>be accomplished.
>
>This rebellion sparked fear in the hearts of the ruling
>classes.
>
>Anderson wrote, "As it was, even the noble old man's
>mistakes were productive of great good. ... John Brown did
>not only capture and hold Harper's Ferry for twenty hours,
>but he held the whole South."
>
>The book is available at www.leftbooks.com.
>
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>Subject: [WW] Serbian composer dedicates performance piece to Mumia
>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:26:36 -0500
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>MORE THAN JUST WONDERFUL MUSIC:
>
>SERBIAN COMPOSER DEDICATES
>PERFORMANCE PIECE TO MUMIA
>
>By Brian Becker
>New York
>
>The music of world-renowned Serbian composer Milos
>Raickovich was performed in concert here at the Miller
>Theatre at Colombia University on Feb. 4, to the delight of
>hundreds of enthralled listeners.
>
>Raickovich's style of music, which he calls "New
>Classicism," would have certainly given any audience a lot
>to cheer about. But the Feb. 4 concert was more than just
>wonderful music.
>
>The concert ended with a new composition entitled "Alarm."
>The composer dedicated it to Mumia Abu-Jamal, the African
>American journalist and political prisoner who awaits
>execution on Pennsylvania's death row.
>
>"Alarm" is a highly emotional piece that conjures up the
>fiendish sounds of wailing sirens, which became a nightly
>commonplace during the 78 days of bombing by the United
>States and NATO against the people of Yugoslavia in 1999.
>
>Raickovich is not only a brilliant composer. He is an
>anti-war activist and an internationalist opponent of
>racism.
>
>"`Alarm' is dedicated to Mumia Abu-Jamal," Raickovich
>explained in a prepared statement to the audience at
>Columbia University.
>
>Raickovich continued: "In his brilliant text `NATO/U.S.
>Out of Yugoslavia!,' written during the bombings, Mumia
>courageously wrote from the death row: `NATO is a fig leaf
>for American `interests,' and the bombing of Yugoslavia is
>but a global demonstration of the ruthlessness of the
>American Empire. _ This isn't about `human rights'_ It's
>about establishing who will be boss in the next century_
>Empires are maintained not by reason, but by ruthless
>terror. It was so in Rome. It is so in the U.S. _ Down with
>imperialism! Stop the bombing! U.S./NATO out of Yugoslavia!'
>
>"To this," Raickovich added, "I say let's liberate the
>U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal."
>
>In his statement Raickovich explained to the audience that
>this haunting anti-war composition was a fitting way to end
>the concert.
>
>"During the bombings, the concert halls and theaters
>throughout Yugoslavia were open every day, giving free
>performances to the public. At my former workplace, the
>Belgrade Opera House, I was told, both the public and the
>performers had tearful eyes, as they applauded each other,
>against the background noise of the sirens and NATO bombs."
>
>Raickovich describes his "New Classicism" as a blend of
>musical Minimalism and the styles of Viennese Classical and
>early Romantic music. Its form is Classical--e.g., the
>sonata cycle--but the tonality is reduced to only a few
>notes of the scale.
>
>Raickovich explains that "New Classicism enables me to
>express my feelings while at the same time it satisfies my
>need for a clear and coherent musical language."
>
>A compact disk featuring Raickovich's music, performed by
>the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and others, is available from
>the Mode label, PO Box 1026, New York, New York 10116.
>
>The Feb. 4 concert featured Tatjana Rankovich on solo
>piano and the Andrea Trio: Renee Jolles, violin, Dorothy
>Lawson, cello, and Christopher Oldfather, piano.
>
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>Subject: [WW] Feb. 19 protests in U.S. to demand Elian's return
>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:29:56 -0500
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>
>RENO, CLINTON STOP STALLING:
>
>FEB 19 PROTESTS IN U.S. TO
>DEMAND ELIAN'S RETURN
>
>By Leslie Feinberg
>
>Send Elian Gonzalez back home to his loved ones and his
>island nation. That sentiment is expressed in a Feb. 3
>letter from Elian's father Juan Miguel Gonzalez, and by
>millions in Cuba, the United States and many other
>countries.
>
>Pickets, rallies and other forms of protest continue to
>take place in cities around the world. And supporters of
>Elian's right to go home have vowed to step up their
>actions.
>
>The Rev. Lucius Walker of IFCO/Pastors for Peace has
>announced that the week of Feb. 16-19 has been designated an
>Education Outreach Week in Washington.
>
>Three demonstrations in U.S. cities on Feb. 19 will demand
>that Elian Gonzalez be allowed to go home without delay. The
>protests will take place in Washington, Miami and San
>Francisco.
>
>A successful Jan. 29 demonstration took place right in the
>heart of the Miami stronghold of reactionary Cuban
>Americans. Now, supporters of the child's repatriation say,
>it is urgent to keep the pressure on the federal government.
>
>These actions will demand that Attorney General Janet Reno
>and President Bill Clinton stop stalling and send Elian home
>without delay.
>
>That message will be heard loud and clear in Washington on
>Feb. 19. At 11 a.m., activists will gather at Lamont Park in
>the Latino community. The protesters will then march to the
>Justice Department.
>
>"We chose this date," Teresa Gutierrez told Workers World,
>"because a federal judge is holding a hearing and making his
>decision three days later. And we want him to feel the
>widespread sentiment that the kidnapping of this child is a
>travesty." Gutierrez is a leader of the National Committee
>to Send Elian Home to His Father.
>
>"What we feared about the big-business media has in fact
>happened," she continued. "They have turned down the
>thermostat on coverage about Elian. And what they do publish
>is biased and prejudicial against returning the child to his
>family, his friends and his homeland."
>
>For example, Gutierrez explained: "The warmly affectionate
>and loving interaction between Elian's grandmothers and
>their grandchild--which was very much a part of Cuban
>culture as a whole--was distorted by media reports. The
>accounts made it seem as though the grandmothers were guilty
>of sexual indecency and molestation."
>
>This coverage aided and abetted the Cuban American right
>wing that has encouraged Elian Gonzalez's distant relatives
>in Miami to abduct the child. Gutierrez noted that the Miami
>relatives have gone so far as to file criminal charges
>against the grandmothers for sexual misconduct.
>
>"These baseless and disgusting charges," Gutierrez said,
>"are just part of the legal web that the Miami relatives and
>the Cuban American right wing as a whole are using to trap
>this Cuban child here in the U.S."
>
>For more information on how to take part in protests on
>behalf of Elian, readers can contact the International
>Action Center, 39 W. 14 St., NY, NY; (212) 633-6646.
>
>`EVERY DAY THE DAMAGE IS GREATER'
>
>Juan Miguel Gonzalez wrote to U.S. officials on Feb. 3 to
>make his demands heard. The letter was translated into
>English by Karen Wald.
>
>In Cuba, in his message, Gonzalez said he was motivated
>"by the most profound anguish and concern over the current
>situation of my 6-year-old son, Elian Gonzalez, who has been
>cruelly and unjustly separated from his family for over two
>months."
>
>He wrote: "His two grandmothers were able to perceive with
>pain and bitterness the serious damage to his health and
>emotional balance caused by his prolonged and intolerable
>captivity. They were able to witness the nefarious
>consequences of the conditions surrounding the existence of
>an innocent young boy which have, of course, been reflected
>in various news media and denounced by prestigious child
>psychologists and other specialists in the United States.
>
>"Elian has now spent more than two months constantly
>besieged and pressured by politicians, reporters, lawyers,
>publicity agents and other individuals unrelated to his
>family. The child has been forced to pose before television
>cameras day and night alongside persons he does not know and
>who manipulate him unscrupulously. This gross invasion of
>his privacy and lack of regard for his childish innocence
>should cease totally and immediately, and you should
>guarantee that such practices do not occur again."
>
>The letter continued: "Among the persons who have appeared
>constantly alongside my son--to such an extent that they are
>easily identified and recognized by those who hang out
>around the place where he is being kept--are the well-known
>twins who each have long criminal records and convictions in
>the Florida courts.
>
>"How many others with similar backgrounds are surrounding
>my child? How can the INS let this situation continue?" the
>father asked.
>
>Gonzalez noted that the sister of these twins, "a
>spokeswoman for those who are arbitrarily retaining my son,
>stated Jan. 26 that Eli n is receiving psychological
>treatment."
>
>He wrote that as the child's parent he formally requests
>that:
>
>"1. You turn my son over to me in conformity with the
>decision announced last Jan. 5.
>
>2. That as long as that decision is not carried out, my
>son be transferred to the home of Mr. Manolo Gonzalez, my
>uncle, who also lives in Miami not far from the site where
>Elian has been kidnapped and held.
>
>3. That you immediately put an end to the harassment,
>manipulations, psychological pressures and violations of
>privacy my son has been subjected to."
>
>In addition, he insisted that the Immigration and
>Naturalization Service, "with all urgency and the greatest
>detail possible" provide him with the following information:
>
>"Complete names of the psychologist or psychologists who
>are seeing my son, the institutions where they studied,
>their level of professional experience, the treatment they
>are applying to him including whether they are administering
>any drugs, which, and for what purpose.
>
>"Complete names and current occupation and background of
>all persons who visit the home of Mr. Lazaro Gonzalez, who
>are residing there, and who have direct contact with my son,
>and who accompanies him when he is asleep [who sleeps in the
>same room with him]."
>
>Juan Miguel Gonzalez stressed that he, the child's four
>grandparents, great-grandmother and the rest of Elian's
>family "who have raised him with such love and care in our
>home in Cardenas" are "suffering the anguish of seeing him
>victimized by mistreatment and abuse by those who continue
>to keep him kidnapped."
>
>He concluded: "The damages being done to my son may
>unfortunately leave scars that will remain with him his
>entire life. The damage is greater with every day that
>passes. Those who can prevent this have a moral obligation
>to act with the utmost urgency."
>
> - END -
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>Subject: [WW] Canadian student strike!
>Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:31:00 -0500
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>TWO REPORTS ON CANADIAN STUDENT STRIKE
>"CRUSHING DEBT BURDEN"
>
>By Josina Dunkel
>St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
>
>Over 1,500 students in St. John's in the Canadian province
>of Newfoundland walked out of classes Feb. 2 to protest
>federal cuts to public colleges and universities.
>
>The strikers braved heavy snow to bring their demands to
>the government. By the end of the day they had shouted down
>the provincial minister of education and occupied the
>provincial government building for about an hour.
>
>Called by the Canadian Federation of Students, the strike
>was a nationwide day of action extending from Ottawa to
>Labrador City, from Vancouver to Montreal. Braving single-
>digit temperatures and deep snow, about 20,000 students in
>over 50 communities across Canada walked out of classes.
>
>They sent a clear message that the budget surplus of $12
>billion should go back to social programs.
>
>Protests took many forms. On Prince Edward Island,
>students served Kraft macaroni and cheese to show that
>tuition bills left little money for food. In Alberta,
>University of Calgary students set up a soup kitchen.
>
>Students at York University in Ontario were supported by
>the Transit Commission, which refused to let its buses cross
>the student picket line.
>
>In Newfoundland 15 communities held strikes--every place
>there's a public college or university. In St. John's,
>students from Memorial University of Newfoundland were
>joined by strikers from College of the North Atlantic and a
>significant faction of high school students.
>
>The community support for the students' action was
>remarkable. Newfoundland's morning radio news shows were
>barraged with phone calls in support, and the commentators
>were more than sympathetic. Along the demonstration, drivers
>honked to show their support even though the strikers were
>blocking off a major road.
>
>The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labor, the
>Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Newfoundland and
>Labrador Nurses Union, the United Steel Workers of America,
>the Canadian Auto Workers, and the Communications, Energy
>and Paperworkers Union, gave money, endorsements, and
>speakers for the strike.
>
>Support demonstrations for the Canadian student strike
>reached as far as Mexico City, where protestors picketed the
>Canadian Embassy.
>
>In less than a decade, over $7 billion has been cut from
>post-secondary education in Canada. Such deep cuts have sent
>tuition skyrocketing. It has more than doubled.
>
>With each increase these schools become less accessible
>for working and poor students.
>
>Student debt has tripled. This contributes to emigration
>from some provinces and even from Canada to the United
>States, where wages are higher and debts can be paid off
>more quickly.
>
>The student protesters' demands were clear and well-
>supported by the community. Students demanded a national
>system of scholarships, not loans, and that funds cut from
>social programs such as public education, health care and
>unemployment insurance be restored.
>
>Students also demanded that tuition fees be eliminated.
>They reminded the government of the 1976 United Nations
>Convenant, in which it agreed to make higher education free.
>Instead of fees being eliminated, tuition has consistently
>risen, save for a few temporary tuition freezes.
>
>In the past few weeks the Canadian government has publicly
>presented a number of plans for spending the $12 billion
>surplus. The first was to give Canadian hockey teams money
>to stay in Canada.
>
>Allison North, chairperson of the Newfoundland and
>Labrador Federation of Students, said: "Do you want to know
>where students stand on the federal government's priority
>list? ... We come right after the Ottawa Senators, the
>Montreal Canadiens, and the Toronto Maple Leafs."
>
>Yet another slap to the suffering public-education system
>came when the federal government decided to give banks $100
>million to compensate for students defaulting on their
>loans. Obviously, this does not address the reason for the
>widespread problem of students defaulting on loans--or why
>students are forced to take out loans in the first place.
>
>
>"EMBOLDENED BY BATTLE OF SEATTLE"
>By Marge Maloney
>Buffalo, N.Y.
>
>Strikes, protests and teach-ins hit colleges and
>universities across Canada on Feb. 2. The campaign, led by
>the Canadian Federation of Students, demonstrated students'
>alarm over rising tuition fees, heavy debt loads and
>government funding cuts.
>
>University and college students held actions in more than
>50 communities. The actions were endorsed by faculty
>associations, the labor movement and other social-action
>groups.
>
>In Ottawa, roughly 1,000 students chanted and stomped
>enthusiastically for more than an hour at Parliament Hill.
>
>At Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, student
>demonstrators were bolstered by members of the "flying
>squad" of the Canadian Auto Workers Local 707, whose
>business cards advertise support for strikes and picket
>lines.
>
>Students at Toronto's York University have erected a giant
>"debt wall" on which thousands of students have recorded
>what they owe. "The debt load is crushing," a statement by
>the Canadian Federation of Students said. "Students who have
>taken out loans now owe an average of $25,000 upon
>graduation."
>
>Adele Mugford, a graduate student at Carleton University,
>said that despite working two part-time jobs during the
>school year, and a third in the summer, she recently had to
>take out a student loan to deal with rising tuition and
>costs.
>
>"As soon as you get a part-time job," said nursing student
>Claudia Omoreanu, "your quality of education goes down."
>
>The Canadian Federation of Students issued a call for
>support and endorsements of the Access 2000 Campaign in an
>internationally distributed email from Elizabeth Carlyle,
>National Deputy Chairperson of the Federation. Included was
>a letter from Michael Conlon, national chairperson, in which
>he described the campaign:
>
>"Access 2000 is a campaign to pressure the Canadian
>federal government into restoring social programme funding,
>reducing tuition fees, and establishing a national system of
>grants. February 2, 2000, was designated as a cross-Canada
>day of strike and mass action for students and all those who
>want to send a clear message to the Canadian government
>about its budget priorities.
>
>"As in many other countries, years of devastating cutbacks
>to social spending have allowed the Canadian federal
>government to accumulate a multi-billion-dollar surplus.
>This slush fund was built on the backs of working people,
>students, and the poor by reducing public services, laying-
>off public sector workers, restricting access to employment
>insurance, privatizng programs, implementing user fees and
>reducing transfer payments to the provinces for social
>programs.
>
>"On the international front," the letter concluded, "the
>victory in shutting down the WTO meetings in Seattle has
>given students the confidence to wage a united,
>international fight back."
>
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