i n f r e e t i c k e t s t o t h e Vancouver Symphony O r c h e s t r a can c a l l S teve Rose a t 874-5544.

The once-a-year C h r i s t i a n s a r e o u t aga in . Blind and dea f t h e r e s t o f t h e y e a r , Xmas b r i n g s o u t t h e r e l u c t a n t compassion i n them. Come J a n . 1 , 1992 t h e e u p h o r i a of Xmas season w i l l have worn o f f and t h e w i l l become b l i n d and deaf t o t h e p l i g h t o f t h e poor .

I t would be a l o t b e t t e r i f t h e y ' d show t h e Xmas compassion a l l y e a r long.

To t h e compassionate and k ind peop le who e x p r e s s i t a l l y e a r long, Merry

Brian Wagget

- S t e v e ,

T h e r e ' s a f i l e wi th a s i n g l e b l a c k l i n e where t h e name u s u a l l y goes . In- s i d e i s a l l t h e s t u f f t h a t was submit- t e d b u t no t p r i n t e d - maybe 10 p i e c e s o f work o v e r 5 y e a r s . The p o i n t i s t h a t t h e n e w s l e t t e r c o n t a i n s what i s submi t t ed - i f i t ' s p o e t r y , a r t i c l e s , l e t t e r s o r what have you. Some t h i n g s a r e j u ~ ~ t t o o long o r p o o r l y w r i t t e n , wandering wi th no s t o r y l i n e , have o u t - o f - d a t e in fo rmat ion o r a r e s o s e l f - c e n t r e d t h a t t h e y have no meaning t o anyone bu t t h e w r i t e r .

There w i l l a lways b e scummy p o l i t i - c i a n s G t h e i r t l shenanigans" t o w r i t e about , bu t s t o r i e s on p o v e r t y , " f ree" t r a d e , t h e GST, t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda, hous ing , narrow-minded o r i n s e n s i t i v e p r o p o s a l s w i l l a lways need exposure .

Except f o r t h e a c t u a l p r i n t i n g , t h e e n t i r e p a p e r i s c r e a t e d from s t a r t t o f i n i s h by Volun tee r s . . and j u s t because someone i s n ' t s igned up f o r a 4% hour s h i f t a t a v o l u n t e e r job i n Carnegie d o e s n ' t make them any l e s s a Volunteer.

PaulR Taylor

More About Roaches

O r d i n a r i l y , cockroaches a r e a s t h e y appear t o b e - s o l i t a r y , i s o l a t e d i n - s e c t s p o t t e r i n g about t h e i r b u s i n e s s , looking f o r crumbs t o e a t and w a t e r t o d r i n k . What human be ings may n o t y e t know about cockroaches i s t h a t t h e y have t h i s enormous t e l e p a t h i c p o t e n t - i a l . Dec la re war on your cockroach i n f e s t a t i o n G t h e y w i l l b e t ransformed.

For one t h i n g , t h e y w i l l go madly i n - t o c o p u l a t i n g and reporduc ing . For t h e second t h i n g t h e y w i l l become, no t p o t t e r i n g i n d i v i d u a l s b u t , a t e l e p a t h i c mind made up o f a l l t h e cockroach minds l i n k e d t o g e t h e r . Compare it t o t h e human b r a i n c e l l s l i n k e d t o g e t h e r . Each f e e b l e cockroach mind becomes a c e l l i n t h e group mind.

The group mind t h u s formed can E does communicate wi th human minds, b u t usu- a l l y t o no a v a i l . The person p l a n n i n g

a big spray-up o f t h e i r apar tment f o r t h e n e x t day i s l i k e l y t o have dreams t h a t w i l l c ause him t o say , "Gee, I ha( t h i s weird dream l a s t n i g h t ! I was on t h e beach and t h i s guy i n a r e d d i s h - brown s u i t came up t o me and begged me t o s p a r e t h e l i v e s o f s o many innocent men, women G c h i l d r e n . Then t h e scene changed and t h e r e were a l l t h e s e dead bod ies . I t was s u r e an awful dream." And then t h e dreamer w i l l go ahead wi th h i s s p r a y i n g , n o t comprehending t h a t t h e dream was from t h e roaches .

Suppose your p l a c e i s i n f e s t e d wi th roaches and your r e a c t i o n has been s o s t r o n g a s t o s t a r t l e them i n t o t h e i r group-mind s t a t e . For one t h i n g , i f you look c a r e f u l l y , you a r e l i k e l y t o f i n d one roach always perbhed high i n your room, on a p i c t u r e frame o r win- dow moulding, moni to r ing e v e r y move you make. For t h e second t h i n g , rem- ember t h a t you a s an i n d i v i d u a l a r e t e l e p a t h i c . I f you d e c i d e a s you go t o bed 'Tomorrow I ' l l move a l l t h e f u r n i t u r e away from t h e East wa l l s p r a y ; t h e next day I ' l l do t h e West w a l l ' ... few roaches w i l l d i e . They w i l l have unders tood your p l a n s and a c t e d a c c o r d i n g l y . While you a r e do- ing it a long t h e East wa l l on t h e 1 s t day , a l l o f t h e cockroaches w i l l be ensconced behind t h e f u r n i t u r e on t h e West w a l l , ready t o move en massc a c - r o s s t h e room whi le you s l e e p between t imes .

A l l human b e i n g s , a l l c r e a t u r e s , a1 p l a n t s , a l l l i v i n g t h i n g s a r c marvel1 o u s l y t e l e p a t h i c . One can l e a r n how t o p u t a s i d e t h e thunder of t h e cons- c i o u s mind and begin t o r e c e i v e from peop le , from p l a n t s and from a l l 1 iv-- ing c r e a t u r e s . I t ' s a m a t t e r o f l c a r n - ing s imple , wide-awake t e c h n i q u e s and. a f t e r you have l e a r n e d them, you w i l l n e v e r be a lone aga in because t h e r e w i l l a lways b e worlds i n t o which you can a t w i l l , s t e p through.

By E R I C ERTCKSON

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ways t o provide answers. This s ea rch ing has , l i k e t h e searching f o r t h e New World, become ano the r encroachment upon North Am- e r i c a n indigenous peoples. Not only have t h e l ands been appropr ia ted bu t now it ap- pea r s t h a t c u l t u r a l and s p i r i t u a l va lues have a l s o been appropr ia ted . The e v e r pre- s e n t need t o "owntt i s s t r o n g e r than ever .

New Age f a s c i s t s a r e eage r t o ga in con- t r o l and quick t o e x p l o i t indigenous c u l - t u r e s . Books by t h e dozen a r e being mark- e t e d by such c h a r l a t a n s as Sun Bear, Lynn Andrews. e t al . . .The commercial isat ion o f

Cu l tu ra l Dyslexia (o r Medicine Cards Anyone?) Native s p i r i t u a l i t y i s now b i g bus iness . Non-Natives a r e p r e s e n t l y g iv ing workshop on " t r a d i t i o n a l drum making" h e r e i n t h e The p a s t two decades have seen a p r o f i l -

e r a t i o n of l i t e r a t u r e wi th themes such a s r e tu rn ing t o t h e e a r t h , ecology, conserva- t i o n and t h e r e b i r t h o f Native American s p i r i t u a l i s m . I t seems t h a t once proud European customs and va lues have f a l l e n by the wayside and t h i s i s t h e r e s u l t . Many of North America's non-Aboriginal peoples, o r White immigrants, p r e s e n t l y e x i s t i n a s t a t e o f anomie.

The S i x t i e s saw d i s i l l u s ionmen t with t h e s t a t e of a f f a i r s a t home both i n t h e US & Canada. I t was not s u r p r i s i n g , cons ider ing t h e war-mongering C a p i t a l i s t va lues t h a t dominated t h e Western world. This d i s i l l u - sionment manifested i t s e l f i n a searching f o r answers, by t h e "turning on, tuning i n and dropping out" men ta l i t y . I t was evid- e n t i n t h e seeking o f gurus f o r "enl ight - enment". I t was evident then , and today by t h e tu rn ing t o Native American s p i r i t u a l

Lower Mainland. Sweatlodge; and o t h e r sa- c r ed ceremonies a r e being conducted fo r f i n a n c i a l ga in . This b a s t a r d i s a t i o n o f Aboriginal c u l t u r e i s f o o l i n g many l o s t s o u l s who a r e looking f o r enl ightenment and immediate r e t u r n s . This new breed might wel l be ch r i s t ened t h e 'Wanne-Be Tr ibe ' . Sure ly t h e s e fo l lowers must have something, an i o t a perhaps, bu t a t l e a s t something t o be proud o f i n t h e i r own cul - t u r e s o f o r i g i n . I t i s n o t l i k e l y t h a t someone would t r y so hard t o become some- t h i n g t h a t t hey a r e not u n l e s s , o f course, t h e y do n o t l i k e who t h e y p r e s e n t l y a re . Cu l tu ra l s e l f -ha t red 'does no t occu r i n j u s t "people of c o l o ~ r ' ~ , o r s o t h i s t r e n d would i n d i c a t e .

This t r end i s o f t e n masked i n t h e pre- t e n s e of ' c u l t u r a l shar ing ' . But a l l t oo o f t e n t h e i n v i t a t i o n t o sha re is taken a s an open i n v i t a t i o n t o t h e s l augh te r . H i s to ry has shown t h a t you cannot, simply cannot, teach a shark t o share .

Native s p i r i t u a l i t y should not be l o s t ic t h i s dimestore approach t o en l ighten- ment. I t should not be confused and l o s t i n t h e mishmash o f white l i g h t hea l ing , cosmic ene rg ie s and pyramid power. I am glad non-Native men f e e l an urgent need t o explore t h e i r Jungian archetypes; how- ever , I am c e r t a i n Native men do not need a 'wildman weekend' t o a s c e r t a i n t h e i r mascul in i ty . Is noth ing sacred? Please, g ive us a break.

By BOB K.

peoples. I f you a r e white, don' t neglect your own ancient t r a d i t i o n s . They a r e a s valid as anyone e l s e ' s , 6 the ways of your mcestors need t o be honoured 6 remembered. "Raceff is an a r b i t r a r y & meaningless con-

lept . Races among humans don ' t e x i s t . I f there ever was any such th ing a s race, there has been so much constant c r i s s c r o s - sing of genes f o r the l a s t 500,000 years :hat it would have l o s t a l l meaning anyway. rhere a rc no r e a l d iv i s ions between us, mly a continuum of v a r i a t i o n s t h a t const- m t l y ch'ange, a s we come together & separ- i te according t o the movement of people.

Anyone who func t ions i n what i s r e f e r r e 8 :o as the l l c fv i l i sed t f world is a c a r r i e r ,f the disease o f racism.

Does reading t h i s guide make you uncom- lortable? Angry? Confused? Are you taking .t personally? Well, not t o f r e t . Racism ras created a big h o r r i b l e mess, E r a c i a l lealing can sometimes be painful . J u s t r e - ember t h a t Jewish people & people o f col- lur do not want o r need anybody's g u i l t . le jus t want people t o accept responsibi l - t y when it i s appropr ia te , and a c t i v e l y 'ork f o r change.

By AMOJA THREE RIVERS

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She w a s my p r e c i o u s gem Lots o f bubbly l o v e & happiness Came from w i t h i n h e r h e a r t She was an i n s p i r a t i o n a l person She had a l o t of courage I f e l t a s e n s e of r e l i e f She h a s no more p a i n I know deep down i n my h e a r t She is w i t h m e I w i l l a lways h e a r h e r v o i c e whisper ing i n t h e wind

I love you mom

B E S tevens

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words you've allowed t o be w r i t t e n i n t h i s n e w s l e t t e r E t o t e l l you 6 your r e a d e r s about o u r r a d i o show.

A c o l l e c t i v e o f u s have a p a r e n t i n g show on Coop Radio CFRO 102.7 FM ( j u s t down t h e road a t Pigeon Park) . We a r e c a l l e d ' f I n s t r u c t i o n s Not Inc ludedf f , I . N . I . f o r s h o r t . We a i r every Monday, u n l e s s we a r e pre-empted, from 4-5 pm. The f i rst 45 minutes o f t h e show d e a l wi th i s s u e s around t h e f a m i l y such a s Adultism, War Toys, Chi ld Pover ty , S i n g l e P a r e n t i n g , Environment E o u r Chi ld ren , E Family Hea l th t o name o n l y a few. The l a s t 15 minutes o f o u r show i s music E s t o r i e s f o r c h i l d r e n .

We a l s o have 3 r e g u l a r monthly shows: * Heal thy Living wi th C r o f t , ( t h e l a s t Monday, excep t when i t ' s a theme show) a show-on h e h t h i s s u e s which a f f e c t us a l l from p r e - b i r t h t o d e a t h ; * C h i l d r e n ' s Monthly Mus ic , (usua l ly

mid-month) which is one f u l l hour o f music G s t o r i e s j u s t f o r c h i l d r e n , a v a r i e t y hour E theme shows f o r C h r i s t - mas, New Year ' s, Hal loween, Dinosaur hour, and o t h e r s ; " " W i l l I t Ever End?" In t h e new y e a r we w i l l have o t h e r g u e s t s on t h e t o p i c - ~f abuse , e l d e r , farm, r e l i g i o u s . . t h e l i s t goes on. There w i l l be shows where w e ' l l open o u r phone l i n e s t o o u r l i s t e n e r s ; t h e o n - a i r number i s 684-7561 o r 684-7562.

Coming up i n December a r e : Dec. 2 : Support ing t h e Chi ld ren , when

p a r e n t s go t h e i r s e p a r a t e ways. Dec. 9: W i l l I t Ever End?(Child abuse) Dec.16: Heal thy Living w i t h C r o f t Dec.23: C h i l d r e n ' s Chris tmas S p e c i a l . Dec.30: C h i l d r e n ' s New Year ' s S p e c i a l ; Peace E Warmth f o r a l l Beings theme.

W i l l I t Ever End?

For hundreds upon hundreds o f y e a r s c h i l d r e n have been abused - a l l k i n d s o f abuse . C h i l d r e n a r e innocen t . They a r e n o t s e x o b j e c t s , n o r a r e t h e y h e r e on mother e a r t h t o be n e g l e c t e d , aban- doned, shamed, g u i l t e d , h a t e d , used, f o r c e d upon, . e x p l o i t e d , e t c . They a r e n o t h e r e t o be abused p h y s i c a l l y , v e r - b a l l y , menta l ly , through r e l i g i o n , through c u l t s o r whatever ...

There a r e far more c h i l d r e n abused t h a n a r e no t . Where i s t h e h e l p ? If t h e r e i s no h e l p t h e s e c h i l d r e n grow up t o be d e s t r u c t i v e t e e n a g e r s . They end up on t h e s t r e e t s , t h e y ' r e doing d rugs , t h e y become c r i m i n a l s , t h e y end up i n j a i l , t h e y c a n ' t keep a job, t h e y f a l l i n t o d e s t r u c t i v e r e l a t i o n s h i p s , t h e y have unwanted c h i l d r e n and s o on. They a r e depressed & d o n ' t even know it. They become a d u l t s & t h e y abuse G t h e v i c i o u s c i r c l e beg ins aga in . These c h i l d r e n , t e e n a g e r s E a d u l t s need h e l p 6 o u r system i s n o t h e l p i n g .

Our system keeps s i l e n t about abuse , a s we l l a s o u r f a m i l i e s . These t h i n g s a r e n o t t a l k e d about - indeed we a l l f e e l uncomfor table when t h e g r a p h i c r e a l i t i e s o f ' c h i l d h o o d abuse a r e exp- osed. So, whether o r n o t we have our - s e l v e s been v i c t i m s , we a r e p a r t o f t h e consp i racy t h a t c o n t i n u e s t o wreck

young l i v e s . I ' m sad t o s a y no one ex- ,capes abuse; it i s i n a l l forms.

Maybe i f we h e l p each o t h e r , counse l each o t h e r , l i s t e n , s h a r e , suppor t one a n o t h e r t o f e e l s a f e t o speak o u t , we w i l l break t h e s i l e n c e & grow s t r o n g e r . . t h e n we can h e l p t h e c h i l d r e n 6 t e e n - a g e r s i n o u r l o c a l a r e a ( a good a s any p l a c e t o s t a r t ) . In h e a l i n g o u r s e l v e s we h e l p i n h e a l i n g t h i s p l a n e t . Maybe t h e n t h e c h i l d r e n w i l l be whole.

J i m Mandelin was 4 w i l l be i n o u r s t u d i o s at Coop Radio. Like a l l c h i l d - r en J i m d i d n o t a sk t o be abused, it was f o r c e d upon him f o r f i f t e e n y e a r s . He then went on abus ing h imse l f and o t h e r s (not s e x u a l l y ) wi thout knowing why. He came t o a p o i n t where he sought h e l p . A s t h e y e a r s went by i n t h e r a p y J i m uncovered 15 y e a r s o f bur- i e d p a i n , trauma E anger . S ince t h e n J i m h a s gone i n t o high s c h o o l s t e l l i n g h i s s t o r y t o t h e t e e n a g e r s . Some of t h e s e t e e n a g e r s wnet up t o J i m a f t e r E t o l d him t h e y know how he f e e l s . A l l t h e s e s t o r i e s need t o g e t o u t . One man a lone cannot h e l p a l l t h e s e needy c h i l - d ren . We a l l need t o h e l p E we a l l - need t o be s t r o n g . We can no l o n g e r be a f r a i d t o h e a r t h e s e s t o r i e s . T e l l i n g them h e l p s h e a l & i f we h e a l o u r s e l v e s E o u r c h i l d r e n t h e n we h e l p h e a l o u r l i f e source - Mother Ear th .

By J a c q u i "I. N. I." Coop Radio wi th David's h e l p . I

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This p l a y of p l a y s was h e l d on Nov. 20 a t t h e Queen : E l i z a b e t h T h e a t r e : t h e p roduc t ion C i t y of Angels. The l a s t p l a y I went t o s e e was The Phantom of t h e Opera i n Toronto , C i t y of Angels was a l o t more spec- i

z u y a r t h a n any o t h e r p l a y I ' v e seen. To p u t i t simply i t was sunny, happy and never a d u l l moment. It kept C

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"Dest iny , o r karma, depends upon what t h e s o u l h a s done a b o u t what i t h a s become aware o f "

EDGAR CAYCE

For the l a s t couple o f yea r s Newslet ter a r t i c l e s have followed t h e co rpora t e agen- da - the p lan o f t h e supe r - r i ch t o change laws, disempower governments & make Ear th a bas t ion o f co rpora t e cap i t a l i sm.

"Free" t r a d e , while long sought by such simple c i t i z e n s a s John Rockefe l le r & h i s good buddies a t t h e T r i l a t e r a l Commission, made l e g a l what owners o f t r a n s n a t i o n a l co rpora t ions had been doing f o r decades.

Conspiracy t h e o r i e s u s u a l l y make those o f u s wondering about them sound paranoid s o l e t ' s look a t some o f t h e f a c t s . - From 1200-1750 o r so t h e I n d u s t r i a l

Revolution saw t h e change o f r u l e r s go- ing from t h e m i l i t a r y t o t h e i n t e l l e c t u a l s t o t h e wealthy. A s wealth inc reased , a c e r t a i n kind o f mind saw & used t h e many ways it could be manipulated. Kings, army & count ry came t o be c o n t r o l l e d by ( o r a t l e a s t were heav i ly inf luenced by) t h e s e people who had made accumulation o f money

t h e i r l i f e ' s work. In t h i s t ime pe r iod an Order wa.s formed - a a l l e d t h e P r i eu re de Sion - which had a goal o f readying t h e world f o r t h e ascens ion o f J e sus ' descen- dants . I f t h i s b to ry sounds crazy , g e t a book c a l l e d Holy Blood/Hol y rail . - Near t h e end of t h e above per iod t h e r e

was a l s o a s t r o n g in f luence on world a f f a i r s by t h e Masonic Temple, e s p e c i a l l y i n t h e government o f B r i t a i n and i n t h e emerging union o f s t a t e s i n America. Wash- ington & a f a i r number o f people i n t h e f i rs t gov ' t were a l l Masons. - 1750-1900, i n s t e a d o f t h e i n r e r n a l i s e d

p i c t u r e presented i n most h i s t o r y books wi th c o u n t r i e s no t i n t e r e s t e d i n anyth ing o u t s i d e t h e i r own borders , was r i f e wi th waves of conquest & a g r e s s i v e competi t ion. Seemed l i k e everyone wanted what anyone e l s e had & manipula tors of wealth & power would u s e anything - inc luding war - t o

acquire more. - 1900-1945 saw a world war, a depression

and a second world war. The f i r s t war s t imulated the economies 6 l a i d t h e econo- mic groundwork f o r the depression. There a r e a l o t of people s t i l l a l i v e who rem- ember t h e i r childhoods spent i n these years - who remember t h a t , while a l o t of r i c h people k i l l e d themselves, t h e poor j u s t s tarved. The second war, l i k e the f i r s t ( l i k e almost every war ever fought) was over land, markets & wealth. Germany wanted t o expand & fascism got warr iors & i n t e l l e c t u a l s working together ; Japan had s i m i l a r requirements i n t h e P a c i f i c bu t couldn ' t handle peaceful competition with the US. WBalth i s power 6 power is wealth, s o throughout t h i s t h e owners went with whatever the flow was. They a l s o s t a r t e d seeing the need f o r concerted e f f o r t s t o s t a b i l i s e growth p a t t e r n s (cute phrase!) . - 1945 saw t h e beginning of t h e Cold War

which had both s i d e s doing a l l kinds o f mean 'n nas ty th ings - o r so we've been led t o bel ieve . A t t h e same time, t h e r e were eno.mous expenditures on m i l i t a r y equipment, much t o the de l igh t of owners i n t h e mili tary-industrial-complex. The ordinary c i t i z e n s were l e f t t o s t rugg le with p u t r i d wages, unsafe working condi- t i o n s e t c . Under communism mi l l ions were butchered, f e a r was rampant & t h a t system had i t ' s own '!el i tew pu l l ing t h e s t r i n g s .

Okay. The above may be one of the most

s i m p l i s t i c vers ions of 800 yrs. :oE hhstory ever wr i t t en , but the planning of super- r i c h people t o s t a y t h a t way has become more G more evident i n t h e l a s t few years.

In 1972 o r '73 the exis tence of the l a t - e s t Order became public. They c a l l e d them- se lves the T r i l a t e r a l Commission & number- ed some 200 souls ; thb!k ich8s t , imosti;pow- e r f u l & i n f l u e n t i a l people on Earth. They included owners & Chief Executive Of f i ce r s of t r ansna t iona l o i l corporat ions , food conglomerates, chemicals, drugs, media & communications, arms' manufacturers e t c . from Western Europe, the Middle East , Jap- an & North America. The Canadian branch i s c a l l e d t h e Business Council on National I

Issues, but is l i k e a junior par tner . Some c f t h e i r e x p l o i t s came out i n the l a t e 70s when it became c l e a r they 'd engineered the e l e c t i o n of Jimmy Car ter . I1

Since t h a t exposure they've gone behind t h e scenes again, but the e f f e c t s o f t h e i r ,

influence a r e : IrFreer1 t r ade , p r i v a t i s a - t i o n , deregula t ion, ',& the emerging bugaboo of r lglobal competition1'. This l a s t is be- ing screeched about i n t h e i r media a s the reason f o r c los ing p l a n t s i n developed coun t r i e s while f r eez ing wages 6 t r a sh ing s o c i a l programs. The joke i s t h a t t h e y ' r e llcompeting'l agains t themselves while t h e major i ty of people everywhere pay f o r i t ; the In te rna t iona l Monetary Fund and the

World Bank a r e a l s o i n t h e i r hands.

"This i s t h e t r u e j o y i n l i f e : be ing used f o r a purpose r e c o g n i s e d by y o u r s e l f a s a mighty one, and b e i n g a f o r c e o f n a t u r e i n s t e a d o f a f e v e r i s h , s e l f i s h l i t t l e c l o d o f a i l m e n t s and g r i e v a n c e s , complaining t h a t t h e world w i l l no t d e v o t e i t s e l f t o making you happy. I ' GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

What follows i n the next few pages a r e words & i l l u s t r a t i o n s from the booklet en- t i t l e d The Crisis of the 1990's by Didi Anandamitra.

t r a l i a , 61% of t h e wealth o f t h e r i c h has been inves ted i n s tock market specu la t ion . In Tokyo 4 Taiwan, p laying t h e stockmarket ha.s become a n a t i o n a l obsess ion & quick prof i t s from manic specu la t ion have caused many people t o l eave t h e i r jobs. One m i l l - ion people i n Taiwan, from o f f i c e c l e r k s t o b a r g i r l s , v i s i t t h e i r s tock brokers d a i l y , & even g o v ' t o f f i c i a l s a a l l Taiwan t h e " republ ic o f Casino.It

This s p e c u l a t i v e bubble has a l r eady begun t o b u r s t , with t h e plummeting o f s tock markets i n Tokyo & Taiwan (6 t h e USA & Canada). Many economists b e l i e v e t h a t t h e next depress ion w i l l s t a r t i n Japan, where the s p e c u l a t i v e bubble is even worse than i n the USA & Canada. (NEWSWEEK (Nov.'87): "Forget t h e c ra sh o f '87. That was j u s t a c u r t a i n - r a i s e r . The next blow t o t h e mark- e t s is coming from Japan. Tokyo's hyperin- f l a t e d s tock exchange is c r u i s i n g f o r a f a l l . Foreign s tock markets w i l l t opp le l i k e so many k ingpins .I1) A c r a sh on t h e Tokyo s tock market could throw Japanese i n - v e s t o r s i n t o a pan ic & f o r c e them t o s e l l o f f t h e i r fo re ign a s s e t s , > t m pay t h e i r loans a t home. This sudden l o s s o f Japan- ese investments would c r e a t e f i n a n c i a l chaos i n t h e USA & elsewhere & r e s u l t i n a g lobal economic ca t a s t rophe .

I n c o n t r a s t t o t h e euphor ia o f t h e boom years o f t h e ' 801s , t h e r e is now deep pes- simism on both Wall S t . & Bay S t . Recent surveys showed t h a t 42% of Wall S t r e e t ex- p e r t s p r e d i c t a b i g c ra sh wi th in two years .

2350 4 LONDON

The coming g lobal s tock market c r a sh w i l l n o t cause a depress ion , bu t it may t r i g g e r it. (Stock market plunges a r e p recu r so r s of a l l major economic c r i s e s , which usua l - l y s e t i n 3 t o 20 months a f t e r t h e s tock market drops. In 17 o u t o f t h e l a s t 18 r e - ce s s ions , t h e r e have been market drops o f 10% o r more p r i o r t o t h e r eces s ion . ) The s tock market c r a s h o f 1929 no doubt cont - r i b u t e d t o t h e Great Depression o f t h e 19- 3 0 ' s , b u t it was t h e chaos i n t h e banking system t h a t r e a l l y brought on f i n a n c i a l c r i s i s . .4s economist Les t e r Thurlow s a i d , "Stock markets don ' t b r i n g economies down - c o l l a p s i n g banks b r i n g economies down.I1 When banks f a l l , people pan ic 4 t h a t l e a d s t o t o t a l economic c o l l a p s e .

And t h e banking system throughout t h e c a p i t a l i s t world i s i n deep t r o u b l e due t o g i g a n t i c & i nc reas ing DEBT.

THE DEBT CRISIS The s t agge r ing concen t r a t ion o f wealth i n

t h e world today is brought about not j u s t because t h e wealthy own t h e land & i ndus t - r i e s , but a l s o because they own t h e banks & t h e r e f o r e c o n t r o l c r e d i t . The poor - i n both developed 6 developing c o u n t r i e s - have been fo rced t o borrow i n o r d e r t o surv ive , & through t h e i r c o n t r o l o f t h e banks, t h e r i c h a r e b leeding t h e poor. (The poores t 30% of popu la t ions i n devel- oped c o u n t r i e s have nega t ive wealth - t hey not only have no money, t h e y have l a r g e debts . Developing n a t i o n s , forced t o bo r r - ow from t h e IMF & World Bank, - t h e samelit)

The banks have made i n c r e a s i n g l y r i s k y loans t o t h e s e poor & despe ra t e c r e d i t o r s , which has r e s u l t e d i n an explos ion o f con- sumer deb t . In t h e USA & Canada, consumers a r e paying an average o f 30% of t h e i r i n - comes t o make i n t e r e s t payments on deb t s . And t h e banks have l e n t more than $400

b i l l i o n t o Thi rd World c o u n t r i e s , where r i s i n g p o l i t i c a l & s o c i a l u n r e s t may soon f o r c e t h e s e n a t i o n s t o s t o p t h e i r i n t e r e s t payments. If only one major deb to r n a t i o n l i k e Braz i l , Mexico o r Argentina d e f a u l t s on i ts loans , it w i l l produce a domino e f - f e c t caus ing massive bank f a i l u r e s . Over h a l f o f t h e USA's t o p t e n banks ccluld c o l - l a p s e from f o r e i g n debt d e f a u l t s .

There i s a s t o r y about t h e loomirrg debt

c r i s i s . P re s iden t Bush, P re s iden t Gorba- chev & t h e P re s iden t o f B r a z i l once journ- eyed t o Heaven t o s e e God. Bush asked God, " W i l l t h e r e e v e r b e communism i n t h e USA?" God answered, "Maybe, bu t n o t i n your l i f e t ime ." Then Gorbachev asked God whether c a p i t a l i s m would be e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e Sovie t Union. God answered, "Maybe, b u t no t i n your l i f e t i m e . " F i n a l l y t h e P r e s i - den t o f Braz i l asked whether B r a z i l would e v e r be a b l e t o pay back i t s d e b t s t o t h e m u l t i n a t i o n a l banks. God r e p l i e d , "Maybe, b u t n o t i n my l i f e t i m e . "

Many banks have dangerous ly overextended themselves, l oan ing amounts worth up t o seven t imes t h e i r c a p i t a l r e s e r v e s i n i n - c r e a s i n g l y r i s k y inves tments - t o f i nance s p e c u l a t i v e inves tments ( co rpo ra t e t a k e - ove r s , shaky r e a l e s t a t e purchases , junk bonds) & t o b a i l o u t d e s t i t u t e c r e d i t o r s , i n r i c h E poor c o u n t r i e s a l i k e .

Loads of money About two-th110a 01 the T h ~ r d World's 5 1 . 0 0 0 b~lllon debt was lent by around 55001 the w o ~ W's prlvale banks trom N3rth A~n~rlca. Japan and Europe between the late 19CiOs and early 19t)Os Mosl ot the lending came from the largest US Banks - Bankers Trust. Bank of Amer~ca. Chase Manhattan. Chem~cal. C~t~corp. Contmental. lll~rno~s. F~rst Ch~cago. Manu. lilcturers Hanover. Morgan Guaranty' - and the~r counter- paris ~n Japan. Germany. France and the U K The rest came Ifom government sources

Now t h e i r deb t burdened c r e d f t o r s a r e un- a b l e t o pay back t h e i r l oans , 6 smal l banks 6 f i n a n c i a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a r e a l r eady c o l l a p s i n g - l i k e t h e F r i end ly buj- lding s o c i e t i e s i n A u s t r a l i a E t h e Savings and Loans i n t h e USA. And t h e banks a r e next . In t h i s s i t u a t i o n o f dangerous i n s t a b i l i t y anyth ing could t r i g g e r a g loba l f i n a n c i a l c r i s i s : a cha in r e a c t i o n o f d e f a u l t s by Third World n a t i o n s . . a s t o c k market c r a s h s t a r t i n g i n Japan E t h e USA caus i cg corp- o r a t e bankrup tc i e s E an ensuing psn i c . . an o i l c r i s i s & a war i n t h e Middle Eas t .

The c o l o s s a l US deb t makes t h e s i t u a t i o n even more dangerous. The USA has f a l l e n from t h e wor ld ' s c h i e f l e n d e r t o t h e

wor ld ' s l a r g e s t debtor . The USA is s ink ing under a mountain o f deb t - more than t h a t o f Mexico, B r a z i l , Argentina, Pakis tan & t h e P h i l i p p i n e s combined. TbCal US deb t , . p u b l i c & p r i v a t e , i s ove r $ 8 - t k i l l S o n - about 30 t imes g r e a t e r t han t h e t o t a l mon- ey supply. H i s to ry has no example of any n a t i o n o r empire accumulating such d e b t without co l l aps ing .

CAPITALISM WILL BURST LIKE A FIRE-CRACKER

The swe l l i ng deb t & t h e s p e a u l a t i v e bubb- l e on t h e s tock markets w i l l soon c o l l a p s e i n a huge cha in r e a c t i o n l i k e a house o f cards . A s P.R. Sa rka r warned i n 1987, "Cap- i t a l i s m w i l l b u r s t l i k e a f i r e c racker . . . The explos ion w i l l come i n 2,513 o r 5 years . I t w i l l s u r e l y come wi th in 10 years . " The depress ion w i l l o ccu r i n t h e i n d u s t r i a l subsec t ion of t h e commercial economy, hav- ? ing widespread & d e v a s t a t i n g consequences 1

f o r humanity. 1 More E more smal l banks & f i n a n c i a l i n s t - 1

i t u t i o n s ( l i k e insurance co rpo ra t ions , b u i l d i n g s o c i e t i e s , e t c . ) w i l l f a l l and s tock markets w i l l c o l l a p s e . We have seen t h e c o l l p a s e r e c e n t l y of a number o f weal- t h y i n d i v i d u a l s such a s Alan Bond i n Aust- r a l i a , Donald Trump i n t h e USA & A s i l Nad- ir i n t h e U K - men who specu la t ed wi ld ly on a massive s c a l e & were u l t i m a t e l y brought down by t h e burden o f t h e i r deb t s .

There w i l l be a widespread panic & a run on t h e b i g banks, E t hen we w i l l s e e a Great Depression. Almost no p a r t o f t h e world will escape economic chaos, f o r t h e e n t i r e c a p i t a l i s t world i s i n e x t r i c a b l y i n t e r l i n k e d . . The communist world w i l l a l - s o n o t be spared , because of i t s dependen- ce on western c o u n t r i e s f o r food & o t h e r products . The c o u n t r i e s o f Eas te rn Europe w i l l s u f f e r g r e a t l y because t h e i r econom- i e s a r e a l r e a d y u n s t a b l e due t o t h e i r l a r - g e l y unsuccessfu l e f f o r t s t o conver t t o free-market cap i t a l i sm . Those c o u n t r i e s which w i l l s u r v i v e b e s t a r e t h o s e which a r e l e a s t dependent on o t h e r n a t i o n s f o r e x p o r t s o r imports , o r can conduct t h e i r f o r e i g n t r a d e on a b a r t e r b a s i s : f o r ex- ample, I n d i a o r China.

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of t h e popu la t i on owns a s t a g g e r i n g 35% o f t h e n a t i o n ' s weal th. A r e c e n t s t udy by t h e Ilarvard School o f Publ ic Heal th found t h a t i n r e a l i t y , " t he r e a r e two Americas. One i s g l i t t e r y & r i c h . The o t h e r i s a coun t ry where many hard-working people who have played by t h e r u l e s now f i n d themselves d e s t i t u t e & hungry.'* About 20 m i l l i o n Am- e r i c a n s go t o bed hungry a t n i g h t . According t o economist D r . Ravi Bat ra ,

a u t h o r o f t h e b e s t - s e l l i n g book The Great Depression of 1990, j u s t be fo re t h e l a s t Great Depression i n t h e 1930's t h e r e was t h e same i n e q u i t a b l e d i s t r i b u t i o n of weal- t h wi th 1% of t h e popula t ion cont ro l l i .ng 36% o f t h e weal th. I f you look a t t h e d i s - t r i b u t i o n o f weal th i n t h e USA s i n c e 1800 on t h e graph below, you w i l l s e e t h a t when- e v e r t h e r i c h e s t 1% of t h e people he ld a major s h a r e of t h e n a t i o n ' s weal th, a Great Depression occurred.

* 1 Share 01 Weallh Held by the Rlchesl 1% In lhe USA

Looming Grea t 1Depression. Threa t o f world - and n u c l e a r - war. Global water shor tage . Rising s p e c t r e o f unemployment. Re l ig ious s t r i f e . Environmental devas t a t i on . S o c i a l d i s i n t e g r a t i o n .

We have h a r d l y en t e r ed t h e 1990 ' s & t h e 1- IW I- veer

world seems t o be c o l l a p s i n g around us . What i s t h e cause o f t h i s ?

EXTREME CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH D r . Ba t ra says t h a t dep re s s ions , l i k c ev-

P.R.Sarkar expla ined t h a t t h e cause o f e r y t h i n g e l s e i n n a t u r e , have occur red i n c y c l e s . The economic shock o f each dep re s - o u r economic c r i s i s is extreme concent ra - s i o n r e d i s t r i b u t e d t h e weal th t o some ex-

t i o n of wea l th . Over decades , t h e . l w e a l t h : ~ i n t e n t . Then ove r a s i x t y yea r per iod o r se -

c a p i t a l i s t s o c i e t i e s has been concen t r a t ed v e r a l g e ~ . e r a t i ons , weal th aga in accumulat -

by i n h e r i t a n c e i n t o fewer & fewer hands - t h e poor a r e g e t t i n g poo re r & t h e r a t e a t ed i n a few hands through i n h e r i t a n c e , &

which t h e r i c h a r e g e t t i n g r i c h e r is acc- ano the r dep re s s ion occur red . You can s e e

e l e r a t i n g . from t h e graph t h a t we a r e on t h e k n i f c

In t h e USA, A u s t r a l i a & many c o u n t r i e s of edge aga in - we a r e now on t h e br ink of

Western Europe & elsewhere, t h e r i c h e s t 1% ano the r Great Depression.

RISKY SPECULATION

You may ask 'Why does t h i s extreme con- c e n t r a t i o n of weal th cause a depress ion? To answer t h i s ques t ion we must look a t t h e behaviour of very weal thy people.

Suppose f o r a moment t h a t tomorrow you ge t a l e t t e r i n t h e mail informing you t h a t your f abu lous ly wealthy grandmother has d ied & l e f t you 50 mi l l i on d o l l a r s . What w i l l you do with i t ?

Most people d o n ' t have t o t h i n k long t o f i g u r e t h a t ou t . I~ouses , c a r s , p l anes , t r i p s abroad, boa t s , wardrobes, j ewel ry , a r t ... most o f ou r d e s i r e s would be f u l f i l - l ed . We would spend t h a t money on some goods & s e r v i c e s t h a t would s t i m u l a t e pro- duc t ion , & people would be employed t o produce those t h i n g s . So spending o u r money would b e n e f i t t h e economy.

Now imagine t h a t you have ano the r ve ry r i c h grandmother &, a f t e r you f i n a l l y go t every th ing you wanted from t h e f i r s t one ' s i nhe r i t ance , t h e o t h e r grandmother d i e s & you've go t ano the r $50 i , . i l l ion! Now what a r e you going t o do wi th a l l t h i s money?

Economic s t u d i e s on ve ry weal thy people showed t h a t a s people become wealthy they purchase goods & s e r v i c e s : t hey i n v e s t i n i ndus t ry & purchase houses, c a r s , e t c . But when they have eve ry th ing they could poss- i b i l i t y want, t h e y s t a r t specu la t i ng wild- l y - they s t a r t p l ay ing with t h e i r money, l i k e t h e comic-book c h a r a c t e r Scrooge Mc- Duck. They gamble r e c k l e s s l y on more and more r i s k y , s p e c u l a t i v e investments , esp- e c i a l l y on t h e s tock market, because t hey have so much money G power t hey can throw caut ion t o t h e winds.

This has a g r e a t impact on t h e whole ec- onomy, because t h e s e weal thy people con- t r o l a major p o r t i o n o f it.: Wen t h e i r wealth i s t i e d up i n specu la t i on & i s n ' t being inves t ed t o c r e a t e product ion & jobs t h e e n t i r e economy s u f f e r s . Product ion f a l l s , unemployment i n c r e a s e s & people be- come poorer . Meanwhile t h e s tock market becomes deranged wi th a de le r ium o f greed - a " s p e c u l a t i v e bubble" t h a t g e t s b i g g e r and b igge r u n t i l i t b u r s t s . * * A good example of a r e c e n t "bubble" i s

t h e A u s t r a l i a n mining boom os t h e 1960 ' s

ending i n t h e Mineral S e c u r i t i e s c r a sh o f 1971. Due t o demand from t h e USA & Japan, t h e r e was a l a r g e investment i n mining companies i n t h e l a t e 5 0 ' s & 6 0 ' s . A t f irst t h e i n v e s t o r s bought s h a r e s because t hey expected good d iv idends from t h e com- pan ie s ' p roduct ion . But a s sha re p r i c e s continued t o r i s e , t h e s p e c u l a t o r s go t i n - volved - n o t buying t o g e t a d iv idend bu t expec t ing p r i c e i n c r e a s e s s o t hey could "buy low & s e l l high. ' ' The bubble f e d on i t s e l f and more & more people got involved. A t f i r s t j u s t b i g t ime o p e r a t o r s i nves t ed , b u t then middle-c lass f a m i l i e s , t h e n work- i n g - c l a s s f a m i l i e s & even school c h i l d r e n d id . But, a s D r . Ba t r a p o i n t s o u t , when t h e small- t ime people g e t involved i t ' s a s u r e s i g n t h a t t h e bubble i s about t o b u r s t . And it d i d . Many b i g & small mining companies went bankrupt . Fo r tuna t e ly t h i s b u r s t was confined t o a smal l s e c t i o n of t h e economy - u n l i k e t h e s p e c u l a t i v e bubb- * l e o f t h e 1980's which has pervaded e n t i r e "

economies & e n t i r e s o c i e t i e s . " ,

This i s i n f a c t e x a c t l y what has happened i n c a p i t a l i s t c o u n t r i e s throughout t h e "economic expansion" of t h e 1980's . I t was an "adrena l in high" of waste & s p e c u l a t i v e f e v e r which spread throughout s o c i e t y , a f - f e c t i n g t h e middle c l a s s e s & even t h e man- ua l l aboure r s . Everyone has been encourag- ed t o borrow more than t h e y can a f f o r d t o buy consumer goods & t o s p e c u l a t e on land & s tocks . This "get-r ich-quick" m e n t a l i t y has a c c e l e r a t e d t h e r a p i d degenera t ion o f s o c i e t y a s more G more people a r e t u r n i n g t o crime - both s t r e e t - c r i m e & whi te c o l l - a r cr ime - t o s a t i s f y t h e i r i n s a t i a b l e de- s i r e f o r m a t e r i a l goods.

SPECULATIVE BUBBLE ABOUT TO BURST

In a l l t h e c a p i t a l i s t c o u n t r i e s wi th an extreme concen t r a t i on o f weal th , t h e r e i s f r e n z i e d specu la t i on on t h e s tock markets. 1

A whole new c l a s s of people have emerged who have become wealthy without i n v e s t i n g i n t h e product ion o f any goods o r s e r v i c e s b u t o n l y through t h e s tock market. In t h e USA 85% of t h e popu la t i on "play" t h e s tock market (as opposed t o 8% i n 1929). In Aus-

WARNINGS OF IMPENDING CRISIS In many c a p i t a l i s t c o u n t r i e s today , esp-

e c i a l l y t h e USA, t h e r e a r e i n c r e a s i n g war- nings (once few & s c a t t e r e d , now swe l l i ng in number E i n t e n s i t y ) of a monstrous ec- onomic c r i s i s looming on t h e horizon. John Kenneth Galbbai th has caut ioned t h a t a l l the problems p r e s e n t i n t h e American econ- omy j u s t b e f o r e t h e Great Depression o f the 1930 ' s a r e p re sen t aga in today. Over half o f t h e 100 t o p co rpo ra t e execu t ives surveyed by t h e Un ive r s i t y of Wisconsin said t h e r e i s a "high p r o b a b i l i t y o f a ma- jor depress ion i n t h e next 10 yea r s . " Fe l ix Rohatyn, Wall S t r e e t f i n a n c i a l ex-

per t , warned, "F inanc i a l l y we a r e l i v i n g in t h e l a s t days o f Pompeii." And econom- i s t John King s a i d t h a t wi th t h e mountain of debt accumulated s i n c e 1945, "we w i l l experience t h e most v i o l e n t c r i s i s i n Am- e r i ca & t h e world t h a t we have e v e r seen." The Mideast c r i s i s wi th i t s sudden i n c r -

eases i n o i l p r i c e s has a l r e a d y t r i g g e r e d ' a recess ion . When war breaks o u t & t h e o i l f i e l d s a r e i n f lames, g loba l o i l p r i c e s w i l l s o a r E economies w i l l c r a s h i n a

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A s g loba l t e n s i o n s i n c r e a s e & people a g i - t a t e f o r change, d e s p e r a t e l e a d e r s may t u r n t o war t o d i v e r t popular anger agnin- s t an o u t s i d e enemy. And i n a s e v e r e dep re s s ion , c a p i t a l i s t

c o u n t r i e s may r e s o r t t o war a s t h e l a s t hope t o s t i m u l a t e t h e i r s t agnan t economies. Economic dep re s s ions i n t h e USA have been overcome s e v e r a l t imes by massive expcndi- t u r e s on dar. The following c h a r t c l e a r l y shows t h a t

every major economic d e c l i n e i n t h e USA has been followed by a major war. World War 11, t h e Korean War, t hen Vietnam.

worldwide dep re s s ion .

HOW WILL THE DEPRESSION AFFECT OUR W S ?

Unlike t h e dep re s s ion of t h e 1930's which was d e f l a t i o n a r y , t h e coming depres- sion w i l l be i n f l a t i o n a r y . Governments w i l l p r i n t more & more money t o prevent a t o t a l banking c o l l a p s e , & currency w i l l r ap id ly l o s e i t s va lue . We may f i n d our - se lves i n t h e same s i t u a t i o n a s Germany i n the 1930's when r e s t a u r a n t owners f i x e d the c o s t o f a meal a t t h e end of t h e meal, because i n t h e cou r se of e a t i n g t h e German mark had o f t e n become s o devalued t h a t i t was neces sa ry t o r a i s e p r i c e s . As more & more people become unem~loyed ,

s o c i a l w e l f a r e programs such a s s o c i a l s e c u r i t y , food stamps, medical a i d , e t c . w i l l be cverwhelmed, & m i l l i o n s w i l l be l e f t ou t o f t h e r e l i e f pregrams. Soc i a l chaos w i l l e r u p t throughout t h e world a s people can no longe r t o l e r a t e t h i s extreme economic hardship , 6 demand s o c i a l change. Governments w i l l t o p p l e under t h e p re s su re of f u r i o u s popu la t i ons .

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all h a w Ihc o p a d l y lo wage nuckar w u .

Not only i n t h e 20th Century, b u t f o r t h e l a s t 200 y e a r s s i n c e t h e War ,3f 1812, wars have pu l l ed t h e US economy o t ~ t of r eces s ion o r depress ion . When t h e r e were m i l l i o n s of unemployed dur ing t h e Great Depression of t h e 1930qs , World War I1 was launched. I t r a p i d l y doubled i n d u s t -

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r i a l c a p a c i t y & ended t h e d e p r e s s i o n . The Vietnam War ended t h e economic d e c l i n e of t h e 1960 ' s . And now t h e l a s t - d i t c h e f f o r t by t h e c a p i t a l i s t e l i t e t o s a v e Western economies may p r e c i p i t a t e a 3rd World War. HOW TO STOP THE COMlNC DEPRESSION?

P.R.Sarkar h a s s a i d t h a t we can a v e r t t o t a l economic d i s a s t e r i f we r e d u c e t h e w e a l t h d i s p a r i t y t h a t caused t h e Cepress- i o n , t h e r e b y r e d u c i n g s p e c u l a t i o n i n t h e economy. D r . Ravi B a t r a a d v i s e d t h a t a w e a l t h t a x of 5% on t h e r i c h e s t 1% of t h e p o p u l a t i o n would wipe o u t t h e US budge t d e f i c i t & c o o l t h e s p e c u l a t i v e f e v e r - & preven t a d e p r e s s i o n .

But t h i s is e x a c t l y what c a p i t a l i s t c o u n t r i e s w i l l n e v e r d o , f o r t h e y a r e governments n o t "of t h e p e o p l e , by t h e peop le & f o r t h e p e o p l e , " b u t of t h e r i c h by t h e r i c h & f o r t h e r i c h .

I n f a c t , t h e economic p o l i c i e s t h a t have been fo l lowed by most c a p i t a l i s t c o u n t r - i e s t o d a y a r e e x a c t l y t h e o p p o s i t e o f what s h o u l d be done. For example: * Decreas ing t a x e s on t h e r i c h ; * D e r e g u l a t i o n o f t h e b a n k i n g s y s t e m ,

a l l o w i n g r i s k y l o a n s f o r s p e c u l a t i o n ; * P r i v a t i s a t i o n o f i n d u s t r y ; * High r a t e of i n t e r e s t ; * Economy r e c o v e r y based on e x p o r t s . These p o l i c i e s , known a s Reagonomics,

T h a t c h e r i s m o r " supp ly-s ide economics;" have g i v e n m a s s i v e t a x c u t s t o t h e r i c h . Supp ly-s ide economics i n s i s t s t h a t t h e e x t r a w e a l t h o f t h e r i c h w i l l f u e l i n v e s t Iwnt i n i n d u s t r y & " t r i c k l e down" t o t h e poor .

Rut i.n f a c t t h e o p p o s i t e h a s happened: t h e e x c e s s money o f t h e r i c h h a s n o t been i n v e s t e d i n p r o d u c t i o n b u t i n i n c r e a s e d s p e c u l a t i o n , & t h e poor have become p o o r e r . Supp ly-s ide economics is now b e i n g c a l l e d " supp ly-s l ide" economics. Yet even i n t h e f a c e of imminent c o l l a p s e

p o l i t i c i a n s r e f u s e t o t a k e any h a r d d e c i s - i o n s which would b e p o l i t i c a l l y unpopula r . So economies c o n t i n u e on t h e i r s l i d e tow- a r d d i s a s t e r .

THE RIGHT POLICIES: PROUT A new socio-economic o r d e r must b e evolv-

ed t h a t w i l l r educe t h e d i s p a r i t y o f weal- t h & i n c r e a s e p r o d u c t i o n & p u r c h a s i n g pow- e r . T h i s w i l l i n c r e a s e t h e c i r c u l a t i o n of money th roughout t h e whole economy & t h e whole p o p u l a t i o n , & t h e economy w i l l a g a i n become h e a l t h y & dynamic. What a r e t h e p r i n c i p l e s of such a new economic o r d e r ?

>k Guaranteed p u r c h a s i n g power - employ- ment f o r a l l ;

* Key i n d u s t r i e s & c e n t r a l banks o r g a n i s - ed a s p u b l i c u t i l i t i e s , on n o - p r o f i t / no- loss b a s i s ;

* C e i l i n g s on w e a l t h ( i n c o r n e l i n h e r i t a n c e ) * Worker ownership: c o o p e r a t i v e s a s a m a -

j o r s e c t o r of t h e economy, i n c l u d i n g c o o p e r a t i v e banks ;

* D e c e n t r a l i s a t i o n of economic develop- ment i n t o r e g i o n a l , s e l f - s u f f i c i e n t u n i t s .

These a r e some of t h e g u i d i n g p r i n c i p l e s of PROUT, a n acronym f o r P r o g r e s s i v e U t i l - i s a t i o n Theory propounded by P. R. S a r k a r . PROUT is now a world-wide movement of men & women of a l l r a c e s & p e o p l e s , who s e e k an a l t e r n a t i v e t o c a p i t a l i s m & communism. The g o a l of PROUT is t o c r e a t e a harmoni- ous s o c i e t y t h a t e n s u r e s t h e w e l f a r e of a l l c r e a t u r e s , n o t o n l y humans b u t a l s o a n i m a l s & p l a n t s .

PROUT a d v o c a t e s a b a l a n c e d economy w i t h d e c e n t r a l i s a t i o n o f economic power th rough l o c a l - l e v e l p l a n n i n g & a n e x t e n s i v e system of p r o d u c e r s ' & consumers ' c o o p e r a t i v e s . It a l s o a d v o c a t e s t h e re-a l ignment of n a t - i o n a l & s t a t e / p r o v i n c i a l b o u n d a r i e s t o form s e l f - r e l i a n t economic zones . Each economic zone o r samaj w i l l s t r i v e

f o r t o t a l s e l f - s u f f i c i e n c y i n t h e produc- t i o n of a l l e s s e n t i a l s o f l i f e - food , c l o t h i n g , h o u s i n g , e d u c a t i o n , m e d i c a l a i d , t r a n s p o r t & e n e r g y . A 1 1 t h e human & n a t u r - a l r e s o u r c e s of t h e a r e a w i l l b e maximally u t i l i s e d t o e n s u r e s e c u r i t y o f b a s i c needs f o r a l l i n h a b i t a n t s , b o t h human & nonhuman.

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T a r t s a r e b u t d u s t ; wind blown

That f a n t h e f i r e s Where Q u i x o t e ' s r e l i c s b u r n Fearsome f a t e s f a t h e r e d by a W r i t e r ' s t u r n .

Read and b e l i e v e what you w i l l A l l w i l l b e r e v e a l e d

when y o u r l i f e is s t i l l .

I f e a r t h e F a t h e r , Son & t h e Ghost Ah! But I e n j o y Don Q u i x o t e most .

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ple of a l l *kaces , " n a t i o n a l i t i e s , creeds - not necessa r i ly j u s t "white" pecple -

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because no one l i v i n g i n Western soc ie ty i s exempt. from the inf luences of racism, racial s tereotypes , race & c u l t u r a l pre- judices E anti-Semitism. I include a n t i - Semitism i n the d iscuss ion of racism be- cause i t ' s simply another manifes ta t ion o f c u l t u r a l & r a c i a l b igotry .

A l l people a r e people. I t is ethnocen- t r i c t o Lse a gener ic term such a s "peo- ple'! t o r e f e r only t o white people & then rac ia l ly l a b e l everyone e l s e . Created, ,$ reinforced i s the assumption t h a t whites a m . the norm, t h e r e a l people, E t h a t a l l - .

others a r e aber ra t ions . "Exotic:" when appl ied t o human beings,

is e thnocentr ic & r a c i s t . While i t is t r u e t h a t most c i t i z e n s of

the USA & Canada a r e white, a t l e a s t f o u r f i f t h s of the owrld 's population c o n s i s t s of people of colour. Therefore, it is s t a t i s t i c a l l y i n c o r r e c t a s well a s ethno- centric t o r e f e r t o us a s minor i t ies . The term "minority" i s used t o r e in fo rce the idea of people bf colour a s "other."

A c u l t i s a p a r t i c u l a r system of r e l i g - ious workhip. I f the r e l i g i o u s p r a c t i c e s of the Yorubas c o n s t i t u t e a c u l t , then so do those of t h e Methodists, Cathol ics , Episcopalians, and so f o r t h .

A l a rge rad io / t ape p layer is a boombox, or a s t e r e o o r a box o r a l a rge m e t a l l i c ham sandwich with speakers. I t is not a "ghetto-blaster . ' I

L;zre,v/)od~ hns

Everybody can blush. Everybody can tan & ge t sunburned & bruise . Everybody.

Judaism i s no more p a t r i a r c h a l than any other p a t r i a r o h a l r e l i g i o n .

Koreans a r e not taking over. Neither I

are jews. Neither a r e t h e Japanese. Nei- ther a r e the West Indians. These myths are put odt & maintained by those who a l - ready have.

One of the most e f f e c t i v e & ins id ious aspects i f racism i s c u l t u r a l genocide. Not. only have African Americans been cut off from our t r i b a l roo t s , but because of generations of whites p i t t i n g African ag- a i n s t Indian & Indian aga ins t African, we have been cu t o f f from our Native h e r i - can r o o t s a s , w e l l . Consequestly, most African Native Americans no longer have t r i b a l a f f i l i a t i o n s , o r know f o r c e r t a i n what people they a r e from.

Columbus d i d n ' t .discover diddly-squat . Slavery i s n ' t a condit ion unique t o Af-

r i can people. In f a c t t h e word "slaveft comes from t h e Slav people of Eastern Eu- rope. Because so many Slavs were enslaved by o t h e r people ( including Afr icans) , t h e i r very name came t o be synonymous with t h e condi t ion.

I'irl~rcill~ ezwry 11 11 111 /1?1 gr021/) Ircis bee~r c~r:~luuerl (11 one l i w or o m l h c ~ :

North Americans were a l s o enslaved by Europeans. Because it is almost impossi- b le t o success fu l ly enslave l a r g e numbers of people i n t h e i r own land, most enslaved Native Americans from the con t inen ta l U,S. were shipped t o Bermuda & t h e West Indies, where many in termarr ied with the Africans.

People do not have a hard time because of t h e i r race o r c u l t u r a l background. No one i s a t tacked, abused, oppressed, pog- rommed o r enslaved because of t h e i r race, creed o r c u l t u r a l background. These th ings happen because of racism & anti-Semitism. There i s a s u b t l e but important d i f fe rence i n t h e focus here. The f i r s t implies some inherent f a u l t o r shortcoming within the oppressed person o r group. The second re- d i r e c t s the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y back t o t h e r e a l source of the problem.

Asians a r e not 9nysterious," " i n s c r u t ~ i. ableu o r " f a t a l i s t i c . ' I

NaUivb Americans a r e not s t o i c , mystical o r vanishing.

Latin people a r e no more hot-tempered, hot-blooded o r emotional than anyone e l s e . We do not have f l a s h i n g eyes, t e e t h o r daggers. We a r e lovers p r e t t y much l i k e o t h e r people. Very few of u s dea l with any

kind o f drugs. Whv, i r r science fiction, no matter how man? light gears yo21 go o ~ i t in spnce, is everybody nlziiays whi te?

Middle E a s t e r n e r s a r e no t f a n a t i c s , t e r - r o r i s t s , o r a l l o i l - r i c h .

Jewish a r e n o t p a r t i c u l a r l y r i c h , c lann- i s h o r e x p e r t i n money ma t t e r s .

Not a l l Afr ican Americans a r e poor, a t h - l e t i c o r ghe t to-dwel le rs .

Most Asians i n t h e US o r Canada a r e not s c i e n t i s t s , mathematicians, gen iuses o r wealthy.

Southerners i n t h e US a r e no l e s s i n t e l - l i g e n t than anyone e l s e .

I t is n o t a compliment t o t e l l someone: I d o n ' t t h i n k o f you a s Jewish/Black/Asi- an/Latino/Middle ea s t e rn /Na t ive American. ' I

O r "I t h i n k of you a s white ." Do n o t u s e a Jewish person o r person o f

c o l o u r t o hea r your confess ion o f p a s t r a - c i a l t r a n s g r e s s i o n s . I f you have offended a p a r t i c u l a r person, t hen apologize d i r e c - t l y ~ t o t h a t person.

Also d o n ' t assume t h a t Jews o r people of co lou r n e c e s s a r i l y want t o hea r about how p re jud iced your Uncle Fred is, no m a t t e r how t e r r i b l e you th ink he is .

I f you a r e white and/or g e n t i l e , do n o t assume t h a t t h e nex t Jewish person o r pe r - son o f c o l o u r you s e e w i l l f e e l l i k e d i s - cuss ing t h i s gu ide wi th you. Sometimes we g e t t i r e d o f t each ing t h i s s u b j e c t .

I f you a r e white , don ' t brag t o a person of co lou r about your overseas t r i p t o o u r homeland. E s p e c i a l l y when we cannot a f f o r d such a t r i p . S i m i l a r l y , , don ' t assume we're overjoyed t o s e e t h e expensive a r t i f a c t s you bought.

Words l i k e "Gestapo," "concent ra t ion camp" an2 "Hi t l e r " a r e only a p p r o p r i a t e when used t o r e f e r t o t h e Holocaust.

"Full-blood, ""half-breed,l'"quarter-blood" - any in fe rence t h a t a pe r son ' s '%-acew de- pends on blood i s r a c i s t . Nat ives a r e s i n - g l ed o u t f o r t h i s form o f b i g o t r y E a r e denied r i g h t s based on t h a t b a s i s .

' tSca lp i~ ig" : a custom a l s o p r a c t i c e d by t h e French, Dutch E English.

Do you have f r i e n d s o r acquain tances who a r e t e r r i f i c except t h e y ' r e r e a l l y r a c i s t ? If you q u i e t l y accep t t h a t p a r t o f them, you a r e g i v i n g t h e i r rac ism t a c i t approval .

A s an e x e r c i s e , p r e t end t h a t you a r e from ano the r p l a n e t E want an example o f a t y p i c a l human being f o r your photo album. Having never heard o f racism, you'd prob- a b l y p i ck someone who r e p r e s e n t s t h e maj- o r i t y o f people on t h e p l a n e t - an Asian person.

How many i s t o o many? We have heard well meaning l i b e r a l s s ay : t h i n g s l i k e : "This even t is t o o whi te . We need more people of colour ." Well, how many do you need? EO? l oo? J u s t what i s your s t anda rd f o r p e r s - ona l r a c i a l comfort?

People o f c o l o u r 6 Jewish people have been s o a l l t h e i r l i v e s . Fur ther , i f we've been r a i s e d i n a p l a c e where whi te g e n t i l e predominates , t hen we have been sub jec t ed t o racislri/anti-Semitism a l l o u r l i v e s . We a r e t h e r e f o r e e x p e r t s on o u r own l i v e s and ,

cond i t i ons . I f you do no t unders tand o r b e l i e v e o r ag ree wi th what someonc is say- i n g about t h e i r own oppress ion , do n o t au- t o m a t i c a l l y assume t h a t t h e y a r e wrong o r paranoid o r o v e r s e n s i t i v e .

I t is r,ot "racism i n r eve r se" o r "segre- gat ion ' ' f o r Jews o r people o f c o l o u r t o come t o g e t h e r i n a f f i n i t y groups f o r mutu- a l suppor t . Sometimes we need somc t ime E space a p a r t from t h e dominant group j u s t t o r e l a x E be ou r se lves . I f people coming t o g e t h e r f o r group suppor t makes you f e e l excluded, perhaps t h e r e ' s something miss- i n g i n your own l i f e o r c u l t u r a l connect- i ons . The v a r i o u s c u l t u r e s o f people o f c o l o u r o f t e n seem v e r y a t t r a c t i v e t o white people. (Yes, we a r e wonderful, we c a n ' t deny i t . ) But whi te people should n o t make a playground o u t o f o t h e r p e o p l e ' s c u l t - u r e s . We a r e n o t cool .

Don't f o r g e t t h a t every whi te person a l - i v e today i s a l s o descended from t r i b a l

How much money can you have and still get GAIN?

You can have some money and still get GAIN. You can have:

* Transients: * Single employable under age 55 * Single unemployable under age 55 $500.00 * Single persons age 55-59, single non Canadian

handicapped, and single non-Canadian age 60 and over in Canada less than 5 years $1,500.00

* Single age 60 and up; single handicapped person $2,500.00 * Persons under age 55 with dependents $1,500.00 * Persons age 55-59 with one dependent $2,500.00

(plus $300 for each additional dependent) * Person age 60 or over with dependents,

person

Lessnesses

Tone. Entombed t o begin. Formless. Meaning, a conduit t o c a r r y ou t .

A hunger t o reach, i f eve r formed, soon envelops the soul . Motive is born pure. A f a r c r y from being purely born.

The f a r t h e s t c r y i s b i r t h . Bliss soon swallows up t h e chaos of womblessness ( l e t u s assume). Sleep fol lows. Then b l i s s , then s l eep again, u n t i l t h e i n - e v i t a b l e - f a t e d - shock of f i r s t abandonment, from which no recovery i s eve r poss ib le .

I An end t o b l i s s . I Rel ie f i s become t h e fount of consciousness.

The s t e p down is nonethe less t h e f i r s t - f a t e d - s t e p towards t h e end of s e l f l e s s n e s s .

A change i n tone. I Meanings a r e l a t t e r l y toys 'soon' broken o r

drained of i n t e r e s t . There i s no r e t u r n t o b l i s s . What j.oy i s t o be found i s i n approximations. Joy i s a ma t t e r of meaning-fullness, not tone.

Therefore woe unto t h e p u r i s t s , f o r t h e i r ' s i s a meaningless p u r s u i t : t h e p u r s u i t of meaninglessness. .

(To say nothing of t one le s sness . . . ) .

Stephen Belkin

The Abandoned Cat a I saw him one morning, t h e abandoned c a t . I s tood on t h e balcony, look ing down and he paused by a bush, l o o k i n g up. \

He was o l d and b l i n d i n one eye . I ' d a l r e a d y been warned n o t t o f r a t e r n i z e - - s o what cou ld I do? I was j u s t p a s s i n g th rough , t h e house was n o t mine. But we s tood and regarded one a n o t h e r i n s i l e n c e and I saw i n h i s one eye t h a t he had no hope, t h a t t h e c h i l d r e n ' s v o i c e s , happy i n t h e garden were f o r him b u t t h e dim memory o f a dream. Yesterday, my h o s t fumed, t h e c a t p l a c e d no l e s s t h a n f o u r mouse heads i n a n e a t row on t h e f r o n t door s t e p ; t h e n he s a t back and wa i ted . H i s reward was a s c r e e c h and a bucke t o f c o l d water . Now, I look i n t o h i s eye and know he has acknowledged t h e r e is no th ing more he can do. I t i s l a t e summer, and i n t h e long g r a s s o f t h e b u i l d i n g p l o t o p p o s i t e a r e mice and a t h i n runne l o f wa te r . But a monster house i s planned, and w i n t e r i s approaching. A t n i g h t , t h e moon hangs l i k e a b leached bone. I s e e t h e c a t endur ing a t t h e base o f a t r e e , h i s eye a s m a l l , l o s t s t a r i n t h e moonlight a s t h e t r e e ' s f a l l i n g l e a v e s t e l l t h e i r beads t o t h e g r a s s . He i s a l r e a d y sunken hal fway i n t o e a r t h . By Chris tmas he may i n h a b i t n o t h i n g more than a memory, be b u t t h e s c a r on t h e ache o f my impotence.

Dusty

WHAT A WORLD

People running t o t h e i r jobs Making l o t s of money Too bad they c a n ' t buy "love."

What a world

People bui ld ing l o t s of bombs Making l o t s o f f e a r Too bad they can ' t k i l l "love."

What a world

But when t h e S p i r i t comes To s e a l us i n love What w i l l they do? What can they say?

People running f o r o f f i c e Te l l ing o t h e r s what t o do Too bad they don ' t say ' t love.w

What a world

People k i l l i n g l o t s of people Making l o t s of death Too bad they don ' t know " 1 0 v e . ~

What a world

But when the S p i r i t comes To sea l us i n love What w i l l they do? What can they say?

People judging o t h e r s Putt ing people down Too bad you c a n ' t judge "love."

What a world

People raping people Vengeance t o beat h e l l Too bad you can' t beat "love.

What a world

But when the S p i r i t comes To s e a l us i n love What w i l l they do? What can they say?

What a world Dreamweaver

'out there' In r e c e n t months t h e r e have been a

few a r t i c l e s on " f ree" t r a d e w i t h t h e newest p a r t n e r , Mexico. Most have cov- ered what it w i l l mean f o r peop le i n Canada. One gave a look a t c o n d i t i o n s i n Mexico f o r t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of people t h e r e - what S a l i n a s ' s gov ' t had done t o s t a y i n power E t h e r e g u l - a r abuses o f human r i g h t s by both t h e m i l i t a r y E p o l i c e f o r c e s .

On Nov. 25, Regina Avalos Castaneda was brought t o Carneg ie by a l o c a l ac - t i v i s t i n women's s t r u g g l e s G a n o t h e r woman a c t i n g a s Ms. C a s t a n e d a ' s i n t e r - p re te r . ( I a sk f o r g i v e n e s s f o r n o t having names o f t h e o t h e r two women.).

Regina i s i n Canada r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n UPREZ-CONAMUP, an acronym f o r t h e Spanish e q u i v a l e n t o f Popular Workers' Urban Revo lu t ionary Movement. She is h e l p i n g w i t h e s t a b l i s h i n g i n - t e r n a t i o n a l bonds E a network o f bo th people E communities who a r e f i g h t i n g back a g a i n s t t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda.

Much media a t t e n t i o n i s focused on the Maquiladoras - t h a t sk inny swath of land a long t h e US b o r d e r hb ld ing scores o f m u l t i n a t i o n a l s ' f a c t o r i e s .

Not g iven much a n a l y s i s a r e t h e many o t h e r measures t h a t t h e S a l i n a s g o v ' t has t aken t o o p p r e s s w i t h impuni ty - measures t h a t Ms. Castaneda s e e s t h e r e s u l t s o f d a i l y i n h e r work wi th t h e people l i v i n g i n E around Mexico C i t y .

She spoke o f community l a n d s , p ro - t e c t e d i n t h e Mexican C o n s t i t u t i o n , heing s o l d by S a l i n a s t o a g r i b u s i n e s s concerns f o r e x p o r t c rops . Thousands of Mexican people have been f o r c e d t o s e l l t h e i r l and a s t h e a l r e a d y meagre a s s i s t a n c e t o buy seed 'G grow c r o p s was e l i m i n a t e d . A t t h e same t ime , t h e p r i c e s f o r what used t o be produced i n abundance - corn , beans , e t c . - have climbed c o n t i n u o u s l y a s l e s s G l e s s l and remains f o r l o c a l l y consumed food c r o p s .

Hundreds o f thousands o f people have migra ted t o urban c e n t r e s a s l i f e be- came a lmost imposs ib le i n t h e country- s i d e , bu t no r e l i e f was w a i t i n g i n t h e c i t i e s . Work i s t h e r e but f o r s t a r v a - t i o n wages; a head o f a f a m i l y can b a r e l y e a r n enough t o feed one person. A t s t a k e i n t h e s e c o r p o r a t e power and g reed games a r e t h e v e r y l i v e s E f u t - u r e s o f m i l l i o n s o f people .

Regina E h e r f r i e n d s a r e brave peop- l e ; S a l i n a s & h i s c o h o r t s have murder- ed o v e r 100 l e a d e r s E community a c t i - v i s t s s i n c e t h e ' 88 e l e c t i o n s .

P r i o r i t i e s i n c l u d e f i g h t i n g t o s t o p t h e " f ree" t r a d e d e a l wi th Mexico G exposing t h e methods used by g o v ' t thugs - l i k e t o r t u r e , k idnapping/dis- appearances & p r i s o n wi thout t r i a l . A t t h e same l e v e l Regina wants t o f o r g e l i n k s w i t h t h e most v u l n e r a b l e 8 l e a s t powerful peop les i n t h e US E Canada s o we can l a 1 s h a r e o u r r e s o u r c e s G i d e a s .

I t was a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t she found much suppor t i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , t h e p o o r e s t community i n Canada. I f t h e dynamism h e r e i s matched by t h i s movement i n Mexico, i t ' s going t o b e a h e l l u v a f i g h t !

By PAULR TAYLOR

MPs approve remembrance day for 14 slain women

OTTAWA - The anniversary of the 1989 women who were massacred in Montreal . . . massacre of 14 women in Montreal will but also to put a focus on the issue of violence become a national day of remembrance and against women and the almost 100 women a ac t~on on violence against women under year, who are nameless and faceless, who die federal legislation passed Monday. as a result of domestic violence," said Black.

&IPS unanmously approved a private mem- She said the unanimous approval given by hers' bill declaring Dec. 6 to be a memorial hIPs shows there has been progress in chang- day. ing at t i tudes towards violence against

On that day in 1989, a gunman killed 14 women. female students at Montreal's Ecole Polytech- Earlier this year, some Conservative MPs niquc. an a committee that studied violence against

women objected to the group's final report "I think de facto Dec. 6 will be a day of entitled The War Against Women.

remembrance and this has put the official stamp of Parliament on that," said New "We've made progress, there's no doubt Democratic Party MP Dawn Black, (New about that, but it's a long process to change Westminster-Burnaby) who sponsored the attitudes," said Black. bill. The Conservative government recently

She expected the bill will next be approved appointed a nine-member panel to investi- in the Senate so it can become law. gate the issue of violence against women and

Black said she hoped the day would be used, report by December 1992.

not only for remembering victims, but also for The panel, headed by co-chairs Pat ~ a r - action and education. shall and Marthe Asselin Vaillancourt, will

"My intent is to commemorate the 14 young examine physical, psychological and sexual violence against women and recommend actions the government could take.

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Make t h i s empty f e e l i n g come t o a end. Give h e r The Treasure o f You t h e c o n s i d e r a t ion t o t e l l me s t r a i g h t . . .To l o v e wi thout o b j e c t . O r end

o u t , what i s going p roduc t , o u t of

t o happen. Not knowing 7 t h e s o u l ' s e x h i l i r a t i o n i s t a k i n g i t ' s t o l e on t o be lov ing .

my l i f e . Make it end. 0 A B i r t h i s t l e I P l e a s e .