4
aturday,
onald Yate
Tribun t rticl re d , " ... in
J p a, ere chool children re
hielded about their country'
role durin orld r II, the
irin of a ovie bout J p ne e
ar atrocitie h b d tunnin
e ect ... For ye rs, the duc tion
ini try b been under fire
from J p ne e hi tori n , the
Cbine e , South ore n nd
Tai ne e government 11
demanding th t the mini try
ce oring bi tory te tboo by
deleting m terial on the war th t
it deemed of que tionable hi -.
torical v Jue."
The Au tr Ii n film "Blood
. Oa th" h hoc ed the J p ne e
con cience ... the new film i
b ed on documented trocitie
by Japane e troop commi tted
again t 11,150 A tr Ii n, Dutch
and U.S. prisoners on the i I nd
of Ambon from 1942 to 1945 ite
of the mo t infamous pri oner of
ar c mp . Yate inform his
readers," Thi i the first film
ever shown here th tactually
portrays ordinary Japanese sol­
dier a ccomptice in war
crimes ... for many Japane e this
is sbocking motion pic-
I
today."
TH Y
I
till 1991, the
YOU'R
WITHI
THE
NORMS
e roe
u u a Ll y
b te other
people be-
ide the
egroe .
He' Imo t
a profe-
ional hater.
U he i poor,
he h te the
rich. If he'
rich he hate
th poor. If he i Democrat, he
h te the Republican . If be' a
Prote t nt or Jew, he hate the
tholic .
The r ce-h ter i inwardly a
man who hate him elf ... hence
h choo e hi victim a mem­
b r of minority group who i
able to defend himself than
tbe verage person. To his vic­
tim he uncon ciou Iy shift hi
own shortcomings and guilt-
month of June in America where
school children re shielded
bout their country' role during
"100 YEARS OF LYNCHING" a
book ·by Ralph Ginzberg fir t
printing in 1962 and econd
from
nd
i v e
n hi -
the
n i ,
nd
i n communi tie 11 d m nd­
in that Americ n Education
top cen oring hi tory te tboo
by deleting m teri I on the e
lynching crime th t it deemed
of que tion ble hi torical
value."
Ginzburg' boo "]00 YEARS
OF LYNCHING" now in it third
printing ha barely shocked the
Americ n con cience ... the new
printing document more
.••• nd on the n.tlon.l ecene;
The preeldent ceyeel.d hia l.t.­
at propoa.l for r.ductn. tha
ho.el.a. and poor pro 1. In
the U.S .. Th. packa •• Inclu.ed
.andatory r.,letratlon rolla for
all ho.ele •• and the l •• u. of
.urplu. ar •• for all yerlft ••
h08eovn.r. In an effort to utllt.�
the local cttl.en. to act •• the
local .y •• and •• r. of the ."y .. ,,,­
•• nt enforce •• dt unit. a •• l.n.d to
t.ckl. ho..l •••• ncro.ch •• nt on
p.r.onal and public oparty.
Thl •• t.p tovard a cl.an.r Aaerlkk�a
I •••• n a. e chanc. for u. to •• t
"lIeck on Cour .... and rtd our •• ly •
unc. and for all of 11,1. cur •• to
",nod cit taen •• and tl ..... Uar. of lh.,
•...
Solidarity: a sociali
Editor ' ,
Solidarity is a socialist,
feminist organization, founded
in May 1986 by radical activists
from a variety of groups and.
backgrounds. We believe it is
necessary to form a new type of
socialist organization that has
internal diversity, flexibility in
its practice, and forthright
socialist politics.
We are revolutionary
socialists who are democratic,
feminist, anti-racist and stand
..J.
t orqanlzatlon for left unity
for "socialism from below:
based on the self-organization
of the working class and op­
pressed peoples.
Our members are active in
the union movement, working
to strengthen a working-class
opposition to corporations and
business unionism." Many are
involved' in committees and
demonstrations in solidarity
with the people of Central
America, Southern Africa and
Palestine.
THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
Still others work to support
reproductive rights of women,
gay and lesbian rights, and to
fight racism.
SOLIDARI1Y MEMBERS
come from many different ex­
periences. Some took part in
the resistance to the U.S. war in
Vietnam and participated in the
feminist movement of the 1960s.
Others go back further, to
the fight against McCarthyism
in the 1950s and the labor bat­
tles of the 1930s and 194Os. A
growing number are students
and young people active in cam­
pus and community struggles
against racism and American
intervention abroad.
Although from different
backgrounds, we all agree on
the need for a socialist or­
ganization to fight the politics of
the ruling class and the right.
We need to develop a theory
and practice that can provide an
effective alternative to
capitalism. Solidarity recog­
nizes that creating a revolution­
ary democratic and socialist .
alternative that is working class,
multi-national and neither sec­
tarian nor reformist is not an
easy task.
We don't have all the
answers and don't pretend to.
We see Solidarity as the begin­
ning, not the end, of a regroup­
ment by revolutionary socialists.
To us regroupment is more than
the merging of various leftist or­
ganizations; it is an attitude of
openness and collaboration
despite our disagreements.
Some of us were once mem­
bers of left organizations that
were too inflexible to draw the
full lessons of their experience
and weren't able to develop
creative new approaches. We
advocate breaking down sec­
tarian boundaries and forging
new and creative politics.
IN OUR POLITICAL ac­
tivity we actively support
grassroots social movements
and encourage independent
political action. We reject the
, strategy of lessor evil politics
and oppose participation in the
Democratic Party.
The' Democratic Party acts
as a suction force to draw radi­
cal activists into participation in
the very structures of inequality
and qnjustice they seek to
change.
We are firmly opposed to
both capitalism and
bureaucratic states claiming to
be socialist. We support
socialist democracy, and the
struggle of groups like Polish
Solidarnosc to democratize
their own countries. We also
welcome and actively defend
new popular revolutions such as
the Nicaraguan revolution.
One of the greatest weak­
nesses of the organized left in
this country has been its unwill­
ingness and inability to grasp
and analyze wee ring change
in the tructure 0 tho- working
class and capitalism on a world
scale. In search of greater
analytic clarity and a more in­
formed practice, we sponsor the
journal Against the Current as
vehicle for exploring the issues
and concerns facing
revolutionaries in these chang-
# ing times. We hope the journal
will foster dialogue and debate, ,
with the goal of reestablising
revitalized U.S. left.
"BU
ED ATTH
st ke at
burn colored ,
Itt 0 e St te ould etter le l�
ize the pr ctice." T en the' I.
Bl c m n, a Jo n e der ..
on, cc ed of murderin
oun er in Cor lean , Te
rch 13, 1901, bere.t 0
CORONER'S JURY COM-
ENDS OB FOR eRE A ;
ING NEGRO. The ne ro
"burned t tbe t eft by a mob of
5,000 pe ODS in the city. He p r-'
portedly h d confe ed hi guilt.:
Sub equently the coroner heUl
an inq ue t over the ne ro '
remai and the jury returned, .
verdict commending the mob f9r'
ct of horror."
So I wonder ho is it th t Hol­
lywood could ignore the �.
lynching atrocitle gain t in­
nocent, helple men and wom Ii
of color. I n't it interesting t
the horrible crimes of tht
Japanese again t White men
would be documented and
dramatized on the silver creea
w hil e the crime committed by
Ordinary American Citizen
against there African American
neighbor, the site of hu banss,
mothers, wives, babies bumihs
at the stake staring up at them
barely haunts the Ordinary
American Ci tizen scene tod�y
and not one has gone to priSO!): .: ,
Criticizing
Malcolm X
·fl·
Put . )hed .aoh
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noon within City limits, the
pre ence of thousand of men
and hundred of women and
children. Tortures almo t un­
believ ble were inflicted upon
the wretched negro. In all the
va t crowd that witnessed the
agonie of the man, not one hand
w rai ed in humanity's behalf,'
nor a Ingle voice heard in the
intere t of mercy."
While in Detroit, December
29, 1900 a "Harvard Professor
Favor Legalizing Lynching ".
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart
of Harvard College, peaking
Part One
There are ome prominent
person Uties not to be confu ed
with leadirs) who are telling
young people that Malcolm X
was a complainer and that he
didn't really leave the next
generation with a blue print or
concrete direction.
Rather than debate or
validate their positions, we will
rather highlight some of his
,1964 education statements
from the Organization of Afro-'
American Unity ,
No, Malcolm X was not a
saint nor was he 'a finished
product. Like many master
teachers, he spoke and 01'­
chestrated in sweeping macro
Malcolm X
terms. We, therefore, strongly
encourage you to avoid those
prominent per onalities who
refu e to acknowledge his im­
portance in mid twentieth cen-
, tury world affairs. .
Malcolm X on
�DUCATION
Education is an important ele­
ment in the truggle for Human
Right. It i the mean to help
our children and people redis­
cover their identity and thereby
increase self-re peer.
Education lour pas port to
the future, for tomorrow belongs
ro the people who prepare for it
today.
Our children are being
criminally short-changed in the
public chool in New York
City.
Principal and teacher fail to
understllnd the nature of the
problem with which they work
Keith O.
Hilton
HIGHER .
EDUCATION
and as a result they cannot do the
job of teaching our children.
The re'x tboo ks tell our
children nothing about the great
contributions of Afro­
Americans to the growth and
development of this country.
The Board of Education's in­
tegration plan is expensive and'
unworkable; and the organiza­
tion of prlnclpals and super­
visors in the New York City.
chool ystem has refu ed to
support the Board's plan to in­
tegrate the schools, thu doom-
ing it to failure. .
A fir t.step in the program to:
end the existing system of racist,
education is to demand that the:
10 percent of the schools the:
Board of Education will not in-.
elude in its plan be turned over:
to and run by the Afr -American­
community. :
We want Afro-A erican prln-:
clpals to head these chools. We:
want Afro-American teachers in'
these schools. e want:
textbooks written b Afro-'
Americans that are acceptable to:
u to be used in these schools. :
The Organization of Afro-'
American Unity. recognize the:
tremendous importance of the:
complete involvement of Afro-:
American parents in every ph e:
'of chool life. Afro-American.
parents must be willing and able:
to go into the chools and see:
that the job 9f educating our,
children is done properly. .
We' call on all Atro-.
Americans around the nation to:
be aware that the conditions that·
exist in the New York City:
public chool sy tern are'
deplorable in their citie as they,
are here. We mu t unite our ef-'
fort and pread our program of:
elf-improvement through:
ed uca tio n to eye ry Afro-:
American community in
America. .
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