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VOL·. I No. 10 San Antonio, Texas Enero, 1980
lncidente Provocado
C . . . I , C t· tiSI,_s,,,"en,~. ra,n on 1nua
SAN ANTONIO, TX-El
4 de noviembre, 1979
estudiantes iraneses ocuparon
la embajada americana en Teh­ran,
Iran como respuesta al
apoyo que EU da al ex-cha.
Al imprimirse EL PUEBLO,
49 cuidadanos americanos que
trabajaban en la embajada,­estan
como rehenes basta que
regresen al ' ex-cha a su tierra
natal para que sea juzgado
por los cr{menes que cometio
durante su cruel regimen.
La . ocupacion de la embajada
fue una respuesta directa a
la presencia del ex-cha en
EU.
El pueblo iranes tiene una
larga historia de hostilidad
anti-americana y con buena
/ razon.
Varios grupos e individuos protestaron la llegada a San Antonio del ex-cha. El KKK
y ot!os racistas amenazaron con atacar a los manifestantes.
Seg~n audiencias en el Con­greso,
en 1953 la CIA 1e ayud~
al ex-cha a regresar al ,poder
en Ircfu. El gobierno de EU y
las corporaciones como Exxon
ten{an un motivo .directo, ya
que el ex-cha consistentemente
(Pase a la pagina 2)
CPS lnJusta a Mexicanos
EEOC Dice DescriminaciOn
SAN &'JTONIO, TX-La
directora del Distrito
en Houst~n de la Comision de
Igualdad de Oportunidad en
Empleos (EEOC) ha determinado
que el Servicio P6blico de la
Ciudad de San 'Antonio (C~S)
es culpable de practicas des­criminatorias,
en cinco cargos
hechos por trabajadores mexi­canos.
Esta declaracibn del EEOC
comprueba qu·e la descrimina­cion
contra los mexicanos
esta profuridamente encallado
en la estructura de CPS.
EEOC comprobo que el mexi­cano
no es ocupado por CPS en
puestos calificado y semical~
ficados a un nivel proporcio~
al a la fuerza de trabajo
disponible.
0 sea, 65% de la poblaci6n
es mexicana, pero los puestos
calificados y semicalificados
son reservados para anglo­sajones.
/ EEOC concluyo que como
r esultado de polizas de CPS
para ocupar a gente, los mexi-canos
son relegados a los
puestos mas bajos.
Otros actos de descrimina-cion
fueron:
1) CPS pone requisites
educacionales para empleo y
promocion, que no estan rela­cionaqos
al trabajo.
2)CPS no enforza ni ha es­tablecido
una p~liza que pro­hiba
insultos etnicos 0
raciales.
3)0breros mexicanos en CPS
no tienen la misma oportunidad
de promocion a puestos de ma­yordomos.
Todos hemos sido
testigos de mayordomos anglos
que supervisan a cuadrillas
de mexicanas y negros.
Localmente activistas sin-
. dicales han dicho que los
patrones de CPS son en reali­dad
crueles. Igualmente cul­pable
es el Local 219 del
sindicato AFSCME, quien por
:os ultimos 5 anos ha recibi­do
el beneficia del dinero
de cuotas sin corregir este
abuso de poder.
Al menos de que la gerencia
de CPS use diferentes metodos
para resolver los problemas
y no los tradicionalmente
usados hasta la fecha, no
/ podemos esperar mas que una
situacio~ explosiva.
~-----~------------------, : Marche en contra : I , I
I I : del Ku Klux Klan :
I I
1 El Ku Klux Klan ha estado' enemigos. 1
1usando la 'crisis iranes' pa- El Klan considera toda per-
Ira obtener credibilidad. sona negra, mexicana, jud{a, I
Al exp1otar una situacion cat6lica y todos los que no
lemocion~l, los racistas del son anglos como 'enemigos'
IKlan esperan enganar a la Tarde o temprano el ' Klan
lgente haciend9les creer que intentar{ destruir toda acti­lexiste
un Klan 'nuevo' dife- vidad que ellos consideren
rente al Klan que ha asesina- anti-racista.
ldo hombres, mujeres y ninos. Hoy es el tiempo de parar-
1 El Klan ha estado tratando los. Hoy es el tiempo de de­Ide
resurguir como un grupo jarles saber que San Antonio
1respetable de super-patriotas no - ace~ta su racismo ni su
lque protege a E.U. contra sus mentalldad enferma.
I~ABAJO CON EL RACISMO Y EL KU KLUX KLAN!
I IALTO A LA CENSURA !LEGAL!
I I 1 Marche Sabado Enero 19
1 Lugar de fonnacion: 1 p.m., la Iglesia Guadalupe
1 1321 El Paso (en El Paso y Brazos)
1 Acto Publico: 3 p.m., Main Plaza
I Auspiciado por: La Coalicion de San Antonio en contra del KKK
I 1514 Buenavista
San Antonio, Texas 78207 I __ ....... _ __ f_a~ ~~nf.£..~~nJl.a~e~ 52:) ,E~3!!_ ____ ....J
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6Que son derechos humanos? 6Que son
derechos civiles? t Quien merece dere­chos
humanos? l. Quien merece derechos
civiles? l.Por que debemos proteger
nuestros derechos humanos?
blecidas en casi todos los pa1ses. demo- v1ctimas de esta t£ctica.
cr~ticos para proteger los derechos Cualquier pa!s que no respeta los
fundament ales de la gent:e, o sea- el derechos humano·s de la gente que vive
derech'o a resistir opresi<;}n, el dere- dentro del pa:Cs es un pais fascista.
cho a asamblea publica~ el derecho a Los derechos humanos no tienen
Los derechos humanos son derechos
fundamentales que tiene toda persona.
Algun-os de estes derech~s fundamenta­les_
· incluyen el derecho de ser libre, ·
el derecho a resistir opresion y el
derecho a expresar su opinion.
hablar publicamente. fronteras.
La Carta de Derechos Civiles de E.U. Hoy -tenemos en un nivel a los re-describe
los derechos civiles. Esta henes, a los cuales se les estcfn vio­Carta
de Derechos no . excluye a ningun lando sus derechos humanos simplemen­grupo
de estos derechos. Los derechos te por la terquedad del presidente
civiles son _leyes que 'aseguran que los Carter de proteger al asesino ex-cha.
Estes der~chos no son otorgados por -derechos humanos de toda persona sean Al mismo tiempo, la ciudad de San
ningun gobierno o · grupo de personas.
Estes derechos no se compran. Estes
derechos no se obtienen debido al
comportamiento social.
respetados. Antonio les estaviolando sus derechos
Claro que un gobierno puede cambiar humanos a los ·estudiantes iraneses al
sus leyes sobre derechos civiles, pero negarles su der~cho a una pac{fica de­ningun
gobierno puede quitarles a la mostraci6n p~blica.
Estes derechos _ son naturales. Toda gente sus derechos humanos. Cuando alguien pregunta, "l.Que les
persona tiene esto~ derechos al nacer
sea c;ual sea' sU: 'ra·ia ~ / 11acionalidJad > ~0 '
sexo. ·~ ~C:omo estes derechos no se at or­gan,
ni se ·compran, tampoco pueden ser
prohibidos por ningun gobierno o nin­gun
otro grupo. ·
Si permitimos a los goberf!:antes lo- da el derecho a protestar si son fora­-
cales' estatal·es "O fe(te r...cfles ~~€-:8. 6'~'-''"" ireos ''' a ~·te p ~ {~'?;"l Natl-a mas'·$• ···~ existe
ni·eguen su·s dere'chos civi~:_s ' _a _c ua.. .~ --1~ _.,,ypa r e;s_fuesta: ~~q.d :!, e le_~_ cl z.-!·1 ..~ - ad.o'
quier sector de la poblaclon, ya sean ' ese' derecho. Es ' su derecho humano Slm­ciudadanos,
inmigrantes sin documen- plemente porque son humanos!
tos o estudiantes inmigrados, corre-Los
derechos .civiles son leyes esta- mos. -el peligro de se-r las siguientes
-------------~---~------------------------------------~--------~--·-------------~--~---~------------------------- Atacan
Mexicanas
.Guardias . Blancas
Comunidades MICHOACAN, i1EX.- _
La Union de · Comuneros
"Emiliario Zapat;a1!::·~_-ael estado
de Michoacan ha denunciado -' la
campana de represion que su­fren-
las comunidades ind{ge-nas
campesinas.
Grupos guardia~ blancas han
atacado varias poblaciones
qestr~y~ndo h~~e~ y milpas
y asesinando a varies campe­sinos.
Los guardias b~:Fancas son
grupos de asesino_s ·pagados
por el gobierno para destruir
toda protesta y opo§icio'n.
La Comunidad Ind:l'gena de
Santa Fe de la Laguna, Micho­acan,
ha . sufrido el mis re­cien
ataque.
Los guardias blancas enca~
bezados por los ganaderos J.
Jesus Villalobos y Basilio
Herrero asesinaron impunemen­te
·a lq~ ~-C QUl.!;l!!~_J: O.§ Ant9TiiQ
Yapes Lucas y Alejandro_Yapes
Ferm{n e hirieron a muchos
/ - mas.
La Polic{a Judicial del
Estado y el Procurador Gene­ral
de Justicia han protegi-do
a los guardi~s blancas.
' El gobernador Carlos Torres
Manzo se ha negado a investi­gat
la violencia contra los
comuneros y el robo de sus
tierras por los terratenien­tes.
Los comuneros de Santa Fe
q~ _.lCL, LMll_Ila _~jjen:
Respeto a sus tierras.
Alto a las provocaciones~
Indemnizacion .para las fa-
.milias de los comuneros ase­sinados.
Libertad inmediata a los
siguientes campesinos:
Mart{n Bucio Cas~nova
Benito Gomes, J .- Pied ad
Camacho, J. Matilde Navarro
Mercado, Marcelo G. Colier y
otros campesinos del poblado
Lajas del Bosque.
Cartas de solidaridad con ..,. "'-':" ~~-- ~:,: .~ ~
los campesinos y respaldo a
sus demandas deben ser envia~
das al - Presidente Jose Lopez
Portillo, Mexico, D. F • .
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Crisis Iranes I
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(Viene de la primera pagina)
hab{a trabajado con los EU
/' para enriquecerse el mismo y
? ,..,,_. tambien ·a las compan1as nor-teamericanas.
Distintas fuentes son" de
_la opiniOn de que .la actual
crisis en_ Iran fue provocada
concientemente por el gobier­no
'de EU al permitir que el
ex-cha inocentemente resida
en los EU.
Segun documentos del De­partamento
- de Estado, el ex­cha
ha estado pidiendo permiso
para residir en este pais
como exiliado p~l{tico desde
su derrocamiento en mayo 1979.
Oficiales del gobierno demo­raron
en su decision porque
·sab{an que causaria un inci­dente
internacional. Carter
y el secretario de estado
Vance estaban bien concientes
del peligro en que esta- r1"a' n
los americanos en Iran, por
lo menos tres meses antes de
que permitieron entrar ~ al ex­cha
a los EU (Documentos del
Departamento de Estado fecha­dos
26 de julio 1979).
La crisis actual en Ir£n
nos,.. lleva a la pregunta: ~Por
que es tan .odiado y tan bus-cado'
___el ex-cha por e l pueblo 1
ir~nes? ~
rnvestig~nd~ 1a - ~uestion : Nott•ct•as· se da la s1gu1.ente ~nforma-1 . "' - I c1on: · . . B -Amnest{~ Internacion_,..al, I reves
una organizacion que gano ell
Premia. Nob,el, . ~eporto en 1975l
que "n1ngun pa1.s en el mundo 1
tiene peor record en (viola-1
ciones de) derechos humanos 1 Nicaragua: El Gobierno :lacional de Reconstruccion (GNR) continua trabajandoJ_
,.. 11 • para establecer un sistema de gobierno democratico. 1
que Iran ba] 0 ,.el ex-cha ·· I El GNR ha seleccionado a Nora Astorga como fiscal de j uicios. La abogada .
Bajo su regimen, ' . incon- A~torga es una de las muchas mujeres que suf}ieron ~rutal p ~r~e~uciO'n b~jo el re-I
tables aetas de aseslnato y g~men de Somoza. Hoy parte de su tarea sera superv~sar el JU~C~O de 7_)00 perso-1
. El nas acusadas de ser criminales de guerra. _
tortura ,.?c~rr1.eron • Tribunales especiales se han formado para o{r los casos contra ex-gobernantes I
pueblo iranes ve al ex-cha bajo el regimen somocista, miembros de la Guardia Nacional y otros acusados de a­como
un criminal fascista que sesinar mas de 4s, ooo nicaraguenses. I
h
. d h d l Los acusados tendran d·erecho de obtener su propio defensor o la corte les asig-a comet 1. 0 muc OS · e OS nara un defensor publico. 1
mismos tipos de cr:G-nenes que El pasado novien;bre un grupo. de trabajadores en Managua encontraron un ma.cabrel
cometid Adolfo Hitler. r~suer~o de las camaras ~e tortura de Somoza. Al con,.struir un centro de recrea- ,
• . ,- c~on publico, los traba]ador.es encontraron 30 cadaveres algunos con ·1a cabeza ~l
Lo s~gu1.ente es solo un aplas.tada y con brazos y piernas quebradas. ·
incidente de lo que ocurrio I
b . l _ h Y su polic{a California: Continua el proceso de n~construccion en NicaJ;"agua. Aqu{ en los E. I
a] 0 e ex c a U. se ha establecido una red nacional de comitts de solidaridad oar a enviar co-secreta
SAVAK. mida, medicina' y dinero al pueblo nicaragi.iense. . . - I
Yves Bordelot' un abogado La guerra de liberacion que derroto al dictador Somoza deja muchas areas des- I
en 1 a cor t e d e ape 1 ac 1.. on es en· tru1das. Por ejemplo, vario. s hosp.i tales fueron destru{dos completamente i gual _ . ,_ que 100 de las 400 plantas ~ndustr~ales. 1
Par1.s, dij o de una muj er que A pesar de la falta de er-ramienta y mater i al para contrucci6n, el e'"sp{ritu de
fue tor·turada mientras estaba lucha del pueblo continua_. Se lleva acabo una campana popular para renovar y re- I
- 'll E construir edificios v hogares. 1 amarrada a una Sl. a. n La herencia de destruccidn y sufrimiento creada por el regimen de Somoza reque·- t
frente de ella, le trajeron a rira alios para corregir. · 1
su hij o de 4 anos y .un Despues de todos los _ anos que el gobierno de E. U. respaldo al dictador Somoza,
1 . "· l t "' iel del I hoy el pueblo de E. U. · tiene l a oportuni~ad de extender su respaldo al pueblo de ~
po 1Cla e cor 0 p Nicaragua.
cuello con unas t _ij eras. I Para mas informacion: East Bay PAt'-J (People Aiding Nicaragua)' 1819 Woolsey' I
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JUD ~~.
Locutore$" s"P,~ma~v:en
'- Gueria,-·: ,, .RatiSDIO'·-
por Radio
SAN ANTONIO, TX---
Nuevamente los dos locuto­res
de la estacion vaquera
KBUC, Ricci Ware y Jud Ash­more,
han usado la radio para ­propagandizar
el racismo.
Como se reporto en EL PUE­BLO
de noviembre, estos dos
voceros del racismo primero
atacaron a la gente pobre y
trabaj adora, cuando se opusie­ron
al proyecto de viviendas­que
se construye en el lado
norte de San Antonio-.
Cuando vino el · ex-cha,
estos dos nuevamente - usaron
la radio para albOrotar a los
racistas del KKK. Usar-·on sus
programas de radio para mobi­li~
a~ a ~ente a que fue~a ~1
ayuntamiento para que ataca­ran
a los cinco estudiantes
iraneses que estaban en huel­ga
de hambre.
El Ku Klux Klan hab{a
anunciado que si los iraneses
maTchaban protestando la pre­sencia
del asesino ex-cha,
ellos ' los atacar{an.
Todo el tiempo durante la
confrontacion, \.Jare y Ashmore
jugaban el papel de voceros
del KKK, agitando a la gente
contra los estudiantes en
huelga. Usar-on la misma t£c­tica--
el racismo--que usaron ,
durante 1a histeria sabre las
viviendas.
- -Cuando el concilio nego/ el
pe~miso para marchar, los
ra~istas que se hab{an acumu­lado
_afuera ·del ayuntamiento,
se dieron golpes de pecho
celebrando su victoria.
En la_ confusion y · distor­cion
de eventos que reinaba,
algunas personas mexicanas y
negras se unieron al ataque
de insu1tos raciales contra
los iraneses.
Solo dos meses antes,
Ricci Ware hab{a atacado a la
gente que en esos momentos
estaba alborotando.
Pagina 3 EL PUEBLO Enero, 1980
BANDERILLAZOS POLITICOS
Por: Armandina Sald{var
La Sra. Sald{var ~s una trabajadora
social v cuenta con una licenciatura
en soci~logia. Esta columna esta ba­sada
en sus experiencias Y. observa­ciones
profesionales.
Haolemos del ex-cha y del .problema
en que se ha convertido. En primer
lugar la alcaldesa Lila Cockrell fue a
verlo a la base para darle la bienve­nida
a la ciudad. Esto se entiende.
Despues de todo, tienen mucho en comun.
Am~o~ son titeres ,Y deshonestos. De~­pues,
ante _ las camaras de television
declare que · la Casa Blanca le hab{a
pedido que coperara. Despues dijo que
toda la ciudad respaldaba al presidente.
Yo no respaldo al presidente en es­ta
cuestion ya que el solo ha empeora­do
la situacion con sus constantes
amenazas de represalias economicas
encima de haberlos enojado al permitir
que el ex-cha se quedara en una base
- miiit~r. El h~ sido muy abusivo con
un pa~s pequeno al _ grado que ya no
podra comprender el punto de vista de
~llos. ~i el pre~idente rii la alcal­desa
hablan por m1 ya que ambos actua­ron
estupidamente. Si los _ rehenes no
han sido muertos es -solo porque Dios
es tan grande (como decimos en espa-
-rrol), pero no debido al presidente con
todo y sus amenazas.
Y la alcaldesa, quien despues fue a
cenar con el ex-cha, ella hubieracena­do
con Hitler. Este tipo de rnujer
. baila con cualquiera.
Y la procuradora Jane ~aeon, quien
hizo todas las decisiones legales de
. no darles · p~nr.iso a los iraneses para
'•
que marcharan, y luego la decision
legal·de encarc~larlos par estar en la
escalinata del ayuntamiento en huelga
de hambre. iPueden creer que ella se
la pasa enmascarada de liberal? Su li­beralismo
vale ap~oximadamente $50,000,
lo cual es su pago per ser c{tere de
los ricos de esta ciudad. Se le olvi­do
de los pobres al dar sus deshonestas
decisiones dobr'e EODC-, y ahora violan­do
los derechos de los estudiantes
iraneses. Dejenme oonerlo de otro modo.
Ella no llego a se~ procuradora de la
ciudad debido a su belleza, honestidad
o inteligencia. Ella es tan chueca
cotno la alcaldesa-.
En lo q~e respecta al Gerente Muni­cipal
Torn Huebner, cuando llamo' "basu­ra"
a los que se quejaban de los
__ iraneses, i nunca deja de sorprenderme
-como una "BASURA" siempre reconoce a
otra "BASURA"!
Sobre los dos locutores, Ricci Ware
y Jud Ashmore: _ Es grqcioso que los :
"machetes" que ' andarl. eri ..-busca de gue­rra
y bomb~s, resultan ser a~go viejos
para ir a la guerra y taTilbie'n psicolo­gicamente
han de tener algo mal. Par=­cen
estar inseguros de su masculinidad.
Ricci Ware y Jud Ashmore son· los que
deber{an haber sido encarcelados, ya
que ellos eran los que estaban provo~
cando e intimidando a los iraneses.
En nombre de la bandera y patriotismo,
ellos se portaron peor que aquellos
que criticaban.
- Pero supongo que si un0 ondea la
bandera bastante tiempo, uno logra lo
que quiera. Supongo que eso es demo ­cracia,
6verdad?
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/ b, . / . . Este incidente lo justifican porque en contra de los derechos mas as1cos
Los d1as que estuvo el cr1m1nal ex- · . . d 1 h 'd d
/ . se les hace correcto proh1b1rles dere.... · e a uman1 a . . .r • cha de Iran en San Anton1o, deben ser h h 1 . El error se comet1o cuando c1ertas
1 • c os umanos a os 1raneses. . . .
tanalizados con .cu1dado por la gente p .r .r ...... d 1 organizaciones de comun1dad, Junto
. ero que pasara manana cuan o a . ~ " . 11 :pobre, por la gente trabaJ adora que h. . . - 1 b con sus "l1deres c1v1cos y represen- , . 1stor1a se rep1ta y a gente po re y · .
:tendra que pagar las consecuenc1as de b . d h tantes politiqueros, no se mantuv1eron
11 • • 11 - tra aJ a ora tenga que marc ar para . . . . / d
1 1esa v1s1ta . . . d- h q· / h .r - t firmes ante la 1nt1m1dac1.on e os I ex1g1r sus erec os. ue aran es os
1 Huebner, Cockrell y otros - falsos f 1 b d
1 1
racistas del KKK.
1 - • . a sos go ernantes cuan o es vue va . . .
1gobernantes proh1b1eron que gente pro- . 1 KKK . 1 . . Parece que a estes 1nd1v1duos se.
1 . • a amenazar e con v1o enc1a .- s1 - . _ / ·
1testara la presenc1a del ases1no res- · h. 1 · . 1 d les tendra que recordar que los
1 "' acaso marc an os campes1nos, o os e . _ . 1 .
1ponsable de la muerte de mas de SAR.CA 1 'd d _ 1 derechos de la const1tuc1on son garan- " · , o a comun1 a negra, o cua - · 1
1100,000; s1, CIEN MIL seres humanos · . · f - . d · tizados ( i o por lo menos eso nos · . . qu1era que no sea avorec1 o por esos ,..,. .
I -Carter, Rockefeller, K1ss1nger Y . · ensenan!) y no tenemos que ped1r
I ""~ h d d f' 1 "t raclst·as. I 1compan1a an man a o a su 1e t1 ere Ayer atacaron a los negros y ningun tipo de permiso, mucho menos a
I -.r A . h d d -- " 1a Panama y San nton1o se a que a o mexicanos .. hoy a los iraneses .. manana, · "nuestros represent antes. .
:con el "honor" de haber establecido . a quien? A los mismos de ayer. El La unica forma que se podr£ mostrar
I 1' d (J ' .r d d 1 1 ,un pe 1groso prece ente. racismo tiene mil mascaras pero solo la fuerza de la ver a y a razon es
: Es decir, cuando la gente pobre Y un proposito---.dividirnos. con la unidad de fa gente pobre Y
:trabajadora tenga que ~alir a marchar Lo mas triste es que los disque trabajadora. Tenemos que luchar por
:para exigir la observaciO'n de nuestros "1{deres" de la comunidad ( iy ·ellos nuestros derechos. Tenemos que opo-
•derechos humanos, estos falsos gober- saben quienes son desde San Antonio nernos al racismo activamente.
I .r .r / ) - ' .
•nantes, con mas razon - (segun .ellos hasta Washington DC!) se han pronun- Tenemos que apoyar nuestras luchas
:nos prohibiran nuestros derechos ciado a favor del racismo, a favor de democraticas y buscar siempre la
I / I
1--porque ellos temen al KKK, o mas prohibir el derechos a la libre expre- unidad de nuestra fuerza de razon Y
!bien, porque le hacen c~so. si~n, en contra de su propio pueblo y verdad.
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ll•ll(•li1fT11
Libertad de ExpresiOn
Amenazada
Se ha establecido un precedente muy peligroso al permitir
que el KKK y sus aliados controlen San Antonio. Derechistas
racistas disfrazados de super-patriotas presumen hoy de haber
II d II 1 1 d 1 ' . . I gana o e contro _ . e .· a c1udad. En efecto, el KKK sirvio
· como guardianes del criminal ex-cha. ·
La mitad racista del concilio de la ciudad se unio con el KKK
y simpatizantes que asaltaron el edificio municipal. La otra
mitad del concilio se intimido y se rindio ante las amenazas
d~ violencia por los lun~iicos e ignorantes enajenados.
Los lunaticos amenazaron que 11Si ustedes (el concilio) no
paran l'as marchas pabli-cas, nosotros (el KKK) lo haremos "
tambien, 11Si toma luga,r una marcha, .les garantisamos que hab;a
violencia," etc. etc.
Si- negros. o mexicanos hubieran cometido las mismas amenazas
,.,, ~escaradas, h_q~ta el equipo SWAT de la polic{a hubiera entrado
) ep.:r acci§n par:.a repr-~m~.r-los.
Es para dar miedo la forma en cual algunas personas han jus­tificado
toda la repugnante serie de incidentes.
Algunos averiguan que . estos racistas son simplemente "Buenos
muchachos divirtiendose," otros no 1~ dan importancia a lo su­cedido.
Pero los peores son los oportunistas que usaron la
crisis para obtener atencion publica usando demagogia .
. cegados por la histeria nacionalista des~rrollada por el go- /
b1erno y la prensa sabre los rehenes en Iran, algunas personas !
han ignorado las violaciones a la constitucion.
Estas personas han permitido que la ciudad juegue con alga ,
muy peligroso: i El fascismo ! 1
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Por medio de propaganda masiva, trucos y mentiras, la gentE.I . . .
fue engaffada a ceder un . gran derecho: El derecho a expresar El Dlstrlto de Ho~pl~ales del Condado de Bexar (BCHD) es
su opinion y asamblea p~blica. · , responsable de los s1gu1entes problemas y recortes de fondos. 1
Al existir una crisis nacional, cuando es especialmente im-·1 ~a.prensa comercial, en complicidad con l~s incompetentes
perativo que la gente pueda expresar su opinion libremente, admln~stradores de~ BC~D, arrogantement..e- esta culpando a los
ese derecho ha sido cancelado. Al cancelar ese derecho y al / trabaJador~s.del Dlstrlto par los problemas que causaron~
dar rienda suelta a los fanaticos ultra~derechista para que . --La clln1ca Brady en el Robert B. Green (RBG) cerrara en­amenacen
e :intimiden al pueblo' la ciudad de . San Antonio se l tre semana a l~s 11 PM y en lo~ ___fines d~ s/emana a las 5 PM.
acercomas a ser una ciudad fascista y atrasada. . --L~ fa:macla del RBG tamb1en r~duc1ra sus horas. Ya.no
v~n~eran c1ertas drogas que no requ1e~en receta. Lo que s1g- )
n1f1ca esto p~ra la gente pobre - yLrabajadora es que ya no
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habra una farmacia abierta l~s 24 horas en el centro y tendr;!
la gente que pagar precios mas altos en farmacias privadas. 1 iNO Queremos
VietnOmsl
M ~ I · --:..Hay una escaces muy cr{tica de enf ermeras. BCHD no est a
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1 as reclu~ando, al f::Ontrario, est a'" forzando a las enfe~meras a que
traba]en turnos dobles. Al trabajar 16 horas por d1a, la pro- 1
ductividad baja y aumenta la posibilidad de errores fatales '
-~ deb'ido _ a la fatiga. Es mas. barato pagar extra que /ocupar rna's.
--Hay una escaces de equ1po y el que tienen esta en malas
Los amantes de las guerras y los duenos de compan:Las .multi- ~ c~ndiciones. Equipo defectuoso puede costar una ·vida humana 1
nacionales se encuentran felices. Manipulando cuidadosamente ,sl acaso falla en una situacion de emergencia. ~
la "crisis" iranes, ellos han logrado crear una histeria que ) .--La actitud de l?s trabaj adores es, "! s~ a nadie le impor-pueden
utilizar para desatar otra guerra. 1ta, entonces por que ha de importarme a m1! Cuando la geren-
David Rockefeller, dueno de muchas corporaciones, expres6 Jcia no se preocupa del bienestar publico, esto se entiende.
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esta felicidad sabre el drama · iran~s al comentarle al Wall l --La comunidad en general esta adoptando una actitud bacia
Street Journal, "El complejo sabre Vietnam ha mue~to. Ahora /el BCHD como si fuera la ~ltima opcion; un lugar donde ir si
somos una naciO'n diferente." · lno hay dinero para pagarle al doctor privado. En realidad,
Rockefeller y la clase dominante que ~1 representa .~ab{an 1· doctores privados no pueden dar mejor servicio que en un hos-
, . 1 1bl' estado preocupados que el pueblo e~ E.U. no respaldar1a la iPlta pu 1co. _ · ·
guerra. Les preocupaba que las naciones que ellos explotan y --En la comunidad, hay una falta .de educaci~n sobre la sa­dominan
se rebelaran y los sacaran de su patria. ,lud. La profesion medica ha indoctrinado a la gente a que
Por eso han vuelto a usar un truco viejo que les dio buen Jcrea que uno tiene que ir con el m~dico cada vez que le duela
resultado ·en el pasado y provocaron esta "crisis nacional." lalgo. Claro, esto significa m;s ganancias para los .me'dicos.
Carter y compania sab{an de antemano que el traer al ex-cha t En futuras ediciones de EL PUEBLO hablaremos sobre estos
a E.U. provocaria una reacciO'n en Iran. Sab{an que pondria ·en ltemas. Invitamos' a los lectores a que nos escriban. ·
peligro al personal de la embajada americana en Iran. Sabian
que podr{a des a tar una catastrofe mundial. ---------------------------------•
Pero a pesar de estos peligros, el asesino ex-cha fue trafdo
a Nueva York el 22 de octubre bajo escusas rid{culas· Esta
provocaci~n les sirvi~ y el 4 de noviembre los iraneses ocupa­.
ron la embajada americana.
Aun entre octubre 22 y noviembre 4, Carter se rehuso' a eva­cuar
al personal de la embajada. 6Por que? Porque el personal
servir{a como carnada en un complot m~s grande de Carter y
Rockefeller.
La cuidadosa manipulacion de la situacion de los rehenes le
ha dado animo a los que buscan provocar otra guerra. Por e­jemplo,
ahara proponen una 'fuerza militar mbbil' que le cos­tar::
fa al pueblo $9 billones. Esta 'fuerza' atacar{a "cuando
alglin pa{s tra te de abusar del T{o Sam. 11
Esto significa que pa{ses como Nicaragua no tendrfan el de­recho
a su autodeterminacion. Significa que na~iones petro­leras
como Mexico podr{an ser invadidas para satisfacer la a­varicia
de companias petroleras de E.U.
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Nosotros creemos que el pueblo en E. U. rechasara esta cons- . . / . . , p1rac1on y ex1g1ra:
• • I / I . / . 1No Intervenc1on en Iran . 1 No mas provocac1ones
i Dej ar de p r oteger a l ex-cha y saldran los rehenes
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Freedom of
Threatened
Speech
The take-over of San Antonio by the KKK and its allies has
established a dangerous precedent. Right-wing rednecks dis­guised
as super-patriots have boasted of "winning" control of
the city.
The racist half of the City Council joined forces last month
with the KKK and sympathizers who stormed the city hall. The
other half of the Council \Jere intimidated and gave in to the
threats of violence by the lunatics and the alienated ignorant.
The lunatics threatened that "If t:):.ou people (the Council) do
not stop all marches we (the KKK) will," Also, "If a march
takes place we guarantee you there will be violence," etc.
If Blacks or Mexicans had carried out the same flagrant acts
of intimidati-on that took place inside and outside tl:le council
chambers, even the SWAT Team would have been called in to
squash the speakers.
It is frightening how some people have shrugged off the whole
sickening series of events.
Some argue that the rednecks were only 11good ol' boys letting
off steam." Others are downplaying the . real significance of
the incidents.
But the worse are those opportunists who used the crisis to
gain public attention by foaming at the mouth about blind
patriotism.
Blinded by the nationalistic hysteria whipped -up by the go­vernment
and the media over the hostages held in
people are overlooking the flagrant violations to
tution.
Iran, some
the consti--
In fact, they are allo~ing the city to play a very dangerous
game: Fascism!
Through mass propaganda and lies, most people were tricked 1 The Bexar County Hospitai District" (BCHD) is directly res- ;
into giving up a precious right: The right to public · protest lponsible for the following cutbacks and major problems. 1
and assembly. • ~ 1 The commercial press, in complicity with the incompe~ent
During a time of great national crisis, when it is especial- BCHD administrators is arrogantly b1aming the workers in the
ly urgent that people have the right to express their vie\vs District for proble~s direc.tly caused by mismanagement.
freely-, that right was in fact cancelled. -The Brady Clinic at the Robert B. Green (RBG) will close ,
By cancelling this right and at the same time turning loose weekdays at 11 PM and weekends at 5 PM. I
right-wing lunatics to threaten and intimidate, the City of --The RBG pharmacy hours have been curtailed and they will :
San Antonio moved closer to being a fascist backward city. stop selling certain non-prescription drugs. · What this · mea~s
to the poor and working people is no all nite pharmacy in the
------------:·---------------------------------~-------~-- f downtown area and having to pay higher prices elsewhere.
· . I --There is a critical shortage of nurses. BCHD is not re-lc.
ruting' instead they're forcing nurses to work double shifts.!
Working 16 hours pet day leads to low productivity and possi- 1·
bly fatal mistakes due to fatigue. It is cheaper to pay over- ~
No More Vietnamsl ltime than to hire more nurses. . . j
--There is a shortage of equlpment and much of the exlst- i
ing equipment is in bad shape. Faulty equipment could cost a
human life if it fails to work during an emergency.
The U.S. war mongers and multi-national corporation tycoons --The attitude of the staff is that, "nobody gives a damn,
are happy these days. A careful manipulation of the Iranian so .why should I!" With the hospital's Lick of concern for · ·
"crisis" has worked as intended and has rapidly created_ a hys- the public wellbeing, this attitude is understandable. i
teria which they can exploit to start another war. -The community in general is adopting an attitude about ,
David Rockefeller, owner of several multinational corpora- the BCHD that it's a last resort; a place to. go if one has no 1
tions, recently displayed his happiness over the Iranian epi- money for a private doctor. In fact, private doctors cannot !
sode when he told the Wall Street Journal, "The Vietnam syndro- provide as good care as a public hospital.· . I
_me is -dead. We are now a new nat~on." --There is a lack of health education in the community. /
Rockefeller and the ruling class -he represents were wor~ied The medical profession has indoctrinated people into beleiv- ~
that. the Arn~erican people would not support future wars. They ing that one must ~se;e a doctor evt;_ry · tipt~ something hurts.
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WOJ(,t"iep that ._~he, nations! Jthey exploit and control would rebel Ecollomi~ily,~~..:~hi!; .. nie~np· mq~t;' i!i"fof~.~~,~ for - ~pe,:; dq~ ~~~r~~ ·h· . I
and throw them out. · Future ed1t1ons of EL PUE:Bi:o '· --wl.'-1:1 be deal'l.ng w1th the 1s-i
So, borrowing an· old trick that worked for them before, they sue of health care delivery. We ask our readers to write andl
provoked another "national crisis." send us comments on problems they have encountered.
Carter and Company knew beforehand that bringing .the ex-shah _____________________ .;.. ____________ ,
to the U.S. would spark a reaction in Iran. They knew it
would endanger the ~erican embassy staff. They knew it could
spark a world-wide catastrophe.
. . Regardless of these dangers, the murderer ex-shah was brought
to New York on October 22 and on November 4 Iranian students
occupied the American embassy.
Even between October 22 and November 4, Carter refused to e­vacuate
the embassy staff. Why?. Because the staff was needed
as pawns . in a big-ger Carter-Rockefeller plot.
Careful manipulation of the hostage situation has given mo­mentum
to the war ·hawks. For example, they now propose a
'rapid-deployment strike force' to cost taxpayers $6 billion.
This 'for.ce' would strike "whenever some sma.J.l country tries
to kick around Uncle Sam."
This means that countries like Nicaragua will
the right to self-determination. It means ·that
nations like Mexico could be invaded to sa~isfy
porations' greed.
no longer have
oil-producing
U.S. oil cor-
We believe that
will demand:
the U.S. people will reject this plot and
No Intervention in Iran ! No More Provocations !
Stop Protecting the Shah and Free the Hostages
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Misuse ol Air Waves
DJ's Promote
War, Racism
SAN ANTONIO, TX-Once
again the two DJ's
from the cowboy st~tion KBUC,
Ricci Ware and Jud Ashmore,
have used the radio to propa­gandize
racism.
As was · -reported in the
November jssue of EL PUEBLO,
these two spokesmen of racism
first attacked the poor and
working people, when they
opposed the housing project
being built in Northside San
Antonio.
When the ex-shah came,
once again these two used the
radio to stir up the racist
KKK. They used their radio
programs to mobilize people
to go to City Hail to attack
the five Iran'ian students
that were on a hunger strike.
The · Ku Klux Klan had an­nounced
that if the Iranians.
marched protesting the pres­ence
of the murderer ex-shah,
they would attack them.
- All during ,this confronta­tion
Ware and Ashmore play€d
the role of KKK spokesmen,
agitating people against the
striking students. They used
the same tactic-racisra-that
they used during the hysteria
over housing.
When the council .denied the
mar'ch perm.i t, all the racists
that had accumulated outside
City Hall, began beating_their
~chests celebra·ting -· their
victory.
In the ruling confusion
and distortion of events,
s~me Mexican and Black people
j~ined in the racial insults
attack against the students.
Only two months prior,
Ricci Ware had attacked the
people that at that moment he
was stirring up.
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-BANDERILLA.ZOS POLITICOS
By: Armandina Saldivar
~rs. Saldivar is a social worker and
has a degree in sociology. This col­umn
is based on her professional expe­riences
and observations.
Le~'s talk about the ex-shah, and
the problem he has become. F.irst of
all ~yor Lila Cockrell went to see
him at the base and welcomed him to
the city. That is understandable.
After all they have alot in common.
Both of them are puppets and dishonest.
Then she got on TV and stated that-. the
White House had asked her to cooperate.
Then she said the whole city wa~ be­hind
the President.
I am not behind the President in
this matter becaus~ all he .has rlone is
aggravate the Iranians with his cons­tant
threats of economic reprisals
and has made them angrier by letting
the ex-shah stay in a military base.
He has been a bully with a little coun­try
and is beyond understanding their
point of view. Neither the President
nor the Mayor speak for me since both
acted stupid. If the hostages haven't
been killed it is only because God is
great (as we say · in Spanish) and not
because of ~ny threats made by t he
President ~hich only worsen matters.
As for the :layor, who l'ater also
had dinner with th~ ex-shah, she would
have had dinner with Hitler. This
t ype_ of wom.an '"'altzes with ~ust any one.
What about Cit:y Attorney Jane Mac on,
who made ill the legal decisions of
not giving the Iranian students that
permit to march and then the legal de-c~
s~on of l ocking them up for being on
the steps of City Hall fasting? Will
you b~lieve that she goes around "mas­querading':
as a liberal? Her liberal­ism
is ~orth approximately $50,000
which is what she gets as a puppet to
the wealthy of t his city as it'sAttor­ney.
She forgot all about her liberal­ism
and violatep the rights of the
poor when s he cheated on EODC rulings
and now by violating the rights of the
Iranian students. Let me ?Ut ~t an­other
:,;ay, whe. did not become City At­torney
because of her beauty, honesty
or intell igence. She is as crooked as
the '!ayqr.
As for City ~nager Tom Huebner 1
calling the people that: went to com­plain
about the Iranians, "Trash". All
I can say is that it sure is amazing
how "TRASH" can recognize "TRASH"!
As for Disc Jacky's Ricci Ware and
Jud Ashmore: Funny how all the bullies
asking for war and bombing are over
the, hill and too old for war or have
something psychol ogically wrong with
them. Like feeling insecure about
their mascull nity. Ricci Ware and Jud
Ashmore are the ones that sho.uld have
been ?Ut in jail because they were the
ones causing harassment and bullying
the Iranians by shoving them and tear­ing
their signs as was shown on Chan­nel
12. In the name of the flag and
patriotism they behaved worse than the
ones they critic ized.
But I guess if you wave the flag
long· enough you can get ~way with any­'
thing . . So much for democracy, verdad?
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The days that the criminal ex-shah
of Iran was in San Antonio mu~t be
analyzed very carefully by the poor
and working people, that will have to ·
pay the consequences of that "visit".
Huebner, Cockrell and other false
rulers prohibited t~e people from
protesting the presence of themurderer
responsible for the . death of over
100,000; yes, ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
human beings.
Carter, Rockefeller, Kissinger and
company have sent their faithful pup­pet
to Panama and San Antonio has
remained with the "honor" of having
established a dangerous precedent.
In other words, when the poor and
working people will have to go out and
-lmarch in order to demand .the obser­vance
of our human rights, these .false
rulers with added reason (according
to them) will deny us our rights
--because they fear the KKK, or more
precisely, because they do as they sa~
They justify this incident because
they think it's correct to deny human
rights to Iranians.
But what will happen tomorrow when
history repeats itself and the poor
and working peop1e have to march to
demand their rights. What will these
false rulers do when the KKK . once
again threatens them with violence
should there be marches by the farm­workers,
or by the SARCA workers, or
the Black community, or whomever is
not in favor with these racists. ·
Yesterday they attacked the Blacks
and Mexicans ... today the Iranians .....
tomorrow, who? The · same ones from
yesterday. Racism has a thousand
masks but only one purpose--to divide
us.
The saddest thing is ~hat the so­called
11 leaders" of the community (and
they know who they are, fr_om San Anto­nio
to Washington DC!) have come out
in favor of racis~, in favor of deny­ing
the right of free expression,
against their own people and against
th~ most basic rights of humanity ..
The mistake was made when certain
community organizations, along with
their "civic leaders" and politi­cian
representatives, failed to remain
firm against the intimidation of the
racist KKK.
It seems · that these individuals
need to be reminded that the consti­tutional
rights ar~ guaranteed (or at
least that's what we're taught!) and
we don't have to ask for - any kind of
permission, much iess from "our repre­sentatives."
The only way that the force of
t -ruth and reason can be _shown is thru
the unity of the poor and working
people. We have to stTuggle for our
rights. We have to oppose ourselves
to racism actively. We have to sup­port
our democratic struggles and
always search for the unity of our
strength of reason and truth.
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PERSPECTIVA FEMENIL
On Human and Civil Rights
What are human rights? What are
civil rights~ Who is entitled to human
rights? Who is entitled to civil
rights? Why should we fight to pre­serve
human rights?
almost every democratic country in
order to protect people's . fundamental
liberties: The rig~t to resist oppre­ssion,
right to peaceful assembly,
right of free speech.
Any country which does
the human rights of the
ding in its boundaries
not respect
people · resi­is
a fascist
country.
Human rights are fundamental liber­ties
of all people. Some of the basic
human rights are for people to be free
and equai in liberty and security,
free to resist oppression and, of
c·ourse, freedom of speech.
In the U.S. the Bill of Rights des-.
cribes civil rights. The Bill of
Rights does not specify any group as
being exempt from these rights and
it serves to insure that people's
basic human .rights are respected.
Human rights· do not have any boun-daries.
Today, we have
human rights of
· trampled simply
at one level the
the hostages ~ being
because the U. S.
to protect the government wants
murderer ex-shah. These rights are not given by any
government or group of persons. These
rights are not bought nOr earned by
social behavior. These rights are
inbred.
Clearly, a government may deny or
change civil rights laws, but no gover­nment
can ever take away a person's
human rights.
At the same time, by refusing
Iranian students the right to a peace­ful
assembly, the City of San Antonio
is unlawfully violating human . and civil
rights. Every human being born, regardless
of race, nationality, or sex is born.
fith these human rights. Since these
~ights are not given, earned or bought
they cannot be taken away by any go­~
ernment or group.
If we allow local, state or federal
governments to deny their human
and/or civil rights to any sector of
the population, be they citizens,
immigrated students or undocuwented
workers, we all run the risk of be­coming
victims of the same tactic.
When someone asks "Just what gives
them the right to protest ... they
foreigners ... etc." The answer
simply that no one 'gave' them
right, it is their right as
are
is
that
human
Civil rights are laws instituted in beings!
Iranian Crisis
(Continued from P~ge 1)
to fatten his and the U.S.
corporate purse~
It is believed by many
sources that the current
crisis in Iran was conscious­ly
provoked by the US govern­ment
by permitting the ex~hah
to innocently reside in the
us.
For many months now, ac­cording
to State Department
documents, ·the ex-shah, since
his defeat ·in May, 1979 has
been requesting permission to
reside in th~s country as a
political e~ile. Government
officials de~yed in this re­quest
becaus~ they knew it
would spark ~ff an interna­tional
incident! Carter and
Secretary of State Vance were
well aware of the danger pre­sented
to · Americans in Iran.
at least three months before
the ex-shah ~1as permitted to
enter the US (State Department
Documents dated July 26,'79).
as the ex-shah had con9is­tently
worked with the u.s~
The current crisis is Iran
leads one to question: why
is the ex-shah so wanted and
hated by the Iranian people?
An investigation into the
matter leads- 'to the foilowing
information:
-Amnesty International, a
Nobel Prize winning organiza­tion,
reported in 1975 that
"no country in the world has
a worse record in human right
(violations) that Iran" under
the ex-shah.·
Under his rule, countless
acts of murder and torture
occurred.' · The people in Iran
view the ex-shah a~ a fascist
criminal who has commitfed
many of the · same type of
crimes as Adolph Hitler.
The following is only one
incident of what went on un­der
the ex-shah and his se­cret
police force SAVAK.
A lawyer at the, Court of
Appeals in Paris, Yves Borde­lot
told of a woman who was
tortured while tied to a
chair. Her · 4 year old son
was brought in front of her
and a policeman cut skin from
the boy's neck with a pair of
sciss_9rs.
' ''White Guards'' Attack
Mexican Villages
MICHOACAN, MEX.-
The Communal Residents'
Union. "Emiliano Zapata" of
Michoacan State h~s denounced
the terror campaign against
the state's native communi
·ties.
Groups of 'white guards'
have attacked several villa­ges
destroying homes and corn
crops and killed several ~e­sidents.
The white guards are groups
of killers and hoodlums oper­ating
throughout Mexico under
PRI-regime payroll.
The cQmmunal residents of
Santa Fe de La ·Laguna,
Michoacan, have been the most
recent victims·.
The white guards, headed by
. cattlemen J. Jesus Villalobos
and Basilio Herrera murdered
residents ,Antonio Yapes Lucas
and Alejandro Yapes Fermin
and wounded several others.
The state police and the
Attorney General have protec­ted
the white guards.
Carlos Torres Manzo, gover­nor
of Michoacan, has also
refused to investigate the
violence against the· communal
residents and the theft of.
their lands by the large land
owners.
The residents of Santa Fe
de la Laguna are demanding:
Respect to their ownership
of their land .
That families of murdered
residents be indemnified.
Immediate release of the
following imprisoned resi-dents:
Martin Bucio Casanova
Benito Gomez, J. Piedad
Camacho, J. Matilde Mercado,
Marcelo G. Colier and others
from the village Lajas de
Bosque.
Letters of solidarity canbe
sent to: President Jose Lopez
Portillo, Mexico, D. F.
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The Greensboro murders
and the resurgence of the
Ku Klax Klan nationally
calls for all people to u-nite
against this disease.
Please support all acti­vities
against the Klan.
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News Briefs
~icaragua: The National Government of Reconstruction (GRN) is moving ahead in
establishing a more democratic system of government.
The GRN has announced the appointment of Nora Storga to head the -courts system.
Lawyer Storga was one of many women who suffered brutal persecution by Somoza's
1 regime. Part of her new duties will be the supervision of the trial ·of 7500
accused war criminals.
Special tribunals have been established to head the cases against former gover­P~
ent officials, National Guard troops and others charged with the massacre of
over 45,000 Nicaraguans. Defendants will be allowed to choose their own lawyers
or have court appointed ones.
Last November workers in Xanagua found a grim reminder of Somoza's torture
chambers. \.fuile building a recreation center they · uncovered the bodies of 30
people some with crushed skulls and broken limbs.
California: The exciting process of reconstructing a new free ~icaragua conti­nues.
Here in the U.S. a national network of suppor·t committees have been orga­nized
to provide food, medicine and money to Nicaragua.
The liberation ~ar that freed Nicaragua from the S~moza dictatorship left be­hind
much damage. For example, several hospitals were completely destroyed as
well as 100 of the 400 industrial planti.
However, even the lack of tools and building materials has not da~pened the
people's spirit. A popular campaign is in progress to salvage or rebuild the
buildings and homes.
The legacy of destruction and hardship left by Somoza will take years to over­come.
After years of U. S. government support for the brutalities of the Somoza
regime, the American people now have the opportunity to express t heir support for
t he people oE ~icaragua.
For more informatiGn or donations: East Bay PAN (People Aiding Nicaragua!
1819 Woolsey, Berkeley CA 94703.
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VOL. I No. 10 San Antonio, Texas January, 1980
Incident Provoked
Crisis In Iran Continues
SAN ANTONIO, TX ~
On November 4, 1979 Iran­ian
students occupied the US
embassy in Tehran, Iran in
retaliation for U.S. support
of the ex-shah.
As EL PUEBLO goes to press
49 American citizens who
worked in the Embassy are be­ing
held hostages until the
ex-shah is returned to his
homeland to face trial for
crimes he committed during
his brutal regime.
·The occupation of the Em­bassy
was a direct response
to the ex~shah's presence in
the US.
The Iranian people haye a
long history of anti-american
hostility and for good reason
According to Congressional
hearings, in 1953 the CIA
helped the ex ~shah return to
power in Iran. The U.S. guv­ernment
and U.S. corporations
like Exxon had a directmotive
Several conmmnity · groups and individuals protested the arrival of . the ex-shah in
San Antonio. The KKK and other racists threatened to attack all protestors.
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CPS Unfair to Mexicans
EEOC Releases Discriminatory
Findings
SAN ANTONIO, TX-The
District Director of
the Equal Employment Opportu­nity
-Commission (EEOC) in
Houston has founj the San An- ·_
tonio City Public Service
guilty of five discrimination
allegations filed by mexican
workers.
This finding by EEOC veri­fies
that discrimination
against mexicans has been
deeply ·ingrained within the
CPS structure.
EEOC proved that mexicans
are not hired into the skilled
and semi-skilled levels of
CPS's work force at a rate
proportionate to their avail­ability
in the labor market.
Sixty-five percent of the
population is mexican yet the
skilled and semi-skilled lev­els
are filled mostly by
anglos. ,
EEOC concluded that ·as a
result of CPS hiring policies,
mexicans are relegated to the
lowest job classifications.
Other acts ot discrimina­_
tion were:
1) CPS utilizes non-job­related
educational require­ments
as prerequisites for
employment and advancement'. -
2) CPS has f~iled to esta­blish
and/or enforce a policy
which prohibits the use of
ethnic or racial slurs.
3). Mexican ·utility workers
at CPS are not provided equal
opportuni-ty for promotion to
the main - crew foremen posi­tions.
We all have witnessed
Anglo foremen supervise an
~11 Mexican and Black crew
Local ~nion activists s~y
that CPS management personnel
are really ruthless.
Equally guilty is the Local
219 Labor Union of AFSCME who
for the last 5 years has be­nefited
from dues monies with
out correcting this misused
power.
Unless CPS management uses
· different approaches to the
problems at hand, and not the
traditional ones applied at
the present time, we can no
longer expect anything but an
explosive situat~on.
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1 March Against I .
I - the Ku Klux Klan!
The Ku Kl.ux Klan has lilade The Klan considers Blacks,
use of the 'Iranian crisis' Mexicans, Jews, Catholics and
to gain respectability. anyone non-white to be an
By exploiting an emotional 'enemy.'
issue, the racist Klan hopes Sooner or later they will
to fo.ol people_ into thinking attempt to destroy all acti­that
there's a 'new Klan' dif vities they consider anti­ferent
from those who have white.
murdered men, women and chil- · The time to stop them is
dren. now. Now is the time to let
The Klan has been trying to these racists know that San
surface as a respectable, all Antonio has no need for their
American group that de£ ~,nd;:> sick racism. .
1 the U.S. against "its . enemy." _ • ·
1 DOWN WITH RACISM AND TH·E KKK!
:END THE ILLEGAL BAN ON FREE SPEECH! J
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I March and Rally Saturday, January 19 1
J Assemble: 1 p.m., Lady of Guadalupe Church I
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1 Rally: 3 p.m., Ma1n Plaza I
1 Sponsored by The San Antonio Coalition Against the KKK 1 1 · 1514 Buena Vista, San Antonio, Texas 78207 1
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