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_ ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
SEPTEMBER 22, 1981
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROJECTED CHAIN OF EVENTS IN RELATION TO ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
PROPOSED ALBANY POLICE DEPARIMENT SECURITY MEASURES FOR ANTI-APARTHIED
DEMONSTRATION
LIST OF AGENCIES WHO COULD ASSIST IN ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
PROPOSED ROLE FOR ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO ANTI- aeneee
DEMONSTRATION
OTHER ASSISTING CITY AND PRIVATE SECTOR AGENCIES
ASSISTING AGENCY/FACT SHEET
PLANNING PROPOSAL FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AND FIRST AID
PROPOSED PROCEDURES FOR MASS ARREST SITUATION
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PROJECTED CHAIN OF EVENTS IN RELATION TO ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
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Compile intelligence data concerning numbers and proposed activi-
ties of demonstrators and counter demonstrators.
Arrival of team at Albany County Airport
6:41 P.M. - 09/20/81 Total of 55 persons expected in group.
Transport of team to Albany Thruway House, Washington Avenue
a. Coordinate with State Police, Albany County Sheriff and Colonie
Police Department
b. Albany Police Department to observe Airport arrival.
c. Albany Police Department to observe transportation to Hotel.
Arrival at Hotel
a. Intelligence to check Hotel and sweep rooms.
b. Coordinate efforts of A.P.D. and team's own security if any.
c. Establish location of rooms assigned to team.
d. Initiate A.P.D. security at Hotel.
Stadium security prior to game
. Conduct sweep of stadium for explosive devices.
. Establish an estimate for stadium security needs.
. Establish stadium security. (i.e. establish command post,
— of Supervisors and manpower for crowd control
squads).
Transport team to Stadium.
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Guide Demonstrators Buses to Capitol Building, and coordinate
discharge of passagers.
Guide Demonstrator's empty buses to Industrial Park.
Monitor Demonstrator's march from Capitol to Stadium.
Post personnel in and around Stadium.
Establish reserve force at Traffic Division.
Arrange for transportation, booking, and arraignment of prisoners
if mass arrest are necessary.
Arrange for return of Demonstrator's buses to Stadium.
Removal of team from Stadium back to hotel.
Maintain security at Hotel until team departs.
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PROPOSED ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT SECURITY MEASURES
FOR ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
Identify by name and rank all personnel who are to be involved.
Identify specific training needs of assigned personnel.
Review, select and identify assignments of supervisory personnel.
Develop and implement training programs.
List, check and certify as operational all necessary equipment.
Order any additional equipment that is needed.
Assign men to specific squads:
Stadium Interior Arrival of Buses
Stadium Exterior Bus Parking
Reserve Force Parade Route
Traffic Control Booking 4 Detention
Assign specialized equipment to various squads and personnel.
Identify liaison personnel to work with assisting agencies.
Review departmental policy with Supervisory personnel and review
specific roles of Supervisors.
Review role of Arbor Hill and South End N.P.U.'s and utilization
of off-duty manpower and reserve equipment.
Hotel security before and during the game, and until the Team's
departure from the City.
Identify personnel to infiltrate demonstrators for purpose of
gathering intelligence information prior to and during demonstra-
tions.
Arrange for photgraphing (still and video tape) of demonstration
for future identification, review and training.
LIST OF AGENCIES WHO COULD ASSIST IN ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
_1. NEW YORK STATE POLICE
a. Manpower
b. Equipment
c. Intelligence Information
d. Canine use for explosive device searches
e. Disposal of explosive devices
2. ALBANY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
a. Manpower
b. Equipment
c. Prisoner transportation
d. Prisoner detention
3. NEW YORK STATE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD (Military Police/Field Hospital)
a. Manpower :
b. Equipment (Trucks for transportation of their personnel)
c. Bomb disposal
4, CAPITAL POLICE
ia a. Manpower (Security of Capitol and other New York State.
Buildings)
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§. COLONIE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT
a. Manpower
b. Equipment
6. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
a. Bus to transport prisoners
b. Equipment
7. NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONS
a. Staff to monitor booking and detention of prisoners if mass.
arrest are made.
NOTE: This may help to avoid future complaints and court
actions.
8. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE, CITY OF NEW YORK
a. Technical assistance regarding planning for control of
demonstrations etc.”
9. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE/WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
a. Technical assistance regarding planning for NATIONAL
DEMONSTRATION.
- 10. ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT
- EMS Units for first aid
Portable lighting equipment
High pressure hoses for crowd control
Communications equi peent
Use of A.F.D. radio frequency and portable radios.
11. CIVIL DEFENSE :
a. Communications equipment and coordination.
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PROPOSED ROLE FOR ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO
ANTI-APARTHIED DEMONSTRATION
Identify and review specific role of Albany Fire Department.
re: a.) Fire Suppression
b.) Emergency medical services
c.) Crowd control through use of High Presure Hoses
Determine need to remove Engine and Ladder Companies from House
at Clinton Avenue and Ontario Street (E-7 L-3) (R-7)
Determine need for Paramedic Units and Emergency Medical
Technicians.
Determine need to establish first aid station in E-7 quarters.
Identify location for pumpers to be used in crowd control.
Identify location of A.F.D. Emergency lighting equipment.
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Identify A.P.D. Liaison Officers to A.F.D.
Identify and plan necessary protection for A.F.D. personnel and
equipment.
OTHER ASSISTING CITY AND PRIVATE SECTOR AGENCIES
Parks Department
a. Secure power supply control box at Stadium
b. Erect snow fence barriers within Stadium
c. Secure all other Stadium facilities .
d. Remove all items which could be thrown or used as weapons
Public Works Department
a. Provide additional barricades.
b. Have personnel available to erect and remove barricades.
c. Remove all items from surrounding Neighborhood which could be
thrown or used as weapons.
d. Secure Public Works Garage and other facilities in general
area.
Water Department
a. Delay any excavation in vicinity of parade route and Stadium
PRIVATE SECTOR
Niagara Mohawk e
a. Secure generator stations within area of demonstration
b. Have emergency repair crews available
c. Delay any excavation in vicinity of parade route and Stadium
New York Telephone Company -
a. Secure trunk switching stations within area of demonstration
b. Have emergency repair crews available
c. Delay any excavation in vicinity of parade route and Stadium
ASSISTING AGENCY/FACT SHEET
(1. Name of agency
2. Commanding Officer
Telephone number
3. Liaison Officer to Albany Police Department.
4. A.P.D. Liaison Officer to Assisting Agency.
5. Number of personnel to be assigned.
6. Specific training of personnel.
7. Equipment to be carried by personnel. ‘
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8. Other special equipment available from Assisting Agency.
9. Location where Agency Units will muster.
10. Time for muster.
11. Specific duties and posts to be covered by Agency.
12. Transportation of personnel to posts.
‘13. Role of Agency personnel at posts.
14. Supervision of personnel at posts.
15. Policy re: conduct of personnel at posts.
16. Chain of command and interface with A.P.D. chain of Command.
17. Communications interface.
18. Agency arrest and booking procedures.
19. First aid for injured personnel.
20. Release from duty.
PLANNING PROPOSAL FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AND FIRST AID
\ 1. Arrange for A.F.D. E.M.S. and Paramedic Units (2) at Engine 7 or
Ladder 3 with additional Emergency Medical Technicians for first
aid.
2. Alert Capital District Ambulance service to have additional ambu-
lances available.
3. Alert Hospital Emergency rooms.
4. Alert Red Cross in regards to possible blood needs.
5. Review need for Army Reserve medical units and possibility for
need of additional ambulances. :
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PROPOSED PROCEDURES FOR MASS ARREST SITUATION
| 1. Formulate specific Departmental policy and guidelines concerning
Ne arrest of demonstrators.
2. Communicate policy and guidelines to all Departmental personnel
and review specifics with supervisory personnel.
3. Communicate policy and guidelines to all assisting agency person-
nel.
4. Develop procedures for securing prisoners at time of arrest.
5. Develop procedures for photographing prisoners and arresting
officers to identify arrestee/arresting officer relationship.
6. Arrange transportation for prisoners to booking center (Division
Two or State Armory). Alternatives include:
a. A.P.D. Paddy Wagons
b. Albany County Sheriff's Department Paddy Wagon
c. N.Y.S. Departmental of Correctional Services Prisoner
d.
Transportation Bus
National Guard Trucks
7. Establish and staff booking/detention center at:
a. Division Two
~ b. New York State Armory on New Scotland Avenue if needed |
8. Make arrangements with Albany Police Court and Albany County
District Attorney's Office*for immediate arraignment of
arrestees.
9. Make arrangements for immediate bailing of arrestees and for
detention of those that are not released on bail.
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#1 Capt. Miller of the SUNYA PD was contacted & he reported that on. Sept 1, 1981 there was
..&.meeting ef the Directors of the University at Albany and at this meetings permission
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this time who was organizing student groups to take part in any demonstration against
the game... More information will be forthcomming, eae :
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vanaf PD Troy & PD.Schenectady NY (Assist, Chief & Chief)were contacted... They will have
members of their respective Departments check for any activity pertaining to the game :
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0 At 8:05 PM. 9-21-81 Det. A. House & Trp. Ed. Girtler NYSP. entered
The URBAN LEAGUE AT 93 Livingston Ave. to attend an Anti -Rugby Rally
the meeting had just gotton underway. Persons identified at meeting were,
33 Mike DOLLARD
(2) John RAGUS
(3) ,f W/F known as"MIKIE" who was one of the leaders at the A.C. Airport
on 9-20-81
(4) Others who were observed at the airport .
There were approximatley 75 people at the meeting 50/50
Topics:
(1) The 5:00 PM rally planed at the Capitol will be held no matter what
happens. even if game is played eariler in the day.
(2) Tey were upset because they had missed the pratice at the stadium today.
They plan to have pickets at the stadium from 9: OO Am o:: so af net
“o have the same thing happen they were Looking for volunteers at the
| meeting and came up with six, el
(4) The NYC. people will arrive by busses at about .10:00 AM and will be
left off at Swinbumm Park exgpecting | about 3500 no other mention of other
outside groups.
(5) All local and surrounding area demonstrators to be at the capitol,
for the 5:00 O'Clock rally. - --
(6) All speakers are alloted 7 minutes each named about six speakers
(7) DENNIS BRUTIS will return to speak at the capitol for the rally.
(8) There will be civil rights songs sung in route to the stadium and a
chant was prepared so as to relieve tension for the marchers,
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. .. Det. House was recognized by three or more people nothing was said
however we felt it was better to leave at this point. After leaving we
took the plate numbers of all the vehicles in the immdiate area a total
of 51 a copy will be attached to report. :
At about 9:45 PM whide doing this report Det, A, House received a
call from Sgt. Cavanaugh of the Intell. Div. NYCPD for Det. Hulslander
in regards to busses leaving from their city to ours for the rally.
He stated that they knew of 5 busses with approximatley 60 people to a bus
to leave at about 7:00 EM planning to arrive in our city at 10:00 AM 9-22-81
and also three private vehivles , any other information received will
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GREENSBORO, N.C. 27402
September 2, 1981
Detective Hulslander
Albany Police Department
Public Safety Building
Morton and Broad Streets
Albany, New York 12202
Dear Detective Hulslander:
Enclosed you will find news articles from local papers concerning |
the Communist Workers Party and the National Black United Front. In
this package, you will also find two articles taken from the Workers
Viewpoint, a Communist Workers Party weekly published newspaper.
These articles are entitled, "THE COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY STAND FoR."
The National Black United Front (N.B.U.F,) has not shown any indica-
tion of violence here locally; however, they are known to associate
with other left wing groups such as the Revolutionary Communist Party '
and the Communist Workers Party,
If I can be of any additional service, please do not hesitate to
call or write.
Sincerely,
>. CARY.
D. C. Thacker, Detective
Greensboro Police Department
Special Investigations Division
Special Intelligence Section
DCT/sm
The Communist Workers Party's roots go back to the late 60's and
early 70's. In the early 1970's, Ls as sss ] of New York formed a study
group made up of ae ae This organization was known as the
Asian Study Group. The name was later changed to the
2a as other ethnic groups became involved, and in October of
1979, the name was changed to the Communist Workers Party.
LSet ssi eeTS
ear ee | The CWP is primarily a Maoist organization.
Communist activity in North Carolina dates back at least fifty
years with the Communist Workers Party being one of the more recent
organizations. In the late 1960's, chy
ER - very active in militant causes. In 1969,
major riots in which one person was killed and numerous people injured
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including several police officers being shot, occurred in Greensboro.
Nelson Johnson was arrested and convicted for inciting to riot during
this time.
In the early 1970's, Johnson formed several groups under various
for the C\KP.,
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Greensboro has been a target for communists for several reasons,
Greensboro, although a city of just under 200,000 people and a county
seat of approximately 350,000, it has the corporate headquarters for
Burlington Industries, Blue Bell (Wrangler), Cone Mills, Guilford Mills,
Sedgefield Casuals, and J. P. Stevens. All of these are large textile
corporations and very few are unionized. The communists feel they are
prime targets for their recruitment and unionization efforts, Greensboro
also has five colleges and universities within its city limits from
which the CWP and other communist organizations feel they can gain support,
In 1977, union attempts were made at the Revolution Plant of Cone
Mills in Greensboro. These unionization attempts were headed by many
present CWP members. This group was known as the Revolution Organizing
Committee. Also at about this time, the Workers Viewpoint newspaper
began to appear in Greensboro.
As time progressed, many small Maoist groups merged with what is
now the Communist Workers Party. Chapters are located throughout the
United States with the primary chapters being located in New York
(National Headquarters) and in Greensboro, North Carolina.
nor is the total nationwide membership. However, it is estimated that
membership may be between 500 and 1,000.
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Black Group Requests
April 4
A Greensboro man has asked for a
racial violence,” in the words of one
march wacoaleal |
of the organiza’ ion, ‘said ey estimated
about 1.590 peopie would participate.
The march would go from the campus
of N.C. A&T State University to
-Noko Park at the corner of BenBow
-Road and Lee Street, where there
vos a a rally and speakers.
ies Tews. An A&T student and a
ttre: F organization, said it
shas about 20 members locally and
> works with other political action
groups.
He said the group is seeking local
clergymen and leaders of the Nat ional
Association for the Advancement of
— People to participate and
spea
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Parade Permit
“This is not a ‘death to the Klan’
march, and we are not a group sympa-
thetic to the ammunis: Workers Par-
”" Lewis said. “We are opposin
ie violence of all kinds.”
Whitfield has not yet specified what
route the parade would take, accord-
ing to Lt. T.T. Shelton of the Greens-
boro Police Department, who is
handling the application for the per-
mit. But unless the group secks spe-
cia] exceptions from the city laws on
what streets parades may pass along,
the parade would go from A&T down
Murrow Boulevard to Lee Street and
from there to the park.
Police sources said the Black United
Front in other cities serves as an um-
brella organization that includes other
groups\They said some of the partici-
ants ih the planned April 4 march
ave been involved in other non-vi-
olent protests in Greensboro stem-
ming from the Nov. 3, 1979, shooting?’
of communist demonstrators by Au.
Klux Klansmen and Nazis and the re;
sulting trial. Cha 3/17/81
GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS 3-17-81
NEW COMMUNITY GROUP
OPPCSES CUTSACKS
who are concerned about government
=ytbacks has begun to organize
in the Greensboro area. The
Greensboro Social Services Rights
for the Feople Group (GSSRPG) is
teking up the fight against CETA
job training progréms, Food Stamp
programs, Medicaid, as well as -
cuts in AFDC and the elimination
ot gal Aid. All these cuts are
aimew at poor people and in many
instances because of discrimination,
the cuts will hit extremely hard
in the Bleck community. Reagan's
economic plan, while actually
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Blacks in Lead
WORKERS FIGHT CONE MILLS
that they be respected as human be-
ings, textile workers at five North
Carolina plants of Cone Mills Corp.
are presently negotiating a new
union contract with their boss.
This is the first time they have
had the strength to demand a new
contract in over 10 years.
Workers at these plants, which
include Cone's huge white Oak plant
in Greensboro are roughly half
Black. However the clear majority
cont'd p.2
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As we survey Black ccenmpiins inf 1981 we see
that apprehension, uncertainty and despair are
prevalent, There are concrete seasons for these
fealings. The racist rightist, reactionary mood that has
Gescended over America has unleashed &
phenomena! wave of vioience and destruction against
Black people in the last few years. é :
The ‘pie cannot go around anymore. The loss of
cheap oi! and natural resources, the overthrow of
corrupt puppet regimes in Iran, Nicaragua, Vieinam
and GrenaGa have caused ine ruiing.ciass to tighten
up the domestic purse strings. inflation, une,
ployment and moral stagnation have snowballed to
crisis proportions, Some peopie have become ob-
solete. They are tying to get rid of us. This strategy
has reached genocidal dimensions for the masses of
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of the active union members are
Black.
In order to press their demands
Cone workers are leaving their jobs
to hold breakroom and shop floor
meetings and discussions around the
contract. These are activities they
would not have had the confidence
or organizations to attempt a few
months ago. Many workers are coming
to work wearing union buttons and
Signs demanding more money, more
vacation time and raising other
issues.
For many years Cone Mills has
been known not only as Greensboro's
largest, but also its most oppres-
sive employer, a place where wages
were low, the work pace was grueling
and workers were treated with less
respect than the machines they run.
The textile industry generally,
which is North Carolina's largest
industry, continues to have some of
the lowest wages and most intolerable
wo .ing conditions in the United
tates.
Although many attempts were made
until recently textile workers have
had little success in organizing
themselves into unions to fight to
change these conditions. The situa-
tion in the textile mills is one of
the main reasons why North Carolina
has the lowest industrial wages
@S well as the lowest percentage
of union members of any state in
the country.
However, during the last de-
cade things have began to change.
More and more Black workers have
been hired into the mills parti-
cularly young Blacks who grew up
during the Civil Rights and Black
Liberation movements of the sixties.
These Black workers have proven
much less willing to accept things
the way they were. Often they have
been able to win many white workers
to join them into organizing to
fight for change.
Last year, after several years
of fighting, workers at J.P. Stevens,
the country's second larcest tex-
tile company with growing support
from people accross the country,
forced that corporation to grant
union contracts in several of its
mills, including one in Greensboro
"and one in High Point as well as
several mills in the eastern North
Cont'd, p.6
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By PATRISHA S. TULLOCH
The April 4 “March Against Racial
Violence” had the marchers, 200
all-told. It had the dramatic appeal,
the emotion, the very young and the
very old. It had the long miles to walk
and the tired feet, the peaceful
assembly, the chants, and even “We
shall overcome some day,” was sung.
It had it’s destination point for. the
rally which followed and it had the
speakers. Ii had all of that which it
takes to characterize a non-violent
protest, but most of al] it had the
_ police officers.
For every two marchers, there was
at least one officer. Such a large
assembly of law enforcement people,
to some seemed to portend violence
There wasn't 2 person who attended,
police officers included, who wanted
the violence, but there nonetheless
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wasn’t one who wasn't wary of the
possibility.
As one young woman marcher
stated, “If is could happen Nov. 3, it
could heppen April 4.° Bur it didn't.
There was no vellow van, ne white
men fling out, taking posiion, nor
zim nor firing inte the crowd of
marchers. There were no people
wounded. There was no death count.
There is to be no talk of police nor
FBI conspiracy. There is to be no trial
in which Flansmen or nazis are
acquitted after having been seen
committing murder. There also
obviously was not going to be a
second chance of such a thing like
that happening as it did on Nov. 3,
1979, a
It shouldn't have even happened
the first time as far as Ed Whitfield,
chairman of the Grees Sipero Chapter
of the Back CUnived _Front “and
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participated | in the heavily guarded protest. (Photo by FocuSoutH)
* the April 4 march to Nocho Park, More than 150 people
vied :
organizer of the recent march is
concerned. It was that act of racis!
Vioiznce and the numerous accounts
of racial violence across America that
the GCRUF wanted Greensboro to have
this march as @ way to
stand-upund-be-counted.
Whitfield savs the march was
designed first as a memorial to Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.. who himself
was the victim of racial violence. This
is why, says Whitfield, the march was
held on April 4, the anniversary of
King’s assasination.
Secondly, but just as important
says Whitfield the march was designed
to highlight not find the solutions 10
the need to stop what appears io be a
trend of violence towards blacks in
America.
“This violence,” saws Whitfield. “is
not isolated in cause - the c2use nine
racism. We were of the hopes that
more of the black ldederthip of
Greensboro would be in attendance. It
is this very leadership that can help
bring the community in a uniformed
and unified effort towards deterring
racial violence.”
Also amongst Whitfields concerns
is that many politicans have seen fit to
denounce the Atlanta victim’s parents
for attending and being paid for
apeaking engagements, ““What they
need to do is explain why they go on
speaking tours on the very sume
subject rather than accuse these
parents of trying to rest blood money
from concerned communities. How
dare they?”
The GBUF plan to reschedule
the planning “‘SeThinar to set up a plan
of action towards community
involvement with the existing law
enforcement agencies and other tax
funded community organs in an efiort
to bring about an end te racial
violence. The April $ seminar was
rained out, Persons interested in
attending this seminar can contact Ed
Whitfield at (919) 274-5897. :
Leaders are no. strangers
Two of the main leaders of Saturday's
97" Peath to the Kian” march are no siran-
for protest activity.
He suffered minor wounds in Sate i
day's confrontation, At his news confer: |
grown, Times are harder now, People ence, he kepte his siceves tucked Hp
“gern to the Greensboro political scene. like dogs.” are trying to understand whay is happen- around his elbows, proudly displaying
‘+ For ten years Gals an awho is ing ail around them — inflation, unem--, the bandages on his arms.
’ plack, and sh LAA white, / : «ployment, cultural depewation.” et
‘have been imattistaysT uses. i 3 Reyes 7 pal ei wae
.* any of their associates from 4 Like most radicals,, Johnson prides « A e “struggle” against capitation
« Pago herp movement of the 1960s drift a Sr himsctf on having been arrested numer-" [ would continue and that the action Sat |
#* ed into’ the establishment during the | owitally, it was ous times. He reportedly most recently i Urday would be met with an appre
« -1910s, Johnsog and Mrs. Waller became exactly that Nelson Johnson last aliract-- _ gerved @ brief prison term In Alsbarna « priate response.
9 ‘progressively more radical : ed national attention to Greensboro, ; ae
irri «: Today, both are avowed communists. - Ag student body vice president of A&T ss
¥ * such ts J . little State University, he was leader In» vl-
in ‘ known about Johnson; olent student uprising that lasted several
sis known about Mrs. Waller On Satur d Hin the death of ART
oO i, Johnson led the Greensboro march. oa .™ es ees
IS 5 Mrs. Waller participated and her hus- The N G ted |
band died. ‘eee ry . ational Guard was called in. The
lf tn the 1960s, when she was in Vietnam | ~ per dey aregenyestls por ahs
Q “War, protests snd political reform organi- up in ja age he ge
‘callous. at cnown as Signe Gold inciting a riot. The were later
IS arn ‘she ue tenet ae UNC-G reduced and Johnson a brief prison
‘professor and lived in an attractive “_
~ _ Now, ten years later, he faces
8 samme charge again,
dl During the turmoil of the '60s, John
ar son had the sympathy of most local -
baad black leaders and white liberals, who
agreed that blacks in Greensboro had se--
rious grievances and that it was for ,
the young generation to take to the
. streets, . ig!
I knew Nelson weil this peri-
: od,” said Greensboro mayoral fandidate
Soi Jacobs, who served on an interracial
committee during the 1960s, “The com-
mittee was impresssd with his intelll-
_gence, his drive and his commitment. it
a‘ is a shame this intelligent young man
es could not have channeled his energy inte
a Ss completely allenat from
day's shootings. Mra. Waller was near Johnson, 36 ‘g native of Halifax Cot
4 her husband when he was gunned down. , — - yrageed
Re ges + ty, has mellowed in one sense. In the
4 hunday, she appeared with Nelson — 1960s, he seemed .to hate whites, but
* vohnson at & news conference al her now embraces them, as longas =" are
, y chetaruaie home in a working class - radical leftists.
Ht Sl In an Interview with The Hecord lnst
* neighborhood on Cypress Street, across
coring Johnson professed a bettef in vio-
OS cemmiall
re! ' pacomimun st, se
eco in the Sarnent sweatshops,
campusnas, and in the communities of i
York. He mobilized thousands of workers
and students to support the national jibera-
tion movemonts in Southeast Asia. Loved by
the peopie, but hates by the government, he
was allacked by the FBI, Nazis
based on Ms profound grasp of Marxism-
Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, he has
devoted his full energies fo bulld the Con
munist Workers Parly into the fighting, na-
liohwide organization that It is today. As
General Secretary of the Party and head of
its Central Committee, he is personally
leading the campaign to Avenge the CWP 5,
paceselling the tide of resistance to the
reaclionaries in this country.
Our members come from ali*
COMMUNIST Wor ab Nicautied EPL)
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OCTET ES
of “the Comninist
rie U.S. and U.$.$.R.—and against colonialism
Our aineate aim is
neo-coionialism, Zionism, racism and ail!
‘reaction. We oppose worid war-and fascism
and work for workers ravolution throughout
: communism, & society where there are no the worid.
: longer any classes and no longer any ex- Marxism - Leninism - Mao Zedong
ploitation of man by man, Thought is the theoretical basis quiding our
<4 We must know our enemies and our thinking. It is the science of revolution—the
i friends in order to make revolution. We sup- . historical lessons of thousands of years of
| i} Port the struggies of all oppressed people ‘class siruggie summed up into general prin-
: i and nations and fight together with them ‘ciples by Marx,’ Engnis, Lenin, Stalin and
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pers oe one
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Mao.
' We oppose today's revisionist Com
munist Party of the Soviet Union and the
Communist Party of China, They've become
capitalist parties who have revised Marxism
lo serve their own selfish interests. Follow.
ing the exarnple of comrade Jerry Tung, the
CWP conscientiously studies Marxism
Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought and
eriticizns revisionism to ensure that our Par-
ly always serves the interests of the majority.
Submitting ourselves lo close supervision by
the masses, boldly doing criticism and sell-
crilicisi of errors, constantly recruiting
fresh forces, and cleansing ow ranks of
those who've gone stale is a hallmark of the
CWP and our General Secretary,
The CWP fiults for jotes for all; for better
wages and working conditions; for decent
housing, education, and chiiticare, for equal
rights for all oppressed nationalities and un-
documented workers: for the aqht of serlf-
determination for oppressed nations in the
US; anc against police brutalily, the
KKK/Nazis, and discrimination of women
and the eiderly. But the only way to end all
social evils is for all workers anc oppressed
fo unite, smash every atlempt by the
capitaiist class to pul the Blarne for the crisis
onlo scapegoats, and to destroy the whole
Capitalist system.
Our first priority is to awaken the work-
ing class to build up its Parly and extend our
Party's influence. Thus, we are now building
our army in preparation for seizing state
power, ¢ ti
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The Communist Workers Party, U.S.A.
(CWP) is the political party of the U.S. multi-
national working class. The CWP, formerly
the Workers Viewpoint Organization, is a
ibid nationwide organization. Our mem-
bers come from af} bachgrounds and nation-
calitves. Our imrnediate poal is to lead the U.S.
i proletariat (working class) and oppressed
lerianatliles tw e@verthrow this rotien capi-
lralist sysem by violence and establish a
‘smoctlist evsrem~--the dicturorship of the
proletanay, Under sociahsm, we workers will
ibe our own masters and will rule over the
pPenopols capirelsts in the interests of the
a maionts Of people. Our ultimate aim is
(cOMmMunism, # Society where there are no
longer clusses or class differences and no
‘longer ans ecaploitatiuon of man bs man.
The Communist Workers Party fichts for
the emancipation of all humanity. Our main
contribution & to make socialist revolution
here in the U.S. We support the struggles of
ali oppressed people and nations and fight
together with them against beth imperialist
| Superpowers, the U.S. and Sovie: Union. and
agains) colonialism. neo-colonialism, Zionism,
racism and all reaction. We oppose world war
and fascism and work for proletarian revolu-
| tion throughout the world.
Maraism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung Thought
1 as the theoretical basis guiding our thinking. it
1 is the science of revolution—the historical
lessons of thousands of years of class sirupele
| summed up inte peneral principles by the
great communist revolutionaries, Mara,
| Engels, Lenin, "Stalin and Mao Tsetung.
We oppose the sellout traitors of today's
revisionist Cummunist Party of the Soviet
Union and Communist Party of China.
Thesve becurne bourgeois (capitalist class)
| parties and revised Marxism to serve their own
selfish interests. To ensure that our party does
not betray the working class, the CWP con-
scientiously studies Marxism-Leninism-Mao
Tsetung Thought and criticizes revisionism.
We submit to close supervision by the masses,
boldly do criticism and self-criticism of errors,
land constantly recruit fresh forces and cleanse
our ranksof those who've pone staie.
Today's cronomic crisis &% bringing
untold suffering on the American peuple.
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Millions of our youth are unemployed, strung
out on drugs, and turning to crime. Divorce
fates are soaring and families are being torn
apart like never before. The root cause of this
is capitalism. Capitalism is » system where @
small gang of vuliures like the Rockefellers
and Morgans own the factories, mines and
land, and make all their profu off our sweat
and blvood. This class, the bourgeoisie, uses its
State (the police, courts, prisons, armed
forces, and all levels of gowernment) to rule
over us, That‘s why we must overthrow them
and seize siate power.
The CWP fights for jobs for all, for
better wages and working conditions, for
decent housing. education, and childcare, for
equal rights for oppressed nationalities and
undocumented workers, for the right of
selidetermination for oppressed nations in
the U.S., and against police brutality, the
KKK/Nazis, and discrimination of women
and the elderly. But the only wav to end all
social evils is for all workers and oppressed
fo unite. smash every atiempt by the bour-
geoisie to divert the blame for the crisis onto
stapegeats, and to destroy the whole capi-
ialist aysiem. Only then can we continue the
revolution under socialism until the classless
society, material abundance. and spiritual
height of cummunism is realized,
We de political education daily and
“in the course of taking up day-to-day strageles
-and who are
MWIERKERS VIE WP OL T
© help the mosses learn who are our friends
our enemes. Today. our first
priorits is 10 awaken the prolerariat to build
up its party, by winning over to communism
wave upon wave of workers and advanced
eleménts and training thern how to make
revolution. We sirive to make every factory
our fortress. every community and schoo) our
base, to kick the hacks out of the trade
unions and make them into fighting organiza-
tions. Thus we are now building our army in
preparation for svizing state power.
We call on all workers and revolu-
tionars-minded people’ to join: with the
Communist Workers Party in the struggle
against this bloodsucking system and huild up
the Party as your own to prepare for the
dictatorship of the proletariat. : |
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