five years!

Dear Folks,

Time is supposed t o f l y when you ' re having fun.

I n t h e beginning. . . According t o ca l enda r s , Ye

Olde Carnegie Newslet ter has been he re s i n c e August 15, 1986 - 5 years . There was no i s s u e on December 1 of t h a t yea r , no i s s u e on August 1 i n '89 & on n e i t h e r Sept.15 nor Oct .1 i n '89. (For t h e new k i d s on t h e block, i t 's come out on t h e 1st & 15th s i n c e i ncep t ion . )

Some. of you may remember a smal l paper c a l l e d he Future of Carnegie". This was born a s "FOCUS", a c u r r e n t events - in Carnegie s h e e t t h a t d e a l t s p e c i f i c a l l y with t h e problems caused by t h e 1-vote major i ty on t h e Board. A l l t h e c r ap g o t t o be too much f o r j u s t one s h e e t and, d e s p i t e s e v e r a l a t t empt s t o k i l l t h e Carnegie Newslet ter by t h e s e 8 people, more & more appeared i n t h e Newsle t te r i t s e l f . Following t h e o u s t e r of t h i s 8-person b loc a t a S p e c i a l General Meet- ing , by a vote of 131-1, t h e r e w a s a s e a change i n Carnegie. The Board was no longer s p l i t i n t o warr ing f a c t i o n s , t h e f i n a n c i a l mess was waded i n t o and clean- ed u p , t h e Assoc ia t ion soon e s t a b l i s h e d i t s e l f as a r e s p e c t a b l e and dynamic p a r t of t h e Downtown Eas t s ide ; we were no longer regarded a s a s i c k ioke. -

P o l i t i c a l games P o l i t i c a l games cont inued , bu t w i th

t h e i r i n s i d e Carnegie, i t was a h e l l of a l o t easier t o see them on t h e C i t y , P r o v i n c i a l & Nat iona l l e v e l s .

The f i r s t focused on was t h e excuse on Council , Ralph Ca rave t t a . H e t r i e d t o e s t a b l i s h a censo r sh ip r o l e , whereby t h e Newsle t te r would have t o go through C i ty S t a f f hands be fo re pub l i ca t i on . Then, i f

anyth ing p o l i t i c a l - i . e . c a l l i n g him an excuse - appeared he could t h r e a t e n t h e s t a f f w i th d i s m i s s a l . Libby Davies asked i f he wanted t h e Thought P o l i c e h e r e and h i s motion was de fea t ed 10-1.

But, t h e r e we were, be ing d i scus sed a t C i ty Council by people ha rd ly anyone had heard o f . It soon became c l e a r t h a t t h e d e c i s i o n s made were seldom i n t h e b e s t i n t e r e s t s of low-income r e s i d e n t s here ; t h e p o l i t i c a l p a r t y c a l l i n g i t s e l f t h e Non-Partisan Assoc i a t i on (NPA) was (and i s ) t h e farm team f o r t h e soc reds .

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Like a f o o l , I asked who o r what was a socred? . ..and t h e s h i t s t a r t e d h i t t i n g t h e f an . People had s t a r t e d w r i t i n g and exp res s ing concerns over s c o r e s of i s s u e s from abominable housing t o yout gangs. Treatment by S o c i a l Se rv i ce s , t

d i s m a l w e l f a r e s y s t e m and t h e demeaning g u a n t l e t o f food l i n e s a l l found e x p r e s s - i o n i n t h e pages of t h e Newsletter.

The power of poetry

While t h e p o l i t i c a l l a n d s c a p e took on d e f i n i t i o n , p o e t s and t h e i r p o e t r y took t h e pages by s to rm. Soon t h e r e was a Canada Counc i l g r a n t t o fund packs of p o e t s f o r t r i p s a l l o v e r t h e p r o v i n c e . . t o s c h o o l s , c a f e s , community c e n t r e s and more. P o e t r y N i g h t s happened i n Carneg ie e v e r y few months, drawing l a r g e r a u d i e n c e p a r t i c i p a t i o n t h a n a n y t h i n g e v e r t r i e d .

T h i s o f c o u r s e had r e p e r c u s s i o n s . One n o t a b l e e x p e r i e n c e was t h e p r i n t i n g of a work t h a t w a s d e c r i e d as pornograph ic ; people t o o k s i d e s and , n o t f o r t h e f i r s t t ime ( o r l i k e l y t h e l a s t ) my r e s i g n a t i o n was demanded. The woman a u t h o r wanted t o focus p e o p l e ' s a t t e n t i o n on t h e d e g r a d i n g t rea tment g i v e n women i n g e n e r a l and i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e i n p a r t i c u l a r and it worked! The n e x t p u b l i c mee t ing was on t h e i n c r e a s i n g number of s l e a z e - s t o r e s , 2 5 ~ peep shows, and s o on on H a s t i n g s S t . One was p r o c l a i m i n g i t s e l f "Open 24 Hours" and was b r e a k i n g a number of by-laws i n t h e way i t was b e i n g r u n . Because o f t h i s one woman's p o e t r y s e v e r a l i n s p e c t o r s were s e n t t o a l l such s t o r e s and each was made t o conform t o a l l p e r t i n e n t by-laws.

Postal district on east side called poorest

Residents of Vancouver's V6A postal district have the lowest median income in Canada, accord- ing to Statistics Canada.

They live in the lower east side of the city, near the docks and Gas- town, and StatsCan's latest analysis of personal incomes shows their median income is $5.900.

(Median income is not an arerage but means that as many p!wple

earn more than the figure as earn 3 . less than it.)

A comfortable distance away in V7W, in West Vancouver, there was a median income of $27,709.

According to the StatsCan figures, that's one of the largest dis- parities to be found in Canada's major centres.

Pulling the wool over your eyes is thew busmess.

Ever s i n c e t h e N e w s l e t t e r s t a r t e d t h e r e h a s been a n ongoing exposure g i v e n t o t h e c a u s e s / e f f e c t s of p o v e r t y . Most of u s have b i t t e r e x p e r i e n c e s w i t h p e r s o n a l t imes of no money, y e t i t s t r e n g t h e n s u s t o d e a l w i t h t h e f e a r , ignorance and narrow-minded a t t i t u d e s of t h o s e w i t h o u t such e x p e r i e n c e .

The omnipresent method used by t h e non- poor is t o blame t h e v i c t i m s of s p e c i f i c & c a l c u l a t e d p o l i t i c a l d e c i s i o n s f o r t h e i r p o v e r t y . Even t h e b r i e f e s t , most s u p e r f i c - i a l look a t p o l i c i e s & programs of any l e v e l of government shows how p e r v a s i v e i t is. What t o do? J e a n Swanson demons t ra tes what can be done w i t h End L e g i s l a t e d Pov- e r t y . The name i t s e l f is t h e s t a tement of purpose; i t b e i n g a c o a l i t i o n of 20-some community g roups p rov ided a good base and t h e government i t s e l f p r o v i d e s ammun i t i o n .

A s i c k man.. Clod Richmond s e n d s l e t t e r s t o 49,000

peop le c l a s s i f i e d a s "employable", t e l l s them t o f i l l o u t job-sea rch forms, l i e s t o t h e media about p o s s i b i l i t i e s , numbers, b e n e f i t s a v a i l a b l e . . . s o ELP organ ized l o t s of groups & r e s i s t a n c e based on f a c t s is t h e o r d e r of t h e day. Ac tua l government f i g u r e s on t h e number of unemployed, anger & even r a g e from n u t r i t i o n i s t s and t h e medical community w i t h c l e a r proof t h a t i t c o s t s more j u s t t o g e t t h e minimum d a i l y d i e t a r y requ i rements over a month t h a n e i t h e r s i n g l e p e o p l e o r f a m i l i e s g e t i n t h e same month f o r food , c l o t h i n g and a l l o t h e r e s s e n t i a l s i n t h e same month. .& on & on & on. Richmond w a s removed a s t h e M i n i s t e r w i t h i n a month. The l a s t we heard

from him was a l e t t e r t o t h e Newslet ter saying he found i t "impossible t o under- s tand why we had b i l l e d h i s min i s t ry f o r over $5,000 ELP member groups had spent" doing t h e m i n i s t r y ' s work f o r i t !

1. . .not a lone1 A11 of t h e ELP s t a f f ' s research showed

t h a t Richmond wasn't an i s o l a t e d i d i o t . . . he was implementing an agenda of mul t ina t - ional corpora t ions & Big Business - fo rce l o w income people t o t a k e any job a t any wage, undermine c o l l e c t i v e agreements and p u s l ~ wages d ~ w n / ~ r o f i t s up.

As time goes on, i t becomes more & more obvious t h a t t h i s co rpo ra t e agenda under- 1 ies every ac t of l e g i s l a t i o n and is t h e core of t h e "Free" Trade Agreement.

I t was and is daunting t o keep up wi th t he ways corpora t ions spanning sco re s of coun t r i e s play a t being p o s i t i v e while a l l normal people ( t h a t ' s us) pay t h e p r i ce .

I t ' s never been balanced t o t h i n k only g loba l ly without a c t i n g l o c a l l y . I f you do not c l ean up your own a c t i t 's p o i n t l e s s t o even t r y t o c l ean up someone e l s e ' s . A t t h e same t ime, us ing only a s u b j e c t i v e approach ( t h ink ing , speaking & a c t i n g only i n your own s e l f - i n t e r e s t ) without equal e f f o r t towards o b j e c t i v e adjustment ( l i v - ing i n an i n f i n i t e un ive r se w i th everyone

Acting l o c a l l y - when l i t t l e background is a t your f i n g e r t i p s , t h e f i r s t a c t i o n can be l i t t l e more than a knee-jerk re- ac t ion . Talking about 'gu t f e e l i n g s ' is t a l k i n g about i n t u i t i o n . A s t h e Downtown Eas t s ide Duck once s a i d , "Why c a n ' t they eve r g e t i t r i g h t ? " This is where coa l i - t i o n s can be awesome.

A c l a s s i c exampie was t h e Resource Rip-off P l a n t t h a t George P u i l & Waste- t ech t r i e d t o f o r c e on Vancouver $n gen- e r a l & our neighbourhood i n p a r t i c u l a r , It was made f o sound l i k e t h e g r e a t e s t t h ing s i n c e t h e invent ion of t h e wheel bu t , a s c i t i z e n s and groups went t o re- sea rch s t u d i e s , p r a c t i c a l assessments & e n y i r o m e n t a l impact r e p o r t s . . a c t u a l l y cha l lenging t h i s s t reaml ined con job & overwhelming t h e narrow i n f o be ing used by P u i l et a 1 wi th s c o r e s of docuwents and b a s i c common sense. P u i l crows about how c l e a n i t w i l l be; one guy walked t o t h e proposed site & checked t h e warehouse , bus inesses surrounding i t - every one was a food d i s t r i b u t i o n venture . Rats breed i n garbage..35 t r u c k s an hqur..max;Ir4um of 20% could be skimmed f o r recycling..80% I is s t i l l garbage ... f i g u r e i t out .

The Newsle t te r followed each reve la- t i o n of t h e scam p o t e n t i a l and had i t ' s l a r g e s t paper ever (40 pages) ou t a f t e r t h e l a s t p u b l i c meeting. The one a c t i n g a s mayor got scared and canned i t .

It was a v i c t o r y , bu t t h e l a r g e r war cont inues . S h e i l a Baxter , au tho r of "No Way To Live - Poor Women Speak Out" and t h e soon-to-be-released book on the s p e c t r e of homelessness "Undey The Via- duct", wrote an a r t i c l e f p r t h e v e r y next i s s u e of t h e Newslet ter . Xn i t she descr ibed h e r exper ience a t t h e Uniyers- i t y of V i c t o r i a w i t h s t u d e n t s going b t o s o c i a l work.

''I wanted them t o l ook a t t h e i r own ideas , a t what t hey had been s o c i a l l y condi t ioned t o t h i n k about poverty. X asked them t o l i s t a l l t h e l a h e l ~ theytdj

and every th ing bes ides you r se l f ) is f h t i l e . ( ~ o n t . ~ g . 17) 1

A B O R I G I N A L [ E N !

Being a "Narrior" i s what most Aboriginal mn llke to identify ui th . A aarrior i s a person who provides protection and caring i n his fumily and community. Traditionally, a warrior endured t m d s h i p s und made sacrifices for his people. A warrior e-rf encea love, fear and many other feelings. A warrior i s not angry, violent and abuslm. A varrior accepts responsibility for his actions and &es not hum a need to control others. E?e strives to resolve conflict.

I Helping Spirit L e e w i l l be offering a "Closed Healing Therapy b Group". This i s a f ~ i l y violence focus group.

This is not a "generic" group, meaning we are not going to solve a l l of your problems! Eowever, we can assist you i n endinq violent and abusive behaviors i n your f w i l y and relationships.

To begin this path of self-dismvery and for program and referral information call and ask for Bob, Phone 8726649.

Vhe Program begins in early September, 199W

Helping Spir.it Lodge Suite 205 - 96 East Broadway, Vancouver, B.C.

V5T 4N9 Ph: (604) 872-6619

Maybe some readers would l i k e t o know more about t h e h i s t o r y of t e l e v i s i o n technology.

Most e l d e r Canadgans became acquainted wi th TV t n t h e e a r l y 1950's. In those days, t h e f i r s t person i n the neighbour- hood t o have a s e t could expect a rush of evening y i s i t o r s . TY t r a y s and TV dtn- n e r s were invented.

I n a c t u a l f a c t , te leviseon began i n Europe i n the '309s The Ber l in Olympfcs of 1936 were t e l e c a s t i n t h a t c i t y .

The sets receiving those broadcagts were much d t f f e r e n t , though. The e lec t ron gun t h a t makes today's p i c t u r e tube poss- i b l e had not been gnvented, The sets i n those days contained a perfora ted d f sc behind a g l a s s gcreen. Behind the digc was a very br ight l i g h t . The incoming s i g n a l control led t h e opentng & clos ing of the many l i t t l e ho les i n the d isc . LigbJ-.would pass throggh open ones and

s t r i k i n g the coated g l a s s screen, would produce the l i g h t e r shades up t o white. A mass of closed holes would produne black.

These s e t s produced a very poor p ic tu re and were very hard on the eyes.

World War I1 came and in te r rup ted the developmdnt of t e l ev i s ion . But a t some point , the e lec t ron gun was invented, a gizmo t h a t f i r e d a stream of e lec t rons . This made poss ible t h e invention of t h e

uum tubes without generating heat. Basic t o the TV s i g n a l t h a t reaches your

s e t is the " c a r r i e r wave." The c a r r i e r wave is broadcast a t a c e r t a i n assigned frequen- cy so each channel always appear a t t h e same point on the d i a l . Added t o t h i s carr- i e r wave a r e o the r frequencies containing a l l t h e information the s e t needs. For ex- ample, the frequency containing the sound informafion is one of the f i r s t s t r ipped off the c a r r i e r wave and shunted through i ts own system t o emerge a s sound from your speaker.

A s the c a r r i e r wave moves through the system, the o the r frequencies a r e s t r ipped o f f , eventually reaching the B;~eEeckon.;guns a t t h e pointy end of the p i c t u r e tube. These e l e c t o r n s guns go back & f o r t h and up 6 down, each of them drawing a l i n e ac- r o s s the back of your screen 500 times a second. (The Japanese a r e now making T V ' s i n which the stream of e l ec t rons from each gun crosses the screen 2,000 times per sec- ond f o r a c l e a r e r p ic tu re . )

The ins ide of the b ig end of the p i c t u r e tube is coated with mi l l ions of t i n y chem- i c a l do t s which glow when the streams of e l ec t rons h i k s t i t .

In a colour s e t , the chemical make-up of these d o t s v a r i e s so t h a t a p a r t i c u l a r kind of dot responds onky t o e lec t rons fwom a p a r t i c u l a r electmon gun, o r combinations of guns. For example, do t s produPing a pure blue glow respond only t o a shot from t h e blue and green gun. A l l of the colours,

e l ec t ron microscope t h a t was g r e a t l y super- shades, shadings and t i n t s o the r than bas ic i o r t o standard microscppes which work by red, b a s i c b lue and bas ic green a r e created bending l i g h t rays. The e lec t ron gun a l s o by up t o 3 e lec t ron guns f i r i n g i n unison & made poss ible the invention of the p ic tu re scor ing a bullseye an every microscopic dot tube f o r TV's. every time, causing t h a t dot t o glow.

Back i n t h e 1950's and 603s TV s e t s gen- TV s e t s a r e taken f o r granted nowadays & era ted a l o t of heat because they depended we become vexed & grumble when they bfeak on t h e i r working (as d i d rad ios i n those down, buti 'Qor su re , a TV a t work is a mod- days) on the vacuum tube. Those tubes o f t en ern-day miracle..marvellous both i n i ts c contained elements which glowed when they complexity & i n i t s r e l i a b i l i t y . We should were working, hence the heat . a l l t i p our h a t s r e spec t fu l ly i n the direc-

I n essence, a vacuum tube is a gate t i o n of the nea res t such s e t . which w i l l a l low through c e r t a i n p a r t s of a I ' m s t i l l ava i l ab le t o help Carnegie pat- TV s i g n a l but not o thers . I n a process t h a t tons with t h e i r TV problems, when my small s a w "Hybrid" s e t s containing some vacuum s k i l l s & knowledge make i t possible. Please tubes and some t r a n s i s t o r s , t r a n s i s t o r s leave a note a t the Information Desk i f replaced vacuum tubes. Trans i s to r s a r e much you're having problems. smal ler and simpler and do the work ofvvac- By ERIC ERICKSON

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GUNS ARE MADE FOR KILLING Inside the Van,a woman, 7.

Police cars are blue and white, Who soon would see her fate;

The Needle-Van is green; There deep inside the muzzle, All guns are made for killing, Of a loaded Thirty-eight.

There is no in-between. A very frightened woman,

Desperate men do desperate things, Who felt an icy dread; Which was to be expected, The way it has to be; When guns were at her head. Always is and always was,

That is reality. Their only explanation, Would be an uttered curse; One evening in the twi-light,' She emptied out the contents, Out there on Hastings Street; That were inside her purse. Two men robbed a tiny store,

And quickly would retreat. The air was filled with terror, Death was her only thought; While down upon the corner, There in the alley,meanwhile, The Needle-Van was parked; Two suspects had been caught. Dispensing hypodermics,

As night was growing dark. There were no apologies, No one to fix the blame; The men who robbed the tiny store, The attitude of the Police, Had disappeared from sight; Will always stay the same. - Police cars were everywhere,

Their colours,blue and white. Police cars are blue and white, The Needle-Van is green; It was then,two Officers, All guns are made for killing, Converged upon the Van; Tnere is no in-between. Their Thirty-eights were drawn,

To shoot whoever ran. Michael James McLellan

LONELY

It seems so strange when you stop to think Along life's lonely way

My life has past, I'm alone at last I didn't plan it that way.

I try to think of yester years Bring something back from those days

But the thought disappears, I'm alone with my tears I didn't plan it that way.

I sit alone in a lonely room I look up to God and I pray

Be merciful to me, I'm so lonely I didn't plan it that way

So if out there, somewhere be you And youhre lonely both night and day

Reach out take my hand, as we'll both understand We didnt5t plan it that way.

Big Eagle

A room for a room The Downtown South propaganda pushed

by DERA is misleading to the public and intimidating to Downtown South residents. As early as 1988 city council established as the core of the Downtown South Plan the social stability of the neighborhood.

The NPA council secured, for the first time in tl-3 city's history, development cost charges that would provide for replacement housing for the existing "single-room occu- pancy" hotels.

Council is building the new 110-unit Conti- nental Hotel as well dS pursuing the possibil- ity of renovating 108 units in the existing Continental. The 32-unit McLaren House "r has just opened. he city is currently con- sidering refurbishing over 40 units in the recently purchased Gresham Hdel.

The Downtown South Plan gives deve- lopers a "bonus" for retaining single-room- occupancy hotels and heritage buildings. I fail to see how "one-for-one': replacement of housing units reflects the extravagant state- ments of destruction of the neighborhood peddled by DEW and reported by the media.

Mayor Gordon Campbell VANCOUVER

Mayor Gordon Campbell, i n h i s l e t - ter p r i n t e d Aug. 6 , accuses DERA of miel"mis1eading t h e publ ic" w i t h "pro- paganda", then goes on w i t h a c a r e f u l - l y worded chunk of h i s / t h e NPA's "pro- paganda on t h e redevelopment of Down- town South. (To be grammatically cor- r e c t an end-quote mark should appear a f t e r t h e las t "propaganda", b u t Campbell's a r i t h m e t i c a l r eason ing h a s t h e same gaping h o l e a s t h e p o l i t i c a l reasoning employed t o deny DERA t h e $60,000 g r a n t t o do advocacy i n t h e a r e a .

DERA h a s earned nation-wide and some i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e s p e c t f o r g e t t i n g t h e f a c t s i n t h e p u b l i c ' s eye. With ,he s p e c t r e of Los Angeles i n mind, where 25,000 people a r e homeless and l i v i n g on t h e s t r e e t s , DEW is f i g h t - i n g f o r t h e h o l i s t i c s o c i a l s t a b i l i t y of t h i s neighbourhood. A few thousand low-income people c u r r e n t l y have hous-

i n g i n s e v e r a l "single-room-occupancy" h o t e l s on G r a n v i l l e S t r e e t . The maxi- mum s h e l t e r p o r t i o n f o r a s i n g l e per- son on GAIN is $300. One f o r one, t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of t h e s e people a r e al- ready i n t h e l e a s t expensive housing a v a i l a b l e .

Campbell s a y s "one-for-one" rep lace- ment is t h e NPA's bottom l i n e , bu t makes no mention of t h e c o s t d i f f e r - e n t i a l between r e n t s now and r e n t s i n what ' s coming. The VLC s c e n a r i o is a good s tandard : A y e a r a f t e r Poole got t h e go-ahead from Campbell, Camp- b e l l ' s v e r s i o n of p u b l i c p r o c e s s , Poole came back t o Council and s a i d he could s e t r e n t s a s low a s $800 a month f o r 1-bedroom u n i t s . Next came t h e b r i l l i a n t p l a n t o c u t t h e spaces i n h a l f , t o make se l f -con ta ined bache- l o r u n i t s t h e s i z e of 2 pa rk ing s ta l ls and r e n t each f o r $475 a month. New s u i t e s c o s t more, s o t h e 110 new u n i t s a t t h e C o n t i n e n t a l , t h e 32 u n i t s a t t h e new McLaren House won't b e / c a n l t be f o r t h e same p r i c e as e x i s t i n g u n i t s . Campbell 's "pursuing t h e poss- i b i l i t y " & " c u r r e n t l y c o n s i d e r i n g re - fu rb i sh ing" i s r h e t o r i c . DERA h a s t o d e a l w i t h t h e r e a l i t y of hundreds of people , many s e n i o r s o r over 50, who cannot a f f o r d any of t h e replacements Campbell t a l k s o f .

L i t t l e c h i l d r e n can do a r i t h m e t i c . Adding up Campbell 's numbers g i v e s 290 u n i t s . Over 1,000 are d i r e c t l y th rea tened . That l e a v e s a t least 710 . .somewhere.

Campbell has i d e a l i s e d h i s r e l a t i o n wi th t h e s o c r e d s as a "rappor t" . Funny t h a t no t a l k o r even concern about re- i n s t i t u t i n g r e n t c o n t r o l e n t e r s h i s glowing p r o s p e c t s f o r h i s "execut ive c i t y , " When up t o 1500 people are l e f t homeless i n Downtown South, w i l l he say "1t's n o t my fau l t ! " o r " too bad"? What's t h e matter Gordie, t r u t h

h u r t ? PAULR TAYLOR

GREY POWER 9.

The C o a l i t i o n of S e n i o r C i t i z e n ' s Organ iza t ions (cOSCO) of B . C. is I want t o complain. There a r e hun-

be ing g u t t e d and u s e r f e e s a r e n e x t . On Monday, August 26th . t h e r e is mag s h i n e above t h e r e s t bu t why d o n ' t

going t o b e a b i g demons t ra t ion by you c a l l y o u r s e l f "BOA" and r e s t r i c t

t h e p r e m i e r ' s Conference. Mulroney Women's l i b e r a t i o n is n o t a p a s s i n g w i l l a l s o be t h e r e .

should b r i n g a lunch f o r a p i c n i c , & w i l l head back i n t h e l a t e a f t e r n o o n .

I f you'd l i k e t o go, c o n t a c t Pau l Tay lo r a t Carnegie soon. i s no 1st r a t e magazine on t h e west

Also , i f you a r e r ead ing t h i s on c o a s t , a s opposed t o head o f f i c e back

Yours, be launched t o n i g h t a t Robson Square , Wendy Thompson s t a r t i n g at 7:00, Room 3 .

~ ' r n s u r e you a r e f u l l y aware of a l - And we climbed t h e h i g h e s t h i l l

coho1 abuse i n o u r Downtown E a s t s i d e . F t h e view of t h e s h i p s i n t h e s t r a i g h t

S i t t i n g h e r e , a l i s t o f s t u f f t h e t h e a i r c r a c k i n ' w i t h d ry p i n e n e e d l e s a l c o h o l i c has used over t h e y e a r s be- and b l u e b e r r y t e a gan t o run through my mind - i t r e a d s my mouth SO d ry even t h e huck' .eberries l i k e a g r o c e r y l i s t . So, hang o n t o c o u l d n ' t quench t h e t h i r s t your h a t s , o r toupees . .. * ANTI-FREEZE * Old r e c o r d s (78's) * SHOE POLISH * VANILLA EXTRACT * SHAVING LOTION (Bay Rum) * LISTERINE * RUBBING ALCOHOL * STERN0 * 3 Snakes * GINSENG * Stomach B i t t e r s * HAIR SPRAY * COUGH SYRUP * COLOGNE

Anyone f o r an a f t e r n o o n c o c k t a i l ?

P e t e r Eastman

a n g e r i n e b e r r i e s s o i n v i t i n g & sweet were i n approval

s t i n g i n g n e t t l e s t o r t u r e my c a l f s my arms a s s a i l e d by mosquitoes fo l low t h e f l a s h i n g oranges and reds b l u e s and p inks t o o

A t l a s t t h e way down walk l i k e peewee, i t h e l p s loose s h a l e and t h e a n g l e of t h e s l o p e danger a t eve ry t u r n would t h e y send out a s e a r c h p a r t y w i t h re f reshments t o s l a k e t h i s t h i r s t would t h e y come and c a r r y me home?

I Well we made i t on t ime anyway.

Taum

From a speech by Dick Caldwell

Most of what I r e a l l y need t o know about how t o l i v e , and what t o do, and how t o be , I l e a r n e d i n k inder - g a r t e n . Wisdom was no t a t t h e t o p of t h e g radua te schoo l mountain, but t h e r e i n t h e s a n d p i l e a t n u r s e r y school . These a r e t h e t h i n g s l ea rned :

Share every th ing . P lay f a i r . Don't h i t people. Put t h i n g s back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't t a k e t h i n g s t h a t a r e n ' t yours. Say y o u ' r e s o r r y when you h u r t somebody. Wash your hands be- f o r e you e a t . Flush. Warm cook ies and co ld mi lk a r e good f o r you.

Live a balanced l i f e . Learn some and t h i n k some. And draw and p a i n t and s i n g and dance and p l a y and work everyday some. Take a nap every a f - ternoon.

When you go o u t i n t o t h e world, watch o u t f o r t r a f f i c , hold hands and s t i c k t o g e t h e r .

Be aware of wonder. Remember t h e l i t t l e seed i n t h e p l a s t i c cup. The r o o t s go down and t h e p l a n t goes up and nobody r e a l l y knows how o r why; but we a r e a l l l i k e t h a t .

Goldf i sh and hamsters and w h i t e mice and even t h e l i t t l e seed i n t h e p l a s t i c cup - they a l l d i e . So do we.

Everything you need t o know i s i n t h e r e somewhere - t h e Golden Rule and l o v e and b a s i c s a n i t a t i o n - eco l - ogy and p o l i t i c s and e q u a l i t y and sane l i v i n g . Take any one of t h o s e i t ems and e x t r a p o l a t e them i n t o soph- i s t i c a t e d a d u l t te rms and app ly them t o your family l i f e o r your work o r your government o r your world , and they hold t r u e and c l e a r and f i rm. Think what a b e t t e r world i t would be i t we a l l - t h e whole world - had cook ies and mi lk about t h r e e o ' c l o c k every a f t e r n o o n and then l a y down wi th our "blankies" f o r a nap. O r Canada and t h e United S t a t e s of Amer- i c a had a b a s i c p o l i c y t o always p u t I t h i n g s back where they found them 1 and c l e a n up t h e mess.

And i t i s s t i l l t r u e , no m a t t e r 1

how o l d you are, when you go o u t i n t o t h e world, i t i s b e s t t o ho ld hands and s t i c k t o g e t h e r .

S'TU L L L N ! ~ - ?Ionday through Fr iday , Yam - b p m . DOWNTOWN

FREE HEDICAL CLINIC - Mon, Wed, F r i , 5:30-7 :30 NEEDLE EXCHANGE - 221 Main; eve ry day - 9am-5pm

YOUTH Needle exchange van - on t h e s t r e e t Mon-Sat evenings . N.A. meets eve ry Monday n i g h t a t 223 Main S t r e e t .

N a r c o t i c s Anonymous (NA) meets a t Dugout, 57 Powell , 7 : 30 F r i .

199 1 DONATIONS : Charley B. -$30 Hazel M.-$25 Oly(Sven) -$20 Cement Masons -$I75 Wendy -$20 Mendel R.-$15 Marilyn S .-$36 Heather M.-$15 Darren L.-$50 N E W S L E T T E R ~ m w l ~ . ~ ~ ~ .

Herman L.-$10 Fores t Lawn -$20 Kei th C.-$30 E t i enne s .-$20 TIIT:: N:~ ,~~SI .ETTI:R IS A P L I B L I C A ' Y : ~ ~ ~ 01.' TII:.

LjRN',.CII! ('OEDIVNITY CICNTRE hS:iOCl ZTIIJN. Sandy C.-$35 Nancy W.-$75 Next 1 s s u e ' s Ter ry T.-$200 A r t VL -$5 A ~ t l c l c s r r p r c s e n t t h e v l e w s o i i n t l i v i d u n l

c o n t r i b u t o r s and n c t o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n . Brenda -$5 Vishva A.-$15 DEADLINE J a n e t B.-$20 E l l e n -$5

28 August FREE - Donat ions a c c e p t e d . L i l l i a n H.-$20 Sue H.-$50

Wednesday C i t y Inlo s t a f f c a n ' t ac: ,-pr Colleen E.-$25 Donald M.-$5 d o n a t i o n s F O K t h i s N e w s l e t t e r , SO

Dave -$ lo B i l l T.-$20 ii you can h e l p , f i n d Paul T a y l o r and h e ' l l g i v e you a r e c e i p t .

Nancy J.-$10 Annet te R.-$30 Thanks everybody!

William B.-$20 Rhinos -$3.03 Laughing Bear -$200 Alber t H.-$8 S a l v a t i o n Army Chi l l iwack -$30 Legal S e r v i c e s S o c i e t y -$500 NkWI 1lI!3J3 ? F i r s t United Church -$500 Anonymous -$38 The Downtown Eastslde Ilesidents' hi;soc!atto~l Bruce D. -$5 CEEDS -$50 can help you with!

* any melfure problerrm + Information on legal rights * disputes w i h landlords * unsnie living conditions + I C L C O I I ~ C tax + UIC problems

Cotnc intu thc D E H A Offlcc a t !1 I h t HnstJngs St. or phone 11s a t (in%-O!l:ll.

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"That 's our problem, C h a r l i e , t h e more we g e t , t h e more we want ."

F i r s t United Church, t h e admin i s t ra - t i o n , c o n t i n u e s t o h i d e . . a t l e a s t from being honest w i t h r e a d e r s of t h i s news- l e t t e r . Rather t h a n respond t o many ques t ions asked i n t h e l a s t 5 o r 6 iss- ues, H i l l s o n & E l l i o t a r e determined t o p lay dumb, perhaps hoping t h a t t h i s w i l l be i n t e r p r e t e d a s innocence.

I ' v e heard v e r b a l l y of H i l l s o n be ing the s u b j e c t of an i n t e r v i e w t h a t r a n i n the Saturday Review s e c t i o n of t h e Van- couver Sun last week. The p a r t s t h a t appeared a s d i r e c t quo tes were read t o me over t h e phone, b u t I a m p r e s e n t l y unable t o t a k e r a p i d d i c t a t i o n .

The g e n e r a l d r i f t had H i l l s o n ador ing a loving J e s u s , and s t a t e m e n t s of how imi ta t ing him i n h i s r e p o r t e d empathy with t h e meek and oppressed and weak had brought him c l o s e r t o t h e l e s s e r of h i s b r o t h e r s . . o r something l i k e t h a t .

The person read ing it desc r ibed t h e swea t sh i r t worn by H i l l s o n a s one de- p i c t i n g Nat ive s t r u g g l e w i t h Land Claim: ..and t h e r e a d e r a lmost choked. He had been c l o s e t o H i l l s o n f o r some t ime a t FUC and never saw him t r e a t any Nat ive people a s e q u a l , w i t h r e s p e k t .

From H i l l s o n ' s deafening s i l e n c e i n regards t o f o r c i n g t h r e e community ad- vocates t o l e a v e , maybe h i s image is j u s t t o o impor tan t . Maybe E l l i o t ' s em- p i r e is crumbling. Maybe t h e person doing t h e s p e c i a l " V i s i t a t i o n " w i l l make an impera t ive recommendat i o n t o both H i l l s o n & E l l i o t t o d e a l w i t h t h i s -with t h e community ask ing q u e s t i o n s - i n a (heaven f o r b i d ! ) open & hones t way

By PAULR TAYLOR

p d a t e on MSSH and t h e Job Program - A long-time a r e a r e s i d e n t and Carnegie

ser came i n w i t h a d i s t u r b i n g r e p o r t I few days ago.

J o e P a u l had g o t t e n work a t St .Vincent le P a u l ' s warehouse through t h e 6-month lrogram s e t up by w e l f a r e . T h i s is t h e me where t h e government s u b s i d i z e s 112 .he wage f o r 6 months; then t h e employer :an e i t h e r h i r e o r f i r e t h e person. . . br t h e person can q u i t .

According t o J o e , h e ' d done 5 314 mo. md was i n h i s l a s t week. He'd had no : rouble f o r t h e e n t i r e t i m e , y e t i n t h e Last week h e g o t t e n s t r a n g e c r i t i c i s m s from h i s b o s s , A l , and even s t r a n g e r suggest ions - J o e r e p o r t e d t h a t A 1 had repeated s e v e r a l t imes: " I f you don ' t Like i t , q u i t . "

The program is open t o t h i s k i n d of z x p l o i t a t i o n . I f t h e employer on ly # a n t s t o pay 112 t h e wage, he 'd have t o rep lace t h e person s e n t by MSSH every 6 nonths. I f t h e person i s f i r e d w i t h o u t a r eason , Labour R e l a t i o n s would t a k e a very dim view of i t . I f t h e person q u i t s then a new r e c r u i t would b e s e n t o v e r by MSSH and t h e whole p l a n could b e gone through aga in .

I c a l l e d Al , asked him, he s a i d J o e was l y i n g , t h e n s a i d I should t a l k t o h i s b o s s P e t e . When I reached P e t e he w a s angry t h a t I w a s "ques t ion ing ( h i s ) i n t e g r i t y . " He r e f u s e d t o say how many people w e l f a r e had s e n t t o him on t h i s 6-monthfhalf-wage d e a l . To my mind, i f you r e f u s e t o answer s imple q u e s t i o n s you have something t o h i d e . More soon.

By PAULR TAYLOR

WHAT LITTLE LADIES

Now t h e t i m e was e a r l y summer, The beginning of Ju ly ; When s o f t , f i l m y clouds were f l o a t i n g On ac ros s an azure sky. Gentle breezes k i ssed t h e d a i s i e s I n among t h e bu t te rcups , That grew beside a p r e t t y pond Fu l l of f lu f fy ,baby ducks. Where you laughed 6 played,my d a r l i n g , Like l i t t l e l a d i e s always do, By chasing orange b u t t e r f l i e s Under s k i e s of misty blue.

Now t h e time was e a r l y summer, The beginning of Ju ly ; On t h a t day,you were married, Sadness s l ipped i n t o my eye. There w e r e t ea rdrops i n my foo t s t eps When I walked you down t h e a i s l e ; You were s t i l l my baby daughter , But mine only f o r awhile, Though you held my arm s o gent ly , Like l i t t l e l a d i e s always do, Your poor f a t h e r ' s h e a r t was ku r t i hg , When you spoke those words "I do."

Now the time is e a r l y summer, The beginning of Ju ly ; I ' m a lone and slowly walking There beneath an azure sky. Wistful memories of d a i s i e s , And of f lu f fy ,baby ducks, Of p r e t t y orange b u t t e r f l i e s In among t h e but tercups. Thinking of a baby daughter Under s k i e s of misty blue; Who grew up and l e f t h e r f a t h e r , Like l i t t l e l a d i e s always do.

Michael James McLellan

I I Simple and Simon"

Right versus wrong, Law versus outlaws Sheep versus Ind iv idua ls , Learn "What t o think", Not how t o think. Simple and Simon Came by wagon t r a i n , Bible i n one hand, Shotgun i n t h e o t h e r When Simple married Simon The Conservative and Soc i a l Credi t P a r t i e s

were born.

Brian Wagget

A STRANGE EXPERIENCE: Someone had given me a cap or organic

mescaline & I decided Wreck Beach was a good place to do it. This was years ago when the beach was still natural, before the tourists found out about it. I got there in the late afternoon,

found a spot where I could be alone, took off my clothes & dropped the mescaline. I went in the water, & as I came out all I could see was beach & trees - no build- ings, as if Vancouver didn't even exist. I lay down & began to feel my body come

alive in the wind & sun. As I watched the sunset a great peace & perfect content- ment came over me. It seemed that the Earth was paradise & this moment would last forever. The sunset was so beautiful I forgot that darkness would follow. In the fading light I suddenly realized

that the tide had come up all around me & the beach between where I was & the en- trance to the trail was n mass of float- ing logs. I had to walk across these mov- ing slippery logs. It was getting dark very rapidly & it

seemed like there were totem designs carved on the logs, then they became the backs of strange sea creatures swimming in the choppy water. From paradise on earth I was suddenly forced into a sort of mythological test. I walked across these moving rolling logs in bare feet. A few times I thought I would fall, but I didn' t. The entrance to the trail was hard to

find. It was almost dark & several huge trees looked like enormous totems carved with powerful animal-like figures. One I remember was a huge bear that seemed to have a fire in its belly. I had to remind myself not to panic as I searched for the trail & finally found it. As I entered the bushes it got much

darker; in fact it soon became pitch black. I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. But in my mind monstrous faces & strange masks were emerging out of the darkness, rushing towards me, one after another. I had to get down on all fours & feel my way up the trail in total dark- ness. It was very steep & narrow, but I kept going .

T h e was gone so X had no idea how long I'd been climbing when I finally had to sit down in the dark & rest. As I sat there catching my breath, the whole top of my head seemed to open up & I went in- to another world where the sky was a bea- utiful lilac colour. There was a crowd of people there all smiling & laughing, ex- tending thefr hands to me, saying - Oh, you've come back to us. As I reached out towards them I noticed they were dressed in feathers & beads & beautiful costumes. They all looked about 16 years old. I knew somehow that they lived as children did, in a playful & ritualistic manner & they recdgnized me & were welcoming me home. As r reached out towards them they began to fade & I descended back into my body. As I did so I could hear what seem- ed to be two of these bequtiful children, a man & a woman, coming down the trqil above me in the dark, They were talktng excitedly in some wonderful foreign lang- uage. Gradually I realized they were spea- king French. They were surprised to see me there in

the middle of the trail. Apparently they could see better in the dark than I could. They were very concerned & asked me if I was alright. I told them I was just rest- ing for a minute before I started climbing again. I said everything was okay & they'd never know how beautiful they were coming down that trail. They said alright - you take care now -

& disappeared into the dark, still speak- ing French very excitedly all the way down. I continued climbing on my hands & knees

& soon made it to the top. There was more light there & the wind moving the bushes made them look like hundreds of weird faces talking to me, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. I continued walking for hours - all the

way back to East Vancouver. By the time I got home the trip had mostly worn off & I was almost normal, but I couldn't forget that climb up the trail & those people in that place somewhere up there who had been so glad to see me.

TORA

heard applied to poor people & we agreed t o call this list tt'W@lfare Stereotypes":

S t a t i c stereotype Lazy Welfare Bums Drunks Stupid Freeloader Students Bag Lady Down and Out Paupe~s Systems People Helf Breed Single Parent Lazy SOB Able Bodied Disgusting Losers Unmotivated Hustlers Uneducated Leeches Dumb Slut Poor Bum Indians Scammers Liars Vultures Bad Parents Drugee Underpriviledged Scwn Latch Key Kids Low Life Irresponsible Couch Potato Parasites Lor Self-Esteem Boat People "Mixed" Race Loafer Mental Mooch Lazy Whore Pathetic Dirty Rip-off Artists Bad Tenants Street People

"With this An front of us, L asked them about the realities of poverty - both facts and factoxs:

* 50-70% o f income goes to housing * Xnadequate student loans & debts * Alcoholism as a sfckness * 20% of people have .4% Bf wealth * Part- time, low-paying jobs * Food Banks * 3 out of 5 Single Moms are poor * 63.4% of poor people work * 35.55% of men over 65 are poor * 1 in 3 single parent families rely on welfare for income

* 1 in 6 kids lives in poverty * stigma against children * learning disabilities * segregated housing * Trapped..forced poverty * Lost livelihood - both Rural & Urban * Inadequate Daycare * Capitalism; restrictive policies * Labelling & hungry kids in schools

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I - learning. - ,

factors was very positive. To complete the discussion, we looked at responsibilities: - make problems politica1,:not~~personal; - know policies of those voted for; - challenge discrimination 6 stereotypes; - educate kids not to discriminate/label; - value contribution of women & children; - Organise: Select 1 goal like rent cont- rol or subsidies;

- use media to educate the public; - know own values and limitations; - stop classism & competition amongst us; - no change without risk takers; '%luch of our thinking is conditioned in-

to us unconscious~y. We have to fight the labels given to the poor. I'

Sentient ac t ion

Sheila brought to focus what's been the starting point for hundreds in working for social change - in every school in BC & across Canada, kids go hungry. Child Pov- erty Action Committees form & fight for universal, non-stigmatising lunch programs in schools. Vancouver has gone from having no such program to having it in four ele- mentary and one high school. School Board Trustees have gone from denying even the possibility to stating that lunch programs are a "cherished part" of their budgets.,

and the

Public Sector "The outcome of comparing the first list

of labels so the second list of facts &

The corpora te agenda

Every issue written about, discussed, is intimately connected with other issues, but progress in one makes regression in others cause for expanding action, for getting involved and making connections. Daycare was unceremoniously sacrificed by the federal government, bills were passed to cut U.I. & education & medicare & claw- back seniors pensions & gut the Canada As- sistance Plan to trash social programs & on & on. .. Reports on every known aspect of the why

and wherefore of this corporate agenda al- most overwhelm you, but considering its vastness can either cripple or strengthen your spirit. Inspiration can enlighten you and can come from anything. A mountain of dire consequences can be greatly reduced in its capacity to make you feel alone & helpless. Like the following by a monk named Thomas Merton:

"Celebration is crazy. The craziness of not submitting even though hey" , "The Others", the ones who make life impossible, seem to have all the power. CClebration is the beginning of confi- dence, therefore of power. "When we laugh at them, when we cele-

brate, when we make our lives beautiful,

when we give one another joy by loving, by sharing, then we manifest a power they cannot touch. We can be the artis- ans of a joy they never imagined." Imagine our joy when a member of the

establishment was so disgusted with soon- to-be ex-premier Vanderzalm sent hearty greetings to 100 rabidly loyal socreds and offered them a night of fun & frolic - and the best seats in the house to see a play about poverty - at Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. On our handout were words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. & a question asked for centuries by people all over the world:

"There is nothing new about poverty. mat is new however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it. "Today, therefore, the question ...

must read: WHY SHOULD THERE BE HUNGER AND PRIVATION IN ANY LAND, IN ANY CITY, AT ANY TABLE, W N PEOPLE HAVE THE RE- SOURCES AND THE SCIENTIFIC KNOW-HOW TO PROVIDE ALL HUMANITY WITH THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE? ... "There is no deficit in human resour-

ces; the deficit is in human will."

Our 'prime d i r e c t i v e '

ELEVATE THE DIGNITY OF WOMEN & RAISE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HUMANITY.

Unique happenings occur at rare times; When the socreds are being pressed to deal directly with chiddren going hungry because thousands of single parents get insufficient assistance, 100 of them put up $2500 each for a night on the town with the premier. The same day as this obscenity occurs, a postcard comes in the mail bearing these words:

"WHEN I GIVE FOOD TO THE POOR, THEY CALL ME A SAINT. WHEN I ASK WHY THE POOR HAVE NO FOOD, THEY CALL ME A COMMUNIST."

A glimmer of l i g h t comes ffom Ontar io when t h e s logan "Down With The Poverty Premier'' he lps put a p rog res s ive govern- ment i n power.

Back he re a r e s o many scanda l s involv- i ng socred m i n i s t e r s it 's almost boring. On t h e municipal level , t h e NPA spends a few m i l l i o n d o l l a r s t o b a r e l y squeak a 1-vote m a j o r i t y on Cf ty Council, usfng a c t o r s f o r t h e i r "ci t izen-on-the-street1 ' commercials and p r i n t i n g hundreds o f t i 1

thousands of f a k e C'oannsunity'' newspapers. P o l i t i c a l connect ions s o l i d i f y , from

f e d e r a l t r ea son t o p r o v i n c i a l obscen i ty to municipal c h e a t s & liars. Tt happens in a "democratic" system t h a t has s o con- vinced people t h a t t h e i r v o t e is u s e l e s s about h a l f o f t h o s e e l i g i b l e do so.

women's r i g h t s o r racism o r . . . .

"Discriminat ion is t h e t o o l of t h e r i c h . I f you took t h e p r o f i t o u t of rac- i s m , you j u s t might no t have i t any more"

The i r 'prime d i r e c t i v e '

One more quo te i n c a p i t a l l e t t e r s :

I "THE WINNERS ARE AT W WITH THE LOS':: SRS AM) THE FJX I S ON. THE P~OSPECTS- ( FOR PEACE ARE AWFUL."

That is from K U ~ t Vonnegut . Again t o t h e new k t d s on t h e b lock -

i t may sound l i k e t h e r e is noth ing but p o l i t i c s tn t h e Carnegie Newsletter. No, but p o l i t i c i a n s - a r e expe r t a t word uses t h a t h ide s imple t r u t h , The p r h e concern i n almost eve ry th ing appearkng i s ax zea lous p u r s u i t of j u s t i c e and a b a s i c moral impera t ive . Be q u i t e s u r e ue want J u s t i c e , n o t c h a r i t y . Cha r i ty La a band- a i d , n o t a s o l u t i o n .

Economics cannot b e viewed s e p a r a t e l y from pove r ty , from w a r , from housing o r

While s t o r i e s on a l l of t hese i s s u e s a r e i n each i s s u e , deep w r i t e r s l i k e Anne Ray- v a l s keep t h e b a s i c s of human n a t u r e c l e a r and g i f t e d writers l i k e Sandy Cameron t ake time t o say some n i c e t h i n g s about t h i s rag . I d e a t i o n has t o be s t r o n g i n t h e f a c e

of " legal" d e c i s i o n s on Native Land Claims when a "judge" d i scoun t s t h e i r r i g h t s be- cause they have no p i ece of paper saying they own t h e land they've been on f o r thousands of yea r s .

It never s t o p s - t h e r e are a few thous- and k i d s s t i l l going t o school hungry even though t h e problem was exposed 2 y e a r s ago ..and C i t y Council r e f u s e s t o fund an ade- qua te lunch program.

More s t u f f comes around aga in , i nc lud ing l e t t e r s t o "employables" on wel fare ; i f you a r e 59, haven' t worked i n 15 yea r s , you're s t i l l r equ i r ed t o go ou t and com- p e t e w i t h 18-year-olds f o r t h e same mini- mum wage job. The socreds j u s t change t h e name of t h e scam whereby taxpayers pay f o r 1 / 2 t h e wage of people h i r e d f o r l ow-sk i l l l abour (who were on wel fare) and wages are kept low on purpose. This p l e a s e s t h e cor- p o r a t i o n s immensely as p r o f i t s are high.

A little more light - Vanderzalm is fin- ally caught red-handed and has to resign.

Every now and then the mental disease called greed gets too crude for words. A Downtown Eastside Poet, Claudius Ivan Planidin, helped by putting this down:

If language

is culture

is communicat ion

is universe

is everything,

it's urgent

I listen

to the words I use.

* federal funding for the unemployment in- surance system has been eliminated;

* federal contributions to medicare are being phased out;

* post-secondary education is losing its federal funding;

* federal-provincial cost sharing for wel- fare & social assistance will be termin- ated over 10 years;

* contracting out by the federal govern- ment has increased to +$4 billion a yr.

* agricultural marketing boards (like the Wheat Board) are being gutted;

* Public broadcasting has been undermined. CBC regional programming has been cut;

* the transportation industry has been ef- fectively deregulated;

* the communications industry is beginning to suffer de-regulation;

* over 20 Crown Corporations (including Air Canada) have been privatized;

* post offices, including 191 in rural Canada, have been shut down in prepara- tion for privatizing the postal service.

* the GST The trade deal commits Canada to an eco-

nomic program in which the role of govt. is sharply reduced & the role of big busi- ness is greatly expanded.

b i r t h to i n f i n i t y

From Shrii Shrii Anandamurti - "Struggle is the essence of life."

"There is, in the living being, a thirst for limitlessness .I1

- love is all there is - By PAULR TAYLOR