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By Clifton E. Graves, J
The ominous headlines have read:
U.S. PLANES ATTACKED BY LIBYANS
...U.S. PLANE FIRED ON BY NORTH
KOREA...REAGAN DEPLOYS NEU
TRON BOMB...U.S. REMAINS "'NEU
TRAL" ON SOUTH AFRICAN INVASION
OF ANGOLA...REAGAN SUPPORTS
"MX" MISSILE...
These eerie headlines which have
stretched across the front pages of our
newspapers these past few weeks, must
raise in the minds of every peaceloving
American the obvious question:
Is Regan Inviting War?!?
While neither time nor space will permit .
an in-depth analysis of each aforementioned
issue, suffice it here to say
that the tenor of Reagan's conservative
"Cowboy" foreign policy is des'
tined to create a plethora of international
crises in the years to come.
First, let us look at the Libyan incident...Though
the fact of this "dogfight"
are still in dispute, essentially
what transpried was that two Libyan
jets were shot down by American pilots,
who were allegedly on a "routine" patrol
protecting a U.S. Naval exercise in the
Mediterranean Sea. Libya claims that the~
naval exercise was taking place in its
territorial waters in the Gulf of Sidra.
Reagan's people argue that the U.S.
warships were in "international" waters,
and therefore, not in violation of Libyan
territorial sovereignty. The merits of
these arguments will probably be disput*
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ed until doomsday. But the question we
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nave responded if the scenano were
reversed, and Libyan warships and air
patrol were cruising between, let's say,
Key West, Florida and New Orleans?!?
There should be no doubt in anyone's
mind that the U.S. would have reacted in
the same manner as did the Libyans.
Thus, the threshold question in the
Libyan dogfight is not what happened,
but why?!? Libyan leader Muammar
Qaddafi has been targeted as an "international
menace" by the U.S. policymakers
for quite some time. Branded as
a "terrorist" for his support of third
world liberation movements-particularly
that of the Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO)-Qaddafi is one of
several third world leaders who stands in
the way of the Reagn-Haig-Weinberger
desire to reassert U.S. military power
Chrispus At tucks
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Crispus Attucks was the first American
to give up his life in the fight for independence.
He and four other men were
shot and killed by British redcoats in the
Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770.
The colonies were in a rebellious mood
at the time over the issue of taxation
without representation, and the bloody
episode set them relentlessly on a course
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Summing it up later, Daniel Webster
said: "From that moment, we may date
the severance of the British Empire.'*
Attucks, who was 47 on that fateful
night, was a former slave born in Frarningham,
Mass. Twenty years earlier, he
had run away from his master and gone
away to sea. Beyond that, very little is
known of him.
He was on the Boston docks the night
of March 5, a night marked by clashes
between the redcoats and the resentful
citizenry.
The streets of the city were teeming
with colonials, many of them spoiling for
a fight. One, a youth, goaded a sentry
who clubbed him with the butt of his
musket. Reports of the assault raced
through the city and reached Attucks and
a group of sartors gathered near the
docks.
Brandishing a heavy cordwood stick,
Attucks led a hooting, jeering band
through the narrow streets toward a
square near the CuOom* Hou*e where the
incident had occurred. When Attucks and
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throughout the world. Reports in
INfcWSWfcfcK, I Ht NtW YORK TIMES
and WASHINGTON POST underscore
this point by quoting sources in the
Pentagon, the CIA and the White House
as saying the "Dogfight" was just part of
an overall strategy to net just discredit
Qaddafi, but to lead to his ultimate
removal from power in Libya!! In other
words, a pretext,...a "Set-UP"... Clearly,
this is a dangerous policy to
pursue, and smacks of a return to the old
"gunboat diplomacy" of the 1950's and
*60's.
i Americans of all races and political
persuasions must unite in opposition to
this reversion to the "Policeman of the
World" madness that has guided U.S.
foreign policy for most of this nation's
history. The Libyan "dogfight" cannot
be viewed as an isolated happening, but
rather in the same contest as the Korean
incident, the non-response to South
Africa's invasion of Angola, and the
sinful increase in defense spending.
American policy makers are proceeding
down the same path that led to this
country being labeled as the "primary
exporter of racism and imperialism" in
the world.
Surely, the Reagan Administration must
realize that this is 1981, not 1951-when
most of the world's black, brown
and yellow peoples were in colonial
subjegation. Surely, Reagan et al. must
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South African peoples will not tolerate a
. return to the "good ol' days" of Yankee
wiexpiihiffoH;svk
J ust maybe-that is what Reagan is
counting on. Maybe, old Ronnie is
hoping that his instigation of certain
incidents will create a crisis serious
enough to gear up America's war
machinery once again. I mean, history
shows us that after ever major economic
recession in the U.S., a war has followed.
A war would create jobs, stimulate the
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economy, eic. iviayoe an 01 tnis is part ot
Reagan's heretofore undiclosed econoific
recovery plann!!
.If so, it is a dangerous and ludicrous
policy to pursue. And those of us
concerned with our survival, and that of
the world's, had better act now to insure
that Reagan's plans stay on the drawing
board. Our very lives may depend on it...
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his followers arrived, the sentry already
was surrounded by a mob.
Soon afterward, Capt. Thomas Preston
and seven subalterns appeared to reinforce
their beleaguered comrade.
Standing toward the rear, Attucks
shouted to the crowd to stand firm and
not be afraid. "They dare not fire," he
said. Then he and his men pushed to the
front, right against the gleaming points of
the soldiers' bayonets.
At that moment, a stick raced through
the air and struck a soldier. He raised his
musket and fired.
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After two months of silence last year, the mighty
Oregan volcano, Mt. St. Helena, once again erupted,
spewing forth volcanic ash and gas into the countryside
and atmosphere of the north west U.S. At about the same
time there was another eruption. This eruption, however,
was in a collision between religion and politics.
' In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision on
the ease of "Engcl vs. Vitale" that officially'sanctioned
"and encouraged ptt$fcr'ln*the public schools violated both
the Establishment of Religion and the Free Exercise of
Religion sections of the American Constitution. Since
that time, the volcanic ash of this issue has remained
within the volcano, except for a few rumblings and noises
here and there. But during the 1980 Presidential campaign,
various right wing, conservative religious forces
began to make the volcano erupt. Now the ash of this
Issue is all over the land?
The Rev. Jerry Falwell of the-Moral Majority* advertised
the issue of voluntary school prayer as one of the
planks in his so called Christian Bill of Rights." Another
right wing group sent a mailing to a large number of
^Christian pastors in the country calling on them to address
the "Moral and Religious Issues** in the 1980 campaign.
Of course, the issue of voluntary school prayer
was on the list. It should be noted that many of these
same groups and movements which advocate for voluntary
school prayer also advocate for an end to busing to
achieve racial desegregation, an erid to affirmative action
programs to bring minorities and women into the
mainstream of American life, and an end or drastic
reduction in government social programs like Food
Stamps, School Lunch Program, Aid to Families with
Dependent Children, to name a few. A word from Jesus
might well apply here: "Beware of wolves in sheep's
clothing."
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Father Michael B. Curry
Before anything else can be said about the issue of
prayer in the schools, it must be clear that the issue has
been raised primarily by forces and groups whose positions,
labeled "Christian or Conservative Christian,"
frequently stand over and against the needs and concerns
of black, poor and other dispossessed people in our coun1
try. That, at least, is how we see it.
But in all modesfy, we must ask: "Are they right on
this issue? If we disagree with them on almost eVefything\
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must we agree with them on this: Tnat is the problem
we face as Christians. We certainly support and favor
prayer, as our article suggested last week (see "Does it
Pay to Pray"). We believe that the Scriptures affirm and
teach the power and efficacy of faithful prayer, which ac
cords with the righteous will of Almighty God (see
Psalms 6:9, 65:2; Proverbs 15:8; Matthew 21:22, Romans
12:12, James 5:16). And Jesus even taught us how to pray
saying. "Our Father..." But does this meaji that we,
should advocate prayer in the public schools?
In a pluralistic society where differing races, cultures,
religious faiths and ethnic groups are suppose to
peacefully coexist together for the good of all, should the
public schools be used for the purposes of religion? Is it
more important for children to learn tolerance of other
people's beliefs or to learn to assume that their way of
faith must be followed by all? Is it right that children
trom Christian backgrounds, children from Islamic
backgrounds, children from Jewish backgrounds and
. children from non religious backgrounds should be
brought together in public schools to learn, and also to
pray?
The issue is complex and difficult. We have decided,
therefore, to address it in a three part series. You have
just read part one which asked the question. In part two,
we shall move toward an answer. In part three, we shall
dare to venture an answer.
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Where To I
Vote I
The candidates have filed
and the 1981 election races
for mayor^and the eight
aldermanic seats are again
up for grabs. As the resist
of ward alignment, there
have been some precinct
changes made by the city/county
election board, but
the precinct locations are
the same;
Residents of WinstonSalem
should h&v*c
registered by August 24!<fc
be eligible for voting inf the
'pfiinary 6h-'Sefctemtoef 22.
precincts broken down b>
ward lines. Any residents
whose precinct location has
changed will be notified by
_maijLas tojheir new location.
North Ward
20-1 Piney Grove
Recreation Center.
20-2 Kimberly Terrace.
20-3 Martin Luther King
Recreation Center.
ft 20-4 Memorial Cnlicenm
20-5 Paisley High
School.
20-6 Forest Hill Fire Station
East Ward
40-2 Fourteenth Street
Recreation Center.
40-3 Kennedy High
School.
40-4 Skyland Intermediate
School.
40-5 Anderson High
School.
40-6 Happy Hill Recreation
Center.
Southeast Ward
50-1 Grace United
Methodist Church. ::
50-2 Forest Park
Elementary School.
50-3 Trinity Moravian
Church.
50-4 Hill High School.
50-5 Easton Intermediate
School.
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Presbyterian Church. -*<
South Ward
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60-1 Christ Moravian
Church.
60-2 Bible Wesleyan
Church.
60-3 Latham Elementary
School.
60-4 Bishop McGuinness
High School.
60-5 Parkland Senior
High School.
60-6 Philo Junior High
School.
60-7 Bolton Pool.
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