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'Bifbcgwi IJeiu " flee WcvdWcg~ Donation 21• Vol. II No. 4 Sa-n Antonio, Texas 1 _ December I Diciernbre, 1980 . ~ DOUBLE STANDARD EXPOSED ~~'TRI,CK LIST~': ,A ·Tale ol Hypocrisy By: · Armandina Saldivar Mrs. Saldivar has a . degree in sociology and is also in the field of social work with 26 years experience. She has written over 300 articles for Mexican Newspapers and magazines. Her articles are based on professional experiences and observations. Recently a house of prostitution on the "Anglo" northside of town was .raided by police after 18 years of existence and only after pressure fr0m the FBI who, according to them, received alleged complaints from citizens. During the raid a "Trick Book" of about 2,400 names of socially prominent b~siness, political and 'journalist' individuals was discovered. Would the following be some of the names on the Trick List?: Judge Ted Butler, Judge Albert Bustamante, _Councilman Gene Canavan, Police Inspector Marion Talbert; and Bill SITCO workers celeprate IUE Union election v~ctory. --- -· ·------- ----- Obreros de la planta SITCO celebran el triunfo del -ruE .. OBREROS VERDE EN SE VISTA UNEN San, Antonio - El Sindicato Internacional de Trabajadores Electricistas (IUE) ha ganado otra victoria en su lucha para organizar al desorganizado en San Antonio. .Bajo el liderato de Eddie Felan y Jaime Martinez, representantes del IUE, se ha organizado un local de sindi- · cado por primera vez -en el mero centro del Poryecto Vista _Verde. Desafiando acto's de intimidacion, los trabajadores de la planta de la Campania Stainless Ice-Tainer (SITCO) situada en 702 San Fernando, votaron 85-5 a favor de unirse al sindicato. SITCO es subsidiaria del conglomerado multi-nacional .Cornelius Corporation basado en Minn:esota. Lo: trabajadores .en la planta hab{an sufrido muchos abusos y explotacion por muchos anos. Ademas, recientemente SITCO les habia suspendido sus vacaciones para enfermedad y el aguinaldo de navidad pero los sueldos continuaban bajos. · Finalmente el acto mas, i.n - tolerable fue la nueva pol1za injusta tocante ausencias. ·Baj o esta pO'liza bas ada en "puntas" cualquier trabajador . podia ser despedido por perder "puntos" por ausencias aprobadas o no aprobadas. Tambi{n el llegar unos minutes tarde contaba como una ausencia. Cuando SITCO descubrio" que CC7 Piigina 3 · · Jonas. ~:~:;" "':¥:· :- i,. ,~-z~·:"1 1J ... ,,:-_)r,_~4\ -t; ~, ~:~·~:~2'1 (Ted Butler and Bustamante were left out of the other newspapers but I 'include them because if they want the respect that decent people get, then they should earn it) That the names are on the trick list is not as important as the fact that the me- u dia, along with public officials and Anglo northside residents tried to cover up the whole thing, including the names. They covered it up by shoving tail' 3 Seeks Humanitarian Aid S.A~~.' COALITION ' HEt-PS NICARAGUA By: L. Tovares The S. A. Nicaraguan Assis- American countries. tance Committee has been wor- In El Salvador,for example, king to help Nicaraguans re- there is direct intervention build their country. , of U.S. military "advisors." Last year the 'Nicaraguans The solidarity shown by U. defeated the regime of dicta- S. workers for Nicargua is tor Anastacio Somoza. Today important to the survival of the whole country is under- their liberation which was going a period of reconstruc-. won ~vi th the blood of tion after being completely workers and students. devestated during intense Such solidarity also symbo-· fighting. lizes support for all the The new government lead by other oppressed peoples in the Sandinista National Li- Central America who are struberation .Front (FSLN) is ggling against repressive taking economic and social dictatorships. measures to improve. the stan- The S. A Nicargua Assisdard or living for everyone. .tance Committee was organized One of these measures is for such purpose. the Literacy Crusade which The Committee has been reduced the illiteracy rate ing in the community, unions, from 60% to 12%. churches and $Chools provi- The struggle which brought ding the latest information liberation the Nicaraguans ori events in Nicaragua. is seen ·by the U. S. ruling It welcomes every S.A. orclass as a threat to their ganization or person intereseconomic interests. ted in showing solidarity and This means that_ the politi- providing humanitarian aid to cians in Washington will try Nicaragua. to prevent at any cost the For more information, liberation of any more please call: (512) 732-0960. "ReogaK'& e,., ..... . Tbw Aketu! .. . JffetW T'UJUlb4 How Vid He Wilt? Set Pqa 4 & 5 i Page 2 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 MUNOZ' CASE PROVEN AT HEARING By: Rodolfo Flores As this issue of EL PUEBLO goes to press, the final decision on Manuel Munoz' case has not been issued. The administrative hearing itself was a sick comedy. If it were not for its serious implications for their future the large crowd of Kelly workers attending the hearing would have died -laughing. At the beginning of the hearing, Administrative Law Judge John McCarthy pointed out that the U. S. Air Force would have to proof a "preponderance"' on its .case against Munoz. For the next 2 days several superviso~s stumbled on each other trying to proof that Anglo supervisors at Kelly are "fair and honest." Major Lewis J. Brewer, heading the prosecution team for Kelly, called several top management officials except Kelly commanding general Lynwood Clark. Major Brewer's parade of witnesses included Charles R. Stublefield, James Noel, Morris E. Peterson, Suzanne Gordon and Sam Idrogo. The essence of General Clark's case against Hunoz was Munoz' alleged misinterpretation of the number of college semester hours on various AFLC Forms 926's. Testimony and evidence presented at the hearing showed that Munoz had 66 -sernester hours. He entered a smaller number of hours on two AFLC 926's because: Manuel Munoz is continuing his challenge to the status quo at -Kelly AFB. (a) When he filled one out he was not sure of the correct number of hours earned, VISTA JOIN VERDE WORKERS UNION SAN ANTONIO. The International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union (IUE) has won another major victory in its efforts to organize the unorganized in San Antonio. Under the leadership of Eddie Felan and Jaime Martinez, International Representatives of IUE, a uni on has been organized for the first time right in the heart of the Vista Verde Project. Defying employer intimidation, the workers at Stainless --- Ice-Tainer company (SITCO) plant located at 702 San Fernando voted 85-5 for IUE representation. SITCO is a subsidiary of the Cornelius Corporation, a giant multinational conglomerate based in Minesota. Workers at the plant had been victims of abuse and super· ·exploitation for several years. ~area had also recently t:aken away ·· their .sick leave -and Christmas bonus while -paying a little ·more - than· ·-- the · -- required minimum wage. But the last straw was the company's installation of a new unfair absenteeism policy. Under this pointbased policy, a worker could get fired for losing npoints" for excused or unexcused :!absences " Even being , a few minutes late would be counted as an absence When SITCO discovered that the workers had contacted IUE representatives, a campaign of worker intimidation, firings and harrassrnent was started. The company brought in an anti-union law firm from New Orleans, Kullman & Lang. They put posters all over the plant screaming about dues, strikes, violence, plant-closing, etc. They also used the absenteeism policy to fire union supporters. But the majority of the workers voted for the union and the new IUE Local 1127 was born. The SITCO workers have received strong support from the IUE San Antonio Unity Committee members from Tampo Local 1013, Ingram Local 1013 and Turbine Support Local 1019. The new local has had several public activities to demonstrate the strong unity in fighting. for ~ contract and . an end to ·plant injustices. These public·· .rallies. have been blacked-out by the local news media. The unity and deter-mination of these workers has undoubtedly become a nightmare for local rich businessmen who want the Vista Verde area to become a "model" project for private industry with low wages and a docile, unorganized work force. (b) He knew that ~elly ma~agement give little importance to educational achievement by Mexican workers. Many Mexican and Black workers at Kelly have sacrificed to earn a degree hoping such achievement will help their career. However, testimony showed that at Kelly an Anglo worker with barely a high school education can get better jobs. Attorney Tom Stanton, representing the Office of Special Counsel, testified that his office's investigations revealed " .•.• serious violations of personnel regula - tions .•.• " by management in Munoz' case. Additional testimony showed that EEOC had also ruled in Munoz' favor stating that he had been a victim of malici - ous reprisals by Idrogo and others for his many discrimination complaints on behalf of other Kelly workers. Munoz has filed 7 cases of discrimination. Five of these were against, Sam Idrogo himself and most were ruled valid by EEOC Sam Idrogo, Munoz' 4th level supervisor and the same man who signed Munoz' termination papers, testified that he was "concerned" over· Mufioz' enties on AFLC Form 926. Yet, under cross-examination Idrogo admitted not ever being concerned over incorrect forms turned in by Anglos under Idrogo. Direct testimony from several top Kelly supervisors clearly showed the racist double standard that exists at Kelly AFB. For example, James Noel admitted that despite the fact that EEOC had ruled on Munoz' favor in 7 other cases of discrimination against other supervisors and that even when Headquarters Air Force had upheld the EEOC decisions, Mr Noel had not initiated action against those racist supervisors as required. By the end of the 2-day hearing one fact was clear: Manuel Munoz had been singled out for reprisal because of his fight against racist supervisors and practices. Even Stublefield admitted this fact by testifying that " ..• no other employee at Kelly has ever been investigated .. " under similar charges. RENT DEPOSITS EXPLAINED TENANTS: YOUR KNOW RIGHTS By: Paul Taylor (This series was written by the staff of the S.A. Renters Guild. These people are not _attorneys. However, the information provided is based on their experience working with tenant/landlord issues.) Security deposits - The security deposit is a sum of money that the tenant pays the landlord to protect the landlord in the event that the tenant breaches the rental agreement or causes damages to the landlord. Briefly, it is designed to give the tenant an incentive to honor his/her obligation. If the tenant acts properly he/she will g~t the deposit refunded. There are several restrictions affecting the refunding of the deposit. To begin with, if your lease requires proper notice to va.cate as a condition, you ' shq:ul~ 'comply with .t~is ,~ .. '~-<:!.~ Support Your Newspaper [jl :1111 ~ :) I•] Such a requirement must appear in bold print on the l~ase or be underlined. It should be noted that this basis for retaining deposits has been challenged in court and it is unclear which direction the law is headed in this area. Secondly, you must leave the unit in the same condition less normal wear and tear as when you first moved in. Normal wear and tear means those damages which result through the normal use of the premises, such as worn carpets, faded curtains, etc. The landlord cannot charge you for these things. Finally, you must provide your landlord-with-a written forwarding address where he can mail your deposit. Provided you have caused no damages to the landlord, and you have no unpaid rent, h~/ she has thirty days to refund y~ur deposit after you move out. _, ~ 6 -... ~ Page 3 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 11TRICK LIST'' (Continued from Page 1) it off, or laughing it up as sanething anusing, and with the attitude of "Boys will be Boys o II The hypocrisy of i t is that a few Ilalths ago citizens of the Anglo northside were up in anns because the S .A. Housing Autlxlrity wanted to put a mueing project m the northside. · District Attorney Bill White, COUncil nan Gene canavan, John Steen, van Archer and Helen Dutmer were figh~ against this project loud and clear. The district attorney, win covered up for the house of prostitution, said at a gathering of northside residents that housing projects breed vice and crime, including drugs. John Steen ecOOed rrore or less the sarre thing, even tlx>ugh "his own son" win was "not" raised in the rousing projects, was a drug addict. ('Ihe newsp: tpers oovered that up) Gene canavan stated he was not against the projects but that people in his district 8 did not want them so therefore he was against them. (The muse of prostitution is in Di strict 8) . ,Everybody ~- in anns against. , the rousing projects with its so ca!-led "EVil" people. · ·' But nCM, lord and beh:>ld, here we find that right in the middle of these "Righteous" and "Clean" people is a muse of prostitution that every.l:x:rly knew atout and protected for years. Even the neighbors told a newspaper that the prostitution house 1 s madam "Kept her yard clean and her rrouth shut" so it did not bother them. If that isn 1 t hypocrisy, I don 1 t knCM what i s. On one side they criticize the housing projects and they practically arr laud the :imroral conduct of r::oliticians and so-called praninent m:m who go there. Wi.tlxJut a peep out of Councilman Jam Steen, Van Archer, Helen Dutmer and the rest wiD canplained al::xJut the housing projects, with the help .of the media, esped.al.ly the Express-Evening News which on October 14 tried to "order11 the other media rrenbers to shut up, city officials tried to blow it off. Yet they tried to crucify COUncilman Bernardo Eureste because he kept cxnplaining al::xJut the problem. Even in an editorial, the ExpressEvening News tried to tell the p.lblic not to believe the narres brought out as being on the list because the madam sh:Juld not be believed since she was writing a l:xxlk. (As if writing books and lying is synoo.yrrolS or if lying and being a prostitute is synonyrrous} In fact, the Express and Evening News led the way in trying to excuse and defend the men en the list. They tried to "inflD!nce11 · the p.lblic into believing that public officials and so-called praninent m:m do no wrong. But all this can be expected. After all according to The Light Newspaper (october 12, 1980) . the S. A. Evening NewS (the sarre owner and publisher of the Express News-get the picture) used a regular photo feature as "CNE WAY C05'l'tlMERS WERE ALER'IED 'IO THE ARRIVAL OF A NE.W ~" at the lnlse of prostitution. (The Light has a better reoord of telling the truth) I ~ if everyone v.oul.d have tried to laugh it off if that house had been on the liest or Eastside. I ¥iOl1der if CASA-an organization against housing projects on the northside-would have renained quiet as they have nCM. In my profession I have dealt with all types of social problems fran incest in the northside to drugs on the westside. I am aware that dishonesty and .irrrrorality along with otner-· .psychological ~QUE ES LA DIABETIS? CONOSCA SU SALUD POR: El DR. MARIO JrnENEZ . La diabetes es una enfermedad que impide aprovechamiento de alimentos que se consumen, ·especialmente azticar. Esto es debido a la carencia parcial o total de la hormona Insulina. Este padecimiento es hereditario o sea que si uno de sus padres es diabetico la possibilidad que usted lo tenga es una ,en cinco. Y por lo tanto ~as possibilidades aumentan si los dos padres o abuelos lo son. ' ~Que es la Insulina? La insulina es una hormona que permite que el az~car penetre la celula y produzca calor y energ:!a. As{ que si el azucar no penetra en tonces se va aumentando en la sangre basta que llega a altos niveles. Tambien se elimina azucar por la- orina. Es por lo cual diabeticos se hacen analisis de orina dos 0 tres veces al d!a. iPor ~u~ Azucar? Porque ei cuerpo no utiliza el alimento en el estado en el cual lo tomamos, sino que convierte- en diferente clases de az~car. La forma en que la celula usa el azucar se llama glucosa. En conjunto la falta de esta azucar en la celula por falta de insulina es el Diabetes. Bien, entonces si no hay az~car para ·que la celula : p~odu~a elccalor y energia del cuerPo,~de . donde provie~e? Proviene de las grasas y proteinas del cuerpo. El' resultado es que la persona se siente cansada, debil y co~enza a perder peso. A partir de esto se observa que se tiene un apetito exagerado, hebe mucha agua y orina mucho. Esto en general es lo que aparenta el diab~tico. Una cons~quencia del diabetico es que cualquier laceracion o cortadada no sana pronto como en el individuo normal, sino tarda mas tiempo. Por tardar tanto en sanar hay m1s probabilidad de infeccion. Esto es verdad ~articularmente en los pies. . Par ~sta raz6n es tan importante el aseo del cuerpo, especialmente los pies, oidos y boca. Aun que la diabetes es una enfermedad no curable, al seguir algunas normas sencillas como conservar el peso de acuerdo con la edad y la estatura y visitar a su medico regularmente, la persona logra seguir su vida y rutina como normal. Hay diabeticos que logra~ un buen control de · la enfermadad solo con llevar una alimentacion balanceada. Otro$, ade~s de la dieta, necesitan tamar pastillas que evitan que el azucar alcance niveles altos en la sangre. Tambi'n hay diabeticos de la dieta necesitan diariamente insulina con tener un buen control enfermadad. que adema"s injectarse objeto de de la En fin, es su m~dico la Jnica persona capacitada para decidir cual es el mejor tratami.ento para usted. Oj.ala1 que :esta informaci&'n sea ~e ' uso. En el futuro habra artfcu1os sobre otros padecimientos. Si · 'usted desea que se publique sobre ·algo especffico en la rama de- medicina, por favor comunicarselo a!' peiiodico' · ·-EL PUEBLO, telefonos: 434-6115, 922-3783 t j I . iUnanse! t i problems have no :tomdaries. tried to cover up are not very clean lkMever A I also know that when we thsnselves. find behavior such as that at the lnlse Those wiD tried to cover up and were of prostituticn amusing, we are en<:XlUra- against further investigation were ging it and influencing others to that Helen Dutmer, Bob Thonpsan, Van Archer~ -type of behavior. John Steen, Gene canavan and Joe Is it any wcnder that our young do Aldarete. not have respect for what is good and . One of them tried to rape a young decent when we adlll ts just shrug off gir 1. Another ·one has a mistress. such behavicii:'? · - I will not tell you which ones be- Not cmly does the double standard that cause I want to cast doubt an all of we have for the wealthy and the poor, than. But I will eventually tell you. the Anglo and the ·nan-Anglo, bothers me, In fact, even the city manager is . but what disturbs me the ITOSt is that I not very rro.ral minded. City HalL y;orkdo not hear our.ctrur.ch leaders or poli- ers cc:nfinned that he has a girl friend ticians screaming against it. and will not. leave the secretaries Where is Rabbi Jacobs, where is arch- alone. Sate canplain that he only bisl'rlp Flores - isn 1 t this their terri- praootes the ones that are "nice to tory? him." Where is Reverend Joe West nCM when So it does oot surprise Ill:! that his he is always scrE!aming about lnrosexua- report on the wrole prostitution matter ality in the downtown area? cane out clean. Where is Colmcilman Van Archer wOO is As for Councilman Gene canavan, I so much against what he calls "Fairies" know for a fact that when ~ in the downtown area? wants sanething dcne and Canavan does ..._ He had the nerve to put out a press not nove on it, all they have to do is release to say that this cx:rmotion a- to tell the madan and she gets Canavan bout the northside house was being ca- to-call them right CMey • rried too far and that rro.re thought Why did Canavan not offer to take a should be given to prostitution in the lie detector test and why doesn1t he downtown area. sue Eureste if Eureste is lying? Does that mean that Van Archer belie- I was assistant to fonner oou:ncilman ves in a double standard for the rich Phil Pyndus for 4 years at city hall. and poor? The rich can have their fun Iq those 4 years I . was aware of many with their $30Q-a-night call girls en cover-ups· at city hall and hc::M the methe northside but the poor man cannot dia, especially the Express and Evening pick up a prostitute in the downtown News, covered up or fabricated the area? news to help the "pillars11 of this co- Is his yelling and screaming a matter nm.mi ty. of class instead of ITDrali ty? So nothing surprises me anyrrore. It ~e is. -OOd· that Van Archer is While we cannot do anything about screaming so much about prostitutes and lrM they fool the public, we can cer" fairies'1 in the downtown area. Don't tainly tell you what we knCM to be the his p:~.rents awn property arOtmd Pecos truth. Street? This is my reason for my articles in All the other public officials Who this newspaper. --------------------------. :- I Notieias Breves MeXico, D. F. - 180 trabajadores de Iniustrial Aceitera -despedidos r::or protestar ante nurrerosas violacianes a sus derechos laborales- · fueron dispersados por la polida capi talina cuando realizaban una manifestaciro r::or el centro de ,la ci\rlad. IDs manifestantes intentaban llegar al Palacio Nacicnal para entregar documentos al Presidente L6Pez. Portillo cuando la policla los ataai. Una cnnisifu de trabajadores denuncic{ que los despedidos rnasivos en la nencicnada arq:>resa ocurrieron luego que abandonaron las filas del sindicato dlarro CCCEM que nunca defendio sus intereses. IDs trabajadores denunciaron tarrbien que cuando manifestarcn su deseo de formar tm sindicato indeperxliente fueron arenazados por la arpresa de despido y les aseguro' que no cbte.ndr{an el registro del misno. Citdad Juarez - un grupo encabezado por el secretario general de la ccnfederacicn de Trabajadores del Norte (organisro de la CIM) en la ciu:::lad Juarez y diputado local del PRI, Joa£ Delgado Sosa, el asesor juddico del sindicato Arturo oavila Fierro y la representante feren:il Dora Villegas, penetrarcn en la errpresa IMqUi.ladora Convert de ~co y arenazaron a las cbreras para que abarrl::xlaran 1a Ccnfederacien ~luciroaria de Trabajadores (CRI'}. las trabajadoras respc.rldieron ccn silvi.dos. Fue' entonces cuando Ibra Villegas incit:O a sus aa:trpai1antes (taxistas y luchadores profesienales, ar-· niados ccn p:l.los y varillas) a enfrentarse a los partidarios de la CRl'. caro resultado se encuentran 15 trabajadoras gravenente her'iaas, 70 recibiercn golpes series y 2 de ellas perdieron su estb{u:-azR ~ caU&a de, los golpes. L---------·--...---_;. __ --- -- ~ - ·---.. VISTA VERDE. • • los trabaj'adores !hc... . !.an contactado al IUE, s~ iniciouna campana de intimidacion, despedidas y hos.ti'gamien'to contra los trabajadores. Si,n embargo la litayor{a de los tra~ajadores votaron a f d 1 ,/ ." ·" avor e a un1on y .as1. nac1o el nuevo Local 1127 del IUE. Los trabajador es de SITCO han recibido fuerte res paldo de otros l ocales de IUE como el Local de Tampo 10 13, Local de Ingram 1013. y el Local (Viene de la Primera Pagina) 1018 de pport. J..·. 'I "-'· planta Turbine Su- La unidad y determinacion de estos trabajado,res si.n duda se han convertido en una pesadi.lla para los negociantes ricos de S.A. Ellos quieren que l a area de Vista Verde se conviert a en un proyecto "model o" para la industria privada con sueldos ba-jos y trabajadores des - organizados. " Page 4 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 EDITORIAL " . ' .. - . . . ' . -. ~ . ' ·. . - .. S.A.: CITY OF CORRU ~PTION AND RACISM We have said it before and we say it again: San Antonio is a politically sick town governed by a racist, hypocritical system • . The on-going controversy concerning the list" of that northside brothel is a case It has served to unmask once again the litical gutter under which we live. so-called "trick in point. economic and po- The inhuman conditions are clearly depicted by the sad reality that women have to sell their bodies at all in order to survive. We should all ask ourselves: Why is it that this town and this country's economic system cannot create enough good jobs for women so that they won't find Teresa Brown's brothel as the best way to make a living? The answer lies in the political realities of the system also unmasked by the Brown controversy. The fact that so many high-placed community and politi- ·~j;t#M~~"';tt>_..~..._._..,.,.,~.:~{"\' cal "leaders" have been Brown's customers . is not the main iii'" • . .. ~r - - ~; ~ ~ssue we want to ra~se · :, .,1 '"Thank you, boys..! ~'You can can keep your jobs. The fundamental question raised by this whole controver- · Now, go arrest those. innnoral people in the East sy is the political sickness that . kept the names of these J and West sides. I'll take care of Teresa here !" "leaders" protected from being released to the public. · ,~ The "free" media, Mayor Cockrell, Tom Huebner and the !neneneuenelleneneueueueneueueJteneueueneneneneueneneneneneneueueueueueueneneuenenene Chief of Police Robert Heuck have protected the many anglo ! politicians, judges, police inspectors, etc. who were ! Brown's customers and whose names appear on that list. ! If that list had contained the names of Mexicans or ! Blacks who really do .fight for and represent the working ! people, would Cockrell, Hu~bner, Heuck at all be keeping ! it secret? Would the "free" media be so afraid to make ! them public? ~ , J Obviously not! , ! EL PUEBLO warned in our September editorial that Hueoner ! had appointed Heuck as chief of police because, like a J good servant, he would cover up political corruption. e Said and done! Today Huebner manipulates the police · ! department through his puppet Heuck. ! The racism that governs and divides S.t A. has created e this sick political environment. The rich who rule over ! the city either through Anglo accomplices ~ or . M~xican and ! Black puppets decide who gets burned and who is ~ ~~otected. ! These unp-rincipled conditions will continue, to exist ! until San Antonio's Black, Anglo and Mexican wg~kers come ! together and realize who really benefits f~om this racist ; system.. e: ! ----------------~--------· El equ'ipo de"" EL ' PUiBLO l The staff of EL PUEBLO ~o: EL PUEBLO P. 0. Box 9281 San Antonio; Texas 78204 Name: Address: City: State: ZIP:·-------------- Telephone: $5.00 per year Subscription: ULTRA-RIGHT VICTORY MEANS BACK SET The battle won by the ultra-right last November 4 means a serious set-back to the gains achieved-by workers in general and in particular to the past concessions won by the Black and Mexican movements of past decades. For example, Ronald Reagan, standard-bearer for the ultra-right, and George ~ush, ex-CIA director, will use their so-called "people's mandate" to set back the clock of justice and equality. Reagan and Bush have always served the multi-national conglomerates. Their assigned mission has been to protect the interests of the rich at the expense of the working people. Reagan and the ultra-right used the Big Lie strategy to conquer the presidency and control of the Senate. Through a carefully planned propaganda campaign, themass media convinced the American people that Reagan and his ultra-right sponsors are the solution to all problems. Confronted with inflation and unemployment, U.S. workers allowed the mass media to dull their senses and become victims to the Big Lie. The lie was repeated over and over: Reagan will stop inflation; Reagan will- solve unemployment; Reagan will make us "proud." No one ever explained exactly how Reagan would keep all those promises. No one ev~r outlined Reagan's concrete plans to solve these problems. Reagan's campaign was a perfect lesson in demagoguery. Some optimists claim that the· forth-coming repression will force even the most apathetic worker to join the struggle. If this logic is correct, then first we shall soon see another metamorphosis among the "·activists" and "militants." Many of them went from "activists" to War On Poverty "administrators" or from "militants" to professional receipients of government and foundation grants. Others decided that their "revolutionary" task was to isolate themselves into little sects to "study revolution." And, the political education and organization of our people? Well, the ultra-right took care of that. So, with the inevitable hard times we workers face under Reagan and Bush (especially Mexican workers regardless if born in Mexico or -the U.S.) those of us who claim to be concerned over the human rights, the dignity, and the well-being of our people will have to analyze our own efforts. The future is ours. This is the time to unite, to work together to prepare for what lies ahead. EDITORIAl . ' . S~A.: CIUDA CORRUPCIO y RACISMO DE Lo hemos dicho anteriormente y lo volvemos a repetir: San Antonio es una ciudad pol{ticamente enferma donde reina un sistema hipocrita y racista. La cont{nua controversia sobre la mentada lista de los clientes del burdel situado al norte de la ciudad es un clasico ejemplo. Ha servido para desenmascarar una vez mas la- pudricion pol{tica y economica bajo la .cual vivimos. Las condidiones inhumanas son claramente presentadas por el triste hecho que mujeres aun tienen que vender su cuerpo en la prostitucion para poder sobrevivir economicamente. Debemos preguntarnos: ~Como es que el sistema econ6mico de esta ciudad y este: pals no es' capaz de crear _buenos trabajos para estas mujeres para que no se vean obligadas a recurrir al burdel de Teresa Brown como el mejor lugar para ganarse la vida? La respuesta esta en el caracter politico del sistema, desenmascarado por la misma controversia sobre el burdel de Brown. La cuestion central que d~seamos presentar no es el hecho que tantos altos "l{deres" politicos y comunitarios han sido clientes de Brown. La cuestion fundamental presentada por toda esta controversia es el ambiente pol!tico enfermo que hizo posible que se escondiera del publico los nombres de estos "l{deres." La prensa "libre", la alcaldesa Cockrell, Tom· Huebner y el jefe de polic{a Robert Heuck han protegido a los politiqueros, j uezes, in.spectores de polic{a y dem{s anglos que han sido clientes· del burdel de Brown y cuyos nombres aparecieron en la lista de clientes. Si esa lista hubiera contenido los nombres de mexicanos o negros que s{ luchan por el pueblo, 6Los hubieran escondido Cockrell, Huebner, Heuck, at ~1? iEstuviera la prensa "libre" tan temeroza en publicar los nombres? i Claro que no!! EL PUEBLO advirtio en el editorial de septiembre que Huebner hab:!a puesto a Heuck como jefe de polic{a porque Heuck tapar1a toda la corrupcion poL!tica que existe. iDicho y hecho! Huebner ahora manipula a la polic!a por medio de su fiel -t!tere Heuck. El racismo que gobierna y divide a S.A. ha creado este ambiente polltico enfermo. Los ricos que reinan sobre la ciudad por medio de c6mplices~ nglos o titeres mexicanos deciden a quien se le quema y a quien se le protege. Estas condiciones sin principios continuaran hasta que los trabajadores negros, anglos y mexicanos se junten y comprendan quien verdaderamente se beneficiapor este sistema racista. ~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~ Is the above scene from some impoverished nation in Latin America? India? Cambodia? ..•. No ·, it is from a neighborhood in Eagle Pass, Texas, where U.S. citizens live. More on this "American Neighborhood" in our next issue. ~De donde es esta escena? l,De Latino America? l,De Cambodia? l.de India? ..•• No, es de un barrio en Eagle Pass, Texas, donde viven ciudadanos de EUN. Mas sobre esto en nuestro proximo numero. \ Paoe 5 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 ueueueueueueJteneueueu•ueueneueueu•ll•netteu•u•tteueueueueueuett•u•u•tteuet!•ut.ttettenette La diplotnacia de Reagan En Accio n. .. ·.. · .. "'' · ! ~ ~ Reagan's ~~ ! ! ! "! ! i ·~ -~ ! . .,. ! ! ! ! ! ~! ! ! ! l! ! ,j ~! '! .! ! ! ! ! ' 'i! "' ' ! I ! ! ! ! ! ! ! i ., ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PELIGRO! I lREAGAN: I UN l PARA I I TO DOS 1 La batalla ganada por la ultra-derecha el pasado 4 de noviembre significa un serio peligro para los pasados ltriunfos de la clase trabajadora en general y en particular lpara las · conaesiones obtenidas por los movimientos de ne-lgros y mexiC'alrios de las pasadas decadas. , 1 Por ejempl~ , ~ Ronald Reagan, representante de la ultralderecha, y Ge~rge Bush, ex-director del CIA,- usarfn su menltado "mandat~' del pueblo" para retrasar el avanze de la justicia e igualdad. I Reagan y Bush simpre han servido a los conglomerados ~ulti-nacionales. Su misi~n siempre ha sido proteger los tintereses de los ricos a costo del pueblo trabajador. l Reagan y la ultra-derecha usaron la estrategia de la Gran r;entira para conquistar la presidencia y control del sena-do~ · I Por medio de una ··campana de propaganda muy bieh financeada lla prensa comercial convencio al_pueblo estadounidense que JReagan y sus padrinos · de la ultra-derecha resolveran todos llos problemas. · Al ser confrontados con alta inflacion y · desempleo, los ltrabajadores. permitieron que la prensa comercial los durlmiera y fueran v{ctimas de la Gran Mentira. I La mentira fue repetida frequentemente: Reagan parara Jla inflacion; Reagan resol veri el desempleo, e_tc. I Nadie expliconunca como har:!a esto Reagan. Nadie explilco el plan concreto de Reagan para mejorar los problemas. Su campana fue un ejemplo clasico de la demagogia. · I Algunos optimistas alegan que la represion que se acerca lforzara" hasta al trabaj ador rna's apatetico a unirse en llucha. 1 Si esta logica ~tra metamorfosis del pasado. . esta correcta, primero estaremos viendo entre los "activistas" y los 11militantes" a de go- I Muchos de ellos se transformaron de 11activistas" t• adminis tradores 11 de la Guerra Contra la Pobreza o f'militantes 11 a beneficiaries de las prestaciones del ~ierno y corporaciones privadas. I Otros decidieron que su tarea 11 revolucionaria" era ais: Iarse entre sectos inactives para "estudiar revolucion. 11 I Y L d · / 1 .. · . . / d t , l, a e ucac1on po 1t1ca y organ1zac1on e nues ra ~ente? Bueno, la ultra-derecha se encarg6 de eso. I As{ es que con los inevitables tiempos dif:!ciles que se ~proximan bajo Reagan-Bush (especialmerite para mexicanos, f.ayan nacidos en Mexico o en EUN) aquellos de nosotros que ~ecimos nos preocupa los derechos humanos, la dignidad y el ~ien estar de nuestro pueblo tendremos que analizar nuesltros propios esfuerzos. I El futuro es nuestro. Ahora es el tiempo para unirnos y ~rabajar juntos y prepararnos para lo que viene. ! ! ! ! ! i ,__ ·-- ~ ·~ Page 6 EL PUEBIO December, 1980 PERSPECTIVA FEMENIL MACHISMO: AN OBSTACLE FOR ALL This ·last part of a series will address the discrimination and sexism women suffer in other areas of society including their own home. When a woman decides to work outside her home to supplement her husband's paycheck or she is forced to work to support her children, one of her major concerns is child care. The lack of concern by U.S. employers and the government to provide child care for working women is a disgraceful second to none. Most of the industralized and even many so-called "under-developed" countries provide child-care centers for working women free or at low cost. In the U.S. , ... however, working women not only make lower wages than men but a large portion of their pay goes for child care. As women struggle against this type of injustice, they ar~ confronted by another obstacle closer to home: Their husbands. Society has created the myth- that housework and child care is a woman's problem only. Most working wives still have to fix meals, clean house and tend to the children's needs even after a gruelling day at their jobs. ¥~n come home after work, read the paper, drink a beer and/or watch TV while the wife rushes around doing the usual "woman's work." Many men with working wives even brag to their friends about the material possessions "they" have acquired without realizing that is their wife's sweat and hard work that has made these comforts possible. Such sexist atittudes from husbands have created many obstacles for women. One of these obstacles is the difficulty women have in joining labor ----------~--------------, News, Briefs -1 ~ Mexico City - 180 workers at the Industrial Aceitera,;!-_ fired for protesting against the numerous violations t'o their working agreement, were attacked by Mexico City. police as they marched through the downtown area. --~·' I The workers were attacked as they marched to the Na- I tional Palace to present Mexico's Presi.dent Jose Lopez I Portillo with docume~ted evidence of the violations. A committee representing the protesting wqrkers de- I nounced the mass firings by the company rrf al¥ workers 1 who resigned from the sell-out union COCE~. fh~s union 1 had never represented the workers' interests.· 91 · I The workers also denounced the company th:reats1 'against I them for wanting to establish an independ1ent Union. The company threatened to fire them promising to refuse 1. recognition pf the independent union. r; Ciudad Juarez - A group headed by the secretary general of Juarez' Confederation of Northern Workers (affiliated to Mexico's Confederation of Mexican Workers, the equivalent to the AFL-CIO) who is also a PRI congressman, .Jose Delgado Sosa, the confederation's legal counsel Arturo Davila Fierro and the women's representative Dora Villegas stormed into the Convert de Mexico assembly plant recently. unions in plants with a majority of women workers. At such plants women who have wanted to join a union and fight back against employer abuse have been held back by their husbands. Many union organizers have heard the answer: "My husband won't let me jon," or· "My husband won't let me go to the meeting," etc. The fact is that in many similar cases the woman has a fighting spirit and the ability to oppose abuse while the husband refuses to struggle even at his own workplace or in his community. The social process to change this attitudes against women 'is a difficult one and it will take the combined effort of both men and women to change them. Both will enjoy a greater freedom for it. rt{& rvE NEWS ~lfofAcKJ They threatened the women workers at the plant demanding their resignatioTh from the independent Revolutionary Confederation of Workers (CRT). ~"""""""'"""""""'"'"'''''''''''"""'""""''''''"'''~ The women workers refused the demands responding instead with catcalls. Dora Villegas then called in their gang of goons (taxi drivers and professional wrestlers armed with sticks and iron bars) to attack the CRT members. 15 women suffered grave injuries, 70 were severely beatened and 2 suffered miscarriages as a result of the injuries. • I I .- 1 . I I I t i t • t ~'''''''''''"'"''''''''''''''''''''"'''~ ~"''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''~ '""''' ---,------------- ·- .... -------:~- .. TENANTS, RIGHTS ... rrr ~· @i' @ ['._ ___________ _ • . > -- ~ .... ----- If .your deposit is not re-funded and you have acted 'properly, you will have to ,sue the landlord to recover ·: the . money. You can also · re-cover additional money, if 'the court so decides. In the event that the landlord feels you have caused him damages, he/she must, within thirty days after you move out, provide you with a written list of any deductions he has made from the deposit. If your rent is not pafd up at the time you leave, the landlord .is not required to furnish this written list. To protect yourself as a tenant, when you first move in you should make a written list of all defects within the unit. If possible you should have your landlord with you when you inspect the unit. Give him/she a copy of this list and have him sign a copy which you can keep. p Esta ultima parte se dirige a la discriminacion y al Jexismo que mujeres sufren en otras areas de la soci'edad incluyendo su mismo hagar. Cuando una mujer decide trabajar fuera de su hagar para suplementar el sueldo de su esposo o si se ve forzada a trabajar para mantener a sus hijos, una de sus preocupaciones mayores es el cuidado de sus ninos. La falta de interes de patrones en los EUN y del mismo gobierno en proporcionar guarder!as para cuidar ·ninos de mujeres obreras es un descaro sin igual en el mundo. Casi todos los pa!ses industriales y muchos de. los mentados pa:!.'ses "sub-desarrollados '' proporciorian guarder! as infantiles para mujeres obreras gratis o a costa bajo. Al luchar contra esta clase de injusticias, la mujer se confronta con otro obstaculo mas: Su esposo. La sociedad ha creado el mito que las tareas caceras y el cuidado de los ninos es problema de la mujer unicamente. La mayor parte de las mujeres que trabajan fuera de su hagar aun tienen que preparar las comidas, limpiar la casa y atender a las necesidades de los ninos aun despues de un d!a duro en su trabajo asaliarado. ~ Los hombres llegan a su casa, leen el peribdico, taman una cerveza y/o ven la television mientras sus esposas se apresuran- hacienda el trabajo "usual" de mujer. Page 7 EL PUEBLO December, 19RO posos han creado muchos obstaculos para las mujeres. Uno de dichos obstaculos es la dificultad q~e tienen en hacerse miembras del sindicato en fabricas donde la mayor! a de los trabajadores son mujeres. En tales fabricas, mujeres que han querido meterse al sindicato a luchar encontra de los abusos patronales, han sido detenidas por sus esposos·. Muchos organizadores sindicales han oido la respuesta: "Mi esposo no me deja ser miembra," o "Mi esposo no me deja ir a las juntas," etc. etc. La realidad es que en· muchos casas similares la mujer ha tenido el esp{ - ritu combative y la habilidad de oponerse a los abusos, mientras el esposo reniega luchar aun en su propio centro de trabajo o en su comunidad. El proceso social para cambiar estas actitudes contra la mujer es uno dif{cil y requerira el esfuerzo combinado Pero en los EUN las mujeres obreFas no solo reciben sueldos mas bajos que los hombres, sino que una gran parte de su sueldo se va para pagar el cuidado de sus nines. Muchos hombres basta presumen a sus amigos de los b t enes materiales que ellos han logrado sin pensar que estas cosas las han obtenido gracias al sudor y al esfuerzo de sus esposas que trabajan duro. Tales actitudes sexistas de los es-del hombre y la mujer. l! Los dos gozaran de mayor l~bertadpor su. esfuerzo. . . DEPOSITOS DE RENTA . I AYUDAHUMANITARIA INQUILINOS: CONOSCAN 1 COMITE DE 8-.A. SUS DERECHOS l A YUDA A · Por: L. Tavares (Este art~culo fue escrito por el personal del Gremio de Inquilinos de San Antonio SARG. Estas personas no son abogados Sin embargo, la informacion que dan, esta'basada en la experiencia de haber trabajado con problemas de inquilinos y duenos.) DEPOSITOS DE SEGURIDAD El deposito de seguridad es una cierta cantidad de dinero que el inquiline paga al dueno para proteger al duefio en caso de que el inquiline falte a su acuerdo de renta o cause danos al dueno. En otras palabras, el objetivo es de darle al inquiline un incentive para cumplir con su obligacion. Si el inquiline actua debidamente, a el 0 ella se le regresara su deposito. Si no, perderan el deposito. tomando en cuenta el desgasto I El Comite de Assistencia bajo uso normal. ! Para Nicaragua de S.A. ha esDesgas to baj o uso normal I tado trabaj ando para ayudar significa aquellos danos que r al pueblo nicaragiiense em su resultan del uso normal de la 1 esfuerzo de reconstruir su habitacion, como por ejemplo I pa{s. el desgasto de las alfombras, El ano pasado el pueblo de cortinas descoloridas, etc. I Nicaragua- lagro d~rrocar al El dueno no puede cobrarle I regimen del dictadorAnantacio por estas casas. I Somoza. 1 . Finalmente, usted debe I Hoy el pa¥s se encuentra en d 1 ld "'-' • / L ,1' ar e a ueno por escr1to, I un per1odot ~ e reconstruccion una direcci6n donde le pueda despues de. haber qu~dado demandar ·por correo su deposito I vastado por la ~remenda lucha . I c , , S1empre y c~ando uste~ no para su lib ~rac ~on. haya causado danos al dueno y I El nuevo gobi~rno representiene su renta pagada, el 1 tado por el Frente Sandinsta dueno tiene que regresarle su deposito 30 d{as despues de salirse usted. Si su deposito no le ha sido devuelto y usted ha actuado debidamente, tendra que demandar al dueno para recobrar su dinero. Tambien puede recobrar dinero adicional, si as{ lo decide la corte. NICARAGUA otro pa{s centroamericano. Hoy tenemos el ejemplo de El Salvador donde ~e estaincrementando la intervencion militar por parte de los EUN. La solidarid~ que _podamos ofrecer al pueblo nicaraguense es muy importante para la superviviencia de su liberaci6n lograda con la sangre de obreros, trabajadores y estudiantes. Ademas significa estar en solidaridad con todos los pueblos opremidos de centroamerica que luchan para li- Existen varias restricciones que afectan el retorno del deposito.Para empezar, si su contrato . le require que de un aviso adecuado como condicion para que se le regrese el deposito cuando desocupen la habitaci6n, entonces usted · tiene que cumplir. En caso de que el dueno piense que usted le ha causado danos, el 0 ella dentro de 30 dias de su salida tiene que proporcionarle una lista escrita de las deducciones que le ha heche al deposito. Si su renta no esta pagada cuando se sale de la habitacion, entonces el dueno no tiene que darle ni la lista de deducciones ni el deposito .• Cruzada de alfabetizacion eri Nicaragua. Este requisite tiene que estar escrito en el contrato en letras grandes o bien,debe estar subraya.do. . "' Debemos.· av·isa·rles .tambien, que estas., .formas en que los duenos se· quedan con los depositos; ,_ han sido desafiados ;" "' en corte y no esta clara aun cual direccion tamara la ley en esta cuestion. Ademas, usted tiene que dejar la habitacion en la misma condicibn en que estaba cuando usted primero la ocup6 Para protegerse como _inq~i lino, ~ cuando p·rimero occupen una habita'cion, deberi'a -hacer una lista escrita de todos los defectos de la ·'··casa."' S-i es posible, deber{a estar presente el dueno cuando usted hace la inspeccion.Debe darle una copia de la lista al dueno y p{dale que firme la copia que usted guardara en sus archives. Apoye Su Per~dico ~ .. ~. . . .~ .. ~ 111:611~=~1·] Mass literacy crusade in Nicaragua. photo: Meiselas/Magnum de ~iberaciori ~cion~l (FSLN) actualmente esta' tomando me- · didas economicas . y sociales para mejorar el nivel de vida de la mayoria del pueblo. Una . de ~ estas medidas ha sido la Cruzada de Alfabetiza~ cion que reducio el analfabetismo de 60% a un 12%. Lo que para Nicaragua representa liber~cion, para la clase dominante de los EUN representa una amenaza para sus intereses economicos. Esto significa que los gobernantes en Washington trataran a todo costa de impedir la liberacion de cualquier berarse de dictaduras repre..,. . sivas. Por estas razones se formd · el, · Comiti: Se ·. · ha · trab~j ado en ·Ia comunidad, los sindi- · c·atos; ·iglesias y universida~.', des · para . iiiformar sabre los··· . mas rec'Ientes acontecimiento'S .............. en Nicaragua. El Comite invita la participaci6n de toda organizacion o pers~na de S.A. intersada en ofrecer su solidaridad y ayuda humanitaria a Nicaragua Por mas informacion, por favor llame: (512) 732-0960. f' Page 8 EL PUEBID December, 1980 'GUEST EDITORIAL CENTRAL AME ICA NEE s OUR SUPPORT We b~lieve it is necessary that the Mexican community in the U. S. support the struggles of -the Central American peoples. Apart from the obvious reasons of a common culture, and an affinity born of a common history, we -must keep in .mind that Latin Americans will soon be, if we are not already, the majority of this hemisphere. Latin America is potentially one of the richest in the world and sooner or l?ter this will translate into political power. We must be a part of this. Beyond this, however, is the need to alert the community to the preparation of another Vietnam. The parallels are too striking to overlook. Like Vietnam, we are told the communists are to blame; like Vietnam, there is an individual · "to blame" for all of this. In Vietnam it was Ho Chi Minh, now it is Fidel . Castro. Like Vietnam, ·· the involvement began by sending "military advisors" and increasing "military aid" to the ruling regimes. Like Vietnam, we supposedly support "moderate" democrats against the "extremists" when in fact we are keeping military dictatorships and oligarchies in power. Like Vietnam, the true economic interests of U.S. corporations and the intrigues 0f the ·military establishment are hidden from the American people. Finally, like Vietnam, it will be Latinos who will be sent to do the brunt of the "counter-insurgency" fighting and perhaps more so, since we speak the language. EDITORIAL INVIT ADO Today the U.S. is losing its monopolistic control of the. world - Not because of the conununi,sts - but because people are tired of being considered pawns in the U. S. chess game to dominate the world for its own interests. The U.S. , not wanting to accept the lesson pf history -that there is no force which can stop a people who wants to be free ~ has decided to make Central America pay in blood for its freedom from tutelage and poverty. The Central American people have simply decided they are willing to pay that price. As U.S. citizens, residents or whatever our ~ egal status, we should not apologize for injecting our voices on U.S. policy in Central and Latin America. Just as the Jewish communi- Mrft.~o'.5E. E.TEMP\.0 ~pMHATI\/0 t..os. MART\RES ty pressures the U.S. government on its policy · toward Israel and the Middle East; Just as the .Polish community demonstrated its opinion on recent events in Poland; and just as the black community has begun to express its views regarding U.S. policy toward African countries; so, too, Latinos must make their voices heard on U.S. policy toward the southern republics of our hemisphere. We should not be intimidated by the arrogance and disdain shown the Latino in this country daily·. We must remember that the arrogance of the Anglo t'oward the Latino is very often just the mask of fear. Not the fear of our numbers, but the fear of our future. (EL FORO DEL PUEBLO P. 0. Box 125 Alhambra, CA 91802) Photo: NACLA Millions of Central Americans are suffering under bloody - ultra-right dictatorships. ------------------------------- Millones de centroamericanos estan sufriendo bajo dictaduras ultra-derechistas. DEBEMOS RESPALDAR A CENTRO AMERICA Creemos que es necesario que la comunidad mexicana en los E.U. apoyen las luchas de los pueblos Centroamericanos. Aparte de las obvias razones como una cultura, una lengua y una afinidad nacida de una historia comlin, debemos tener presente que los latinoamericanos seran, sino ya lo somos la mayor!a en este hemisferio. La America Latina es potencialmente una de las areas mas ricas del mundo y tarde 0 , temprano se convertira en un poder politico. Nosotros debemos ser parte de esto. Aparte de esto, existe la necesidad de· alertar a la comunidad de la preparaci6n de otro Vietnam. Los paralelos estan tan delineados como para no verles. Como en Vietnam, se nos dice que los comunistas son los culpables; como en Vienam, hay un individuo culpable de todo esto. En Vietnam era Ho Chi Minh, ahara es Fidel Castro. Como en Vietnam, la intervencion empezo mandando "consejeros militares" y un incremento de ayuda militar a los regimenes en el poder. Como en Vietnam, nosotros supuestamente apoyamos a los "moderados" democratas en contra de los "extremistas" cuando en realidad mantenemos las dictaduras militares y o oligarcas en el poder. Como en Vietnam, los verdaderos intereses econ6micos de las corporaciones de E.U. y las intrigas del establecimiento militar se esconden del pueblo estadounidense. Finalmente, como ·en Vietnam, seran los latinos los q'ue seran mandados como carne de canon a pelear como "contra insurgentes" y quizas mas, ya que hablamos el mismo idioma. ' En este momento los E.U. estan perdiendo el control monopolico del mundo - no debido a los comunistas -pero porque los pueblos estan cansados de ser usados como peones en el juego de ajedres de E.U. para dominar el mundo a sus intereses. Los E.U., no queriendo aceptar las lecciones de la historia - que no hay fuerza que pueda detener al pueblo que quiere ser libre - ha decidido que Centroamerica pague con sangre por su libertad del tutelaje y la pobreza. El pueblo de Centro America simplemente ha decidido que esta dispuesto a pagar ese precio. Como ciudadanos de E.U., reresidentes o cualquier estatus legal que se tenga, no debemos excusarnos por intervenir con nuestra voz en la pol!tica de E.U. con respecto a Latinoamerica. As{ como la comunidad jud{a presiona al gobierno de E.U. en ~u polftica bacia Israel y el media oriente; as{ como la comunidad polaca manifesto su opinion sobre los recientes eventos en Polonia; as! como la comunidad negra haempezado a expresar sus puntas de vista en relacion a la politica de ·E.U. bacia los pa{ses africanos; asf tambien los latinos deben hacer que sus voces sean oidas en tica de E.U. hacia Latina. / la pol1- America No debemos ser intimidados por la arrogancia y el desdeno manifestados diariamente bacia el latina en este pa:!s. Recordemos que la arrogancia del anglo-saj6n bacia el latino es mas que nada una mascara de miedo. No de miedo a nuestros numeros, pero s! de miedo a nuestro futuro. (EL FORO DEL PUEBLO P. 0. Box 125 Alhambra, CA 91802)
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Title | El Pueblo Vol. 2, No. 04 |
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Date-Original | 1980-12 |
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Transcript | 'Bifbcgwi IJeiu " flee WcvdWcg~ Donation 21• Vol. II No. 4 Sa-n Antonio, Texas 1 _ December I Diciernbre, 1980 . ~ DOUBLE STANDARD EXPOSED ~~'TRI,CK LIST~': ,A ·Tale ol Hypocrisy By: · Armandina Saldivar Mrs. Saldivar has a . degree in sociology and is also in the field of social work with 26 years experience. She has written over 300 articles for Mexican Newspapers and magazines. Her articles are based on professional experiences and observations. Recently a house of prostitution on the "Anglo" northside of town was .raided by police after 18 years of existence and only after pressure fr0m the FBI who, according to them, received alleged complaints from citizens. During the raid a "Trick Book" of about 2,400 names of socially prominent b~siness, political and 'journalist' individuals was discovered. Would the following be some of the names on the Trick List?: Judge Ted Butler, Judge Albert Bustamante, _Councilman Gene Canavan, Police Inspector Marion Talbert; and Bill SITCO workers celeprate IUE Union election v~ctory. --- -· ·------- ----- Obreros de la planta SITCO celebran el triunfo del -ruE .. OBREROS VERDE EN SE VISTA UNEN San, Antonio - El Sindicato Internacional de Trabajadores Electricistas (IUE) ha ganado otra victoria en su lucha para organizar al desorganizado en San Antonio. .Bajo el liderato de Eddie Felan y Jaime Martinez, representantes del IUE, se ha organizado un local de sindi- · cado por primera vez -en el mero centro del Poryecto Vista _Verde. Desafiando acto's de intimidacion, los trabajadores de la planta de la Campania Stainless Ice-Tainer (SITCO) situada en 702 San Fernando, votaron 85-5 a favor de unirse al sindicato. SITCO es subsidiaria del conglomerado multi-nacional .Cornelius Corporation basado en Minn:esota. Lo: trabajadores .en la planta hab{an sufrido muchos abusos y explotacion por muchos anos. Ademas, recientemente SITCO les habia suspendido sus vacaciones para enfermedad y el aguinaldo de navidad pero los sueldos continuaban bajos. · Finalmente el acto mas, i.n - tolerable fue la nueva pol1za injusta tocante ausencias. ·Baj o esta pO'liza bas ada en "puntas" cualquier trabajador . podia ser despedido por perder "puntos" por ausencias aprobadas o no aprobadas. Tambi{n el llegar unos minutes tarde contaba como una ausencia. Cuando SITCO descubrio" que CC7 Piigina 3 · · Jonas. ~:~:;" "':¥:· :- i,. ,~-z~·:"1 1J ... ,,:-_)r,_~4\ -t; ~, ~:~·~:~2'1 (Ted Butler and Bustamante were left out of the other newspapers but I 'include them because if they want the respect that decent people get, then they should earn it) That the names are on the trick list is not as important as the fact that the me- u dia, along with public officials and Anglo northside residents tried to cover up the whole thing, including the names. They covered it up by shoving tail' 3 Seeks Humanitarian Aid S.A~~.' COALITION ' HEt-PS NICARAGUA By: L. Tovares The S. A. Nicaraguan Assis- American countries. tance Committee has been wor- In El Salvador,for example, king to help Nicaraguans re- there is direct intervention build their country. , of U.S. military "advisors." Last year the 'Nicaraguans The solidarity shown by U. defeated the regime of dicta- S. workers for Nicargua is tor Anastacio Somoza. Today important to the survival of the whole country is under- their liberation which was going a period of reconstruc-. won ~vi th the blood of tion after being completely workers and students. devestated during intense Such solidarity also symbo-· fighting. lizes support for all the The new government lead by other oppressed peoples in the Sandinista National Li- Central America who are struberation .Front (FSLN) is ggling against repressive taking economic and social dictatorships. measures to improve. the stan- The S. A Nicargua Assisdard or living for everyone. .tance Committee was organized One of these measures is for such purpose. the Literacy Crusade which The Committee has been reduced the illiteracy rate ing in the community, unions, from 60% to 12%. churches and $Chools provi- The struggle which brought ding the latest information liberation the Nicaraguans ori events in Nicaragua. is seen ·by the U. S. ruling It welcomes every S.A. orclass as a threat to their ganization or person intereseconomic interests. ted in showing solidarity and This means that_ the politi- providing humanitarian aid to cians in Washington will try Nicaragua. to prevent at any cost the For more information, liberation of any more please call: (512) 732-0960. "ReogaK'& e,., ..... . Tbw Aketu! .. . JffetW T'UJUlb4 How Vid He Wilt? Set Pqa 4 & 5 i Page 2 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 MUNOZ' CASE PROVEN AT HEARING By: Rodolfo Flores As this issue of EL PUEBLO goes to press, the final decision on Manuel Munoz' case has not been issued. The administrative hearing itself was a sick comedy. If it were not for its serious implications for their future the large crowd of Kelly workers attending the hearing would have died -laughing. At the beginning of the hearing, Administrative Law Judge John McCarthy pointed out that the U. S. Air Force would have to proof a "preponderance"' on its .case against Munoz. For the next 2 days several superviso~s stumbled on each other trying to proof that Anglo supervisors at Kelly are "fair and honest." Major Lewis J. Brewer, heading the prosecution team for Kelly, called several top management officials except Kelly commanding general Lynwood Clark. Major Brewer's parade of witnesses included Charles R. Stublefield, James Noel, Morris E. Peterson, Suzanne Gordon and Sam Idrogo. The essence of General Clark's case against Hunoz was Munoz' alleged misinterpretation of the number of college semester hours on various AFLC Forms 926's. Testimony and evidence presented at the hearing showed that Munoz had 66 -sernester hours. He entered a smaller number of hours on two AFLC 926's because: Manuel Munoz is continuing his challenge to the status quo at -Kelly AFB. (a) When he filled one out he was not sure of the correct number of hours earned, VISTA JOIN VERDE WORKERS UNION SAN ANTONIO. The International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union (IUE) has won another major victory in its efforts to organize the unorganized in San Antonio. Under the leadership of Eddie Felan and Jaime Martinez, International Representatives of IUE, a uni on has been organized for the first time right in the heart of the Vista Verde Project. Defying employer intimidation, the workers at Stainless --- Ice-Tainer company (SITCO) plant located at 702 San Fernando voted 85-5 for IUE representation. SITCO is a subsidiary of the Cornelius Corporation, a giant multinational conglomerate based in Minesota. Workers at the plant had been victims of abuse and super· ·exploitation for several years. ~area had also recently t:aken away ·· their .sick leave -and Christmas bonus while -paying a little ·more - than· ·-- the · -- required minimum wage. But the last straw was the company's installation of a new unfair absenteeism policy. Under this pointbased policy, a worker could get fired for losing npoints" for excused or unexcused :!absences " Even being , a few minutes late would be counted as an absence When SITCO discovered that the workers had contacted IUE representatives, a campaign of worker intimidation, firings and harrassrnent was started. The company brought in an anti-union law firm from New Orleans, Kullman & Lang. They put posters all over the plant screaming about dues, strikes, violence, plant-closing, etc. They also used the absenteeism policy to fire union supporters. But the majority of the workers voted for the union and the new IUE Local 1127 was born. The SITCO workers have received strong support from the IUE San Antonio Unity Committee members from Tampo Local 1013, Ingram Local 1013 and Turbine Support Local 1019. The new local has had several public activities to demonstrate the strong unity in fighting. for ~ contract and . an end to ·plant injustices. These public·· .rallies. have been blacked-out by the local news media. The unity and deter-mination of these workers has undoubtedly become a nightmare for local rich businessmen who want the Vista Verde area to become a "model" project for private industry with low wages and a docile, unorganized work force. (b) He knew that ~elly ma~agement give little importance to educational achievement by Mexican workers. Many Mexican and Black workers at Kelly have sacrificed to earn a degree hoping such achievement will help their career. However, testimony showed that at Kelly an Anglo worker with barely a high school education can get better jobs. Attorney Tom Stanton, representing the Office of Special Counsel, testified that his office's investigations revealed " .•.• serious violations of personnel regula - tions .•.• " by management in Munoz' case. Additional testimony showed that EEOC had also ruled in Munoz' favor stating that he had been a victim of malici - ous reprisals by Idrogo and others for his many discrimination complaints on behalf of other Kelly workers. Munoz has filed 7 cases of discrimination. Five of these were against, Sam Idrogo himself and most were ruled valid by EEOC Sam Idrogo, Munoz' 4th level supervisor and the same man who signed Munoz' termination papers, testified that he was "concerned" over· Mufioz' enties on AFLC Form 926. Yet, under cross-examination Idrogo admitted not ever being concerned over incorrect forms turned in by Anglos under Idrogo. Direct testimony from several top Kelly supervisors clearly showed the racist double standard that exists at Kelly AFB. For example, James Noel admitted that despite the fact that EEOC had ruled on Munoz' favor in 7 other cases of discrimination against other supervisors and that even when Headquarters Air Force had upheld the EEOC decisions, Mr Noel had not initiated action against those racist supervisors as required. By the end of the 2-day hearing one fact was clear: Manuel Munoz had been singled out for reprisal because of his fight against racist supervisors and practices. Even Stublefield admitted this fact by testifying that " ..• no other employee at Kelly has ever been investigated .. " under similar charges. RENT DEPOSITS EXPLAINED TENANTS: YOUR KNOW RIGHTS By: Paul Taylor (This series was written by the staff of the S.A. Renters Guild. These people are not _attorneys. However, the information provided is based on their experience working with tenant/landlord issues.) Security deposits - The security deposit is a sum of money that the tenant pays the landlord to protect the landlord in the event that the tenant breaches the rental agreement or causes damages to the landlord. Briefly, it is designed to give the tenant an incentive to honor his/her obligation. If the tenant acts properly he/she will g~t the deposit refunded. There are several restrictions affecting the refunding of the deposit. To begin with, if your lease requires proper notice to va.cate as a condition, you ' shq:ul~ 'comply with .t~is ,~ .. '~-<:!.~ Support Your Newspaper [jl :1111 ~ :) I•] Such a requirement must appear in bold print on the l~ase or be underlined. It should be noted that this basis for retaining deposits has been challenged in court and it is unclear which direction the law is headed in this area. Secondly, you must leave the unit in the same condition less normal wear and tear as when you first moved in. Normal wear and tear means those damages which result through the normal use of the premises, such as worn carpets, faded curtains, etc. The landlord cannot charge you for these things. Finally, you must provide your landlord-with-a written forwarding address where he can mail your deposit. Provided you have caused no damages to the landlord, and you have no unpaid rent, h~/ she has thirty days to refund y~ur deposit after you move out. _, ~ 6 -... ~ Page 3 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 11TRICK LIST'' (Continued from Page 1) it off, or laughing it up as sanething anusing, and with the attitude of "Boys will be Boys o II The hypocrisy of i t is that a few Ilalths ago citizens of the Anglo northside were up in anns because the S .A. Housing Autlxlrity wanted to put a mueing project m the northside. · District Attorney Bill White, COUncil nan Gene canavan, John Steen, van Archer and Helen Dutmer were figh~ against this project loud and clear. The district attorney, win covered up for the house of prostitution, said at a gathering of northside residents that housing projects breed vice and crime, including drugs. John Steen ecOOed rrore or less the sarre thing, even tlx>ugh "his own son" win was "not" raised in the rousing projects, was a drug addict. ('Ihe newsp: tpers oovered that up) Gene canavan stated he was not against the projects but that people in his district 8 did not want them so therefore he was against them. (The muse of prostitution is in Di strict 8) . ,Everybody ~- in anns against. , the rousing projects with its so ca!-led "EVil" people. · ·' But nCM, lord and beh:>ld, here we find that right in the middle of these "Righteous" and "Clean" people is a muse of prostitution that every.l:x:rly knew atout and protected for years. Even the neighbors told a newspaper that the prostitution house 1 s madam "Kept her yard clean and her rrouth shut" so it did not bother them. If that isn 1 t hypocrisy, I don 1 t knCM what i s. On one side they criticize the housing projects and they practically arr laud the :imroral conduct of r::oliticians and so-called praninent m:m who go there. Wi.tlxJut a peep out of Councilman Jam Steen, Van Archer, Helen Dutmer and the rest wiD canplained al::xJut the housing projects, with the help .of the media, esped.al.ly the Express-Evening News which on October 14 tried to "order11 the other media rrenbers to shut up, city officials tried to blow it off. Yet they tried to crucify COUncilman Bernardo Eureste because he kept cxnplaining al::xJut the problem. Even in an editorial, the ExpressEvening News tried to tell the p.lblic not to believe the narres brought out as being on the list because the madam sh:Juld not be believed since she was writing a l:xxlk. (As if writing books and lying is synoo.yrrolS or if lying and being a prostitute is synonyrrous} In fact, the Express and Evening News led the way in trying to excuse and defend the men en the list. They tried to "inflD!nce11 · the p.lblic into believing that public officials and so-called praninent m:m do no wrong. But all this can be expected. After all according to The Light Newspaper (october 12, 1980) . the S. A. Evening NewS (the sarre owner and publisher of the Express News-get the picture) used a regular photo feature as "CNE WAY C05'l'tlMERS WERE ALER'IED 'IO THE ARRIVAL OF A NE.W ~" at the lnlse of prostitution. (The Light has a better reoord of telling the truth) I ~ if everyone v.oul.d have tried to laugh it off if that house had been on the liest or Eastside. I ¥iOl1der if CASA-an organization against housing projects on the northside-would have renained quiet as they have nCM. In my profession I have dealt with all types of social problems fran incest in the northside to drugs on the westside. I am aware that dishonesty and .irrrrorality along with otner-· .psychological ~QUE ES LA DIABETIS? CONOSCA SU SALUD POR: El DR. MARIO JrnENEZ . La diabetes es una enfermedad que impide aprovechamiento de alimentos que se consumen, ·especialmente azticar. Esto es debido a la carencia parcial o total de la hormona Insulina. Este padecimiento es hereditario o sea que si uno de sus padres es diabetico la possibilidad que usted lo tenga es una ,en cinco. Y por lo tanto ~as possibilidades aumentan si los dos padres o abuelos lo son. ' ~Que es la Insulina? La insulina es una hormona que permite que el az~car penetre la celula y produzca calor y energ:!a. As{ que si el azucar no penetra en tonces se va aumentando en la sangre basta que llega a altos niveles. Tambien se elimina azucar por la- orina. Es por lo cual diabeticos se hacen analisis de orina dos 0 tres veces al d!a. iPor ~u~ Azucar? Porque ei cuerpo no utiliza el alimento en el estado en el cual lo tomamos, sino que convierte- en diferente clases de az~car. La forma en que la celula usa el azucar se llama glucosa. En conjunto la falta de esta azucar en la celula por falta de insulina es el Diabetes. Bien, entonces si no hay az~car para ·que la celula : p~odu~a elccalor y energia del cuerPo,~de . donde provie~e? Proviene de las grasas y proteinas del cuerpo. El' resultado es que la persona se siente cansada, debil y co~enza a perder peso. A partir de esto se observa que se tiene un apetito exagerado, hebe mucha agua y orina mucho. Esto en general es lo que aparenta el diab~tico. Una cons~quencia del diabetico es que cualquier laceracion o cortadada no sana pronto como en el individuo normal, sino tarda mas tiempo. Por tardar tanto en sanar hay m1s probabilidad de infeccion. Esto es verdad ~articularmente en los pies. . Par ~sta raz6n es tan importante el aseo del cuerpo, especialmente los pies, oidos y boca. Aun que la diabetes es una enfermedad no curable, al seguir algunas normas sencillas como conservar el peso de acuerdo con la edad y la estatura y visitar a su medico regularmente, la persona logra seguir su vida y rutina como normal. Hay diabeticos que logra~ un buen control de · la enfermadad solo con llevar una alimentacion balanceada. Otro$, ade~s de la dieta, necesitan tamar pastillas que evitan que el azucar alcance niveles altos en la sangre. Tambi'n hay diabeticos de la dieta necesitan diariamente insulina con tener un buen control enfermadad. que adema"s injectarse objeto de de la En fin, es su m~dico la Jnica persona capacitada para decidir cual es el mejor tratami.ento para usted. Oj.ala1 que :esta informaci&'n sea ~e ' uso. En el futuro habra artfcu1os sobre otros padecimientos. Si · 'usted desea que se publique sobre ·algo especffico en la rama de- medicina, por favor comunicarselo a!' peiiodico' · ·-EL PUEBLO, telefonos: 434-6115, 922-3783 t j I . iUnanse! t i problems have no :tomdaries. tried to cover up are not very clean lkMever A I also know that when we thsnselves. find behavior such as that at the lnlse Those wiD tried to cover up and were of prostituticn amusing, we are en<:XlUra- against further investigation were ging it and influencing others to that Helen Dutmer, Bob Thonpsan, Van Archer~ -type of behavior. John Steen, Gene canavan and Joe Is it any wcnder that our young do Aldarete. not have respect for what is good and . One of them tried to rape a young decent when we adlll ts just shrug off gir 1. Another ·one has a mistress. such behavicii:'? · - I will not tell you which ones be- Not cmly does the double standard that cause I want to cast doubt an all of we have for the wealthy and the poor, than. But I will eventually tell you. the Anglo and the ·nan-Anglo, bothers me, In fact, even the city manager is . but what disturbs me the ITOSt is that I not very rro.ral minded. City HalL y;orkdo not hear our.ctrur.ch leaders or poli- ers cc:nfinned that he has a girl friend ticians screaming against it. and will not. leave the secretaries Where is Rabbi Jacobs, where is arch- alone. Sate canplain that he only bisl'rlp Flores - isn 1 t this their terri- praootes the ones that are "nice to tory? him." Where is Reverend Joe West nCM when So it does oot surprise Ill:! that his he is always scrE!aming about lnrosexua- report on the wrole prostitution matter ality in the downtown area? cane out clean. Where is Colmcilman Van Archer wOO is As for Councilman Gene canavan, I so much against what he calls "Fairies" know for a fact that when ~ in the downtown area? wants sanething dcne and Canavan does ..._ He had the nerve to put out a press not nove on it, all they have to do is release to say that this cx:rmotion a- to tell the madan and she gets Canavan bout the northside house was being ca- to-call them right CMey • rried too far and that rro.re thought Why did Canavan not offer to take a should be given to prostitution in the lie detector test and why doesn1t he downtown area. sue Eureste if Eureste is lying? Does that mean that Van Archer belie- I was assistant to fonner oou:ncilman ves in a double standard for the rich Phil Pyndus for 4 years at city hall. and poor? The rich can have their fun Iq those 4 years I . was aware of many with their $30Q-a-night call girls en cover-ups· at city hall and hc::M the methe northside but the poor man cannot dia, especially the Express and Evening pick up a prostitute in the downtown News, covered up or fabricated the area? news to help the "pillars11 of this co- Is his yelling and screaming a matter nm.mi ty. of class instead of ITDrali ty? So nothing surprises me anyrrore. It ~e is. -OOd· that Van Archer is While we cannot do anything about screaming so much about prostitutes and lrM they fool the public, we can cer" fairies'1 in the downtown area. Don't tainly tell you what we knCM to be the his p:~.rents awn property arOtmd Pecos truth. Street? This is my reason for my articles in All the other public officials Who this newspaper. --------------------------. :- I Notieias Breves MeXico, D. F. - 180 trabajadores de Iniustrial Aceitera -despedidos r::or protestar ante nurrerosas violacianes a sus derechos laborales- · fueron dispersados por la polida capi talina cuando realizaban una manifestaciro r::or el centro de ,la ci\rlad. IDs manifestantes intentaban llegar al Palacio Nacicnal para entregar documentos al Presidente L6Pez. Portillo cuando la policla los ataai. Una cnnisifu de trabajadores denuncic{ que los despedidos rnasivos en la nencicnada arq:>resa ocurrieron luego que abandonaron las filas del sindicato dlarro CCCEM que nunca defendio sus intereses. IDs trabajadores denunciaron tarrbien que cuando manifestarcn su deseo de formar tm sindicato indeperxliente fueron arenazados por la arpresa de despido y les aseguro' que no cbte.ndr{an el registro del misno. Citdad Juarez - un grupo encabezado por el secretario general de la ccnfederacicn de Trabajadores del Norte (organisro de la CIM) en la ciu:::lad Juarez y diputado local del PRI, Joa£ Delgado Sosa, el asesor juddico del sindicato Arturo oavila Fierro y la representante feren:il Dora Villegas, penetrarcn en la errpresa IMqUi.ladora Convert de ~co y arenazaron a las cbreras para que abarrl::xlaran 1a Ccnfederacien ~luciroaria de Trabajadores (CRI'}. las trabajadoras respc.rldieron ccn silvi.dos. Fue' entonces cuando Ibra Villegas incit:O a sus aa:trpai1antes (taxistas y luchadores profesienales, ar-· niados ccn p:l.los y varillas) a enfrentarse a los partidarios de la CRl'. caro resultado se encuentran 15 trabajadoras gravenente her'iaas, 70 recibiercn golpes series y 2 de ellas perdieron su estb{u:-azR ~ caU&a de, los golpes. L---------·--...---_;. __ --- -- ~ - ·---.. VISTA VERDE. • • los trabaj'adores !hc... . !.an contactado al IUE, s~ iniciouna campana de intimidacion, despedidas y hos.ti'gamien'to contra los trabajadores. Si,n embargo la litayor{a de los tra~ajadores votaron a f d 1 ,/ ." ·" avor e a un1on y .as1. nac1o el nuevo Local 1127 del IUE. Los trabajador es de SITCO han recibido fuerte res paldo de otros l ocales de IUE como el Local de Tampo 10 13, Local de Ingram 1013. y el Local (Viene de la Primera Pagina) 1018 de pport. J..·. 'I "-'· planta Turbine Su- La unidad y determinacion de estos trabajado,res si.n duda se han convertido en una pesadi.lla para los negociantes ricos de S.A. Ellos quieren que l a area de Vista Verde se conviert a en un proyecto "model o" para la industria privada con sueldos ba-jos y trabajadores des - organizados. " Page 4 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 EDITORIAL " . ' .. - . . . ' . -. ~ . ' ·. . - .. S.A.: CITY OF CORRU ~PTION AND RACISM We have said it before and we say it again: San Antonio is a politically sick town governed by a racist, hypocritical system • . The on-going controversy concerning the list" of that northside brothel is a case It has served to unmask once again the litical gutter under which we live. so-called "trick in point. economic and po- The inhuman conditions are clearly depicted by the sad reality that women have to sell their bodies at all in order to survive. We should all ask ourselves: Why is it that this town and this country's economic system cannot create enough good jobs for women so that they won't find Teresa Brown's brothel as the best way to make a living? The answer lies in the political realities of the system also unmasked by the Brown controversy. The fact that so many high-placed community and politi- ·~j;t#M~~"';tt>_..~..._._..,.,.,~.:~{"\' cal "leaders" have been Brown's customers . is not the main iii'" • . .. ~r - - ~; ~ ~ssue we want to ra~se · :, .,1 '"Thank you, boys..! ~'You can can keep your jobs. The fundamental question raised by this whole controver- · Now, go arrest those. innnoral people in the East sy is the political sickness that . kept the names of these J and West sides. I'll take care of Teresa here !" "leaders" protected from being released to the public. · ,~ The "free" media, Mayor Cockrell, Tom Huebner and the !neneneuenelleneneueueueneueueJteneueueneneneneueneneneneneneueueueueueueneneuenenene Chief of Police Robert Heuck have protected the many anglo ! politicians, judges, police inspectors, etc. who were ! Brown's customers and whose names appear on that list. ! If that list had contained the names of Mexicans or ! Blacks who really do .fight for and represent the working ! people, would Cockrell, Hu~bner, Heuck at all be keeping ! it secret? Would the "free" media be so afraid to make ! them public? ~ , J Obviously not! , ! EL PUEBLO warned in our September editorial that Hueoner ! had appointed Heuck as chief of police because, like a J good servant, he would cover up political corruption. e Said and done! Today Huebner manipulates the police · ! department through his puppet Heuck. ! The racism that governs and divides S.t A. has created e this sick political environment. The rich who rule over ! the city either through Anglo accomplices ~ or . M~xican and ! Black puppets decide who gets burned and who is ~ ~~otected. ! These unp-rincipled conditions will continue, to exist ! until San Antonio's Black, Anglo and Mexican wg~kers come ! together and realize who really benefits f~om this racist ; system.. e: ! ----------------~--------· El equ'ipo de"" EL ' PUiBLO l The staff of EL PUEBLO ~o: EL PUEBLO P. 0. Box 9281 San Antonio; Texas 78204 Name: Address: City: State: ZIP:·-------------- Telephone: $5.00 per year Subscription: ULTRA-RIGHT VICTORY MEANS BACK SET The battle won by the ultra-right last November 4 means a serious set-back to the gains achieved-by workers in general and in particular to the past concessions won by the Black and Mexican movements of past decades. For example, Ronald Reagan, standard-bearer for the ultra-right, and George ~ush, ex-CIA director, will use their so-called "people's mandate" to set back the clock of justice and equality. Reagan and Bush have always served the multi-national conglomerates. Their assigned mission has been to protect the interests of the rich at the expense of the working people. Reagan and the ultra-right used the Big Lie strategy to conquer the presidency and control of the Senate. Through a carefully planned propaganda campaign, themass media convinced the American people that Reagan and his ultra-right sponsors are the solution to all problems. Confronted with inflation and unemployment, U.S. workers allowed the mass media to dull their senses and become victims to the Big Lie. The lie was repeated over and over: Reagan will stop inflation; Reagan will- solve unemployment; Reagan will make us "proud." No one ever explained exactly how Reagan would keep all those promises. No one ev~r outlined Reagan's concrete plans to solve these problems. Reagan's campaign was a perfect lesson in demagoguery. Some optimists claim that the· forth-coming repression will force even the most apathetic worker to join the struggle. If this logic is correct, then first we shall soon see another metamorphosis among the "·activists" and "militants." Many of them went from "activists" to War On Poverty "administrators" or from "militants" to professional receipients of government and foundation grants. Others decided that their "revolutionary" task was to isolate themselves into little sects to "study revolution." And, the political education and organization of our people? Well, the ultra-right took care of that. So, with the inevitable hard times we workers face under Reagan and Bush (especially Mexican workers regardless if born in Mexico or -the U.S.) those of us who claim to be concerned over the human rights, the dignity, and the well-being of our people will have to analyze our own efforts. The future is ours. This is the time to unite, to work together to prepare for what lies ahead. EDITORIAl . ' . S~A.: CIUDA CORRUPCIO y RACISMO DE Lo hemos dicho anteriormente y lo volvemos a repetir: San Antonio es una ciudad pol{ticamente enferma donde reina un sistema hipocrita y racista. La cont{nua controversia sobre la mentada lista de los clientes del burdel situado al norte de la ciudad es un clasico ejemplo. Ha servido para desenmascarar una vez mas la- pudricion pol{tica y economica bajo la .cual vivimos. Las condidiones inhumanas son claramente presentadas por el triste hecho que mujeres aun tienen que vender su cuerpo en la prostitucion para poder sobrevivir economicamente. Debemos preguntarnos: ~Como es que el sistema econ6mico de esta ciudad y este: pals no es' capaz de crear _buenos trabajos para estas mujeres para que no se vean obligadas a recurrir al burdel de Teresa Brown como el mejor lugar para ganarse la vida? La respuesta esta en el caracter politico del sistema, desenmascarado por la misma controversia sobre el burdel de Brown. La cuestion central que d~seamos presentar no es el hecho que tantos altos "l{deres" politicos y comunitarios han sido clientes de Brown. La cuestion fundamental presentada por toda esta controversia es el ambiente pol!tico enfermo que hizo posible que se escondiera del publico los nombres de estos "l{deres." La prensa "libre", la alcaldesa Cockrell, Tom· Huebner y el jefe de polic{a Robert Heuck han protegido a los politiqueros, j uezes, in.spectores de polic{a y dem{s anglos que han sido clientes· del burdel de Brown y cuyos nombres aparecieron en la lista de clientes. Si esa lista hubiera contenido los nombres de mexicanos o negros que s{ luchan por el pueblo, 6Los hubieran escondido Cockrell, Huebner, Heuck, at ~1? iEstuviera la prensa "libre" tan temeroza en publicar los nombres? i Claro que no!! EL PUEBLO advirtio en el editorial de septiembre que Huebner hab:!a puesto a Heuck como jefe de polic{a porque Heuck tapar1a toda la corrupcion poL!tica que existe. iDicho y hecho! Huebner ahora manipula a la polic!a por medio de su fiel -t!tere Heuck. El racismo que gobierna y divide a S.A. ha creado este ambiente polltico enfermo. Los ricos que reinan sobre la ciudad por medio de c6mplices~ nglos o titeres mexicanos deciden a quien se le quema y a quien se le protege. Estas condiciones sin principios continuaran hasta que los trabajadores negros, anglos y mexicanos se junten y comprendan quien verdaderamente se beneficiapor este sistema racista. ~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·~ Is the above scene from some impoverished nation in Latin America? India? Cambodia? ..•. No ·, it is from a neighborhood in Eagle Pass, Texas, where U.S. citizens live. More on this "American Neighborhood" in our next issue. ~De donde es esta escena? l,De Latino America? l,De Cambodia? l.de India? ..•• No, es de un barrio en Eagle Pass, Texas, donde viven ciudadanos de EUN. Mas sobre esto en nuestro proximo numero. \ Paoe 5 EL PUEBLO December, 1980 ueueueueueueJteneueueu•ueueneueueu•ll•netteu•u•tteueueueueueuett•u•u•tteuet!•ut.ttettenette La diplotnacia de Reagan En Accio n. .. ·.. · .. "'' · ! ~ ~ Reagan's ~~ ! ! ! "! ! i ·~ -~ ! . .,. ! ! ! ! ! ~! ! ! ! l! ! ,j ~! '! .! ! ! ! ! ' 'i! "' ' ! I ! ! ! ! ! ! ! i ., ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PELIGRO! I lREAGAN: I UN l PARA I I TO DOS 1 La batalla ganada por la ultra-derecha el pasado 4 de noviembre significa un serio peligro para los pasados ltriunfos de la clase trabajadora en general y en particular lpara las · conaesiones obtenidas por los movimientos de ne-lgros y mexiC'alrios de las pasadas decadas. , 1 Por ejempl~ , ~ Ronald Reagan, representante de la ultralderecha, y Ge~rge Bush, ex-director del CIA,- usarfn su menltado "mandat~' del pueblo" para retrasar el avanze de la justicia e igualdad. I Reagan y Bush simpre han servido a los conglomerados ~ulti-nacionales. Su misi~n siempre ha sido proteger los tintereses de los ricos a costo del pueblo trabajador. l Reagan y la ultra-derecha usaron la estrategia de la Gran r;entira para conquistar la presidencia y control del sena-do~ · I Por medio de una ··campana de propaganda muy bieh financeada lla prensa comercial convencio al_pueblo estadounidense que JReagan y sus padrinos · de la ultra-derecha resolveran todos llos problemas. · Al ser confrontados con alta inflacion y · desempleo, los ltrabajadores. permitieron que la prensa comercial los durlmiera y fueran v{ctimas de la Gran Mentira. I La mentira fue repetida frequentemente: Reagan parara Jla inflacion; Reagan resol veri el desempleo, e_tc. I Nadie expliconunca como har:!a esto Reagan. Nadie explilco el plan concreto de Reagan para mejorar los problemas. Su campana fue un ejemplo clasico de la demagogia. · I Algunos optimistas alegan que la represion que se acerca lforzara" hasta al trabaj ador rna's apatetico a unirse en llucha. 1 Si esta logica ~tra metamorfosis del pasado. . esta correcta, primero estaremos viendo entre los "activistas" y los 11militantes" a de go- I Muchos de ellos se transformaron de 11activistas" t• adminis tradores 11 de la Guerra Contra la Pobreza o f'militantes 11 a beneficiaries de las prestaciones del ~ierno y corporaciones privadas. I Otros decidieron que su tarea 11 revolucionaria" era ais: Iarse entre sectos inactives para "estudiar revolucion. 11 I Y L d · / 1 .. · . . / d t , l, a e ucac1on po 1t1ca y organ1zac1on e nues ra ~ente? Bueno, la ultra-derecha se encarg6 de eso. I As{ es que con los inevitables tiempos dif:!ciles que se ~proximan bajo Reagan-Bush (especialmerite para mexicanos, f.ayan nacidos en Mexico o en EUN) aquellos de nosotros que ~ecimos nos preocupa los derechos humanos, la dignidad y el ~ien estar de nuestro pueblo tendremos que analizar nuesltros propios esfuerzos. I El futuro es nuestro. Ahora es el tiempo para unirnos y ~rabajar juntos y prepararnos para lo que viene. ! ! ! ! ! i ,__ ·-- ~ ·~ Page 6 EL PUEBIO December, 1980 PERSPECTIVA FEMENIL MACHISMO: AN OBSTACLE FOR ALL This ·last part of a series will address the discrimination and sexism women suffer in other areas of society including their own home. When a woman decides to work outside her home to supplement her husband's paycheck or she is forced to work to support her children, one of her major concerns is child care. The lack of concern by U.S. employers and the government to provide child care for working women is a disgraceful second to none. Most of the industralized and even many so-called "under-developed" countries provide child-care centers for working women free or at low cost. In the U.S. , ... however, working women not only make lower wages than men but a large portion of their pay goes for child care. As women struggle against this type of injustice, they ar~ confronted by another obstacle closer to home: Their husbands. Society has created the myth- that housework and child care is a woman's problem only. Most working wives still have to fix meals, clean house and tend to the children's needs even after a gruelling day at their jobs. ¥~n come home after work, read the paper, drink a beer and/or watch TV while the wife rushes around doing the usual "woman's work." Many men with working wives even brag to their friends about the material possessions "they" have acquired without realizing that is their wife's sweat and hard work that has made these comforts possible. Such sexist atittudes from husbands have created many obstacles for women. One of these obstacles is the difficulty women have in joining labor ----------~--------------, News, Briefs -1 ~ Mexico City - 180 workers at the Industrial Aceitera,;!-_ fired for protesting against the numerous violations t'o their working agreement, were attacked by Mexico City. police as they marched through the downtown area. --~·' I The workers were attacked as they marched to the Na- I tional Palace to present Mexico's Presi.dent Jose Lopez I Portillo with docume~ted evidence of the violations. A committee representing the protesting wqrkers de- I nounced the mass firings by the company rrf al¥ workers 1 who resigned from the sell-out union COCE~. fh~s union 1 had never represented the workers' interests.· 91 · I The workers also denounced the company th:reats1 'against I them for wanting to establish an independ1ent Union. The company threatened to fire them promising to refuse 1. recognition pf the independent union. r; Ciudad Juarez - A group headed by the secretary general of Juarez' Confederation of Northern Workers (affiliated to Mexico's Confederation of Mexican Workers, the equivalent to the AFL-CIO) who is also a PRI congressman, .Jose Delgado Sosa, the confederation's legal counsel Arturo Davila Fierro and the women's representative Dora Villegas stormed into the Convert de Mexico assembly plant recently. unions in plants with a majority of women workers. At such plants women who have wanted to join a union and fight back against employer abuse have been held back by their husbands. Many union organizers have heard the answer: "My husband won't let me jon," or· "My husband won't let me go to the meeting," etc. The fact is that in many similar cases the woman has a fighting spirit and the ability to oppose abuse while the husband refuses to struggle even at his own workplace or in his community. The social process to change this attitudes against women 'is a difficult one and it will take the combined effort of both men and women to change them. Both will enjoy a greater freedom for it. rt{& rvE NEWS ~lfofAcKJ They threatened the women workers at the plant demanding their resignatioTh from the independent Revolutionary Confederation of Workers (CRT). ~"""""""'"""""""'"'"'''''''''''"""'""""''''''"'''~ The women workers refused the demands responding instead with catcalls. Dora Villegas then called in their gang of goons (taxi drivers and professional wrestlers armed with sticks and iron bars) to attack the CRT members. 15 women suffered grave injuries, 70 were severely beatened and 2 suffered miscarriages as a result of the injuries. • I I .- 1 . I I I t i t • t ~'''''''''''"'"''''''''''''''''''''"'''~ ~"''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''~ '""''' ---,------------- ·- .... -------:~- .. TENANTS, RIGHTS ... rrr ~· @i' @ ['._ ___________ _ • . > -- ~ .... ----- If .your deposit is not re-funded and you have acted 'properly, you will have to ,sue the landlord to recover ·: the . money. You can also · re-cover additional money, if 'the court so decides. In the event that the landlord feels you have caused him damages, he/she must, within thirty days after you move out, provide you with a written list of any deductions he has made from the deposit. If your rent is not pafd up at the time you leave, the landlord .is not required to furnish this written list. To protect yourself as a tenant, when you first move in you should make a written list of all defects within the unit. If possible you should have your landlord with you when you inspect the unit. Give him/she a copy of this list and have him sign a copy which you can keep. p Esta ultima parte se dirige a la discriminacion y al Jexismo que mujeres sufren en otras areas de la soci'edad incluyendo su mismo hagar. Cuando una mujer decide trabajar fuera de su hagar para suplementar el sueldo de su esposo o si se ve forzada a trabajar para mantener a sus hijos, una de sus preocupaciones mayores es el cuidado de sus ninos. La falta de interes de patrones en los EUN y del mismo gobierno en proporcionar guarder!as para cuidar ·ninos de mujeres obreras es un descaro sin igual en el mundo. Casi todos los pa!ses industriales y muchos de. los mentados pa:!.'ses "sub-desarrollados '' proporciorian guarder! as infantiles para mujeres obreras gratis o a costa bajo. Al luchar contra esta clase de injusticias, la mujer se confronta con otro obstaculo mas: Su esposo. La sociedad ha creado el mito que las tareas caceras y el cuidado de los ninos es problema de la mujer unicamente. La mayor parte de las mujeres que trabajan fuera de su hagar aun tienen que preparar las comidas, limpiar la casa y atender a las necesidades de los ninos aun despues de un d!a duro en su trabajo asaliarado. ~ Los hombres llegan a su casa, leen el peribdico, taman una cerveza y/o ven la television mientras sus esposas se apresuran- hacienda el trabajo "usual" de mujer. Page 7 EL PUEBLO December, 19RO posos han creado muchos obstaculos para las mujeres. Uno de dichos obstaculos es la dificultad q~e tienen en hacerse miembras del sindicato en fabricas donde la mayor! a de los trabajadores son mujeres. En tales fabricas, mujeres que han querido meterse al sindicato a luchar encontra de los abusos patronales, han sido detenidas por sus esposos·. Muchos organizadores sindicales han oido la respuesta: "Mi esposo no me deja ser miembra," o "Mi esposo no me deja ir a las juntas," etc. etc. La realidad es que en· muchos casas similares la mujer ha tenido el esp{ - ritu combative y la habilidad de oponerse a los abusos, mientras el esposo reniega luchar aun en su propio centro de trabajo o en su comunidad. El proceso social para cambiar estas actitudes contra la mujer es uno dif{cil y requerira el esfuerzo combinado Pero en los EUN las mujeres obreFas no solo reciben sueldos mas bajos que los hombres, sino que una gran parte de su sueldo se va para pagar el cuidado de sus nines. Muchos hombres basta presumen a sus amigos de los b t enes materiales que ellos han logrado sin pensar que estas cosas las han obtenido gracias al sudor y al esfuerzo de sus esposas que trabajan duro. Tales actitudes sexistas de los es-del hombre y la mujer. l! Los dos gozaran de mayor l~bertadpor su. esfuerzo. . . DEPOSITOS DE RENTA . I AYUDAHUMANITARIA INQUILINOS: CONOSCAN 1 COMITE DE 8-.A. SUS DERECHOS l A YUDA A · Por: L. Tavares (Este art~culo fue escrito por el personal del Gremio de Inquilinos de San Antonio SARG. Estas personas no son abogados Sin embargo, la informacion que dan, esta'basada en la experiencia de haber trabajado con problemas de inquilinos y duenos.) DEPOSITOS DE SEGURIDAD El deposito de seguridad es una cierta cantidad de dinero que el inquiline paga al dueno para proteger al duefio en caso de que el inquiline falte a su acuerdo de renta o cause danos al dueno. En otras palabras, el objetivo es de darle al inquiline un incentive para cumplir con su obligacion. Si el inquiline actua debidamente, a el 0 ella se le regresara su deposito. Si no, perderan el deposito. tomando en cuenta el desgasto I El Comite de Assistencia bajo uso normal. ! Para Nicaragua de S.A. ha esDesgas to baj o uso normal I tado trabaj ando para ayudar significa aquellos danos que r al pueblo nicaragiiense em su resultan del uso normal de la 1 esfuerzo de reconstruir su habitacion, como por ejemplo I pa{s. el desgasto de las alfombras, El ano pasado el pueblo de cortinas descoloridas, etc. I Nicaragua- lagro d~rrocar al El dueno no puede cobrarle I regimen del dictadorAnantacio por estas casas. I Somoza. 1 . Finalmente, usted debe I Hoy el pa¥s se encuentra en d 1 ld "'-' • / L ,1' ar e a ueno por escr1to, I un per1odot ~ e reconstruccion una direcci6n donde le pueda despues de. haber qu~dado demandar ·por correo su deposito I vastado por la ~remenda lucha . I c , , S1empre y c~ando uste~ no para su lib ~rac ~on. haya causado danos al dueno y I El nuevo gobi~rno representiene su renta pagada, el 1 tado por el Frente Sandinsta dueno tiene que regresarle su deposito 30 d{as despues de salirse usted. Si su deposito no le ha sido devuelto y usted ha actuado debidamente, tendra que demandar al dueno para recobrar su dinero. Tambien puede recobrar dinero adicional, si as{ lo decide la corte. NICARAGUA otro pa{s centroamericano. Hoy tenemos el ejemplo de El Salvador donde ~e estaincrementando la intervencion militar por parte de los EUN. La solidarid~ que _podamos ofrecer al pueblo nicaraguense es muy importante para la superviviencia de su liberaci6n lograda con la sangre de obreros, trabajadores y estudiantes. Ademas significa estar en solidaridad con todos los pueblos opremidos de centroamerica que luchan para li- Existen varias restricciones que afectan el retorno del deposito.Para empezar, si su contrato . le require que de un aviso adecuado como condicion para que se le regrese el deposito cuando desocupen la habitaci6n, entonces usted · tiene que cumplir. En caso de que el dueno piense que usted le ha causado danos, el 0 ella dentro de 30 dias de su salida tiene que proporcionarle una lista escrita de las deducciones que le ha heche al deposito. Si su renta no esta pagada cuando se sale de la habitacion, entonces el dueno no tiene que darle ni la lista de deducciones ni el deposito .• Cruzada de alfabetizacion eri Nicaragua. Este requisite tiene que estar escrito en el contrato en letras grandes o bien,debe estar subraya.do. . "' Debemos.· av·isa·rles .tambien, que estas., .formas en que los duenos se· quedan con los depositos; ,_ han sido desafiados ;" "' en corte y no esta clara aun cual direccion tamara la ley en esta cuestion. Ademas, usted tiene que dejar la habitacion en la misma condicibn en que estaba cuando usted primero la ocup6 Para protegerse como _inq~i lino, ~ cuando p·rimero occupen una habita'cion, deberi'a -hacer una lista escrita de todos los defectos de la ·'··casa."' S-i es posible, deber{a estar presente el dueno cuando usted hace la inspeccion.Debe darle una copia de la lista al dueno y p{dale que firme la copia que usted guardara en sus archives. Apoye Su Per~dico ~ .. ~. . . .~ .. ~ 111:611~=~1·] Mass literacy crusade in Nicaragua. photo: Meiselas/Magnum de ~iberaciori ~cion~l (FSLN) actualmente esta' tomando me- · didas economicas . y sociales para mejorar el nivel de vida de la mayoria del pueblo. Una . de ~ estas medidas ha sido la Cruzada de Alfabetiza~ cion que reducio el analfabetismo de 60% a un 12%. Lo que para Nicaragua representa liber~cion, para la clase dominante de los EUN representa una amenaza para sus intereses economicos. Esto significa que los gobernantes en Washington trataran a todo costa de impedir la liberacion de cualquier berarse de dictaduras repre..,. . sivas. Por estas razones se formd · el, · Comiti: Se ·. · ha · trab~j ado en ·Ia comunidad, los sindi- · c·atos; ·iglesias y universida~.', des · para . iiiformar sabre los··· . mas rec'Ientes acontecimiento'S .............. en Nicaragua. El Comite invita la participaci6n de toda organizacion o pers~na de S.A. intersada en ofrecer su solidaridad y ayuda humanitaria a Nicaragua Por mas informacion, por favor llame: (512) 732-0960. f' Page 8 EL PUEBID December, 1980 'GUEST EDITORIAL CENTRAL AME ICA NEE s OUR SUPPORT We b~lieve it is necessary that the Mexican community in the U. S. support the struggles of -the Central American peoples. Apart from the obvious reasons of a common culture, and an affinity born of a common history, we -must keep in .mind that Latin Americans will soon be, if we are not already, the majority of this hemisphere. Latin America is potentially one of the richest in the world and sooner or l?ter this will translate into political power. We must be a part of this. Beyond this, however, is the need to alert the community to the preparation of another Vietnam. The parallels are too striking to overlook. Like Vietnam, we are told the communists are to blame; like Vietnam, there is an individual · "to blame" for all of this. In Vietnam it was Ho Chi Minh, now it is Fidel . Castro. Like Vietnam, ·· the involvement began by sending "military advisors" and increasing "military aid" to the ruling regimes. Like Vietnam, we supposedly support "moderate" democrats against the "extremists" when in fact we are keeping military dictatorships and oligarchies in power. Like Vietnam, the true economic interests of U.S. corporations and the intrigues 0f the ·military establishment are hidden from the American people. Finally, like Vietnam, it will be Latinos who will be sent to do the brunt of the "counter-insurgency" fighting and perhaps more so, since we speak the language. EDITORIAL INVIT ADO Today the U.S. is losing its monopolistic control of the. world - Not because of the conununi,sts - but because people are tired of being considered pawns in the U. S. chess game to dominate the world for its own interests. The U.S. , not wanting to accept the lesson pf history -that there is no force which can stop a people who wants to be free ~ has decided to make Central America pay in blood for its freedom from tutelage and poverty. The Central American people have simply decided they are willing to pay that price. As U.S. citizens, residents or whatever our ~ egal status, we should not apologize for injecting our voices on U.S. policy in Central and Latin America. Just as the Jewish communi- Mrft.~o'.5E. E.TEMP\.0 ~pMHATI\/0 t..os. MART\RES ty pressures the U.S. government on its policy · toward Israel and the Middle East; Just as the .Polish community demonstrated its opinion on recent events in Poland; and just as the black community has begun to express its views regarding U.S. policy toward African countries; so, too, Latinos must make their voices heard on U.S. policy toward the southern republics of our hemisphere. We should not be intimidated by the arrogance and disdain shown the Latino in this country daily·. We must remember that the arrogance of the Anglo t'oward the Latino is very often just the mask of fear. Not the fear of our numbers, but the fear of our future. (EL FORO DEL PUEBLO P. 0. Box 125 Alhambra, CA 91802) Photo: NACLA Millions of Central Americans are suffering under bloody - ultra-right dictatorships. ------------------------------- Millones de centroamericanos estan sufriendo bajo dictaduras ultra-derechistas. DEBEMOS RESPALDAR A CENTRO AMERICA Creemos que es necesario que la comunidad mexicana en los E.U. apoyen las luchas de los pueblos Centroamericanos. Aparte de las obvias razones como una cultura, una lengua y una afinidad nacida de una historia comlin, debemos tener presente que los latinoamericanos seran, sino ya lo somos la mayor!a en este hemisferio. La America Latina es potencialmente una de las areas mas ricas del mundo y tarde 0 , temprano se convertira en un poder politico. Nosotros debemos ser parte de esto. Aparte de esto, existe la necesidad de· alertar a la comunidad de la preparaci6n de otro Vietnam. Los paralelos estan tan delineados como para no verles. Como en Vietnam, se nos dice que los comunistas son los culpables; como en Vienam, hay un individuo culpable de todo esto. En Vietnam era Ho Chi Minh, ahara es Fidel Castro. Como en Vietnam, la intervencion empezo mandando "consejeros militares" y un incremento de ayuda militar a los regimenes en el poder. Como en Vietnam, nosotros supuestamente apoyamos a los "moderados" democratas en contra de los "extremistas" cuando en realidad mantenemos las dictaduras militares y o oligarcas en el poder. Como en Vietnam, los verdaderos intereses econ6micos de las corporaciones de E.U. y las intrigas del establecimiento militar se esconden del pueblo estadounidense. Finalmente, como ·en Vietnam, seran los latinos los q'ue seran mandados como carne de canon a pelear como "contra insurgentes" y quizas mas, ya que hablamos el mismo idioma. ' En este momento los E.U. estan perdiendo el control monopolico del mundo - no debido a los comunistas -pero porque los pueblos estan cansados de ser usados como peones en el juego de ajedres de E.U. para dominar el mundo a sus intereses. Los E.U., no queriendo aceptar las lecciones de la historia - que no hay fuerza que pueda detener al pueblo que quiere ser libre - ha decidido que Centroamerica pague con sangre por su libertad del tutelaje y la pobreza. El pueblo de Centro America simplemente ha decidido que esta dispuesto a pagar ese precio. Como ciudadanos de E.U., reresidentes o cualquier estatus legal que se tenga, no debemos excusarnos por intervenir con nuestra voz en la pol!tica de E.U. con respecto a Latinoamerica. As{ como la comunidad jud{a presiona al gobierno de E.U. en ~u polftica bacia Israel y el media oriente; as{ como la comunidad polaca manifesto su opinion sobre los recientes eventos en Polonia; as! como la comunidad negra haempezado a expresar sus puntas de vista en relacion a la politica de ·E.U. bacia los pa{ses africanos; asf tambien los latinos deben hacer que sus voces sean oidas en tica de E.U. hacia Latina. / la pol1- America No debemos ser intimidados por la arrogancia y el desdeno manifestados diariamente bacia el latina en este pa:!s. Recordemos que la arrogancia del anglo-saj6n bacia el latino es mas que nada una mascara de miedo. No de miedo a nuestros numeros, pero s! de miedo a nuestro futuro. 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