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It has been the premise of

the Bay Area Research Collec-

tive that the aboveground,

underground, and locked down

are three facets of the same

struggle. It has been our

purpose to try to break down

the barriers among the three

through support and criticism.,"

at all times trying to build

unity. Vie began a year ago

with a rally in support of the

six Syiabionese Liberation Army

comrades killed in Los Ange-

les. Over the past year we

have done a lot of printing

of coEnmniques, analyses,

criticism—with distribution

being through mail contact,

wall poDters, articles in the

BARB, forums, informational

tables, participation in and

contacts with other organisa-

tions, and a rally this past

Kay in support of the under-

ground. Dragon will simply

be another expression of our

work. We intend to continue

our other political functions

as well* It will not be a

HOUSE ORGAK. Vhile its com-

position will clearly reflect

our basic political beliefs,

its purpose is to aid a process

of dialog £ind understanding,

not lay out a. line. As time

goes on we expect to grow both

in scope and consciousness.This can only happen with a lot

of feedback/criticism from i;is-

tera and brothers rending thin,

Otherwise we too vd.ll quickly

become an anachronism, soon

surpassed by the peoples strug-

gle instead of growing as part of

it.

With thin awareness in back

cf our heads, the following

analysis pushed us to creating

iSraponi 1, Distribution was

our bottleneck—it was infi-

nitely easier to collect or

produce material than to dis-

tribute it. 4 a.m. wall pos-

tering in fiue when the situ-

ation dciriiindo, but is unten-

able for wide geographical

distribution, lengthy article.';

and things comrades would

want to refer Kick to.

2. Cor^ivuviny to utilize in-

pti tut ions auch as the Bei'ke-ley Barb was having a reac-

tionary effect: it is not

simply a matter of the fact

that the !Ba.rb cencors material,

has no real politics, and ex-

ists to uialre a profit off sex-

ist exploitation—it was the

fact that collaborating with

the Barb v/as preventing us

from dealing with the essen-

tial question of developing

a reliable means of communi-

cation. It was clear that in

the short run this would be

difficult—the Barb, being

"all that v/as left" provided

a relatively wide distribution

and created many important

contacts, especially with non-

name individuals, either

locked down or outside in re-

latively isolated circumstances;

however, in the long run it is

imperative that the people

had to advance the process and

not merely stick with what

was convenient, sitting back

bemoaning the evils of the

Barb; 3/ a comprehensive pa-

per could not be created—to

begin with such would involve

starting with a reactionary

economic base—ads and/or li-

.beral money sources; also it

involve for us a non-existent

staff large enough and poli-

tically together enough that

such a paper could be done

while maintaining other func-

tions.

Dragon has to be supported

by the people it serves—who,

we hope, \vill be revolutionaries,

either actually so now or po-

tentially by virtue of their posi-

tion as the oppressed of Ame-

rica. We cannot be financially

dependent on those who are

politically uncommitted; for

while this money can be used,

ve must always operate on the

assumption that whatever

support they are giving can

disappear in 5 minutes. It

is imperative that Dragon be

distributed free to all thosewho have no bread. This meansthat those %vho have bread mustshare the financial burden.It is important for a paperto be easy to read and inte-resting. Too often this isequated with expensive type-setting, layout, and prin-ting. V«e believe that themost important considerationis getting info out to peo-ple. This means that the e-conomic base must be secure-

£100 for 1000 copies. Ihismeans, that in order to giveaway 2/3 the copies free, thosewho can afford it must averageout at about 350 per copy.Distribution (mailing, vendors,percentages, etc.) is another 15200/copy. Y/e expect that ittake several issues before wecan distribute that many copies,certainly in terms of 1/3 paid.So, we are asking comrades tocontribute whatever they can.If the paper is not financially

this translates out as themoot minimal production costs.Therefore, we'll uso what we'vegot: a typewriter, some pla-geriaed typesetting and amiiaeo machine. Hopefully asthings progress we can smoothup our act some but, we neverwant to extend ourselves pastthe point where we can continuethe operation with but the mostminimal resources. V/e believetlwt is the only way to maxi-

mize our p.o3.itical integrityand reliability while minimi-zing our vulnerability to thepigs.

This issue will cost under

self-supporting we will take thatas an indication that it is notserving a useful politicalpurpose to the community. Weexpect to coiae out about onceevery 4 weeks {at least tostart with). On request wewill send out subscriptionsfor 6 months, no matter howlittle or how much bread isdonated. We believe that feed-back is important—indicativeboth of the worth of a paperand the seriousness of thereader. Therefore after 6months we will stop a subscri-ption unless we hear from you.So $5 -for"a-sub- would look nice- —

(we won't send back $20 bills

either). V/e also would like

whatever articles, analyses,

commentfa, criticisms etc, that

anyone jias. It is important that

you let us know if we can print

what you send, if we can use

your name if we want to, if

we cau print it witl out your

nai.se ii' we foci it's preferable,

arid if it is?. O.K. to edit it

(alv.'ayn indicfi-tiRe that such

was done}.

For the first' issue we have

chosen some of the interaction

between the Hew \7orld Libera-

tion Front and part of the

aboveground. It is presented.

as a starting point for

analysis, not as. anything

definitive. It is our be-

lief that the way a group or

individual engages in self-

criticism and responds to

criticism is a prime test of its

political validity. It is our

responsibility to engage in

criticism from the perspective

of comradely struggle. It

does not further our work to

respond to our conrades in

anything less than an upfront,

principled way.

'£o some coiiu'adeB BARC its fa-

miliar; to others we ;-'.re now.

i'rust is fjOir.ething thr.t has

to ba developed and earned.

Yf'e we 1 cone all feedback and

criticism on our practice

from the co;a:;;unlty to streng-

then ourselves internally ar^c

to develop expanded relation-

ships with other comrades.

The following is a chronoJ o. .v orthe actions and stater.sjits of t:': ;.'i.-v/i.'orld Liberation Front. \.'e v;ou."U~ r.'-~predate any additions r.ncl/or c •:.•/•-•rections comrades nay havu to off •..,•.Vie are including this chronology toprovide an historical perspective tothe critical evr/luatior; of true iiu.-,:-yand practice of the KV.'Lr.

We have chosen the following com-muniques and letters to rho\ t'ne begin-ning of a process of struggle. TheMew Y.'orld Liberation Front coEOiUniqueon General Motors is followed by aleaflet written by the Bay Area Re-search Collective which provides addi-tional information about GL'S role inexploiting the people for profit.Three P.G.&E. communiques follow inwhich the KV/LP takes credit for thebombings of a power line tower and theHicks substation. Orphans of Amerikaresponds to this action in a critique

which originally appeared in the Barb.The NWLP response to the Orphans is

printed along with the communique inwhich the NVYLJ1 takes credit for an at-tack on the California Department ofCorrections, i'hio action and the bomb-ing of PG&E corporate offices indicatesthe NY?LF putting into practice thechange in focus which they wrote aboutin their response to Orphans.1'he KV»LF open letter to the S.-JIB isprinted followed by & critique pro-duced by Orphans and HAKG. Com-muniques and stateaeiitH relating toPopeye Jackson aren't included in thisissue. We may deal v/ith that con-plicated situation in a later isrue

v;hen we feel that thu co:aj>letc storyis told. Vt'e believe that this processof aboveground/underground dialog demo-nstrates a ba ic unity ;uid i-(-:.;j>onsive~ness that nay aid in building a viablerevolutionary movement.

5/31/74: May 19"611 Combat Unit issues a greeting to the people and astatement of solidarity with the SLA.

9/3/74: Peoples Forces bomb the S.F, brokerage offices of Dean \Vitter &Co. and issue "Communique 1" explaining the firm's complicitywith B of A, ITT and Standard Oil in the exploitation and oppres-sion of the people. Solidarity expressed with the BLA, WHO, and

SLA.

9/?/74: Peoples Forces Unit III bombs IIT Harper in. San Leandro. Commu-nique declares unity with the Chilean people and indicts ITTfor its role in bringing the military junta to power.

10/2/74: Unit II bombs S.F. Sheraton Palace Hotel.

10/5/74: Second Sheraton Hotel bombing. Communique names Sheraton chainas an ITT subsidiary and further indicts and documents the ITTrole in the creation of the Chilean military government.Response is demanded.

10/30/74? Unit III bombs Los Altos home of ITT Jennings president RobertHallock. Communique reiterates ITT role in Chile.

11/6/74: Unit I firebombs a Berkeley garage containing government cars.Communiques discuss ITT in Chile and further explain Hallockbombing.

12/19/74: Unit I bombs S.F. office of General Motors' Overseas OperationDivision. Communique indicts GM's labor practices and historyexploitation of the people. A general explaination of the NVELFis made by Peoples forces, Communications Division.

2/3/75: Unit III bombs 6M office in San Jose, the Pillar Point RadarStation, and Chevron plant in Oakland. Communique ties indifferent aspects of the capitalist-imperialist system.

2/6/75: Unit III bombs KRON-TV in S.F. Communique indicts the stationas a mouthpiece of the ruling class.

3/20/75: Units I & IV bomb an East Bay PG&E tower. Communique denouncesPG&E as a "parasite corporation which feeds off the misery ofthe poor."

3/27/75: Unit III bombs PG&E Hicks Substation in San Jose. Communiquemakes further indictment of PG&E and salutes the GIF, FAIN, SLA,BLA, WUO and locked-down comrades.

4/7/75: Lucio Cabanas Unit bombs Hicks substation and issues anotherstatement on PG&E.

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5/1/75: Hat Turner and John Brown Unit bombs Department of Correctionsin Sacramento. Communique discusses Joe Hemiro and Russ Littleand includes educational material about clandestine activity.

5/9/75: Nat Turner and John Brown Unit bombs PG&E offices in Berkeley.Communique briefly discusses PG&E attempts to raise rates.

5/18/75: Nat Turner and John Brown Unit bombs gun shack at San Quentin.Communique sends "warmest revolutionary love to Russ Little,Joe Remiro, Ruchell Magee, San Quentin Six, all comrades trappedbehind enemy lines and to all our fallen comrades* of Attica and:the SLA."

6/3/75: Peoples Forces issue an open letter to Popeye Jackson containingfour criticisms of / questions about Popeye's lifestyle, whatthe'NWLF sees as his privileged treatment by the Adult Authorityand his possibly provocateurish criticism of the underground.They ask for response.

6/11/75: Peoples Forces issue a communique denying responsibility for themurders of Popeye Jackson and Sally Voye; this in response to apig "HWLP" communique taking credit for the killings. Criticismof Popeye is restated.

(pub. 6/27/75): Peoples Forces issue an open letter to the BARB criticiz-ing the paper as basically a servant of the ruling class.

6/27/75: NWLP bombs Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Alameda and fire-bombs two houses in Piedmont. Communique expresses solidaritywith the Indians of Pine Ridge. A second, longer communiquefollows this action.

NWLF Bombs GHOn December 19, 1974, Peoples'

Forces Unit 1 of the New WorldLiberation Front bombed the SanFrancisco offices of the Gen-eral Koters Overseas OperationsDivision. They issued the fol-lowing communique.

Target: General Motors Over-seas Operations Division, 50California St., San Francisco.

Action: Bomb Attack,In the face of General Moters

wave of pious PR ads, the Peo-ples Forces want to remind Ger-Btenberg, Murphy and all theother top-decision making per-sonnel that the people know ex-actly who and what General Mot-ors is.

General Motors is the biggestmonopoly corporation in theworld. It has speeded up itsproduction lines and laid offworkers before, in hard times,and it has been the people, notthe company's profits, who suf-fered. It is the corporationthat called out National Guardtroops during the 1936-7 Flintsit-down strike that won auto-workers the right to unioniza-tion. General Motors is one ofthe many corporations that sup-ports the white racist regimeof South Africa, and pays its

African workers dirt, takingadvantage of laws that forbidblacks to unionize. GeneralMotors profiteered on the Viet-nam war. General Motors sup-ported Hitler and built weaponsfor the Basis during V/orld Y.ar.II. Genera3. Hotora buys up pat-ents and suppresses them to in-sure that the "free world"drives around in the flimsiest,dirtiest, most dangerous andexpensive vehicles possible.General Motors has poured thewhole -.vorld's precious fuelsand metals and the people's pre-cious labor into a destructiveand wasteful industry to providehigher profits for General Mot-ors and a worse life for thepeople.

In 1949 General Motors wasconvicted by a Chicago federaljury of conspiring with Stand-ard Oil and other Giant cor-porations to tear down the cheap,clean electric railroads thatserved American cities, in orderto force people to use cars,busses and gasoline. It wasfined all of $5000» and no go-vernment action has been takento prevent its continuing thoseactivities to this very day.The Voz of New America, a guer-rilla organization of the New

World Liberation Front, recent-ly demanded that General IJotorscontribute so;ne of its hundredsof millions of dollars of pro-fits to provide medical care tothe many people in Californiawhose health has been seriouslydamaged by the air pollutionand murderous vehicle engineer-ing that is a direct result ofGeneral Motors' illegal and des-tructive activitec. GeneralMotors didn't even respond tothis demand. Instead its stupidpig executives ask for the peo-ple's sympathy because profitsare supposedly do\vn.\Vbo is supposed to believe thatshit? The tens of thousands

of workers v/ho were "laid offto pay the astronomical sala-ries of General liotors execu-tives? The lucky ones whostill fiet to work on the spee-ded-up assembly lines?

The people are tired of swea-ting and toiling to support lasyfat ass bosses who are afraidto soil their own hands, butdon't mind conspiring to createunemployment, hun£er, sickness,and death. V.'e the people, thosewho do the work in General Mo-tors' factories—'in the USA, inSouth Africa, Mexico, Argentina,Peru, Venezuela, the Philippines,Kalayasia, Porttieal, Thailand,Zaire—those who make it allp OSB ible, we are capable of

running our work places by our-selves, and for the benefit ofall the people. And we will, byany means necessary.

The power of the people isgreater than the pigs' techno-logy. Peoples Forces, Unit I

New V.'orld Liberation Front*«•* * * * *i * X

Greetings to tJ.e people and tothe combined forces of the NewWorld Liberation. Front. Duringthe last yeur in Californiaseverttl new guerrilla forces,all members of the ivew WorldLiberation Front, have madethemselves known to the peo-ple. These include the Sym-bioneye Liberation Army, theChicurto Libsrutioii Front, andthe People's- Porcot-. At the sametime, oryaiiiaationr such as theBlack Liberation Ar.v:y and the\7eather Underground have car-ried for-ward the peoples strug-gle for frocdo;;. fx\;;: the cor-porate leeches v/ho drain us ofoui' labor, our lurid and ourlifeblood.

The New V.orld LiberationFront ±B made up of wor.:en andmen who will no longer Pubi-iitto the tyranr:y of the USA richcorporate ruling class. \Vecall for a time people'r: so-cialism based on an ec:u;il dis-tribution of wealth and'work.ffie, the people, ;:;ust coiitrolour own land, labor, and lives

and use them for the benefit

of all.

The New World Liberation

Front and all revolutionary

people of the USA are engaged

in the one task that can des-

troy the power of the ruling

class—the creation of a guer-

rilla army armed and ready to

attack the enemy at every op-

poertunity. Revolutionary guer-

rilla, war is a strategy aimed

at wearing down and finally

destroying the ability of the

racist pig rulers of the USA

to exploit the people. The

task of the guerrilla is to

subject the rich and powerful

to constant attack, to step out

whenever an injustice is done

to the people, and. to deal out

revolutionary justice to the

Pig.The guerrilla fighter recc-.g-

nizes the immediate military

advantage of the enemy, but

makes up for this by always ta-

king the enemy by surprise,

When the enemy advances, we re-

treat; when he sleeps, we at-

tack. The guerrilla attacks

with the most devastating force

possible, and retreats before

the enemy can counterattack.

The guerrilla retreats in order

to attack again and again, to

deliver blow after blow, to

ride the pigs' ass to hell.

The pig media calls the

guerrilla a "terrorist", but

the people know that the real

terrorists are those who deny

food to the hungry, medical care

to the sick, and jobs to the

poor. Those tvho fight to put an

end to these brutalities are

freedom fighters, not terror-

ists. Only the enemies of the

people, the leeches who own

both the giant corporations and

the USA government, need fear

the revolutionary justice of

the New ft oriel Liberation Front.

The combined forces of the

K'.VLP stand together like the

fingers of the hand that form

the fict. As our brothers in

the Rockefeller-run concentra-

tion camp of Attica told the

world, unity of the oppressed is

the answer to the siurier and

torture of the oppressor,

Without the united and deter-

mined struggle of all th'_- peo-

ple there can be no revolution,

V/ithout the armed struggle

there can be no victory. The

guerrilla needs the people as

the fish need the ocean. This

is the consciousness that the

revolutionary must spread among

the people.

Brothers and sisters, the

battle has begun. The call of

all the forces of the New World

Liberation Front for unity is

the cry of the people for free-

dom. As the American corporate

Itempire crucibles undsr the blowsof the revolutionary peoples ofthe v,'orlds as the butchers ofChile, Vietnam, Attica, andWounded Xneo intensify theirjaurder and br-utulity in a des-parate attempt to maintain theirrule, are v/e— the black,brown,red, yellow, and white peoplesof the USA— to be victimised b,/

'UiO ru£je of the dying slave-

masters? /irur.vcr KO, sisters andbrothers, with every vveunon athand. Raise the b-inr.er of theNew Y.'orld Liber.-.tion ?rcmt. Letthe voice of o^r ;Ta):r. expressthe wills of freedom. The livesof the people depend OL> ouranswer.

Peoples ForcesCoamunlcatio^s Division

PUCK TEE V;ORLD FOR PROFITS.. .

AC. E ansit buses are built by General Motors and are powered by inter-nal, combustion diesel engines: noisy, air-polluting, expensive in opera~tion and maintainance, and planned for obsolescence. AC replaced the keysystem in 1959. The key system was once a fair intraurban transportationsystem made up of electric trains and street cars: relatively quiet, cleaninexpensive, and long-lasting. In 1946, National City Lines purchased thekey system and immediately began replacing the treins and street cars withbuses. By 1948, they had removed all east bay street cars from service.By 1958, they did the same with the trans-bay electric trains. Consequen-tly, in 1959 when AC Transit took over service, the bus precedent had beenset: the tracks and electric lines removed. National City Lines was aChicago-based holding company which began in the thirties to purchase citytransportation systems, replacing street cars and trains with buses. Capi-tal to do so was provided by General Motors, Firestone, Standard Oil of

IS,

Califorr .a, Federal Engineering Company, Mack iruck, and --hlllips Petroleum,

""."" 194"7. National and its subsidiaries owned or controlled 46 transit sys-

tems in 16 states. According to "The United States V. National City Lines,

Inc., et al.", National's purpose was "to further sales of and create an

additional market for the products of supplier(s),.." That market came to

nearly 40 million dollars between 1937 and 1947. The companies involved

were found guilty in 1949 of violating the Sherman anti-trust act. Gener-

al Kotots was fined $5000. This was a nation-wide monopolistic conspiracy

for which rationality and public interest were expendable. The interest .

of the corporations involved would be served, and that interest was and

still is profit. East bay and trans-bay public transportation has been

municipalized into AC Transit. V.'e who ride the buses and pay taxes con-

tinue to finance General Motors' profits.

General Motors has long held a strong interest in public transprotation,

or rather, in the profits they could rake in off public transportation sys-

tems. Another GM tactic was the creation of Greyhound. The purpose of

this GM-controlled company was not dissimilar from that of National City

Lines: to decrease passenger train profits and therefore service and cre-

ate a monopolistic market for GNU Again we pay for Gli's profits.

Electricity has returned to Bay Area public transportation: EA.RT. How-

ever, the design of the BART system facilitates the creation of new, dis-

tant suburbs for San Francisco. Rather than providing a rational alterna-

tive to our automobile dependence, BART increases it: suburb-dwellers

cannot survive without their cars. MR3VIB inadequacy for all but t.o-a,nd-from-work transportation,, and the meager bus service in out-lying areasput commuters back in their cars. GM, the automobile, oil, and relatedindustries profit while we pay in money, in health, in the quality of ourenvironment, indeed in. the quality of our lives.

This is a brief and partial description of the General L.otors fuck-the-world—for~profits attitude, and as when CM supported and built weapons forthe Nazis dxzring World \Var 11, as when GK reaped huge prof .its off the warsin Korea, Viet Namt and throughout the world, as Vi'hen Glvl supports racisstregimes in South Africa to force cheap labor, as GK's history attests; 3-U.profits at our expense—at the expense of the world.

OR DECEMBER 19, 1974, POHC3S OP TBB in-vDEEGHuUXD ORGANIZATION, THE KE\

V.'OKLD LlBERA'IIClv PROKT, BQUESD Tii£ OFFICES 0? TK£ GEiiBRAL KOTGr.8 OVERSEAS

OPERATIONS DIVISION IK SAN FRMCISCQ.

OK FEBRUARY 3, 1975, THE NuLP BOMBED ?KE SAJS JOSS OFFICE C? G-EI.3HAL fcOTCK

ACCEPTANCE CORP.

TH2 OtUBHRILLlA STRUGGLE IS OUR STRUGGLE.

Bay Area Research Collective

We chum Mlt&e two boml'j'sjrs itpiost

We>!tees;«$sy night *Io»gISowIevard sroS aft Red-

wood! Ko«4 ia t.fe® East Bay.We, t&e pcwjple** forces of the

New World Libcrati<5o Frontrecognize F6«E as oas of t&enic.ny ricli corporal's eosmies oftl» )js«ple, E»t wjj as auti.!.if.yp POSH ImcttlM

icjj any cSI.isr parasite

i5u!iK;:ry c£' tins pc-ar.Tks;s.o ju-oeiJy iJ:;^s lire vcntS of

csy iiusetr c&:.',vsssica c&d "prey

«sp«ct«I£y fcsrd ott the oldthe poor. Look: m tJbe barrios,&<i- ghettaa, tfee alttms1,; corpora.-tiows $BC& »s PG&EjBg: tb* Mfe -oat of poor

We will n»t sit icfiess yo« ricfa dogs drain our livesbefore our very eyes. Bat r&liierwe will stnag^« »«Kt your itve,

system is overturaed.tlie lives of people w i l lfirst &n.d oar saci&Hst ia-

nr.a &a3 co^.troIJei by, wiH serve tire

'Uic:(

ttiS £•of all

Cut in feaSf tine wt itity rates fortii-cvsc f«wcc<l to HVe m rued in-comes, (2v) Reverse ttre existingrafio^ sya-tens so f&at those vetocoj?,»»me the most energy (Jarg.ecorpora.tio«.i) will. pay tttc most,

PI3&E,, yoa have 48 • bow* toto «itr just d&-man5s.

. Power to Bus people

Unity in strui^le. Drive 51: ess&gs itrti t&cir greedy ificssfrom our lives,

the fbiiowiag;People'sKew World Liberetiors

PG&ETarget: PG&E Camden Ave. sub-station, San Jose

We again attack PG&E on be-half of poor people who see theirlives being drained daily byparasite corporations. Throughour demands we seek relief f o rpoor people and a chance todemonstrate that in unity througharmed s t r u g g l e poor peoplecan and will win. Together we

will defeat these leeches thatprey upon us. We call for poorpeople to put heat on theseleeches and their dog-eat-dogcapitalist ideology.

We are making a third demandto PG&E: 13. Thai PG&E providefree utilities to all unemployed.

PG&E, you have 48 hours torespond to our three just de-mands.

Salud ysolidaridadtothe CLF,FALN, SLA, BLA, Weatherpeo-ple and all comrades engaged inarmed struggle. We send com-radely love to our many com-rades in concentration campsand to Remiro and Little foryour demonstration of revolu-tionary spirit. Venceremos.

Unit III, People's ForcesNew World Liberation Front

& AgainTarget: PG&E, Hick's substa-tion, San Jose, April 7, 1975second time.

PG&E, if you inhumane dogswon't recognize t h a t you'redraining the lives of poor peo-ple, we the People's Forces ofthe NWLF wil l continue to hauntyou parasites. You cause miseryand suffering to millions of poorpeople daily as you line yourgreedy-ass pockets with money.Pure and simple blood money!Dogs! You shut off our powerand gas for the crime of beingpoor. You .rich parasites wageyour wars on us daily. WE'LLm a k e our suffering loud andclear to your greedy lives. Youtalk of" damage done to a birdin a pond rather than the hu-man issues of suffering we haveraised in our just demands. Yourpriorities, like your ideology, isbarbaric and twisted.

We also denounce the rulingclass for their kidnapping ofVietnamese children for t h e

purpose of diversion from an-other poor people's victory inthe.world against these rabidrunning dogs and their dog-eat-dog system. You may fool theprivileged with this bullshit trip,but we see the slow death youforce on our children. Our chil-dren need proper food, housing,medicine HERE, NOW. Younapalm children, you turn yourbacks as poor children die ofstarvation, and then you kid-nap children from the arms of(Vietnamese) mothers to try topurify your past sick degener-ate acts.

Even though our media is con-trolled by the ruling class andwe are pumped their jive orphannews, the people's victories inCambodia and Vietnam are asreal as the air we breathe. An-other tentacle of the rich rulingclass octopus is cut off and theday of freedom frbm sufferingfor the poor people of the worlddraws near.

Through armed struggle-we•can defeat these dogs. We willcontinue to hunt and haunt theseruling leeches until they andtheir ideology are driven fromour lives and the face of theearth. Our children must be freefrom this degrading slavery.

Support our comrades whoare imprisoned and shackled be-hind enemy lines in the con-centration camps of Amerika.Unity in struggle. Dare to strug-gle, dare to win.

Venceremos!Lucio Cabanas UnitPeople's ForcesNew World Liberation Front

Critique From The Overgroundf//*/?r.

In the past year there has beena notable increase in the activi-ties of the underground in t h eBay Area. Gradually the above-ground has begun to respond.

For too long it has been theh a b i t of c o m r a d e s workingaboveground to avoid principledanalysis, support and criticismof sisters and brothers doingclandestine w o r k , While manypeople claimed (hat the u n d e r -ground was isolated and not re-sponsible to the broader revolu-tionary community, they woulddo nothing to prevent this f r o mhappening and often, by word anddeed, helped to produce the veryresult they were blaming the un-derground lor.

It is very easy to trash some-thing; it is much more diff icult tocirticizc, especially when s e l f -criticism is involved. Repeatedlythe aboveground has failed to doits part to support a viable, re-sponsible, accountable u nd e r-ground,

With the proliferation and di-versification of underground ac-t ivi ty in the past several monthswe have seen much evidcnceto

< indicate that those engaged in• such activity arc not only open

to, but strongly desire, suppor-1 tive criticism. Therefore, it is

incumbent on us to provide feed-back a n d support. And, if wedon't, we lose our right to de-mand their accountability to us.

Recent events, h a v e givcnusnumerous opportunities to en-gage in the processes of supportand criticism. In addition, thereare many situations relating tothe underground — either as ex-amples of p i g persecution orcollaboration -•- to which we mustrelate.

At this point, we would like toexpress special feelings of revo-

lutionary solidarity and love forour comrades in the New WortaLiberation Front. There are alsoseveral questions, poipts of cla-rification and criticism we wouldlike to bring up.

We believe that P.G.&E. is agood target for an action. How-ever, we are not sure that knock-ing out specific substations is agood idea. We wonder if the sta-tion chosen was picked with re-gard to the type of communitythat was dependent on it for po-wer. Might it not be that the po-tential harm to some of the peo-ple, due to a sudden power fail-ure, would outweigh the goodac-cqmplished by t h i s particulartype of armed propaganda?

XTould a target have been cho-sen that would have as directa.teffect on P.G.&E. without inter-fering with the normal activitiesof many people? It would seemthat even though the blacked outarea included some very r i c hsections, the target was too broadto define all those concerned asthe enemy.

We also feel a certain lack tfclarity in some communiques.For instance: fn the communiqueafter the second Hicks substationbombing, the first half is techni-cally addressed to the pigs. Inaddition, the rhetoric is of a styleone usually uses in talking to/atpigs.

However, we believe that theprimary purpose of a communi-que is to educate people. There-fore, we believe it preferable toprimarily address a communiqueto the people and to say things ina way that will inform people inas clear and concise a manner zspossible.

To those of us whose consci-ousness is just developing, heavyrhetoric is unnecessarily aliena-ting; to those of us who know the

nia.ny names and faces of theenemy, the rhetoric is not needed(though understood).

We believe that the latter halfof the second Hicks communiqueis very good in that it shows theinternational natureofourstrug-g!e, demonstrates relationships,and reminds all comrades thai,in addition to sharing their sor-orws when sisters and brothersabroad sufier a defeat, we shouldbe inspired by and take joy intlicir victories.

We were pleased to note thaton the same day as the secondHicks bombing, the Public Utili-ties Commission ordered PG&Eto draw up special rates for thepoor and elderly, in line with the

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people, Andv we hope that theywill extend this process to in-clude more of theaboveground,to help bridge the gap that thepigs and their media use to se-parate us.

We cafl on at! comrades toeducate themselves and othersabout the exploitative nature ofPG&E, ami how it oppresses peo-ple instead of scrvingthem. Thethrust of N.W.L.F, demands.

We have watched the evolution/refinement of N.W.L.F. actionsand communiques and believethat they have be«n engaged in•criticism/self-criticism in thebest revolutionary tradition. Wetook forward to further use ofthis process in service to tt>«

prevention by PO&Kof the acqui-sition of its distribution systemby the cities of San Francisco andBerkeley, its deals with fuelcompanies to push their commo-dities to maximize profits at theexperise of the people, the pushingof particular products in ads sentout at our expense, and the ratestructure that makes it easy onbig corporations and harU on poorpeople, arc some areas we canfocus on.

We hope that what we say herewill help an ongoing expandingdialogue of support and criticism,both in theory and practice, ofboth the underground and above-ground.

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NWLF RESPONOrphans of Amerika:Dear Comrades,Your letter of comradely (supportive) criticism was a joy to receive, es-pecially because it shows the struggle is reaching new levels, Y.e are inneed of and welcome comradely criticism so as to examine ana evaluate our,actions in a more thorough, manner. Vr.ith your support we are better ableto drive the arrow truer to the beast's heart thus liberating productionfrom these ruling parasites.V(e carefully analyzed, your criticism of our attacks against PG&E and foundthe two points you raised (choice of target and education) to be valid ar,uvery helpful. Our goals in attacking PG&E are to show tl.e succor.:-, of awell-planned act, the ability to withstain such acts and the pifis1 inef-fectiveness in dealing with armed struggle. The targets were chosen inaccordance with the population. She pig media of course played up pos-sible danger'to the public, namely the disabled man dependent upon elec-tricity. V.'e could hardly believe that a person whose life -depended uponelectricity would have no alternative power source. However, we do feel

•acre direct end. effective targets eoiild be chosen that do not effect sobroad a range of the public & which are aimed at the military/war-relatedInthss'fcries. "In "t"h«. ftrture crar "atfts "saXl aTitilcate "thiB.We agree that our communiques should be more educational to the people.We plan to write more about tactics and what we have learned, and aboutthe nature and direction of our struggle. We especially feel vie mustlearn from and support those comrades of the convict classWe encourage you to continue adding more detailed information to ourcommuniques to further educate the people, V/e also encourage acts inthe form of writing on walls, supportive phone calls and wide rangedistribution of our communiques (prisons, newspapers, translations).We look forward to ongoing revolutionary dialogue and practice. Throughcarefully analyzing then practicing we can most effectively move againstthis beast. If we do not stand with our comrades in concentration campswe shall be divided once aggin and our comrades will be isolated behindoncffiy lines. We must educate the people about these inhumane dungeonsso that we can move the consciousness and struggle toward freeing ourcomrades. Their struggle is our struggle.

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Target: Department of Correc-tionsDate: May I, 1975

Let the rage of poor people beknown as "Amerika's justice"schemes to convict Russell Lit-tle and Joseph Remiro. Poor

',' people are well aware thatf* what's coming down has nothing

to do with justice; it's just an-^ other case of the state attempt-

ing to silence and destroy twoof our freedom fighters. Theircrime? Believing in and fightingfor revolutionary socialist jus-tice to replace this decadent,life-destroying system we areforced to live and-die under now.

The lav/ in our society ismade by and benefits the rulingclass. We clearly see their "jus-tice" at work wlwn all it takesis money to buy a j'-rige, a DAarid your "justice." Their formof justice has a high price tag —made to eat poor-people up.

llfidsr their law everybody isentitled to a jury by one's peers.For Little and Remiro? One

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N. no poor people. By carefullyselecting a jury with an opposing

I political ideology, any show of* determination in the eyes of this

selected jury is another^sign of

guilt, Wot seSHTas a show of de-termination and revolutionaryspirit opposing their corporatejustice.

The corporate pigs and their"justice tr.fereers" never takesteps to correct or even addressthe social misery they have cre-ated. In creating social misery(p:;or food, inadequate housing,c&stly medicine) they have alsocreated what they have definedas "crime" — social upheavalcoming from the inhuman con-ditions forced on us by theircorporate laws.

Under their law everybody isentitled to a free public trial.Yet how public can a trial bewhen everybody is photographedand fingerprinted by these cor-porate "justice enforcers?" ,Aclear police state tactic!

In the "trial," testimony forthe prosecution has been weakand conflicting. First two wom-en were suspected, then perhapsthey were Asian or Chicano andfinally although they are stilltrying to fabricate some identi-fication, no conclusive identifi-cation could be made.

By permitting Little and-Re-miro to speak on their own be-half, the law clearly shows itsracist inconsistency. RuchellMagee was denied the sameright to represent and defendhimself all through his "trial"proceedings. But when it servedtheir degenerate interest, Ru-

chell was suddenly deemed cap-able of representing himself andwas sentenced to life in prison.Rabid slavemasters!

We are pressing home andurge the people to press homethe following demands:

1. That the "trial" be heldin a community representativeof the Oakland community.

2. That all photographing and/or fingerprinting "of persons en-tering the "trial" be stopped.

3. That Russell Little and Jo-seph Remiro have a jury ofthe i r peers (representing across section of population andpolitical ideology).

We would like to pass on someof what we have learned throughour practice of the tools andtactics we believe necessary forarmed struggle. Certain sub-jects such as how to deal withcars has been intentionally leftout to protect our activities.With collective imagination nu-merous ways can be found ofbeing careful with your car.

Reconnaissance1, Absolutely -necessary

before any attack.2. Know circumstances in-

volving success of attack:a. Lighting '— if .too much usecollective imagination and re-sourcefulness to get tools to putout or find alternative.b. Check time and movement ofany guards. ., •

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.. 3, Learn area .of attack in de-tail! and move inwards from awide perimeter to ensure no-body will be watching you froma more distant perimeter.

4. Figure out all retreats,Tools

1. Walkie-talkie:a. Talk only in code and briefly.fc. Have more than one channel.,

2. Binoculars.3. Glass cutters:

a. Glass breaks opposite wayit's cut (from outside, cut, tapeand pull towards you). Prac-tice with cutter will get into anybuilding quickly and quietly.

4. Locksmithing, chemistryand electricity are areas to studybut aren't a prerequisite tomove.Safety

1. Don't have any stashes withyour handwriting.

2. Keep nouses clean of lit-erature and toots.

3. Secrecy.4. Be able to change your ap-

pearance.5. Be vigilante and remember

no pattern is your best pattern.6. Secrecy.

7. Remember the pigs arearmed, dangerous and crazy. Ifthere is a chance of art encount-er with pig elements then thereshould be sufficient armamentto eliminate these forces assilently as possible (silencersare easy to make). Try not tohave an encounter with enemyforce unless al! elements arein your favor. When, where andhow. Never stay in area or goback for curiosity's sake.

8. Have alternatives. Analyzeand rehearse your actions be-forehand to determine where al-ternatives may be necessary.

9. Secrecy.10. AAer any operation de-

stroy all traceable items.11. Avoid leaving fingerprints.

Use epoxy, nai! polish, tape,gloves, etc.

12. (Rural) wear dark cloth-ing, walk below crest of hill andtry to avoid lighting behind youcreating a silhouette for some-one to see.

13. Secrecy.War of Nerves

!. Follow up with acts relat-ed to war of nerves. The ef-fects can't be seen as readilybut it is extremely importantand every act should be fol-lowed through- with these acts.

Let our actions build unity.Support our comrades. Vence-remos.

Nat Turner and John Brown UnitPeople's ForcesNew World Liberation Frost

PG&E BlastTarget: PGfcE, Berkeley

We w i l l not sit idly by asPG&E seeks another rate in-crease at the expense of poorpeople. Any and ail rate in-creases will be dealt a swiftMow by armed revolutionaryjustice. Once, again we make thefollowing demands:

1. Cut in half the rate for thoseforced to live on fixed incomes.

2. Reverse e x i s t i n g rating

systems so that those who con-sume the most energy (largecorporations) will pay the most.

3. That PG&E provide freeutilities for all unemployed.

Love and greetings to allcomrades engaged inarmedstruggle,

Nat Turner and John BrownUnit People'* ForcesNew World Liberation Front

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ELECIRICAL CHAKGE

9v.battery

1. B crew2. alligator clip3. electrical blasting cap4. battery cap with two wires

1. Make sure clock or watch hands endlegs or winding pin are all metal,2. Make hole in clock face (ifplastic a hot nail'pierces easily).3. Use brass screw as it conductselectricity best and make sure itdoesn't touch metal face of clock.4. All connections should be baremetal to bare metal. Any exposedwires should be taped and tape blast-ing cap (once inserted) to charge.5. If more than one hour is neededremove minute hand, using the hourhand to complete circuit.

6. Charge can be tested beforehand bytaking.wires that go to charge andchecking with lightbulb to see ifcircuit is complete. Bulb must besame voltage as battery.7. Io use non-electrical blasting cap,take both wires that go to charge andconnect the wires to the wires on asmall flashbulb. Tape primer fusealong with some match heads to theflashbulb and insert the fuse intothe charge.

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(We cannot attest to the accuracy ofany of these instructions—BARC.)

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A. Characteristics1. much more stable than theirmedia leads you to believe2, jarring or bumping will not setit off1. Both primer cap and blasting capfit over primer cord and are crimpedto hold in place.2. Fuse is set in slit of primer capand crimped in place.3. Blasting cap in inserted all theway into the charge,4. Ron-filter cigarette lasts roughly12-15 minutee. Liake sure burning endis slanted down so that cigarettewon't go out.5. If outside of building, lay chargenext to building"with something heavynext to it—sand bags, bricks/ball

bearings mixed in with e;;ur,~e is snti-perr.onel bomb.

B. Precautions1. keep blasting c;-.ps away i'roncharge during storage/whiletransporting2. keep away from sharp metalsthat can spark3. don't tai-ip dynamite in metalpipe with a metal object*--use woodor plastic4. pay special attention tostorage. Keep everything .completelydry and free from condensation

a. rice or silicu col (avail-able at pharmacy) controlsmoistureb. tape fill endts of cord

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POINTS TO REMEMBER

1. Look before you open your issr.2. Don't let FBI or police in without a warrant.

3. DONT TALK. No law requires that you talk with FBI or police. Lying to any federal official isa federal crime.

4. Note down names, badge numbers, license numbers, physical descriptions, etc. Send to Na-tional Lawyers Guild.

5. Ask your friends, relatives, and employers not to cooperate and let you know if they've beencontacted.

6. If you need legal help and don't know a friendly lawyer, call the National Lawyers Guild: (415)285-5066.

7. Stay cool. Stay calm. Stay silent.

talk!

People's Media?An open letter to the Bari>:

We issue this warning to thecontrolling element of the Barbto snow the people the treacheryof, and the need to confront lib-eralism. Barb editor Pete Stan-sill and business manager JeffWalsh have been directly respon-sible for acting against the inter-ests of oppressed people, but itis Max Scherr and the Barb cor-porate policy makers who profitmost from Barb's treachery anddeceit.

It is easy for the people to seehow the ruling class press (Exa-miner/ Chronicle) distorts andcensors news and communiquesfrom and about the forces under-ground. What is harder to see isthe more subtle workings of theBarb, whose stance we see is thatof the ioyat opposition.

Last year, during the SLAarmed struggle, we saw the Barbprinting most or all of theircommuniques. Yet they were alsofast to denounce them, usingquotes from the Examiner to tryto prove their points. PrintingMae Brussei's article directlyserved the interest of the pigs bycutting off and isolating our com-rades from the people and theleft.

The Barb has continued thissame divisive policy with theNWLF. Following comradely cri-ticism which called for moreeducation in our communiques,we changed the focus of pur com-muniques and started includinginformation to directly arm thepeople. The May 1 Dept of Cor-rections communique includedinformation on reconnaissance,tools, safety, and war of nerves.The May 9 Berkeley PGAE com-munique was censored by theBarb and only one of the threepages was printed. The other twocages contained information anddiagrams on setting charges

(electrical and non-electricaTTfiise powder), making pipe bombs,etc. Barb lied to the people inthe May 23-29 issue when theywrote; "Barb printed the fulltext of the NWLF communique,in accordance with our statedpolicy." We re-sent a copy ofthe same communique explainingthat all three pages were thecommunique and no policy state-ment. Stansill, mealy-mouthed,lying worm said by now the in-formation not only was irrele-vant and out of date, but wasavailable in other books. He said,"Are you trying to say we haveto print your communiques?"We said, 'Wo, we're not tellingyou that, but we're damn suretelling you we're going to con-front your lying to the people."We ended by telling him we wouldstruggle to expose this hypocri-tical shit and, if necessary, wewould put pressure on the con-trolling elements of Barb,-. "

June 3 we dropped a copyof the open letter to Popeye Jack-son to the Barb as well as toKPFA and KPOO. This was notprinted in the June 6 issue andwe feel Barb's printing of ourcommunique not before, but onlyafter Popeye's death is a clearindication of a sensationalistprinting policy. Barb's excusewas they didn't get this informa-tion, although it was readilyavailable at KPFA and KPOO.This treacherous, opportunistpolicy of the Barb hierarchy de-ciding what best serves the inter-ests of oppressed peoples misledpeople when the phony communi-que was put out by the pigs. Ineffect, the Barb denied the peoplethe necessary information (June3 letter) to decipher fact fromfiction, reality from illusion, thusaiding or playing into the handsof the pigs. To expose this phonycommunique to as many people

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•%as picked up by Gabrioile

What exactly followed we areunsure of. We know sfrc madecopies of ths coirtGiufiif :ie anddistributed tfiem to UPU andme-iki screes. We fee? sfec actedin fc-s it jiei cists of oppressed peo-pla er.il v/s strongly support her

• coBKidsIy act. ' The E*?;> sawotter *>:.-; an;? pronaptSy fire^erfcr "taKoiieciive action." Siacew?53n t-,,3 tfts L'art made <"-»ci-sians collectively? When Gab-riel le was sabposKacid te.^re atriad jiiiy for handling NWLFconr,::;r:;.:js fer> told kjr sLomust Assume individual respon-sibility, but "when Parb v/nntodan exclusive she's supposed tor,c£ in tfc- interests of tus "co!-IJ'ctJ'rt." Was her firing a coi-

"TKS E'::.»rJ> also censored the

Bice*: Guerilla FaraL'y's coraca«-niq:-j {^orc^rniiig comrade Geor-ge Jackson) from the people fcr'iwiKj too c&itrcvcrsiaL

Car r;3s! is to bu!l<!anov,-coni-naiaiciiloa bass thai will1 serveKM interests of oppressed peo-ples. Unless we can reach andeducate the people our acts andthose cf oar comra£?s menn veryjiiile. We nwsi cornier this r.!l-mz clnss njedis csBt-ol wita astrong cor>;;.iunication base thatwill serve nil comrades eK,"~sedin erjKCd druggie, so as to ex-cbar-g2 ihc-ory, tactics, strategy,criticism / self-criticism, etc.This base must be built with aprotracted war in mind realizingthe pigs will destroy such a base

.if detected:We are tired of rich liberals,

trying to set policy for oppressedpeople when in fact their policypreserves the rich, ruling class,

degenerate status quo. We callon the Bsrb to acknowledge andcorrect in print past mistakesin these four areas — -

1) GabrieSle Schang2) BGF communique3) NWLF May 9 PG&E com-

munique4) NWLF open letter toPopeye

Jackson. ,We would also like the Barb

to pri.it their policy regardingths printing cf commuaiques. Wecall on the Bsrb staff to organizeinto a collective to build, by anymeans neccuaary, a principledconunvsicaiion base. Power be-longs, tiot in tfcs hands of a few,but firmly in tEie hands of thepec >'e. Oar objective is to tac-tically show how a united peoplecat; struggle to g&in control overthe institutions that are ix>w con-trolling our lives. If the BsrbAttempts to stop the will of thepeople then they will have to dealwith ths. peoples forces and all

ra<3^s who support tlie strug-'

We must concentrate on con-tradictions so as to unravel thetreacherous web the pigs wovearc:si ;3 tLa SLA and are now try-ing to weave around the NV/LP.The NWLF aims to serve theinterests of caressed people by

•showiuj; fcow rabid "law enforce-ment" ("?js are unable to stopthe rage and determination ofoppressed people. We serve toarm t*oor pecple with ideology,tactics, end strategy, based onour experience. We fully expectthe pigs to use terror tacticsagainst the people as they did inthe terrorist murder of our sixSLA comrades. They will try toshow there is no way oppressedpeople can jise up and if they do,similar degerate acts will betheir fate.

Recently 100 'U.S. TreantryAgents" were sent to the IteyArea to discredit and destroyguerrilla forces. They "haveshown they have full cooperationof, the pig ruling class rwdia(NBC, CBS are control bd by pigrocky, ABC by pig Mwoas —two cf the richest Wood-suckersof the poor).

When the pi»s wrote a phor,ycomriiUBique tbey had iK> tree";!;;getting it prints;' In Ml in taetwo SF pig papers (12nsr?b-3r/

. Chrcr.5c!e). A few days b,;,e:' t*wVan J^ss Mercary irjp'icd fer-.-.v-ily that the NWLF was respon-sible for a borab planted under,bleachers of Leig'i High SchooK

The ruling class scutri and theirstc-agcs, wife all their'terrortactics, cannot and will not holddown a determined, united, revo-lutionary front. We maEtexpaar.i*on the necessity to recognize «r,dresolve contradictions (sludyMao — OnCoRtrad2ctio«is,V;aereDo Correct Ideas Corne Frcsn?On Practice and Some QuesiionsConcerning Methods of Leader-ship). Frosn the belly cf this oc-topas beast, let ths rage of aunited! oppressed people be heardand felt! . '-'-

Smash the ruling class para-sites and their ideology that en-slaves us! Wa send our deepestrevolutionary love to the SLA,BLA, BGF, FALN, CLF, RGF,V/eatherpeople, cur deterffliaedenslaved comrades and freedcaifighters engaged in arrced sirup-gle for the total liberation of alloppressed peoples!

In the spiritof AmalcarCabral,Che Guevara, Malcolm andJonathan Jackson!Unity in struggle toward totalliberation!!Hasta la victoria!

People's Forces, NWLF

Please copy and distribute thisand past communiques to thehousing projects, barrios, ghet-tos, welfare and unemploymentoffices.

Open Letter

To The NWLF

We would like to offer somecomradely criticism of our sis-ters and brothers of the NewWorld Liberation Front, to allmembers of our community. Thespeed with which the N.W.L.F.responded to the defense by Na-tive Americans in Pine Ridgeagainst the policy of genocideby the ArreriXan government isa striking example of revolu-\y ini t ia t ive and unity.Their action goes beyond meresymbolism to a strong blowagainst the enemy, simultane-ously educating people aroundthe oppression of the Bureau ofIndian Affairs and forcing theF.B.I, to divert some of itsarmy from the occupation ofPine Ridge,

!a its recent communiqueabout the Barb, the N.W.L.F,has taken a necessary step ininforming the people about cer-tain things. However, we feelthat serious mistakes weremade in the communique. TootiVAcH emphasis was placed ontl.s staff of the Barb. While itis !,o*ed that the real ownersare ultimately responsible, itappsars that it is the bumbling,liberal and sometimes deceit-ful staff that is to be held pri-marily accountable. This ismeant in no way to defend thesta;f (whose lame responsespeaks for itself) but to pointout the need for precision andclarity.

We also believe that theN.W.L.F. does not sc« the im-plications of their naming namesin a communique, a mistake thatmight have been avoided bymore analysis on their part.Naming someone in a communi-que from the underground actsin a way to potentially set thatperson up — even if that per-son is mentioned in an approv-ing, supportive way.

The pigs have and witi useour singling put people as sub-jects for their persecution andmurder in order to sow fearand disunity among us. The men-tioning of people in a negativeway is somewhat different. Theprinciple of the sst-up still ap-plies, however. If in fact thiswas considered by the N.W.L.F.then we would say that theirdecision to proceed in mention-ing staff members was wrong —for all they may have (and have)done, there is nothing to indi-cate that the staff should be set-up this way. In fact, what thisdoes is further confuse the is-sue by focusing too much at-tention on them instead of onthose who really hold power atthe Barb. If the N.W.L.F. isaware of the dynamics involved,then they must be prepared tojustify to the people their rea-sons behind naming indivi-duals — and those reasonsmust be as solid as the risksinvolved.

We would also like to pointout the implications of the state-ment by the N.W.L.F. that theydropped the June 3 communiqueto the Barb and the Barb deny-ing they received it. It seemsone of the following alternativesmust be true: 1) the NWLF lied;2) someone in the NWLF blew itand didn't admit it to his/hercomrades; 3) it was dropped butnot followed up to see if it wasreceived; 4) some one at theBarb picked it up and sat on itor turned it over to the pigs;5) it was picked up by the Barbwhich collectively decided tosuppress it.

Number one seems very un-likely -- there is nothing in theirpractice (nor motive) to indi-cate this would happen. Two «almost as unlikely — judging byl,ist practice. Three — also al-most as unlikely for the samereason. Five — highly unlikely;the motive might conceivably bethere but not the ability/experi-ence fir that kind of coverup.Four -- this is the likeliest —we say this from the practiceof the Birb, printed Barbstatements saying they felt theirown security could not be re-lied on. and the unlikeliness ofthe other possibilities. What-ever the real reason, we feelthe N.W.L.F. and the Barbshould do what is necessary touncover the truth.

The N.W.LJEL communique.is.-

an important statcmc <t whichwe support. We are sore thatthe NWLF will continue the pro-cess of struggle through criti-cism/self-criticism that theyare committed to.

We are looking forward in thenear future to a statement fromthe N.W.L.F. regarding the BlackGuerrilla Family statementabout Popeye Jackson. We con-sider it important that if theN.W.L.F. has no other informa-tion to share with the peopleconcerning Popeye tha t they

deal with both the source cf whatwould then have to be consideredbum information and the pro-cess through which they assi-milated and dealt with it. Wewould also offer for considera-tion the possibility that theN.W.L.F. was set up to set upPopeye. ff that is the case, wewould suggest that the N.W.L.F.i n v o l v e as many comradesabove and underground as pos-sible in dealing with the sourcesso as to preserve their ownsecurity.

We believe that ail progres-sive people should support theNWLF and recognize the re-sponsiveness, readership andpolitical understanding theyhave shown. We offer our cri-ticism not to isolate them butto bring them closer to a l lstruggling comrades. We expectthe same from them and aH sis-ters and brothers.

Bay Area Research Collective

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SGP CKnOKOLOGy

HGP bombs FBI offices in Berkeley. Coramunictue states ti.e

purpose of the action: "...to defend the people froa. fascist

intimidation and harassment." Solidarity is expressed -.viih

the SLA and "all peoples engaged in revolutionary \varfars."

KGF boabs Standard Oil building in S.P. in response to

Gerald Pord'c appearance at the St. Francis Hotel.

RGJ1 bombs offices of the Alcohol, Soteoco and Firear o Bureau

in S.F. in retaliation for the death of Popeye Jackcon.*

RGF releases statement in response to community concern icout

the notification of v/orkers in the Xisluatui Building, location

of the ATP bombing.

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Dear Comrades,There have been a lot of untrue statements made by the pigs abcut

their activities against the underground and the left. Unless peoplecheck up on them, they can say anything they want, and they will.

Since our attack on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms officein San Francisco, the AfF has denied that they have any "counter-insurgencyprogram", or that they have sought additional agents to investigate guer-rilla organizations in California. This Is'; a lie. Daring the first weekof June, KCBS carried a story about increasing pig activity against variousunderground organizations. This story was confirm'ed by an article in theSan Jose Mercury (Thursday, June 5, page 37 of the 4-star edition) writtenby Elias Castillo, in which Brenton Thorne was described as "intenselyconcerned" over increasing guerrilla attacks in the Bay Area. He told theMercury precisely what was stated in our communique of July 21: that theATF had asked for, and was sure to receive, ICC edditional agents for AT?offices on the Rest Coast, principally in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.Their primary task was described as putting a stop to the attacks of theWeather Underground Organization, the New World Liberation Front, the Frentede Liberacion C hicano, and the Red Guerrilla Family. These agents are inaddition to the 500 Treasury agents that U.S. Attorney General Edv/ard Levihas asked Congress for to combat the gun black market in ten metropolitanareas throughout the U.S., including the San Francisco Bay Area, and inaddition to the 150 agents reported by the Examiner to be investigatingour attack on their office .

We hope you in the alternative media will try to sort out the truthfroni the lies of the pigs and the pig media. Don't just print or read out•what the straight media feed you. liany times we hear a pig lie repeatedby the alternative media when it could be easily disproved by some investi-gation.

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