The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, November 20, 1990 - Page 5 YO! tour .offers .alternate .viewpoint 'by Gwen Shaffer A, -Daily Staff Reporter ' The Revolutionary Journalists Tour came to Hutchins Hall in the Law School last night, with their "Yo! The World is Being Turned ';Upside Down!" Tour, "for a night of dangerous truths," said National ATour Coordinator Michael Ely. The journalists write for the 'Revolutionary Worker, the weekly "-newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party, which covers sto- ries on issues such as youth - protests, squatters campaigns, and ecology. "Revolutionary journalism is about taking a stand and hounding the enemy," Ely said. They are "journalists who don't believe the hype," he added. At the end of each speech the speaker said that the only way to ,solve political problems is through political and social revolution. - $tLarry Everest, a reporter who has travelled widely in the Middle East, -said the United States is "on the .brink of war. Bush talks about peace in the Persian Gulf, but not peace to prevent war, peace to prepare for war. They will be talking peace until the day they drop bombs ... Everest said. Everest concluded his speech by telling the audience "don't rely on Congress" and the ohly way to end the Gulf Crisis is through the "overthrow of American imperial- ism." Journalists also discussed freedom struggles in other parts of the world. Michael Slate, a journalist who recently returned from Azania, South Africa, where he "listened to the voices of the oppressed," talked about the actions Blacks are taking in the townships. "The system can't be changed by * negotiations or by changing a few laws," Slate said. "'It has to be smashed - killed dead,' is what a r- Soviet Parliament wants economic progress report MOSCOW (AP) - Lawmakers demanded yesterday that President Mikhail S. Gorbachev return to par- liament in a month to deliver a progress report on his plans to solve the country's mounting economic and ethnic crises. Also yesterday, Boris N. Yeltsin criticized Gorbachev for failing to consult the 15 republics on a mea- sure to reorganize the government, and said the Soviet people should be allowed to vote on their central gov- ernment's performance. Lawmakers showed yesterday they would not settle for just passing Gorbachev's proposals. They approved a preliminary agenda for the Dec. 17 session of their parent parliamentary body, the Congress of People's Deputies, that says Gorbachev must deliver a progress report on his plans, according to news reports. "It was stated by the deputies that the president's report... should not include the analysis of the situation in the country, but it should rather include an account of the practical measures undertaken by the presi- dent," according to the government newspaper Izvestia. The agenda also called for discus- sion of Gorbachev's proposed union treaty, his proposals for reorganizing the government and unspecified amendments to the Soviet constitu- tion, the official Tass news agency said. It said the agenda also included legislation to create rules for holding national referendums, discussion of rules on elections to fill vacant leg- islative seats and one on ejecting lawmakers from the Supreme Soviet legislature, and confirmation of the new Soviet prosecutor general. The vote yesterday came as Yeltsin, in his first public reaction to Gorbachev's proposals, demanded that Gorbachev consult with leaders of the 15 republics before imple- menting his reorganization plan. He also complained that Gorbachev never talked with them before proposing the plan. "That means that again, knowing that the republics won't approve of it, (Kremlin leaders) want to push it forward. But their reaction will be opposite," Yeltsin said. Yeltsin also told the independent news agency Interfax he found some of Gorbachev's ideas "disappoint- ing," but did not specify which ones. He said he needed to study the proposals thoroughly. Yeltsin, in an address to the Ukranian legislature in Kiev, also said "Russia is ready for the imple- mentation" of a referendum on the "entire presidency" system and on the government's performance, ac- cording to Interfax. He apparently was referring to the legislation that would set up a procedure for holding referendums, but Interfax gave no other details. Yeltsin was in the Ukraine to sign a trade agreement with the Ukraine, as several other republics have. Gorbachev had urged that the Council of Ministers be replacedI by several bodies under direct presiden- tial control. The principle ruling body would be the Federation Council, created in March as a presi- dential advisory body but which would now be made the highest body of state power and include representa- tives of the Soviet Republic. Homeward bound Mike Mackoff, LSA senior, sells a bargain commuter ticket to a homeward bound U-M student. iy Black youth told me," Slate said. Heriberto Ocasio, a reporter who spoke on the "people's war" in Peru, said the struggle there is different than in other areas. "The war relies on on the people themselves, not weapons. They are actually organized and led to form a whole new culture, economy, and society," Ocasio said. Ocasio also said the U.S. is planning to intervene in Peru, "under the facade of the War On Drugs." Students in attendance said they had mixed reactions to the speakers. "I think the guy who spoke on the Persian Gulf was promoting a lot of propaganda," said LSA junior Jack Ivezaj. But Jacqui Bauer, an LSA sophomore, said "They presented a lot of good ideas that need to be thought about." SSC movement relies on group decisions by Lee Shufro Daily Staff Reporter Since the takeover of the Fleming Administration Building last Wednesday and the subsequent protests Thursday and Friday, a new student movement has positioned it- self to challenge University officials' plans to deputize campus police. But the individuals who lead the movement - comprising members of Students for a Safer Campus (SSC) - and decide the direction in which it moves remains unclear be- cause of the lack of an apparent hier- archy. In the spirit of a "democracy," a large number of students have taken part in deciding which actions are taken, said LSA senior Carl Burns. Michigan Student Assembly President Jennifer Van Valey, who has been at center stage for most of the protests, said, "The leadership is based on a broadened coalition of a mish-mash of groups. Nobody is in the lead." "At 'Camp Duderstadt,' anybody that signed up for a committee was called over the weekend to decide what to do next. Those that showed up had an equal hand in the decision making process of what to do next," Van Valey said. Protesters dubbed the front of University President James Duderstadt's house, which they "camped out" on Thursday night, "Camp Duderstadt." Burns said about 20 individuals are seriously involved in the move- ment and have played a major part in meetings. But the movement has over 300 commited members who have also contributed, he added. "If other groups want to get in- volved that's fine. We don't want a radicalized movement. We want to be as representative as possible. More efforts have to be made to in- volve moderate and conservative constituencies," Burns said. Student leaders want to open the decision making process to all stu- dents, faculty, workers, and any member of the Ann Arbor commu- nity, Burns said. Despite claims that the move- ment is not spearheaded by one group, MSA offices have been used as the meeting place for activists. Burns said the offices were the "unofficial headquarters" of the movement. Van Valey has indicated that she has been contacted by University of- ficials to negotiate the deputization of campus police. She said she re- fused because of conditions that would have only allowed one repre- sentative to negotiate with the ad- ministration. University officials have categor- ically denied that the deputization is- sue is up for negotiation. In an in- terview yesterday Duderstadt said the decision to deputize campus police would not be rescinded, but students would be involved in the process. "We'll always talk. The decision for campus deputization has 'been made and the first set of officers has been hired," Duderstadt said."In terms of 'negotiate,' what does-that mean? I will talk to students bufit's misleading to (say) 'negotiate." The logistical decisions for yes- terdays teach-in, were made by an open committee on Saturday night of about 80 students. The protesters vow that the nei- ther the Thanksgiving break nor fi- nals will end the movement. "It has been the administration's strategy to wait us out. The Thanksgiving recess will provide a much needed break. We will :get things ready for next semester,'This movement will not be over at the end of the semester. They are not go- ing to get rid of us," Van Valey said. CLASSIFIED ADS! Call 764-05 7 a . , . .. . - . . . i : . ' " < ,r Y yXx w To GEORGE COLLEGE IS ALL GOLF AND p CHAMPAIGN. Champaign, as in Champaign, Illinois, where George Sakas is a Master's Degree candidate at the University of Illinois. And Golf, as in George's 1987 Volkswagen Golf. "This car's great to drive. We've taken it on road trips to Florida and all over the Midwest. Golf's got that special, solid Volkswagen - feel." (Hey George, the word is Fahrvergnugen!) 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