THE UBYSSEYVol . II No . 4

The Summer Ubyssey

July 20-26, 1983

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he controversial Polish pro -fesso r fessor who was greeted wit hrare cries of protest on hi s

arrival at UBC can be compared to acharacter right out of Star Wars .

Like Darth Vader, Jerzy Wiat rpossesses a strange ability to gra bhold of one's emotions . With a sud-den rise in his voice or a stern glanc efrom his eyes, he hammers home hisarguments . He seems to possess th eblack cloak of "the force", whic hprotects him from opposition andserves him in defence .

In his gaudy pastel green suit ,Wiatr tries to justify martial law inPoland and is almost able to reduc eit to a level which makes it see mreasonable and sound . He achieve sthis drastic twist in logic throughcareful wording — arguments ove rsemantics are inevitable when takin gto Wiatr .

But with Wiatr's third visit t oUBC, his protective shield has no thalted a wave of protest against hisappointment .

English professor Andrew Buszasays Wiatr has adopted a confusingand dual line of defence against th eprotests .

"The UBC Solidarity Study Grouphas been attacking him as a membe rof the Polish government," say sBusza .

"When Wiatr defends himself, heassumes the role of the independent

• scholar and argues that they are try-ing to prevent from coming here asone. But at the same time he's usingthe occasion to give the official line .Who is Mr. Wiatr? Is he Mr. Jekyll

• or Hyde?"The most significant clue to Wiatr' s

true identity are facts about his roleas director of the Institute of Marxism -Leninsm in Poland. Stan Persky ,author of At the Lenin Shipyard anda noted political scientist, says Wiat r

• is an apologist for the Jaruzelsk iregime .

"The institute is part of the rulin gapparatus in Poland and serves as a nideological front for the party, say sPersky . "Wiatr might say they'reseeking the truth, but in fact eve-ryone in Poland sees the Marxism of

the Polish Communist Party as acomplete farce. All the discussion o fMarxism is merely an apology forthe rule of the party . "

Prior to his appointment as headof the institute which occurred soo nafter martial law was declared i nDecember 1981, Wiatr lived an aca-demic life in Poland . According t oSlavonic studies head Boydan Czay-kowski, he wrote textbooks whichbecame mandatory readings fo rcompulsory courses in Marxism -Leninsm .

Wiatr's role in the Polish indoc-trination process and his refusal t oadd his name to the long list of aca-demics who openly protest Polis hacademic repression gave him a nunpopular reputation among student sand colleagues, say Czaykowski .

Since the imposition of martia llaw, Wiatr has taken a differen tstance from that of the communis tparty hardliners, he says . "The prob -lem with such moderate stance staken publicly by people such a sWiatr is that you cannot be sure towhat extent they are a mere facade, "says Czaykowski .

"These people, even if unconsc-iously, are often used to create thebest possible impression that th egovernment is pursuing a very dif-ferent policy . "

Czaykowski paints a grim pictureof the Polish regime's policy con-cerning academic freedom. An exp-ert in Eastern European affairs wh oIeft Poland many years ago, Czay-kowski looks and speaks like a trueacademic .

He is well aware the freedom h ehas to speak openly on political mat -ters such as Wiatr's appointment i snot present in his native country ."At the moment the atmosphere i ssuch (in Poland) that exercisin gacademic freedom involves a risk ofpersecution. "

The chain of events which shoo kthe Polish academic communityafter martial law was imposed is des -cribed by Czaykowski in dark terms .He has no qualms about makin gserious charges concerning the re-gime's policy toward academic free-

Jerzy Wiat rspewsrhetoric o nPolis hacademi clife, butexpertsdisagree

By CHRIS WONG

dom. Measures were specificallytaken to frighten the academic com -munity after the declaration of mar-tial laws, says Czaykowski .

Every university, polytechnica linstitute and academy was shut dow nfor several weeks, Czaykowski says .Protests in the form of sit-ins an ddemonstrations took place immed-iately, he adds . "Some of these wer ebrutally broken up by riot police at anumber of universities . "

After the protests put all the par-ticipants in serious jeopardy, intern -ments followed, says Czaykowski .Well over 150 academics and a largenumber of students were internedand some remained in confinementfor many months .

But perhaps the biggest blow tostudents was the banning of indep-endent student's union which hadachieved great strides towards increas -ing student rights in Poland, Czay-kowski says .

Persky says the freedoms student sfought for included the removal o fpolice from campuses, obtainingcontrol over curriculums, and get-ting rid of courses in Marxism which

were "pure propoganda .""The worst hacks in the worl d

were the kind of people teachingthese courses," says Persky . "It wasall bullshit from the point of view o fthe students . Ever since martial law ,it's gone right back to the bullshit ."

Czaykowski says students ar edisappointed and apathetic now becaus ethere are no channels through whichthey can articulate their strongfeelings against the government .There is only a boycott against theofficially approved student unions whichsupport the government, he says ."They (the students) gained a tre-mendous freedom in the Solidarit yperiod . They like the taste of it andnow they are denied it . "

Students received only part of therepression directed toward the aca-demic community . Many universityand polytechnical presidents andother officials who were elected i n1980-81 were dismissed or forced toresign, Czaykowski says . The facultywho retained their positions weresubjected to a vigorous screeningcampaign, he says .

Czaykowski interprets the cam-paign as an attempt to weed out Soli-darity supporters and other independ -ently-minded faculty .

"The terms of the review were no tonly qualifications but also moraland ideological standpoint . It implie dthat if you did not measure up t othose criteria you could lose you rjob ."

The academic community put upa strong resistance against the cam-paign says Czaykowski. Academic srefused to sit on reviewing commit-tees which were composed principall yof party members and forced thecampaign to peter out, he says .

But according to a recent bulleti nfrom the Vancouver Committee forSolidarity with Solidarnistic, a screen-ing campaign for students is beingconducted in Wiatr's own backyar d— Warsaw University ,

One article in the bulletin says thePolish security service regularlyquestions soldiers who have enrolledin university about other students .

Admission requirements werealtered to allow former soldier saccess to universities without passing

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or even sitting entrance examinat-ions, says Czaykowski .

To top a long list of attacks onacademic freedom in Poland, man ystudents and academics have andcontinue to face trials and priso nsentences, Czaykowski says . Theircrimes include the distribution o fleaflets, and participation in th edistribution of bulletins and period-icals .

According to the New York Times(July 9, 1983), the crackdown onaccademic dissent continues una-bated . The article takes note o fseveral items which appeared in th ePolish Communist Party's dailynewspaper, Trybuna Ludu . Thes earticles attacked virtually every im-portant Polish writer by name ,according to the N .Y. Times report .The paper also mentions two recent ,mysterious deaths of academics whowere Solidarity supporters .

The government's initiatives to-wards reform of its academic policie sare not as liberal as they appear t obe, Czaykowski says . One step theregime took towards alleged reformswas a new act on higher educatio nwhich was passed in Polish parlia-ment in June of 1982 .

Czaykowski calls the act contra-dictory . It gave the universities adegree of autonomy but also gavethe education minister far-rangingpowers to exert influence over univer-sity affairs, he says . "With the newhigher education act the minister hasample basis for intervening in uni-versity affairs . Since it was passe dthe minister has been intervenin gwhenever he's felt like it . "

Czaykowski says the appointmentof Wiatr by the political sciencedepartment is insensitive to the stateof freedom in Poland .

Hiring the Polish professor "dis-played the worst kind of stupidity"on the part of the department, say sPersky .

The entire issue brings up thequestion of the existence of solidarit yamong academics, says Czaykowski .

"Can we say that freedom i sdivisible? Is the freedom that wehave all fight for us, but when it isdenied by another should we clos eour eyes? "

An hour with Jerzy. Wiat rVisiting professor Jerzy Wiatr would only grant a n

interview to The Ubyssey on the basis ofsome clear-cut terms he laid out . His terms included printing th einterview in a question and answer format, and show-ing him a copy of the text before it went to print .Initially he had requested a written statement whichwould have bound us to these agreements . This termwas only brought up in our first discussions withWiatr . This is an edited version of the interview thattook place July 15 in his office with Ubyssey staffe rChris Wong .

You have been called by the French journalist Ber-nard Margueritte as well as by others "one of theprincipal advisers" of the martial law government inPoland. Since you are also the director ofthe Instituteof Marxism-Leninism, an organ of the central com-mitteeofthe ruling party, does it surprise you that yo uare being regarded as a spokesperson for the militaryrulers? And to what extent are you able to fulfill therole as an independent scholar in these circumstances?

Well it does not astonish me at all that I a mregarded as someone closely connected to the govern -ment . I don't deny it, I am proud of my role in Polish

r i.litics . I am sure that history will form a more or les sbalanced verdict on what's going on in Poland . I shal lhave nothing to be ashamed of as far as my contribu-tion is concerned . If I have reservations about usingthis term close advisor it is not because I want to pla ydown my role in Polish politics, but simply because Idon't want to pretend that I am more important than Iactually am .

Now as I understand the term close advisor usuall yrefers to someone who more or less on a daily basi sfunctions within the structure of government . If that i swhat is meant by this term it does not apply to me . I donot function in such close contact with the head of th egovernment albeit it's absolutely true that the kind ofresearch I do in the institute is topical, it's connecte dwith politics, and it's taken into consideration . Nowunder such circumstances I think I can keep separat emy activities as a normal academic .

As an example I was elected, in fact unanimously,president of the International Coordinating Com-mittee of Stein Rokkan Archive which is concernedwith local leadership, participation and development .

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Party hack justifies martial lawBy CHRIS WON G

The imposition of martial lawsaved Poland from a crisis of tragi cproportions, a visiting Polish pro-fessor said Thursday .

The situation in Poland coul dhave erupted in "an explosion, civilwar, or foreign intervention," JerzyWiatr told 125 people in Buchanan

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countries evidently believe that m ypolitics does not impair my ability tofunction in my normal academicrole, even in such a high position .

Would it be accurate to say therole of the Institute of Marxism -Leninism is that of researching, jus-tifying and providing guidelines fo rthe policies of the government ?

Well, some of these things you sa yare correct, some are not . Let me usemy own language and I think it wil lbe very clear. The primary objectiveof the institute is to do policy-oriented research which mean sdoing research on topics that arerelevant for decision-making i nsocio-economic and political affair swith the understanding that suc hresearch will be taken under consid-eration by the central committee ofthe Polish United Workers Party .

It will have therefore a certainimpact on policy making . I wouldnot define the institute's function a sjustification of any specific policy .When we do our research, we areprofessionally committed to findin gthe truth — to present the truth i nwhatever direction it may point.

According to Amnesty Interna-tional reports, Solidarity Suppor tGroup bulletins, and other publica-tions, many students and academicshave been arrested, beaten, tried,given prison sentences, and in a fe wcases killed under the martial lawregime . Why were these action snecessary to crush dissent?" I do not defend a priori any spe-cific action taken by the governmen tor the police . If and when fo rinstance beating of peaceful protes-tors occurred, I condemn it and Iconsider it as illegal . In fact, I thinkit is the duty of the government t otake whatever steps are necessary t oprevent such acts from happening.In as far as various forms of politicalrestrictions including arrests o rtrials for political offenses are con-cerned, they must be in the contex tof specific charges and proofs and Iwould consider it unfortunate ifPoland, which did not have politica lprisoners in recent history, wasforced back to the situation whe npeople are in jail for politica loffenses . On the other hand how -ever, one must realize that violatingthe law, particularly during emer-gency, has legal consequences an dthose who undertake such activit ycertainly realize that they are in vio-lation of the law .

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various laws which restrict freedom."Freedom, like many other things

in life, is a question of degrees,"Wiatr said to a chorus of hisses andlaughter .

Although censorship exists, th elifting of martial law will mark a

In interviews and in your publiclecture (July 15) you have bee nasked whether academic repressio nexists in Poland, In answering thisquestion you have defended th eregime by giving examples of aca-demic freedom such as universityfaculty members you know of wh oare pro-Solidarity, and books whichare politically controversial i nPoland which have not resulted inlanding their authors in jail. Dothese examples suggest there is abso-lutely no academic repression? An dwhat about Adam Michnek, JacekKuron, Jan Josef Lipsk and otherslike them? Do the few examples yougive justify the repression of theseimprisoned academics ?

Well I never said that there was nopolitical repression in Poland . I amnot trying to mislead anybody andeverybody knows, no one tries toconceal it, that there is politica lrepression of those actions that aredirected to the constitutional orde rof Poland . Not when you ask meabout academic repression or aca-demic freedom, my answer is tha tacademic life is not repressed . How-ever, I do not say that if someonehappens to be a university professor,

return to the `liberal' censorship lawsof 1981, said Wiatr. Censorship isnecessary because state interestshave to be protected, he added .

Wiatr was chastised by one mem-ber of the audience for barely men-tioning the role of Solidarity inPoland . Wiatr said Solidarity' sleader Lech Walesa played an im-

teacher, or assistant, such perso nhas a kind of immunity from politi-cal sanctions connected with thi sperson's behavior in politics, not i nuniversity .

All those people you mentioned, Idon't want to comment specificall yon their cases . They are under inves-tigation, they have not been offi-cially charged with anything, and Ido not know the exact character ofthe charges if they finally arecharged . But all these people werevery deeply involved in politica lactivity . Some of the activities wereoutside the limits of the law . Theywere therefore seen as political fig-ures rather than as academics . Ithink the distinction here is veryclear.

Should politics be irrelevant inregular appointments which are notpart of academic exchanges in Pol-ish universities?

Yes, I believe that politics as suchshould be irrelevant . When I was th edean of the social science faculty a tWarsaw University, we spoke ver ystrongly to the principle that con-troversial political opinions of indi-viduals should not constitute rea-sons for blocking their appointment .

portant and memorable role as thetrade union head, but he was unfor-tunately not able to steer the policie sof Solidarity towards compromise .

"I feel frustrated that at the crucia lmoment when so much was at stake ,he did not use his tremendousauthority for finding a compromis esolution ."

There are several cases to illustrat ethis .

Then why is it that there have beenso many political dismissals inPoland from universities ?

Well I would like to hear thenames because I keep hearing gener-alities that there are so many dismis-sals . Now I can give you a very lon glist of people who were interne dafter the declaration of martial lawand who immediately upon thei rrelease returned to their academic

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There was no organized protest a tWiatr's public lecture but anotherpicket line will take place outside hi sclass when his second course begin sMonday .

Fraser Easton, UBC SolidarityStudy Group spokesperson, said h edoes not expect the picket to have amajor effect on students taking th ecourse, since the date for droppingcourses has already passed .

"We recognize the difficulty forboycotting the class so we'd like t oemphasize to students that they ca nshow their Solidarity with those i nPoland by not crossing the picketline for the first half hour. "

About 600 posters put up by th eSolidarity Study Group have bee ntorn down, Easton said .

"We're just wondering whetherthe apparent supporters of Wiatr are vaware of the ironic situation they arein with a complete disregard to our racademic freedom," Easton said i nreference to the posters .

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By MURIEL DRAAISMAUBC's administration president says he is

"concerned" that a convicted war criminal isteaching at the university.

But George Pedersen said the administratio nis not in a legal position to fire botanyprofessor Jacob Luitjens, who was convicte din absentia of collaborating with the Nazisduring the German occupation of the Nether -lands in the Second World War.

The university would encounter "seriousobstacles" in a bid to fire the 64 year old Dutc hprofessor, Pedersen said . One of these is a

* binding agreement between the university andthe faculty association on conditions o fappointment, he said .

And the other is B .C .'s human rights code,

which says a reasonable cause must exist fordismissal . It claims conviction of a crimina lcharge is not a reasonable cause unless thecharge relates directly to the person's employ -ment .

Pedersen suggested that in the eyes o fCanadian courts, the Dutch government' sconviction of Luitjens in absentia might no tconstitute a reasonable cause, considering ittook place 35 years ago and that Luitjens ha sbeen a "satisfactory employee" of UBC for 20years and is entering his final year of erhploy -ment before retirement .

"I don't think the university is in a positionto take action against Luitjens . But I do havesome concerns about the matter," he said .

In 1981 the Dutch government requested

Luitjens' extradition from Canada to serve a20 year sentence on charges of being armedwith and using a firearm and of assistingGerman occupation forces in rounding u pDutch resistance fighters .

But the Canadian government refused therequest because his offence is not coveredunder the extradition treaty between the Neth-erlands and Canada signed in 1899 .

"There isn't a pebble, never mind a tree ,behind which university officials can hid ebehind," Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associatedean of the Simon Wiesenthal centre in Lo sAngeles, said in a telephone interview.

"This guy was involved in crimes againsthumanity . A responsible university should sa y'Mr . Luitjens, unless you clear up your Nazi

past, you can't hide behind us,' " he said .Luitjens had a fair trial in a democrati c

country and his culpability is beyond doubt ,he added .

"The apparent silence at UBC about Luit-jens is shocking . The silence is deafening, "said the centre's dean, Rabbi Marvin Hier ,adding he was appalled that UBC student shad excused Luitjens' past and refused toboycott his classes .

Associate psychiatry professor Robert Krel lsaid he isamazed Luitjens is allowed to teac hat UBC and is outraged because only tw oUBC professors have protested in writing t othe Dutch consul-general . "There should havebeen a flood of letters protesting . his presenc eat UBC. Their failure to take action is out-rageous ."

STRANGE STOP SIGN proclaims recent peaceful revolution in Canada . Warmongering governmen twas quickly overthrown by peace-loving people when testing of deadly weapon was announced .Unfortunately, photog awoke from dreams to join anti-cruise demonstration this Saturday at 1 1 .

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Unemployedstudentslose appeal

By MURIEL DRAAISMAThe provincial government ha s

• hammered a few more nails into thecoffin of B .C .'s student assistance

• program.Students who are unable to save

$920 over four months or $57 .20 aweek will not be eligible for a federa lloan. Only if students can demon-strate they were too sick to work or afamily emergency arose will they b e

• able to appeal the education min-istry's decision, said Dan Worsley ,UBC's financial assistant award sdirector .

"It's pretty stiff. Students' right o f• appeal in this case has been elim-

inated," he said .r Last year, students who demon-

strated they had searched extensivel yfor a job could get their summe rcontributions waived . And if theyintended to work part time in thefall, financial awards officerswould accept part time earnings a s

• their contribution to the program .

But these exemptions, along with• the ministry's pre-budget proposa l

to relax loan guidelines, have died .A few nails in the coffin are aimed

at students who have money tuckedaway . Students must liquidate thei r

• assets before they can receive studen tassistance . If they don't, the assets'

▪ value will be deducted from the tota lamount for which they are eligible .

And if a student decides not towork for two months during th e

• summer, she or he will only receiv ehalf of the maximum provincia l

• grant .

"There's no free lunch. As ataxpayer I applaud that decision,"said Dick Melville, education min-istry information services director .

• He said this new guideline wa sintended for students who can affordto travel, not for unemployed stud-ents .

Married students with no depend-ents will no longer receive moreprovincial grant money than singl estudents . Previously, they received$2,400 in grant, but will now only get$2,000 .

"What is the difference betweentwo married students and tw ostudents living together? I don't thinkthe latter incur more expenses," sai d

i Worsley .The nail that will hurt the mos t

hasn't been driven in yet . The pro-vincial government is likely to setmaximum grant levels, thus limitingthe total amount of non-repayabl efunds students can receive, saidStephen Leary, Canadian Federationof Students — Pacific region chair .

• The government will not mak eany decisions about grant ceilingsuntil it knows the total number o fapplicants and the program's cost ,said Melville .

But it will probably limit th enumber of years students can receiv egrants, Worsley said .

By SARAH CO XThe number of unemployed B .C.

youth dropped slightly in June, bu tmore than one out of every fiveyoung British Columbians are stil lout of work .

A 3 .6 per cent decrease in unem-ployment from May means employ -ment is still up 120 per cent increasefrom two years ago, according t ostatistics Canada .

But student representatives arecalling the new unemployment stat -istics "misleading . "

The number of young people withdecent jobs is far less than statistic sindicate, said Stephen Learey, Can-adian Federation of Students —Pacific chair .

Even people able to find onl ytemporary or part-time work areincluded in the statistics, sai dLearey .

"The figures don't tell the wholestory," he said . "You only have t owork one week out of a month to beconsidered employed . "

Although part-time and full-timebreakdowns for June were stil lunavailable, Learey said April andMay figures indicated a substantia lincrease in the number of studentsworking part-time.

"Quite a large amount of student sstill won't be able to pay for thei reducation," he said .

Brian Stevenson, Alma Mate rSociety president at the Universit yof Victoria, echoed Leare_y's con-cerns .

"To have the statistics come up alittle in June is not going to hel pstudents," he said . "The statistics aremuch more conservative than real-ity ."

In an unprecedented move, theUniversity of Victoria AMS has setup an emergency food service to helpunemployed students, said Steven-son .

"We felt we had to provide a directservice to help the real need ofstudents," he said .

The service is provided with theco-operation of the university foodservice and funded by the AMS, saidStevenson . Students are eligible fo rthree meals, for which they sign acontract agreeing to pay back $3 .50for each meal, when they can affordit .

"It's not a handout," said Steven-son . "In a sense, it's a loan. We don'twant students to feel they're gettingcharity . "

Students are expected to tak eadvantage of the service in Novemberand April when student loans ru nout, as well as during the summer ,said Stevenson .

There are no figures available o nthe number of students who haveused the service in its first thre eweeks of operation because the con-tracts signed by the students are keptconfidential, Stevenson said .

Work studylives again

By SARAH CO XU BC's ailing work study program

has been revived by an unexpecte dtransfer of funds.

After the board of governors saidat its July 7 meeting it was unable t ofund the program, a presidentialcommittee gave work study $75,000from unallocated funds, said LisaHebert, Alma Mater Society exter-nal affairs co-ordinator.

And $100,000 has been transfer-red from bursary funds, she said .

But the reallocated funds are no tan adequate replacement for the$450,000 originally requested by th eAMS, said Hebert .

"There's not half as much mone yin the program as we had hoped . Th etotal funds won't be able to addresswhat is really needed by the stu-dents," she said .

The work study program wasoriginally expected to create 500jobs for UBC students who qualifyfor student assistance beyond themaximum amount available .

The AMS had hoped UBC's con-tribution would have increased$200,000 from last year, the firstyear of the program .

The provincial government ha spledged $181,000 for this year's pro -gram, the same amount as last year ,said Hebert .

But work study administrato rSheila Summers said the govern-ment might not come through wit hthe money .

"We expect the funding to be a tthe same level but we have nothingin writing," she said .

Hebert said the loss of $100,000from the bursary funds will notaffect needy students .

"On the surface it looks badbecause you're making student swork for what they could get fo rfree," she said .

But students can use work stud yto reduce their debts, said Hebert .

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Christians to ignore fringe protes tBy MURIEL DRAAISM A

Christian leaders of all colors will congregate a tUBC starting Sunday to explore global problems an dreligious issues .

Mainly Protestant, Eastern and Oriental orthodo xchurches will be represented at the sixth assembly o fthe World Council of Churches, which will host abou t930 delegates from 300 churches around the worl dfrom July 24 to Aug. 10 .

Expected to attend are 750 journalists, repre-sentatives from other religious traditions, and anumber of noted speakers, including Coretta Scot tKing, widow of civil rights activist Martin Luthe rKing, peace activist Helen Caldicott and RobertRuncie, the Archbishop of Cantebury .

The council will discuss questions of militarism,nuclear disarmament, human rights, global unity an dthe role of women in the church .

"It's like a congregational picnic," said Tom Dorris ,editor of Ecumen-ical News Service, adding the WC Conly holds such a conference every seven years .

A small fringe of fundamentalists are planning t oprotest the assembly . Gordon Hagen, its spokesperso nand pastor of the Lighthouse Baptist church in

Surrey, said the Anti-Christ himself might be amongthe 3,500 people attending the conference .

Ulster's Ian Paisley and Bob Jones, a professo rwhose university in South Carolina lost its tax exemp tstatus because of its alleged discriminatory policie stowards blacks, will join the angry group confrontin gthe WCC .

"I think (the opposition) shows how the bible is rea dby some people . It would be unfortunate if WCCmembers allow themselves to be diverted by such atiny distraction," said WCC's communication directo rJohn Bluck .

The conference is a unique occasion at which man ydiverse Christians will get a chance to talk to eachother . "The WCC staff has to make sure thatconversation takes place . That's enough of a job i nitself," Bluck said, adding the council will ignore theprotesters .

Much of the controversy is centred on grants whic hthe WCC gives to black guerrilla groups fighting whit esupremacy in Southern Africa, Bluck said . "We have aspecial fund to combat racism . Money is given eac hyear to groups ranging from liberation organization sto anti-apartheid groups."

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Action takenIt seems that we just may, albeit ever so slowly, be making our wa y

out of the dark ages of the '70s . Unfortunately, as people once agai nbecome politically conscious of various issues, the Bennett govern-ment is more determined than ever to throw us back to the mor eapolitical disco days .

But the more the Socreds attack tenants' rights, human rights, edu-cation and health care, the more people they will politicize .

The coming collision between government and people was humor-ously hinted at during the recent Vancouver Folk Music Festival whe nNancy White sang "Keep the Bennetts at bay/Keep the Bennett saway" to claps and cheers . It could have served the NDP well as acampaign slogan .

Politically oriented songs received rousing responses from the fol kfestival audience, and so did a few announcements about upcomin gpolitical events such as this Saturday's "duo demos" protesting th eCruise missile and the provincial budget .

When people can listen to music, and then sing Solidarity Foreve rtogether, it obviously means more than just appreciation for goo dmusic .

As government cutbacks and the depression continue to affect eve-ryone but the very wealthy, people are increasingly recognizing thei rcommon interests and their common power .

Political activity in Vancouver has recently been fairly low-profile, bu tat the folk music festival, people displayed considerable political energyand enthusiasm . If the trend continues Bill Bennett may start lookin gforward to his weekly respite at home in the Okanagan .

But it may not do him any good . The shouts of Vancouver demonstra-tors will hopefully soon be heard even from there.

LettersEditorial misinterpreted b

duly elected parliament criminal i sincorrect, however, and if that gov-ernment abuses those powers or act sillegally in other ways, it is subject t orecall by the electorate . The peopleof Canada have chosen the Trudeaugovernment to lead them for mor ethan a decade .

The recent legislation of the Ben-nett government is distasteful t omany, and will perhaps be remem-bered in the next election, and thei rmandate will be removed .

The present governments o fPoland and Guatemala are guilty o facts far more heinous than anythin gthat either Trudeau or Bennett ma ybe accused of . Furthermore, thegenerals ruling Poland and Guate-mala are subject to the pleasures oftheir respective military bodies, no tthe will of their populations .

Comparing the elected federaland provincial governments of oneof the western democracies with an ymilitary regime is an insult t oanyone who bothers to take part inthe electoral process .

Even elected governments tak eactions contrary to the principles o ffreedom and human rights, as the

graduate studentBennett government so clearly dem-

mines the work of those who see k

onstrates . Only open debate and vig-

constructive change in our politicalilance can preserve our freedoms .

system . Little wonder those in posi -Foolish radicalism (such as so often

tions of responsibility so ofte nappears in the editorial column of

ignore the views of the studen tthis paper) and the elevation of

population .murderous regimes to the level of

Michael SchlaxCanadian government only under-

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`Petty protests tiring '

It is with surprise and dismay tha tI find Mr . (Jack) Gibbons, a gradu -ate student of economics, able tocompare the government of Canadawith that of Poland in his letter lastweek (July 13, Boycott UBC) . It i swithout surprise, but with the samedismay (alas, long-lived) that I findthe Ubyssey editorialist able to

compare the government of BritishColumbia with that of Guatemala .Gibbons should know better; theUbyssey is just following a traditio nof childish rhetoric .

Perhaps the Trudeau governmen thas abused its power while in office .Calling the invocation of specia lpowers granted the government by a

I feel that I must protest the tactic sused by the Solidarity Study Group ,and in particular Bill Tieleman, todiscredit and embarass professo rJerzy Wiatr, who is here by invita-tion to teach two particular course sduring summer session . The Solidar-ity Group is rapidly taking on thebad odour of a vigilante group, andTieleman's voice in yet anothe rquarter is becoming tiresome .

Yes, it takes courage to opposeany oppressive regime, and yes ,Wiatr's appointment is controver-sial, but this is not justification forthe public hounding and personalembarrassment the Solidarity Groupis inflicting on an individual huma nbeing who is reputed to be a good

teacher and is therefore an asset to auniversity where all ideologies ca n(theoretically) come to light and beexamined and discussed in an at-mosphere of academic freedom .

Seven detractions, however quali-fied, are quite a number on a "fact"sheet, Tieleman . It is my feeling tha tyou owe an apology to Wiatr fo ryour oppressive and degradin gactions .

Protest the regime, and I'll sup -port you, but rise above this petti-ness, which is losing sympathy fo ryou and your group, if not for th ecause .

Sharon Nagataarts 3

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from page 2life the next day with the same teach-ing position, the same teaching obli -gations and with no consequencesfor their academic career . Forinstance, we have several people i nmy own department at the univer -sity, and these are people who are

w very active either in the Solidarit ymovement or in various politica lgroups or associations in oppositio nto the government. There was noone in my faculty dismissed for polit -ical reasons . So unless I hear specifi cnames, specific cases, I cannot com -ment on generalities .

(At this point I handed him a listof names. He pointed out an erroron my part that the list was of electedrectors who had been dismissed, no tof dismissals from appointed posi -

• tions. )Now let me say something. Many

Western universities have as headsof the universities presidents wh oare not elected by the universityitself but usually only by the boardof trustees . Now our universities

~► have since 1982 had the systemunder which rectors are elected by

• the university but must be approve dby the government . Then once serv-ing in office, they can be dismisse deither by the government or by avote of non-confidence passed by

•w the senate of the university .Under this law, the government i n

several cases dismissed rector swhose politics the governmentbelieved incompatible with the in-terests of the state . But these peopl eremained university professors and I

..r would say if the politics of the presi-dent of an American or Canadia n

., university became too controversia lfrom the point of view of the boar dof trustees, such a president wouldalso be dismissed .

Given all that, why were themajority of elected university andpolytechnical officials forced t oresign or be dismissed after the im-position of martial law?

No, it's not true that the majorit ywere forced to resign . Of the 70 insti-tutions of higher learning on theuniversity level, I am not certai nabout the figures but as far as Iremember about one-third of therectors either resigned or were dis-missed . Over 20 rectors and a certai nnumber of deputy-associate rectors ,but that certainly wasn't a majority .

Why were those one-third forcedto resign or be dismissed?

I think it's general knowledge that• there is a considerable controvers y

over the policies of the government

What was the rationale behind th ebanning of the independent studen tunion and when will it be reinstated?

The reason for banning the inde-pendent student union was theunion got involved openly andexplicitly in political activities whichare incompatible with the constitu-tion. They attacked the foundatio nof the constitution and refused t ochange their line . In fact activists o fthe independent student union for-med illegal structures of the union ,and that was the reason of the gov-ernment decision to ban it .

So far as the independent studentunion is concerned, it's role is fin-ished . That does not mean new stu-dent associations may not emerge .In fact one such association wa salready formed last year and there i sno provision in the law that preventsstudents from forming other associ-ations . They all need recognitio nand legalization by the universityauthorities if they function withi none university and government legis -lation if they function nationally .

Is not the reluctance ofstudents tojoin the new approved student uniona sign that students want their ownindependent organization ?

Well it is probably a sign of var-ious things . Now one has to re-member that when the independen tstudent union acted, it's member -ship constituted a small minority o fthe student body . It was not an asso-ciation of the majority of the stu-dents, albeit it was very active on sev -eral occasions . It was able to gen-

erate much wider support than it' smembership itself. But even at thepeak of the popularity and active-ness of the student union, it did notrecruit the majority of the students .

I don't want to mislead you, I ma ybe incorrect about the exact numbe rbut I would say the membership wa saround ten per cent, certainly notanything close to half the studentbody . Now that to my way of think-ing explains why the majority ofstudents do not now join union salbeit I would certainly agree tha tthose who were members of theindependent student union woul dnot join now for political reasons.There are three such organizationsworking now amongst universitystudents which all support the gov-ernment .

When martial law was declared. averification campaign aimed at th eteaching staffs of many institutionwas set into motion . What was th eaim ofthe campign — to ensure thatfaculty lived up to certain ideologi-cal criteria and to weed out Solidar-ity supporters ?

Well certainly not . Considerin gthe number of Solidarity supportersin Polish universities, such action ifsuccessful would have crippled theuniversity staff, decimated it . Nowthat didn't happen and I think eve ntalking about verification campaignsis incorrect . As I remember, wha tthe universities were doing and wha twas given this image through th eone-sided reports was a review o fjunior faculty not of senior faculty

from the point of view of academicperformance . This review was not .aimed at firing people for their polit -ical positions . In fact this review wasdone by faculty themselves, not byany outside body .

It's for me even strange that areview conducted by such a bodycan be interpreted as a political veri -fication aimed at firing people fo rtheir political opinions . People werenot fired for their political views as aresult of the review . And I would notcall it a campaign . It was a norma lstandard procedure that was carriedout in the past regularly . It gave theuniversities the possibility to knowbetter what is the performance of thejunior staff.

You said in your public lecturecensorship was necessary to protec t"state interests." What interests arethese and what does the governmen thave to hide?

Well it's not a question of what thegovernment has to hide, if you usethis terminology. There are state

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I real ize fully speaking in a coun-try that officially does not have cen-sorship, any defense of this institu-tion must be unpopular. But don' tbe naive, don't think that massmedia in the western countries are

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Chinese art achieves uniBy PAT MACLEOD

Crouching quickly with legs apart and arms heldsteadily over the table, the artist began to stroke blac kink on white rice paper with busy, agilie movements .

"Now you can look at a piece of calligraphy withou tfear," said Yim Tse, artist and organizer of a Chines ecalligraphy demonstration, July 16, at the AsianCentre.

The statement captured the spirit of the nine-dayshow "Rhythm of the Brush : An Exhibition of Chines eCalligraphy" which the demonstration concluded .

A cultral event for Vancouver in one of the mos tscholarly Chinese arts, the show appealed to both th eChinese and non-Chinese . Eighty people watched th efive participants reveal their different personalitie sthrough a series of brush strokes — light or heavy, we tor dry .

"When I use a chicken fur brush, I use a techniqu elike gong fu — very strong," said Eddy Ching, explain-ing the basics of brush, ink and the use of red seals t obalance a composition . His careful, deliberate stroke swere an illuminating contrast to the busy approach ofTse and the 44 pieces on the surrounding walls pro-duced by nine Vancouver artists in six different styles .

Taken mostly from classical texts for ease of transla-tion, the range of works from the fluid running style t othe more symmetrical seal script contributed to th e

Dick Smith/Pat Caird : playing the musi cof John Coltrane, July 22-23, Classica lJoint, 231 Carrall .Coastal Connection : a hot jazz quartet ,July 24, Classical Joint .Questionnaires : rhythm and blues, July20-23, Town Pump, 66 Water.Sheila Davis: blues night, July 22, Hot Jazz ,36 East Broadway .Jon Doe Band/Beelzebub and the Falle nAngels, Lucifer would be proud, July 21 ,Soft Rock Cafe, 1925 W . 4th .Leo Kottke: the famed guitarist makes arare visit, July 22-23, Soft Rock .Kin Lalat: a five-member Guatemalan ban dpresently living in exile in Nicaragua, Sat .July 23 8 :00 p .m . Brittania Auditorium ,1661 Napier .

uniqueness of the event . Traditionally a scholarly pur-suit, even many Chinese cannot read the archaic sea land oracle bone scripts, and children who begin learn-ing the art when they are five are not masters until the yare 50 .

"In ancient times, scholars could afford to get up a tfive o'clock in the morning to grind the ink and medi-tate . What I do at 7 o'clock — I feed the baby," said Tseexplaining why he buys ink instead of grinding his own .But the expressiveness of the works on display sho wthat the practice of quieting the mind to achieve unity ofmind, body, arm, and brush is still a priority .

One of several recent successful shows at the AsianCentre, Rhythm of the Brush was a year in the works ,said Tse . It was produced with minimal funds, headded .

The show was one of several recent successes at theAsian Centre . The photography exhibition, "Portraitsof Yang Family Village" has been acquired by Nationa lMuseums of Canada for national and internationa ltours. Tse hopes to produce an exhibition of equalcalibre that includes both Chinese and Japanese artiststwo years from now.

The five demonstrators were Chan Kin ; Chen Tieh-fan; Ching E . ; Lau Wai-yin ; and Tse Yim . The otherfour artists were Chan F . ; Chang Ching-ku ; LeungShek-feng; and Tong Wing-po .

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JULY 20-26Hello, and Welcome to Summer Session '83

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SUMMER SOUNDSFree, noon-hour outdoor concerts . Bringyour lunch and a friend .

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Phoenix Jazzers —Music Buildin g

Friday, July 22

Tuba Quartet — SUBMonday, July 25

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(In the event of rain, concerts will be held in th econversation-pit area, main floor of SUB . )

SUMMER SCREENFree films presented at 7 :30 p .m. in IRCLecture Hall #2 .

Wednesday, July 20PORKY'S: (Restricted) A raunchy comed yabout high school boys in 1954.Friday, July 22QUEST FOR FIRE : (Mature) A uniqu einterpretation of the beginnings of mankind ,and the struggles for possession of fire .

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Summer Session Association information is a service provide dcooperatively by the S .S.A. and The Summer Ubyssey .

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By BRIAN JONE SFifteen or so years ago music fes -

. tivals attracted young people wholeaned toward radical politics, goodmusic and drugs. Who could eve rforget Woodstock, even if you wereonly 10 or 11 years old at the time?

Enjoyable music and festivals arestill popular, as proven by the suc-cess of this year's sixth annual Van -couver Folk Music Festival, and s otoo are drugs .

But as a famed sixties crooneronce sang, the times a ' went an d

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pull your leg and whip the rug ou tfrom under you .

•+ She's a storyteller, and from th emoment she lets out her deep South -ern drawl she grabs the audience' sattention .

The friendly mountain woma nbegins to tell a story about a hoehandle "expanding and contracting. "

rt As she speaks, her voice and finger sweave the old farm story into a mix-ture of sound and movement .

Gayle Ross, the other half of theTwelve Moons Storytellers, join s011is' tale about Briar Rabbit, Sand ythe raccoon and their froggy friends .

• Guttural noises and frog-like burp-ing sounds emanate from thei rthroats, creating melodic tune swhich tickle the audience .

011is flavors her stories with ahome grown style and spicy tidbitsabout her family in the Kentuckyand Tennessee mountains . Shedraws out her vowels like a true Sou-therner and delivers jokes wit hdeadpan humor .

"What's the most fun is peopl edon't see the rug until you pull it ou tfrom under them. And a trick indi-genous to the mountains is trying t opull your leg so you walk uneven therest of the day," she says after aperformance at the weekend longFolk Music Festival at Jericho beach .

Her storytelling partner, Ross ,employs her own distinct style an dtradition . A descendant of JohnRoss, the great leader of the Chero-kee nation, she conveys America nIndian values in mythical tales abou tnature.

Like 011is, Ross tells both humor-ous and serious stories . But althoug hshe is quick to smile, she remember sthe white man's damage to he rIndian heritage .

"My grandmother, who is the rea-son I became a storyteller, made sur eI had a strong awareness of what i tmeans to be an Indian," she says.

In the Twelve Moons Storyteller' ssecond performance Sunday, Ros s

• told an Indian story about the origi nof fireflies through the love betwee n

• a earth man and the moon woman .She says a Saskatchewan Cree story -teller gave her the story as a gift .

"I was only able to tell the fireflystory because Liz had drawn th eaudience into a firm circle an dcreated the atmosphere for which Icould tell something serious," sh esays, referring to 011is' comical tal eabout o!' Jack and his donkey.

The two speak to the audience asif they are holding a conversatio nbetween friends . Casual and relaxed .

▪ they are highly entertaining an ddraw an emotive response from th e

• crowd .The duo admits that selecting sto-

ries for a performance take a tre-mendous amount of time . But theydon't have any problems finding sto-ries because they're "anywhere an deverywhere ."

changed . Politics disappeared out ofmost music about the time Water-gate was making headlines and whil eex-student radicals bought suits andmoved to the suburbs, people likePaul McCartney made millions sing-ing adolescent ditties .

Now, current political events areforcing politics back into music . Foranyone who thought James Taylorepitomized the politico-folkie, thisyear's festival was an encourage-ment . One of the major themes thi syear was Latin American music, an d

"We find stories in books, frompersonal experiences, from people atgas stations and at Seven-Elevens, "Ross says .

The stories performed at the festi-val were only a small sampling o ftheir repertoire, 011is says . Alongwith Ross' mythical Indian tales ,they mostly perform tales aboutanimals and childhood experiences .

They decided to form a storytell-ing pair five years ago on the rid ehome from a national storytellingfestival .

"We said to each other : 'I will, i fyou will .' So we joined hands," 011issays .

011is thinks storytelling is as natu-ral to humans as breathing . Storieshelp people see themselves in pers-pective and keep their imagination sfertile, she says.

"Storytelling is powerful . Storie sspeak to us on both conscious andunconscious levels; they enter ou rdream space . "

She sees storytelling as an impor-tant folk art and as a means ofdeveloping compassion for fello whuman beings . "It's an ancient tradi-tion that has been applied to modernsociety . And people who think it' sendangered haven't been in bar slately ."

By SARAH CO XAmid the sound of clapping and

music from other stages, FrankieArmstrong's voice captures he raudience and draws them into thedramatic power of her music .

Singing mainly solo, Armstrong' swistful but strong lyrics speak o fissues wreaching deep inside he rlisteners .

She sings of women's experiences ,of their oppression and strengths .She grips the audience with the fea rof a nuclear holocaust, and at thesame time, gives them hope to con-tinue their resistance to armaged-don .

"I want to move people, to inspirethem." says Armstrong offstage i nher clear British accent .

Sn smiles at the people whothrong nearby after a workshop .taking the time to talk to he raudience .

"For me, singing is one of th emost powerful ways of lifting our -

festival organizers lined up an im-pressive variety of performers .

Kin Lalat is a group of five Gua-temalan musicians currently livingin exile in Nicaragua . Unknown t oeach other in Guatemala, they me tand formed their band in Nicaragua .For a year and a half they have bee nperforming traditional Guatemala n

selves above the deadening effects o fthe kind of industrial, urban societywe live in," says Armstrong, who ha sbeen performing for 26 years .

Her hazel eyes light up as she talksanimatedly about her music and he rinvolvement in the anti-vietnam wa rand the anti-apartheid movements .Most of her audience are unawarethat this lively woman is blind .

But Armstrong has a unique andmagical insight which can bring acrowd to its feet in emotiona lappreciation .

In a workshop on women andunions, Armstrong and her friends ,songwriter Leon Russeldon and sin -ger Roy Bailey, bring cheers andsympathetic laughter from their lis-teners as they sing about sexism i n

unions and the workplace . The song ,'Get it Together in the Union' ,addresses women's participation i nunions, and conveys men's reluc-tance to take women's work in thehome into consideration when sche-

folk music, as well as their own orig-inal compositions .

Their songs convey the Guatema-lan people's hardships and strengths ,and although an interpreter onl ygave a short translation of lyric sbefore each song, their music suc-ceed in communicating their cultureto the audience .

duling union meetings ."I have always sung about wo-

men," says Armstrong. "In 1966, Ihelped record an all women's record .It didn't rock any boats, but we wer -en't challenging a whole order ofthings in the way the women' smovement has grown . "

Armstrong's repertoire include straditional, heart-rending songsfrom Britain and Ireland as well a ssongs about contemporary issues .

"They aren't the kind of songspeople looking for number one hit swant," she says with a laugh .

Commercial songs are dismissedby Armstrong as shallow and un-emotional . She prefers to communi -cate her songs to an audience sh efeels she can reach with the depthand feeling of her voice .

"There's something quite extraor-dinary about singing alone," sh esays . "You can hear the audienc ebreathing with you . There's some -thing about the involvement in

Tito Medina says the band mem-bers fled Guatemala when the politi -cal climate became worse in 198 1and it was impossible for manymusicians to perform in public . "I tgot to the point where the policewere coming to close down perfor-mances," he says .

Singing traditional folklore i sconsidered by Guatemalan authori-ties to be sinful and criminal, say sMedina . "There were times when wehad to arrive by surprise and jus tstart singing . "

Kin Lalat are members of theAssociation of Cultural Workers o fGuatemala, which is made up o fprogressive Guatemalan artists ,most of whom reside outside thei rnative country .

"We consider our art to be acommitted art, committed towardrevolutionary success in Guatema-la," says Medina . "Our role as agroup is to give out informationabout the real situation in Gua-temala . "

This year's festival marked thefirst time Kin Lalat has performed i nNorth America, but they will soo nperform in the U .S ., Medina says .

These performances are impor-tant to Kin Lalat, he says . "It i sreally important to feel the solidarityand support from the Canadia npeople . When people understan dwhat is going on in Guatemala theywill participate in helping us in whatwe see as our just struggle . "

Kin Lalat was one of the festival' shighlights . They brought the sorrowand triumph of a culture that ha sendured foreign oppression fo rmore than 400 years . They broughtmeaning to solidarity, at a tim ewhen demonstrations and othe ractivities in Canada seem to hav elittle effect on Central Americanevents .

But Tito Medina recognizes andappreciates the moral and spiritua lsupport .

"Although we have different lan-guages and cultures, we are al lbrothers because of our things incommon . "

what's being sung about . "

In a workshop on women aroundthe world, Armstrong holds her lis-teners spellbound as she performs asong British women sing at peacedemonstrations . "It's a song for me n

to sing along with and hopefully b einspired by," she says .

The song asks the question : "Shal lthere be womanly times or shall w eall die?"

Armstrong sings of "missile sasleep in concrete tombs", and of th eimperative reconciliation of scienc eand nature, before she concludesthat "there will be womanly time sand we will not die .

"Our prime minister (Margare tThatcher) seems to have lost touc hwith her womanly times," Armstron gsays after the applause has diedaway .

"It's something that's not just att-ached to your genitals," she adds a sthe audience cheers .

Storyteller talestickle legs and rugs

Armstrong has a magica linsight which can bringa crowd to its feet.

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KIN LALAT . . . quitarist sings of exile

—briar jones photo

British feminist singer enthralls crowd

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THE SUMMER UBYSSEY

Wednesday, July 20, 198 3

Chileans protest against `fascist' regim eBy SARAH COX

Benjamin Cares Yanez bears nooutward signs of his long exile sincea 1973 military 'Coup overthre wChile's thriving democracy .

But when he speaks passionatel yof his struggling native country, hi slisteners know he is still involved inthe escalating demonstrations slowl yweakening the repressive militaryregime .

As a union leader under the social-ist government of Salvador Allende ,Yanez was thrown in jail withouttrial when Augusto Pinochet led th eunexpected and bloody coup .

Yanez's internment drew interna-tional protest, and he was finall yexiled to Paris on the request of pres-ident Francois Mitterand .

For his fellow Chileans, life ha snot been as fortunate .

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Little has changed over the years ,he said . "The repressive measuresused by the dictatorship to contro lthe people have not let up at all .They just continue and continue . "

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But he speaks strongly against th ere-shuffling of the military govern-ment quietly supported by the U .S ."The same forces that are in a posi-tion to replace the Chilean dictator-ship contain conditions to becom ethe massacres of the Chilean peopl ein the future," he warned .

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supporter that the junta has," h esaid .

American involvement make sarmed struggle between the peopl eof Chile and the regime inevitable ,said Yanez . "This is the only alterna -tive that the Latin American coun-tries have to seek their social, eco-nomic and political independence . "