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On Feb. 22, a San Francisco delegation met with a Mexican consulate official (back to camera) to protest the José Ramón García Gómez kidnapping. Photo (L. to R.) Carl Finamore, staff director, Mobilization for Peace, Jobs and Justice; Fr. Peter J. Sammon, member, S.F. Human Rights Commission; Robert Hernandez, co-chair, S.F. Rainbow *Coalition; Rick Ruvolo; (face hidden) administrative aide to the President of the S.F. Board Supervisors; and Brian McWilliams, secretary-treasurer, ILWU ship clerks, Local 34. Not shown in photo: Elizabeth Price, business manager, The Tenderloin Times, and Jeff Mackler, Charges are flying about Defense Secretary-nominee John Tower's drinking, womanizing, and financial improprieties. But what about his political views? While serving in the Senate, for example, Tower advocated a military occupation of Cuba and regretted that the United States hadn't dropped a nuclear bomb on the Soviet Union in the 1940s.
During his stopover in Beijing, George Bush lavished compliments on the Chinese leadership. And at night, he and Barbara were made to feel right at home in a State Guest House. At a usual rent of $20,000 a night, however, it would take a young Chinese worker about 75 years to earn enough to stay at the Guest House.
How much will it cost the government to bail out the savingsand-loan industry? Not long ago, DON'T INCREASE OUR TAXES •and• DON'T MESS WITH OUR OCIAL PROGRAMS!
President Bush said $90 billion. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady now estimates $114 billion-plus $43 billion in interest. And House Banking Committee Chairman Henry Gonzalez pegs it at $335 B-BUT HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO LEAD IF YOU CAN'T MAKE UP YOUR MIND?
-CONGRESS BY PAYNE FOR SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWSPAPER billion over 30 years. Hey, what's few billion shared among friends?
The FBI spied on an 11-yearold boy for six years because he once wrote to the Soviet Union asking for scientific information for a school project.
Men's rights are defended at San Francisco State University. A new "men's rights group" is forming to defend male students from "anti-male bashing on campus." One statistic cited to illustrate men's oppression is that men die eight years before women on average. (It's hard to argue with facts like that.)
About 1700 homeless people live in the subways, says the New York City Transit Authority. Some people even keep mattresses, tables, working stereos, and kitchen supplies. "I like this tunnel," one man said. "It's pretty warm and everyone watches out for everyone down here. It's like a little community."
co-national secretary, Socialist Action.
campaign to free my husband. I am convinced this campaign will continue to grow until we win his 'reappearance.' The International Forum that Ana Santander refers to was endorsed by the PRT, the Revolutionary Democratic Party (formed recently by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas), dozens of neighborhood organizations, as well as the mayors and city council members of various towns and villages in the state of Morelos.
Soviet authorities have insisted for many years that poverty doesn't exist in the U.S.S.R. Now they admit that about 20 percent of the population lives below the poverty line (earning under $124 a month). Soviet officials refer to these people as living in a state of "under-provisioning." Regardless of the euphemism, they are poor.
Gorbachev's anti-drinking campaign is on the rocks. Controls on the sale of vodka and cognac have been lifted in Armenia-ever since the nationalist uprising began there. Gorby might have learned a thing or two about putting down rebellions from the South African government; alcohol is always available and cheap in the Black townships.
Korea has the highest industrial accident rate in the world. Over 1700 workers died in mishaps on the job in 1987, while 25,244 were maimed. The accident rate continues to climb as industry gets more sophisticated-while managers continue to exploit in the old fashioned way.
The next issue of Socialist Action will report on this important meeting.
We urge our readers who haven't yet done so to send telegrams demanding García Gómez's "reappearance" to: Fernando Gutierrez Barrios, Minister of the Interior, Bucareli 99, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Please send copies to the National Front Against Repression, Medellin 366, Col. Roma Sur, 06760 Mexico, D.F., Mexico.