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Advertising Repre ent : T rry Broyl
J rom K y •• Bob lwei
-EDITORAL-
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If the mar
to say, the w y it tre
one uncivilized place.
The impact of Governor Engler' cuts on people in thi tate
have yet to be fully felt. When the blow hits home it will not be
pie ant.
What kind of person would do this to the elderly:
-Bliminate eyegl and vision care; cut tra portation
medical care; deny oxygen service; b hearing aids and peech
therapy; deny ho pice care; take away wbeelchairs and beds;
prohibit physical therapy, occupational therapy; and remov ub-
awe substance abuse services.
. -PI ce liens on homes of th elderly to-pay for nursing home
cos .
-Eliminate state funded burials.
-Elimin te hom help for 2,000 low-income eniors not
eligible for medicaid.
-Limit 6,300 indigent aged and disabled to medicare cost
sharing benefi , rather tha full medicaid coverage.
If that sounds like a cene out of a Dracula movie. Then,
consider the kind of person to do this:
-Reduce funds to stop child abuse and neglect.
-Eliminate current energy istance program winter
begins and reduce energy tance to families putting 55� at
risk of electric shut off.
=-Require day care co-paymen from women in school.
-Fail to open two domestic �oleDCC belters which serve
counties in Southwest Micbigan and rural Central MiChigan.
-Cut shelter allowances to 23,000 homeowners.
-Cut food and clothing allow nces for over 350,000 needy
children by 6.2%.
-Eliminate work incentive 40,000 AFDC working mothers.
Those are just a few of the cuts that families will feel. Single
people who are not disabled, are now totally cut off. '
1be mean spirited folk who ay the folks can just get out and
go to work think because they 'are safe, ecure, warm and well fed
that the rest of the world could be too -if they just tried.
It is unrealistic to think that part of this country-the inner
cities - can be deprived, starved, turned out on the street and then
ignored. Uke the folks who dream they can construct bio phere
to escape the polluted environment, the rich and powerful think
their suburban retreats are safe from the crime nd chao they've
created in the cities.
1be rich and powerful may take jobs to the rient and Mexico
in the pursuit of profit. They may channel funds to military
might at the expense of housing and food fo lmost one-fifth of
America's population. But such uncivilized havior will make
the whole country one uncivilized place for all.
The efforts by the poor to amass political power is the only way
to begin to turn to this situation around. We just find it hard to
believe the poor can wait for the political power to come to
fruition. We fear things are going to get very uncivil first.
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VIE�t'S OPINIONS
B
ttemptin to
buillding new ettlemen in the
occupied terri torie for fear th t
I' e . oni t polici will
undermind any pro pects for a
. ddle t P ee Conference and
ultima Iy ape ce agreement,
nister Sbamir' re e
in no mood to ccommod te
dent B h' req t. And much
of the Ameri Je' h community
i pportiDg Shamir' i i tence
that there be no linkage be een the
housing loan guarante d tb
question of Israeli settlemen in th
occupied territories.
In an wesome displ y of Jew' h
political m Ie, hundreds of Je
and upporters of rael d nded
on the Capital to pressure Congress
to disreg rd President Busb's·
luest. In the meantime, in an act
i
e ti ted t
I r el a
been receivin Iy S1,OOO in ·d
per I r eli citizen over the I t
everal year comp red itb
$5.00 per citizen in ome African
countri e miUio cing
famin d tarvation.
ccordin to recent article in
the ew 0 n , U.S. aid to
I " totaled tIt 77 billion
- $16,500 fo e b I raeli citizen
when dj ted for inO on- Ince
1967. . bu outlay of d to
rael l due to bat· rmed the
"special relationship" between the
United Sta and Israel.
In the ddle East this pecial
relationship b meant dec lve
imbalance in U.S. policy to ards the
Arab world in general and the
Pal tinian people in particular. 1bi
imbalance, pecially it reI to
the denial of a national homeland for
the Palestinian people, bas been and
continues to be the principal source
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."THE NI6HTOfi�� .. lqq, FREEDOMFeSnVAL
elebrating the contrlbutlons of
African American book tore
By BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS, JR.
. From The AquarianBookstore on
Western Avenue in Los Angele to'
. tbe Liberation Bookstore on
Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem,
millions of persons have benefited
from the unique and important
contributions of African American
bookstores establ' bed a the
don.
In particular, th Afric 11
AmericaD community ha ten
ell- erved by the pre ence of
community-b ed boo teres that
have made vaUable boo and
printed materials on the African and
African American experience. Very
o n tbe boo that these boo tores
, offer cannot be found anywhere
because of the existe of racial
discrimination in both the publishing
and book distribution industries.
This is a "good news" tory. On
Saturday, October 5, 1991, African
rlcan aotIlOrI atm'Wl2lllell
leaden from Ib, iWlldlOllt
ill ga ther at The Aq dan
Bookstore located t 3995 .
Western Avenue in Los Angeles,
California.
Tb ' occasion is the 50th
Anniversary Celebration of The
Aquarian Bookstore, the nation'
oldest continuously running African
American bookstore,
UNDER THE theme, "SO Years:
ALegacy of Knowledge, " a ational
Aquarian book tore Jubilee
Coordinating Committee been
organized. We join itb the
National Coordinating Committee in
paying tribute to the historic etfor1S
of Dr. Alfred M and Mrs. Bernice
Ligon, the proprietor of Tbe
Aquatian Boo store, for their
outstanding vigilance and
commitment to the African
community.
Since 1941, Alfred and Bernice
Ligon have wor ed together and
struggled to keep the doors of the
book tore open. Tbey have
witn ed first-band the constructive
role of African American literature in
th variou "movements" for
ft edom, liberation nd ju tice
duling the I t five decades. They
are also aware of the need to ke� the
African American literary tradition
alive for futw"e generations.
lobby's
su&.stant
i a I
influenc
e, even
control
over U.S. policy towards rael, id
to el i virtually exempt from
critic I review nd di cu ion.
Therefore, rael' behavior tow
r b citizens and the treatment
of the Palestinians in the occupied
territori escaped rious public
crutiny .
. Israel been granted a blank
chec to (unction it please
immune from critici m or sanctions.
De pi te I rael ' trident
denunciation of the U.N. resolution
equating some fOlIDSofzionismwith
raci m, Israel's di criminatory
policies towards Arabs in Israel
effectively reduced them to second'
class citizen. And its blatant
..
neglect and mistreatment of the
Pale tinian in the ococupied
terri torie flies in tbe face of
, international law and accepted
norms of conduct.
It is clear that the Sbamir regime
Benjamin F.
Chavl. Jr.
At a time wben there is a Deed to
strengthen institutions serving the
interest of the African American and
other mda! and ethnic commUDiti
it is important to draw lessons from
the successful experience of Alfred
and Bernice Ligon and The Aquarlan
Bookstore.
For example, back in 1941, the
Ligons not only had "a dream," but
also they understood the necessity 10
ork consistently to make their
dJum a reality, despite the baIdsbipI
and difficulties thrown in their palb
by society.
Dr. Haki Madhubuti, President of
Shamir's the
of a peace
q on.
, This inj tice 10 be flnancwt by I
U.s. er do in the name
America' pedal Idatio .p ith
rael. Apparently Prime Minist
Sbamir' expectation that U.S.
government and the Americ n
people should imply cquiesce in
the face of this Jnj nee. Ho ever
there is a growina . ntiment in this ,
country tbat U.S. policy in the
Middle East can no longer remain
JlOSll1ae to
In that reprd even Buah' delay
of the loan guaran in8deq
All aid to Israel should be
discontinued until I halts the
building of ettlements in the
occupied territories and
demonstarates willingne to
comply with all U.N. resolutio
relevant to the occul,.ed 1enilori •
Then perhaps there will be a fo
peace with justice in the region.
..
I
f
the African Amerlcan Publishers and
Booksellell Association and owner
of the Chicago-based Tbin1 World
Press, confiDns that there has been a
steady increase in the number of :
African American boo tores during
the I t 30 years.
, SOME OF US still remember the I
profol1DCl positive 1m et of The
Drum and Spear Boo on the '
African American community in '
Washington, D.C. 20 years ago.
Today, Hodari Ali' Pyramid
Bookstore provide the nation's
capital city with writin of the
struggle of African ·Americans.
Thus, the contrlbutiODS of Alfred
and Bernice Uaon go far beyODd the
city of Los Angeles. The youth of .
our communities especially need 10
receive the wealth of knowledge that
can be found in these bookstores.
When this year's holiday season
begiDS, let give more gifts of
aDd moW mtblr fall
!be trap' of
Thank you Altled Bernice
Ugon for the 5O,ears of service at
The Aquarian Bookstore. Thank
you for "�ing"the faith."