a
- •• � r. I me nnot
capltall m. - .
th rudlm nt of
nt. •
a well
"aft ted from
-We know that th ro d to f(l dom h always
b n talked by d the -
- ... human being cannot b wllied and mold d
Into non- iJClstence.-
They bring wi th them their
contempt nd indifference to our
humanity and our community which
make it easy djustiflable for them
to e:xploit BI cks. Their interest is in
draining the Black community of its
economic resources by any rotten
means necessary i elf evident.
Moreover, your organization by
proce ing, selling and "special"
marketing these harmful and
dangerous products only aides and
abets this massive destruction of the
Black community.
. B ttin n't t)CalUSC
malting money. And ben you
money you concern yo elf
th mo or community
esp by BI c .
beO:nne 0 moral' tic,
I e up
c:onc1ui of
d Itruction and prote t their
expolure to merch nts of
drUlDblDnelII. And BI and other
ti k:no t B ttin d
me.1lJlb]lJll�&S lllil bl.el.eII :Itatemcmts. S 0 the orld bold them in u r
contempt. Why el e ould they
malSlvely market their goods? Even
BI c distributors d not
the outcome I repugnant
Mr. Bitting'S ment i about
busi practices and not about
democracy. Inherent in his tatement
il a negative and an unhealthy
ttitude about Blae and Hi panics
IDd a self-SClVing justification for
marketing products that poison the
Blae and Hispanic community.
Organizations such Pabst that
gladly and freely market these
products j t for the buc view
BIICb having DO meaning and
pwpose in the Amedc:an society and
lib they have contributed to the
mile of American Indians they are
mercUollly, ruthlessly, and
Inhumanely contributing to the
demIIe of the Black and Hispanic
commUDity.
ADd tbat Mr. leib makes you
and Pabst the enemy of Blacks and
Hilpanlcs. M al ys I anticipate
your relPonse to be strong and
defensive you express outrage
which can never match your
de tructlve behavior in our
commlDlities .
-AnaeJa Yvonne D v
-Make ome musel
In your h d but, u th mil. c/e �n your heart. -
-A man I elth r f(i or he I not. Th r c.nnot
be any apprentice hlp for fTi edom.·
-Imanu Amlrl Baraka
-If you're afraid to dl , you will not b. able to
live. -.
. -We have paid for thl country.-
-Know ffOlfJ wh nee you c.m . If you know
whence you c me, theTi I really no limit to
wheTi you can go. -
-Gamal Abde) N r
"tn thl world •.. It'. hard for man to live until
he die .-
-Langston Hughes
-The best time to do a thing Is when It can be
done.-
-WUllam Pickens
ERUPT
continued from P 9 1
was asked about Porter's statement
be wanted grass roo citizens on the
commi nee.
Sbe answered, "If be (the mayor)
wanted us, he should have asked us
fmt (before the large businesses)."
WAINWRIGHT SAID to his
knowledge, there were no Highland
Park citizens who chaired the sub
committees, but added this formation
of the subcommittees was "in concert
with those who bring the most
resources and expertise to the table."
"Although we are receptive to
ideas, we require expertise," he said,
expressing doubts whether com
munity residents or smallloc:al busi
nesses bad the expertise which was
necessary in the planning process.
Some felt there could be a conflict
of interest in having large businesses
decide what another large business
like Chrysler owes the city.
Wainwright said that the committees
would simply provide information,
and it would be the city itself that
would use it in making its decision on
what to ask for.
1bc subcommittees include:
=-Bconomlc Development,
chaired by Wayne Doran, concerned
with the re-use of the Chrysler
facility and Ford property, the Town
Center Development, Sears Building
and municipal facilities.
-Health and Human Service ,
chaired by Vern Davis Anthony,
dealing wi th homele ness, ub
stance abuse, hunger and poverty,
school dropou , and teen pregnancy.
-Hou ing/Neighborhood,
chaired by Charles Brown, dealing
with blight removal, housing
rehabilitation, financing, new con
struction, and community based
development.
-Government Oper tion and
Finance, chaired by S. Martin Taylor,
dealing wi th cash flow, code eDforce
ment, delinquent water bills, and the
overview from the
Coopers/Lybrands company.
-Job Training/Workers Assis
tance. Program, chaired by Lowell
Perry, dealing with job training, job
placement, and day care. • .
-Community Land Use Plan
ning/Zoning. chaired by John Am
berger, with Robert Davis serving as
alternate, dealing with updating both
the community development plan tile
zoning ord�. ° •
-Infrastructure, chaired by
Sharon Madison, dealing with the
Davison Freeway, local roads, water
and wage repair.
-Legal Is ues, chaired by David
Fink.
-Public Safety, evaluating
police and fire service, but with no
chair listed at the time of this writing.
Mike Dugan will chair the entire
task force. Gloria Robinson will be
Project Coordinator.
Private sector technical advisors
will be David Denn of Barris, Solt,
Dena arid Driker; Kate Beebe of
Coopers/Lybrand; Mike Prochaska
ofM.R. Prochaska Associates; David
Tyler of Johnson, Johnson & Roy;
Arnie Mikon of Smith, Hinchman
. and Grylls; Burt Farbman of
Farbman and Stein; Fred Marx of
Marx Layne; Dominic Pangborn of
Pangborn, Ioc., and Erlich Crain of
Walb�dge Aldinger. .
Legislative advisors are Wayne
County Commis loner Art Black
well, U.S. Senators Carl Levin and
Donald Riegle, U.S. Congressman
John Conyers, State Senator Virgil
Smith and incoming State Repre
sentative David Poin .
On the implementation commit
tee are Scotty Wainwright, ad
ministrative istant to the Mayor of
Highland Park; Dewitt J. Henry of
Wayne County and Marge Byington
of the State of Michigan.
. The NY3, a trio of political
prisoners who've battled for the past
20 years for their freedom from the
cruel (but not unusual) prisons of
NY, continue their push for freedom
in � COUIU, where they seek a
reversal of their joint convictions
stemming from the 1971 shooting of
2 NY cops, secured by the state by its
use of tainted and false evidence.
In a joint tatement delivered at
their latest June 26th, 1992 court
appearance, the 3 ex-Black Panthers,
Herman Bell, Albert "Nub"
Washington, and Jalil Muntagin, till
reveal the spirit of resis�;
"For the lut 20 years we have
endured the same treatment our
brother political prisoners in South
Africa. We have been kept in prisons
far away from family and friends,
treated in arbitrary manner such as
4:00 am transfers from one prison to
another, subjected to rules that only
apply to us and not other prisoners.
As an example, after 21 years, of
imprisonment we are forced to see
our attorneys in shackles and
handcuffs, we are not allowed to
mingle wi th the prison
popwation--and lubject to the
a
. 0
nothing about Blac and ho
controls commerce in th Blac
community. orcover, BI c
community be vi te and
healthy 11 e any community. As
Americans Blac ant po itive
ctivities in their neighborhoods.
Ho ever, ben tbe community
viewed from a perverted persl*tive
by Mr. Bittin and by Mr. Robert
S , vice p dent, Caandalgua
Wine Company, any j tification for
peddliDg drugs, legal or illepl,
acuptable. Mr. SaudI baa the most
perverse vie beca he a
contradiction betw n beIDa a t
activities that lead to many
communiti • downfall and
same activid plOvidlq j
revenue.
PlOItitution anycmo? How about
ome dru deallD? A 11 ttle car
lteallDgl Ohl • Blttlq IDd
Sandi, I'm lure, would UJUO tbeIr
liquor proa .. tlDlactlvitiee are lepl
no matter the CODICquences. Mr.
Bitting may have Ipoke out of
ignorance but Mr. � appears to
be the most dangero of the two.
Because a man without conscience
can be and is dangerous. Had Mr.
Bi tting been exposed to proper
parenting, he would consider the
moral consequences of his actions.
Bob Parrott, P,..ald nt
Montevlata n I Block Club
1833Q ontmal.,
Detroit, I 48221
MUMIA
ABU
JAMAL
highest security. It has been difficult
along the way. For nearly a decade
we·didn't have the kind of political
and people support we now enjoy.
For years we didn't get visitors, we
didn't have the money to go to
commissary to purchase the things
we needed. But we continue in our
belief of the correctness of our
struggle for freedom.
"WE UNDERSTAND that there
is not struggle without sacrifice, that
for us as a people, to be free of
raci m, national oppression and
police brutality, we must be willing
to strugglc.-and we must be willing
to sacrifice.
"Since 1966, with the dvent of
the Black Panther Party, we have
been committed to building political
unity amongst our people towards a
ustained movement for liberation.
As part of this p t effort it been,
and continues to be, important to
organize upport for political
pnsoners of war. Although the U.S.
government continues to deny
political prisoners exi t in .thi
country; this case is one example of
U.s. political rep on ICIUlq ill
our being treated as potitica!
prisoners. "
"Since being brought to New
York City for this evidentiary
hearing we have been separated and
placed in isolation cells for 23 hours
a day; we have been denied visits
with our friends and loved ones; and
when we meet with our attorneys we
are shackled in leg irons, waist chains
and bandcufYs throughout the legal
conference, and yet, notorious
gangsters like John Gotti &
associates do DOt suffer these tortures
. that we've endured becaese of our
political activism."
"In essence, this c:ase represents a
legacy of resistance apinst U.S.
political repression from the White
House to the Court Ho , and our
. case further estabUlhes, with
perseveranee-« WE CAN WIN!"
"THERE ARE MANY I
that can be leamed from oureumple,
and from the example of Geronimo
Pratt, Sundiata Aeoll, S • Marilyn
Buck, The Queens 2, and many olber
political prisoners cross the country.
The important lessons are we must
D6ftr be afraicl to sacdaccj m t
FROM
DOEATH
ROW
never stop fighting for our freedom;
and we must persevere in the face of
diflic:ulty and adversity.
"It is our sincere hope your
upport for our case will transform
into your becoming more politically
active in the community. That you
will become JDQre active in support
of political prisoners of war, and that
you will continue to help build
lupport for our movement
"So, we ask all of you to never
give up hope, never lose faith, and
forever stay politic:ally determined in
our continuing struggle again t
racism, national oppression and
police brutality.
Dare to Struggle-Dare to Win!
Revolutionary Love & Unity
Herman, Nub &: Jalil (The N Y3)
(Ftw ,..ON Utfo.· N.., York 3 FI'H*
C"",n. 2170 B�, s..iu 2234, N..,
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