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U.S. gov't spreads "Big Lie" to prepare public for war RALLY* JOBS• PEACE JUSTICE occurred in cities across the country to oppose U.S. intervention abroad and poverty at home. Oct. 25, 1986: Over 2000 demonstrate for Jobs, Peace and Justice in San Francisco. Similar marches and rallies The "Big Lie" is being spread around pretty thick these days. The government is trying to convince the people in this country, who are facing a bleak economic future, that what we need are guns, guns, and more guns.
It started with a government "disbase for terrorism. This was closely followed by hollow U.S. denials about CIA involvement with the North American aircraft that was shot down in Nicaragua while on a contra supply mission.
The finale came when President Reagan claimed at the Reykjavik meeting with Premier Mikhail Gorbachev that his pet project, "Star Wars," was a simple defensive system deemed just as harmless as "radar."
Behind the recent lies The Washington Post quoted a government memorandum on Libya which advised planting false information that "combines real and illusionary events —through a disinformation campaign..."
Secretary of State George Shultz saw nothing wrong in lying because, quoting Winston Churchill, "the truth is so precious, it must be attended by a bodyguard of lies." Shultz's peculiar philosophy didn't impress his press secretary, Bernard Kalb, who resigned to maintain his "credibility."
The second instance of government (continued on page 9)
D Lu EED ARCH AND VETERANS SPEAKE NO CONTRA AID- NO MORE Socialist Action/Joe Rvan
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information" campaign to brand Libya as a See page 9.