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Vol. II No. 4 Sa-n Antonio, Texas
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_ December I Diciernbre, 1980
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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cal "leaders" have been Brown's customers . is not the main iii'"
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~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: !
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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.
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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.
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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~
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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"
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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
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~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.
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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
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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.
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They threatened the women workers at the plant deman­ding
their resignatioTh from the independent Revolution­ary
Confederation of Workers (CRT).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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~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)