EDITORIAL
\'IE\YS &: ()PI�H),\
ell-ou
Black i
city-whe
n't enough
Detroit i Sell-out city, Th mayor' campaign ch t of
millions i being used to push hi own private ag nda,
new r ports have r vealed. The ize to which Young' kitty
h ballooned. the length of hi reign. the number of andals
i nvolvi ng his aid and above all, the plight 0 th African
American population under his term exceed in all r pects
the political dy nasties of other big city mayors.
What we have in Detroit i an Black version of Da Mayor
Daley day in Chicago. '
The Mayor h the money to throw around to buy up
whatever he need to tay in power. •
The only chan for thange WIll com wi th an inspired
el etorate fired up by a di us ion issues, Then will we
a bedding of th cult of p rsonality that mothers
election campaigns in thi city.
Only nlightened voters can make a diff rene . What i
needed b ve and beyond mpaign tinance reform-i
an electorate turned on by a I der with a vi ion informed
nd ready .to di cuss id
Candidate runni ng to the urburb for approval or what­
ever it i that send them out there won't bring to Detroit
any change. What i n ded is an election run not on name
reeo nition but on pecific issues/plans/programs for
chan e. Th re has to be discus ion of plans.
T re d about a candidate and not read any information
on any idea means we are still in the dark, no light, no vision
day where money and personality, not ideas and issu
d fi ne the election.
the various candidat tour ill city 1\ peakln . 11- •
ga ements, ask th m pecific qu lions about the is u that
affect you: high taxes and no city ervice; poor police re-
ponse; civilian review boards; charter change with more
civilian c ntrol the oal; council elections by di trict; neigh­
borh od development for, with and by neighborh d resi­
den ...
The adrnini tration of Coleman Young and the power and
wealth he has amas ed have been topi ofprivatedi cussion
am ng Detroiters for years. Opponents have been unwilling
to bring i ue out in the open running campaigns based on
personality and not programs. The result h been to turnoff '
youn er voters, and leave the future of the city in the hands
f tho who benefit most from the tatus quo: city workers,
free us-riding eniors, and political hacks.
Detroit teo he one les on: being Black i n't enough.
Lead TS hav to spell out a pr gram, a plan that means
. improvement for city residents. Let' get busy talking about
one.
CML
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JOUR L
o the tio that d manded
ve democratic elecdo . ow in the
w 0 the electi it' the historic
clim te of Ameri n nd South
Afri • in rventionism that
o 1 a 1 ting pe;ace.
o United Stat Secretary of St te Chri topher
j u ti y upporting right-wing to clean out all of the" keleto
nti-democratlc force in Angol? in the closet of the State Department."
ow can the United ations allow Tbe ituation in 01' urgent
vimbi to penlye ebiseontempt once again. We need to let the
or the U . monitored electio by members of this 'on of the U.s.
optin for an escalation of war in congress know that the public t learge
uthen Africa? is gravely ooncemed about Angol and
It n w been revealed that ince other parts of Africa.
the elections I t Sept mber there have There hould be Congres ional
been mo than 1O.<XX> persons killed . h rings on resumption of war in
and over 1 million displaced because Angola with the of U.S. weapons
ofUNITA's war against the people of and materials which had been
Angola. stockpiled by UNITA prior to the
The blood of innocent Angolan lections. ,
women and children stains the' carpet Especially the Congressional Black
on the floor of the Whi House. Caucus should caJJ for immediate
President Clinton must act with action by the Clinton Administration
eli patch to remove thi stain and on this issue. Yet the bottom line i
construct a "productive and moral" until there is a massiv groundswell of
foreign policy on Angola. protest from communities who care
During our last vi it to Angola a few 'across the nation, then the ituation will
months ago, we witnessed thousands only become more deplorable.
of Angolans express their desire for a President Ointon:" Angola cries for
lasting peace. help and in the name of justice and
democracy, we demand that you act
TBEUNlTED wasone now!"
Lester s J .orld-,
92 KD , I.'"
READERS WRITE
Reader favor ca ino
gambling in Detroit
Windsor or Chicago when it could
be pent in Detroit? Be ide there
are thou ands of people that leave
Detroit to go to Las Vegas and ew
'Jersey to do what'? Spend m ney,
money which th city definitely
needs.
me mini ters who
1 t m ne y d ri ve t
pi eons.
I remember downt wn a hus­
tling b tlin place that had much
to offer, 0 I ' make it what it on e
w ,a very thriving b ine dis­
trict and overall let' make Detroit
reat again,
Thomas A. WII n Jr.
Detroit
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In the late t assault against Peruvian
civil s iety, President Fujimori has
outlawed the country's "Colegio de
A gado" (the Peruvian equivalent of
the Bar ociation) in early Dec., 1 2,
a lap at the Colegio's adoption of an
Ll-point declaration condemning the
Fujimori dictator hip's numerous
vi I ti rs of human rights.
The Cole gro. like mo t bar
a iation i the main' lawyers'
organization to which mo t lawyers arc
required to join in rder to practice law,
The banning of the Colegio was
parked by the group s condemnati n f
the "torture and humiliation" of
Peruvian politi al pri oner Marta
Huatay and their ppo ition to tate
plans to re-introduce e death penalty
(officially). ,
Marta Huatay, foundin mem r of
the ociation of Democratic Lawyc
f lima, w harged with It rrori m"
and summarily convicted by a military
tribunal to lif imprisonment. At the
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"trial" Huatay w unable to peak and
seemed \IDa\ are of her urrounnings.
An examination by the Intemati nal
Red Cro revealed the pr encc 0 rain
le io land a fractured kull-telltale
igns of verrunent torture.
P •. R '," RT" are
adrnine tered y military officers who
arc "jud "in name only. Th y are
three h dcd oldie who are neither
lawye nor trained in the law, and just
uch a tribunal "tried" and nten d
Shining Path ( endero Lumino 0)
founder. Dr. Abima 1 Guzman, to life
renzo I land
Ruben Bustamente Banda; Erne to
Cuba Montes; and Gilver Alarcon
Requejo-are al 0 rnern ers of the
N. iauon of Dem ratic Lawyers of
Peru, a pecial tate target 'it is headed
by Dr. Alfrc�o Crespo Dr. Guzman'
lawyer.
Th rampant ovemment torture
intimidati n of lawyers. annin of the
Bar ciation, and eland tine "trial "
by h oded non-judg I bappening
today in Peru, but Y9U wouldn't know it
from the ilence of U.S. news reporters
and j urnalists.
After portraying the election of
President Alberto ujim ri � the 00 t
thing' ushi, th w rld' media
capital ha nremarkably ilenton the
remarkable events happcnin in Peru,
many at th expres direction of the U.S,
military and intelli ence ervices.
In Lond n, an In terna tional
Emergen y Committee ha been
ormed to defend the life of Abimael
Guzman, and al to break the media
I· DON'T CARE HOW BIG YOU ARE! 11M TIRED OF YOUR CRAP!
MUMIA
ABU
JAMAL
FROM
DEATH
ROW
bl kade of the West on the torture,
rep ion and tate terrorism of the
Fujimori dictatorship.
,TIl which
ues periodi bulletirs on the ituation
in Peru, can reached at: International
Emergency Committee to Defend the
Life of Abim el Guzman, BCM-IEe,
27 Old Glouc ter L 1...ond n WON
3xx, England. Fax/pbone: (44) (71)
482 3.
The lat t bulletin includ a chilling
quote from Peruvian Dictator Fujimon
made on Dec. 1992 during a pcech
t the military on an Anned Forces Day
celebration on the worsening health of
Dr. Guzman; "I will not assume under
my government any 'per ona1'
guarantees for th ecurity of Mr.
A imael Guzman in the t,reatmentofhis
illne ." .
The implicit threat to Guzman
hould be obvious. ,
. Letters of protest are urged.