>Mexican border, crossing the Florida straits, or while >trying to cross the border from Canada. > >Protesters carried signs bearing the names of these INS >victims. Speakers emphasized the importance of continuing to >fight back against the INS and for immigrants' rights, >because there are no borders in the workers' struggle. > >--Anne Pruden > >- END - > >(Copyleft Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to >copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but >changing it is not allowed. For more information contact >Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) > > > > > >Message-ID: <005401c04b9e$f07fd7c0$0a00a8c0@linux> >From: "WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [WW] WWP hits streets with election message >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:17:45 -0500 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >------------------------- >Via Workers World News Service >Reprinted from the Nov. 16, 2000 >issue of Workers World newspaper >------------------------- > >WORKERS WORLD PARTY HITS STREETS WITH ELECTION MESSAGE > >By Brian Becker > >Members and friends of Workers World Party hit the streets >in cities throughout the country between Nov. 4-7, >distributing 18,000 copies of a special four-page Workers >World supplement under the headline, "Don't let capitalism >get your vote--Kick the 'lesser evil' habit." > >"We distributed 3,000 copies of the supplement at a Ralph >Nader Super-Rally in Los Angeles on Nov. 3," stated John >Parker, an organizer in the Los Angeles WWP branch. > >The response of the mainly young crowd to the party's anti- >capitalist message was very positive. More than 50 people >signed up at the WWP literature table. > >"We are revolutionary socialists and we are organizing for >WWP candidates Monica Moorehead and Gloria La Riva, but this >supplement is also valuable for Nader supporters who are >resisting the pressure from the Gore camp to support one of >the two parties of corporate capitalism," Parker asserted. > >Three youths who signed up at the WWP table came to a follow- >up meeting the next evening featuring reports from a >solidarity delegation that had just returned from the >frontlines in Palestine. > >Thousands of supplements were also distributed to the 12,000- >strong Nader rally in Washington Nov. 5. > >"Young people are looking for answers. I was able to sell 12 >subscriptions to Workers World newspaper at today's rally in >Washington," reported Sarah Sloan, a member of WWP from New >York. A carload of activists from the New York and Baltimore >branches joined the Washington branch to help with the mass >distribution. > >In addition to the supplement, WWP prepared a special >pamphlet entitled "Marxism and the Nader Program," a >compilation of articles authored by Fred Goldstein that have >appeared in WW newspaper. Hundreds of these pamphlets were >sold during early November at Nader Super-Rallies in Los >Angeles, Washington and Milwaukee. > >WWP candidates Moorehead and La Riva had just completed a >successful tour in Wisconsin--a battleground swing state >where Nader's campaign came under strong pressure from the >Democratic Party. > >The Workers World supplement also received a positive >response from hundreds of people who participated in last >minute Nader support activities in Boston. > >MOBILIZATION IN NEW YORK > >>From Brooklyn to Harlem to Union Square, WWP members and >friends in New York set up tables and distributed thousands >of copies of the supplement on Nov. 4. "We started tabling >outside of City College at 137th Street, but we moved to >125th Street near the Harlem State Office Building where the >Gore campaign was sponsoring a street rally," Judi Cheng >reported. > >"People not only took the supplement, but a good number >signed the mailing list to find out more about the Moorehead- >La Riva campaign," stated Marie Jay, another participant in >the 125th Street distribution. > >At the 34th Street and Seventh Avenue location there was an >excellent response to the supplement. "There were a large >number of Spanish-speaking workers in the area who were >particularly interested in Mundo Obrero," stated Mary Owen. >Mundo Obrero is the Spanish-language section of WW >newspaper. > >Although the election will be over Nov. 7, the arguments >advanced in the supplement will continue to be a helpful >resource for those who want to combat both parties of big >business. To order a copy of the supplement or learn more >about Workers World Party, write to 55 W. 17th St., 5th >floor, New York, NY 10011; phone (212) 255-0352; or e-mail >[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWP's Web address is www.workers.org. > >- END - > >(Copyleft Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to >copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but >changing it is not allowed. For more information contact >Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) > > > > > >Message-ID: <005c01c04b9f$091617e0$0a00a8c0@linux> >From: "WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [WW] Vieques supporters drape Statue of Liberty >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:18:50 -0500 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >------------------------- >Via Workers World News Service >Reprinted from the Nov. 16, 2000 >issue of Workers World newspaper >------------------------- > >U.S. NAVY OUT! >VIEQUES SUPPORTERS DRAPE STATUE OF LIBERTY > >Special to Workers World >New York > >U.S. Navy bombers have driven the people of Vieques, Puerto >Rico, off two-thirds of their island. So on Nov. 5, Puerto >Rican activists took over a piece of Liberty Island in the >Bay of New York for two-and-a-half hours of justice. > >Six militants from Amigos del MAR (Movimiento Ambiental >Revolucionario) and Amigos de Vieques seized the crown of >the Statue of Liberty. One, identified by the organizers as >Tito Kayak, braved powerful gusts of wind to rappel down the >statue's torch arm and hang the flags of Puerto Rico and >Vieques and a sign reading "Peace in Vieques." > >Other activists blocked the narrow stairway leading to the >statue's crown, preventing others from coming in. Some >European tourists who stumbled across the demonstration >reportedly stuck around to show solidarity when they >realized what it was about. > >Police arrested 11 people, including the six who were in the >crown and others who were supporting from the ground. Four >were released without charges. > >The U.S. Navy has used the island of Vieques for target >practice since 1940. Every war the U.S. fights--from the >invasion of Panama to the bombing raids on Yugoslavia--it >first practices on Vieques. It even rents out use of the >island to other NATO members. > >These raids have poisoned the island and left radioactive >residue from depleted uranium shells. They have ruined the >health of the inhabitants. And they have destroyed their >means of making a living by devastating the fishing. > >The action at the Statue of Liberty again brought to New >York the struggle that has continued at a high level in >Vieques and in all of Puerto Rico since April 19, 1999. On >that day an F-18 fighter jet dropped two 500-pound bombs >during a practice run. A civilian guard, David Sanes, was >killed and four others were injured. > >Sanes' death was the last straw. People on Vieques and the >big island were outraged. Soon activists set up encampments >for a people's occupation of the restricted bombing >territory. These actions stopped the Pentagon's practices >for a year, until hundreds of heavily armed U.S. marshals >and FBI agents managed to evict the squatters last May. > >Since then, the Pentagon has tried several times to re- >establish its military exercises. But each time, they have >been disrupted or forced to stop short due to the courageous >and ingenious actions of anti-Navy protesters. > >Although Clinton has promised he will hold a referendum on >the Vieques bombing runs, on Oct. 17, some 2,000 U.S. troops >invaded Vieques again. The Pentagon tried to start another >series of massive bombing exercises, but Vieques activists >continued to find ways to get back to the target area. > >The organizers said that one of the reasons the Statue of >Liberty was occupied was "because of the general election >occurring this week. It is important that the next president >of the most powerful capitalist and imperialist force in the >world understand that the people of Puerto Rico/Vieques will >continue to fight, organize and mobilize for the removal of >the U.S. Navy out of Vieques." > >- END - > >(Copyleft Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to >copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but >changing it is not allowed. For more information contact >Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) > > > > > > > >Message-ID: <005d01c04b9f$0a1b04c0$0a00a8c0@linux> >From: "WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [WW] Nov. 7, 1917 & Nov. 7, 2000 >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:19:36 -0500 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >------------------------- >Via Workers World News Service >Reprinted from the Nov. 16, 2000 >issue of Workers World newspaper >------------------------- > >EDITORIAL: NOV. 7, 1917 & NOV 7, 2000 > >Nov. 7, 2000, was Election Day in the United States. Nov. 7 >was also the day that communists around the world marked the >83rd anniversary of the Russian workers' and peasants' >socialist revolution that established the first workers' >state in 1917. The two events offer a marked contrast of >ideas on how to bring about social and political change. > >Every four years workers, oppressed people and youths in the >U.S. are harangued to go to the polls and vote for a >Democratic or Republican presidential candidate. Whether >it's the New York Times, the pulpit or MTV, the message is >always the same: This is your chance--your only chance--to >have a voice and bring about change. > >And every four years, after the smoke and red, white and >blue festoons have been cleared, what's left? Whether it's a >Republican or a Democrat who enters the White House, Big >Business still rules. Police brutality, the death penalty, >racism, sexism, anti-gay and anti-trans bashings, layoffs, >plant closings and cutbacks continue. Because the leaders of >both parties represent the rule of one class--the capitalist >bosses. > >This year's presidential race carried an insidious "get out >the vote for Gore at all costs" message. On a more positive >note, the Nader/LaDuke campaign brought an anti-corporate >message to a wide, enthusiastic young audience. But even >this mostly progressive campaign fostered illusions about >the elections and lobbying as vehicles for meaningful >change. > >What a contrast was that day 83 years ago when the workers >and soldiers of Petrograd stormed the bastions of capitalist >rule! What an example for workers, communities and young >people today who are searching for the means to end >capitalist domination and the degradation of human beings >and the environment. > >Driven to rage and desperation by the slaughter of the First >World War, Russian workers and peasants overthrew Czar >Nicholas the II in March 1917. When the government that >replaced the czar--representing the factory owners, bankers >and landlords--continued the imperialist war, it was just a >matter of months before the working people again took >matters into their own hands. > >The workers of Russia created their own instruments of >political power, the soviets. And the most revolutionary >party of the Russian workers--Lenin's Bolshevik communists-- >became the recognized leaders of the mass movement. Strikes, >demonstrations and leaflets were all weapons of this >movement demanding bread, peace and land. > >At last, on Nov. 7, militant workers called Red Guards-- >armed with rifles donated by rebelling military personnel-- >stormed the Winter Palace and routed the bourgeois >government. The crew of the war ship Aurora embraced the >revolution and trained its big guns on the palace. The >uprising spread throughout Russian cities and the >countryside. The rule of the workers' and peasants' soviets >was established. > >The communist-led revolutionary government called for peace >and ended Russia's participation in the imperialist >slaughter. It divided up the great estates of the feudal >landlords among the poor and landless peasants. It gave >shape and form to what was already unfolding in the urban >workplaces, where the factory and office workers took >control. > >The Russian Revolution also brought sovereignty, self- >determination and long-sought justice to the many oppressed >nations that were ruled by the Czarist empire. The Bol >shevik policies of respect and affirmative action for the >oppressed nationalities led to the formation of the strong >Soviet Union a few years later. > >The Russian Revolution brought the bread, peace and land it >promised--a far cry from the false promises of the Gores and >Bushes. It also brought free, universal health care, >unsurpassed educational opportunities, the uplifting of >women and nationally oppressed peoples, abolition of the >czarist anti-gay laws and a living, breathing example of >what the working class can do when it fights in its own name >and in its own interests. > >The U.S. and the other imperialist powers wore down and >finally overturned the Soviet Union after 75 years of >unrelenting hot and cold wars. But the legacy of Nov. 7, >1917, lives on. It is alive, for example, in the fighting >communist spirit of the Cuban Revolution. And it continues >to offer lessons to the world's workers and youths. > >Today, we reaffirm that it is militant mass struggle, not >capitalist elections, which bring about real change on >behalf of the poor and oppressed. And we reaffirm that the >strains of Nov. 7, 1917--not of Nov. 7, 2000--are the sweet >music of humanity's future. > >- END - > >(Copyleft Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to >copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but >changing it is not allowed. For more information contact >Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) > > > > > >Message-ID: <005e01c04b9f$1e451120$0a00a8c0@linux> >From: "WW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [WW] Oil company profits explode >Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 00:20:29 -0500 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >------------------------- >Via Workers World News Service >Reprinted from the Nov. 16, 2000 >issue of Workers World newspaper >------------------------- > >FOSSILS THEN AND NOW: >OIL COMPANY PROFITS EXPLODE > >By Deirdre Griswold > >When you get your fuel oil bill this winter, or tank up your >car, don't faint and don't get mad at OPEC. Save your energy >for fighting the oil monopolies. > >They're the ones raking in the profits from higher oil >prices. Take Royal Dutch/Shell, for example, Europe's >biggest petroleum company. It just reported its third- >quarter operating profits. Ready for this? Earnings jumped >by 80 percent above the same quarter last year. > >The company sucked up $3.25 billion in profit in only three >months. That kind of money, according to a United Nations >report last spring, could provide clean water, basic health >care and education to the hundreds of millions of people >around the world in direst poverty. And that's just one oil >company. > >The wealth that higher oil prices have put in the hands of >the world's seven largest oil companies, most of which are >based here in the United States, is phenomenal. In addition >to ending the poverty crisis in the world, it could be used >to finance research into alternative forms of energy, since >oil is polluting the world and will run out some day. It >could also be put into building good mass transit systems to >reduce the congestion, delays and pollution of heavy >automobile traffic. > >Instead, we can expect to get more self-serving advertising >from the oil giants, more politicians bought by oil money, >more gas-guzzling vehicles, and more control over social >life by this small clique of billionaires. > >If anything should belong to the people, it is oil. It is a >"fossil fuel" because it comes from the decay of organisms >that lived millions of years ago. Today, however, it is the >billionaires controlling it that are the real fossils. > >- END - > >(Copyleft Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to >copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but >changing it is not allowed. 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