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T H I N G S NEED TO CHANGE AND WE CAN ALL BE A PART O F THAT CHANGE. I F YOU F I G H T FOR A L I T T L E YOU DON'T GET A LOT.

CIVIC ISSUES: Feder a! Housing. development, land. Hungry kids. Welfare.

PI-ostitution. Environment. Honesty. Leadership FREE TRADE

Margaret Mi tche l l , NDP MP f o r Van- couver Eas t cha i red t h i s meeting on Sunday, Nov.13. Two members each of t h e NPA(Johnathan Baker & P h i l l i p Owen), COPE (Bruce Ericksen & Libby Davies) , NDP (Linda Erwin & J i m Re id ) , Green Pa r ty (Larry Anderson), 2 in- dependents Larry Leaf & Bob E l l i s , Gordon Campbell (NPA Mayor) and Jean Swanson (COPE/Civic NDP Unity candi- d a t e f o r Mayor) made up t h e r o s t e r . Each had a few minutes t o in t roduce themselves and say why they wanted votes ; t o t h e i s s u e s - I l l e g a l s u i t e s : (Campbell) -"always i l l e g a l , NPA asking neighbourhoods i f they want them, r equ i r ing impact s tud- i e s " - (Swanson) -"affordable housing key i s s u e i n e l e c t i o n , NPA moving t o c l o s e up t o 25,000 u n i t s wi th nowhere f o r ev i c t ed t o go, Downtown Eas t s ide (D.E.) no t allowed t o vo te on t h i s bu t w i l l be l a s t r e s o r t f o r e v i c t e e s and r e n t s w i l l r i s e " ...

Housing:(Campbell) -"City doesn ' t b u i l d housinq, developers needed more money t o pu t non-market u n i t s i n , $20 mi l l i on was b e s t assurance" -(Swanson) -"NPA sees needy person a s someone who makes l e s s than $31,00O/yr., Campbell voted aga ins t Four S i s t e r s , now t r i e s t o t ake c r e d i t f o r i t " - (Reid) -"I go t s tudy on housing t h a t NPA refused t o make pub l i c , 8 pages of recommenda- t i o n s t o g e t a f fo rdab le u n i t s and keep what s tands now, NPA doesn ' t want more than 20% non-market, need a t l e a s t 33%, NPA working t o l e s sen amount e n t i r e l y " . Hungry kids:(Baker) -"I voted aga ins t i t ($200,000 food program) because it wasn't Counci l ' s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , messy bookkeeping" - (Davies) -"buckpassing, NPA School Bd. spent money only a f t e r P h i l Rankin & Jean Swanson pressed the i s s u e f o r 1 yea r , NPA is No Policy A s - soc i a t ion where each goes t h e i r way, c a n ' t be t r u s t e d by communities" ...

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a f t e r headaches and g r i p e s and con jec - t u r e , w e a r r i v e d a t t h e s t a g e where we c o u l d make o u r i d e a s real . The r e s u l t s w i l l be gone o v e r , d r a f t p r o p o s a l s w i l l be w r i t t e n s u b j e c t t o changes and t h e o p t i o n s go t o a Town H a l l mee t ing .

The games were a n i n t e r e s t i n g s t u d y i n human mot ive and t h e w i l l i n g n e s s of peop le t o harmonize . For t h o s e who d i d n ' t a t t e n d , you w i l l j u s t have t o w a i t l i k e t h e r e s t o f u s . When t h e d u s t c l e a r s w e ' l l have a d i f f e r e n t b u i l d i n g i n some r e s p e c t s ; p e r h a p s a s t e p i n t o t h e f u t u r e . Whose f u t u r e and whe the r we keep chang ing r ema ins t o be s een .

I o n l y n o t i c e t h a t t h e p o l i t i c a l t h r u s t i s a b s e n t h e r e compared t o when Carneg ie opened , and t h e p a t r o n s seem t o be caugh t i n some backwa te r eddy, a w a i t i n g t h e f l o o d o f a new g e n e r a t i o n t o sweep them away.

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T h i r t y peop le a t t e n d e d a power fu l mee t ing on Nov.8, h e l d on t h e t h i r d f l o o r of Ca rneg ie . I n a r o u n d - t a b l e d i s c u s s i o n , eve ryone spoke i n t u r n t o condemn t h e l a t e s t move o f t h e M i n i s t r y of S o c i a l S e r v i c e s and Hous- i n g (MSSH) t o bash t h e poor w i t h $50 c u t b a c k s on a s s i s t a n c e cheques .

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P e o p l e spoke o f t h e money b e i n g t a k e n o f f t h e i r s h e l t e r p o r t i o n when l a n d l o r d s a r e i n c r e a s i n g r e n t s by l e a p s and bounds. Every i n c r e a s e on cheques i s t a k e n immed ia t e ly by t h e l a n d l o r d s ; i n c e n t i v e a l l o w a n c e s are s topped a f t e r 1 y e a r ; d i e t a r y a l l ow- a n c e s have been s t o p p e d o r g i v e n a t i m e l i m i t ; and one o f t h e v e r y few ways t o r e t a i n a n unemployable s t a t u s i s t o g e t a d o c t o r t o r e p o r t t h a t you a r e a v i r t u a l b a s k e t c a s e .

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Have you e x p e r i e n c e d lumps i n y o u r b r e a s t s ? Have you b e e n t o l d t o exam- i n e y o u r b r e a s t s r e g u l a r l y b u t f o u n d n o o n e showed you how? Do you h a v e a f a m i l y h i s t o r y o f b r e a s t c a n c e r ? On TUESDAY, DECEMBER - 6 , you c a n l e a r n t o examine y o u r b r e a s t s f o r e a r l y d e t e c t i o n o f b r e a s t c a n c e r w i t h t h e c o n f i d e n t i a l , p r i v a t e g u i d a n c e o f t r a i n e d r e g i s t e r e d n u r s e s a t a s p e c - i a l c l i n i c t o b e h e l d i n Ray-Cam C e n t r e , 9 2 0 E . H a s t i n g s , f r o m 2-8 pm. A v a n w i l l b e p r o v i d e d t o t r a n s p o r t i n t e r e s t e d women, l e a v i n g C r a b t r e e C o r n e r a t 2pm. The c l i n i c i s spon- s o r e d by t h e C a n a d i a n C a n c e r S o c i e t y and w i l l b e open f o r w o m e n , t o d r o p i n . ( P l a n t o b e t h e r e a b o u t a n h o u r . )

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I , b e i n g i n Ca rneg ie C e n t r e f o r a lmos t 3 y e a r s , h e a r good and bad news. I am a p e r s o n who t r i e s t o do no wrong. The Government a l s o d o e s me bad and good, and now I h e a r how t h e Covernment i s d o i n g a t h i n g t o s i n g l e f a t h e r s and mo the r s - t h a t t h e i r w e l f a r e money i s c u t o f f $50 a month. Why c a n ' t t h e Covernment do someth ing f o r u s ; c a r e f o r t h o s e below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e ?

We c a n n o t eat what we d o n ' t have . W e c anno t f e e d o u r c h i l d r e n w e l l i f w e d o n ' t have i t .

P l e a s e a s k o u r v o t e d - i n government ta r a i s e t h e w e l f a r e t o t h e p o v e r t y l i n e - a happy median o f good food , t o g r a n t u s good h e a l t h . Give back t h e $50 and add $100. The c o s t of l i v i n g h a s gone up. E x i s t e n c e i s s o cheap .

I f no money back , a t l e a s t g i v e u s a j o b , s o i t w i l l e n a b l e u s t o pro- v i d e p r o p e r l y f o r o u r f a m i l i e s .

I f e e l s a d , t h a t t h i n g s went l i k e t h e y have. Everyone s h o u l d b e t r e a t e d t h e same i n t h i s c o u n t r y . I f eve ryone g e t s t o g e t h e r we w i l l do t h i n g s w e l l and I l i k e t o h e l p o t h e r s a s much a s I can .

So why d o e s n ' t t h e Government do t h e same?

T h a t ' s what I ' d l i k e t o s a y t o o t h e r s .

By BILL WONG

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On November 27, 7-9 pm i n tlie Car- n e g i e T h e a t r e , t h e Ihwntown Eas t s i d e R e s i d e n t s A s s o c i a t i o n w i l l p r e s e n t a p u b l i c m e e t i n g on C h i l d r e n and S a f e t y i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

Muggs S i g u r g e i r s o n , Ca rneg ie Comm- . u n i t y C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n p r e s i d e n t , w i l l c h a i r t h e mee t ing . Speake r s w i l l i n c l u d e C a r o l McCallahan who works w i t h t h e V ic t im Wi tnes s S e r v i c e , Sue H a r r i s , f o r u ~ e r DEIiA worker and s u r v i v o r o f c h i l d s e x u a l a b u s e , Joanne llochu, wl~o w i l l s p e a k on be- ha1 f o f t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e P a r k s P l a n n i n g Commit t e e , and a r e p r e s e n t a - t i v e from t h e Vancouver P o l i c e Dept .

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We advoca te a g l o b a l r e f u s a l t o par t ic ipa1.c i n Llre t e c l ~ n o l o ~ : i c a l soc.icbLy Skid rows a l l o v e r North America have been "c.leaned r~p" But we, l i k e our symbol, c rawl and g l i d e i n t l ~ c d i r t i n t l ~ c c . . ~ r t I ~ lJci a r e p o e t s who u s e t h e l i g h t n i n g f lasli of o u r l i f c ) t i n ~ c s To i l l u m i n , Le t h e t r u t l i s & human r c a l i t i c s Behind t h e darkened i n s t a n t of m a t c r i a l t1orni11,ltion h e x c l u s i o ~ i a r y I~ornogcnizat io~i IJhich i s burn ing o u t d blowing up In a s e r i a l chaos of urlnccessary s u f f e r i ~ l g & i r r e p a r a b l e harm We a r e p o e t s who a r e opposed t o acadcmic p o e t r y & t o t h e s o ~ l l l e s s d i sp lacement of t h e poe t by mere t ec l in iques We a r e p o e t s who a r e a n t i - e n t e r t a i n m e n t b oppose tlic i n s t a n t art-scene-scherncs & New Age s p i r i t u a l r i p o f f s We a r e p o e t s who have chosen t o be t l ~ c s c a p e g o a t s t h e a n t e n n a e The renegades of o u r t imc IJe a r e p o e t s who a r e amateurs who w r i t e f o r t h e l o v e of p o e t r y b l i f e We a r e p o e t s who p r o t e s t t h e d e a t h of f e e l i n g t l ie e x t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e e a r t h & t h e l o s s of a way of l i f e IJe a r e p o e t s who b e a r w i t n e s s t o t h e teclrno-madness of o u r Lime We a r e p o e t s who r e a l i z e t h a t any c l ~ a n g c w i l l have t o come from t h e way We t a l k t o each o t h e r everyday We a r e p o e t s who s a y o u r poems i n s t r e e t s & p a r k s & i n s t i t u t i o n s i n o r d e r t o Make co~nrnunion w i t h o t h e r s who p r o t e s t t h e r a t i o n a l v i c i o u s n e s s of everyday l i f e & who a f f i r m s p i r i t u a l v a l u e s & b e l i e v e t h a t a l l p e o p l e must clroose t o S lug i t o u t w i t h t h e greed & meaning lessness r e p l a c i n g soul-awareness iJe a r e p o e t s who have nowhere t o go now t h a t Skid Row is n e a r l y gone & o u r way of l i f e is a b lockade & slowdown To economic & o t h e r d e g e n e r a t e forms & i d e a s of "growth"

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With t h e media gone hog w i l d a b o u t F r e e Trade ( q u i t e r i g h t ! ) , ~ o u ' d t h i n k t h e r e is o n l y one e l e c t i o n happening . There i s n ' t . B e s i d e s t h e f e d e r a l e l e c t i o n , t h e r e i s tlre a l l i m p o r t a n t C i t y of Vancouver e l e c t i o n . When? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 9 t h !

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town E a s t s i d e and t h e C a r n e g i e Com- u n i t y a r e a t s t a k e . A v o t e f o r t h e NPA & C a r o l Tay lo r is a v o t e a g a i n s t -- - Vancouver and o u r conununity. Why? 1. A t Counc i l Gordon Campbell & h i s c r o n i e s gave away t h e Expo l a n d s t o h i s d e v e l o p e r f r i e n d s . Now Ire wan t s t o pay t h e d e v e l o p e r $ 2 0 m i l l i o n For h o u s i n g t h a t t h e c i t y s h o u l d have g o t t e n f o r f r e e . T h i s $20 m i l l i o n c o u l d b u i l d hous ing i n t h e Down town Eas t s i d e . B . I t was t h e NPA who pun i shed t h e D.E. by g i v i n g t h e S t r a t h c o n a Comm- u n i t y Carden l a n d t o t h e Freemasons f o r s e n i o r s hous ing . We s h o u l d n o t f o r g e t t h a t t h e Freemasons w e r e o f f - e r e d a n o t h e r , b e t t e r s i t e f o r t h e i r p r o j e c t buL d i d n ' t 'want ' i t . C. I t was t h e NPA who made $5 m i l l i o n o f c u t s t o tlre c i t y budge t . I t was Lhe f i r e b o a t , wlrich s a t i n t h e h a r - bour ready t o p r o t e c t o u r community f rom t ~ n z a r d o u s c a r g o a c c i d e n t s , t h a t was r e t i r e d by tlre NPA. Our ccmil~unity is i n d a n g e r , t h a n k s Lo t h e NPA. 2 . A t P a r k s Bonrd - - - -- - - - - - . - Our co~rununiLy h a s t o f igl i t f o r e v e r y cenL i t gc3ts from t h e P a r k s Board - Lo f i x U P Ray-Cam, S t r a L l ~ c o r ~ a o r t h e Ca rneg ie CetiLrc. T t w a s o n l y a f t e r weeks of work by ~ l r e Ca rncg ie Assoc i - a t i o n t h a t t h e C e n t r e was n o t ~ a k e n o v e r by tile g r eedy NPA P a r k s Board. They want t o spcxnd mi l l i o n s on t h c z o o , 1 e a v i n g L i t t l c t o improvr. l he

d r a i n a g e and ma in t enance o f o u r few p r e c i o u s g r e e n s p a c e s . 3 . A t Schoo l Board - --

The NPA have proven t o be r e a l l y un- c a r i n g a b o u t hungry k i d s a t t h e School Board. I t w a s o n l y a f t e r months o f ha rangu ing by COPE s c h o o l t r u s t e e P h i l Rankin, J e a n Swanson from End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y and t h e C h i l d P o v e r t y A c t i o n Committee t h a t t h e Board f i n a l l y p u t $200,000 i n t o s c h o o l food programs.

I t goes w i t h o u t s a y i n g t h a t COPE r e p r e s e n t s o u r c i t y and o r d i n a r y f o l k s . Remember who goes t o b a t f o r u s - who sat ti1 3 am a t a p u b l i c h e a r i n g on t h e S t r a t h c o n a Gardens - yup, Ald. E r i c k s e n & Davies . COPE and i t s c a n d i d a t e s w i l l r e p r e s e n t o u r community; b e i t f o r s o c i a l h o u s i n g a t C i t y C o u n c i l , food programs and improved s p e c i a l e d u c a t i o n c o u r s e s f o r k i d s a t t h e Schoo l Board o r money and s e r v i c e s f o r o u r Carn- e g i e C e n t r e and l o c a l p a r k s on t h e P a r k s Board.

On S a t u r d a y , Nov. 1 9 t h , Vote JEAN SWANSON Mayor COPE and t h e ~ D P f o r Counc i l : 10 s e a t s

- f o r Schoo l Board:7 seats - f o r P a r k s Board: 7 seats

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SUB IIARKIS h a s had h e r f i n g e r o n t h e p u l s e o f t h e 1)cjwnLown E a s t s i d e f o r y e a r s , t o s t a y allcad o f lie niaclt- i n a t i o n s and s e c r e t agendas of d e v e l - o p e r s , t h e b i g - m o ~ i ~ y and t h e r e d ~ i e c k j e r k s . S i n c e t h e l a t e 7 0 ' s Sue h a s brought h e r hard-won wisdom and e n e r - gy t o e v e r y i s s u e t h a t , i f n o t f o u g h t , would b r i n g more d i s r u p t i o n and f r u s - t r a t i o n t o t h e l i v e s of t housands of r e s i d e n t s o f o u r community.

T h i s i s n ' t a eu logy o r a 'Super - woman' s t o r y : Sue i s l e a v i n g t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e and 3 C and Canada - s h e is moving t o England! P a r t o f t h e r e a s o n is n o t g e t t i n g t h e nomina t ion

- f o r a lderman. Sue won a s e a t o n t h e P a r k s Board i n 1984 and , h e r t r a d e - mark, d i d s u p e r i o r work f o r t h e two y e a r te rm. The mass ive PR j o b of t h e NPA i n 1986, t o b a s i c a l l y p u l l t h e wool o v e r t h e e y e s o f v o t e r s , conned many t o v o t e o t h e r t h a n COPE. ( T h i s i s g o i n g on r i g h t now i n ' 8 8 . )

Sue worked f o r t h e p a s t 2 y e a r s on community i s s u e s ; f o r t e n a n t s ' r i g h t s , w e l f a r e problems, f o r Crab P a r k and p o l i c e l i a i s o n w i t h u s o v e r l i q u o r and pornography and women' s r i g h t s , f o r t h e q u a l i t y o f l i f e f o r t h e d i s - advan taged v i s a v i s s a f e t y from r o b b e r i e s and b u r e a u c r a t i c f o u l u p s , worked f o r y e a r s t o have k n i v e s made i l l e g a l on t h e s t r e e t s ( t h e r e c e n t r u l i n g t o ban k n i v e s i n pubs w a s a d i r e c t r e s u l t o f s u e ' s p e r s i s t e n c e ) , k e e p i n g t h e problems o f l y s o l and cook ing wine b e f o r e C i t y H a l l , . . . . and of c o u r s e more.

We t a l k e d a few d a y s ago of t h e need f o r " p r o g r e s s i v e " p e o p l e t o r e - t h i n k t h e i r p e r s o n a l i d e o l o g i e s . Sue

c o n f e s s e d a I ~ i t t e r n c s s o v e r tl te low- k e y r e s p o n s e t o h e r compla in t on t h e p rocedure used a t t h e nomina t ions . Slit r e a f f i r m e d h e r t o t a l suppor t f o r COPE, s t a t i n g t h a t tlley and t h e C i v i c I.1i)P a r c a l l t l l a t s t a n d s i n tlie way o f (;ordon Camphe1 1 , t h e NI'A and t lie l o s s o f Vancouver f o r middle and low income p ~ o p l e . 'I'lie u n d r r l y i n g agendrt and t l i i nk ing behind t h e NPA a r c n o s e r r c t t o l ler a s t u t e pol i t i c a l annly- s i s - tliey a r e ou t t o st r i p o u r lion1c7s and community from us, wit11 l i t t l e bu t l i p s e r v i c e b e i n g p a i d t o how we w i l l l i v e when t h e i r "new" Vancol~vcr is t o o h igh -p r i ced f o r o v e r h a l f o f i t s c i t i z e n s .

Sue spoke o f h e r s e x u a l o r i e n t a - t i o n d u r i n g o u r t a l k because , s h e s a i d , "I have t o . " She c i t e d h e r be- i n g a l e s b i a n a s t h e r ea son f o r t h c p r o g r e s s i v e commit tee w a f f l i n g o n h e r nominat ion . T h i s k ind of double- t h i n k , where p e o p l e s a y t h e y s u p p o r t gay r i g h t s and t h e r i g h t s o f peopJe whose s e x u a l o r i e n t a t i o n is d i f f e r e n t from t h e 'norm' ( t h e i r s ) , b u t r e t a i n t h e i r s u b c o n s c i o u s p r e j u d i c e s , is f e l t a l l t h e t ime by h e r . She had t a l k e d o f h e r p e r s o n a l s e x u a l abuse and t h e l e g a l a c t i o n s h e i s t a k i n g a g a i n s t hc>r f a t h e r on a TV show, and f e e l s t h a t t h i s a l s o c o n t r i b u t e d t o h e r s u p p o r t d i m i n i s h i n g . Sue i s w r i t i n g a book t o be t i t l e d The Bogeyman i s Rea l , which w i l l c o n t a i n h e r ph i lo sophy o n t h e gaps i n p e o p l e s ' t h i n k i n g . i . e . I f you a r e i n f a v o u r o f gay r i g h t s b u t c a n ' t even s a y t h e word s e x o r homosexual o r l e s b i a n . . i f you r e f u s c t o d i s c u s s t h e r e a s o n s f o r c h i l d porn and i n c e s t and a b u s e , i f t l ie i n t e r - r e l a t i o n s h i p s between t h e s e and r ac i sm and hous ing and p o v e r t y and movies and . . i f i t ' s t aboo ground then how pro- g r e s s i v e a r e you, i f s o l u t i o n s w i l l o n l y come from h e a l i n g ? S u e ' s i n s i s - t e n c e on d i s c u s s i n g t h e s e p ro found lv

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p e r s o n a l and s o c i a l c o n c e r n s makes o t l i e r s q u a i l and l o o k away. Pe rhaps i t ' s i n g r a i n e d g u i l t and shame abou t sex , b u t many many peop le j u s t w i l l no t d i s c u s s any of i t .

Sue l l a r r i s wins t h e g rudg ing admir- a t i o n of peop le from a l l wa lks o f l i f e and oL d i f f e r e n t p o l i t i c a l p e r s u a s i o n s f o r h e r p e r s i s t e n t c l a r i t y on s o c i a l i s s u e s . I t bespeaks h e r i n n e r co~runiLment t o an i d e o l o g y t h a t must i n c l u d e eve ryone , n o t j u s t t h o s e who s h a r e h e r v iews . T h e p r o g r e s s i v e I~~ovenienL w i l l be d i m i n i s l ~ e d by S u e ' s absence , b u t w i l l have a c l e a r e r p i c - t u r e due t o h e r a d m i r a b l e cons t ancy o f purpose o v e r t h e l a s t decade - h e r moral purpose . Go w e l l , Sue.

By PAULK TAYLOK

Ilecisicins m a d e u p a t C i t y t la l l a f f e c t t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e and a f f e c t you. I low you v o l e on Nov. 19 will m a k e a big d i f f e r e n c e on i ssues l ike housing, parks , comniun i ty c e n t r e p r o g r a m s a n d t r a f f i c .

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Some t h i n g happened t h e r e many y e a r ago ; a s t o r y of t r iumph.

The s t o r y went some th ing l i k e - "We saw sometl l ing beyond o u r s e l v e s , beyond o u r l i m i t e d v i s i o n . We, as p e o p l e , had n e v e r i n a l l o f o u r h i s - t o r y s e e n a n y t h i n g o r had any b e l i e f t h a t would l a s t beyond today & now, n o r w a s o u r p a s t wor th remembering f o r s o many y e a r s . E n t i r e c i v i l i z a - t i o n s came and went - some we know st v e r y l i t t l e a b o u t and some we know n o t h i n g o t h e r t h a n t h a t p r e s e r v e d i n s t o n e o r as c o l o u r s i n c a v e s . Today we s e a r c h f o r o u r p a s t because now, whe the r we admi t i t o r n o t , we a r e a t l e a s t a l i t t l e b i t s e c u r e i n t h e p r e s e n t and a t l e a s t a l i t t l e b i t s e c u r e i n o u r f u t u r e i n s p i t e of o u r obv ious e v i l i n t e n t i o n s t owards e a c h - o t h e r and o u r w e l l b e i n g . . . b u t i n l a -

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American actor Martin Sheen has a few words on the free-trade agree- ment.

" K n o w w h o j o u a r e deal ing with." he tells a Canadian ques- tioner.

"I come from a land of lunatics. When I come to Canada , I see a c o u n t r y t h a t r e ~ r e s e n t s t h e l I aiy it is possible DENNY BOYD I t o l i v e . B u t I you're stuck ui th us h) birtue of the land mass and u e can destroy you in a minute, politic- all!, wonomirally, culturally.

" \ \ e ' \ e been t ied t o g e t h e r a s riationc for a long t ime on a long, loow rope. You shorten that rope by the free-trade deal and we can hang you ui th it.

"11'9 not that we don't love you, it's hecause we don't trust you. And you

aren't our equ:il partiler and never will be.

"We arc an empire. Our president is the leader of an empire. And we a re an aggressive nation. We try to pre- tend we aren't, but we are. We control events all over the world and we live in a state of paranoia. America doesn't want Canada as an equal partner. American doesn't want your dol- lar on par with ours. America wants to control you.

"Everything you a re as Canadian, SOU will lose to:\mericanism. If I was a Canadian citizen with a heart and a mind of my o s n , and I realize that I am a guest in your country, I would reject the free-trade deal."

Sheen , t h e 48-year-old s t a r of movies such a s Apocalypse Now, Badlands, Ghandi, and Catch-22, and television showcases such a s Ken- ned!, T h e Missiles of October and The Evecution of Private Eddie Slo- t ik , is the most ringingvoiceof political dissent and social activism in the American entertainment industry,

t h e most vocally noticeable of the date Michael Dukakis and he s t i l l i ~ o l l y w o o d L i b e r a l s s i n c e J a n e bel ieves, d e s p i t e t h e pol ls , t h a t Fonda wound down. Dukakis has a chance. "I don't con-

l i e campaigns on behalf of t h e cede Bush has it wrapped. I haven't American homeless, against nuclear heard the fat lady's aria yet." stockpiling, CIA activities in Central Still , Sheen claims, "I a m not a America, pesticide spraying and acid political person. I go by the Oriental ra in and has been arrested several philosophy of the cross of suffering, times for demonstrating on sites of in which each of us a s individuals is underground nuclear testing. responsible for creating change.

He is in Vancouver to begin shoot- "We take i t for granted that politi- ing Monday on a new drugs and inter- cians a re born leaders. But real lead- national politics film, Cold Front, for e r sh ip comes from t h e people and t h e Vancouver-based T h e Beacon politicians move on t h e will of the Group. people. P o l i t i c i a n s d o n ' t m a k e

Because of his activism, Sheen has progress, they dec la re wars , they been b r a n d e d "hot" by t h e f i lm declare embargos, they c rea te suf- industry, but he has few regrets. fering and the last seven years of the

"I like my lifestyle, I like taking Reagan administration has been a home a bag of money every week. But tragedy, a period of mean-spirited my only regret is that I let so much bullying." time go by before I stood up. It's not 1 Sheen mourns all that he believes that 1 don't love my country, it's that his country lost with the assassina- I love the truth more." I tion of John F. Kennedy.

Before he came to Vancouver this "If t h e events of November 22, week, Sheen filed his absentee vote 1963, had occurred in any other coun- for Democratic presidential candi- try, the United S ta tes would have

been under mart ia l law.. We would have called the Kennedy assassina- tion a military coup, because that's w h a t i t w a s , a c o u p b y t h e mi l i t a ry- indus t r ia l c o ~ n p l e x and we've been living in a policc s ta te ever since.

"We can't get off the bomb-build- i n g t r e a d m i l l , n u c l e a r i s m h a s become our new religion. I'm part of it because I pay taxes and Canada is a partner in it because you let us test up here."

The only hope he sees for his country, Sheen says, is the election of the Democra t D u k a k i s , "a good a n d decent man who I support just for his policy on Central America."

Republican Georgc Bush. says Sheen, "has done nothing bu t a c t angry, he's gone from wimp to bully without addressing a s ingle major issue. He seems to be campaigning on phoney anger and self-righteousness. It's all acting and lie's a worse actor than Reagan was."

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MARTIN SHEEN: ' y o u ' r e stuck w i t h us' rehearsal - Sheen repeats his open. ing line. "Know who you a re dealinr: with."

I f You Like Free Trade, r ead t h i s ... A l l t h e Free Trade t a l k goes back and

f o r t h b u t i t ' s j u s t i n d o l l a r t e r m s t h e de fenden t s g e t any s t r e n g t h o r suppor t . We a l l know where t h e major p o l i t i c a l

p a r t i e s s t a n d . They b i c k e r a t each oth- e r bu t i t ' s more f o r g rands tand ing than on p r i n c i p l e . One p a r t y w i l l s t a n d i n c o n s t a n t o p p o s i t i o n t o a n o t h e r - even i f t h e r u l i n g p a r t y h a s done what t h e oppo- s i t i o n has been screaming of doing: i - e . i n t h e e a r l y 8 0 ' s t h e L i b e r a l s wanted f r e e t r a d e & t h e T o r i e s were a g a i n s t i t . . . a STRANGE r e v e r s e ! Again and a g a i n , t h e opposing p a r t y w i l l damn t h e r u l i n g p a r t y ' s p o l i c y and t h e n , a t a l a t e r t ime

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b a i l e d you o u t - f o r a ' s m a l l ' favour . P r e t t y s c a r y s t u f f you might s a y : w e l l

t h i s i s what t h e U.S.A. has a l r e a d y achieved i n a number of developing na t - ions . Were i t t o have "Free Trade1' wi th Canada, by 1998 Canada would be but 10- 1 2 new s t a t e s of America.

A s a f o o t n o t e , an Eas te rn economist i n t h e e a r l y 7 0 ' s foresaw t h e above scene f o r Canada i n t h e 8 0 ' s and complete by 1990 - no more Cacnda. To many i t ' s j u s t d o l l a r s & c e n t s ; f o r

me i t ' s a q u e s t i o n of s u r v i v a l f o r our n a t i o n a l i d e n t i t y and unique s o c i a l needs. So. .do you s t i l l l i k e f r e e t r a d e ?

By JULIEN-JOSEPH LEVESQUE

most p r e s s u r e ; e s p e c i a l l y w i t h Free Trade. endorse t h a t v e r y p o l i c y . ]As h i s t o r i a n s , p o l i t i c i a n s , war g e n e r a l s

Ear,, p a r t y consc ious ly endorses a con- and economists have agreed in t h e past: s tmt p o l i c y i n s o c i a l a f f a i r s , e spec i - - ~ h , only means ava i l ab le to create a l l y apparen t i n a t r i - ~ a r f ~ system. Be- a s i t u a t i o n of c o n t r o l over a n o t h e r i n g r e a l i s t i c i n t h e upcoming e l e c t i o n , t h e r e is a (s t rong?O p o s s i b i l i t y o f a minor i ty government i n which t h e t h i r d p a r t y w i l l hold t h e b a l a n c e of power. his 3rd p a r t y can then a c t o u t i t s r o l e t o t h e f u l l e s t p o t e n t i a l and be t h e re- minder of t h e need f o r c o n s t r u c t i v e s o c i a l p o l i c y . S ince t h e 3rd p a r t y can t o p p l e a m i n o r i t y government v i a a non- conf idence motion - i n t h i s c a s e l i k e l y t h e N.D.P. f o r 3rd - i t is under t h e

n a t i o n ' s s o v e r e i g n t y is n o t by m i l i - t a r y i n v a s i o n bu t by way of sublim- i n a l s u b j u g a t i o n of t h e economy.

Once economic independence has been f o r - f e i t e d , t h e sub juga ted n a t i o n must -- t u r n t o t h e overpowering p a r t n e r i n t imes of f i s c a l f r i c t i o n . ' P a r t n e r ' h e l p s and t h e coun t ry a s k i n g must then g ive some k ind of favour and, a s a r e s u l t , c o n t r o l by the 'partner' increases . They pass them- s e l v e s o f f a s t h e benevolent one who

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C a r r y m e j u s t a l i t t l e b iL f u r t h e r , comrade D e s t r o y d e s t r u c t i o n i n t h e mind Every t i m e I t h i n k o f home . . . Fuck i s a word my motl ler u s e d w e l l Gain r u l e s s t i l l y How y a d o i n ' Canada? I t a l o C a l v i n o is n o t M a r g a r e t Atwood e i t h e r K i l l t h e c a r p a t o p t h e r a d i o now L a t e l y b o r e d moments l i n g e r t w i x t t h e s h e e t s L a s t rumour f rom Olympus : The s i r e n s were o n l y t r y i n g t o r e a c h e a c h o t h e r N i e t z c h e had no c h o i c e ; K i ~ r k e g a a r d d i d T ime-keepers s t r i k e t h e h e a r t l i k e d e a t h U n t i l t h e r i v e r f l o w s a g a i n

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B o t t l e r o c k e t i n t h e a i r TV b l u e and s i r e n r e d s o r w h i t e s Emergency c a l l s ( t h e r e ' s some w i t h n o c o l o u r s ) M i d n i g h t b l a c k and t h r o u g h t h e s t o p l i g h t a j a r r i n g howl a t t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n a c r o s s r o a d s t u n e and b l u e - g r e e n f l a s h b u l b s o f t r o l l e y - b u s wires i n v i s i b l e s t reet t h r e a d s s t r i n g i n g t h e g i r d l e o f t h e c o b b l e - b r i c k s E n e r g i e s a l l a r o u n d you ( i t ' s t h e S u n ' s r e v o l u t i o n ) .

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1, consumed and e x c r e t e d a t w i l l d e s t r o y e d i n you r m i d s t many p e o p l e s ' minds u n f l i n c h i n g l y you c a l l y o u r s e l f a t o u r i s t haven P u t t i n g on b l a c k t i e a f f a i r s you s m i l e a b i g s m i l e h e s i t a n t l y g lowing w h i l e c h i l d r e n s l i p t h r o u g h t h e neon n i g h t r e d a n d b l u e

s l e e p i n g w i t h e y e s open t h e y f e e l t h e f i r e o r a n g e and g reen l i v i n g i.n t l ie c o l d

of neon f l i c k e r *.> p . i s l o s t p a r t o f

and d y i n g u ~ ~ d e r ti le we igh t o f urban d a r k n e s s

e r . You w i l l be p a i d wages o r a s a l a r y i n s t e a d of hay f o r domest i - c a t e d a n i m a l s , s o you c o u l d go t o t h e c o r n e r s t o r e t o buy some hay - I mean t l l i ngs t o eat .

When you a r e unemployed y o u ' l l have a good chance o f h a v i n g no hay t o e a t u n l e s s you c o u l d be l . ike t h e p r i m i t i v e s who were q u i t e c a p a b l e o f h u n t i n g , f i s h i n g o r g a t h e r i n g t o e a t But t h e n t o d a y ' s p o l l u t e d e n v i r o n - ment h a s v e r y few a n i m a l s t o h u n t , D inosau r s a t t h e B r i d g e Club

w h i l e a t s l e e p i t l i e s p l a c e s you can g a t h e r f r e e l y be- P r e t e n d i n g i t ' s o f f i t ' s o f f c a u s e t h e r e a r e v e r y small f r e e i t ' s o f f t o g r e e n e r p a s t u r e s l a n d s . l e f t . when human b e i n g s were e x t i n c t .

T h i s s i t u a t i o n must b e pe rpe tu - a t e d and worsened as f a r as t h e Yeah t h e D inosau r employers a r e conce rned . g o t l a i d o f f

That i s t h e one main r e a s o n most and unemployment p o l i t i c i a n s g i v e i n and f o l l o w t h e caugh t up w i t h you

emp l o y e r s ' w i s l ~ e s r a t h e r t h a n t h e A ldaba r r en you s u r

employed or non-employed l o o k i n g 1 ' d have gone t o Mars w i t h you

f o r employment. Maybe t h e i c e c a p s moved I f a l l t h e employed became s e l f -

s u f f i c i e n t a ~ l d d i t l n ' t 1-ook f o r eni- ploymen t , t h e enip 1-oyers would t h e n have t o s t a r t d o i n g t h e i r own wash- I c e bound c o l d and b l u e . in[;, cookj 116, wa lk ing . 'I'liat would be l ~ o r r i l ~ l e f o r them a s 1na11y of Man A l i v e , a f t e r t h e thaw

them a r c c o m p l e t e l y dependen t on a s h o t of r a y s w i l l do

t l ~ e i r c~npl o y e e s . The working peop le of today are

g r a d u a l l y r e a l i s i ~ ~ g t l l i s f a c t and when Human

t h c y demand I ~ c t t c r wages w i t l lou t l e t - u p u n t i 1 a l l t h e m a t e r i a l

(1 employed. Amen.

The emergency number f o r a d u l t s t o c a l l Welfare , when t h e y a r e s i c k o r h u r t and need t o go t o t h e h o s p i t a l a f t e r h o u r s , i s no l o n g e r a v a i l a b l e from T e l . In fo rmat ion . I t ' s now a n i n t e r n a l number, b u t P.O.W. g o t it!

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M r . and M r s . Smith Have One of T h e i r L i t t l e Chats

HP :

I need a g r i d t o f i n d o u t where you a r e . Bear ing a c r o s s r e f e r e n c e of l e t t e r t o number I might s t r i k e lucky - p i n p o i n t even you on your compl icated map, r i d d l e d w i t h d i v e r s i o n s and dead ends . God knows I need some s o r t of t o o l t o make s t r a i g h t t h e p a t h s of your convoluted t h i n k i n g , rework t n i s t a t t e r e d map i n t o a t a p e s t r y . But w h a t ' s t h e use! You're no embroidery need le , on ly your own one-eyed e r r a t i c compass, and l e t me t e l l you, woman, i n t h i s journey, g e t t i n g t h e r e s u r e i s n ' t h a l f t h e fun.

She :

I f I am t h e eye of a need le , then you a r e i t s c o a r s e t w i s t dragging me down; i f I a m t h e eye of a n e e d l e , then you a r e i t s barb s h a f t i n g me; i f I am t h e eye of a n e e d l e , then you a r e i t s s t e e l hemming me i n . . . of c o u r s e , t h a t could mean we two might f i n a l l y a c h i e v e some s o r t of harmony: me, p u l l i n g u s up and p u t t i n g u s down, you, t y i n g u s i n k n o t s , the two of u s s t a b b i n g

I s t i t c h e s t h a t p re tend t o hold t h i s mar r i age t o g e t h e r .

J a n c i s M. Andrews

Above t h e s e s p i r e s and towers above t h e s e d a r k c louds sounds f o r a u n i v e r s a l e a r

I can hea r

Above t h e s e d a r k c louds above t h e famished crowds t ime becomes l o s t i n i t s c a r n i v a l concept and v i s i o n s a r e born uncontes ted t w i s t i n g and t u r n i n g i n a wallowing l i g h t emerging wide awake

Above t h e s e d a r k c louds above t h e thunder ing rounds I dream beyond t h e s e human s torms of mutual s t r u g g l e s and worldly wars Above t h e s e darkened c louds I dream beyond t h i s broken town I dream i n t r u s t , bewilderment

and f a i t h s

See me s e e you i n t h e s e v i s u a l poo l s where we can be c a l l e d t o t o s w i m i n m i r a c l e s where no kingdom r u l e s where darkened c louds a r e under f o o t and dreams a r e what we a r e above t h e s e d a r k c louds

Kay Will iams

Welfare : (Campbell) -"We (NPA) asked the Prov. Govt. to raise rates" - (Reid) - "nothing happens because Socreds know NPA don't want raise" - (Swanson) -"I will index my salary as Mayor to raise in welfare rates, rather than raising it twice like Campbell did, quality-of life is determined by poverty". . . Fire Department : (Owen) -"fireboat is saving federal port money when it's not city's job" - (Ericksen) -"(read- in(; from Fire Chief's report) ' these cuts will endanger lives & property/ direct ratio between number of men &

lives savedl..Campbell cut $5 million from budget by damaging fire dept. to "reallocate within budget" salary increases for councillors and on tourist attraction, leaving waterfront resi- dents in danger from hazardous goods explosion, ship fires" Prostitution:(Leaf) -"Red Light Dis- tricts away from homes & children" - (Erwin) -"sex trade workers are people & can't be treated/exploited as comm- odity, single mothers work streets to pay rent & raise children out of poverty, socio-economic status is cause" - (Ericksen) -"red light would let big business ads say 'Come to Joe's Whore- house', government would be pimp" Transit:(Anderson) -"Green Party is deeply committed to ensuring children and grandchildren have livable environment, clean air, water soil, number of cars too high, pollution must be dealt with, 'we'll scare the shit out of them'" - (Owen) -"NPA very close to solution" - (Davies) -"NPA impotent on improving transit, must be attractive to those who have choice &

not frustrate captive users (no choice) Jean(Swanson) will form transit coali- tion to force improvements if elected" Campaign contributions & Costs:(Camp- bell) -"when law is in place NPA will obey it, NPA campaign cost $300,000" - . (Swanson) -"obeying law means if forced

to for NPA, doesn't need law to answer simple question (if you have nothing to hide), my campaign cost $30,000" - (Davies) -"NPA spent at least $.5 mill. on TV ads alone, billboards & radio &

slick brochures and writers & other are on top of that . . .( Swanson) -"when ydu turn on TV you won't see COPE/NDP ads as they cost too much, Campbell holds fundraising dinner and must charge $100 a plate, COPE/NDP might charge $5/plate but is like sign saying 'Welfare people not welcome', NPA gets hundreds of thou- sands of dollars, invested by dedelopers

Libby Davies: "I wish I had $1 mill. for TV time to expose the NPA's pious platitudes, propaganda & misinforma- tion." Jim Reid: "The NPA doesn't know anything about ordinary people." Bruce Ericksen: "Campbell has no control over these guys, despite his rapport with the Socreds." Jean Swanson: "The NPA School Board is spineless. It took a year to get them to start a food program. The NPA council is removing affordable housing, hiding reports, listening only to the developers and insulting US with their version of public input. They refuse to hear delegations that -

expose their hidden agendas. For the future of Vancouver, vote CoP~/Civic NDP and Jean Swanson for ~ayor."

By PAULR TAYLOR & JOANNE HAMEN

Jean Swanson for mayor

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