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Coalition to Stop U.S. intervention in the Middle East
New York: 36 E. 12 St. NY. NY 10003 « (212) 777-1246
Washington: 2025 ‘I’ St. NW, Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20006 « (202) 332-5049
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SAMPLE ENDORSERS: Several Act -Up chapters, African-American Coalition Against
U.S. Intervention, Ramsey Clark, Clergy and Laity Concerned, Several AFSCME locals,
American Indian Movement, Black Veterans for Social Justice, William Kunstler,
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Pete Seeger, Vinceramos Brigade, Students and
Youth Against Racism, Several individual striking Greyhound workers.
CONTACT NUMBERS FOR ALBANY BUSSES TO THE JANUARY 19 MARCH:
Judith 463-0754 or Social Justice Center 434-4037
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MARCH ON WASHINGTON
FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Saturday, January 26th
NO WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
MONEY FOR HUMAN NEEDS, NOT WAR
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
’.U. box 3009, Cinurch St. Station, New York, NY 10008 (2.12) 727-3069
SAMPLE ENDORSERS: American Friends Service Committee, CISPS, Church Women United,
Jobs With Peace, National Rainbow Coalition, National SANE/FREEZE, Palestine
Solidarity Committee, Peace Program of the American Baptist Churches, Student
ga Environmental Action Coalition, United States STudents ASsocijation, National
ie lawyers Guild, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, US Peace Council, War Resisters
League, Network in Solidarity With the People of Guatemala
CONTACT NUMBERS FOR ALBANY BUSSES TO THE JANUARY 26 MARCH:
Marion Harwick 439-3403 or Grace White 432-4260 or Social Justice Ctr.
\ 434-4037
Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
Pledge of Resistance
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SPONSORED BY
THE CAPITAL DISTRICT COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID AND RACISM
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THE CENTER FOR LAW AND J USTICE, INC.
"STOP POLICE ABUSE: DO THE RIGHT THING"
--@ Community meeting to address the problem of police abuse
If you are tired of being beaten up and harrassed by the Albany
Police, come to this IMPORTANT MEETING on:
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1991
ARBOR HILL COMMUNITY CENTER
50 LARK STREET, ALBANY
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Moderator: Merton Simpson, Co-Chair, Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
Speakers: Deborah Muhammad, Human Relations Specialist, NYS Division of Human Rights
Mark Mishler, Activist Attorney
Carolyn Edmonds, Community Leader
James H. Bouldin, County Legislator, 3rd Ward
Alice Green, Executive Director, Center for Law and Justice, Inc.
Call 427-8361 for more information
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Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12202
A Project of the Social Justice Center
January, 1991
_ “lf Martin Luther King
were alive today,
he'd be organizing"
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Next General CD-CAAR Meeting )
Thursday, Jan. 24, 1991 - 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Ribany Public Library
Washington Avenue, Aibany, New York
ny would Martin Luther King be organizing?
We encourage all to come and participate in a community
discussion on Dr. King's legacy and how it applies to
local, national and international issues today.
C Yeu have time ta read same af the writings of Or. King before
the meeting that mould be helaful/
Please sete article inside ea 8. Martina Lather Kiag.
Some CO-CAAR Business...
Steering Committee Election - At the November 1990
general meeting of CD-CAAR, election to the steering committee was
held. The following people were elected:
Merton Simpson, Co-Chair Vera Michelson, Co-Chair
Eileen Kawola, Newsletter Editor Anite Thayer
Deborah Maxwell Vicki Smith
Mabel Leon Pat Trowers Johnson
Anita Thayer Mike Riddick
Jim Bouldin Mark Mishier
(Roll Varma will continue as Treasurer) &
Membership Letter - Early this month a membership letter was
sent to everyone who receives this newsletter. This letter was the
annual request for your $5.00 (or more!) yearly dues. If you haven't
sent your dues in yet, please do so. This will guarantee you continued
mailing of the newsletter, and a membership card which will be sent
to you on receipt of your dues. Mast importantiy, it means you
are continuing your commitment to the fight against
apartheid and racism.
Coalition Events - Past and Future
On Becember 14, 1990 the Coalition held a fundraiser "Party
with a Purpose.” Thanks to party chair Mike Riddick and his
committee, Judy Rubenstein and Deborah Muhammad, the party was
financial and a social success-continuing the tradition that CD-CAAR
throws the best party in town!
Speaking of parties, in September, 1991, CB-CAAR will
celebrate its tenth year anniversary. This will be o very special
event and we are beginning to organize for it now. If you would like
to be involved in the planning stages, call Pat Trowers Johnson at 463
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County Bail Record Far from Impartial
by Alice Green
(The following article 1s adapted from a piece written by Dr. Green of the Center for
Law and Justice of Albany. a private. tax-exempt advocacy organization. It appeared
in the Albany Times Union on October 7. 1991)
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+ Dale McGrath, an Albany County Jail inmate, underwent a hunger
strike this summer to call attention to the longheld practice of using bail
for purposee other than that intended. Bail should be used only as a
measure for assuring the defendant's appearance in court. Historically,
bail has been used in Albany County in many instances strictly as a
measure of social control and oppression directed against certain people.
The practice has been to set unreasonably high bail in cases of the poor
and powerless who find themesives accused of a crime. Most recently we
saw how it was used to harass and punish those who dare to challenge the
system. A case in point was that of Donna DeMaria, longtime community
activist whose bail was set at $10,000 on a trumped-up felony charge.
A large number of admissions to local jails in New York state are
pretrial detainees, and most are confined for want of modest amounts of
bail. Consequently, those unable to afford their release are poor. It also
follows that people of color, who are disproportionately represented among
the poor, will suffer the most. In Albany County, they have suffered for
years from the destructive impact of this practice in terms of loss of jobs,
housing, the breakup of families, the foster placement of children, and
higher conviction and incarceration rates. Research shows that those who
fai’ » be released are much more likely to be convicted.
- There is a growing awareness that certain ill-defined criteria, once
relied upon as “objective criteria” to be used in making relase decisions,
nare not objective at all.
For example, “employment” and “residence” ma simply hav
to do with defining one's ethnic group or rlinn A preted than cane
riskiness." Therefore, Assitant District Attorney Lawrence Wiest was
wrong in suggesting that McGrath, who admittedly has lived at several
different residences within the community, poses a “risk to society” simply
because he has "a checkered employment history and has lived in at least
four different places this year.” For often those characteristics simply
describe the plight of the poor and the homeless.
The practice of unreasonable bail increases disrespect for the law
and adds to the overcrowding problem in the jail, as well a
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placed upon taxpayers. i a
| The Center for Law and Justice, as well as the Coalition for Criminy
Justice, supported McGrath's valiant effort. He has asked all of us in the
community to reexamine our commitment of the cherished constitutional
principle that the accused should stand innocent until proven guilty. He
has also aked that the community at least explore more creative measures
that both honor this principle and Provide protection to our community.
CD-CAAR's Subcommittee on Police Abuse and Racist Violence
is working with Dr. Green and the Center for Law and Justice
to coordinate the anti-police abuse campaign. On January 7,
1991, the two groups sponsored a community meeting to
address the problem of police abuse. From the time of the
planning of that meeting and the actual meeting there was
the suicide of Corey J. Sheldon, a robbery suspect, in the
Albany City Division II Lockup. This case as well as oth 47
issues of police abuse which were brought up at tht
community meeting will be discussed at the general CD-CAAR
meeting on January 24th.
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- Jail death spurs blacks’
THE TIMES UNION
Altsery NOY Tuesrfay jan & POG
protest against police
By Richard Wexier
Statt writer
ALBANY ~— Singing “We Shall
Overcome” and braving bitter cold,
about 65 people demonstrated in
front of the home of Mayor Thomas
@»Whaien Ill Monday night, protest-
“ue What they charge is widespread
rutality against blacks by Albany
police
For 20 minutes, the demonstrators
chanted, “What happened to Corey
Sheldon?” a reference to a black
robbery suspect who died in a cell in
the Division 2 lockup. Police say the
death was a suicide, but the demon-
formal complaints would be filed
with the Police Department's inter-
nal affairs unit this morning
“| brought with me a copy of the
Constitution of the United States,”
said Alice Green, who has resigned
her job with the New York Civil
Liberuies Union to work full time on
issues of police abuse. “The Albany
Police Department doesn't seem to
believe it exists for black people.”
1 was scared (to speak out) but |
couldn't take it any more,” said
Carolyn Edmonds, a merchant in
Arbor Hill
harassed
I have seen people
abused, beaten and
strators did not believe it. They also
chanted, “Whose mayor are you?”
and, “Where is Whalen””
Lights were switched off at the
Whalen household on South Pine
Avenue as the protest began and the
mayor did not come to the door
when reporters sought corment
after the protest. Shortly after the
demonstrators left, police arrived.
Whalen, clad in a bathrobe, opened
the door, asked, “Is it quiet now?”
again refused comment, and shut the
door. One of the officers on the scene
said he did not know who had called
police.
charged for no reason at all,” though
she added that she has seen “good
officers, too.”
“Racism is alive and well right
here in Albany,” charged Deborah
Muhammad, a human relations spe-
cialist for the state Division of
Human Rights. Like other speakers,
Muhammad cited what she said was
the widespread feeling among blacks
that they faced retaliation if they
complained about brutality. “Even if
there is no abuse, there is a problem
when people are this afraid,” Mu-
harmmad said
See PROTEST / 6-3
HIS AND OTHER ISSUES INVOLVING POLICE ABUSE
AND RACIST VIOLENCE WILL BE PART OF CD-CAAR'S
JANUARY 24TH MEETING.
The demonstration was un-
planned. It happened after peopie
attending a meeting at the Arbor
Hill Community Center about al-
leged police brutality demanded that
some sort of action be taken imme-
diately, More than 100 people attend-
ed the meeting, which had to be
moved to the gymnasium from a
smaller room.
The meeting was called in the
wake of the Sheldon death and the
alleged beating of several members
of the Cancer family in Arbor Hill
last month. John Cancer, a family
spokesman, said Monday night that
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PROTES
Continued from B-1
Corey Sheldon's aunt Joyce Fred-
erick, who now lives in Maryland,
came to Albany to plead for help in
investigating her nephew's death.
“Help me find out what happened to
my ,” she said. “He didn’t kill
himself.” The pastor of Sheldon’s
church, Emmett Jeffress, said that
shortly before his death, Sheldon “led
the devotion service. He sang, he
praised God, he was happy. he
rejoiced. ... I just don't believe he
did this.”
Mark Mishler, an attorney and
former member of the city’s Police-
Community Relations Board, alleged
that police routinely stop young
black mefi on the street for question-
ing, and sometimes partial stri
searching, without cause. He
charged that searches at the Grey-
hound Bus Terminal targeted blacks.
And he blasted the county public
defender’s office for allegedly failing
to fight for its clients. Mishler is now
representing the Cancer family.
Mishier called for creation of an
independent civilian review board
with the power to conduct its own
investigations into alleged police
misconduct,
Green said her newly formed
Center for Law and Justice Inc. will
serve as a clearinghouse for com-
plaints against the police. Green said
she and an attorney on her staff will
help pople file complaints and
accompany them when they are
questioned by the police. She urged
people with complaints against the
police to call her at 427-8361.
No one from the Police Depart-
ment attended the meeting. The
moderator, Merton Simpson, said
they were not invited, but “they
knew about it.” Police Chief John
Dale has an unlisted phone number
and could net be reached for com-
ment Monday night.
A few people at the meeting said
peaceful protest was not enough.
“It's been a long time since there's
been a riot here,” said one speaker.
“When we start tearing up (stuff)
we'll get better taken care of.”
But several speakers said violence
was self-destructive. “In the
run, what will it accomplish?” .)
Edmonds.
_§ TO THE US. ACTIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ON JANUARY 19TH AND
-§ON JANUARY 26TH NATIONAL MARCHES ARE BEING HELD IN
| US. TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME.
_| ALBANY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BUSES CALL THE SOCIAL
_ | JUSTICE CENTER, 434-4037. FOR INFORMATION ON FUTURE MEETINGS
_ (OF THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE, CALL DAVID AT 482-7448.
THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE TO END US. INTERVENTION IN
4 THE MIDDLE EAST IS ORGANIZING SEVERAL EVENTS IN RESPONSE
WASHINGTON TO CALL FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND FOR THE
BUSES ARE BEING SENT FROM
El cation News...
: The election of Barbera Alien as President of the Ribany
Board of Education is one of the most hopeful things to happen to
_the public school system in Albany since there's been public schools!
fis the first African American Board president, Barbara, a community
activist and member of CO-CAAR, promises to make her main concern
the education of all of the children. Congratulations Barbara!
Education ‘91 - Tapping Every Talent: Expanding
fichievement Oppertunities for All Students, a community based
conference designed to promote a long-term, broad-based effori io
enrich, diversity, and strengthen education in Albany, is planned for
Saturday, February 2, 1991 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Philip
Livingston Middle School, 315 Northern Boulevard, Aibany. The
conference is being sponsored by the Albany Citizens for Education,
the Albany City School District, the NAACP-Albany branch, and the
Aibany Urban League. CD-CAAR is one of the many cadorsers of the
event. The basic fee is $6.00 which may be reduced for anyone to
whom it presents a hardship. On-site child care will be available free
of charge. Reservations must be made by January 22nd by calling
te’e-ohone *447-5877. if you are interested in the changes taking
Place in the Albany Public Schools, if you want to see that these
changes meet the needs of all students, plan to attend this important
conference.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN ISSUES OF
POLICE ABUSE AND RACIST VIOLENCE, CD-CAAR IS
WORKING WITH THE CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTI
CALL MERTON SIMPSON IN
(518) 427-8361. ,
CARE OF ALICE G ;
Martin Luther King
Revolutionary er Bream Merchant?
Vera Michelson
Over the years, CD-CAAR members have expressed concern and
frustration over the way the true meaning of Dr. Martin Luther King's
live has been manipulated by the mass media, politicians and
professional “dream organizers and merchants."
Each January celebration we are left with the image of a great
man who went to a mountain top to have a dream. Our children (Black
and white) are led to believe that he died so that they could hold
hands.
This sanitized view of Dr. King is a discredit to all that he lived
and died for. This version of the struggle numbs us and enables us to
create a perspective on King's life which is more comfortable, more
easy to digest and which fails to disturb or significantly challenge us.
Remembering the real King and learning the lessons of that time
in history means that we remember the Martin Luther King who:
i. denounced the U.S. government as the “greatest purveyor of
violence in the world" and spoke of American as a “malignant
society.”
2. called for 4 “radical redistribution of wealth and power in
America” as a way of providing food, shelter, medical care, jobs,
education and hope for all of its' people.
3. described the@s of American society as “systemic rathed
than superificial flaws."
4. linked wealth and power to race and class oppression.
3. in discussing the war in Viet Nam commented that "the
western arrogance of Welling that it has everything to teach other
and nothing to learn from them is not just..."and "...a netion that
continues gear after year te spend mere money on militery
defense than on programs of secial uplift is approaching
spiritual death."
We believe that if Martin Luther King were alive today he would
be outraged at a Bush administration which shows total disregard for
domestic issues of housing, drugs, AIDS, homelessness, health care
and hate crimes. We believe that instead of weiking hand in hand
with the Governor of New York State he would be organizing protests
at the Capitol in support of the thousands of workers who will be laid
off in the upcoming months. He would make us face reality; the Bush
veto of national civil rights legisiation is a deciaration of war on
people of color in this country. He would arganize us te pratest
against this country's preparation te engege Biecks, Letines
and white working cless youth in oe devastating and
senseless war for profit and control in the Middle East. We
believe unequivecaliy that Martin Luther King wouid be
organizing te get U.S. treaps aut of the Persian Gulf.
le hope that all CO-Citr members end friends wilt be able to
Join us at our January 24, 1991 menthly meeting which musi include a
community discussion of the real meaning of the life af Or. Martin
Luther King end it's relewance for our work faday. The meeting wilt
begin at 7:00 p.m. at the Mbany Public library timain branch on
Washington Avenue), le urge everyone to be on time since we hate
'0 be aut af the library by 9:00 p.m. sharp.
to dreft a new constitution an allow the formation of an interim
overnment with Biack perticipation. The ANC position on
coutiaune senctions was also clarified. We reprint for you below
We propose:
l. The launching of a campaign to culminate on Solomon Mahlansu
Day (6 April) for the release of our prisoners, {including those
on eath row) the return of our exiles, the cessation of
Political trials and the detention of our People.
oa ane launching of mass action around the opening of parliament
to highlight our demands for an interim government and
constituent assembly and te demand the abolition of the
tricameral and bantustan systems. This to be followed by a mass
door-to-door signature Campaign to popularise and mobilise our
People around the objectives of an interim government and
constituent assembly,
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3.1 The convening of workshops with our allies to develop a joint
programme of action against violence in our country,
3.2 The NEC set up a National Defence Committee to take charge of
the speedy implementation of self-defence units in our
structures.
4.3 That our structures be encouraged to actively Participate if
the campaigns a allies in our communities and in our
factories. To thi effect, we propose the Setting up of local
alliance structures,
4. The convening of a patriotic conference on Sharpville Day, 21
March, to mobili: al} anti-apartheid forces against this regia
set
5. That we consolidate our Organisation by synchronising our mass
recruitment campaigns with our campaigns of mass action, by
women and directs all structures of the ANC to implement it, and
calls on the Women's League to spearhead this process,
learning, and therefore undertakes to campaign for mage
education, a common education System for all, and a demand that
the regime provides adequate resources for education,
noting that of the obstacles to genuine such a3 the Internal
0 78, Semain in the statute books and are still vigorously enforced —
We resolve that the existing sanctions be
As such as the ANC appeals to the EC, U.S Congress, EFTA and other inwrmational
0 postpone any considerarion of the issue of epertheid SA until the
Religie pee thet democratic formations inside our county including ée Unions and
Re initiate discussion with them on the issues
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Capital District Coalition . ' ‘queen
Against Apartheid and Racism Secaatioation
Project of the Social Justice Center US POSTAGE
33 Central Avenue PAID
Aibany, New York 12210 PERMIT NO. 509
Albany, NY
important meeting date
Thursday, January 24, 1991
Aibany Public Library, ?-9 p.m.
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The main topic of discussion at our reguiar monthly meeting in
January will be “If Martin Luther King were alive today, he'd
be organizing.“ We urge you to attend this important meeting
where we will be discussing the real meaning of the King legacy and
the importance it has for the struggle against racism and injustice
today.
Note the announcement of a community forum below:
Forum set on filing brutality charges ¢,
ALBANY — Two civil rights organizations will stage an
informational session Monday on how people can file complaints of ig
police harassment or brutality. e
“Stop Police Abuse: Do the Right Thing,” organized by the Capital 4
District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism and the the Center %,
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y. jan. 5, 1991
for Law and Justice Inc., will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Arbor
Hill Community Center.
Speakers will advise those who attend how to file complaints in
cases in which they believe they were abused by police officers. For ©)
This forum was held on January 7th. In addition to our
discussion of Martin Luther King, at our meeting on the 24th we will
hold a follow up discussion on the outcome of this forum.
THE TIMES UNION ~
Albany. N.Y.
Saturda
5.
For Immediate Release.
For further information contact: Anne Pope
NAACP STATEMENT TO THE PRESS REGARDING KKK DEMONSTRATION
When the NAACP was established in 1909, the multiracial and
forms. Over the decades, successive generations of Americans have
upheld this pledge. We have battled discrimination against people
of color on a multitude of fronts; in housing, in education, in
employment, in the voting booths, in the courts, in the media and,
most importantly, in the hearts and minds of individuals. We have
made great strides in all these arenas; the national celebration
of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, a man who
dedicated his life to peace and racial unity is a shining
testament to that fact. However, it is clear that the war against
- That the Invisible
Empire of the KKK should choose to march in Albany this weekend,
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even as we prepare to honor Dr. King, is an affront to all lovers
Of peace and humanity. While the Constitution gives this
misguided, pathetic and dangerous organization the right to
demonstrate, we have the right and responsibility to show the
equality and unity amongst all society~~-regardless
we are committed to countering the violence
Of the KKK with non-violence and the hatred of the KKK with love.
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PRESS RELEASE... 0.05 ccc cc cee cuuuneace JANUARY 18, 1991
PLANS FOR JANUARY 20, 199] ANTI-KLAN PROTEST
RALLY DETAILED AT PRESS CONFERENCE
The Albany Branch of the NAACP and the Capital District
Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism today announced details of
a peaceful, nonviolent, counter-demonstration to protest the Ku
Klux Klan presence in Albany. Approximately 30 organizations
have joined in the protest plans.
This demonstration, which will be held Sunday, January 20 at
2 p.m. - the same time as the recently announced KKK rally, will
show that the Ku Klux Klan is not welcome in Albany.
The counter-rally will be held on the east Capitol lawn and
will include organized Singing, chants and speakers.
Representatives from a variety of community organizations wil}
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hee
address the rally. Rally organizers will have their
own
marshalls and will cooperate with the Capitol Police to ensure
the safety of all participants.
The presense of the Klan on the steps of our Capitol
Building is evidence that racism, white supremacy, anti-Semitism
and homophobia and the resulting violence is a continuing threat
in our midst.
The counter-demonstration will unify and include those who
Oppose the Klan and all other hate groups who attack African-
Americans, Latinos, Asians, Jews, Roman Catholics, Women,
Lesbians, Gays, Immigrants and non-English speakeGs.
The counter-demonstration will unify and include those who
remember and respect Martin Luther King and his message of
justice, peace and human dignity.
The counter-demonstration will unify and include those who
are proud to celebrate the birthday of Dr. King as an official
state and federal holiday.
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As Dr. King once said: "Where evil men plot, good men [and
women] must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men [and
women] must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of
hatred, good men [and women] must commit themselves to the
glories of love. Where evil men would seek to perpetrate an
unjust status quo, good men {and women] must seek to bring into
being a real order of justice."
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PROTEST SPONSORS
Albany Branch NAACP by Anne Pope, President \
Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism by Vera
Michelson, Co-chair
See attached list of endorsing organizations
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS:
The following phone numbers are NOT’ for publication or
distribution:
Anne Pope 463-5463
Vera Michelson 463-0562, 370-7366
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right to free speech and assembly. Ii
protesters gathered, they gave more validity
and publicity to the Rlan’s racist attitudes. it
the crowd got unruly. the KAKA would cite
that as proof that whites are under siege in
this country
Just as many blacks are convinced there is
a white conspiracy to destroy the race, Kans
men have their own conspiracy theory that
they are being denied success by blacks.
Jews, Catholies—anyone not like them
The truth is, this country does a poor job of
helping the poor, no matter what color. Many
whites who are susceptible to the conspiracy
theory are unskilled workers in small towns
eling from mill and factory closings
None of this excuses the not-so-historic
legacy of Klan violence. As a young reporter,
l traveled the South to document Klan activi-
ties. | was convinced that this was an exam-
ple of the worst of America taking charge
ACLU defends Klan cop
By Don Feder
he American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) is back on the job, protecting
Amenca from rampant civil liberties abuses
The latest beneficiary of its vigilance is
Thomas Herman. The town of Newfields,
' New Hampshire, violated Mr. Herman's
First Amendment night to freedom of asso-
ciation when it fired him from the police
force, says the ACLU's
Granite State affiliate—
and all over such a triv
ial thing: Herman's
membership in the Ku
Klux Klan
Once again the First
Amendment fetishists
are letting their fixation
blind them to reality, in
this case the reality of
police work. If Klan
members are allowed to
infest police depart
ments, how can a black.
a Jew, a Hispanic, or an
Onenta) have any confi
dence in the operations
of the same?
There are a half-dozen
Kian groups in the coun
try. Herman’s—The In
nantly black neighborhood, the ACLU once
again rode to its rescue
Just doin’ our job, the ACLU would say.
defending the rights of unpopular minori
ties, thereby protecting those of every
American. Ah, but the group is selective
about its clientele. Aiding right-wing lu-
natics is no threat to the establishment's
agenda. Legitimate conservatives are an
' other matter. lt wanted to send lithe Walter
Polovchak back to
Leonid Brezhnev's en
chanted kingdom. It re
fused to represent the
Dartmouth Review, a
conservative college
newspaper, against ad
ministrative harass
ment. It's fine to use
RICO (the Racketeer In
fluenced Corrupt Orga
nizations Act) against
Operation Rescue, say
the Constitution's self
' selected champions
What the group has
never understood 16 that
the Constitution does
~ not posit absolute rights
* Throughout our history,
constitutionally protect
~ ed freedoms have been
visible Empire. Knights Can police officers who belong to the = Circums: nbed in various
of the Ku Klux Klan—is Klan be expected to uphold the rightsof ways. Not allowing a
the largest and most vio git eltizens?
lent, according ta the
Southern Poverty Law Center
Its m.o. includes assaulting civil rights
marchers, desecrating svnagogues, and in
timidating Vietnamese. Hs rallies attract
neo Nazis, skinheads, and other slimy crea
tures
This isn't the first time the civil iberties
watchdogs have rushed to the Alan's de
fense. In the mid-70s, when a group of Ma
rine Klansmen were transferred from the
San Diego base after an outbreak of racial
violence, the ACLU sued for violation of
due process. When the Klan was denied a
permit to hold a rally ata school play-
ground in Mississippi, the ACLU interced
ed in its behalf
Last year, when the Klan sought to par-
ucipate in Nerth Carolina's adopt-a-highway
program, which would have required the
state to erect a billboard with the Klan logo
on a stretch of road through a predomi-
member of an organiza
tion which, in the name
of racial superiority, regularly violates the
law to serve as a law enforcement official is
among the most reasonable restrainis, one
absolutely necessary to the preservation of
public ordes
“The Constitution isn't a suicide pact,’
said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert
Jackson. It doesn't mean neo-Nazi swine
must be granted a permit to march through
a town of Holocaust survivors, which Gary
Wills called the equivalent of making “an
obscene phone call to an entire neighbor
hood instead of a single hause.” It doesn’t
mean that virulent racists, whose associates
make Saddam Hussein look like Jimmy
Stewart, must be given guns and empow-
ered to enforce a community's law's
lf the ACLU has its way. the next time
you're stopped by a New Hampshire cop
you could be invited to a cross burning. &@
Distribyted! ty Hertuage Features Syndicate
New Dimensions The Psychology Behind The News / DECEMBER 1996
39
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“Just as many blacks are convinced there is a white conspiracy
to destroy the race, Klansmen have their own conspiracy theory that
they are being denied success by blacks, Jews, Catholics—anyone not like them,”
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Ireds of black students who Kiansmen, like L.A. gang members, show off their “colors”
chanted for hours to prevent
Klansman David Duke from
speaking on the University of North Caroli
fa campus. We felt we had taken a stand for
ourselves, our ancestors, and the generations
to cume However, Duke used such Con-
frontations to fine tune his message into pro-
white rather than anti-black. He has used
that experience to get a Louisiana state leg:
islature seat and to run a credible congres:
KKK riot in Washington, 0.C., on Nov. 27, 1982
sional campaign
Phe Communist Workers Party vandalized
a Klan community center in China Grove,
N_C., burned the American flag, and orga
nized armed patrols nearby. They dared the
Klan to attack. Ata “Death to the Klan” rally
the next week in Greensboro, N-C., some
Klansmen called theie bluff, killing five of
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miss them as unworthy of our
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blocks away it the Museum
of American Historw with mv
mece and nephew. We spent
ilot of time in exhibits that
chronicled black migration
from the South to urban areas
and the history of black edu
cation in the South
n knew that at a rally nearby
someone was saying they were less than hu
man. But they were looking at a history of ex
traordinary achievement despite the odds
and feeling proud
[could think of no better protest.
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Vanessa Gallman is Director
of the Public Affairs Report-
ing Program at the University
of Maryland School of
Journalism
KKK stirs co
How to hurt the Klan: Ignore it
Although the KKK was ONC® @ powerful symbol of racism in America, the Klan of the ‘90 is some in the crowd turned on them and on 1.
hardly more than a fringe group. By ignoring its desperate attempts to get publicity, Americans nocent bystanders
have a good chance to keep it that way, Thre Protesters Winnted ty show the World
that they abhurred the Klan’s legiey ot view
By Vanessa Gallman Paces and faiths as if it did aur Matter lence and hate—so they were wiolent and
Now these self appointed KAK guardians hateful
Pittust be tough to be a Klansmuan in these of the tights of the poor and white cannot In the process, they helped the lan in
mes, Michael Javkson js the top enter. even wo to the nation's eapual aad have a what has become a well used stratexy to wain
tuner, Michael Jordan the pinnacle of ath. peace rally sympathy and members
letic prowess, and Bill Cosby the ideal father While about 4 of them stood preaching to Alan rallies Mopped generating fear a leony
og Wilder is governor of Virginia, Jesse one another on the Capitol steps list sue time WO. Mainly because the rallies seldom
son dared to run for president twice and | mer, more than 3.000 protesters waited, drew more than a handful. So the rallies have
General Colin Powell is heading the MOMs many with obvious violent intent, When the been staged to generate Contlict. [fa tuwn de
military. And all the while people are mixing | police decided to cancel the Klan march, nied them a permit. they could demand their
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Instructions for Peacekeepers
General
Concentrate your attention on crowd movement. Refrain from chanting or carrying
3s so that you are free from distractions
@ Prevent lagging by asking demonstrators to keep moving.
@ Stay on the side closest to the street and remind demonstrators to stay on the sidewalk.
Remember that street protests require a permit.
Be well-informed. Know the demonstration schedule and route.
® March begins at 4:00 p.m. West-side steps of Capitol Building.
@ Begin rally at 5:15 on Federal Building steps.
® Commence with 6:00 p.m. meeting at church across from Federal Building.
Be prepared to identify rally organizers (wearing white hats with orange bands) and
press spokespersons (wearing white pins).
If police are nearby try to maintain contact by informing them of your intentions. Do not
ask permission.
Above all try to be cheerful, helpful and calm. Your job is to assist demonstrators, not
police them.
Tissihlin: sinister
HECKLING
Moving Peacekeepers: Keep the marchers moving around the heckler without engaging
in arguments.
Runners; Smile and engage hecklers in conversation. Try to discuss thing politely.
Never argue.
SCUFFLES
Stay calm. Don’t run. Do not interpose,
Moving Peacekeepers: Keep the marchers going by standing between the scufflers and
marchers with your back towards the scufflers. Urge marchers to continue on without
joining in the scuffle. Let the fight fizzle out if possible.
Runners: Find police officer.
DISRUPTIONS WITHIN THE DEMONSTRATION
Moving Peacekeepers: Do not allow disrupters to distract demonstrators. Encourage the
crowd to keep nipving singing and chanting.
Runners: Talk ¢ mly with disrupters, use good arguments why the demonstration
should have a peaceful tone.
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CONVERSATION WITH LENNY ZESKIND OF THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC
RENEWAL (Friday, January 18, 1991)
The New York State leader of the Klan is William Hoff who lives in
Queens. (He is the "grand dragon.")
There are three to four dozen registered KKK members in the state of
New York. There are some members in New York City and there are
members in the Schuylerville area.
Lenny estimated that there would be about two dozen in attendance
based upon his knowledge of Klan activity here (and the permit
they've requested is indeed for twenty-five).
They might be bringing people here from Quebec City or from Sherbrooke
in Canada.
A couple of people from Pennsylvania might come although they are
also having a rally in Westchester, Pennsylvania this weekend.
***Lenny would like to get good black and white photographs of the Klan
group for his work.
After Sunday we should look for Klan activity in the area high schools
because that is often their tactic following an appearance. They
will distribute Klan literature in the schools.
Lenny did not think that racists not affiliated with the Klan would
be a problem for us. He stated that. there was much more neo-Nazi
activity in upstate NY than Klan activity and that their tendency
is to be very private and clandestine.
Joe Blow racist probably will not see this as an opportunity to act
out since there will be too many police around. For example, if
someone threw something at the Klan members these unaffiliated
thugs would see the Klan as stupid for putting themselves in that
position.
He strongly suggests that we not do anything that will make the Klan
look like martyrs.
Lenny says it depends upon the situation whether an anti-Klan demon-
stration is a good idea or not. There are two things he advises
to strategically counteract. 1) Don't make the Klan look like
martyrs by our actions. 2) Often an anti-Klan demonstration
doesn't give us a chance to state clearly what we stand for.
The media can portray both the Klan and the counter-demonstrators
as equally crazy groups.
CONVERSATION WITH VICKIE RE: PEACEKEEPING /MARSHALLING
JANUARY 18, 1991
Good idea to to have peace keepers get to the site early.
The three people with walkie-
talkies should arrive about an hour
early.
We should check out the site today (Saturday. )
If the Xmas tree is still up, we should check that out on Saturday
and Sunday since it is a potential hiding place.
Will the capital definitely be sealed off on Sunday?
high level of police gs
office being there.)
(There is a
ecurity in the capital because of Cuomo's
Check out the steps carefully. There is room for people to hide
up in the building.
At least one person should hav
e binoculars to keep a constant eye
on the capital.
She expressed concern about the bridge area for parking.
If there's a group of people who want to directl
we should do our best to stop them.
not be responsible for what happens t
know that they will be on their own.
that they will be endangering us.
y confront the Klan,
But if they persist we can-
© them and we should let them
We will also let them know
the rally.
There should be at least one person who sta
ys up front near the
podium with a walkie talkie at all times.
The other two people with walkie talkies can be "runners" who go
back and forth among us.
If any disturbance happens,
phone) should be the perso
tion and instructions out.
the person at the podium (with the micro-
n they get to in order to get informa-
The police should be a wall between us and the KKK.
Peace keepergbhould try to handle things first, but if the situation
gets out of hand they should not hesitate to go to the police.
If a disturbance or loud explosion is heard, people at the rally
should be instructed to get down on the ground. People would be
instructed to remain calm and not to run away.
hw
a.
Vickie agreed with the idea of a small hand-
out for each person at
the rally listing the ground rules and security measures we arrive
Peace keepers should not lead chants because it distracts them from their
primary job.
Peace keepers should always put themselves between the disrupters and
the rally participants.
People should be encouraged to leav grounds promptly
after the rally and not linger afterwards.
People should be urged to leave with at least one other person and
to not leave the site alone.
BRING THE TROOPS HOME!
On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X was assassinated. His senseless murder was
mourned internationally -- not only as the loss of a great leader ~ but because he was
in the process of completing a Human Rights Agenda for the United Nations that
would have freed all oppressed people and minimized the potential for conflicts
like the current Gulf War.
NATIONAL DAY OF OUTRAGE
*“THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1991**
Join the hundreds of thousands of students, activists, organizations, friends
and relatives of troops in the Gulf to begin to finish Malcolm X's work by
demanding an immediate cease-fire to the Persian Gulf War.
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY:
Fight against racism and poverty in the U.S.
$$ for jobs, education, housing, health care
and the fight against AIDS, not for war!
I believe there will be a clash between
those who want freedom, justice and equality
for everyone and those who want to continue
the system of exploitation.
--Malcolm X
MARCH & RALLY
2 March Routes Converge & Encircle the Capitol East Side 5:00-6:00pm
Assembly Points
1. Naval Recruiting Center (Main & Wash. Ave.) 2. SUNYA Page Hall (135 Western )
“Vigil starting at noon; march at 4:00pm “*Assemble at 3:00pm
RALLY & EDUCATION
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Madison & Eagle Sts. 6:00pm
“Program will include speeches, music and uncensored video tapes from the Gulf.
Emergency Committee to End US Intervention in the Middle East
33 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
518-434-4037
A project of the Social Justice Center. This event has not been cleared by any government.
RACISM IS KILLING US!
On Sunday, January 20, 1991
the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is
planning to rally at the NYS oa
Capitol in downtown Albanv.\ae
In this time of cut-backs, we say:
FIGHT BACK! NO KKK!| oe
“The triple threat to society is poverty, racism, and violence.’
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Despite this warning over 25 years ago we must continue to organize against
the onslaught of injustice in the United States. In 1991 we face:
“Disproportionate numbers of minority unemployment & homelessness;
“Poverty rates among Americans that parallel only the Depression and,
“Increasing incidents of police brutality and bias-related violence.
‘The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line."
WEB. DuBois
In New York State we are all at risk. The following is a sample of organized,
white supremacist groups in our midst.*
*Buffalo-Rochester Aryan Skins (BRASH), Rochester, NY
*SS Action (Neo-Nazis), Corning, NY
*National White Resistance, Lawrence, NY
“Empire Knights of the KKK, Astoria (Queens), NY
“(Source: The Southern Poverty Law Center, Decade Review, December 1989),
FIGHT BACK! NO KKK!
‘T'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired.’
Fannie Lou Hamer
TOWN MEETING
Saturday, January 19, 1991 7:00pm
Grace and Holy Innocents Church
498 Clinton Avenue (Clinton & Robin Street)
Albany, NY 12206
For info. call Erika (518) 427-8361 Wed. 1/ 16/91, ll-4pm. "Citizens United to Stop the Violence!"
CHANTS
1) NO KLAN ACTIVITY
IN OUR COMMUNITY! (Repeat)
2) HATE-FREE ZONE!
HATE-FREE ZONE!
3) ALBANY IS A HATE-FREE ZONE,
KKK LEAVE US ALONE!
4) PUSH BACK THE RACIST ATTACK,
PUSH PUSH BACK THE RACIST ATTACK!
5) HEY HEY! HO HO!
RACISM HAS GOT TO Go!
(SUBSTITUTE: SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA, ANTI-
SEMITISM, VIOLENCE, HATRED, GAY-BASHING)
6) WHO'S GOING TO STOP THE KLAN?
WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE KLAN!
SONGS
1) Oh freedom, Oh freedom, Oh freedom over me!
Well vefc.e I'l ve a siave, I'll be buried in my grave!
And go home, to my lord and be free!
2) We who believe in freedom shall not rest!
We who believe in freedom shall not rest!
We who believe in freedom shall not rest until it comes!
3) I said deep deep, | said deep deep
I said deep down in my heart, I know the people will
be free, deep down in my heart.
(Substitute: the children, the world, etc.)
4) Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around, tum me around,
turn me around; Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around,
gonna keep on talking, keep on walking,
marching into freedom land!
5) Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom,
Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom,
Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom,
Hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah!
UNITE AND ORGANIZE AGAINST THE KKK!
COUNTER RALLY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1991
2:00 - 3:00p.m.
‘Ihe triple threat to society is poverty, racism and violence.’
“Martin Luther ‘King, Ir.
Sponsored by: NAACP Albany Branch*Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid & Racism*Nat'l Lawyers Guild Albany*Arbor Hill Community
Center*Albany, Saratoga and Russell Sage NOW*Cenier for Law and Juslice
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Government" AF SME Council 66*°AFSME Local 1961°NAACP Schenectady’
Urban League*Latino Action Coalition’Artists for New Politics*Albany Peace
& Energy Council*Capital District Commitiee for Palestinian Rights*Wilborn
Temple*Fellowship of Reconciliation (Troy) Black Social Workers Albany*
St. John's Church of God in Christ*Bethel Baptist Church*Rev. William Roland’
Women's Building’SUNY Albany*SEIU Local 2000°Capital District Black
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Peace&Justice’Juntas Asia Ei Progreso*Empire State Pride Agenda*Capital
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
We are a diverse group of individuals and organizations
that have gathered together peacefully to show the KKK
that they are not welcome in our community.
Our agenda is to unite and coalesce on January 20, 1991
ina peaceful counter demonstration against
an organized KKK rally at the NYS Capitol.
HEE HHH
FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF TODAY'S EVENT
In an effort to insure our mutual safety in the presence
of a violent organization, the group wil! adhere
to the guidance and direction of the Peacekeepers - Marshalls
who are wearing red arm bands.
At the close of the program, please disperse promptly
in groups of two or three,and assist those who are older
or who are in the company of small children.
THANK YOU!
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UNITE AND ORGANIZE AGAINST THE KKK!
COUNTER RALLY
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 1991
2:00 - 3:00p.m.
‘The triple threat to Society is poverty, racism and violence.”
--Martin Luther King, Ir.
PROGRAM
Gathering and Picketing!
(2:00-2:15pm)
Greetings
(2:20-2:30pm)
Anne Pope, NAACP, Albany Branch
Vera Michaelson, Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid and Racism
Speakers
(2:30-2:40pm)
Freedom Songs/Chants
(2:40-2:50pm)
Speakers
(2:50-3:00pm)
Closing Comments and Announcements
Anne Pope, NAACP, Albany Branch
Vera Michaelson, Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid and Racism
Attention: Editors January 17, 1991
PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD FRIDAY, JANUARY 18
TO ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR ANTI-KLAN PROTEST
The Albany Branch NAACP and the Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid & Racism, have scheduled a press conference
for Friday, January 18, 1991 at 11:00 a.m. at the offices of the
Urban League, corner of Livingston Ave. and Ten Broeck, Albany,
to announce the details of a peaceful protest against the Ku
Klux Klan.
Ann Pope, President of the Albany Branch NAACP and Vera
Michelson, co-chair of the Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid & Raciem will be joined by other groups and individu-
als at the press conference.
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS:
The following phone numbers are NOT for publication or
distribution: tia
Anne Pope 463~-5463
Vera Michelson 463-0562, 370-7366
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By CHRIS McKENNA
Post Correspondent
ALBANY — A handful of Ku
Klux Klan members attempted
to rally on the steps of the state
Capitol yesterday, bul before
they could don their white robes,
they were chased way by hun-
dreds of egg- and snowball-toss-
ing protesters.
The planned Kian rally was to
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protest today's official state holi-
day in honor of slain civil-rights
leader Martin Luther King.
“JFK was assassinated and
there's no holiday for him. We
want a holiday for whites,” said
William Dodge, a self-described
Kian leader from Bristol, Conn.,
before the angry crowd chased
him down the street.
“Go home, rednecks,” the
crowd shouted. No arrests were
NEW York Posh "MONDAY, JANGARY 31,' 1991
p Kian bid to
made.
Other counterprotesters
taunted spectators they said
“looked like KKK” as rumors
circulated that other Klan mem-
bers were milling among the
crowd of ahout 2,000,
Dozens of copa attempted to
separate protesters and KKK
members, who arrived one-by-
one hours after the planned 2
p.m. start of the rally.
hold rally in Albany
“I'm @ peaceful man. I am a
God-loving man. 1 am a member
of the Invisible Empire of the Ku
Klux Kian,” declared Ron
Demers, as he was led through
the jeering crowd by police.
The planned rally was the sec-
ond Klan gathering in the area.
Police said there was no sign of
Wayne Crowley, the local man
ba organized yesterday's KKK
rally.
_ Monday, January 21, 199
Dorothea Brace asks crowd of
and go home quietly after a brief s
The crowd brok
Saf % es Sy , 8 -
"SID BROWN Gazette Photographer
ximately 100 people to disperse officers with clubs and heimete w
kirmish with police. The Capitol after the incident.
ere called in as reinforcements
®@ up shortly afterward.
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Group seeks ouster of school board member
By JOHN NOETZEL
Gazette Reporter a
WATERVLIET — A Watervilet
group is continuing ite fight to
“move a member from the city
ywol district's Board of Education.
Vic Gamma, president of the
Watervliet Citizens Action Assocta-
ago, says there is a conflict of
interest with Hayes ho the board
seat and serving as the city’s sealer of
weights and measures. Hayes has
been on the board for 20 years and
has held his $4,500-a-year city job
since 1978.
“To me, it’s a matter of principle,”
Gamma said. “He's up there making
sion ts only an opinion and not bind-
ing, Hayes has refused to step down.
He has, however, said he will not run
ior ve-einction when his term expires
in +
‘00-member tax-revoit
sOUgat the ruling after Hayes
angered the group with remarks he
made at a school budget hearing lact
information on how to file an appeal,
The call was made after the associa-
tion sent @ letter exp
refusal to resign and the af
Education's unwillingness to maka
hirn resign. :
“It's not right,” Gamma satd,
“They're just stalling until his
expires. But we know we're right »
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scattered up the driveway
into the Capitol, Demers paused for a
few moments to answer questions
from the press.
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shouldn't have a holida o” said
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Rally honors Dr. King, repels the Klan
By Helen Scott
week's time “to say no to every-
thing the Klan stands for,” rally
speaker
from the State Capit
Over 1,000 people marched |
ol in Ai
basty to the Federal office
dozen antiwar marchera &
linked arma and brielly
| biocked traffic at a busy
downtown iniersection.
Shelley Baldwin, a leacher,
Pope told the World. “We want-
ed lo make poople aware that
racism is pervasive in the saci-
ety, that raciam is on the rise.”
Pope, who is president of the Al-
bany Branch of the NAACP,
noted that the organization has
been getting hatc mail fom the
commemoric iho life of Dr
King during the official state and
fight recalls the signs, “I am a
man” that were carried by the
with whom King marched.
During the cally, Paul
of New Jewish Age.
ono pean
blew a» shofar, a waditional Jow-
ish bom, to wam against the
podals against holding any ac-
tion and others for acinom away
from the Klan rally site. In the
cad, most sponsors of the on-site
dernonsiration also endorsed a
The neat step us to build a
CUUNpAi ge lO Win SlaLe ke gislanon
agaimsi bias crimes amd Ww «>
farce the Anti-Genocide Law,
said ihe protest organizers, who
reyeciedd the confrontavoo tactics
used by some anal! groups dur-
ing the aan-violeni action
Organizabanal exdorsers in.
cluded the National Lawyers
Guild, Albany \chapter; Arbor
Hill Community Center, Nation.
al Organization for Wowen
chapters from Saraoga. Albany
and Russel) Sage: Blacks in
Government, Council 66 and
Local 196) of APSCME: Ser.
vice Employers Loca} 200...
the Capital Disirict Solidarity
Coauni tice; Schenectady Branch
NAACP; Wiibara Tempic,
Bethe) Bapiuse Church of Troy;
Capital District Comsmitice for
Palestiman Righis, Capual Drs-
inct Greens; and Ferninist Ac-
on Network.
New York City
Daily News
Strikers build
boycott effort
By Helen Soots
ica lor,
said, “I think the war is about
| oil, it's about capitalism, and | Meanwhile,
Building up a head of steam New York C My Mayor David
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ALBANY ~ civil Tights groups
WH) hold their swy fay Sunday tg
counter plans by the Ku Klug Klan to
protest the state Martin Luther King
holiday,
‘It's just very important for thig
community to be united and show
that the Klan is nor welcome,” said
Vera Micheison, Co-chair af the Cog.
‘tion Against Apartheid and Rac-
sm,
Michelson said details between her
group, the Albany braneh of the
NAACP and other STOUps that may
co-sponsor the counter demonstra.
Yon have yet to be Worked out, She
said the counter demonstration
would be peaceful
The Possibility of g confrontation
may be reduced Decause the state
won't give permission to the different
factions to hold their rallies Next to
each other, ac Cording to a state SPo-
kemag,
‘{The Klansrmen} are coming on a
very touchy Issue, our celebration af
Or. King,” said Anne Pope, president
Of the Albany National Association
for the Advang ement of Colored Peo
Pla. “We dont at pack and not do
anything.”
Pope, like Mix helson, said details
of their Pesponse would be released at
4 presa conference Fri day.
The Klan was granted a permit by
the alate Office of General Services
to hold @ rally protesting the King
holiday at Ease Capitol Park, said
Thomas Tubbs, Spokesman for the of.
fice. Tubbs said he had been contact.
ed Dy the coalition and offered them 9
perrut for West Capitol Park for the
same time,
Our policy is two demonstrating
Organizations, no matter the purpose
of the demonstrations, CaD't occupy
the same space,” Tubbs said yester.
day ee
He also said the Parks on both aides
of the Capitol building are publie land
aod no one can be prevented from .
entering them,
Tubbs also said he belleves this ig
the first dene the Klan has ever plan-
hed to demonstrate at the state Cang.
tol, Tubbs Wouldn't discugg ; @
bumber of police that Would be on
hand Sunday, He only said, ‘We mon.
itor all demonstrations to be sure
people exhibit the kind of behavior
that's acceptable.”
Sandra Klein, Stale regional direc
tor of the Anti-Defamation League of
B'Nai B’Rith, Said her organization
wouldn't Participate tn the counter
y.
We're very much against {the
Klan appearance}, she said “But we
Strations because We feel counter
demonstrations add to the Stature of
the Kian,”
‘We want to 8¢t people together to
Mrategize for the long range,” said
Deborah Muhammad. a human rela.
tions spectalist for the Crisis Preven.
tion Unit of the State Diviaiog of
Human Rights. Mubammad noted
¢ recently has been publig
activity by the Klan in Pennsylvania
aod Nort Carolina, Lage Sept. 25
for King memorial sery;
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Cathedrai of aij Saints Aibany where about $00 of the Civil rights hero.
500 fill Albany Cathedr:;
By JOHN MORAN . ‘ : ing it was everyone's r.
Gazette Reporter “On this crucial evening, be : oe tether of Bis
= ne ‘init — Vala {he City's Yours
ALBANY — With sOmMe Speakerg we pray together for first class, started at
Hoting the troy of spose penta ag peace as we celebrate ance (he 19 une
American known for 6o0-viclence on : YOURS become ‘rjen |
the @ve of @ possible U.S. war, ap. the birthday of a man, may Make a meanings
proximately $00 filled the Cathedral Who when face to face to our city.
lat de aints last night for « memo- with bigotry and hatred, tte also tried to clea
tial service to De. Martin Luther ; 1 et
King Jr, chose non-violence.” clty's dla nee |
To @ murmur of amens from the Rev. Howard Hubbard fail over granting King
crowd, Episcopal Bishop the Rey Bishop of Albany Cainoiic Diocese a holiday, :
David Ball, the host bisho for the . .
At the time the city
Service, gave the ayer for ce Ou
and lation i oe “We don't want to honor him asa union wanted King’;
1 We pray on the birthday of r saint. We want to recognize him aga 12th paid holiday The
servant Martin one thank pon foe dreamer who contributed to this na. saying the union could
his vision, his courage, bis @zample don as Washington and Lincoln did,” day if it combined W &
We aspeciall ray that there be Said Stanley, the keynote Speaker for Lincoln’y birthdays into
fo the Middle East. Peace, not the service, Eventually « comp
war, in the Middle East,” Bai} said. Staniey is also president of the Em- reached and the union
“Of this crucial evening, bel ado Hay Baptist er tot the Nem birthday with the com
t ether for peace as we celebrate and vice president of the ational =| ‘ ; i
the birthday of a man, who when face Baptist Convention, USA Inc. ta plus and ad
to face with bigotry and hatred, chose He quoted from the President's Last night Whalen an-
hea-vicleace,” Romag Catholic Medallion of Freedom, posthumously
B of the Albany Diocese Howard given to King in 1977. he had written the pol,
Hubberg told the ga “King waa the Conscience of his fighters unions, Which 4
King, probably America’s moat Beneration, He gazed down on the reatly tavolved in
Well-known of Ui rights leader, would Great wall of segregation ang Saw =e gollations.
have turned Hs iavereer. He was that the power of love could bring it ‘tT propose today that
aged of the asorance of On@ another,” Stanley the holidays and leave ;
Baptist Church Troy, said . said, ACiNg process whether |)
hooded Klansmen marched in Schuy. those who oppose a holiday for King’s | | Mayor Thomas M. Whaten IU also Prlate number of hui,
lerville in Saratoga County, de
Uvered remarks to the crowd, Say- quoted his letter ag jay)
down, He helped us overcome Our lg- inctude Martin Luther +
~~ow swe cagat tO “freely speak, wrie anu CUMMING ey mee pom eee ne
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Demonstration planned to counter Ku Klux Klan rally
The Kian plans to hold a one-hour rally, s tarting
By Robert Borseitino at 2 p.m. Sunday, to protest Monday's ance
of the Rev. Mardin ohare. birthday.
ALBANY — Several rae District organiza- Themes Tubbs, 2 Seow
Uons are planning an anti-Klan demonstration for yo
Sunday to counter a Ku Klux Klan rally scheduled *
orth Capa pe bo map
the Albany chapter of
the Advancement of
But he went on to say Capitol Park ls public
land and if both groups “maintain and exhibit
an announcement is
scheduled for Friday
es
ae
me behavior” there should be no prob-
lem
Wayne Crowley ley of Round Lake, an organizer of
, pe Klan
Crowley's a
Capitol Park
to participate.
Counterdemonstrators said they expect to
attract anywhere from 100 to 500 people
ation for a state permit to use
icated that he expects 25 people
ilk
il
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Lod
re
Mike Goudreau
KLAN STAND
AFTER 26 ROBED KU KLUX KLAN
members marched in Schuyierville last
September. William H, Hoff. New York
t protest the u: ing Martin Luther King fr.
holiday on the pital steps Sunday. King j
In an interview after the Schuyierville
march, Hoff said that in recent years, the
Klan had been keeping a low profile. But
following Schuylerville, New York's first
public march of robed Klansmen in 60 years,
Hoff was feeling expansive. Now we've
become strong," Hoff bragged.
Anne Pope, president of the Albany
branch of the NAACP. said it Was important
for the community to come together and
defend King’s memory. “When the Klan
comes to the area,” she said, "it’s incumbent
On ua to respond to their presence. But it’s
also important to me that it be done
nonviolently, in the spirit of Dr. King.”
Next Monday is the official King holiday
and an annual march in his memory, which
draws top state and local officials, is
planned in Albany that day. But the
announcement of the Klan protest forced
local activists to consider how to respond
beyond the official march, [n an effort to
learn from the experiences of other
communities, they turned to such national
than we've had in recent years,” he said.
“You shouldn't play into the Klan’s
handa,”’ Zeakind advised. “It’s not so much
the issue of violence, but if you do things
that tend to make the Klan into martyrs, or
look picked on. you shift the debate away
from racism and violence and onto some
sort of First Amendment rights question,”
Recent Klan marches elsewhere in the
country have been met with a variety of
responses. In Cincinnati, three days before
Christmas, sore 800 people rallied to
protest six robed Klanamen, At one point,
activists threw rocks, metallic objects and a
can of fruit. At the end of the half-hour
rally, police escorted the Klansmen to
waiting cars, But seven anti-Klan protestors
were arrested during fights with the police,
who were protecting the robed racists.
“In North Carolina, there have been
Zeskind said. “But it doesn't male sense to
‘ave the souce protect the Klan | "hing 11
distorts the public discussion,”
According to Zeskind, there are some 26
different Klan groups around the country
Pulaski, Tenn., where the Klan was
founded more than a century ago, has
become the site of an anti-King Day march
that attracts not only Klanamen, but Nazi-
onented skinheads as well. About 250
white supremacists participated in the
annual march last Saturday.
The organized white-supremacist
movement has grown slightly in recent
years, Zeskind said, but its influence “has
grown considerably."’ He cited in particular,
former Klan leader David Duke's
successful bid for a seat in the Louisiana
State Legisiature. “That shows the
growing sophistication of white-
supremacist groups,” he said.
After a series of Meetings this past week.
local anti-racist activists have settled om
several approaches. A town meeting to
discuss the Klan has been called for 7 PM
Saturday at Grace and Holy Innocents
Church on Clinton Avenue in Albany, "We
want the Klan to realize that they are not
weicome here,”’ said Victoria Santos, a
SUNYA student who is one of the event’s
organizers. She said invitations have gone
out to local elected officials and community
groups to attend. ''We want to inform the
community about what other grdupe have
done when the Klan has come,” Sante anid.
In addition, the Albany NAACP and the
Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid
and Racism have called for a nonviolent
counterprotest at the Capitol Sunday at the
same time as the Klan march.
“Hopefully, people will come together, ’*
said the NAACP"’s Pope. “We hope that they
will take some time to reflect on Dr. King’s
dream, his birthday and the life that he
lived."
Jeff Jones
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te Noaneendny Hes
(or arene tet ar rai a eat A tant
Klan won 1 t be alone
one amen eon No pane
2 groups opposing KKK al
By Patrick Kurp
Statt writer
ALBANY ~— When members of the Ku Klux
Kian hold their rally in front of the Capitol on
Sunday afternoon, they can expect to be greeted
by at least two anti-Kian reception committees.
One, an inter-denominational prayer vigil, will
meet on the other side of Washington Avenue in
Academy Park, across from City Hall.
Scheduled to take part in the vigil, from 1:45 to
2:30 p.m., are Roman Catholic Howard
Hubbard, Episcopal Bishop David Bell and Rabbi
Martin Silverstein, president of the United Jewish
Federation of Northeastern New York.
“In order for this to be positive, rather than
give the Klan any city than they're
already getting, we'll Bold the street. We
don't want them to said Elaine Drooz
1/14 Y
Friedman, representing Silverstein's organization.
The New York State Martin Luther King Jr.
a ogo has sanctioned the prayer vigil.
nization identifying itself as “the
ovuibie pire of the Ku Klux Klan” has been
given a permit to hold a one-hour rally on the
Capitol steps beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday to
protest state observance of the ing birthday on
Monday.
Sunday's other anti-Klan event, billed as a
“counter rally,” is sponsored by the Albany
branch of the National huseciotion for the
Advancement of Colored People, the Capital
District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
and about 30 other organizations. It is scheduled
for 2 p.m. in front of the Capitol, the same place
as the Kian rally.
“Our intent is peaceful and non-violent. Any
so plan rallies
group or any individual who comes with —
else in mind is not welcome,” said Anne
president of the Albany branch of the NAACP.
The Kian's permit application, si by Wade -
Crowley and showing @ post office box in Clifton .
Park, says the group expects to attract about 25 ~
people.
“The purpose of this rally,” Michelson said, “is «
to let péople know that the Kian hates just about
everybody. We want the community to be united
against the Klan.”
Of related interest, the bate oiuet uo Kine
Albany is holding a “Speak-out" against the Kian
at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Porteming Arts Center
at the SUNYA uptows Campus.
The public is invited to attend the meeting,
where faculty, staff and madents ine voice their
opinions on hate groups.
THE TIMES UNION
Monday,
January 21,1997 | SBct«
Klan
gets
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iy
gee
ea rush
‘ © Planned Albany
rally drew
By Jay Jochnowits
att wrter
ALBANY The so-called inv)
ble Empire of the Ku Klua Kj
Canceled a planned demonstration
(he State Capitol Sunday, but
handful of Klansmen and suspect
Klansmen found themselves heck li
struck by CRBS, Spat at and peit
With Snowballs by 2» huge crowd
counterdemonstratory
Police, whe also endured a show
Of snowballs. brought out ries gear
One Pont and arrested one per
WhO was demonstrating against 1
PaClst OF ganization.
Organizers of the counterprote
were pleased with the size of u
aed ; crowd — estimated by police at 7;
. 2 ae EA : People, but set by SOT Othe
left. gave a snft. i me
IN@ crowd. Michelle
accounts at more than 1.000 ..
. And Capitai Police in
ar
m : (8 apparent success in searing o
. ' ; 2 the Klan,
crowd back near the state
{OT HERE — 4 huge crowd. above. at
undaY Made it clear it aid Not weicome
Van rally, Larry Hotham of Connecticut,
'M@d Salute and lett wirery
‘avi, below ngnt, made cie
Ot gear, lower Photo, ke
Jucation Building entrance.
Capitol Park |
William Hoff. imperial wizard ;
the Klan in New York, claimed in a
telephone interview from his bome
In Queens that the demonstration
Was canceled because of a lack of
organization, but some mem bers
apparently did not get the Message
Gne police source, who asked not to
he idenufied, said about a dozen
Klansmen were at the Capitol Sun
lay afternoon in street clothes.
Vera Micheison, COchairwoman o;
he Capstal District Coalition
Against Apartheid and Racism, one
of more than groups Iponsoring
ue counterdemonstration. Said the
eruption of violence Was disappoint
ing but understandabie,
Anything that resulted hat was
NOt peaceful happened outside of the
intent.” said Michelson The Kian
iaflames this kind of hostility, *
Sunday's acuvity was sparked by
news that the Klag had obtained a
permit for a 2pm demonstration at
the Capitol to vnice NOOOMILION to
By:
‘At / The ho h As Demers paced betund the
KLAN Zhe Sf 4 as Rae Dames sat tie bee barricade. demonstrators begas
’ the Ku Klux Klan” from out of town, Capital donned helmets with
the protess was immedia Surrounded by the {@C® shields. Several demonstrators
oo fea bee og Sn ae media and then by handreds sy ne gathered a short distance aed
the ‘ into g demonstrators, prvtased ag ype fi =
sheathing Semne of the Demers, like other Klansmen, “!exander, ideriand,
| lwe doses marshals,” carried &@ brown paper bag, and acknow setting the fire, said (4
were jeered by a was inside. “If you live by the fire, you'll die
vocal demonstra- Demers said he opposed the King >Y the fire.” he said.
two
scene considerably more Sorted him behind « barricade. As lo the most violent confrontation.
PR gong man wearing someone tree een Spree of the day. mack of the crowd poured
an Army jacket with a small Klang ‘%M one threw an at thet across Washington Avence to chase
symbol on it and the word “Klan” ‘fuck @ police ated” mnt man with 5 shoven bead and
as i ee one soe knows he's to om his denim jacket. As he waa
THANKS FOR
CARING
Commissioner James P. McCaffrey
and "tana later, poliee scuffled
Employees of the vast Mild See 6 eted ae
Albany County om ta tt kee sion
was wm ace.
Department of Social Services beay pollen wha Hist shaw arene
cer peated thé ‘aon back as
THANK all those they arrested one youth.
who contributed Deputy Chief William Murray said
the youth was found to be a juvenile,
and police decided to release hirn to
his parents,
Murray said most of the crowd
was peaceful, and blamed the prob-
lemma om a core group of about a
dozen people wha “right from the
beginning weren't listening.” He also
blamed the Kian, saying the disrup-
tion of the protest was its “desired
effect.”
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uted fo this report
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: sympathizers pelted by snowballs
Gasene mena TEU ant Klan ranean’ Beavers af
demonstration la a After the crowd left the scene,
nearly
Police Chief William Mur.
after Peer ebesepach. ae Sin! ray sald he rant see any officers hit
Before the melee was over, police nahey alwe say that. 1 wes in the
and anti-Klan ameiceiers were middle of it al and I dida’t see
were accusing the police of stri,. S0dy,” Murray said. “A couple e¢
oc ee ge csr mounted officers did take their he
nite elias een tons out from the sheaths, but nobedy
demonstration by about 1,500 got hit
Who were there to protest @ K an The demonstration that preceded
rally. That rally never took place as ne fracas was called the Albany
Only one person showed up who ad- Hench and the Capital Com
mitted to being a member of the reap ne +, idogper: and Racism
white sy cist group, .
Toe Klan rally hd been called to NAACP and the coalition on
celebrating Martin peaceful demonstra
Eriber King’s birthday wag, weartin be held abou 0 yards rom anna
Following the anti-Klan raily, hun- "oe o teevd nthe un
dreds of demonstrators on Washing. ) the
venue surrounded counter-demonstration, which wea
ton A m4 of C0-sponsored rch a ceeee 37 other
to
ted them with snowballs. organiza peace.
crowd then focused on another pera Marshals designated to help
bw focused on calm the crowd, said Merton Simp»
Suspected Klan sympathizer, who
was showered with snowballs and in- $08, CO-chairman of the coalition,
sults.
Next, @ scuffle broke out on the C&use of recent accusations of police
sidewalk in front of the Hawk Street Penalty, Particularly the apparent
entrance of the State Education Suicide hk man who died while in
city lockup.
Suddenly, the crowd surged onto Across Washington Avenue, an-
the sidewalk as the struggle
larger. Police on horseback Sew Kier, event was held to protest. the
Klan's appearance. A rayer vigil
their clubs to control their horses as attended by H Belafonte and Al-
|
: Demers, who said he was from
A doen Capitol police wearing riot rt of the state, was €3-
who was About 30 yards away toward Eagle
rt of the demonstration, waiked Street, the rally was official ending
railed ga Pope, Al cP
_ people, Odell Winfield and the KKK place our communit in
separate! rave danger. The sickness { ey
: creed of bino-related violence and
were
interviewed, said saw a
officer ose hit ipo sect man blatant racism must be defeated,’
8-2 Mt TEMALS MIO me
Pf¥agress
toward
a dream >
By &.y. Conzeta ur.
aT ae vee
TROY Martin Luther Ming Je
ream Of & peacefy) and epal;
IOLY SeMmatag sUSt that 4 i1Tream
PeIKOTS af a marc and worship
ervice Romonng tke glace civd
ROLY leader said Sunday
4
arian
But the a thOrm of the raciaily
verse crowd thas attended Use
V WOR 1 Owen tem Tro? shewed
Vat at least some POT ime hanes bee,
age Loward Making that dream
Pality
‘Mout 1248 people Marched from
bandstand in Rivertrong Park to
Sethe Bapwss Church May as
artof the observance of what would
ave been King’s 6tng birthday Jan
2. The crowd roughly half black
ind half white wang We Shai}
‘vercome the song that Nae he
Me SVRONYMOUS with King and the
OETOUS FELONS he lad or DLN ny
he Li, as they marched the #
loch tO the church
e
Our
TENSE — a x) NM OMpONaNt in Heer ¢
Many of the marchers hela hands w — of bans aia se ; ae ae
iS hey walked. Others held pastel USDECTED © 9 4 Klansman, with Shaved he
ad in middie, is Surrounded by tne anti-Klan crowd. The ma
lored balloon imprinued with (he = : .
*ords “Martio Luther King, Re Pd
rember the Dregns Piwige
: os ae ees
UP & barcifed of People were on Be ‘
tt Meee ae Une carr MOTE Dasaed
Prien to the March severa! tpeak
‘ praioed Ming's efforts +5 end
ai CSCMminetion and Nia strong
elie? in NOt #10 heme
18 Z0@i8 in Lhe face of ten violeng
PPOMNLION. However vera! soak
TY @cprenmed MUnems thar more
MER I WO der ades after King's Geath
USL MNe® he fought CORUNDE Lo exist
We all know (Nat dream has noe
ily core true Maid Sahy Catlin of
he Renaselaer County Human
Rights Committee We have a great
tem of work to realize it,
that King's dreary
“AMONG Unreal zed Wat reprated
iaring a ul tidenmminationg! wer
PD Sete Pt Loman rng (he Maresh
Racism, sexier ag¢ discrimination
Ald abuse ang Veglect phobic
MPOnmeg th aitermnatrve
POVOTTY amd OTT We Hees eens Reet
aa tad of noe FOrwe now than
id his Yapport
To 1KO te streees aid the Ree |
ether Acme a880Clale miniater at
the Baptist Charen
How short ae fei? on the
CK Of progrena, Rowe sad
Sorakers pert before and at the
wTVICe CilLed whee Troy Mayor
Martin Mahar eeetbed is the
ireaafal war in tne Middic Masi a.
in @*ampte of America's failure to i
“@ UD W King’s dream t
eee
"aD DESIde poli 36, argues Sunday with an Officer an foor
'O #CtOMmplish
he sentiment
varde
Looks | just came down here. to.
see what's goin’ on. OK” he kepe
THlir® cam be na such thing as a saying.
peacetet Ka Milux Klan rally. {f he was a Kiansman. he did his
Th Ran was born of violence. white sheet a disservice by not
It is, by its very nature a violent OWMNAG UD to it,
organization. Eventually, the crowd got bored
So when violence was the grand with him, too,
finale of Sunday's non-existent Klan There were a couple of other faise
demonstration, no one could have alarms as the pack of activists.
been surprised. journalists and the curious made
What was Surprising was that their way from one defiant. militant
anyone calling himself a Klansman white man to the next.
would show his face at a ume when None admitted to being even
people of color ~ fellow Americans remotely connected with the Lnyisi.
~ were putting their lives on the line ble Empire of the Knights of the Ky
in the Middle t. Klux Klan.
There was something surreal By 2:30, the anti-Klan crowd had
é H y about the entire day. gathered full force in another part of
mM pir e A crowd started gathering in the park and had its counter-raily,
y Capitol Park shortly after | p.m, But the racista, by not
= Sunday, waiting for the Klansmen to themselves, had succeeded in giving
S ure WA S show up. (he activists nothing to counter.
The atmosphere was almost fes- Shortly after 3, there emerged «
tive, middle-aged, heavyset man with a
a a Some of the faces were familiar — small Confederate flag Stitched to
H [ Donna DiMaria, David Aube, Alice the breast pocket of his Army
lENISI e 1 |aal Green, all Alba ¥ residents for fatigue jacket.
te . ’ whom social activism is a way of His ample hung out over a
life. white sweatshirt that featured an
But there were hundreds of others eagle and the saying: “No slack for
~ politicians, business 6 teack- Iraq.”
ers, state workers, types, He said his name was Ron De-
students — whe came out beceuse mers. he was from outside the
they just couldn't believe that in the Albany area and, yes, in fact, he was
capital of ape Mag state the a member of the Klan. <a
Stretch run of the 20th century Police ushered Deiners behind a
was going to be a Ku Klux Klan metal barricade and several
rally. hundred protesters pressed up
Things started out quietly enough. against the other side — some
Two o'clock came, and there was cursing him, some Spitting, but most
nota Klansman in sight. just staring at the sad man io the
A couple of tough-looking hombres funny shirt.
who identified ¢ ives as the He carried a brown paper bag and
Phibbs brothers from Albany had the refused to say what was in it.
misfortune of attracting the media “I got no hate towards you,”
for 4 short speih. Demers _ an oa lye
Cameras clicked, and the micro. reporter who covered tally for
phones and came out. The the Amsterdam
(we Pilibbees said they thought Klan { just believe that you can't mix
memiens. had every right to rally the races. You got keep ‘em both
amd voles their opinions. separate.”
But, in the end these guys were The crowd oe louder and the
not tive real thing. potential for yi increased.
One scruffy guy with Connecticut Then someone started throwing
plates on his tired Buick caught the eggs at Demers and hit a piain.
cops’ ~ and them the crowd's — clothes cop.
: attention, but he wasnt the reel. Soon after Demers was ushered
(hing either. away, more scuffling broke out
across from the sei in front of the
State Education iding.
A protester was pushed,
were thrown, a cop was jumped.
It got ugly real fast.
THe Dany Gazette
i} Ladi
a ae le
Anti-Klan
protesters
deliver their message
Demonstrators use various techniques
By JOHN MORAN
Gazette Reporter
ALBANY -— There were three
modes of protesting the Ku Klux
Klan’s paces at the Capitol yester-
day: shout at them, occasionally
punctuating words with
est ally in East Capitol
supposed to be, but far enough away
to avoid confrontation; attend a
prayer vigil across the street in
apis oipted ins 1
com to 1,
attended the counter-demonstration,
was intended to send the Klan the
sane message: sar are not wel-
ome in Albany. Martin Luther
Hl
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ae
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a
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ad the closing verses of ‘Wea
sult tema” having a
sore throat.
While some people preferred ei-
ther the demonstration or the prayer
vigil, the two events’ a
dorsed each other. Virgil ge.
a commissioner for the state
r
Department, organised the
and encouraged te attend
on ceamane in addi-
tion to vigil The twe of
demonstration,
tional Asseciation for the Advance-
ment of Colored People and the
Capital District Coalition
and a hier
=
Anne Pope, president of the |
NAACP, remarke to both
therings. “We are committed to
ding a brotherhood and a
words and symbols, they must be
coupled with deeds and actions.”
-
Monpay
JANUARY 21, 199]
A mounted officer struggles to control his horse as anti-Klan demonstrators scuffied with police.
* Oo ameee a + 5 CR ARE
| Demonstra
ey
By KEVIN SACK
} Specrai ro The New Yor Times
| ALBANY, Jan, 20 — Ku Klux Klan
/members who gathered today outside
i the state Capitol to protest the Martin
| Luther King Jr. holiday were peited
| with snowballs and epithets by an an-
Sry mass of more than 1,000 counter-
demonstrators,
| Some on horseback, tr
anti-Klan protester w
What the counter
intended
ism was
| confrontat
| hand in hand,”’
| Noarrests or injuries were reported.
| For the first hour of the rally, the
Klan had lived Up to its billing as the In-
|
visibie Empire.
Singing and Speaking
Wayne Crow
had received a
ut for al-
| for singing, speaking
At that point, a
nd a police barricade beside
Capitol steps. counter-demon-
| Strators converged on the other side of
' | the barricade, tossing eggs and snow-
| balls at Mr. Demers,
Wearing a ca
had the words Ku Klux
eae
© jacket that
lan and a Klan
Y! brought
| odds,
Aneta een ira camara ne
tors Foil Plans
a Ku Klux Klan Rally
3 ae
racists by more
thana thousand.
/@mbiem on it, Mr. Demers said he had
come to meet several} aSsociates,
“tT personaily
Luther King’s bi
tional holiday,”
re
i should be
races,”
lived. “
hould be black and white
white, separation of the
i ‘What a Joke’
Sroup of about a dozen Kian
from Connecticut arrived,
r. Demers, they expressed dis-
appointment that Mr. Crowley and his
contingent had not materialized.
| 'No one from New York showed up?
| What a joke,” said William E, Dodge of
| Bristol, who identified himself as the
State leader of the Connecticut Klan.
Mr. Dodge said his members had
their white robes and hoods
with them, but chose ROl lO Wear them.
As the Connecticut Klansmen tried to
drive away, they were chased by the
crowd and bombarded with snowhails,
Although severaj of the anti-Klan
demonstrators conceded that their
peaceful protest had been marred, they
Said that their numbers had discour-
aged a larger Kian showing,
“These ain't the Klan's kind of
" said David Macks of Albany.
“it's daylight, they're outnumbered,
and they have no ropes and he guns,"
Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid
and Racism
In the fall of 1981, the South African Springbok rugby
team came to Albany. Prior to their arrival, a coalition
beeatiabaamiitaidinaineeemeenea nena Tn
~<1981 September 22 - Major demonstration against the Springbok rugby
team in Albany
‘Vera Michelson arrested along with out of town anti-apartheid
activists John Spearman, Mike Young and Aaron Estes
“Gil Scott Heron gives benefit concerts in Albany to raise
money for defense funds
"December 21 - Charges dropped against Michelson and Estes
1982 *County court jury acquitted John Spearman and John Young of
felony weapons charge
‘Protest at Watervliet Arsenal where weapons were being manu-
factured for sale to South Africa in violation of United
A_CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR COALITION EVENTS ~ 198] TO THE PRESENT
*Anti-klan program held in Albany featuring Renee DuBois
"First cultural boycott demonstration - against Chick Corea at
Troy Music Hal]
‘Fundraiser at Gibbey's*
*"One Year Later" anniversary program held at Mt. Calvary
Baptist Church
“Coalition organized buses to participate in anti-klan demon-
Stration in Washington, D.C.
‘Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Coalition, Michelson and Estes
against the Albany City Police and the F,B.1. challenging
the raid and arrests
4 83. *Picket line at Caldors protesting the sale of South African
baby bonnets
HON
‘Fundraiser - showing of movie "The Chant of Jinmie Blacksmith"
‘Numerous cultural boycott demonstrations including a major walk-
out at the Saratoga Kool Jazz Festival against Ray Charles
‘Co-sponsored New Paltz Conference on New York State divestment
1984
1986
‘Testimony given at United Nations to the Special Political
Committee of the General Assembly i
*Co-sponsored with the NAACP a conference - “Racism: A Nation-
al Policy"
‘Fundraiser at Otis’
‘Coalition lawyers defeat motion to dismiss lawsuit
‘Jesse Davis murdered - Coalition joined protest and joined in
demands for an Albany Police Review Board
‘David Ndaba of the African National Congress in Albany speak-
ing at a public forum at Wilborn Temple
‘Numerous cultural boycott events. Statement obtained by the
Coalition and Unity in Action from the Temptations vowing
that they will not return to South Africa until apartheid
is ended
‘Testimony given to the Banking Committee of the New York State
Assembly on the need for divestment
‘Testimony given at the United Nations to the Special Political
Committe of the General Assembly
‘Artis Lee of the Friends in Albany speaking at Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church
‘Coaliton participated in a conference on nuclear arms entitled
"Reducing the Risk" sponsored by the Capital District Peace
Power Network
‘Murphy Morobe, leading spokesperson of the United Democratic
Front, in Albany to speak - at a clergy breakfast, labor re-
ception and an open forum at Wilborn Temple
‘SUNY students force SUNY divestment
‘Picket line against Ray Charles at the Palace Theater in Albany
‘Major walkback against Chick Corea at the Kool Jazz Festival in
Saratoga. Statement by Corea that he will not return to South
Africa until there is an end to apartheid obtained by the
Coalition
‘Film on Malcolm X co-sponsored with the Malcolm X Study Network
‘Neo Mnumzana, chief representative of the ANC Observor Mission
to the United Nations, and Hinyangerwa Asheekee of SWAPO to
Albany to speak at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
‘Free South Africa demonstration in Albany - 10 cammunity leaders
arrested at the protest which was co-sponsored by the NAACP
‘January conference in Albany to establish a network of anti-
apartheid forces to work in the N. Y. State divestment campaign
Picket line against New Regan, state comptroller, opposed to
divestment, in front of the Alfred E. Smith building
‘State-wide lobby day for divestment and demonstration in front of ”
the Legislative Office Building in Albany
‘Overnight shantytown set up on Capitol grounds to demand N.Y.
state divestment
‘Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism established at SUNYA
a
«Movie on Nelson and Winnie Mandela co-sponsored with Unity in
Action at the Metropolitan New Testament Baptist Church
*Sharpeville commemoration entitled "From Sharpeville,‘$outh
Africa to Albany, U.S.A. held at Mt. Calvary bapa) Char
‘Community Police Relations Board established as a result of de-
mands made in the Jesse Davis case. Coalition holds seat on
this board
‘Coalition participated, and will continue to do so, in the
Niebuhr Institute at Siena College
‘Coalition sponored bus trip to Philadelphia‘ Demonstration Against
Racism
‘Coalition sponsored buses to June 14 Anti-Apartheid March in New
York City
‘Two different federal court judges ruled that Coalition lawyers
would not be given information about the identity and activities
t of a secret police informant who provided the F.B.I. with inforn-
ation during the 1981 anti-apartheid organizing. Federal rules
prevent an appeal of this ating prior to the trial
‘Victory is Certain” program to commemorate the fifth anniversary
of the Coalition
yet to eg on aca of 1986
Coalition, as a co-sponsor of the following events, urges your
attendance :
“September 26 at Page Hall - Maishe Maponya, a South African poet,
will read from his works and hold a question and answer period.
This evening is being sponsored by the Writer's Institute of
SUNY
‘October 11 - The Pledge of Resistance - organized demonstration
against U.S. goverment policy in Nicaragua, South Africa and.
Namibia. Make links, boycott South Africa not Nicaragua.
Protest policy positions of N.Y. Sen. D'Amato :
This Fall also is the time when we will intensify our demands for
State divestment. Join with anti-apartheid activists from around
the state to demand that New York State divest all South African
and Namibian related investments and to convice the Legislature to
end all state buying of goods or services from any company doing
business in South Africa or Namibia
rk_of the Coalition...
*a speaker's bureau which is available to speak at churches, forums,
schools and community events, and on t.v. and radio shows
‘a monthly newsletter
‘tabling at canmunity events and affairs
‘regular monthl meet gS :
for more information, write: Box 3002, Pine Hills Station
Albany, New Y, :
Albany, em gore 12203
or call:
The Steering Committee
Vera Michelson (Co-Chairperson)
Merton Simpson (Co-Chairperson)
Fred Kakumba
Eileen Kawola
Mark Mishler
Sipho Seepe
Anita Thayer
Roli Varma
Joe Walker (honorary member)
Japhet Zwana
Jacqui Ambrosini (student representative)
The Member Groups
NAACP .
Capital District Association of Black Social Workers
Capital District Labor Religion Coalition
Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism, SUNYA
Student Association of the State University
Student Assocation of SUNY, Albany
National Lawyers Guild
Universal Being
Malcolm X Study Network
Blacks in Government
Albany County Central Federation of Labor
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Democratic Socialists of America
NYPIRG
Socialist Workers Party
Black Woman's Association
Central America Solidarity Alliance (CASA)
Urban League
A. Philip Randolph Institute
¥.WsG.A.
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FREE SOUTH AFRICA ~ FREE NAMIBIA
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Standing up. to. the Klan
WH oiVOd Ponhed A562 team 8 wey
“WOMGUTLAT SS. 1 see ase
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Ithough the Ku Kiux Klan had planned to; "**tally: by’a touch of Violehce against Klan rieni-”
A= opposition ;
ga wed te Cal Senay.” Cet gh -and cannot bes
intemperate A] Sharpton
Instead, the NAACP and the Ca ital District Coaz™
lition Against ses and Racism did an, .
admirable job of a massive counter--
demonstration. The result: No Klan rally, only a _
handful of Klansmen not eager to be spotted and
an anti-Klan rally of an estimated 1,500, as well as.
a simultaneous prayer vigil of 400.
This was absolutely the b way to Giderenbie..
the credibility of the | fringe group, whose
campaign of racist hostility and violence has.
brought fear and death to generations of African- -
Americans. By force of numbers and prayers, the
anti-Klan protesters scored the decisive victory,
showing the Klan how unwelcome and outnum.
bered it was.
Attendance at the rally reflected a broad cross- ;
section of the population rather than merely
oe fiat viaseesrg activists. Unfortunately, the
spirit of protest was marred, after the
oh happened ore tt ms a see. shew,
in Gansevoort and a
visibility
riper in
“ march in*Schuylerville’ “has been unsettling to
many.-Most African-Americans have grown up to
_ terrifying stories of Klan lynchings, lootings and
hangings. But. it's not often that anyone comes
face. to face with a Klan member, and in the
Climate of heightened tension Sunday, all the
years of loathing, fear and frustration found a
, vehicle of expression for a few people. There were
no real weapons — just a handful of eggs and
ws
ae
c. Th would have been better: of course, if they had
chosen words to argue their case. It would also
have been better for the Klan to have done so all
these years, but rational debate is incompatible
with the. Klan's of intimidation and
violence. So if the Klan now wants to lobby for
causes by the rules, it's going to have to overcome
its pg agouee for thuggery — and learn to endure
heckling in the process.
a a a io
pital District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism
Box 3002. Pine Hills Station: Albany, New York 12203
A Project of the Social Justice Center
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Struggle,
Our Sincere and deep thanks to you for the support you have ae to the Capital
District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism since our beginnings in 1981. As you know, the
struggle against apartheid and racism goes on. It has been your generosity in time,
money and other resources which has made it possible for the coalition to continue the
work. BUl the struggle in this country is to go foreword. if there 2 Re OC rec
novemen aeUIUgOn . Gecicarion and lone
We are a coalition of several community organizations and individuals. We are
currently involved in many projects including:
aul le aaa, campaign around the issues of police and racist violence in New York
ate
Ie” membership on the Albany Community Relations Board
Ie” educational forums and study groups on apartheid, Namibia, South Africa and the
Frontline States of Southem Africa
Ia” membership in the Northeast Southern Africa Solidarity Network - a network of anti-
apartheid organizations in a twelve state region
Is solidarity work for the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa and the South
West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) of Namibia
te a legislative campaign for sanctions against South Africa and for U.S. diplomatic
recognition of the legitimate government of Angola and an end to U.S.A. aid for UNITA
Is support for the Mass Democratic Movement in South Africa
Is an ongoing commitment to strengthen and expand the movement in this country
rs" a monthly newsletter mailed to approximately 1,000 people and organizations
As a recipient of the monthly newsletter, you are aware that there have never been
dues to be a member of the coalition. Until now, money we have raised to do the work
has come from fundraisers, mai appeals and other donations. However, we are now
asking you to renew your commitment to the struggle by accepting the enclosed
membership card and paying a yearly membership fee of $5.00. Of course, any larger
contribution will be gratefully accepied since the needs of the anti-racist, anti-apartheid
movement are great. The receipt of your dues will insure continued mailing of the
newsletter and announcements of coalition events. (We have no paid staff so all funds go
directly to organizing efforts, education, printing and postage.)
Thank you for your continued support.
In solidarity,
Ura Pheckebeon , Yharton dungeon
Vera Michelson; Merton Simpson
Co-chairpersons
Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism
Box 3002. Pine Hiils Station
Aibany, New York 12203
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RICHARDSON’S MOM SPEAKS OUT — PG, 3
Amsterdam
Vol. 82 No. 4 Saturday, January 26, 1991
© 1990 The Amsterdam New
BRAGS LET
j By PAUL ©, WEBSTER
Special to the AmNews
ess than two hours after
1,500 chanting protestors
caused the Ku Klux Kian te
abort their planned rally on
the steps of the State Capitol in
Albany Sunday, the New York
leader of the white supremacist
group told the AmNews that there
is at leastone Klan member in the
New York State Lemalature
“We search and find men and
women who are capable ofholding
political positions and (run) them
in local elections,” said Williarn
barbie tat wml toff, Grand Imperial Wizard of
the New York State Knights of
Editorial The 55-year-old Queens ma-
chinist said the Klan has at least
the Invisible Empire
GU LF: Wh W. one member “in the Assembly,”
: Whose War ea
but stopped short of statirg the
exact number of lemslators who
are in the hate group and where
their distrnicta are located
*] can't an
awer that,”
Hoff said “Ly
I do that, ,
you'll be able |
to identify
thers.”
When con: {
tacted by the
AmNews for
verification
of Hoff's as
sertion, As-
sem) y
Speaker
Melvin Miller said through a
preas aide, Steven Greenbeng, that
he knows absolutely nothing
'
is It? - Part 2
EDITOR'S NOTE: In this week's edi tion, we were sched.
Over 50,000 m
uled to run an editorial, THE POWER OF A WHITE
RACIST PRESS, that questioned the media assault on
Davie Dinkins. This editorial is being preempted due to the
warinthe Persian Gulfand because our readers have found
it virtually impossible to be heard in the daily press if their
vieis are Not consistent with those who, according to the
polis, reflect majority opinion
harles Rangel, Stephen Solarz, Ed Koch and
9 Brian Williams appeared on WCBS's Sunday
7,
Edition on January 20th. Rangel, though out-
numbered by “hawks,” (on purpose it seemed)
including Al D'Amato, in « separate segment, found
himself arguing with a group of people who really
seemed to care less about what happens to America
and Americans at war in the Persian Gulf.
Their view was simple, simplistic and dangerous:
i? out,” as Al D'Amato said, “an international
er. ual who has used poison gas against his own
WCBS' SUNDAY EDITION DIDN'T HELP People of colo
arch in D.C.
r were majority — Pg, 46
Netvs
§0* Martattar, Qeoaieyn Boone
‘Shaser Miand Chamere
TS* Outside N.Y.C.
members
in New York Assembly?
Grand Wizard says yes
about the matter. In fact, the
Speaker said he would be shocked
© learn that this is true
However, Miller did not say
what he would do if indeed he
found the revelation to be correct
Before the march, Assemb!
man Albert Vann, Chairman of
the State Black and Puerto Rican
Caucus, said “the Caucus i4 vel
men tly opposed ty Lhe actions and
hate spread by the Klan.” and
that the hate group's appearance
on the eve of King's birthday 16 a
“clear sign that racism is alive in
Arnerica.”
On Sunday, Governor Mano
M. Cuomo, who waa in New York
City, issued a statement to re
porters saying New Yorkers
should “give the he” to the Klan
(Continued on Page 46)
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SUPPORT THE TROOPS NOT THE WAR-—Demanding peace,
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name.” There was no acknowledging, so that one
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because of the ignorance they spread.
Hoff's statements came during a telephone inter-
view from his home after the AmNews contacted him
regarding the short-lived demonstration by a handful
of Klanamen from New York and Connecticut,
“King ... waa a front for communist organizations,”
said Hoff who joined the organization in 1952 while he
was in the U.3, Navy, *(King) waa an adulterer. I can't
see why we should give a man of that caliber any
recognition.”
Sunday's demonstration was just another sign of
increased Klan activity in the Empire State in recent
months. In July, Hoff led 26 Klansmen during a rally
in Schuylerville, located 60 minutes north of Albany
At the time, Hoff told reporters that the hate group is
KKK members in NY assembly?
growing in popularity,
“We're trying to do the right thing for white
people whose rights are being denied,” ssid Hoff
who was imprisoned during the 70's in connection
with Klan-related violence. “We've become second:
clasa citizens, Our purpose is ta defend the rights of
white people.”
For the most part, the counter-demonstration or-
ganized by the Albany chapter of the NAACP and the
Capitol District Coalition Against Apartheid and Raciam
went without incident. At one point, intimidated
Klanesmen had to be ushered away by police as dem-
onstrators bombarded them with snowballs and shook
their vehicles, The Albany and Capitol Police reported
no arresta
SCL LLL ELE TED LEE LEE SS OLE LEE ETO NEE TE RNR RSet
Over 50,000 march in D.C.
People of color were majority
By NORMA HARRIS
Special to the AmNews
As U.S. pilota and their allies obeyed orders and
dropped bombs on Iraq and Kuwait and Gallup polls
paraded figures suggesting 80 percent of Americans
support ‘Operation Desert Storm’, more than 50,000
anti-war activista marched in Washington January
19th to demand an end to the bombing and a return to
the negotiating table,
Worldwide, dozens of simultaneous demonstrations
were held in Australia, Britain, Germany, Algeria,
Moscow, Sudan, Tunisia and other countries. Half the
world, it seemed, turned out to cast their votes for
peace,
Armed with banners and placards designed to push
the value of human life rather than the cost of a barrel
ofoil, the protestors gathered in Washington's Lafayette
Park juat opposite the White House. More than half the
assembled were people of color. There they listened
intently to peace messages passionately delivered by
speakers including Rev. Jesse Jackson, and former
attorney general and peace activist Ramaay Clarke.
Later, they would march in endless procession
through the streets of Washington chanting,” Stop the
war.,.stop the bombing.”
Aa police helicopters hovered overhead, Rev. Jeavse
Jackson, said: “We are moving further towards world
chaos rather than world peace. We must appeal to atop
the bombing and start the talking."
Critical of President Bush and the United Nationa’
January 15 deadline for war, Jackson said:
“President Bush might have drawn a line in the sand
for aggreasion against lraq but he did not confirm a date
for the liberation of South Africa, or the liberation of
Central America 90 this idea of ing a date for
bombs has no precedent and it does not make any
sense.”
Ramsay Clarke, founder of the Coalition to Stop US
Intervention which organized the march, demanded an
immediate ceasefire. Recalling a now famous speech
given by Dr. Martin Lather King one year before his
assassination, Clarke quoting King said: “The greatest
purveyor of violence on earth is my own Government.”
Noting that the US has spent billions of doliare on
war and lost millions of lives to it, Clarke said, “We have
an imperialist president in George Bush. He ia a man
who has worked hard for this war, But we must deman”’
that he and his allies bring everybody home immed
ately. Thatis real support for our troops. Let's not teac., ~
our young people to kill with technology.”
Continuing, Clarke noted that America ia still
spending billions of dollars on high-tech weapons while
millions of children die of hunger and neglect. Ques-
toning why US troops were sent to the Gulf, he con-
chided it waa for “America’s fight for wealth.”
In a speech punctuated with hiterary references,
Clarke remembered the Black poet Langston Hughes
He said: “Hughes wrote, “Oh yes. I say it plain, America
was never America to me and yet I swear this oath,
America shall be’.
Peace activist Dick Gregory, half way through his
59th day of fasting in protest against the war, said he
was attending the march “because the real movement
that is going to challenge the world is not the army but
people who are talking about peace.
“America ia living in darkness and we have got to
shed light on it,” he said.
Remembering Vietnam and ite casualties, Gregory
noted: “If war is vo good why have 150,000 Vietnam
Veterans committed suicide. War has thrown people
into darkness, and given rise to battered wives, abused
children, drug abuse and homelessness, What else can
we expect when our veterans from the Gulf come
home?"
Assembled in a solid block within the crowd were
African Americans-—the majority of them members
of the African-American Coalition to Stop US Inter-
vention, A contingent of about 700 traveled to the
capital from New York aboard 11 buses chartered by
the Coalition. Thousands more came from other
cities and states to lead the march through the
streets of Washington.
Boarding at 6am, with banners which read, “Bush
our children are at war..where are yours?”, the New
York contingent included people of all ages. Makalani
Stallworth, a song lyricist from Brooklyn who is in F
mid-twenties, said he thought it waa important
proteet,
“This is a history making day and! want to be on the
right side of history. I have seven cousins, of my
generation, all of them in the army in the Gulf and |
want them home safely,” he said.
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KLAN
THE PAILURE OF THE ORGANIZERS
of Sunday's Ku Klux Klan rally at the state
Capitol to show up was claimed as a vietory
by opponents of the white racist group. But
because some Kiansmen from the area did
core, the confusion in the Klan’s ranks is
likely to lead to more intemal troubles for the
fractured organigation that is trving to use
the Martin Luther King Jr national holiday
a arallving point to recruit members
According to reports, the permit for the
Capitol rally was requested by Wayne
Crowley of Round Lake. Crowley
reportedly. had participated in an
unannounced Kian march in Schuvlerville
last September. But he was nowhere to be
seen Sunday. Neither was William Hoff
the Queens based Grand Dragon of the
New York Invisible Empire, Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan, Hoff said that the protest
was canceled due to a lack of organization
That news didn't go over too well witha
group of Klanamen whe had come from
Connecticut, “What aioke.”’ said Wiliam
E. Dodge of Bristol, Conn when informed
that the rallv's orgarurera weren't there
Dodge told Tae New York Times that he
vias a Kian leader in his state
Several groups of voung whites seemed
ain or support the Klan rally
One. who identified himself as Larry Hotham
of Connecticut opened his iacket soa
reporter could read his T-shirt. which had a
white-supremacist symbol and the words
‘Racial purity is America’s aecuritv.” At
one point, Hotham stoad in the middle of
Washington Avenue and gave a Nagistvle
salute. He was among a group that
eventually sped away ina car after bene
pelted by a barrage of snowballs and ewes
Although the Klan, due to the
Schuvierville march and several other recent
protests, has recently become mare visible im
upstate New York. longtime Kian-watc hers
say that their relative influence in the
whitesupremacist movement has heen
shrinking Leonard Zeskind. of the
Atlanta based Center for Democratic
Reneval, said in an interview last week
that skinheads and Nazi-oriented hate
groups are attracting most of the new
recruits. These more violence-prone
organizations. like the Arvan Nation and
the Order, emphasize stockpiling weapons
and combine intense anti-semitiam with
their anti-black sentiments
Kian groups. of which Zeskind said there
are at least 26, make up about one-quarter
of the organized white-supremaciat
movement. The Invisible Empire, which
called the Sunday rally, was recently
shaken by the defection of the grand
dragons of both California and Ohio
Simply by announcing their intention to
hold a rally on the Capitol steps, the Klan set
in motion a predictable series of events. With
tension already high over the Middle East
war. area civil-rights leaders anticipated a
large turnout of anti-Klan protestors. The
fear was that the plans for a nonviolent
counter-demonstration would be thwarted
by individual confrontations with the Klan
or with the police who would be assigned to
protect them
And that is verv nearly what happened
More than a thousand people came Sunday
to oppose the Kian. Some attended an
Academy Park prayer vigil organized by
the New York State Martyn Luther King Ir
Commission that was addressed by Harry
Relafonte. Bishop Hovard J}. Hubbard and
Rabbi Martin Silverman. among others
to be there te
No Klan da Anti-Ku Klux Kian marchers dominated the scone Sunday
MATT DESIRES
Most attended the counter-demanstration
called by a coalition of some 30 groups
organized by the Albany Branch NAACP
and the Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid and Racism. That protest taok
place at the base of the East Capito! steps
where the Klan had a permit for their ? PM
rally
But the dav ended aruund 4 PM witha
standoft—after the Klan had left—between
a crowd of abour 40, mostly black. young
people. many of them from the Arbor Hill
area. and a combined farce af about 40 pint
police from the Capital and Albany police
departments. Exactly as the counter
demonstration's organizers had feared these
young peoples’ anger had shifted from the
Klan to the cops Same of therm, who had
resisted requests all afternoon to ioin the
organized counter-demonstration. shouted
that the pohce were no better than the Klan
Although their outbursts were
spontaneous, the issues they cited were
familiar. These included the fact that aif
the police facing them were white, and the
recent, apparent suicide of Corey Sheldon
a young black Albany man, in the Albany
County jail
For a few tense moments. it appeared
that the day might end with a mapor fight
By then. few, if any, of the counter
demonstration's organizers remained on
the scene. Finally, Dorothea Brace. who
had been one of the day's most vocal taunters
of the Klan. stepped between the police and
the young people. “The Klan is gone. the
protest is over,"’ she said. "It's time to go
home.‘
~~ Jeff Jones
RECESS AND
RESIST
“THIS DUDE SHOULD BE SHOT’"
yetied Troy High School sophomore Andy
Sano as Erik Larsen, ignoring the criticism,
spoke to a small group of students nearby
Pussy!” screamed another student
“Communist!” a group of students
shouted
It all would have gone much more
smoothly last week had the Troy schoo!
district specifically Superintendent Mario
Scalzi~allowed Larsen, perhaps the most
widely known conscientious objector in the
nation, to make Troy High a stop on his
national speaking tour. But Scalzi would
not allow it and some Troy students, led by
17-year-old senior Will Me Dowell, staged a
walkout last Thursday to hear Larsen mak:
an impromptu speech outside a nearby RP!
building
About 200 students, including a smal!
group from nearby Troy Middle Schoo!
walked out at about #40 AM and the
demonstration soon became hard to manage
bordering on out-of-control. Traffic was
hampered as the huge group marched down
the middle of Burdett Avenue from the
high school tothe RPI Chapel and Cultura
Center. A Troy Police patrol car anc
another unmarked car appeared at the
scene Dut did not take action
A majority of the students heheved that
Larsen should have been allowed to speak
at the achool and simply wanted to hear
what he had to sav. {Some, undoubtedty
left mainty to get out of class} But a group
of about 30 counter-demonstrators
of them wearing military jackets with
siogans like ‘Death Before Dishonor
attempted to turn the event inte an
indictment of Larsen’s consoentious
objection
“He's got a right to sav whatever he has
to say,” said Scott McGillivray, one af the
counter-demonstrators, “but he's totally
wrong,”
“He was bern in America,” Sano
complained, ‘‘but he doesn't want to fight "’
McGillivray argued that Larsen had “no
authority” to speak at the high schoo! but
he seemed unaware of the connection
between Larsen’s speech and military
recruiters’ regular visits to the schoo!
“Recruiters often lie to students," said
Larsen, the U.S. Marine who was the first
to ee service in the Persian Gulf. shortly
ore the walkout. “I'm outraged that
schools are not interested in teaching peace.’
Under pressure from McDowell and Seth
Cohen, an earth acience teacher at the
school, Scaizi and Executive Principal
Armand Reo had agreed on Wednesday to
allow Larsen to speak Thursday but ony
after school, when a speech would have
conflicted with another engagement at
Bethlehem High School, With assistance
from the Troy branch of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation. an international pacifist
group, McDowell and others planned the
walkout Wednesday night
Larsen was frequently interrupted by
counter-demanstrators and other noiny
students during his short talk, but most of
the crowd quieted when he began describing
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one-third of the 87.000 tons of trash |
that goes into the Jandfill mach year. |
Commercial and industrial wastes |
make up the other two-thirds
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covering Your Irish Heritage, dog |
obedience, Ellis island and More j
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Tests and or the Scholastic Aptitude
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noticed the odor of alcohol on the !
child's breath. The boy's blood alco- |
bol lewel was tested Ww determine if |
he had drunk the bquor Police said}
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during her arrest
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shortly before | am.. sald Sheriff |
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on Route 443
charged with cataloging existing hi»
tore areas and with suggesting to the
Pown Board additional sites that
should be
Designation of # parcel as historic
would mean the owner would not be
permitted to make any alterations to
any structure, including exterior
Feconsiruction, demolition, or
changes in appearance, without first
ting permission from the Historic
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MabOr grectios. saving the city Lock
makes changes
in Democratic positions
By BRIAN NEARING said Joyow. “It's time others took “Td like to see something happen
Gazette Reporter their nog olga load Bebe * = the airport,” anid Meyers. “Bat it's
broader or deciaion ing.” premature at this point to talk about
ALBANY ~ County Democratic Joyce said be expecta Meyers will it because we don't know who is going
Chairman Harold Joyce wants the be accepted by the Legislature's 24 to do it.” The Mass Transit Commit-
former majority leader in the county Democratic members when they tee, which is bie for recom:
ture Lo return to the job. meet Feb. 11, Joyoe ts also recom. mending whet deud be deat an
oyce, who be. pongo Derry why vray Aaa meet at 4 p.m. today
came chairman in ert Haines to head the Center J ales the
November, also re- Committee and longtime Albeny ith tee, appointed the chairmen
placed himeelf as Ward legisiator Pai O'Brien to bead OF four ew committees that be said
chairman of the the Finance Committee. will strengthen the party. Those ap-
Legislature's Civ Meyers, oho ho bean i the Logie 7 ions Liew iade
GSnsoy eae Fi: sep the ary ender eer mittee oe aainorit involvement,
named chairmen Joyce him. Asked if he perce Regen ney Conboy ss
to four new com- saw Sarat in his leadership Somrman of ® law mar wip sepoe-
Dapenenie Fee wyte if it eh bee ments and handiing party legal
and selected # for- tix it” fle also called Halves and Sf!4irs; Elections Commissioner
. i" Raymond Kinley ax chairman of 4
at ie eee oye OBrien the “leading candidates” to finance committee to raise money
"he's rveneny inet oe make some ut aayes * commitice chairmen- for the Legh k and city 18th Ward
changes,” said Joyoe, who said be is gee Coa mae Trammt Commuitins
longtime party stalwart facing the county is the fate of the paercaeh th ble f to lead a
to return as major- airport. It has been more then three perth detail caatl
ity leader a 35-year-old law- years since County Executive James 6s C@mpaigne.
cde be Mayer Brant Corsng be rar erage we et eta cat
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jor, - thority. Since then, several suitors for Friends of Tom Whalen, the Albany
People may say that I'm spread- the airport have surfaced, and plans mayor's fund-raising jnatrument, re-
ing the authority around and that's have evolved froro a sale to a lease to signed least May as the city's 14th
| Wrong. Well, it remains to be sean,” 4 Management agreement. ward leader due to poor th.
Menands mayor to retire
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ALBANY ~— Donna DeMaria ig-
fared police orders to stay back and
tried (0 push her way through to the
girlfriend of a handeuffed paychiat.
rie patient, making « volatile situa-
thom worse, three police officers
temtified
yestercay
Michael Lord, a old outpa
| thent at the Capital District Prychiat.
rie Center, was threatening suicide at
bie 3 Myrtle Ave. basement apart-
ment at about 0:15 p.m. July 16 when
were calied, Officer Anthony
Salerno testified
Aa be answered the call, Salerno
said he was concerned because “in
the past I've taken weapons away
from Michael and he's known to
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Both Lord and his live-in girt-
friend, Christina Smith, were drunk
and ely agitated when police ar:
rived, said As three workers
from Une Albany pg Mobile Cri-
ti Unit tried to calm , be sud-
denly seined two bricks and yelled,
“Go aboad, shoot me, shoot me,” Sa-
lerno said
Salerno and Officer Derek Cole-
man grabbed Lord and “the whole
ile [of people) sort of fell to the
be sald Meanwhile, Smith
pei on Salerne's back before po-
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Smith calmed down, but ‘things
began to change when (DeMariaj
came on the scene” and “persisted
and tried to talk to one of the psychi:
atric patients,” Assistant District At-
torney James Clark argued in bis
a Dongen aye yesterday
. whe ip defending herself
ia the City Court trial, was arrested
by Salerno and charged with obstruc-
ion and arrest.
DeMaria knew Lord and Smith
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calm. only thing | coukt be guilty
ofis the orders of a police
officer, That's not a crime,” abe
“Uen’'t if possible that [Smith] be-
came more agilated because she
couldn't talk to me?" DeMaria said
Rarlier y. Judge E. David
Dencan role tat prnetor could
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misdemeanor conviction and seven
ality pleas to violations because
were “moatly involving civil dis-
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will be able to consider them in
claima Bis staff is toe “eoasumed
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caves" to investigate an alle
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By Gayte Campbell
Op Sunday, January 20, 1991, the day
before Martin Luther King's Memorial
Holiday, The Invisible Empire of the Ka
Klux Klan were scheduled to march on
the steps of the State Capitol Building,
but very few self-proclaimed Kiansmen
came forward.
At 2:00 pm, the scheduled rally for the
KKK, only a small number of hate-
mongers, such as racist skin-heads and
swastika bearing neo-Nazis, were visibly
accountable. Yet the people dressed in the
garb equated with Kiansmen, the robe of
white sheets, never materialized.
A counter demonstration was held,
which boasted attendance of up to 700
protesters. Among the demonstrators
groups such as the Capital District
Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism,
the Albany Branch NAACP, the Center
for Law and Justice, the Urban League,
Latino Action Coalition, various SUNY
organizations, numerous churches within
the Capital District, and many more
protested the presence of the KKK in the
Albany area.
The speakers of the event denounced
racism in all forms. Among the many
speakers was performer Harry Belafonte,
chairman of the New York State Martin
Luther King Jr. Commission. He spoke
out against the Kian’s existance as well
as the war in the Persian Gulf, NAACP
President Anne Pope noted on the
increased racial attacks in the Albany
area and compared the growing hatred
as “a sore that is spreading”. Other
speakers included Frank Pogue, SUNY
Vice-Chancellor, Vera Michaelson, Co-
chairperson CDCAAR, Barbara Smith,
author, and many more.
With the hate inducing rhetoric of the
KKK, the inevitability of violence even-
tually erupted. One man, claiming to be
the Grand Wizard of the Klan, incited
anger and disorder in the initially peaceful
protest. After expousing derogatory racial
remarks, the proclaimed Grand Wizard
became a target of angry snowball
hurlers. The man was pummeled several
times by snowballs before police on
horseback attempted to subdue the crowd.
The police then became the targets of the
angry crowd. Those officers on horseback
rode to the scene of the perpetrators and
to disperse the crowd.
By 3:30 it was apparent that the “White
Knights” of the Kian were not going to
show up. As the Grand Wizard man was
being escorted by the police away from
the protesters, he shouted more insulting
and racially offensive remarks. The once
dwindling crowd rushed over to the man
and began threatening him. He was
ushered into a car, and the angered
protesters proceeded to surround the car
and taunt him. As the police attempted
to protect him, some angry protesters
began to chant “Cops and the Klan go
hand-in-hand!” The snowballs continued
to be thrown at the police and several
men who were also under police protec-
tion claiming to be skin-heads. At once
the crowd attempted to “jump” the racist
agitators and the mounted
tried to control the people. Still being
bombarded with hardpacked snowballs,
and in danger of being thrown from the
excited horses, several policemen re-
moved their billy clubs from their holsters
and began swinging at people in the
frenzied crowd. No injuries were reported
and one arrest was made.
Soon more riot police arrived and
attempted to maintain order. The air was
heavy with tension as the protesters
continued shouting anti-police chants.
Eventually one of the demonstrators
encouraged most of the frustrated onlook -
ers to disperse. A Native of South Africa,
Theresa Williams felt no sense of ac-
complishment after the rally was over.
“The Kian attracts more attention than
they should. That is partly the media’s
fault. Positive ideas and helpful measures
never receive this much support or
publicity.” Although unimpressed by the
outcome of the rally, she was pleased with
the number of participants. SUNY Albany
student Mark Morris was also pleased by
the turnout of people. Yet he stated
“Albany does not have a large amount
of Black awareness. As Blacks, we need
to come forward in groups like today to
discourage racist groups. They shouldn't
be able to think that they can simply come
into the community and perpetuate their
racist propaganda. We can't and shouldn't
tolerate it. Albany is very racist as well
as political. In this country, racism and
politics go hand-in-hand.” Morris was
surprised at the peaceful-turned-threaten-
ing nature of the crowd. In regards to the
Ku Klux Klan, Morris stated “Its ironic
that when they ran into the State Capitol
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“AMERICANS DECEIVED!
Only four weeks after addressing a Joint meeting of the United States
Congress, Nelson Mandela praises the South African Communist
Party (SACP), relaunched as a legal organisation on July 29, 1990 at
a rally In @ soccer stadium, Soweto, South Africa.
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With him are his controversial wife Winnie Mandela who is on record
as having openly advocated the “necklace” (i.e. the burning alive of
Blacks opposed to Marxist rule in South Africa) and the General
Secretary of the South Africa Communist Party, Comrade Joe Slovo.
On August 6, 1990, Nelson Mandela met the South African government
for talks about the future of the country. The four people In Mandela's
negotiating team were all members of the South African Communist
Party.
CAN YOU AFFORD
NOT TO HELP SOUTH AFRICA IN ITS FIGHT
AGAINST MARXIST DECEIT?
Support us: UNITED CHRISTIAN ACTION
P.O.Box 35 737
Menio Park
0102 Republic of South Afr ica
en povierensnapeninenirinttaie aes? notentionienhdeenetatianienat aT
Ui deat ka mee
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MANDELA’S BIG AMERICAN SHOCK
A Black South African telling Americans that the African National Congress did not
represent all South African Blacks was the
last thing that Nelson Mandela, the ANC’s deputy president, expected to encounter on his recent visit to the United States!
Moreover, Mr Linda ig not a Zulu, so he could not be dismissed replace the a artheid system with a re essive Communist one
as & puppet of Chief Minister Mangosuthu Butheles He is a , : “ a 7 |
Abosa, just like Mandela! It is also Ot possible to label him as Hailed by the Washington Times ag Mandela's “negative advance
4 government stooge. man”, Mr Linda not only had harsh words for Mandela, He
President De Klerk to release him,” D the United States in the sole interest of om and truth,”
said Mr Linda’s sponsor Don Fotheringham of the American
Mr Linda, who works for the United Conciliation Party promot. Pinion Speakers Bureau. “You have done everything we have
aterprise system, ig commutted to reform. But he insists changes American People. You have laboured tirelessly, many long
should take Place within the framework of the law. “It is Rot =—s hours, while maintaining high spirits and a pleasant disposi.
aparthéld thar ravages our country, Continued trade sanctions tion. All our coordinators have found it a pleasure to work with
have destroyed the Jobs of millions Of Blacks, Por Change to come you. When representatives of the media treated you with rude.
in South Africa, it must be based on a stron . We muse NSS, YOU Teturned kind Inf i have be
be able to Provide jobs.” vrbestsine ret cited — oo, Yer cone sd
with error, you have sharp-
ly reproved and corrected
your detractors.
“Mandela is not a friend of
African Blacks, but has ter-
rorised them to silence
their opposition to his
vidlence,’’ he told a
Philadelphia radio talk
“Your mission has been
very effective. Your radio
and television audiences
consisted of millions of
Americans who now have ¢
far clearer view of the peri
facing our friends in South
Africa. Many now see
through the blanket of ob-
fuscation and realise that
they have been deceived by
Our OWa government, with
the aid of an accommodat-
ing mass media...
used violence and Mtimida-
ti © prevent rival Black
Poutical groups trom
Negotiating with the
20Vernment. He Charged '
hat Mandela would simply dressing Washington's National Press Chab “The war for your country,
I ae a erent rn .
Zwide and Walmer, which make up Tbhayi, Mr Linda wag Preai- Elizabeth, was told by other nurses not to use
dent of the Bastern Province Councils Association Which con- — some people wanted to see her dead. She had to resign. Their
sisted of 74 town councils. In that position, he controlled a sons were intimidated and threatened with death at school,
budget of R35 ailion ‘And had 220 primary and 105 secondary — — a
on.
The local town councils were the prime target of the ANC-in- speak out courageously against the ANC and its determination
spired Sesto isan bee which swept through South Africa to im) itself on the people through violence. After being
from 1984 to 1986, Berween September 1984 May 1985, 197 forced out as mayor, he co-founded the United Conciliation
coeneiben, including 22 mayors, were forced to resign, The — Party. He is also an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Africa.
experience of life. The older people reject them, but they fear
Mr Linda's wife, Pamela, a nurse at the Livingston Hospital, Port them too much {0 speak out againat them,
| MANDELA’S BLUNDERS
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ing his visit to Libya, Mandela embraced Colone] Muammar human rights and liberty” (Daily Telegraph 3/7/90).
Gaddafi, America’s pet hate figure, and said, “In our situation,
as in other countries, an armed struggle is one of the most (Por anyone interested in learning about “human rights and
effective ways of fighting for political change in our country. liberty” in Cuba, SIGNPOSTS recommends Armando
Your readiness to provide us with the facilities for forming an —- Valladares’ book All Hope, the account of his 22 years
army of liberation indicated your commitment to the fight for —_in Castro's prisons!
comrades in arms” (Los Angeles Times 19/$/90). “One of the mistakes the Western world makes”, Mandela said
during an American television interview, “is to think that their
Mandela also described Yasser Arafat aa “a comrade in arms”, enemies should be our enemies. Yasser Arafat, Colong) Gaddafi
and said it would be “a grave mistake” to ch his view of — and Fidel Castro support Our struggle to the hilt. There is no
Arafat “on the basis of the intereats of the Jewish community” reason whatsoever why we should have any hesitation hailing
(Washington Post their commitment to
21/6/90). © THE HEAVY HAND OF CENSORSHIP! Suaheh takie, We
identify with the PLO
“We identify with the is because, just like our-
PLO because, just like “ selves, they are fight-
ourselves, they are fight- ing for the right of
ing for the right of self. self-determination”
determination... To think (The Times 23/6/90).
that, because Arafat is
conducting a Struggle
against Israe! that we
“The progress we
have made in our
must therefore condemn struggic is owed lar-
him, we can’t do that. It is gely to Angola, and
just not possible” (Las se hove that one day
we will be as free as
you,” he said in Luan-
da on May 10, 1990.
Mandela was askod
about three Puerto
' Ricans who were
Minnie Mandela silences her husband at a press conference in London on July 4 seated in the VIP row
Angeles Times 23/6/90),
caking about Castro's
aba, be said, “There's
one thing where thar
country stands out head
and shoulders above the
resi... that is in its love for
Picket Against Apartheid Collaborators
Mayor Nelson
Botile
Chief
Buthelezi
Reverend Elijah
Maswan ganyi
Bishop Isaac
Mokoena
Mayon Tamaanaa Linpa
Same Game — Different Names
The white South African government has deliberately and
Systematically established apartheid structures in town-
ships and municipalities. The local apartheid authorities
have been responsible for increased rents, inadequate
electric and water services, substandard and unlivable
housing, unsafe sewage systems, poor health care, and
inferior education,
Once again the John Birch
Society — by bringing the
speaker to the Marriott —
feeds onracismand promotes
hatred through intentional
distortion and slander of the
Struggle against apartheid.
The mass democratic movement of the local level has
opposed this Apartheid structure for many years through
widespread boycotts and rent strikes. The people have
exposed these local officials for what BY OEE sets ncec sa,
Collaborators of A partheid.
Protest Apartheid
Support a Free and Democratic Society in South Africa
Date: Monday, March 25, 199]
Time: 7:15PM
Place: In Front of the Marriott Hotel
189 Wolf Road
(Exit 4 I-87 Northway, Colonie)
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Pickel/Demonstration Sponsored by Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism.
Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12202
A Project of the Social Justice Center
March 1994
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NEST GENERAL CB-CAAR MEETING
THURS. MARCH 25, 1991 at 7:00 p.m
Aibany Public Library
Washington Avenue, fibany, New York
agenda:
WMHT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN
SOUTHERN AFRICR WHILE BUSH
HAS BEEN BOMBING IN THE GULF?
Hn update on Southern Atrica
Hiso: A discussion on the impact of the
ivar on domestic issues
and
iiarimetion em twa PPCSRMIBG Ewe es.
Capital Bis trict PUB CONSEAFENCE ON
(cme and Criminal Justice - “€, Tercalion,
MOMHZANAN, ana thange” tay (8, 199%
(see inside for more infarmatioan/
BRS
Ten Year Anniversary af CO-CABR - LABS
SOF Comme ty COPODS BULA [3 fapt., 4 FGF
(tl you would like la be hart af the planning cammitiee
tat this event, call Pat Trawears SOAnRSOR Bt 463-8486)
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The article below was written
in August, 1990, several months
before the Gulf War began. The
points it makes, however, are
still valid and point up the gross
hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy.
How Many Mozambicans
Equal One Kuwaiti?
__ For decades now: conservative leaders in the United
States, Britain, West Germany and elsewhere have siemly
lectured the anti-apanheid movement against the use of
economic sanctions.
With monotonous regulirity we have been told that
‘sanctions don’t work”, or alternatively that “sanctions will
only hurt black South Africans and the neighboring states.”
But in early August, we witnessed U.S. President
George Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
leading the call for sancions, not against South Africa, of
course, but against Iraq, because of its invasion of Kuwait.
Nobody says that sanctions “won't work” against
Saddam Hussein. Nobody says that sanctions “will only
harm the people of Kuwait, or the interests of Jordan and
Saudi Arabia.”
Of course, the occupation of Kuwait is a clear breach of
inemational law, But it is far from the first crime com-
mutted by the iraqi regime, The voices now stridenily
demanding respect for Kuwaiti sovereignty were strangely
silent when Saddam Hussein was killing [raqi communists,
or butchering the Kurdish minority in Iraq.
Sanctions were in place against Iraq within a week of
the attack on Kuwait. South Africa began open miliary
attacks against its neighbors in 1975, the date of its first
major push into Angola-—but it was only in the late 1980's
that most Westem governments began to take hesitant
si¢ps towards economic sanctions against Pretoria.
So when an oil-rich Arab state is attacked by a powerful
neighbor it akes a week for the intemational community
to punish the aggressor, and declare a near-total blockade,
But when impoverished African nations are attacked by a
similarly powerful neighbor it takes over a decade for far
from comprehensive sanctions to be unposed grudgingly,
and under great popular pressure, by that country’s trading
partners, .
Are Kuwait lives more precious than Mozambican
ones? {s there something special about the sovereignty of
Kuwait that makes it more valuable than the sovereignty
of Angola?
Perhaps several hundred innocent Kuwaltis have been
killed in the Iraqi invasion, The United Nations estimates
are that between 1960 and 1988 there were 900,000 war-
related deaths in Mozambique, and $00,000 in Angola.
The majority of these were children under the age of
five. By now, those figures will be considerably higher,
of course,
if the western world had reacted to South African
- aggression with the same admirable speed that it now
shows towards Iraqi aggression, then most of those 1.4
million people would still be alive, Furthermogg, the
Mozambican economy would not have been des ed
the counuy would not be obliged to live on international
charity, and the government might never have had to
embark upon an IMF and World Bank sponsored struc-
tural adjustment program. But then maybe that was the
whole idea...
And had the West reacted promptly to South Africa's
aggression against the Frondine States, and imposed a
serigus embargo, it might also, ironically enough, have
helped the Kuwaiti people. For the most sophisticated
artillery the Iraqi army possesses is of South African
manufacture. That is the G5 mobile cannon, produced by
the apartheid state-owned arms company Armscor, and
which traq has been buying from South Africa every year
since 1981.
excerpt from Mozambiquejile, August 1990
Appronimately 200 Americans died in the war inthe Guif War. An
estimated 100,000 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 20,000 civilians died.
We Meurn the Gaaecessary Less ef Life
The war is over and we “won.” In this country we are mourning
th@ploss of life of our service people. They were men and women,
momily young. They vere loved ones, mothers. fathers.
media has carried countless stories about the devastating effect
their losses will have on the families and friends of these
Americans who died in the Gult.
We have heard nothing, however, of the loss of the
Iraqis, people who also have spouses, parents, and children. The
Iraqis are human beings. Their soldiers are as much victimes of
their government's policies as ours are of our government. Mass
graves are being dug with no identification of the bodies. We
have once again dehumanized another group of people in the world
The roots of this war lie in the foreign policy of the U.S.
government which has consistently viewed the lives and cultures of
poeple and nations of color as having less value than that of
white people. People of color, poor people and working people
were the ones to die in large numbers. The U.S. spent a billion
dollars a day to wage war while our communities at home lack
adequate employment. housing, health care and education. There is
money for massive arms and military “solutions” to world problems
but no money for domestic problems.
The cost of this war was not cheap: lives lost. a possible
renewal of U.S. Soviet hostilities, hostility in the Arab world.
increased anti-Arab sentiment in the U.3.. environmental
destruction in the Gulf region and globally, and the
bastardization of the U.N. by not continuing on the course of
a = ay @ peaceful solution through sanctions or negotiations.
‘There is no support for the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait or for
Saddam Hussein. But everytime a country invades another country.
we do not intercede. Everytime a country commits atrocities. we
do not send in troops. We even give mild sanctions time (years.
as is the case with South Africa) to work. This war was not about
getting Iraq out of Kuwait. It was about establishing the U.S aa
the dominant power in the Middle East. There are already stories
about Kuwaiti repression beginning and there is talk the U5. will
help to enforce martial law in that country which was far from
democratic long before Iraq invaded. This war was not about some
ideas of democracy.
And in a democracy we have the right and the responsibility to
speak out against our government's actions. The war 18 over.
There is no cause for celebration... only an increased awareness
that we must continue to work against the violent and racist
tendencies that are 80 basic to the United States.
The news
Los Angeles Incident of Police Brutality
National and Local Implications
by Mark Mishier
People across the country were shocked recently to see 4 home-
made video-tape on the national news showing @ small group of Los
Angeles police officers viciously beating an African-American / n
in custody as a larger group of officers wetched. Most readers of
this newsletter know that incidents of police brutality occur
frequently in cities throughout this country. including in the
Capital District This video is significant, therefore. not
because it showed us something we didn't know, but because it
documents the existence and acceptance within police departments
of widespread abuse of authority by police officers.
The officers who beat Rodney King on March 3rd were not just
bed “apples. " If that were all they represented this incident
would be a horrible example of police brutality. but would not
have national significance.
These officers could not have acted in the way they did
unless they felt absolutely sure that there would be no
repercussions to them. In other words, these officers (who beat
someone up in public) must have been positive that the other
officers present would do nothing. that their superiors would not
initiate an investigation despite the serious injuries received by
lr King. that nothing would ever come of an internal affairs
investigation were Mr. King to file a complaint and that Mr. King
would be unable to successfully pursue any other legal recourse
The only thing the officers did not count on wes that a citizen
would be nearby filming the entire incident.
This incident caught on video-tape raises many questions
about the inability of police departments to prevent brutality by
officers through internal mechenisms. How many other Rodney Kir?
are there in Los Angeles and elsewhere who were not so fortune
to have a responsbile citizen video-tape a police beating? How
routine an incident must this have been for these officers if they
acted with such impunity? And. how can we expect police
departments on their own to prevent lawlessness by officers when
the “blue wall” of silence prevents effective internal controls?
We have many “Rodney Kings" in Albany (and throughout the
Capital District) whe do not have video-tapes to prove what
happened to them at the hands of racist and brutel cops. This
demonstrates again the necessity of establishing an independednt
civilian review board with investigatory powers Mayor Whalen, as
an example. should be able to figure out that it would be hetter
for Albany in the long run if effective controls and
accountability were instituted in the police department before
someone happens to catch on video-tape one of the savage incidents
of police brutality for which Albany is known. There should be a
review board now!
8 community contereace
“Education, Mobilization and Change
The Certer fer Lew end Justice, Iac., along with a number of
community groups ond orgenizations, will sponsor the Capital District
Community Conference on Crime and Criminal Justice entitied
“Education, Mebilization, end Change.” This important
conference will be held on Saturday May 18, 1991 (save the dete) at
the Empire State Pieze. Its focus will be on the devasiating
impact ef crime and the crimine! justice system en @ number
ef disenfranchised communities including @frican American,
Letine, Youth and Wemen. The following workshops are planned:
the criminal justice process, juveniie justice, how to complaing about
pglice, reports on the disproportionate incarceration of African
varicans and Lations and the impact on their communities, and
women in the criminal justice system. There will be an afternoon
session, "Reclaiming @e Lest Generation,” on setting an agenda to
mobilize communities to work for change in criminal justice policy
and practice. It is anticipated that about 400-500 commnity residents
and criminal justice professionals will attend.
in addition to asking for you attendance, the Center also needs
volunteer assistance in many areas that are necessary for &
successful conference (writing, media work, flyer distribution,
childcare, registration, refreshments, typing, etc.) Co-sponsorships
are also being sought. Contact Barbara Silver of Lagatha Thompson at
the Center for Law and Justice, Inc. at (518) 427-8361 for more
information.
H
Abuse Victims
POLICE ABUSE COUNSELING
AVAILABLE AT
THE URBAN LEAGUE
Police abuse counseling and assistance
with filing police abuse complaints are
now available at the Urban League office,
93 Livingston Avenue in Albany every
Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00
p.m. Individuals may call the League at
How To File A Police
463-3121 or the Center for Law and
Justice at 427-8361.
Deborah Williams-Muhammad, spe-
cialist with the Region IV Crisis Preven-
tion Unit of the New York State Division
of Human Rights and Reverend Hank
Johnson representing the Center for Law
and Justice will be available to provide
assistance.
Abuse Complaint Against The
Albany Police
Police Abuse Includes:
verbal racial/ethnic slurs and derog-
atory comments
—physical shoving, kicking, beating, or
any physical contact that is not
necessary in order for the officer to
do his or her job
—psychological intimidation-—threats
of harm or violence, threats of
trumped-up charges
If you are a victim of police abuse or
witness abuse, obtain the following infor-
mation:
Name of officer(s); a badge and car
numbers; date, time, and place; race, sex,
height, weight, hair, complexion & eye
color of officer(s); name, phone & address
of witness(es), and names of victim(s).
(Information taken from the Capital
District Coalition Against Apartheid and
Racism.)
Formal complaint forms are available
from the Center for Law and Justice, the
Urban League, City Hail, and the police
department.
Someone from the Center or any person
you choose may assist you with complet-
ing and filing a complaint form and may
accompany you to an interview with rep-
resentatives of the Police Department.
Com forms must be filed with the
Department's Internal Affairs Unit (Mor-
ton Avenue and Broad Street), which is
responsible for completing an investiga-
tion of the complaint and forwarding a
recommendation to the Police Chief. The
Chief's determination will be sent to you,
the complainant, in a letter.
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embersnip — in January we sent a membership letter. Your response
7 has been excellent. if you are one of those who forgot to send your
dues, however, there is still time. When we receive your dues, we
: “¢ send you one of our highly desired membership cards. This will also
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antee that you will continue to receive the monthly newsletter. Your
: continuing committment to the struggle against apartheid and racism is
vitally important. Don't wait any longer...send your dues today.
4 Yearly dues are only $5.00 (more is great!) Membership form -back page.
_ Social Justice Center Bowlathon ~ On March 9th the Social
_ Justice Center of Albany held the annual fundraising bowlathon. Thanks to
- Peter Balint, CD-CAAR representative to the S.J.C., for raising money
t and organizing three teams to take part in this event.
- Congratulations - Vicki Smith, 6 long time member of the Steering
_ Committee of CD-CAAR who served as our representative to the
~ Community Police Relations Board, has resigned from the Steering
Committee. While we are very sorry to lose you Vicki, we congratulate
you on your appointment to the national steering committee of a newly
formed organization, Sisters in Struggle. Pat Trowers Johnson, also 6
member of the CD-CAAR Steering Committee, has announced that she will
return to T.V, Channel 10 as a reporter in mid-March. We congratulate you
a@ look forward to your insightful and intelligent news reporting.
Members Out Speaking, Speaking Out
Merton Simpson, CD-CAAR Co-Chair took part in Peace Week at the
Junior College of Albany where he spoke on the racist implications of the
Gulf Wer. Mabel Leon, member of CD-CAAR Steering Committee, took
part in a Schenectady forum on race relations which was co-sponsored by
Emmanual Baptist Church and Refreshing Springs Church. The panel
discussed issues of racism, integration and future actions. For
information about follow up plans, call Wendy Sambro, 374-41 i4or
Rote:
Christine Parsons Tucker, 432-6650.
in lest menth’s newsletter we enneunced that Angela Devis would be
speaking in Albang on March 7th. The orgenizers ef the event were forced to
cancel the pregram. We hope they will be able te reschedule sometime seen.
Chief
Buthelezi
Bishop Isaac
Mokoena
Mayor Nelson
Botile
Reverend Elijah
Maswanganyi
Mavon Tameanoa Linoa
Same Game — Different Names
The white South African government has deliberately and
| Systematically established apartheid structures in town-
_ Ships and municipalities. The local apartheid authorities
_ have been responsible for increased rents, inadequate
_ electric and water services. substandard and unlivable
housing, unsafe sewage systems, poor health care, and
inferior education,
Once again the John Birch
Society — by bringing the
speaker to the Marriott —
feeds on racism and promotes
hatred through intentional
distortion and slander of the
The mass democratic mov ement of the local level has
opp this Apartheid structure
widespread boycotts and rent Strikes. The people have
exposed these local officials for what POY MIE oo vevcecs cs
Collaborators of A partheid.
* Support a Free an
Time: “i135
VIVA MANDELA
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for many years through
Protest Apartheid
d Democratic Society in South Africa
Date: Monday, March 25, 199]
PM
Place: In Front of the Marriott Hote!
189 Wolf Road
(Exit 4 1.87 Northway, Colonie)
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WHEAT Ceannepens
African National Congress critic to tell of alleged terrorism
Capital District chapters of the John Birch South Africa. Because of threats to his family he
COMONTEE Alleged terrorist activities by
Nelsen Mandela's African National Congress will Society and the American Opinion Education — was forced to resign as mayor. Linda’s home and
he onttined Monday during a Capital District Committee business were destroyed by firehombs. allegedly
ippearirance hy Tamsanqua Linda, former mavor According to information provided by area thrown by Mandela Supporters
1 Pbbast township in South Africa Birch Society spokesman Adrian P. Villa, Linda
‘ Tickets at the door are $7; advance tickets are
lunda’s program will begin at 8 pm. in the serves as council president of 74 black township
councils representing about 14 million citizens in’ = $4 and may be purchased by calling 877-3322
Moarrostt Hotel RO Watt Road. Sponsored by the
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South African sponsored by Birch Society gives warnin
QO Says Mandela would found Marxi there are many 9g
va ; arxist state ere are Many more lhe him tr
oe Inside, Linda alternately claimed OM Suits and ties to lumber jack Linda said he did not object to the
By Thm Beide! ignorance of the Birch Society's penis wenn with ap ANC's Perlicipating in the political
Stat werner Proneee. emipecons and embraced it, Before?" process but added that a constitu.
COLONIE ~ 11 N Linda's appearance at the Mar. IS speech. he said he did not tee 4. Brwaale is 00 more aparth- tional structure must be established
and the Aries “tc nieve Mandela riott ue ent of an American se saciety stood for and he pa nk bese potiedeaaioing = pao fall doneancn er ememiatice be.
tional Congreas speaking Sponsored ax for any group that democr; Poasidte.
reins hn ie they prs establish & uitraconservative John Birch heer’ sponsored him is Renal teestay ober ine Alrican “Lat every political view be al.
veErnnent t will be ty He was met by about 35 protes. In front of his audience, however. Said the ANC. sunne . to South Africa,
Linda , ed by Without Viodence,” he said.
come & Rew oppressor of the coun. ters from the Capital ‘ Linda dee
ters a South Africae . oe } apital District Coa}i. a declared that he was Mol the
blacks ympe inst Apartheid and Rasen embarrassed by the group's of President and —_ Prior to his speech, Linda said the
thetic to the white government who chanted, "Mr. Nobody, Go ship and that he ts seaa us bm 18. — ni ed is using mechanisms {© protect the rights of
charged Monday Home.” The
demonsiraiors carried Principles and agreed with them
Tamsanga Linda,
entgund strane Bydy-. Kaden signs ado co African He departed from: his simian blacka and does not have their avoid the Digg wri and milite
remarks. he said. because the pres. linda ons fl . Peas ato a { many African
Alrica “That's what you Americans don't Tere genes tewidey
telling understand.” he said, “I'm only one met by protest nm Colome
accorded a place in
de Klerk is committed to allow. had not heard of
ing blacks into the ; rd of Linda prior to the wheliningly white, predominant his Johannesby
0 the decision-making announcement of bie Speech. “But male crowd, dressed in overything Pen hailed tour of the United what ge te retner is Saying —erybody must be
ma ale! ¥ | —<— or erent languages. Ey. our new Sowth Africa
township after his family was threat- “He's
ened. said relations bet Se apr tnene Many ence of “barking pet gt
government of President Frederik surhairman of the coalition, who $7 sitended the speech The over. la's “true character”
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leader lashes out
, NGI Fin’Colonie speech ~
GasetiaReperiar “It’s very curios he [Linda] has all this time to
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to his African Na- Merton Simpson
the preaddent of 74 Mandela supporter
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said
at the Marriott Hotel inst Linda, who cornpleted a 23-atate he ip South Africa organizing the peo-
before more than 200 members U.S. tour last fall, returned ia Febra- ple? It's very curious he has all this
of the Joha Bireh , Tamsanga ary under John Birch Society time to tour the United States when
Linda, co- t of the United sorship. He will make $@ stops before his own country is having so many |
Christian Conciliation Party, said mid-A ril, telling Americans they problems.”
being misled by pro- should ve an open agenda and
pegaoda that portrays Mandela as port other organizations trying To agile Sha mase beietng tatera te
blacks. ring freedom to South African criticism from people ‘who aren't
According to Linda, Mandela is a blacks = oven Saath Abvtean*
militant communist who a to Yesterday's appearance in the 1 inda said that because of ter-
bate od pn ooh seg, hve Capital District brought immediate orig trom the Mandela-led African
a leader who opposition. About two dozen sign-tot- National Congress, he was forced to
wants his bands full of blood before ing members of the Coalition as mayor when threats were
to tions table,” Apartheid and Raciam out- home !
Linda, a former par of Port side the hotel, chanting, “Who is ang rahe sor ved tcarioed ts fire |
ca
. her > bombs. ‘
“Communists are and torter- “We're here to set the record y be cate. }
ia not the " gaid coalition co-chairman Ww
problem in South Africa,” Linda M Simpson, a Mandela sup- said
said. porter. “If #0 popeler, why ian't them.
PPR ewe
hen he left home this time, he
he hid his children to protect
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pital District Coalition
Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12202 ,
A Project of the Social Justice Centey 2
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April 1991 Newsletter (
q Next General CD-CAAR Meetinga\@anga
Thursday, April 25,1991 - 7.00 to 9:00 p.m.
Albany Public Library, Washington Ave., Albany, New Yor
How many Rodney Kings are there in Albany?
(Rodney King was the man brutally beaten by Los Angeles pelice)
Video: interview with local victims of police abuse
Discussion: Police brutality issues locally... KR
Responses to police brutality in other communities.
The need for 4 civilian review board...
Report: Upcoming community conference (May 18, 1991) on crime
and the criminal justice system (see flyer inside)
10 Year Anniversary Committee - po you remember September
1961? If you remember and would like to get involved planning a ten year
celebration, we need your help. |f you haven't been invalved fora long
time this is the perfect time to get involved again. If you don't remember
September 1981. if you ve never been invalved, this is the perfect time to
ge'ainvolved for the first time. In other words, we need you ta work on
Ming our 1Oth anniversary celebration. Committee report and future
planning at the April meeting If you can't make the meeting but want to
work on this historic event, call Pat Trowers-Johnson, 463-4486.
Ret: DATELINE NAMIBIA
7 WinTeR (990-1441
The intemational community has be-
gun marshalling resources to help
Namibians contront the poverty, under-
development and racial injustice that ts
the endowment of apartheid colonialism,
Namibian President Sam Nujoma flew
to New York in June to meet with pos-
sible financial donors. Namibian officials
arrived with detailed proposals for $810
million in assistance over the first three
years of independence.
Partnership
The resulting pledges, some $360 mil-
lion in grants and loans, were welcomed
by Namibian Foreign Minister Theo- Ben
Gurirab as a “good first step.” But East-
erm Europe, Central America and the
Persian Gulf are putting heavy demands
on Western treasuries, and the chances of
finding additional money for Namibia
uppear shim.
Additional assistance is coming from
Christian and secular non-governmental
.
Hopicks, Suamibiains at a gowernanient squatter Camp autsake fhe caupial cus of
Windhoek. The eavernmcoat provides hand and takes Phe poophe iat baste ther
Yak Ty OE
AMERICA LAGS IN AID TO NAMIBIA
organizations in Europe and North
Ls SWOTTR Considering the views oO
Howard Wolpe, the head of the Africa
Subcommittee of the US. House of
epresentatives, who said of American
wid to Namibia:
“For us not to encourage the reform
process there as well as throughout Al
rica and see it through,” Rep. Wolpe
noted, “leads to the perception that we
have a racial double standard.”
America.
American Episcopalians, forexample,
are providing funds to Anglican Namibi-
ans for the reconstruction of the Odibo
education and health care center.
U.S. Role
Many United States ciizens have as-
sumed that their government, a vocal
champion of democracy around the
world, x a leading provider of
assistance to Namibia. Sadly. however,
the world’s newest nation appears to be : :
at the bottom of Washington's priorities. WAirE : e 4
For this critical first year of Namibian i
independence, the Bush administration THE SeniTe |
had originally budgeted just $500,000. WASHINGTON, DC.20Si0
Concerned Congressional leaders even- — THE HOUSE i
tually increased Namibia's funding to WASHING TOW, DL. 20815 Fi
$10 million. But even this amount 1s
scheduled to drop to just $7.8 million in
190) — A BiLtON A DAY iW
THE GULF
South African Ties
Compounding Namibia's economic
difficulties ts its continuing financial and
political entanglement with the former
colonial ruler, South Africa. A year alter
independence the country stil relies on
South Africa for most unports, technical
services and expertise, and even its cur
rency. Atindependence, tor example, all
of Namibia's banks were headquartered
in South Atrica, and South African com:
panies Soll own a great dealot Namibia's
natural resources and land
Moreover, the South Afnean govern
ment is demanding that Namibia repay
over S280 million i loans raised :
colonial authorities during the 7
occupation —- in effect demanding that
the oppressed defray the cost of ther
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Aibany. N.Y., Wecinesclay, March 27, 1991
Lawyers seek federal probe of
alleged Albany police brutality
‘
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a pattern of abuse by law
enforcement officers in the city.
By Catherine Ciabby
Statt writer
ALBANY Two local attorneys who
represent clients with pending federal suits
alleging police brutality in Albany want the
U.S, Justice Department to investigate what
they maintain is a pattern of police
misconduct here.
Attorneys Terence Kindion and Mark
Mishler are seeking probes in light of
Attorney General Richard Thornburgh’s
recent order that a national review of police
brutality cases be undertaken, Thornburgh's
order followed the national] uproar that
accompanied reports on the brutal police
beating March 3 of a black motorist filmed
by an unseen observer in Los Angeles.
Albany Police Chief John Dale on Tuesday
said the attorneys have every right to write
whomever they wish, but repeated his offt-
stated view that his department has ade-
quate means to investigate such compiaints
internally.
“| have the utmost confidence in the
internal affairs unit,” he said. The chief and
Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III have conceded
that the perception of police brutality exists
here, particularly among the city’s black
community, but insist that it is unfounded.
In two letters addressed to several federal
officials. including an attorney assigned to
the Justice Department in Washington.
Kindlon and Mishier note four cases they
have filed in federal court that allege police
@ brutality. Three plaintiffs in the cases are
' lack; one is white.
“We feel that these cases are terribly
important and that it’s our responsibility to
put them immediately in front of the
attorney general,” he said.
Cite four cases as indicating
They single out two present officers and
one retired officer named in three of the
cases in one letter, saying, “We believe that
there is a pattern of brutality by certain
police officers that rises to a level of being a
violation of the federal civil rights law.”
The cases cited in the letters include jhe
following:
® Robert Butler of Albany is suing the city
for $7.3 million, contending that he was
riding a bicycle in September 1989 in Arbor
Hill when he was cut off by an unmarked
police car and knocked to the ground. He
alleges that he was beaten by several
officers on the street, in a car and at
Division 2 headquarters.
@ James Lunday of Albany is suing for
$7.13 million and alleges that Kenneth Sutton
and other officers in May 1989 kicked and
beat him and subjected him to “vile, obscene
and racist language” after Lunday refused to
identify himself to undercover officers while
waiting for his girlfriend outside a city
restaurant.
@ Daniel Amlaw., a former city resident, is
suing for $7.13 million. He contends that in
October 1989 he was assaulted and falsely
arrested after he expressed impatience with
officers frisking a woman at the downtown
bus station with whom he planned to share a
cab.
@ McKinley Branch Jr. an Albany man
who was suspected of dealing drugs to a 14-
‘year-old, is seeking $4 million in damages
and contends that he was driving on North
Swan Street in November 1989 when he was
pulled over by three police officers in an
unmarked vehicle. He claims that an officer
struck him on the head with a flashlight and
stomped on his back, and that he was
assaulted at the Division 2 headquarters.
Despite repeated phone calls Tuesday to
the civil rights division of the Justice
Department, a spokesman could not be
reached to explain whether the cases couid
qualify for federal scrutiny as part of the
review,
;
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Even Fred LeBrun agrees...
sco casts pur ierscininiuseniie ASEAN ARR IRM INO SUAS E Hi,
(excerpt from column in Albany Times Union, April 4, 1 991 )
Kindlon’s
right about
prosecutor
The time is ripe, one might even
say over-ripe.
For years and years, as long as
fve been in this town, stories have
bubbied up like an endless sulphuric
spring concerning elements in the
Albany Police rtment being
insensitive to the black community.
Not everyone in the department, of
course, but then “insensitivity” is
putting a happy face on those whose
names have up again and
again involving straight-out viola-
tion of civil rights and bare-knuckies
physical abuse.
In the streets, in the bus station.
Defendants showing up the next day
in court looking much the worse for
wear, Black defendants. A pattern
emerges, or at the very least, the
perception of a pattern, and that
perception has reached such a level
of general acceptance that Albany
County District Attorney Sol Green-
burg really has no choice.
He should do what defense attor-
ney Terence Kindlon calls for, and
ask the governor for a special
prosecutor to clear the air. For his
office's sake, a nervous city’s, and
especially for the credibility and
morale of the Albany Police Depart-
ment. ‘
The need for thorough, impartial
scrutiny hinges on specific charges
against four officers concerning
James F. Lunday, a black man who
allegedly was beaten while in custo-
dy two years ago. He was charged
with disorderly conduct, resisting
arrest and assault, which has be-
come depressingly consistent as a
police res ~~ note the deplora-
ble Los Angeles brutality case. All
charges were dismissed in city court,
and now the city and certain officers
are the object of a $7.1 million
lawsuit
But the civil suit is not the point;
those happen all the time. There is
the considerable matter of criminal
activity here, and then of lying about
it and others wearing a badge
swearing to those lies. The idea that
such behavior could go on without
official reprimand, without the sev-
erest accountability. goes to the
heart of making sure there are those
watching the watchers, »»
Help For Police
Abuse Victims
POLICE ABUSE COUNSELING
AVAILABLE AT
THE URBAN LEAGUE
Police abuse counseling and assistance
with filing police abuse complaints are
now available at the Urban League office,
93 Livingston Avenue in Albany every |
Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00 to 5:00
p.m. Individuals may call the League at
463-3121 or the Center for Law and
Justice at 427-8361.
Deborah Williams-Muhammad, spe- ip
cialist with the Region IV Crisis Preven-
tion Unit of the New York State Division
of Human Rights and Reverend Hank
Johnson representing the Center for Law
and Justice will be available to provide
assistance.
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South Africa
‘Taking Apartheid Apart’
Chris Hani, member of the ANC. National Executive and the South
African Communist party will be speaking in various locations in the US
on 6 tour sponsored by the People’s Weekly World. This leader in the
Struggle to bring down apartheid will discuss the situation in South
Africa today. The closest locations where he will appear are as follows:
ee" City, April 30, 7:30 Symphony Space, Broedway and 95th St. $10.00
Som, May 2, 7:30 Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St. $3.00
New Heaven, May S, 4:00 pm.
(including South African buffet.)
For more information, call (212) 807-0170
A talk to hear:
Immanual Baptist Church, 1324 Chapel St. $ 26.00
A talk we protested:
On Tuesday, March 25, members of CD-CAAR demonstrated in protest
against Tarnsanga Linda, farmer mayor of Port Elizabeth township in South
Africa and apartheid collaborator His tour was sponsored by the
ultraconservative John Birch Society. Linda claimed he didn’t know what
the Birch society stood for and went on to call for the lifting of sanctions
against the white regime. Merton Simpson, co-chair of CD-CAAR, told the
press, “He's just one of many puppets that the apartheid structure
produces.”
A move we object to:
| The International Olympic Committee is rushing to admit South
Africa into the Olympic games in time for some participation in the 1992
games. Several 1OC members are planning to meet with F.W. DeKlerk about
the lifting of the ban. South Africa has been banished fram the Olympics
eh Oe voice years in keeping with the United Nations call for a
Spon, ott o @ apartheid regime. The [>
both in South African and internationally has pe cen pe ep the
ran be no normal Sports in an abn
' ermal’ society. Until} id j
abolished that continues to be the case : aegis
A Pizza?.
The response to our membership drive has been terrific
Over 100 people have sent in their dues. We couldn't continue
the work without your continuing support. Many thanks.
Police Abuse But we would like to remind those who have not yet sent
in Los Angeles their dues that time is running out. Upon receipt of your dues,
not an isolated you will be sent a much coveted membership card and you will
gras continue to receive the newsletter. The dues are only $5.00 for a
incident............ pepe eviphuty | Fi |
whole year. A movie, Chinese take-out, two packs of cigarettes in
Business as usual a machine, one small grocery bag of junk food, a pizza, and on
in Albany o a. on - allcost more. And the five dollars you give to CD-CAAR
goes directly to organizing anti-apartheid and anti-racist work
including the printing and mailing of this newsletter. This could
be the best five dollars you spend this year. Enough said
Membership torm below
Several years ago, when Jesse Davis, a psychiatric patient, was shot to death by Albany
Police who were called to quell a disturbance, there was a public outcry for the creation of 4 Tear off and mail (Please print clearly)
police civilian review board. After months of demonstrations, the city agreed to a community ee mm mmm ee et ee a 0 an om a win we
police relations board with very limited powers. Now that board, disbanded and later
reinstituted by the mayor, is nothing but a community police public relations ploy. _—Racial Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
harassment by the police remains a reality inthe city. A pelice civilian review beard is A Project of the Social Justice Center of Albany
needed now more than ever. Bon 3002 Pine Hills Station, Albany, New York 12205
Currently there are four lawsuits pending against the Albany City police for abuse,
brutality and racial harassment. The two attorneys representing the complain:ants heve asked
the US. Justice Department to investigate a pattern of police misconduct in the city. Over the Enclosed is$_., Yearly dues are $5.00 More is great!
years there has been a recurring list of police names whenever allegations of police abuse arise.
There is a widespread mistrust and fear in the African American community of the Albany Name
police. & federal examination of police abuse cases is long overdue.
in one of the four lawsuits against the Albany police for brutality, @ cell has been made Street
for a special prosecutor. in this case the possibility for impartial judgment by the DA.'s office cee ee arena een anne
is in more question than usual. in one of the cases, that of James Lunday, the Albany Di t
Attorney's office unsuccessfully prosecuted @ case against Lunday. Now that same office is City State Zip
investigating the charges of police brutality being brought by Lunday, Geverner Cuomo coum cent cramer eeu ena anuat! — ee
must call fer speciel presecutor in this case if justice is te be served.
a ee es ee a) a a es me et a es a a a a a a a Ss ss
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"Education,
Capital District Community
Cenference
on Crime and Criminal Justice
presented by
Center for Law and Justice, inc.
Saturday, May 18, 1991 - 8:30 a.m. te 5:00 pm.
Empire State Plaza Convention Center
Ribany, New York
Mobilization,
and Change’
The Center for Law and Justice, Inc. is a non profit, tax exempt, community -
based organization that works closely with other community organizations and groups
to reduce the devastating impact of crime and criminal justice policy on disenfranchised
communities, particularly the poor, Blacks, Latinos, yout 1d women. These
communities are more likely to be victimized and treated unfairly throughout the
criminal justice system. The criminal justice system's response to crime in those
communities 13 not working; its focus on the arrest, prosecution and incarceration of
people of color only intesifies the problems faced by these communities
The Center believes that it is time fer the people of these communities
to recognize the peril - and te mobilize against crime and against
inequities in the criminal justice system that exacerbate the impact
of crime.
(over for more details about the conference)
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Capital District Community Conference
on Crime ead Criminal Justice
“Education, Mobilization and Change~
Name: si
Organization:
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Telephone: be, RS © Oot
Will you need day care? Yes__No__Number of children__ Ages
Will you need transporation? Yes No__
Are you tnterested in becoming a member ? Yes, No.
Workshop choices: Rank in order of preference (list is on back)
Wy is: Diss Se wee eis Ree
Registration must be received by May 10, 1991
There is no charge for this conference. However, a donation of $5.00 a person would be
appreciated. Donations are tax deductible.
Return this form to: Center for Law and Justice, Inc.
Pine West Plaza, Building 2
Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, New York 12205 (Telephone (518) 427-8361)
Capital District Community Conference
on Crime and Criminal Justice
“Education, Mobilization and Change”
Center for Law and Justice, inc.
Pine West Plaza Building 2
Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, New York 12205 (518) 427-8361
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6:30- 9:00 Registration
Session 1
9:00 - 10:15 Welcome - Merton Simpson, Co-Chair
Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism
Keynote - Elombe Brath, Chairman
Patrice Lumumba Coalition, NYC.
10:30 ~- 12-00
Community Forum and Speakout
“Bias in the Criminal Justice System”
Coordinated by Deborah Muhammad
New York State Division of Human Rights
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Session 11
1:30 - 3:30 Educational Workshops
A. “The Criminal Justice System at Work”
6. “Our Children and Justice-The Forgotten Issue
C. “How to Complain and Be Heard”
D. “Th Color of Our Prisons”
E. “Women in the Criminal Justice System”
3:45 - 5:00 Summary and Agenda Setting —
“Reclaiming our Lost Generation - Setting a
Community Agenda”
—_—_———— Selene
Brief Description of Worksheps:
Workshop A: The Criminal Justice System at Work
Workshep B: Our Children and Justice-The Forgetten isswe
Panelists will discuss how the Family Court mandate of acting “in the best interests of the child”
can be reconciled with the requirements of justice, particularly for children of color and the
poor. Two recent propasals for changes in the juvenile justice system will be examined the
prosecution of more juvenile crimes in adult criminal court, and the development of community
care to replace residential placements.
Workshep C: Hew te Complain and Be Heard
Experienced advocated for victims and the accused will reveal how to bring complaints about the
police and lawyers.
Well over three-quarters of New York State prisoners are African American or Latino This
workshop will focus on the impact of incarceration on their communities and implications for
future generations.
Workshop E: Women in the Criminal Justice System
Three topical issues will be discussed: the Prosecution of women who use drugs during
pregnancy; clemency for battered women who are incarcerated for killing their batterer ; the
criminal justice system's response to domestic violence and the treatment of female victims,
particularly rape victims and battered lesbians.
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Capital District Community
Conference
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Saturday, May 1%, 199% - 8:38 a.m. te 5:00 pm.
Empire State Piaza Coavention Ceater
Ribany, New VYark
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For complete details Education,
on this conference, Mobilization,
see flyer inside.
and Change”
RON
DANIELS
Executive Director, Nat’l. Rainbow Coalition 1987
Deputy Director, Jesse Jackson 1988 Campaign
Former Chair, Natl. Black Independent Pol. Party
Prospective 1992 Independent Presidentia] Candidate
"ALL GUNS, NO BUTTER"
War, Racism & Economic Crisis
SAT., JUNE 8, 6.30 P.M.
Reception — Program — Discussion
WILBORN TEMPLE
Jay & S. Swan Streets, Albany
Presented by the Emergency Committee to End US Intervention in the Middle Fast
Co—Sponsors: Albany Branch NAACP; Albany Friends Meeting; Blacks in Gov’t.,
Albany Chapter; The Brothers; Capital Dist. Coalition Against Apartheid and
Racism; Capital Dist. Committee for Palestinian Rights; Center for Law and
Justice; Hon. Arthur O. Eve: Feminist Action Network; Malcolm X Study Network;
Solidarity Committee of the Capital Dist.; US Puerto Rico Solidarity Network;
Urban League of the Albany Area. FOR INFORMAT ION, CALL 434—4037
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A Project of the Social Justice Center
May 1991 Newsletter
Next General CD-CARR Meeting
Thursday, May 23, 1991 at 7:00 p.m.
Aibany Public Library
Washington Avenue, Hibany, New York
Agenda:
Call for Civilian Control Board of the Police
Follow-up from the Capital District Community
Conference on Crime and Criminal Justice
Update on Southern Africa Now
what is happening inside South Africa and
the Angola peace prospects.
The Last Peets are coming...
iin September, 1991, CD-CAAR will celebrate
its Ten Year Anniversary. We have already
booked The Last Poets to be part of the event.
At this meeting there will be a widee of The Last
Poets - to help us get the word out into the
community about their coming in September! - also,
see a sample of their work in this newsletter)
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO STRUGGLE
Blessed are those who courted death,
who offered their lives to give,
who dared to rebel rather than serve,
to die so that we might live.
Blessed are those who took up arms
and dared to face our foes:
Nat Turner, Vesey, Gariel, Chinque
fo mention a few names we know.
Blessed are the memories of those
who were there at the Harper's Ferry Raid.
Strong were their hearts, noble their cause,
and great was the price they paid.
Blessed are the voices of those
who stood up and cried out, ‘Let us be free!"
Douglas and Garvey and Soujourner Truth,
Dubois and Drew Ali.
Blessed are the giants that we have loved
and lost to the bullet's sting: ’
like Matcoim and Medgar and the Panthers who fell
and Martin Luther King.
And blessed are the bodies of those who were hung
from the limbs of a sycamore tree.
Who found end to their hope at the end of a rope
‘cause they dared to attempt to be free.
Biessed are the spirits of those who have died
in the prisons all over this fand,
who committed one sin, they stood up like men
and got iced for just being a man.
Blessed you ail who will join with us now
in this struggle of life and death
so that freedom and peace will be more than a word
to the offspring thal we have left.
___ THE LAST POETS »
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Will violence torpedo
| Pretoria talks?...........
By SOUTHSCAN
JOHANNESBURG—The South African
peace process is not likely to be derailed,
despite the hysteria that has greeted the
African National Congress’ threat to break
off negotiations unless political violence
ends,
Events in the next few weeks will deter-
mine whether things are going to get a lot
worse before they get better. But there is lit-
» le doubt that President F.W. de Klerk will
. 4 ultimately meet the ANC's key demand for
an end to violence. Dazed but otherwise
unharmed, the talks will then resume.
In essence, the ANC has demanded no
more than that de Klerk act decisively to
end the worst political violence in South
African history and, with the ANC and oth-
er parties, ensure that it cannot resume. The
ANC has issued an open fetter to de Klerk
that lists seven actions the liberation move-
ment believes can most rapidly achieve this
goal. Included among these demands are
the dismissal of Defense Minister Magnus
Malan and Law and Order Minister Ariaan
Viok and of police and military officers
responsible for hit squads; the disbanding
and disarming of hit squads; the establish-
ment of an independent commission to
investigate activities of the security forces;
and the suspension of police and military
personnel identified as responsible for the
March 1990 massacre at Sebokeng and the
March 1991 massacre at Daveyton.
ON THE PEACE TRACK
The ANC is not likely in the short term to
have its demands met for the sacking of
Viok and Malan, but observers here feel
this should not divert attention from the key
issue. ANC leader Nelsen Mandela said: fn
mid-April that “if the government shows a
L reasonable response to our reasonable
demands, we on our side will not be found
wanting.”
And despite the tough talk from de Klerk,
his ministers and Inkatha’s Gatsha
Buthelezi, with a European tour looming
and black confidence in the efficacy of
negotiations plummeting, the president will |.
have to deliver,
And there is no doubt that de Klerk can |
do so. While his 80,000-member potice |
force has not been directly responsible for |
the violence, it has by inaction or partisan
intervention frequently fueled the conflict. &
De Klerk, or elements in his government-—- #
for tactical reasons the ANC speaks of
“third forces”-—have in addition encour- ~
aged Inkatha, providing weaponry and
refusing to act against Buthelezi supporters
openly carrying and using lethal weapons.
With some justification the ANC sees
itself as the target of a sustained military
campaign. Those of the 3,000-plus victims .
of violence since the ANC's legalization
last year who have not been ANC members
or supporters, have in the main been resi-< 4,
dents of communities demonstrating signif- Ras “=
icant ANC support. bee
The liberation movement's efforts to
establish itself organizationally have been
seriously hampered by the violence. This 4
dangerous climate renders the ANC unable Excerpted
to transform the massive pool of political from Guardian
sympathy that greeted the movement upon - auras
its legalization in February 1990 into orga- article.
nized, signed-up support.
in Natal the ANC has been forced to The future of
launch some new branches in secret or risk ,
mass slaughter by Inkatha supporters, the negotidlions
despite Buthelezi’s routine public endorse- iS in 3 e
ment of political tolerance. In key industrial J opard :
areas around Johannesburg, trade unions
are seeing their membership slip slowly Come fe May
away as the threat of attack by Inkatha CO.cAAR
makes achat to hold seeds see a eeting for
~ S.Africd update,
%
Racism Kills: The Tragic Death of
Raymond Stallings
by Alice Green, Ph.D
Center for Law and Justice, inc.
Troubled by Raymond Stallings saeath, The Center for Law and
Justice issued a press statement on April 12, 1991. That
statement read in part:
Although we are not privy tc aay official information
surrounding the unfortunate death of Mr. Raymond Stallings
and do net wish to accuse or indict the police officers
involved, we believe it appropriate to comment on the
preliminary information we do have. We do so believing that «&
such comment can help our community undestand the impact of
the criminal justice system’on persons of color in our
community and our country.
it is significant that Mr. Stallings, was under suspicion
long befcre he entered his car. This confirms the claim by
many African Americans that they are monitored closely when
in suburban white communities. oftentimes such observations
are prompted by widely held sterzotypes that Blacks are
innately criminal and hence worthy of heightened suspicion.
Such monitoring also grows out of the belief that Blacks do
not belong in such communities.
Furthermore, it must be understood that African Americans,
males in particular, are often fearful of contacts with law
enforcement officials due to a collective historical
experience of abuse. That fear has been exacerbated by the
national viewing of the video showing the disgraceful beating
of Rodney King in Los Angeles.
We are left to believe that Raymond Stallings was a victim of
racial stereotyping and may have been frightened to death by
those who symbolize oppression and control to many in our
community and country. "
Followed, chased, and tackled by police, Raymond Stallings of
Albany died of a heart attack at the age of 30, leaving
behind five lovely children.
iv ian nie a US eo atte cn MMMM peer i seth iccunsinsirondeanonducns
According to Bethlehem police, Mr. Stallings was spotted
during the noon hour on April 1.1, 1991 leaving the Grand
Union in Elsmere. Detective Wilson, sitting in an unmarked
car, noticed that Stallings "appeared nervous and ill-at-
ease"; so he followed him into Albany. Wilson ran a check on
the car and discovered that the license plate and car did not
match. Continuing to follow Stallings into Albany, Detective
Wilson centacted Albanv City and County police whe joined in
the "chase" with flashing rca lights. Near Route 787 and
Broadway, Mr. Stallings fled on foot with police from the
three departments in pursuit.
Media reports over the next 24-hours were used to justify
police response to Mr. Stallings. It was Suggested that he
was driving a stolen car, was chased by police at high speed,
did not pay for the groceries he Carried from the store, and
€ had a felony criminal recorc.
According to his family and widov:, Vivian Stallings,
something quite different happened. Raymond Stallings, ex-
marine and correctional officer, went to the Grand Union
after cashing his paycheck to purchase groceries for his
wife's birthday celebration { 4 clerk remembers scanning his
groceries that day). He left the store and got into his
Sister's oar which he had borrowed from her a week ago. The
car had never been reported stolen. Raymond drove into
Albany at speeds as low as 25 to 30 mph (This is consistent
with police reports). He panicked when he realized that a
large number of police were pursuing him. Mrs. Stallings
declares that "I believe tha: my husband was frightened to
death. Hz gave the police no cause to follow him in the
first place."
Update: Since the above press release was issued, Vivian Stallings
called for an FBI investigation of the the death of her husband. The
FBI has taken the frist step in what could become a civil rights
investigation. At present, the case is in the "inquiry" stage, according
~ Mo William imfeld, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI Albany
district. |
Two steps forward...
ADTs newsletter contained information about the police brutality
4
case ot james Landay LUndey has brought charges that two white
moelice officers in Albany beat him and goaded him with racial slurs after
he wae triustaken for a drug suspect in May of 1969 His lawsuit charges
that the poles conspired to cover up the incident by bringing trumpe up
Ste od bs . a ter Ket arity 1
Sickie iL Lait we ha f (oth: Vu
All of the charges were dismissed in Albany
office took no action in sim tmonths Terence L
seinanded 3 special prosecutor
inthe case On Thurs
i&, Albany Country Ju ige
Thomas W Feegan, acting
request of the Albany Country
Tustrict Attorney, appointed
Richard A. Kohn, a lawyer and
former Albany City Court judge
to be special FEVERS TEE in the case.
Phe FEL as already
veshiga tor
assault
the DAS
Lunday's lawyer
and seconc 4-1 Jegree
Lity Court 2
t, resisting arrest
s at ter
Eindlon,
~ eat
Fy Of
vt 42 a* Papa ab
at the
NPE! Un an ifi-
ae the | Lune day ae
in August, 1ygau, Stephen and Tina
Marie Adams, an interracisi
SOUple in small com-
taurity north of Albany, were sub-jected to racial slurs and taunts
and had crosses burned on their lawn All five men who were
cht up on charges in the case have been found guilty and sentenced to
Lave in tail in April The federal judge, Thomas |. McAvoy, sentenced
ne last of the defendants to 44 months in a federal penitentiary Other
tefendants had received terms ranging from six months to 46 months
The judge said he wanted to send a strong message that racial
injustice will not be tolerated. The case, prosecuted by US. Attor ney,
ANnsevoortl a
tin, ger
Pow
i2.
aenry M Greenberg and George 4 Yanthis, marks the first time that
authoritves have pursued criminal sanctions in a civil rights matter
oresnberg had urged strict sentences, saying there 15 no place in our
sou ety Tor crimes ot racial bias
Some CD-CARAR Business...
_ Dont pass up an historic opportunity!
: What historic opportunity? You still have time to bea
_ member of CD-CAAR in this, the year of the tenth
| anniversary. When you look back over things you wish you had
de, don't let this be one of them. Join today, there is still
; time. Fill in the membership form below and put in the mail
_- you will receive a much sought after membership card and the
| satisfaction of knowing that this time you have done the right
E thing!
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Make checks payable to:
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Please send five dollers (er more!)
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newsletter ead we will aise send yeu a °91 membership card.
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Box 3002 Pine Hills Station, Albany, New York 12203
Enclosed is §
Yearly membership dues are$$.00. MORE IS BETTER!
Name
ates Arcee aan AH wt CNR
RON
DANIELS
President, Institute for Community Organization
i
Deputy Director, Jesse Jackson ’88 Campaign
1992 Independent Presidential Candidate
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HOW MANY YVIDEOTAPES
WILL IT TAKE?
Q. Is there a solution
to racist violence?
A. Civilian control of
the police and
enforcement of
the new federal
anti-genocide law.
A talk by:
Charlene Mitchell
Exec. Dir, National Alliance Against
Racist and Political Repression,
Board member, Communist Party, T° A
‘First
Pi mies: a Presbyterian
Friday, 7:30 p.m. (“<< Church
May 31, 1991 ae" winett and State Street:
$4.00 (unemployed - free) Aibany, New York
Sponsored by: the Capital District Friends of the People's Weekly World, P ©
Box 6811, Fort Orange Station, Albany, N.Y. 12206 andthe Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid and Racism,(a project of the Social Justice Center of Albany)
Box 2003, Pine Hills Station, Albany, N.Y. 12203 labor donated
SS
South Africa record ¢
To the Editor: 40,800 of
small
On June 11 a Times Union editorial wee
called for positive gestures to be extended ave been gry harassment and trade union activists. In September of last
to South Africa President F.W. de Kierk detention President de Klerk
because his commitment to reform in Forces.
South Africa is “clear and convincing.” In addit
While it is true that the government is done 8c, deal with a weakened ANC, has of Staff
removing significant legal barriers and 40n nothing stop the unprecedented
poor edueeiicn peanch of apartheid — pace ee ne 2a et at Re monet aieenn joctore Tee
one at ssbiation 4 Living ¢ cond edition te ANG ets In their violent attacks on the international community must be respon.
lacks — remains intact. Nothing short of | ANC and others. sible in “A peer ¢ of what is os
vote can change tn mt me Person one Despite pleas from the ANC, de Kierk's ps seny DL rth pyrene Nl
vote can change that. government has allowed Inkatha thugs to change only guarantees business as usue!
As de Klerk desperately trys to gain roam the to Ca
credibility abroad, the African ational traditional weapete tal tet co Dimi Africa. Apartheid cannot be
Congress (ANC and all othermt rtheid people. It is now well known that security replaced | governmen
organization are blaming de Klerk for officers, the police and others are assisting = in'g new phd ih Until niger
failing to create conditions conducive to in the Pp and execution of these keep the pressure
negotiations. attacks. No tha member has ever ™” -
The government has not lived up to its been brought to trial for these horrific
pats the agreement made withthe ANC. assaults. Ca tal DC HELSON
April 30 deadline for release of more The de Klerk government recently Against an sth Ra mos
than 2,000 political prisoners and return confirmed the existence of police and sthess
i-~ ek om re ee ce nm ete ar .
Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12203
A Project of the Social Justice Center
October 1991 Newsletter
We dedicate this newsletter to Miles Davis whe died en
October 2, 1991. You will be missed.
ewes
CO-CAAR is sponsoring a public program** on November 1, 1991:
eee: ne
«C
SM ;
re) Mozambique
NZ On the Front Line
ay in the Struggie init
Ya Against Apartheid od
With Hipolito Patricio, Mozambique Ambassador to the U. S.
(schedule permitting)
and
Prexy Nesbitt, Senior Consultant for the Mozambique
Government
For detaiis see flyer included in this newsletter. Ve urge your
Please note that beceuse of scheduling difficulties end Thenkegiving we will
net have our Nevember meeting at the Albany Public Library.
* We are plenning instead en expended meeting of the steering committee to
inerude activists whe are interested in planning the CD CAAR egenda for 1992.
If you would like te be part of this meeting, call 436-0562 for further details.
(Our next regular monthly meeting wil! teke place at the A.P Library on the
4th Thursday in Jenuery at 7:00 p.m.)
HH napa
Times Union phote by Luanne M. Ferria
Decade of activism
2.4 A DECADE —
nn 4 Vera Michelson
ag and = Merton
4 Simpson, co-
chairs of the
Capital District
Coalition
Against Aparth-
eid and Rac-
ism, say the
work of the
group is not
ished.
«
A
TIAL
Coalition notes origin in opposition to apartheid rugby
By Jay Jochnowitz
Statt writer
ALBANY — Ten years ago Sun-
day, on the morning of a rugby
match that drew thousands of
apartheid protesters to Bleecker
Stadium, police converged on what
they suspected was a den of armed
communists,
Authorities didn’t come away
from Vera Michelson’s apartment
empty-handed. They reported find-
ing eight firecrackers, a device used
fo load guns, ammunition and a
small amount of marijuana, which
Michelson said was mostly seeds,
It was hardly enough to turn a
demonstration into a riot. But it was
enough to make arrests, and Michel-
son and several friends would miss
one of the biggest Albany demon-
Strations of the decade. Minor
charges against Michelson and an-
other person were later dropped and
Albany would pay $47,000 in 1988 to
settle a civil suit.
Two New York City men were
cleared of felony weapons charges
involving the speedioading device
and ammunition and a gun police
said was found in a car on the State
University at Albany campus.
On Sunday, relaxing in her Arbor
Hill home, Micheison was talking
about a party.
The musical event will mark the
10th anniversary of the protest of the
game between the Springboks of
South Africa and the Schenectady-
based Eastern Rugby Union, and
with it the founding of what is now
known as the Capital District Coali-
tion Against Apartheid and Racism.
No arrests are expected,
The Saturday night concert starts
at 7 at the State University at
Albany’s Page Hall and includes
“The Last Poets,” a 1960s group
whose chanting with a social mes-
sage has been dubbed the forerunner
of rap. The money will go toward
computers and other office equip-
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APARTHEID
Continued from 8-1
ment for a new branch office of the
African National Congress in a place
called Inanda-Newtown.
In 10 years, the coalition’s image
has come a long way from the days
when, as the p alleged in court
papers, Miche and others were
awakened in the dead of night with
shotguns at their heads. The coali-
tion has sponsored dozens of forums,
while its members have garnered
community awards from such
groups as the YMCA. In the eyes of
city officials, the group is as respect-
able as an activist organization gets
in Albany.
“Obviously the goals that they
+e admirable,” said Vincent J.
rdie Jr., the city’s chief attor-
ney. “Any right-thinking person
would be with them on that.”
The anti-apartheid movement na-
tionally has seen much momentum,
particularly in the years since Con-
gress adopted the Comprehensive
Anti-Apartheid Act in 1986 authoriz-
ing sanctions against the white-
minority government. Michelson rat-
tles off a string of statistics pointing
toward success ~ 28 states, 25
counties, and 91 cities including
Schenectady passing local legislation
condemning apartheid; $20 billion in
U.S. investments canceled; 125 U.S.
corporations out of South Africa.
Despite recent actions in South
Africa to dismantle the foundations
of apartheid, the group’s work con-
tinues, as its leaders, like activists
around the world, await real reforms
of a systern that concentrates power
and wealth in the white South
African minority. “The people who
are considered activists are not
relaxed,” said Merton Sim who
sia. Parequnscing Vactwokee x, Simp
son. Paraph
son said, cir sons someone sticks a
in your back that's nine inches and
then pulls out five, that’s not
6
considers of being an
advocacy organization, “I didn't see
the group as a problem at all.”
group’s charges of “a pa
abeoe” of minorities by A pes while
McArdle said the idea
tal racism under a biack police chief
is “nuts,”
Particularly irritating to City Hall
has been one of the group's most
visible members, Mark Mishler. The
local attorney brought several police
abuse cases while he sat on the city’s
Police-Community Relations Board,
a situation that drew criticism of
conflict of interest. Mishler, who
moved to Albany one month before
the Springboks game, shrugged off
the criticism.
“Regardless of the sincerity of my
interest and concern,” he said, “I
didn’t think up the problem of police
abuse and racism.”
The coalition, whose dues-paying
members number 100, has drawn
both kudos and brickbats along the
@ match involving a
white th African tennis player
“We're proud of a history of
agitation,” said Michelson.
The last decade, which the group
is = down in written chronology
to mark the anniversary, is
dotted with protests of ‘a host of
other entities, from department
stores selling South African
to a January rally planned by the Ku
Klux Klan, which drew only a few
Klansmen who tried to blend into a
crowd of counterdemonstrators esti-
mated at more than 1,000.
Much of the coalition’s concern
now, Michelson and Simpson said, is
that the United States and other
nations are moving too quickly to
end sanctions and the South
African government's initial steps,
As they see it, their responsibility is
ting out where real progress
't being made.
“In this country, people expect
everything to happen overnight, and
this is going to be over the long
haul,” said Michelson.
On Saturday evening, September 21, 1991 the Capital District
Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism celebrated ten years of
grassroots activism in the Capital District. The program “7aetiang CAPITAL DIstTRIcCT
. P Hall in Alb d ttended — :
yacromdofevers00pepe. COALITION AGAINST
APARTHEID & RACISM
Wiz ASEWNES SEIS
| " 10 YEARS
The program was highlighted by the appearance of:
The Last Poets ~- Abiodun Oyewole and Felipe Luciano,
The African Connection - Ade Knowles and Druis Knowles, and
Gaziz - Azaam Hameed, Ron Mayfield, and Ray Harper. @ é
Our sincere thanks to these artists and all the performers who
helped to make the evening a great success. & Chronology of Maior Events
Funds raised from the program will go to benefit the continuing work 1981 - 1991
of CO CAAR and to a newly formed branch of the ANC in South Africa.
(See opposite page for details)
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There are countless other people te be thanked for the success of the
program: the CD CAAR steering committee which includes Merton Simpson, Vera Michelson,
Anita Thayer, James Bouldin, Mike Riddick, Eileen Kawole, Deborah Maxell, Mabel Leon, Roli
Varma, and Mark Mishier. In addition to the steering committee, the Ten Year Anniversary
Committee consisted of: ¥ijay Macwan, Dick Melita, Marc Morris, Dorothy Tristman, Neom)
Jaffe, Carolyn Williams, Mark Anduze, Gustavo Santos end Carl Swidorski. Special thanks to:
CSEA, PEF, Connie LaPorte, Dan Auerbach and eur wonderful mistress of ceremonies,
Pat Trowers~ Johnsen.
Thanks also to all those who advertised in the journal or who supported it a3 @
benefactor or a patron. Two names were inadvertently left off one advertisement
Schenectady Friends of the Coalition should have included Min and Ed Shapiro.
Our apologies.
yr
In the fall of 1981, the South African Springbok rugby team came
to Albany. Prior to their arrival, a coalition of many groups and
Individuals came together to t their appearance In what
was a violation of the Se te ee ee
United Nations apartheld in Africa. The Capital
District Coalition t and Racism was born and,
as this chronology shows, has continued since that time to be a
vital force in the nst apartheki in Southern Africa
and racism in the U States.
A CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR COALITION EVENTS
1981 TO THE PRESENT
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ts
; ‘ken , Mike Young and Aaron 3
e Gil Heron gives benefit concerts in Albany to raise funds for
« December 21 - Charges dropped against Michelson and Estes.
1982 « County court jury acquits Spearman and Young.
» Protest at Watervilet Arsenal where were manufactured for
Nations & United States
embargoes
o Damsopaton in ant. idan demonstrations in Southem Vermont.
heid in Albany Renee DuBois.
o First against Chick Corea at Troy Music Hall for
breaking UN supported cuftural boycott.
« One Year Later anniversary program at Mi. Calvary Baptist Church.
e Organized buses to Washington, DC for anti-Klan demonstration.
Lawsuit fied on behalf of Coalition, Michelson and Estes against
Albany City Police and F.B.1. challenging the “rugby” raid and arrests.
1983 « Picketed Cakors protesting sale of South African baby bonnets.
« Showing of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith turd-raiser.
« Numerous demonstrations including a major watkout at the Saratoga
Kool Jazz Festival Charlies for breaking UN boycott.
e Co-sponsored New on New York State
© Cie eens a te Unies Nations to tre Special Poltions
pti er Sag ag Fp ped esrb rin vo D
o Pendeieer at Ole’
» Coalition lawyers defeat motion to set aside “rugby” lawsuit.
1984 « Jesee Davie murdered - Coalition joins protest and demands for an
Albany Police Review Board.
e David Ndaba of the African National Congress speaks at Coalition
forum at Wilbom Temple.
* cultural boycott events. Staternent obtained by Coalition
es ck eae ee re naee Oram &
Jeanne puaaaated a Haden Torvantian of Wow York State
* assembly on need for divestment.
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« Testimony given at the to the Special Political
Commmities of the General
« Artis Lee of the American Friends Service Committee at
Coalition co-sponsored forum at Mi. Pleasant Baptist Charch,
Nuctear the Risk
1985 « Murphy Morobe, leading spokesperson of the Uniied Democratic
: elon a Airica, speaks in Albany at a clergy breakfast, labor
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1987 » Community Forum on Racism & Violence: Albany-Howard Beach-
Weekend eieine tre ant-apartheld fighters
° track women
broad array of women's and activist groups.
6 is No Game protest of the OTB Tennis Tournament co-
with Schenectady Branch NAACP.
* Charies Sold Out lo Apartheid picket tine at the Palace Theatre.
e Vera Michelson attends international conference at Arusha, '
Tanzania a8 part of 14 member US delegation.
1988 « Coaittion joins the annual Martin Luther King March under the banner
"Don't Let the Dream Become a Nightmare
0 Se ee ere eres mere eee oe ees Tee
e Coalition organizes Soweto oe ey, ,
the African National .
oe a pc oen : wg ends on perform moh
* and placard protests OTB Tennis Tournament in
» City of Albany settles Springbok rugby lawsuit.
1989 « Panel discussion Crisis in Southam Affica held at Macedonia Baptist
Church.
¢ Coalition leads OTB - You Can’ Hide of OTB Teletheater
their continuing invitation to A tennis players
ipa pag oman Abang gery
a oor ys rh to raise funds for "Dollars for
ee oe Beg i Bight wei eg
e Channel 17 agrees to air South Affica Now.
e Coailition hokis Stop Police Abuse forum.
1990 « Rev. Allan D. Boesak, founding member of the United Democratic
Front of South Africa visits ;
« Public Employees Federation Coalition host breakfast for
~ ete mine
e Have You Met Batman a abuse at Hail.
e NELSON MANDELLA RELEAS. DI workd rein
@ National campaign Vote fo End launched. Coalition joins
efforts to gather symbolic ballots for freedom in South Africa.
e Namibia
independence!
e Coalition Vera Michelson and Mert Simpson attend
Coalition ses bus to Geakaien covets at Yasin Gashen
e
e Coalition Assemblyman Roger Green host reception for the
Tao Cami tir Lose ona tees ade Os i
2 ip of
Hn opens leadership
« Vera Michelson and Les Davis attend international conference of
anti-apartheid activists in Stockholm, Sweden to progress the
intemational sports boycott against South Africa.
1991 » Coalition participates in the Martin Luther King Day March under the
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“The Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid
and Racism has provided a forum for the voices of
many oppressed people in our country and all over
the world. It gives me great pleasure and honor to
be associated with such committed and concerned
individuals who seek to empower people with the
human dignity and respect that all people are
entitled to and deserve. As Frederick Douglass so
widely stated ‘If there's no struggle, there's no
progress.’ The Coalition must continue the struggle
as long as necessary. Best wishes for continued
success.”
Barbara Allen, President
Albany City School Board
The Struggle to Eliminate Apartheid
in South Africa Continues
in March 1991, the African National Congress
opened a new branch in Inanda Newtown, a township of
Durban, located in the Southem Natal Region of South
Africa. This fast growing ANC branch is in need of financial
assistance for office supplies, equipment and general
operating expenses. Your assistance will enable them to
mobilize the people against a repressive regime that is
trying to hold on to power as long as possible.
In carnmernoration of our ten year anniversary and
our continued solidarity with the ANC we pledge to
support the work of the Inanda Newtown ANC branch by
raising funds for a computer and general office supplies.
Please Help! Your contribution will allow the ANC to
continue the struggle for a free and democratic South
Africa.
If you were unable to attend the event but would
like to contribute, mail your donation marked
“For ANC-Inanda" to:
CD CAAR
P.O. Box 3002
Pine Hills Station
Albany, N.Y. 12203
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1. are asad A ERA es Eas ath Bled YA
Messages of Support and Solidarity
Received on the Occasion of our 18th Raniversary
(Every message we received was one of encouragement. We wish we had room to
print them ali but space constraints permit us to just reprint « few.)
Message of Solidarity on the Tenth Anniversary
Celebration of the Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid and Racism
On the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of CD
CAAR, the Government and People of the Republic of Namibia
wish to congratulate the Coalition on this important
anniversary.
Together, we have traveled on that long and thomy
road destined for freedom and independence. Today, we have
achieved our cherished objective and a free and independent
Narnibia has become a reality. Indeed, CD CAAR’s vigorous
campaign for Namibia's independence has been indispensable.
As we commemorate this important day, we urge all
those who stand for freedom to continue the struggle against
apartheid in South Africa until its logical conclusion, We call on
all the anti-apartheid forces to continue to support the
Government and People of Namibia in their second phase of the
struggle for economic well being. Until Walvis Bay and the
Offshore Islands are reintegrated into Namibian territorial integrity,
the struggle for economic independence in Narnibia will continue.
We look to the day when apartheid will be an anachronism in
Southern Africa.
Selma Ashipala
Counsellor/Chargé D’Affaires a.i.
Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Namibia to the United Nations
“If every town had an organization with the Capita!
District Coalition's commitment to the abolition of
racism and injustice, we would all be much closer to
the world we want to see —~ Happy Birthday!”
Connie Hogarth, Director
Westchester People's
Action Coalition
“Congratulations to the Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid and Racism for a decade of
relentless struggle in opposition to a neo-nazi racist
regime in South Africa as well as a continuing Afro-
phobie and growing neo- fascist order in the US.”
Elombe Brath
Patricia Lurmumba Coalition
Oe
“tapplaud and honor the work of the Capital
District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism,
especially its consistency over the past ten years
Nothing is needed more in South Africa than
friends and solidarity activists who are long distant
runners and not sprinters. | also fee! very humbied
by CD CAAR’s ability to work both on the home
front and abroad and at the same time maintain a
clear perspective -— same struggle—same fight.”
Prexy Nesbitt
Senior Consultant for the
Mozambique Government
“We salute the Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid and Racism in its successful fight to
isolate apartheid sport, impose sanctions and
oppose racism. You have been a model for US
grassroots action and an inspiration to us ail.”’
Jennifer Davis, Executive Director
American Committee on Africa €
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Dear Friends:
The ANC is very happy to join you in celebrating your tenth
anniversary. CD CAAR has eamed a special place in our hearts
as an invaluable contingent in the international struggle for the
creation of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic South Africa.
During the decade of your existence, through your tireless
efforts, you have insured that the plight and struggle of the
people of South Africa reached many households in the United
States, Your ceaseless campaigns against apartheid contributed
immensely to the promulgation of the sanctions legislation and
thereby helped in isolating the apartheid regime. As a result of
the efforts of the international community, of which you are an
integral part, and the heroic struggle of the people of South
Africa, the apartheid regime has been forced to give into some
C. demands of the dernocratic forces.
hile the pillars of apartheid have gone, apartheid is firmly in
place. The people of South Africa are determined to transform
the country into a democratic society. Your continued support
can only help speed up the process. We salute the Capita!
District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism. We look
forward to working with you in the future in the pursuit of our
common objectives.
Victory is certain — AMANDLA
Tebogo Mafole
Chief Representative of the
African National Congress
Observer Mission to the United Nations
“CD CAAR should be commended and
congratulated for their ten years of dedicated
commitment in the struggle to eliminate apartheid
and racism. The Coalition's ability to lead, heighten
awareness and change attitudes is a legacy that will
live forever in the Capital District.”
doe Allen, President
Schenectady Branch, NAACP
“The Coalition has been a consistent voice in
G' out against oppression in South Africa. |
proud to be a founding member. Keep the
pressure on! Change will come”
Anne Pope, President ~
Albany Branch, NAACP
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“The Coalition has done an ou tstanding job—one of
the few organizations in upstate New York that has
consistently taken a stand against police brutality at
home and apartheid in South Africa,"
Reginald Knox, Publisher
The Scene
“One of the most significant contributions of the
Coalition has been its ability to unite people of
diverse backgrounds in friendship and struggle—we
are family. Congratulations on your ten years of
activism,”
Dr. Alice Green
Center For Law and Justice
“Congratulations on ten years of very successful
and committed service to the Albany area. I can
recall when CD CAAR was founded ten years ago. |
have not regretted being a part of the founding of
the Coalition and am pleased to continue to
support the vibrant activities of the group. | would
like to underscore your untiring energy and !
congratulate both Vera Michelson and Merton
Simpson, the leaders, for their devotion to the
Coalition.”
Dr. Frank Pogue, Vice Chancellor
Student Affairs and Special Programs
SUNY Central Administration
“CD CAAR has taken the lead in linking the
struggle against racism in the United States and
Apartheid in South Africa. Educators Against
Racism and Apartheid salute your efforts.
Congratulations on your ten years of struggle,"
Paula Bower, Co-Chair
Educators Against Racism
and Apartheid
Capital District Coalition | Organ
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CD CRAR Pregram: Mezambique - @n the front line in the
Struggie Against ipartheid
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South Africa's defense of apartheid requires that her
neighbor Mozambique remain weak and vulnerable. Since
1980, this has mainly been accomplished by South
Africa's support and control of the Mozambique National
Resistance (RENAMO}. RENAMO's campaign of terror
and destabilization includes:
* demolishing schools and clinics
* burning and disrupting food supplies
* conducting raids for food
and valuables--including murdaring civilians who
refuse to cooperate
* "recrulting” childran through abduction
and terror--an estimated 200,000 children have
already been abducted
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RIVERA PUAGASTOR HIE Rees or
Although RENAMO/South Africa's campaign of terror is
aimed at destroying the people, institutions, and
economic resources of Mozambique, Mozambicans
continue to build and rebuild their country. To succeed in
fraeing themselves trom South Africa's stranglehold,
they need international assistance.
mii 3 MAAS
| By Rich Kreiner
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SMPICAN Music," says Ade Televised," 120 Gate Biges”’ and aCUVist group, ” ve always a mired Felipe 's ; ;
Tie former lead ‘ “Winter in America” fused jazz, poetry energy and what he brought to the Poets in Ovewole to New York from Buena Vista
percuasionist for the Midnight Band. and the rhythms of Africa. It's not hard te terms of the Latino experience,” Knowles College at Draie University, in Des Moines,
“When vou are creating harmonies, and find the origins of rap music in Heron's Says. "He had that Latin rhythm in the way lowa where he studied journalism and
trying to blend, you are listening to the work, or in that of the Last Poets he did his poems. I could hear that in his poetry ‘But he left school 2 Harlem was
‘ones coming from the drums. fn effect. the Sometimes contemporary rappers draw poems." the place to be at the time, _ has 0
rhythms are Singing. The poet, then, who is directly on the work of these music veterans Last year, Ovewole, Luciano and other Throughout their history, althoug ne eat
in tune with that, begins tp sing the rhythm.” — Lines from two Last Poet tunes, for instance. members of the Last Poets performed a makeup changed, the Last | ets tried to
ost of his musical career. Knowles were borrowed without Credit by rappers Series of benefit reunion concerts in always have three poets and a ee
ha sed with poets. in Particular Brand Nubian on their album One for All, Detroit, Saturday #vening’s lineup drummer. The ‘rangle ts the pyramid,
Gil utt Heron and Abiodun Ovewale— Sometimes Knowles gets annoyed with however, wil] be @ first Ovewole has said be _
who sing the rhythms and harmonize with today’s rappers. They think poetry hegan The members of the Midnight Band met as {n 1970. Ovewole left the poets armed he ped
the drumg with them,” he says « They writeafew * students at Lincoln University ip Oxford, Pa. found & commune in Raleigh, N.C ~based on
Knowles and Ovewole are among a group — rhymes. say something funky, add a The school, the oldest black college in the Yoruba ow ~~ — ¢ ea
of performers sathering Saturday evening backbeat— that’s hot going to last.” United States, Produced such noted suffered financia 7 Ovewe othe K iD
at Page Hall for a concert to henefit the Ade is short for Adenola, which means sraduates as Supreme Court Justice robbed the Raleigh eas ne Z u i.
African National Congress andtocelebrate “this crown has honor’ in the Yoruba Thurgood Marshall, author Langston Klan a $8,000. He so see feaee -
the 10th anniversary of the Capital District language spoken by People in western Hughes and Ghanaian president Kwame 12. hie 20-Year sentence a iste We ie
Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism, Nigeria. The name was given to Knowles hy Nkrumah Since then he has rgb ane! oO New York,
The two men are old friends— Knowles left his first mentor, the late Nana Gus Dinizuly, The schoo! had only a thousand students where he ni taught school ‘ith ——n
the Midnight Band in 1975 and hooked up founder of the vldest African: American dance but they came from 43 states and 35 ” For Knowles, reuniting wit ewole is
with Oyewole for the HEX IWO veary. This company in the United States Knowles’ Countries, We're talking about a mini. Something special.
Saturday marks one of the very few times area fans know him from hig local band. the UN here."” Knowles recalls. “That was a And, he says, he thet a ubborted the
since then that the two have performed Afro-Euragion Connection, which features multicultural experience.” goals of the anthapartheid COANtION, w .
together horn player Bill Renzon and composer Like other black Performers of the BOs, wae formed 4 a 7 in Serie
Most of the poets I've worked with percussionist Druis Knowles (Ade and Knowles found Musi€ tO be an extension of area ar by ma Sout fale “ lg eit
always sang," Knowles continues, adding Druis are separating after seven years of polities, In 1963. as a member of the Tugby team -theomgael ely esi oe
that the role of the drum is respected in the Marriage, but their musical collaboration Congress of Racial Equality, he he {pec Gena) ee ko, Which means “Fai
ity lized ¢ ditions of , frican music “ause will continue. Ade says } organize a public schow} boycott that saw a
“it was the first form i Ohnmnaticaten Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic some 100,000 people march across the Knowles told his son that one roid ne would
‘If the poet is not in tune with what the Institute, however may know him as Eddie Brooklyn Bridge visit a free te eben Rhee im, ra
lrums are about, then it might not come Knowles, RP I's dean of students Knowles Brew up on 117th Mreet, around says, : that he bow he ae .
together,” Knowles Says. “ Poets fof the Joining Ovewole at center stage for the comer fron _ mosque where Malcolm X very common when got .
late ‘60s and ear} 70s) had a reat affinity Saturday's benefit concert will be Fetipe used [0 preach. ‘ had a fair amount ot (ee Peenae ithe Ahi ooo
for the dram They i be thrived off of the Luciano, another veteran of the Laur Poets, contract with him," Knowles recalls, The The Last Poets and im Africas a.
rhythm, ’” Druis and Ade Knowles, playing as the activists in CORR used to argue politics with with Oasis opening, wit 7 Abr oenae by
Fifteen Years ago. Gil-Scort Heron and African Connection, will accompany them the Mustims But Knowles remembers aad Poe) atmo an prvi gions
the Midnight Band, including Knowles. “Abiodun has always been one of my Malcolm X as having a broader vision than i ne rte ad the Serial Justice Center re
Bryan Jackson, Victor Brown and Danny favorite poets," Says Ade. “His Message ig most of his followers “There was something y “onal petro oy degen wr
Bowens, traveled the county, performing positive. His rhythm Swings,’ re about him that gee him apart, Knowles says tary, , fuden,
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. ALBANY — Ten years ago Sun-
day, on the of a rugby
match that drew. thousands of
pom police converged on what
comm LW RE eas op
‘Authorities didn’t Come away
from ‘Vera * Mictielson’s apartment
empty-handed. They reported find-
ing eight firecrackers, a device used
to load guns, ammunition and a
Small amount of marijuana, which.
Michelson said was mostly seeds, :
it was hardly enough to turn a
demonstration into a riot. But it was
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Times Union photo by Luanne M. Ferris
ctivism
A DECADE —
Vera Michelson
and Merton
Simpson, co-
chairs of thé
Capital District
Coalition.
Against Aparth-
eid and Rac
ism, say the
work. of — the
group is not fin-
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- enough to make arrests, and Michel-
son and several friends would miss
(ome of the biggest Albany demon-
‘strations of the decade. Minor
charges. against Michelson and an-
“other person were later dropped and
Albany would pay $47,000 in 1988 to
- Settle a civil suit.
‘Two New York City men were
{cleared of felony weapons charges
involving the Speedloading device
and ammunition and a gun police
said was found in a car on the State
University at Albany campus.
On Sunday, relaxing in her Arbor
Hill home, Michelson was talking
about a party.
The musical event will mark the
‘
eee
position to apartheid rugby
of the protest of thé
the Springboks of
and the Schenectady.
based Eastern Rugby Union, ang
with it the founding of what is now
known as the Capital District Coali:
tion Against Apartheid and Racism. ;
No arrests are expected. :
The Saturday night concert starts
at 7 at the State University at
Albany’s Page Hall and includes
“The Last Poets,” a 1960s group
whose chanting with a social mes.
Sage has been dubbed the forerunner
of rap. The money will go toward
computers and other office equip-
See APARTHEID / B-3
10th anniversary
APARTHEID
Continued from 8-1
ment for a new branch Office of the
African National Congress in a place
called Inanda-Newtowa
In 10 years, the coalition's image
has come a long way from the days
when, as the p alleged in court
papers, Miche and others were
awakened in the dead of night with
shotguns at their heads. The coali-
tion has sponsored dozens of forurns,
while its members have garnered
community awards from such
groups as the YMCA. In the eyes of
city officials, the group is as respect-
able as an activist organization gets
in Albany
“Obviously the goals that they
seek are admirable,” said Vincent J
McArdle Jr. the city's chief attor-
ney. “Any right-thinking person
would be with them on that.”
The anti-apartheid movement na-
tionally has seen much momentum,
particularly in the years since Con-
gress adopted the Comprehensive
Anti-Apartheld Act in 1966 authoriz-
ing sanctlons against the white-
minority government, Michelson rat-
tles off a string of statistics pointing
toward success — 28 states, 25
counties, and #1 cities including
Schenectady passing local legislation
condemning apartheid: $20 billion in
US, investments canceled; 125 U.S.
corporations out of South Africa.
Despite recent actions in South
Africa to dismantie the foundations
of apartheid, the group's work con-
tinues, as its leaders, like activists
around the world, await real reforms
of a system that concentrates power
and wealth in the white South
African minority, “The people who
are considered activists are not
relaxed,” said Merton Sim , who
eo-chaira the coalition with Michel-
son. Paraphrasing Malcolm X, Sim
son said, “If sormeone sticks a knife
in your back that's nine inches and
then pulla out five, that's not
Apartheid has been only half the
‘8 work; early on, founders
jed that they would also tackle
the domestic issue of police brutality
and misconduct, which they see as
local, institutionalized raciam, The
reaction is somewhat more mised.
Police Chief John Dale said that
except for a certain “tunnel vision”
he considers part of being an
advocacy organization, “I dida’t see
the group as a problem at all.”
Mayor Thomas M. Whalen [1], on
the other hand, has denied the
group's charges of “a pattern of
abuse” of minorities by police, while ,,
McArdle said the idea of de:
tal racism under a black police chief
\w “nuts.”
Particularly irritating to City Hall
has been one of the group's most
visible members, Mark Mishler. The
local attorney brought several police
abuse cases while he sat on the city’s
Police-Community Relations Board,
a situation that drew criticism of
conflict of interest, Mishler, who
moved to Albany one month before
the Springboks game, shrugged off
the criticism,
“Regardless of the sincerity of my
interest and concern,” he said, “I
didn't think up the problem of police
abuse and racism.”
The coalition, whose dues-paying
members number 100, has drawn
both kudos and brickbats along the
way, Members were booed and
taunted to “go home, get a job,”
during a 1967 protest that briefly
interrupted a match involying a
white South African tennis player
during the OTB-Nabiace Grand Prix
Tournament in Schenectady, Fana of
singer Ray Charles chided members
distributing fliers at the Saratoga
Performing Arts Center in 1989 in
protest of the entertainer’s refusal to
disclaim a 1980 performance jn
South Africa.
“We're proud of a history of
agitation,” said Michelson.
The last decade, which the group
is setting down in written chronology
to mark the anniversary, is also
dotted with protests of a host of
other entities, from deperiment
stores selling South African products
to a January rally planned by the Ku
Klux Kian, which drew only a few
Kiansmen who tried to blend into a
erowd of counterdemonstrators esti-
mated at more than 1,000,
Much of the coalition’s concern
now, Michelson and Simpson said, is
that the United States and other
gations are moving too quickly to
end sanctions and accept the South
African government’s initial steps.
As they see it, their reaponsibility is
nting out where real progress
‘theing made.
“In this country, people expect
everything to happen overnight, and
this is going to be over the long
haul,” said Michelson.
PROTESTS — Protesters,
above, appear outside the Al-
bany County Airport on Sept.
21, 1981, while marchers op-
posed to a South African rugby
match in Albany, right, walk
from the state Capitol to
Bleecker Stadium on Sept. 22,
1981.
THE TIMES UNION
Albany, NLY.. Monday
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Anti-racism group says fight isn’t over
| By JOHN MORAN Y if Vk) Y
| Gazette Reporter
ALBANY — For the Capital Dis-
trict Coalition Against Apartheid and
Racism, a lot can happen in 10 years.
And a lot can remain the same.
The group was formed in 1981 to
protest the appearance of a South
African rugby tear here at Bleecker
Stadium, and thousands turned out in
the rain on that Sept. 22 in a vocal
demonstration.
This Saturday, the coalition will
celebrate its 10 years of activism
with a benefit concert at Page Hall
featuring The Last Poets, a reunited
vocal group said to have been a fore-
runner of rap music.
Although the coalition sees pro-
gress being made in South Africa
with the lifting of certain apartheid
laws, members say they don’t believe
their work is nearly over.
“Unfortunately, we will probably
be in business for a long time,” said
Merton Simpson, co-chairman of the
coalition. ‘We'll probably see one-
person one-vote {for blacks in South
Africa} in our lifetimes, but my son
could be coming out of college at that
| time,” Simpson said of his 7-year.
old
Vera Michelson, the coalition’s
other co-chairman, said this is a dan-
gerous time for the movement
because many people believe apart-
heid, a system of government-
enforced discrimination against
blacks in South Africa, is quickly
coming apart because of some visible
changes such as the freeing of Afri-
can National Congress leader Nelson
Mandela.
“tAmericans] want instant gratifi-
cation. We want to belleve it’s over,
and things are far from over. Condi-
tions are really worse,” Michelson
said.
As an example, she sald the law
that prevented blacks from owning
land has been repealed, but most
blacks are far from being abie to
afford to buy land, and there is no
government mechanism to help
them.
Simpson characterized the recent
reforms enacted by South African
President Frederik de Klerk as “pru-
*
dent business theory to keep the ‘cor-
poration’ solvent as long as bie.”
He said blacks in America don't have
true equality after more than 100
years of legal equality on paper, so
there is no reason to believe things
MARC SCHULTZ Gazette Photographer
and Vere Michelson, co-chairmen of the Capital
Against Apartheid end Racism, talk about the past
group.
will come quicker in South Africa.*
Over the years, the coalition has
been known for its visible pickets afd
boycotts of entertainers who per-
formed in South Africa against the
United Nation's cultural boycott. Me
chelson said the need to protest such
entertainers now is greatly reduced
because the vast majority of per-
formers abide by the boycott.
The group has also been a frequent
critic of Albany police, charging the
department with a pattern of abusing
minorities.
The coalition sued the city after
police burst into Michelson’s apath
ment in the middie of the night, hourd
before the scheduled demonstration
in 1981. Michelson and Aaron Estis,
now a Maryland resident, wéré
arrested by police that day for pd
session of a small amount of marh
juana, some firecrackers, and a
“speed loader" for a handgun, at-
cording to police reports at the
time.
All charges against the two were
, but they filed a suit claim:
search warrant was based On
false allegations of arms in the apart-
ment. In 1988 the city agreed to pay
Michelson and Estis $47,000 to drop
their multimillion-doliar suit. :
Michelson and the coalition thén
gave $1,500 of ber $12,000 award to
the South West African Peoples Ors
anization, which at the time was
ighting for the independence of Na-
mibia. Namibia became independent
of South Africa last year.
Police Chief John Dale said ke
‘s work toward
ending apa as do millions of
other ae ined the world.” Dale
declined to comment on the coali-
tion's criticism of his department
other than to sa = “We've agreed on
some things, a we've disagreed o@
Some of the proceeds from Saéat-
day's concert will go toward opening
a new branch office of the African
National Con in tnanda
town, South ps oy —T
TAIONG APARTHEID
reART
THE STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE APARTHEID
IN SOUTH AFRICA AND RACISM AT HOME CONTINUES
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF ACTIVISM AT THE
10TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
CAPITAL DISTRICT COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID AND RACISM
THE LAST POETS:
Reunited after {9 years
THE ORIGINAL RAPPERS... ”
BRINGING A MESSAGE OF FREEDOM
IN THE AFRICAN ORAL TRADITION.
Influencing “’ young artists as Brand Nubian e
Featuring:
Felipe Luciano, Abiodun Oyewole
Accompanied by
THE AFRICAN
And CONNECTION
ORLANDO MARIN:
Salsa Music in the
Tradition of Eddie Palmien,
Johnny Pacheco, Joe Cuba,
Tito Puente & Machito
Druis Knowles, Ade Knowles
Saturday, September 21, 1991
7:00 pm
Page Hall, State University at Albany
Downtown Campus...135 Western Avenue
Tickets available at...
Music Shack,65 Central Ave. 436-4581 and
Social Justice Center, 33 Central Avenue, 434-4037
$13 Advance $15Door $12 Student
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Orlando Marin
Sponsored by: The Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism (CDCAAR)
The Student Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism (SUNY A)
Proceeds to Benefit the CDCAAR and the African National Congress
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TAUNG APARTHEID
FART
THE STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE APARTHEID
IN SOUTH AFRICA AND RACISM AT HOME CONTINUES
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF ACTIVISM AT THE
10TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
CAPITAL DISTRICT COALITION AGAINST APARTHEID AND RACISM
THE LAST POETS:
Reunited after 20 years
THE ORIGINAL RAPPERS...
BRINGING A MESSAGE OF FREEDOM
IN THE AFRICAN ORAL TRADITION.
Influencing such young artists as Brand Nubian
Felipe Luciano, Abiodun Oyewole
Accompanied by
THE AFRICAN
And CONNECTION
ORLANDO MARIN:
Salsa Music in the
Tradition of Eddie Palmieri, | :
Johnny Pacheco, Joe Cuba, Druis Knowles, Ade Knowles
Tito Puente & Machito
Saturday, September 21, 1991
7:00 pm
Page Hall, State University at Albany
Downtown Campus...135 Western Avenue
Tickets available at...
Music Shack,65 Central Ave. 436-4581 and
Social Justice Center, 33 Central Avenue, 434-4037
$13 Advance $15 Door $12 Student
Doors open at 6:00 pm
S, sored by: The Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism (CDCAAR)
The Student Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism (SUNY A)
Proceeds to Benefit the CDCAAR and the African National Congress
Orlando Marin
THE LAST POETS
Abiodun Oyewole was a key member of the Original Last Poets, the dynamic poetic ensemble
which was formed on May 19, 1968 in Mount Morris Park, Harlem, New York. Abiodun is
recognized as a major figure in the promotion of Black
consciousness and culture through song, poetry, rap, drama and
education. The fact that Abiodun is one of the fathers of rap is
attested to by knowledge that lines delivered by Dune on the
1971 album THE LAST POETS such as “When the Revolution
Comes” and “ Time is Running Out” are sampled on the 1990
cut “Concerto in X Minor” taken from Brand Nubian's
successful rap album ONE FOR ALL.
Felipe Luciano joined the Last Poets replacing David Nelson. Felipe added an important African
Latino element to the Poets through his popular poems like “Jibaro” and “Rifle Prayer.” Felipe was
formerly a member of the “Young Lords” (a Latino group similar to the Black Panthers). Felipe
later hosted the Essence Magazine television show with editor Susan Taylor; he also hosted a
popular Latin music show entitled “Latin Roots” on the then jazz radio station WRVR, in NYC.
Felipe has done a great deal in clarifying the relationship between African and Latino heritage.
THE AFRICAN CONNECTION
Ade Knowles was the former lead percussionist with Gil-Scott Heron and the Midnight Band. Ade
has performed on a host of smash albums including the Gil-Scott recordings: First Minute of a New
Day and From South Africa to South Carolina, Ade, a master percussionist, has performed with the
late internationally renowned Nana Gus Dinizulu. Ade is a member of the “African Connection”
and of the Capital District's own musical group the “Afro-Eurasian Connection”
Druis Knowles a noted cultural worker, has distinguished herself in song, drama, dance, and
percussion. A highly respected vocalist Druis is a member of the “African Connection” and of the
“Afro-Eurasian Connection.”
ORLANDO MARIN
Orlando Marin a popular salsa band leader and percussionist who got his start with Charlie
Palmieri and later formed a band with Eddie Palmieri, personifies the appeal of urban Latino music
as well as the jazz Latin connection. Orlando and his band members have played with the likes of
the Palmieri brothers, Joe Cuba, Johnny Pacheco, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker.
CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE, INC.
Pine West Plaza Building 2
Washington Avenue Extension
Albany, New York 12205
(518) 427-8361
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Thursday, June 20, 1991
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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For years, Albany communities of color, have watched closely as the
Albany County District Attorney has publicly and aggressively taken
on the role of defender of police misconduct directed against them.
His most recent attack on Special Prosecutor, Richard A. Kohn and
Mathia Sidoti, a key witness to the Lunday assault
unconscionable and leaves no doubt that he has abandoned his
official responsibility to protect all of the citizens of this
county from criminal abuse. As a result, people of color,
Particular, are left exposed and vulnerable to increased abuse at
the hands of our police. Through his actions and repeated
comments, he has communicated the message that police are free to
brutalize people of color with impunity.
Since it is quite evident that communities of color cannot be
guaranteed equal protection of the law in Albany County, The Center
for Law and Justice and the Capital District Coalition Against
Apartheid and Racism call for Mr. Sol Greenberg to submit his
resignation as District Attorney immediately.
The tendency for prosecutors to favor the police is to be expected
given the reliance Prosecutors must place on the police. Their
symbiotic relationship fosters and perpetuates a natural
prosecutorial bias in favor of police. However, Sol Greenberg has
gone beyond this point and taken on a role that places people of
color in serious jeopardy.
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As we look back, we recall that after the shooting death of Jesse
Davis, he was reluctant to present the case to the Grand Jury, but
did eventually bow to public pressure. However, three years ago,
in the case of Greg Baity, a young Black man whose illegal beating
by police was eventually substantiated by the Police Department
itself, the guilty officers were never prosecuted.
The District Attorney has repeatedly and publicly expressed his
bias in favor of police accused of misconduct or racial bias.
Early last month, he was quoted in the “Times Union" as saying that
"He was sick and tired of people making police officers scapegoats
all the time. We're going to have a jungle society if it keeps ue”
Those of us familiar with the District Attorney's views on race
continue to be bothered by the terminology he chose to use.
The history of his actions and his current words and actions make
it extremely clear that District Attorney Sol Greenberg's personal
biases do not only interfere with but have completely replaced his
ability and responsibility to be a neutral] Protector of rights of
all citizens. This professional incapacity can only be rectified
by his immediate resignation.
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Alice P. Green, Ph.D Merton Simpson
Executive Director Vera Michelson,
Co-Chairs
Capital District
Coalition Against
Apartheid and Racism
south Africa record
To the Editor:
On June 11 a Times Union editorial
called for positive gestures to be extended
to South Africa President FW. de Klerk
because his commitment to reform in
South Africa is “clear and convincing.”
While it is true that the government is
removing significant legal barriers and
restrictions, the stench of apartheid —
poor education, health care, housing and
pore substandard living conditions for
lacks — remains intact. Nothing short of
@ new constitution and one person one
vote can change that.
As de Klerk desperately trys to gain
credibility abroad, the African ational
Congress (ANC and all ot rtheid
nization are blaming de Klerk for
failing to create conditions conducive to
negotiations.
The government has not lived up to its
pees of the agreement made with the ANC.
April 30 deadline for release of more
than 2,000 political prisoners and return
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VERA MICHELSON
Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid and Racism
Albany
Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12202
A Project of the Social Justice Center
PRESS ADVISORY
Contact Person: Eileen Kawola
(518) 438-0309
Event: Press Conference Event: Public Forum
Time: 2:30 p.m. Time: 7:00 p.m.
Date: Friday, November 1, 1991 Date: Friday, November 1, 1991
Place: SUNYA Performing Arts Center Place: Union Missionary Baptist Church
second Floor Recital Hall 1 Morton Avenue
SUNYA, ‘Jashington Ave. Albany, New York
Albany, N.Y. (2 blocks west of S. Pearl St.)
(building across from library)
Ambassador to the United States from the Republic of Mozambi ue, Hipolito
Patricio, and Senior Consultant to the Mozambi vernment, Prex NesbTEt-
will hold a press conference to discuss the BFF ects of the war on the children
of Mozambique. They will explain some of the measures being taken by the
government to help rehabilitate children who have been terrorized and kidnapped
by the rebel force, Renamo.
The officials will also discuss the ways in which the South African-backed
Renamo has destabilized the country in order to impede social and economic progress.
Immediately following the press conference there will be a reception at the
SUNYA Recital Hall sponsored by Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity, Inc. and co-sponsored by
the Africana Studies Department at SUNYA, Campus Life, BABGO, ASUBA, African Students
Association, Multi Cultural Awareness Program at SUNYA and the Capital District
Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism.
The Ambassador and Mr. Nesbitt will also be available to speak to the press
at the evening event: Mozambique: On the Front Line in the Struggle Against
Apartheid.
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Africa
Mozambique gained independence in 1975 after more than 400
years of Portuguese rule. Since then, Mozambique has been revaged
by the South Africen-backed terrorism of the Mozambique National
Resistance (MNA), also known as Renamo. Renamo forces target
civilians, schools, hospitals, ports, bridges, raliroads, rural
infrastructure, agriculture, and food convoys, with the objective of
destabilizing economic and social development in Mozambique. South
Africa engineers Renamo terrorism to prevent the countries in
Southern Africa (the frontline states) from threatening the apartheid
regime. |
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By Matilda R. Cuomo
ALBANY
or many Americans,
Mozambique remains
an abstraction. Chil-
dren and families in
that southern African
country are suffering
thinkable violence and death,
‘vr gely without international aware-
Hess
lhis suffering reflects a dimension
' apartheid that extends beyond
outh Africa's borders. As reports of
‘Nass atrocities and fleeing refugees
‘iter out of Mozambique, experts on
ie region are blaming a South Af-
vabacked guerrilla organization
‘lled Rename for the tragedy.
Their attacks are part of a vicious
‘npaign by South Africa to weaken
_ neighbors. The State Department
conservatively estimates that 100,000
villians have been murdered in the
‘St two years, and that more than
vc million more have been driven
“(0 refugee camps outside Mozam-
‘tatiida R. Cuome is co-chairman of
‘© New York State Citizens Task
ce on Child Abuse and Neglect.
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12202
bique as a result of Renamo violence
While attending a Unicef sym-
posium in Zimbabwe in March, | was
invited by Mrs. Graca Machel, wile of
the late President of Mozambique,
Samora Machel, to _ Mozambique
with Unicef's special representative,
Harry Belafonte, to observe what was
especially to the children.
Today, four months later, the terror
continues.
The tragedy recalis Khmer Rouge
massacres in Cambodia, the Holo-
Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid
A Project of the Social Justice Center
caust and the Armenian genocide.
Warfare and homelessness have
become a way of life in Mozambique.
There is no vaccine to protect the
children against the bullets and ma-
chetes of the anti-Government
Renamo forces.
As @ result of the war, the infant
and child mortality rates are among
the world’s highest. One in three chil-
dren dies before the age of 5
Our first stop was Lhangene Cen-
ter, a former Roman Catholic school
for priests, that had become a home
for traumatized and orphaned chil-
dren. One 12-year-old buy, in a near
catatonic state, described the terror
he felt when his village was raided
The guerrillas handed him a machine
gun and told him he would have to
learn to use it. To test his will, they
told him he would have to shoot his
parents or face being shot. He obeyed
the orders and killed them. initiated.
he became the guerrillas’ prisoner
until escaping.
Another traumatized boy told how
his father, a member of the Village
militia, was murdered during a pre-
dawn raid. The guerrillas wanted in-
formation on other militia members
that the boy could not provide. So they
mutilated him, chopping off one fin-
ger at a time, pausing each time to
extract information. When they ran
out of fingers on one hand, they cut off
an ear.
The United Nations Children's
Fund reports that 250,000 children
have been physically maimed. psy-
chologically scarred or orphaned by
Renamo's violence.
A tragedy
that echoes
Cambodia
and
Armenia.
ALLA O LTO
Many do not know the whereabouts
of their parents, and never will. Many
saw them murdered. Many were
saved by parents who sacrificed
themselves as decoys during deadly
raids so that their sons and daughters
could flee. Many were trained to kill,
forced to fire on friends and relatives
and can never return te their villages.
The next morning, we visited Mor-
rumbala, a camp for 30,000 refugees.
In sweltering heat, men and women
gathered to tell about guerrilla phun-
dering of their villages — raping
women, mutilating and killing sav-
agely, destroying schools and health
clinics, stealing crops, tin off roofs
and personal belongings,
Ten thousand children in the camp
had no books, paper or pencils and
only five teachers. Elsewhere in the
country, rebel wtacks have left
500,000 children without schools.
In a hospital in Quelimane, the air
was hot and stagnant. The sheets
were dirty. There was little medicine
Among the men and women, there
were many wounded children. Chil-
dren in wheelchairs, paralyzed by
bullets. Children with missing limbs,
the victims of machetes. Children
bearing the weight of crude, wooden
prostheses. Lisiless children, in their
mothers’ arms, suffering from mai-
nutrition.
The killing and maiming must be
stopped. If we continuc to turn our
backs on innocent children and fami-
hes, we will be silent witnesses to yet
another instance of mcomprehensible
slaughter {?
source: New York Times
July 30, 1988
Capital District Coalition
Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12202
A Project of the Social Justice Center
source: Mozambique Support Network Newsletter
Spring/Summer, 1991
Rebels Behead Many
in Nampula
Maputo, Mozambique
Fi n July, Mozambican armed bandits rampaged
The atrocities continue...
through a small northern town and outlying
(Rebels Behoad Many coni'd from page i)
One survivor said the stench of death in
set up Camp on the outskirts of town.
The rebels had raided three nearby
villages, burning down more than 2,000
peasant homes, ‘Noticias "’ said.
The figure of 1,000 dead was first
reported. Officials in Mozambique say this
resulted from the panic state of those fleeing,
and reporting, the massacre. The 1,000 death
figure included the casualties in these villages
as well as residents of Lalaua town, the report
said. There was no independent confirmation
of the number of dead.
Government relief agency officials said
4,000 refugees had arrived at Ribaua by the
weekend and were urgently in need of food,
clothing, blankets and medicine. Renamo,
fighting since 1975 to topple the government,
has been accused of dozens of massacres in
ie the past and was compared in » 1988 report by
the US State Department to Cambodia's brutal
Khmer Rouge.
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His Excellency Hipolito PATRICIO
Republic of Mozambique
Ambassador to the United States
(1991 - present)
Deputy Minister of the Interior and Member of the
Cabinet
(1986 - 1990)
Elected Member of the Assembly of the Republic of
Mozambique
(1986) wo
Ambassador to the Soviet Union and the People’s
Republic of Mongolia
(1980 - 1986)
Ambassador and Director of Socialist Countries
Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1980)
Head of the Division of Socialist Countries and Asia
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1979)
Head of the Bureau of Studies, Information and
Planning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1978 - 1979)
Joins Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(1977)
In his capacity at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ambassador Patricio represented his country at several
Summits of the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance
and attended summits of the Organization of African
Unity, Non-Aligned Movement, as well as several key
sessions of the United Nations,
ELE. Hipolito PATRICIO
’ Biographical Data (continued)
PERSONAL DATA:
Born:
Marital Status:
Academic Training:
3, September 1954
Married with 1 son
B.A. in Law
Eduardo Mondlane University
Maputo, Mozambique
(1975 - 1977) ~
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
1990 M Street, N.W., Suite $70
Washington, D.C. 20036
Telephone: 1-(202) 293-7146
FAX: 1-(202) 835-0245
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Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12203
A Project of the Social Justice Center
ANNOUNCEMENT / CALENDAR
AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK
The Southern African county of MOZAMBIQUE will be the topic
of a public forum entitled “on the Front Line In the Struggle
Against Apartheid" to be held Friday, November 1, 1991 at 7 p.m.
at the Union Missionary Baptist Church, 1 Morton Avenue, Albany.
Hon. Hipolito Patricio, Mozambique Ambassador to the U.8. and
Prexy Nesbitt, Senior Consultant to the Mozambique Government
will speak. The public event is Sponsored by the Capital :
District Coalition Against Apartheid & Racism.
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Anita Thayer at 462-6753 or 462-2542
(Phone numbers not for publication)
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Against Apartheid
and Racism
Box 3002 - Pine Hills Station
Albany, New York 12203
A Project of the Social Justice Center
October 24, 1991
Dear Friend,
On Friday, November 1, we are honored to host the visit of
the Hipolito Patricio, Ambassador from Mozambique and Prexy
Nesbitt Senior Consultant to the Mozambique Government (see
attached flier).
On Saturday evening, November 2, we invite you to
participate in a very special evening with Prexy Nesbitt (see
aptached Bio.) and Paula Bower from Educators Against Apartheid ana
AS you can see from the attached biographical sketch, Prexy's
involvement in support work for Southern Africa is extensive and
very impressive.
Educators Against Apartheid and Racism, based in New York
City is a dynamic group of teacher/activists who are committed to
teaching young people about apartheid in South Africa and racism
in the United States. Paula has developed a wonderful curriculum
on South Africa (funded by the U.N.) and the teachers' group is
Currently working on a curriculum on racism.
We are inviting a select number of teachers, students,
health workers, youth workers, ministers and activists to join
Prexy and Paula for a pot luck dinner and dynamic conversations
at the home of Mark Mishler and Rene Harrenton, 56 south Manning
Blvd., Albany (438-2845) on Saturday evening, November 2, at 6
pm.
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Please RSVP to Gayle Byrnes (674-5505) by October 30. Space
is limited.
Sincerely,
Vir Merton! One
Vera Michelson Merton Simpson Deborah Maxwell
Co-chair Co-chair Mozambique
Events Coord.
P.S. Bo chlide=:. please
MOZAMBIQL
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343 $. Dearborn, Suite 344
Chicago. It 60604 PREXY MESBITT
312/660-8674 A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Previously associate director of the American Committee on Africa, a
board member of TransAfrica, and chair of the State-wide Coalition
for Illinois Divestment from South Africa (CIDSA). During 1986-87 he
worked as an aid to the late Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, he
has also worked throughout the United States as a union organizer.
Christ), a church which pioneered integrating inner-city church
services in the 1950s and served ag the base for Dr. Martin Luther
King's civil rights work in the 1960s. Mr. Nesbitt worked with Dr,
King and his staff in 1966, From 1979 to 1983, he served as program
and research Secretary for the World Council of Churches’ Program to
Combat Racisa, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. Nesbitt went to Antioch College in Ohio and Columbia
University in the 1960s. While at Antioch, he initiated the movement
to have Antioch divest from South Africa's apartheid system. Since
his undergraduate years, Mr. Nesbitt has continued .to organize
anti-apartheid activities throughout the United States and Europe.
Since 19685, Mr. Nesbitt has been to Africa thirty-five times, his
most recent trip being to Namibia, Zambia. Zimbabwe and Mozambique,
in April 1990. He has worked, traveled, and studied throughtout
East and Southern Africa. He has written and edited numerous books
and articles, including most recently t n v :
we 3 ] uth A of He is presently working on a
book about U.s. involvement in Southern Africa. In 1988 he was given
the King/Mandela award by the Washington Office on \frica and the
Swords and Plowshares award by the Clergy and Laity ‘Concerned
Organization. On the 28th of September 1989 the Mozambique Government
awarded him "the Order of Friendship and Peace. 2nd Degree", one of
that country's highest honors. Mr. Nesbitt is on the Advisory Board
of the Boston-based Fund for a Free South Africa and he is also a
part-time lecturer in Third World Literature and Racism/Anti-Racism
at The School of the art Institute of Chicago.
Prexy Nesbitt
343 South Dearborn
Suite 314
Chicago, [L 60604
312/922-3915
312/922-3286
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