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Thetuberculosisrateis8timesthenationalaverage
NO. 34 On some reservations the teenage suicide rate is ten times the
nationalaverage R
25%ofNativewomenhavebeensterilisedwithoutinformedconsent
25-35% of all Native children under 18 are removed from their
familiesby‘childwelfare’andfostered,adoptedorinsitutionalised
Another 27% are forcibly boarded-out by the racist Bureau of
"1 IndianAffairs
TheaveragelifeexpectancyforNativeAmericansis47years
L [Source:WomenofAllRedNations]
,1 ll J“,
Butthereis, andalwayswas, resistance. Everydecadesince 1492has
witnessedindigineousrevolt,fromAlaskatoChile. TheSeminoleWarsof
IN roan l\'t‘\01\ 1812-36sawNativeIndiansjoiningwithrunawayAfrikanslavesandsome
marginalisedwhitestoformapowerfulanti-stateforce. Similaralliances
wereformedinS.AmericaandtheCaribbean. Suchjointresistancemust
be amodelfortoday’s fightback, afactrecognisedintheDeclarationof
Quito, drawnupin 1990by 120Nativedelegatesfrom all theAmericas.
1‘ The Declaration states; ‘’We must march alongside the peasants, the
workersandthemarginalisedsectors.....inordertodestroy........oppression
andconstructanewsociety”. Oneworld,onepeople.. .onestruggle.
JULY/AUG/SEPT i992
CONFRONTINGCOLUMBUS
InOctober 1991 amassinhonourofColumbusinSevilleCathedral,
Spain, wasabruptlyhaltedbyhundredsofdemonstrators,includingNative
Americans,Europeansupporters,andlocalanarchists andsquatters.
Thesamemonthbetween30-50,000marchedthroughXelainGuatemala
toprotesttheplanned ‘celebrations’
TheSpanishCNT[anarcho-syndicalist]hascalledforatotalboycottand
sabotageofany500Years ‘celebrations’.
InLiverpooltheanti-500Campaignhasalreadyforcedlocalgovernment
tochange ‘celebrations’ to ‘commemorations' on theadvertising. There
havebeen,andwillbe,manymoreactions. Ifyouknowofany,pleasesend
us an accountforafuturearticle.
The destructionofthe NativeAmericans was thecommencementofa
processwhichhasnowspreadworld-wide.
MOREDESTRUCTION,MORERESISTANCE
Itwasn’tatall-shipthatdockedinLiverpoolonMarch3,butaboatload
ofMalaysianhardwood. Anditwasn’tgreetedbyvisitingroyalty,buta
400-strong blockade ofenvironmental direct-actionists, including Irish,
German,andUScontingents. Craneswereoccupied. Manydemonstrators
’-, werearrestedandheldinagiant‘chicken~coop’. Allwerereleasedwhen
Liverpooldockersthreatenedto strike.
There have been similar actions in Germany and Australia, while in
Sarawak itself, the displaced Penan and Dayak tribes have foughtback
staunchlywithblockadesandsabotage, sometimessupportedbyactivists
ts‘ from Europe and the US, 8 ofwhom were deported from Sarawakafter
spending months in jail with Penan blockaders. Thousands of Native
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peoplehavejoinedblockadesatLongAjengandSungaisince1989. lake
442,’
2* BurbridgeofEarthFirst! UK,whowasoneofthejailed8,says;"Things
4’0us"git./$\'° cannotgetmuchworse. ThePenanandDayaksfacetotaldestruction
oftheirforestsby 1995".
Allovertheplanet,inAustralia,Philippines,E.Timor,Indonesia,andall
the Americas, tribal peoples are being displaced and their life-styles
destroyedbythecliqueofrichparasites whoplundertheworld’s wealth.
CONQUISTADOR means ‘conqueror'. Onewhogains by
73%oftheworld’snaturalresourcesareownedby50giantcorporations.
force, whosubjugates. Which is what George Bush and King
Everyday,50speciesoffloraandfaunabecomeextinct. Meantimeatthe
Juan Carlos ofSpain will celebratewhen they greet the tall-
‘Earth Summit’ inBrazil, theyes-menputtheirheads together andswap
shipssymbolicarrivalinLiverpoollaterthisyear. Thegaining
dandruff. Theywillchangenothing. Realchangecomes frombelow. In
byforceofanentirecontinentand thesubjugationofitsNative
one Brazilian province the bosses’ hit-men have murdered 173 activists
peoples. 500 yearsofmass-murder,torture, rapeandslavery.
since 1980,butthestrugglecontinues.
WhenColumbus arrivedin 1492,theAmericashadanestimatedpopu-
The geneticark isbeingdestroyedbytherobber-barons. We must
lation of90 million people. By 1790 the Nativepopulation stood at 20 stopthem beforeitgetstoolate. Getinvolved.
million. Theonslaughtcontinues. _
Contact;EarthFirst!UK,9CazenoveRd,LONDONN16
AKINDER,GENTLER,GENOCIDE MerseysideGreenAnarchistlEarthFirst!.meetIst&3rdMondayofthemonthat
For the Native population of Bush’s ‘kinder, gentler America’, life = TheMutualAidCentre,45See!St,LiverpoolL1
oppression; 500YearsofResistance,Box13,1NewtonSt.,ManchesterM1 IHW
Unemploymentonthereservationsisbetween50-80% SPAIN;Desenmarceremos,[WeUnmask92],c/Campomanes13,2Piso,Madrid.
CANADA,'OH-TOH-KIN(newNativeResistancepaper).POB0x2881,Vancouver
Theinfantmortalityrateis3timesthenationalaverage
BC,VGB3X4,Canada.
Q PEDAL POWER Q STILL OPEN!
. NO TO NUKILLEH POWER
100 CYCLE Couriers and supporters took CLAIMANTS are keeping Edinburgh ANEWnuclearPressurisedWaterReactoris
over London’s Oxford St. on 30 March. UnemployedWorkersCentreopen,toprovide plannedatChapelcross, SWScotland. The
Cyclistsmarkedthedeathofacyclecourier “resources, advice and solidarity” for the Chapelcross Watchdog and Action Group
run over by a TNT artic on 20 March by unwaged,lowwaged,localcommunityandall say “This project is dangerous and
cycling together at a snail’s pace through resistinginjustice. Theyaredefyingaminority unnecessary and local people will resist
London’sWestEnd,brieflyblockingthefatal of Centre Trustees - including Labour it.".Locals havealready had a small victory
junctionandattachtingawreathtothetraffic CouncillorsKinderandLoughney-whohave in holding upthedrillingofbore-holes.
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MARION COMES TO
MAGHABERRY
BRITAIN
LESS than20% ofScotland’spotential electoratevotedTory. WOMEN
AS the Irish women defended
Anger at the Conservative UK election victory has led to ASRepublicanwomenprisonersin themselves, prisoners inWhitemore,
widespread demands for a referendum on the creation of a Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim, Britain’snew£34milliontop-security
Scottish Parliament. preparedto celebrateIntemational jail for ‘problem’ prisoners, held a
TheToryrejectionofareferendumexposesBritish“democ- Womens’Day,theNorthernIreland peaceful work strike against the
racy”asasham. Butthereferendumoptionsof‘devolution’or Office decided to make their own Marion-styletechno-repressionofthe
‘independence’ arenowayforward. contribution. ‘new-generation‘prisonregime. The
-On March 2 the women were strikewas solidinC andD wings.
Devolution - a Scottish parliament within the UK - would
orderedtoremainintheircellstobe Atmidnighttheriotsqadmovedin
change virtually nothing. Labourand the Liberal Democrats
stripsearched. Despitetheirstrong and forcibly removed strikers tothe
would have more power,while the dominanceofthe UK state objections, 21 women prisoners punishmentblock. 24prisonerswere
and big businesswas preserved. were stripped naked by gangs of immediatelyshippedofftosegregation
Independence for Scotland would be a blow to the British malescrewsinriotgearandforcibly unitsinotherjails. Oneofthesewas
ruling class. But itwould do nothing to give ordinary people examined. Their mouths were John Bowden who has long
more control,orabetterlife. covered to stifle screams. Each campaignedforprisoners’rights,and
A new Scottish government would be working within the attack was heard by all the other exemplifies whatthe State means by
capitalist set-up - multinationals , European Community and women, who thus spent hours ‘problemprisoners’-thosewhoknow
all. Its major aim would be boosting the profitability of the listening to their comrades being theirrightsandarewillingtofightfor
sexuallyassaultedbeforetheirown them.
Scottisheconomy. Thiswouldmeanattacksonwages,services
turncame. Whitemore is a state-of-the-art
andworkers’ rights- allaccompaniedbyferventexhortations
Onewomanwashospitalised. All model ofrepression. Iohn says. “If
totighten ourbeltsfor Scotland.....
received injuries, and will have to prisoners do not organise
The new pro-referendum groups - Scotland United (domi- spend long years in the very cells themselves, they will be denied
natedbypro-devolutionLabourMP5andSTUCbureaucrats), where theywereviolated. anyshredofhumanrightsordignity.
Democracy for Scotland (“a non-party political network The women have since been A regime like Whitemore must be
seekingaconsensusforchange”),andCommonCause("aCivic charged with assaultbecause they resisted in order to preserve one’s
ForumonScotland’sdemocraticfuture”)-ignoresocialstrug- defendedthemselves. sanity.”
gle. More positively, the republican Scottish Democratic Re- Letters ofsupport; Carol Cullen. CZ, About 30 Whitemore strikers are
sistanceadvocate“amasscampaign,locallybased,nobureau- Maglraberry Women's Prison. Old stillbeingheldinvarioussegregation
Road. UpperBallirzderry. Lisbrtrn. Co
units.
cratic control”. Antrim.NI.
Write; John Bowden B41173, Seg Unit
The angerat injustice mustnot be diverted into a constitu- Updatesfrom; The Centre, .51/5 Falls
D108,HMPPentonville,CaledonionRd,
tional cul-de-sac! The directaction ofthe anti poll tax move- Rd,BELFASTBT12.
London. Updates; TakingLiberties, PO
ment shows the way. Let’s extend the grass-roots resistance
Box446,Sheffield
which has made the poll tax unworkable - andmake Scotland
IT DOESN’T HAPPEN
ungovernable. A POUND OF FLESH
HERE?
Privatisation,cuts,testingprimarypupils,collectingpolltax THEStatehasexacteditsrevengeon
WHILE infamous cases like the
arrears, Trident, the Asylum Bill, the Child Support Act, 4oftheStrangewaysMutineers. After
Birmingham 6, Tottenham 3 and
nucleardumping allcouldbemadeimpossibletoimplement a12-weekshowtrialduringwhichthe
bymassdirectactioninworkplaces,inschools,inhospitals,on Judith Ward highlight England’s defendants sat encased in a perspex
horrific record of ‘justice’, the
box, the4receivedatotalofover30
thestreets,atmilitarybases......Thesestruggleswillneedtolink
Scottish system has escaped
years.
up with the similar battles being fought in England, Wales, embarrassment.StephenWindsor’s
Updates; Manchester ABC, Box 8, 1
throughoutEurope andworld-wide. casecouldchangethat.
NewtonSt.,Piccadilly,Manchester.
Liberation cannot be won in Scotland alone. Like John Stephen wasjailed in 1985 for
Macleanwewant“thepeopleofthe world(to)getthe worldand armed robbery and the attempted
retain the world.” murder of two Edinburgh police
CRECHING MEETINGS
Senda SAEforourexpandedA4 leafleton thissubject. officers.Hewassoblatantlyframed Greater Pilton Childcare Action
that even the conservative
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GOVEHNMENT plans for workers rank & file determination to resist Heiscurrentlyawaitingnewsof publicmeetininLeiththeywere
tofootthebillofunificationbetween paltry wage rises. However, the hisappealwhich,ifitsucceeds,will toldtherewasnocrecheandthat
West & East Germany sufferred a settlementofthethreatenedlGMetal bethe firsteverinScotland. Fifty someparentswouldhavetolook
setback with the Public Services strike forstalled an escalation of otherprisonersinScottishjailsare afterthechildreninanotherroom.
strike won on the 8th May. Faced workersmilitancy. fighting their convictions. Some, Arguing that parents had a right
with sharp price rises, militant 8- Meanwhile, thousands of like StephenWindsorandSammy toattendtoo,theyconfrontedthe
enthusiastic strikers stopped punks,autonomists and anarchists Ralstonhavefoughttheirframings candidates on their plans for
transport,post&refusecollectionin marched from Kreuzberg into East
tooth-and-nail,notonlythroughthe childcare, while the kids played
action taken by the OTV Union. Berlinon Mayday, incensedat the
Solidarity action occurred in many murder ofa Vietnamese citizen on courts, but by protests, riots and happily in fornt ofthestage, up-
cities including Hamburg where 24th April . They linked “Los hungerstrikes. staging the pompous speeches
10,000 chanted “dustmen and Angeles,Yugoslavia and all places Stephen Windsor, HMP Noranside. from theplatform. Asoneofthe
metalworkers together",& in east where poor people are victims of Fern-By-Forfar,Angus,Scotland. group said, "Like other workers
Germany even although they were fascism". Atthe Brandenberg Gate wetoohavearighttoalifeofour
notdirectlyinvolved, apartfrom the on 26th May green & citizens own away from work - the
linkto60%ofwestern paylevels. campaigners blocked the road by Inside info c/0 Edinburgh unwaged slavery of raising the
On 14th May, a compromise of staging an impromptu party to " -rchist Black Cross next generation. There's no po-
5.5%wasonlysupportedby44%of oppose plans to open the Gate to Box 610, EH15 1UG. litical party that'll change that,
the 500,000 members, indicating throughroad traffic. they'reall full ofthesamecrap".
C QUNTIZII .
March. Hundreds demonstrate in
the city centre against fascist
INI‘0lli\lA'l'l0N~ activity.
DENMARK - Hagen, March
L /\‘ 21st. 15,000 take to the streets to
Stop Racist Killers protesttheletterbombmurderofan
anti-fascist.
CHOP CHOP!
NETHERLANDS-Amsterdam,
Scatteredmllitancyandindependent
March21st.About100,000joinin
workers protests erupt throughout
AS STATE racism and days later 600 anti fascists sweep anti-fascistmarch.Nextdayanother theformerUSSR.Toforstallanother
fascism increases across fascist paper sellers out of 100,000demonstratedinBrussels, majorchallengefromSiberianOil&
Europe, so does resistance Sunderland. 28 March, thousands Belgium againstfascism. Coal workers, President Yeltsin of
march through east London FRANCE - In the February Russiadispatched “Rouble ‘1"rains"
againstit.
protesting the murder of a Tamil regional, electioneering farce, to buy off trouble by releasing
BRITAIN- Rochdale, 15th refugeeandapoliceassaultontwo fascist Le Pen's trip to Corsica is overdue pay. President Yeltsin's
February,aBNPrallyisabandoned walkaboutinMoscowwasdisturbed
local men. Mid April, in the same blocked by anti-fascists. His
vwehneune.antTi-axfiasdcriivsetsrsotcocoukpystrtihkee area, 600copsprotect200fascists m30e0eoticncgupisycthaencruenllewda.yInanLdimproegveesn,t oclnea1v2erJuwnheobvyoalunmteanerewdithtoaemneaactt
froma1000strongdemoattheonly Yeltsin's statement that he would
action on 20 February in
election meeting the Nazis dare to a National Front speaker from rather chop off his own head than
Manchesterafterafellowdriveris hold. landing.Hundredsbreakawayfrom raise prices. Police intervened to
thevictimofaracistmurder. Two CZECHOSLOVAKIA-Prague, amassiveanti-fascistdemoinParis headoffthecutsl
onMarch18thandattacktheNazi- In March Kas-Kor reported a
protectingcops. prolonged strike at Ore Mines at
SPAIN -February23rd, 50,000 KrivoyRogineasternUkraine.Also
I-"" -rw in Ukraine, a strike of passenger
anti-racists reclaim the centre of
transportworkersescalatedindays
1 Barcelona, protesting police to 112 enterprises in 19 cities on
violence against immigrant
March18th.Althoughanaccordwas
I» Africans. signed to meet wage and pension
SWEDEN - anationalone hour demands,theUkrainianGovemment
bl- ‘*i<I----4‘. strike against racism/fascism gets wasthoughtlikelyto renegeon the
\\-~ massive support on 21 Feb. All deal. In Lithuania,a strike against
\-,-n..i.-_._, V‘ein"-._--..-.. schoolsareclosedas300,000school privatisationtookplaceatthe“Enja"
'\'i"1""i% childrenjoinin. plant in Kaunas.At Fiadvilishikis,
CONTRO an A it railwayworkersblockedmilitaryand
STOCKHOLM’spublictransport
‘J5 I otherrailtrafficfor2hours onMarch
grindstoahalt,asdo2Volvoplants
25thtodemand3weeksback-pay.
when 20,000 workers down tools
Despite threats to bring in the
wzlsnonisnl despitemanagementthreats.There Lithuanian army, the Government
IIIIE were solidarity actions around caved in.
Britain.Anoutdoorfascistmeeting Kas-Kor information digest,
in Stockholm lastsjust 15 seconds donation, fromPOBox16, Moscow
before being smashed by anti- 129642(tel. O95-921-06-55).
fascists.
MALAWI
GERMANY- 3,000antifascists
22peoplewerekilledearlyinMayin
occupyasquareinLeipzigtostopa
massive anti-government rioting
fascist rally on 22 March. As
againsttherepressiveregimeofDr.
-I"-*-\-_ _, _. demonstratorsclashwiththecops, Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
"AgainstRepression,RacismDiscrimination: anarchistsonthestreets thepolicehelicoptersuffersseveral SPAIN
ofPisa,Italyon9May(PhotoUmanitaNova) hits from fireworks l
Metal workers blocked traffic and
disrupted rail services in March in
We will never pay protestatthethreatenedclosureof
WoodGreen,andTottenham(Lon thefactory in Cartagena.
don) and Stockbridge New Town
YUGOCARNAGE
(Edinburgh) - have formed local
SOARINGnon-paymentisboost- sheriffofficerspoindingnon-pay- Solidarity Networks, involved in 50,000 demonstrated in Belgrade
ingthe anti polltax movement’s ers’ homes in Gracemount(Edin- antiracism,transport,housing,the on 31 May against war in Croatia
demands to scrap all the debts. burgh), Armadale and Boghall ChildSupportActandotherstrug- andBosnia-Hercegovina,sanctions
andtheallianceofSocialistpresident
Thoughtherearenowfeweranti (West Lothian), Gorebridge and gles. AmeetinginJulywilldiscuss
Milosevicwithchetnik(fascist)forces
polltaxgroups,actionscontinue Mayfield (Midlothian) during creating localSolidarity Networks executing civilians in occupied
country-Wide. AprilandMay. London-wide. Bosnianterritoryandlayingseigeto
120protestorsbeseigedHighbury FREETHEPRISONERS Anti Poll Tax activists from Sarajevo.
Courton21AprilasIslingtonCoun- Terry Frost (2 years), Andy Mayfield stopped a single parent EAST TIMOR
cilattemptedtojailCamdenCoun- Hester(18months),andChristine being evicted by Midlothian Dis- Fernando de Araujo, an East
cilworkerPhoebeWatkinsfornon- Hammet(9months)werejailedin trictCouncilon-4June. Thecouncil Timoresedissident,wassentenced
payment. Over20refusedordersto March for alleged Public Order falsely alleged rent arrears - and in May to 9 years for organising
leave the court. The case was ad- offences at a 1990 anti poll tax announced that when the woman protests against the Indonesian
journed. demo in Colchester. Six more wasevicted, her2pre-schoolchil- genocide&occupation andthe180+
~ Demonstrators protested at Colchester demo defendants face drenwouldbetakenintocare. deathsinNovember1991 atananti-
Salford Town Hall on 13 April seriouscharges. The localcampaigners -joined Occupation demonstration.
againsttheCouncilsackingaworker Followingavigorouscampaign, by7passingbinmen! -picketedto ROBIN HOOD LIVES
fornotpayingthepolltax. the only remaining Trafalgar defendthetenant’sMayfieldhome, “Robin Hood" is alive & defending
CampaignersinvadedHa.ringey’s Square demo prisoner, Tim and theCouncilbackeddown. the forest folk from terror. Not in
WoodGreen poll tax office on 19 Donaghy, has been given special Donations to, and prisoners ad- Sherwood but SokhuIu,ZuluIand.
March, demanding freedom for leave to apply for parole review. dressesetcfrom JPTPrisonerSupport Simon Msweli,has acquired a
jailednon-payerLingval Cousins. Keepupthepressure! Network, c/o TSDC, 506Brixton Rd., fearsome reputation by resisting
killers&extortionistswithhishome-
Unemployed Mr. Cousins was re- SOLIDARITY LondonSW98EW. Tel.O71 7387586. made rifle( a qwasha)., leading 30
leasedonappeal4days later. Several local Anti Poll Tax AntiPollTaxNetwork.'LondonO81 Sokhulu families living in forest
Neighboursandactivistsstopped Groups - including Homsey and 692 9181 (John);NorthEnglandO61 hovels, to escape the terror of the
7071584;ScotlandO315570718. KwaZuIu lnkathathugs.
BURN BABY BURN
Rioting and looting spread to cities bytheblackpoor.Insurgentstookthefight
ON 29 April a jury ofracist cop-lovers
acquitted four cops who had battered a elsewhere on the west coast (Eugene, San to Hollywood and Beverly Hills, home to
black motorist nearly to death. For the Jose,Seattle,LasVegas,wheretheNational manymillionaires. Middleclass vigilantes
poorblacksofLosAngeles,theknowledge GuardwerecalledoutandmostnotablySan sidedwiththePolicetodefendtheirwealth
thatfourracistscumhadswaggeredfree Francisco,wheretherewere1,900arrests), and property. Reported post-riot deals
out ofcourtwas the final obscenity in a tootherpartsofthecountry(Madisoninthe between gang leaders and Korean
country where black people’s average north,AtlantaandBirminghaminthesouth), shopkeepers (who tried to shoot looters)
income is 58% ofthat ofwhites, where andtoanumberofcitiesinCanada(Halifax, may make gang members increasingly
oneyoungblackmaninthreeisinprison, Montreal,TorontoandVancouver).Clashes contemptuousoftheirleaders,forwhom,as
onbailoronprobation,andwhereblack alsooccurredinNewYorkandWashington. forallcapitalists,profitclearlycomesfirst.
maleunemploymentistwicetheaverage. Whathadbecomethebiggestuprisinginthe "In the last twenty years this country
buriedthe poorand rebelliousunderan
iceberg of fashion, racism and wars on
drugs. This carefully tailored image of
Americahasshattered.
It's notjust poverty thatweighs down
thepeoplein theghettos. It'shaving the
policeterrorizeand brutalizeyou. .. It's
nothavingpoweroverthesimplestthings
in your life and not being expected to
havethe intelligence. .. It's beingshown
moviestarsthatyoucanneverbelikeand
beingshownfancyclothes youcannever
buy. Theriotshappenedwhenangerthat
had been building for years exploded.
Thisangerbecame power. "
From aleafletpublishedby A.S.A.N.,PO
BOX 3305, OaklandCA94609,USA.
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time and goods. Whole areas were taken sentin 13000 troops from the military and London Greenpeace, 5 Caledonian Rd.,
over and then defended with aimed force theNationalGuard.Therewere1,200arrests. London N1
against the cops. Attacks were launched Around55peoplewerekilled:atleastthree- Tottenham Solidarity Network, c/o 72 West
Green Fid., London N15.
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was shot at with an automatic. The PoorblacksandHispanicsaredefinitelyat
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destructionofsome5000buildings-denied the bottom of the American pile, but the
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to the enemy forever - made it clear that poor ofother colours have little to rejoice 2RD(books, mags, pamphletson mail order)
whatwas happening was outright war. about.Forthree-quarters ofthepopulation (lfyourgroupwould like to beconsidered for
Notonly was space taken back from the wages have fallen steadily since 1973.
state,buttimewas seizedfrom thebosses. Federal aid to the cities has been halved
Manyworkers forthelocalcouncilsimply since 1980, and whole districts have been
‘forgot’aboutgoingtowork,andthemayor reduced to Third-World levels ofpoverty.
(ablack former cop) had to threaten them Soit’snosurprisethattheLAuprisingwas
withloss ofpay. noraceriot.
Racialattacks did takeplace,carriedout
BOYZ ‘N THE HOOD by whites and blacks but they were
Butlootingbrokeoutonahugescale,and overshadowedbythegeneralatmosphereof
for that you don’t need money. People working class unity. This unity worked
liberatedfood,alcohol,TVs,shoes,clothes, againstdivisionsandsetanewprecedentin
firearms,videos,toiletpaper,anythingthey thecountry. it
wanted. They filled trolleys and wheeled LA’s world famous street gangs have
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themouttotheircars.Atonevaststore,cops 100,000members.Manyoftheyouthswho F,;?-»\
hadtofighttheirwaythroughaproletarian roamed the streets encouraging people to ;=.54
traffic-jam at the front while looting attack the rich areas were wearing gang
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continuedfrom the warehouses attherear. colours,andthetwomaingangstheBloods
Peoplewithoutaccesstocarsgotawaywith and the Crips even declared a ceasefire
as much as they could carry. Sometimes amongthemselvesinunityagainstthepolice.
human chains were formed to pass looted Significantly, this was 2 days before the
food to waiting cars and passers-by. And uprising.
once the supermarkets were stripped, they It is clear that it was in many ways
wereburnttotheground:notforalongtime conscious class war. Many poor whites,
will the poor have to face with the vile KoreansandHispanicstookpartaswellas
American‘dream’offlashygoodstheycan’t blacks. Stores with signs saying ‘black-
affordtobuy. owned’werelootedandburntoutregardless