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Subject: NEWS: Short Takes/MIM Notes #69
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SHORT TAKES

from MIM Notes, Issue 69: October, 1992



White supremacist gets kid glove treatment

On Aug. 31 armed white supremacist Randy Weaver was gently
escorted on a stretcher away from his wilderness hideaway near
Naples, Idaho by more than 100 federal, state and local pigs --
and the Idaho National Guard. Despite the fact that this
gun-running Amerikan Nazi shot and killed a U.S. Marshal in a
10-day fire fight, the pigs allowed visitors to deliver food and
other supplies to Weaver's fort while they pleaded and prayed with
him.

A group of 300 armed Weaver supporters were allowed to camp near
the cabin during the stand-off, shouting anti-Semitic and racist
slogans.

The Amerikan press covered the story extensively and painted
Weaver as a hardy, he-man individualist of the old-time settler
variety.

Contrast this treatment with the extermination of the Philadelphia
MOVE in 1985. Because the Africa family refused to submit to
forced assimilation by the white oppressor nation, six adults and
five children were mercilessly sprayed with tens of thousands of
bullets and high-powered fire-hoses -- which were turned off in
time for a helicopter to drop a high-tech incendiary bomb on the
house.  Children fleeing the flames were cut to pieces by police
weapons.  The fire was allowed to rage and burn down several city
blocks where Black people lived. The sole adult survivor, Ramona
Africa, was imprisoned for living through the holocaust.

Millions of white Amerikan potato-heads peacefully watched the
execution of MOVE on television and approved the result. For this
and a billion other crimes, MIM observes that Weaver's Amerika has
been sentenced to death by the international proletariat. --MC86

                               -30-

Some poor people get richer in Amerika

The study below was recently released by the Urban Institute. It
followed people in five income categories (quintiles) from 1977 to
1986. It concludes that most Amerikans do not necessarily remain
in the lower income categories for life, but that they
consistently gain in income over their lifetimes. Those who claim
that the Amerikan Worker is falling through economic cracks should
honestly examine this study. It sheds some light on the outrageous
affluence of Amerikans which springs not from their own labor --
but from the labor of Third World peoples.

 1977           1977            1986      Percent
 Quintile       income          income    Gain

 Bottom        $15,853         $27,998    77%
 Second         31,340          43,041    37
 Third          43,297          51,796    20
 Fourth         57,486          63,314    10
 Top            92,531          97,140     5

 All           $48,101         $56,658    18%

This study does not reflect the total United States population,
but it does reflect a "representative" adult sample, ages 25-54,
and demonstrates a trend for groups drawn from the quintiles. The
dollar amounts are average family incomes in 1991 dollars.
Typically these types of studies are of whites. From this it is
possible to conclude that despite some lay-offs and job-sector
shifts the groups represented in the sample are doing quite
well -- as the Third World starves to death. --MC86

                               -30-

Bush administration declares indigenous nations extinct

"The Bush administration has quietly asserted that it has the
power to declare any Indian tribe in the nation extinct, even if
the tribe has been recognized by a congressionally ratified
treaty.

"The new policy is stated deep in the text of a Bureau of Indian
Affairs decision last month denying recognition to the Miami tribe
of Indiana.

"At stake is not just the legal status of hundreds of tribes but
their claims to land, benefits and fishing rights and their rights
to tax and regulate businesses that operate on their land."(1)
--MC86

Notes: Associated Press 8/92.

                               -30-

Columbus and capitalism

"The universal dollar sign ($) can be attributed to the mission of
Columbus. It was a symbol imprinted on all Spanish treasures
coming from the Spanish-American colonies. It represented the "S"
for Spain, and the two vertical crossing bars // for the gold and
silver treasures that were claimed by Spain."(1)

"What Columbus did to the Arawaks of the Bahamas, Cortez did to
the Incas of Peru, and the English settlers of Virginia did to the
Powhatans and the Pequots."(2)

"After the land of the North & South Amerikan continents
(Abya-Yala) was returned to the 1,000 indigenous nations, the
white settler population labored for 500 years to pay reparations
to all the self-liberated Third World peoples. Later they became
good communists."(3) --MC86

Notes:

1. Newsletter of the Louisiana Quincentennial Commission.
2. Howard Zinn, _A People's History of the United States_.
3. The World Revolution on Earth, Year 1129.

                               -30-

Covert operations underway in Peru

"United States officials refused to say whether American
intelligence or military personnel were in any way involved in the
events that led to Mr. Guzman [ a.k.a. Comrade Gonzalo]'s arrest.

"Representative Robert G. Torricelli, chairman of the House
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, said it was 'certainly
possible' that the United States had provided some intelligence
assistance in the operation, although military aid to Peru was
suspended last spring."(1)

The above is known in the "intelligence community" (i.e., the
covert war criminals' golf courses and smoke-free rooms) as a
"non-denial denial." In other words, the unnamed officials are
trying to grab some credit for jailing Gonzalo, but want to avoid
blame if the Communist Party of Peru's People's War exacts an
embarrassing revenge. For these statements and more, MIM believes
there are covert operations underway in Peru.

The Village Voice reports that ex-Green Beret Major Richard
Meadows "[c]urrently runs a 'private security consulting' firm in
Peru, according to a spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy there. The
spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel John Winn, said he couldn't
remember the company's name but was certain it had no government
connections.  He then offered to pass a request for a press
interview to Meadows. Meadows did not respond." Unfortunately, the
Voice reporter apparently did not demand to know why Winn had
access to Meadows, but not to the name of Meadows' company.

Meadows has a history of involvement in covert operations. Despite
Winn's denial, Meadows' presence in Peru may indicate that, in
addition to overt U.S. military aid to Peru, CIA-sponsored covert
operations against the PCP are ongoing and/or in the works.

The Voice article focuses on Meadows' anti-drug work for H. Ross
Perot in 1981 -- work which circumvented international neutrality
agreements. But the Voice also points out that "Meadows'
background in fact is better suited to counter-terror (sic)
operations than police work. During the mid-1960s, he had helped
General John K. Singlaub set up cross-border commando raids in
Indochina. Years later, shortly before leaving the army and
joining Perot, he sneaked into Iran on a one-man spy mission to
lay the groundwork for Jimmy Carter's abortive Desert One hostage
rescue attempt."(2)

Retired U.S. Major General "Singlaub's life-long military
specialty has been unconventional warfare, which he defines as
'low-intensity operations such as sabotage, terrorism,
assassination, and guerrilla warfare,' and non-military activities
such as psychological warfare, economic sabotage, and
disinformation." His biography reads like a survey of Amerikan war
crimes.

From 1966 to 1968, the period during which Meadows was helping
Singlaub and Amerika slaughter Asians, Singlaub headed the Studies
and Observations Group (SOG) in Vietnam. SOG, which had members
from all branches of Amerika's military, ran "counter-terrorist"
missions into North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

In 1980, Singlaub "supplied Guatemalan and Salvadoran armed forces
with counter-terrorist (sic) training."(3)

In 1981, Singlaub formed the US Council for World Freedom (USCWF),
the US chapter of the World Anti-Communist League (WACL).(3,4) The
organization now known as WACL, which was founded in 1954 by a
group of Southeast Asian drug lords, went international in 1966
thanks to China's KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek, south Korean
politician Park Chung Hee, two right-wing Japanese gangsters, and
Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Former CIA officers say the CIA provided
seed money for WACL.(4) Singlaub later went on to chair WACL.(3)

From his position in USCWF and WACL, Singlaub "enlisted
paramilitary groups, foreign governments, and American
conservatives in the contra cause. WACL fundraising events .
helped to [covertly] provide the contras with weapons, money, and
training. The WACL organization's membership includes Latin
American dictators, death squad leaders, and neo-fascists."(3)
Notorious death squad leaders Mario Sandoval Alarcon of Guatemala
and Roberto D'Aubuisson of El Salvador trained at the WACL
military academy in Taiwan.(4) --MC49

Notes:

1. New York Times 9/14/92, p. 8.
2. Village Voice 6/9/92, p 25.
3. Iran-Contra Scandal Trading Card #7, Paul Brancato, 1988,
   Eclipse Enterprises, P.O. Box 1099, Forestville, CA 95436.
4. Drug Wars Trading Card #20, 1991, Paul Brancato and Bob
   Callahan, Eclipse Enterprises.

                               -30-


Fascism surges in Germany

Germany has seen a surge in fascist attacks on foreigners that has
made headlines in the past month. The daily right-wing Nazi
assaults are a response to Germany's influx of immigrants over the
past year.

The Christian Democrats, led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl, have
concluded that the best way to reduce these attacks is to give in
to their demands and implement drastic restrictions on Germany's
asylum laws.

The Social Democrats, who control much of the German parliament,
are divided on how to deal with the fascism, with many indicating
support for stricter immigrants laws.(1)

MIM sees some parallels between Germany and the immigration
situation in the United States. The majority of white Amerika
supports Amerika's strict immigration laws against Third World
people (the laws are much more lenient for most First Worlders).
Keeping the borders closed keeps the wages in Amerika from
dropping to the level of wages in Latin America and other
countries from which many immigrants would flood this country if
given the chance.White Amerikans know they need closed borders to
keep their jobs and their inflated wages.

If Amerika was suddenly forced to open its borders MIM expects we
would see a similar rise in overt fascist attacks on immigrants.
The attacks in Germany have been concentrated in Germany's
economically depressed eastern region. These Germans are the ones
most endangered by the immigrants -- similar to poor white workers
in this country who made up the bulk of David Duke's support in
Louisiana.

As internationalists, MIM rejects borders and will never support
any immigration laws. Amerika was stolen from the oppressed
nations who are now being kept out or kept on reservations.

MIM is not surprised to see some of the Social Democrats
supporting fascist immigration policies. Social Democrats have
historically contributed to the development of fascism by seeking
to strengthen the bond between working class and bourgeoisie in
imperialist countries. Real internationalists -- Maoists -- will
never reject the oppressed to help the fascists in their own
country. --MC17

Notes: Associated Press, 9/10/92.

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