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3.3-J-7Q -y g^. independent PEOPLES TRIBUNAL NEWSLETTER Published by the National Continuing Committee for an Independent Peoples Tribunal Temporary Address» P. 0. Box 637, Oakland, California 9460-4- WHY AN INDEPENDENT PEOPLES TRIBUNAL? The public exposure of the massacre of Vietnamese civilians - young and old, men, women, boys, girls, infants - by U„S. forces at My Lai (Song My), southern Vietnam, created a moral shock wave across the United States. The newly exposed level of imperialist criminality called for a new level of opposition. But how? The International War Crimes Tribunal organized by Bertrand Russell had earlier condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam as an illegal, criminal war. So it was not surprising that one response to the exposure of the My Lai massacre was a sudden surge of mock indictments, mock trials and mock sentences of war criminals. These actions have been steps forward by the anti-war, anti-imperialist movement in the U.S. Implicitly, they imply recognition that 1) all appeals, in diverse forms and degrees of magnitude made to the United States Governments, the Congresses and governmental institutions have proved of no avail in a- bating or stopping the U.S. war in Southeast Asia; 2) all appeals of the people against the increasing "legalization" and carrying out of fascistic attacks, in the U.S. itself, on the peoples' freedoms, rights and their very lives have been fruitless; 3) the United Nations is in fact no instrument of remedy for the peoples, as proven by its impotence, non-feasance and malfeasance in backing the United States' aggression against Korea, in keeping one-fourth of the world's people (China) outside its membership, its role in the murder of Lumumba in Africa, and in other deeds and failures to act. Independent action by the people is essential to proper examination of, conclusions on and recommendations for remedy of, the violations of the peace, freedom, rights and welfare of the peoples in the United States and abroad. CRIME BEGINS AT HOME The crime of murder by government is as American as apple pie. Pred Hampton and Mark Clark were murdered by Chicago and Illinois State pigs in Chicago, U.S.A. The orders for the murders were given by Illinois States Attorney Hanrahan in cooperation with the United States Government's Federal Bureau of Investigation«, The Kent State University students were murdered and a dozen or more of their fellow students were wounded by national guard troops who were under orders and were armed to kill. Three black youths were murdered by police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.A. Six black workers were murdered by police in Augusta, Georgia. Each was shot with from 2 to 9 bullets in the back. Three youths were murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by State police who riddled the girls dormitory on the Jackson State University campus. James Rector was murdered by a force of assorted pigs who were marshalled under the authority of the California governor and who were armed and ordered to shoot to kill. The history of the United States is filled with recorded but unpublicized pages of victims murdered by official government sgents. Infamous massacres include those at Ludlow, Colorado} Centralia, Washington; the Little Steel slaughter of strikers in Gary, Indiana; and so on, and so on. The history of organized labor in the U.S. is filled with the martyrdoms of those who, in pursuit of their campaigns to organize the workers, were murdered by government assassins and by corporate assassins, each in cooperation with the other. The assassination of persons under cover of government law is standard practice in the United States of America. Political opponents are sentenced to death by firing squad (Joe Hill) — by hanging (countless innocent victims, and proudly "guilty" ~ continued on page 3
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Title | Independent peoples tribunal newsletter |
Place of publication | Oakland, California |
Publisher | National Continuing Committee for an Independent Peoples Tribunal |
Publication date | 1970-1971 |
Language | English |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Digital Format | XML |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2016 |
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Owner | Brünn, Harris Watts Collection - Serials and Press Release Soldiers Movements, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam; Wisconsin Historical Society |
Type | Text |
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Language | English |
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Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
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Full text | 3.3-J-7Q -y g^. independent PEOPLES TRIBUNAL NEWSLETTER Published by the National Continuing Committee for an Independent Peoples Tribunal Temporary Address» P. 0. Box 637, Oakland, California 9460-4- WHY AN INDEPENDENT PEOPLES TRIBUNAL? The public exposure of the massacre of Vietnamese civilians - young and old, men, women, boys, girls, infants - by U„S. forces at My Lai (Song My), southern Vietnam, created a moral shock wave across the United States. The newly exposed level of imperialist criminality called for a new level of opposition. But how? The International War Crimes Tribunal organized by Bertrand Russell had earlier condemned the U.S. war in Vietnam as an illegal, criminal war. So it was not surprising that one response to the exposure of the My Lai massacre was a sudden surge of mock indictments, mock trials and mock sentences of war criminals. These actions have been steps forward by the anti-war, anti-imperialist movement in the U.S. Implicitly, they imply recognition that 1) all appeals, in diverse forms and degrees of magnitude made to the United States Governments, the Congresses and governmental institutions have proved of no avail in a- bating or stopping the U.S. war in Southeast Asia; 2) all appeals of the people against the increasing "legalization" and carrying out of fascistic attacks, in the U.S. itself, on the peoples' freedoms, rights and their very lives have been fruitless; 3) the United Nations is in fact no instrument of remedy for the peoples, as proven by its impotence, non-feasance and malfeasance in backing the United States' aggression against Korea, in keeping one-fourth of the world's people (China) outside its membership, its role in the murder of Lumumba in Africa, and in other deeds and failures to act. Independent action by the people is essential to proper examination of, conclusions on and recommendations for remedy of, the violations of the peace, freedom, rights and welfare of the peoples in the United States and abroad. CRIME BEGINS AT HOME The crime of murder by government is as American as apple pie. Pred Hampton and Mark Clark were murdered by Chicago and Illinois State pigs in Chicago, U.S.A. The orders for the murders were given by Illinois States Attorney Hanrahan in cooperation with the United States Government's Federal Bureau of Investigation«, The Kent State University students were murdered and a dozen or more of their fellow students were wounded by national guard troops who were under orders and were armed to kill. Three black youths were murdered by police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S.A. Six black workers were murdered by police in Augusta, Georgia. Each was shot with from 2 to 9 bullets in the back. Three youths were murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by State police who riddled the girls dormitory on the Jackson State University campus. James Rector was murdered by a force of assorted pigs who were marshalled under the authority of the California governor and who were armed and ordered to shoot to kill. The history of the United States is filled with recorded but unpublicized pages of victims murdered by official government sgents. Infamous massacres include those at Ludlow, Colorado} Centralia, Washington; the Little Steel slaughter of strikers in Gary, Indiana; and so on, and so on. The history of organized labor in the U.S. is filled with the martyrdoms of those who, in pursuit of their campaigns to organize the workers, were murdered by government assassins and by corporate assassins, each in cooperation with the other. The assassination of persons under cover of government law is standard practice in the United States of America. Political opponents are sentenced to death by firing squad (Joe Hill) — by hanging (countless innocent victims, and proudly "guilty" ~ continued on page 3 |
Type | Text |
Digital identifier | giNewsletter487001 |