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Editorial
Hate breeds
By Beth Eakes
Layout Editor
Hate feeds on hate, violence on violence. Nothing can excuse or
justify the murder of five marchers Saturday, November 3, at an
anti-Klan rally here in Greensboro But leaders of the communist
group that staged the rally are not blameless.
In the posters distributed November 1, announcing the "Death
to the Klan," march, the Workers Viewpoint Organization, which
now calls itself the Communist Workers Party, in effect challenged
the Klan to a violent confrontation. "There is only one correct stand
on the Klan," it said. "Beat them and drive them out of town."
It attacked not only the Klan but also Creensboro city officials
and police, calling them "supporters of the Klan." It said the
police were "one hundred times more dangerous to the working
class than the Klan."
Creensboro police are being critized for their handling of the
situation, particularly for staying more than a block away from a
demonstration that clearly had the potential for violence. But the
organizers made police protection extremely difficult. In their
news .release, the CWP said to the police: "Stay out of our way.
We'll defend ourselves."
Given the inflammatory rhetoric of the organizers, if the police
had hovered around the march, they would have risked being
attacked. If the police had been attacked, they probably would have
been accused of harassment and inciting violence.
Despite recent flurries of activites, the Klan in North Carolina
remains an insignificant relic, its members not so much to be
feared as pitied, for their impotent, soul-eroding hatred. The
Communist Workers Party's communist rhetoric and its tactics
mirror the Klan's own hatred and paranoia.
Those tactics suggest that the CWP is trying to exploit anti-Klan
sentiment for its own advancement. It seems more interested in
publicizing and glorifying itself than in the cause of brotherhood, or
human rights, or a peaceful, rational society. It, like the Klan, is an
organization that this state and country would be better off without
By Brian Carey
Editor
It's a crazy form of government that allows groups to actively
work against it. But in democracy, one cannot avoid the irony of
allowing any person that freedom to speak against freedom.
Greensboro's recent confrontations between anti-Klan and Klan
forces is an explicit example of this principle at work The city had
to allow the initial demonstration by the Communist Workers Party
and the subsequent funeral march because of the right to free
speech guaranteed by the Constitution, even though the CWP and
the Ku Klux Klan are both groups that seek to infringe on common
freedoms.
Is it right? This is a question that has been debated for centuries.
We can only hope that Americans value their personal freedoms
enough to safeguard them from inflammatory rhetoric, and
continue to grant the same freedoms to those seeking to tear down
the foundations of democracy.
GmlJFo> rdian
Editor Brian Carey
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News Editor Paul Holcomb
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Photo by Steve Lowe
Housing shortages were thought to have been solved, but an enterprising Guilfordian
photographer discovered that the "woodsy setting" of this temporary housing unit was
more real than anticipated.
Cambodian drive begins
In response to the famine and
genocide in Cambodia, the Guil
ford College Community will
hold a vigil, draw up petitions
and ask students to skip lunch
for the starving Cambodians. A
spontaneous faculty, student
and administration effort has
arisen to aid the devestated
country.
The college is asking every
one to skip lunch on Monday,
November 19 and Tuesday,
November 20. For students on
board plan, there will be a sheet
in the lobby of Founders to
declare their intention to skip
those two meals. For each
student who skips a meal,
will be credited to the Student
Government Association.
S C. A. will in turn send a check
CHILDREN WITHOUT EVEN
THE ENERGY TO CRY
"Cambodia today is hard to believe... the sight
of tiny starving children sitting quietly without even
the energy to cry was heartbreaking..."
—Report of American Friends Service Commit tee
delegation, just back from Cambodia
BThe Quaker delegation which visited Cambodia
in September was overwhelmed by what it saw.
The tragedy is enormous. We must respond
■ immediately.
The AFSC is cooperating with other relief
mittee of the Red Cross, OXFAM*and others—to
j' get food and medicine to the victims in the
way possible.
Wc are arrangements for the flight of
mm /jH MPjjH s 100,000 worth of donated vitamins and mcdi
H cines to Phnom Penh as as we can.
We are SIOO,OOO worth food in
Southeast Asia for
B OXFAM barge to Cambodia. We believe these
voluntary efforts will open channels for more
relief aid to follow.
H| There must be shipments on a larger scale and
these must come from governments, including our
own. We are asking our government to act
urgently to provide massive humanitarian relief
without political conditions, but we cannot wait
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to the American Friends Service
Committee in the amount
credited.
For those individuals not on
the meal plan, donations are
asked for the amount that would
normally be spent on those two
meals. A contribution box will
be at the Information Tables.
Cash will be accepted; checks
should be made out to the
American Friends Service Com
mittee.
On Monday and Tuesday,
November 19 and 20, the Guil
ford College Community will
hold vigils from noon until one
p.m. The vigils will take place
on the patio side of Founders.
Although the vigils will take
place on the patio side of
Founders. Although the vigils
November 13, 1979
do not stop starvation nor cure
disease, they are a way to make
a personal and public statement
of concern. They are a way to
focus upon the reality and the
horror taking place in Cambo
dia, and a way of committing
oneself to additional action.
At Information Tables, there
will be petitions asking various
individuals at the UN and in our
own government to work toward
large-scale international relief
efforts. In addition to signing
the petitions, students are
urged to write President Carter,
Congressmen, and the United
States delegation to the UN,
urging massive and immediate
help for the people of Cambo
dia.