(
rar
or by', ch
out tie was q�i�tly with Bush 17.4 percent of the enlisted
when the troops were first per onel in' the Marine. ar
deployed blocking action Black.
gainst fur e r- �gre sio'n, The A ACP s t te.d the
from Iraq. but then he aid, overrepr entation of Black
"Here-we are tearing off the in the ar ed force dcmand
, day of the calend r and we that the Black community be
_ .The Ad Hoc Afr ican an't even get the prin .) vigilant and vocal in all
Commi,ttee for ... to CCL" C- ny'-!'s w refe' debates concerning the use of
C ) does 0'01 ring 0 the Jan, l�U . a- these force, and' objects to
to to be a lion dead I� for I q to ,the u � of force in the Gulf .•
w i draw fro uwait, - Present at the new con-
befo m i l it aty action i ference was Clementine Bar-
last W'ed,ne day in Con- taken. field, Director of Save Our
gressman John Conyers of- . The AAACP say Bush has Sons and Daughtets; John
[ice, 'Attorney' Sharon. con ist I)' refu ed to Smith, Student Call Again t
... Blackmon t ted many negotiate in good falth or cre- the War; and Jo ne Wat on.
African Amer,ican in the ate an m�spher conducive NAACP. These organiza­
Gulf force were conscripted to negot auons. ' � tion �re part of board
y the lack of economic op- , . ,Black Caucus To ea u '. r , coaljtion opp� ed to the u e
portunities in the ci v il iah Nels�n Saunder sa , ush IS of force in the Gulf.
ing e so for the hIgh. num- economy' working under a �OIted Na- Smith, an Oakland Univer-
ber of Blacks incarcerated. "There tion mandai which exi ted ily student, indicated plan'
no choic a when South Africa invaded
Namibia, but that the U,S.
look no acti n then, aying
the U.S. i .on Ute warpath in
the Mid c as t [or economic
rea ons.
nyer tated the
AA"CP i n t trying to for­
mulate a p Ii Y for the Gulf
cri i , but that it i .trying to
motivate people to peak out
against a po: s ible war,
Conyer ay 'the
American people cap top a
war, ju t l i kc P pular opinion
ended the Vietnam war. He
ays a more people oppo ,e a
war in the poll', Bu h is run­
ning the ri k of not being
reelected.
, chairman, Stu,d�Dt Call Again t the
Jackson' challeng
Inmate �to.:cha.n"'�
By Billy Montgomery
Chica8D'Cili:r.en
HICAGO-(n his' annual
Chri tmas mes age to the in­
mates' at Cook County Jail,
Rev. J c s � J a c k son cll a 1-
lengcd the jail dwellers not to
limit their lifc option.
Ja cks e n charged that 1-
though the inmates are the
I vlcti rns of arr impoverished'
drug a d gun <;_ulture, the
tat u s
houldh't be
u ed as an
excuse 'to
perpetrate
criminal
act.
" W hen
your options
. are limited
you must
make the
rig h t
choice . Just
because your
hack i again t the wall, it
doesn't justify killing your
borther, selling drug, aban­
do ni ng your chi Idre nand
breaking your mother's
heart," Jack on aid. "Just
because your options are
reduced. you till have got to
make the right choice ."
Jackson appealed to the
predominantly � Black
audience to top the Black­
on-Black crime, the prevail-
comunity i
another form
of "birth con­
trol. ..
"Dontt
you know
that when
they give you
the drug to
blow up your
mind and
give you the
...................... -- ........ ------...;...-, g' U41 • to kill
off your'
setup," Jack-
neighbor , it's
on aid.
Referring to ,th� religiou
acknowledgement of
Chri tmas,.J ck on tared,
"In the day .of Jesu , Herod
killed the babie . But now,
the babie are killing the
babie . W�o is gong to top
the killing1"
The Opera tion PUSH
founder also addre ed the
See, JACKSON, Page 3
TH A P AY poll
indicate a majority of African
American OPPO, e the use of
force in the Gulf. According
to the AAA P, New York'
Time ICBS pol! t ken Dec:
9-11 how th't . percent of
BI ck elieve the U.S.
hould not have en troop to
the Gulf at all and 66 percent
would o bj ct to taking
military acti n on Jan. 15 if
Iraq ha not withdrawn by
th t d teo
The AAACP y Black
re di proportion tely repre­
ented in the U.S. military.
According to the AAACP
PO INTED . 29.7 percent of the Army and
Clementine Barfield
( 0 AD)
between no job and a
dangerou e xis tance in the
treet ." said Conyer.
The AAACP accu es
Pre ident George Bu h of
"mi leading the public a to
hi i ntentio in the Gul f.
Blackmon aid Bu ih tated in
Augu t that U.S. troop were
being ent to the Gulf in a
"wholly defen ive" po ture,
but after the congre sional
eteetion he announced his
intention to ere te n "offen-
ive option."
CO YE S
y
. ,
I.C
AUy. CJaarle Brown
(AAA P)
for a tentaive tudent m rch
nd prote t tp coincid lth
nation 1 de n tratlon in
W hington D.C., on Jan. 15
in downtown De .
The AAACP declared' Jan.
6 to be "Peace Sunday," and
is a king that pecial prayer
be offered for peace in th
Gulf.
THE AA CP H al 0
cheduled a Town Meeting
for Saturd y, January 12. t
Little' Rock B pti t Church in
Detroit.
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