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My s k i n i s w h i t e . Gn my m o t h e r ' s s i d e , my a n c e s t o r s a r e S c o t t i s h - on my f a t h e r ' s s i d e , E n g l i s h . A s a c h i l d , I was a t o t a l contrary..a radical, a s t r a n g e q u i e t p e r s o n who l u r k e d i n t h e corner & e n t e r t a i n e d p r i v a t e thoughts of h a t r e d & d i s g u s t f o r my p a r e n t s ' way o f l i f e , t h e way I was t a u g h t i n school, the competition f o r success, the greed, the p e t t y r u l e s & regulaI hated i t a l l . t i o n s of s o c i e t y . . Most o f t h e t i m e s i n my y o u t h t h a t I e x p e r i e n c e d good f e e l i n g s a b o u t l i f e were t i m e s I s p e n t w a n d e r i n g t h e t r a i l s n f hc " l l n i v ~ r s i tv F'n(lnmncnt T n n t l s "

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which were o n l y a few b l o c k s from o u r house. L a t e r I found o u t t h i s l a r g e w i l d e r n e s s a r e a i s Musqueam l a n d , a s i n f a c t i s t h e l a n d my p a r e n t s ' h o u s e s t a n d s o n , & e v e n a l l of Vancouver - t h e e n t i r e province is covered with Indian l a n d c l a i m s - 100%. But t h i s h i s t o r y was n o t t a u g h t t o me i n h i g h s c h o o l & p r o b a b l y i s n o t t a u g h t even t o d a y i n any w h i t e m a n ' s s c h o o l . You have t o go t o t h e l i b r a r y & r e s e a r c h i t , & even then i t ' s hard t o f i n d . A 1 1 o f t h e o r i g i n a l t a k e o v e r of t h i s a r e a h u mv European a n c e s t o r s was a

"pre-emption" o c p a p e r - t h e p e o p l e who l i v e d h e r e n e v e r a g r e e d t o a n y o f i t . . . o f c o u r s e , they w e r e n ' t even asked - i t was j u s t t a k e n . The j u s t i f i c a t i o n f o r t h i s i n t h e minds of my a n c e s t o r s was t h e i r unshakeable conviction t h a t "civilized" Europeans were m e n t a l l y 6 e t h i c a l l y superior t o a l l other races. Today a n y o n e who i s r e a s o n a b l y i n t e l l i g e n t knows t h a t t h i s i s n o t t r u e . I n f a c t , many much o l d e r c u l t u r e s seem L O have a d i s t i n c t e ~ h i c a ls u p e r i o r i t y t o t h e s y s t e m b r o u g h t h e r e by my ancestors. The h i s t o r y t h a t I was t a u g h t i n high school disappeared i n a puff o f smoke & I r e a l i z e d t h r o u g h r e a d i n g & r e s e a r c h i n g i n l i b i - a r y s on my own t h a t t e r r i b l e c r i m e s had b e e n c o m m i t t e d i n 1938 & i n d o c r i n a t e d i n t o t h e f a l s e i d e a t h a t t h i s was my I'hometownll Lhat I was a N o r t h American, a Canadian, e t c . I n my mind, t h e e n t i r e image o f n a t i o n a l & r e g i o n a l i d e n t i t y f e l l apa r t & became j u s t m e a n i n g l e s s w o r d s on p i e c e s o f p a p e r . The t r u t h w a s much s t r a n g e r ( s t r 0 n g e r ) t h a n f i c t i o n . During t h e 7 0 ' s I w a s one of t h o s e h i p p y s who i d e n t i f i e d w i t h a b o r i g i n a l people & explored t h e p r i m i t i v e s p i r i l I l i v e d i n t h e woods, o n t h e b e a c h , i n t i p i s b l e a n - t o ' s - I was a c l a s s i c wanna-be, wore b e a d s , f e a t h e r s , t h e whole n i n e y a r d s . I communicated w i t h t r e e s , c l o u d s , he b i r d s , t h e o c e a n - & I ' v e s e e n c l e a r l y t h e p e r f e c t i o n of t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d as t h e Cosmic A r t i s t , t h e Creat o r , i n t e n d e d i t t o be.

I became a s t r o n g s u p p o r t e r o f abo r i g i n a l r i g h t s - i t grew up i n my s p i r i t a s I l e a r n e d t o s e p a r a t e what i s r e a l f r om what i s u n r e a l . Later I f o u n d o u t t h a t my own w h i t e ( l o o k s r e d t o me) b l o o d came f r o m t h e a n c i e n t C e l t s , who l i v e d much l i k e t h e N o r t h American p e o p l e my r e c e n t a n c e s t o r s had waged war a g a i n s t . I asked myself w h a t w e n t wrong - i f my a n c i e n t a n c e s t o r s w e r e a d m i r a b l e 6 my r e c e n t a n c e s t ors, despicable w h a t w e n t wrong? Who p u l l e d t h e p l u g on u s - & u h y ? Today I t h i n k o u r f a l l f r o m g r a c e b e g a n a s t h e =on s h i f t e d f r o m A r i e s t o P i s c e s ( a s t r o l o g i c a l l y , A r i e s i s ident i f i e d w i t h t h e head - P i s c e s w i t h t h e feet). Every 2600 y e a r s , t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n of s t a r s behind t h e sun changes a t t h e equinox, & I t h i n k t h i s has a l o n g t e r ~ ie f f e c t on human h i s t o r y (much l i k e t h e s u n s p o t s some a s t r o - p h y s i c i s t s h a v e c h a r t e d t o h a v e a n 11 y e a r c y c l i c i n f l u e n c e on t h e c o u r s e o f h i s t o r y ) . T h e r e a r e o t h e r r e a s o n s why t h e A r i e s P i s c e s s h i f t i s s i g n i f i c a n ~ ,b u t I d o n ' t h a v e Lhe s p a c e t o d i s c u s s them thoroughly here.

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Be t h a t a s i t may, s e v e r a l h u n d r e d years before the b i r t h of Christ, the Creeks developed a s e v e r e l y judgemental & m a t e r i a l i s L i c way o f t h i n k i n g , & p a s s e d i t on t o t h e Romans, who COTbined t h i s with m i l i t a r i s m & a f a l s e C h r i s t i a n i t y t o conquer a l l of t h e a b o r i g i n a l c u l t u r e s o f E u r o p e & impose t h e i r w o r l d v i e w o n Lhem. Then we had t h e "Dark Ages", t h e I n q u i s i t i o n , t h e

development of science & its sell-out to technology during the Industrial Revolution, with the economics of the market place rising to take control. Mainly, North America - the "New World" - was populated with outcasts some good, some bad - boat people from Europe, who were banished to a "savage" & "barbaric" existence as far as possible from "polite" European society. Later came the priests 6 lawmakers, who simply justified what their criminal relatives had done. So here we are - & we call this "Canada" - we call it "British Columbia" - we call it "University Endowment Lands". Mostly our businessmen & women buy & sell it as "real estate" & every deed to every piece of property is traceable back to a "pre-emption" (that's what they called it). All of the real-estate transactions that go on , today are simply further "pre-emptions" of Native land. Pre-emption is defined in the dict8 ionary as: "Purchase by one party before the opportunity is offered to others. " In other words, Native people were not recognized as landowners, or given the same right to ownership as other races under European law. They were restricted under threat of military force to small reservations & those areas have been gradually reduced until today we have golf courses & municipal garbage dumps built on top of Native burial grounds. But falling from grace is not just a European disease. It can afflict anyone regardless of their cultural heritage. Lately, I've developed a sneaking suspicion that the real-estate business sell-out is even represented at the highest level of aboriginal organizations. It started when I read quotes in the Vancouver Sun, of comments supposedly rnde by Bill Wilson,

Chairman of the First Nations Congress, at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Vancouver recently. He is quoted as saying, "I know of a hundred different situations in the Province of business ventures that would be hugely profitable to all parties ." Mr. Wilson says he wants to encourage an alliance of white & native businessmen to employ Natives & lift them off welfare. I think Bill Vanderzalm said that a long time ago, & it seems to me that Social Credit would love to talk business with First Nations Congress Chairman Bill Wilson - maybe even make him instrumental in the settlement of land claims process. Is this what most Native people want to see? - a business-as-usual style of dealing with their cultural heritage another fall from grace? Or are they looking for more than that? TORA

a g i f t by S a n t a o r M r s . Claus. It wasn't a headache a f t e r a l l . . t h e h o l i d a y s e a s o n was g r e a t ! I was g r e e t e d warmly wherever I went and s h a r e d w i t h some p e o p l e I d i d n ' t even know and a l l my f r i e n d s . The Downtown E a s t s i d e knows how t o throw t h e b i g g e s t and b e s t C h r i s t m a s P a r t y . Thank you t o a l l t h e V o l u n t e e r s and s t a f f members and most of a l l you f o r s h a r i n g t h i s Christmas. CHRISTMAS H O L ~ D A Ys

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From t h e b e g i n n i n g I t h o u g h t of i t as a b i g headache because t o me t h i s h o l i d a y meant spending money t h a t I d i d n ' t h a v e . . t h i n k i n g how l o n g t o t h e n e x t cheque. Then I t h o u g h t , 'Why should I d e p r i v e my nephews & n i e c e s ? A f t e r a l l , Christmas i s f o r k i d s ! ' I s p e n t Christmas Eve ' t i 1 9 pm a t Carnegie H a l l . Best t h i n g I e v e r did! A t t i m e s i t was w a l l t o w a l l people. There was f r e e food throughout t h e n i g h t as w e l l a s e n t e r t a i n m e n t . Then b r e a k f a s t w a s s e r v e d a t 5 am. S t a f f and V o l u n t e e r s s e r v e d o v e r 100 peoplc. When t h e C e n t r e opened a t 10 am on Christmas Day p e o p l e were a g a i n g r e e t ed by M r s . Claus, who seemed t o be everywhere i n t h e p l a c e . Throughout Christmas Day, t h e r e were o o d l e s o f V o l u n t e e r s and S t a f f p r e p a r i n g t h e goose d i n n e r . (Some v o l u n t e e r s were even t u r n e d away..we needed s o many b u t n o t t o o many.) Those who helped served, c l e a r e d t h e t a b l e s , d i d t h e d i s h e s and more. I t was a v e r y joyous o c c a s i o n . I I a l s o dropped i n t o t h e Women's Cent r e f o r a l i t t l e snack. They were s e r v i n g t u r k e y w i t h a l l t h e trimmings and g r e e t e d you a t t h e door w i t h a present. On Boxing Day, Carnegie had t u r k e y w i t h a l l t h e trimmings and t h e r e were three seatings. Each p e r s o n was g i v e n

pope's pick, but our choice F E R T SARTI PEN letter to Pope : John Paul. You're going to be making a decision soon that . will affect a lot of people in Vancouver - picking a new archbishop to succeed James' Carney, who died last month. Here are a few things to . keep in mind about your flock ic Canada: SARTI 0 Eighty per cent of those.. who call themselves Catholics approve of premarital sex . and 90 per cent feel that bir& control information should be available to teenagers. 0 Twice @ More as many . than 80 per Catholics cent feel read their abortion horoscopes should be as do the available to Bible. women whose health is seriously in danger, or who have been raped.

@ The rate of church atteq dance among Catholics has declined by 50 per cent over the past generation. Ln fact, every poll indicates that Catholics are in the Canadian mainstream on questions of public policy and private morality. They practise what can only be called smorgasbord Cathol: icism - they choose those ' points of doctrine that appeal, to their needs, and reject the rest, all the time continuing to consider themselves faithful ' Catholics.

WING in a democracy. Canadian Catholics are used to taking part in the decisionmaking process. They may not agree with all the decisions, but at least their vote is counted. You say you are in favor of democracy - in places like Eastern Europe, where the old rulers were finally overthrown because their thinking was out of synch with that of the majority of their subjects. From your many public pro: nouncements, it is clear your thinking does not coincide with the majority of your Canadian Catholic subjects. You . act against free choice for the individual, and for the power . of the unelected Church , bureaucracy to dictate to its flock. ' In the past few years, you have used your power to appoint bishops to make sure that your way of thinking is secured at the top in churches around the world. Cathblic bishops are important people in their communities: they are part of the establishment and they have an influential voice in public debates. Like appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada, bishops tend to live on past .

the administration that gave .' they the job. Even when the', majority of the population has a change of mind, the judges A and the bishops - continue . in their positions, making decisions affecting people's . live for generations to come. '

STOLEN IDENTITY CARDS Things could g e t worse, They might and they may, But t h i n g s c o u l d g e t b e t t e r I n j u s t t h e same way. A s a m a t t e r of f a c t The whole t h i n g ' s a j o k e ; From b i r t h we c o n c e i v e A " p i g i n a poke."

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, 0 Insist on having your own fay. But then you will walch the church rulers, like those -. eastern European potentates, . ow farther and farther away, f om their flock. 0 Demonstrate some confi-: dence in the people. You can do that by picking someone . ho will assist his flock in inding its own way, demo- . cratically, into the 21st cen- .' tury. You will pick, but Canad- 11 ians will choose. 0

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Stin staffer Robert Sarti was : raised as a Catholic but does ' not now attend church.

Now my wisdom & t r o u b l e s I p l a c e on a s h e l f ; For 1 ' v e s p e n t a l i f e t i m e Outfoxing myself. The moral i s s i m p l e ; We l i v e how we can I think I ' m a Bird, herefo fore I am." DEside J o e

REPEAL THE DEAL PRODUCTIONS Media R e s o u r c e s f o r M o b i l i z a ~ i o n 211-456 W.Broadway, Van., BC V5Y 1K3 TRUCKER ' S GLORY 011 he r o a d a t n i g h t time T saw f l a m i n ' s t a c k s go by Lhring t h e day, I knew lie r e a s o n why The t r u c k e r s were Crazed p i l o t s i n d i s g u i s e Cab-overs, Conven t i o n a l s , Were p a s s i n g on a dime On a l o n g runway L i k e a 747, a DC-10 Not l o n g f o r t a k e - o f f Ever s i n c e t h e n , My dream w a s t r u c k i n ' F r e e l y m o v i n ' , on Lhe go M i l e s of r o a d t o my r e c k o n i n g A 1 1 good i n f e e l i n g s ~ h o u g h With o t h e r p l a c e s b e c k o n i n g l ' r a v e l l i n g f a r and wide Should e n g i n e sound o r c h a n g e My c a r i n g f o r i t w i l l r a n g e A s pamperer, w i t h wrench o r p r i d e ! I w o n ' t t u r n c r a z e d , h a l f mad \ J l l i l e i~ r a i n s o r snows Why there's my b e t t e r s i d e B U L t h e r e ' s t h e good o r t h e bad A s you know Break-downs, a c c i d e n t s , r e p a i r s These a r e t J 1 t . c a u s e s - t i r i n g A l l Lhesr w e a r s and t e a r s 1;or when ~ o u ' r eo l d enough, And e x p e r i e n c e d j u s t s o B e l i e v e me, you w i l l know. S c o t t Evan S c h e l l

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Dear F r i e n d s : We a r e w r i t i n g t o a s k f o r y o u r p o l i t i c a l and f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t f o r "We Can Say No!". a p r o j e c t t o p r o d u c e a v i d e o - p r i n t e d u c a t i o n a l k i t on Llie n e c e s s i t y o f a b r o g a t i n g t h e U.S. Canada F r e e T r a d e Agreement (FTA). C a n a d i a n s have two y e a r s t o s a v e o u r c o u n t r y . We must do more t h a n throw Plulroney and h i s Tory c o h o r t s o u t on t h e i r e a r . We must b u i l d t h e p o l i ~ i c a lb a s e L O e n s u r e we e l e c t a f e d e r a l government committed t o a b r o g a t i o n o f t h e FTA! The "We Can Say No!" p r o j e c t w i l l be a n i n t e g r a l component of t h e n a t i o n a l campaign t o e l e c t a p r o - a b r o g a ~i o n government We be1 i e v e t h e $56 m i l l i o n c o r p o r a t e campaign L O s e l l " F r e e ' ~ ' r a d e " p r i o r t o Lhe l a s t f e d e r a l e l e c t i o n w i l l p a l e i n c o m p a r i s o n t o what we c a n expect f o r the next f e d e r a l e l e c ~ i o n , e s p e c i a l l y w i t h Lhe impending CanadaU. S. -Mexico F r e e T r a d e Agreemen L l i k e l y i n the balance. Tile CorporaLe campaign w i 1 1 b c nmre p o l i s b e d t h a n b e f o r e and he ref o r e more i n s i d i o u s . They w i l l have 1c'irnc.d from b o t h L h e i r m i s t a k e s and o u r s u c c e s s e s . W_e niusL b c p r e p a r e d t o w'ige a much more e f f e c ~ i v ecampaign. Iienccb Llle i m p o r t a n c e o f t h i s and o t h e r v i d e o and p r i n ~r e s o u r c e s .

The "We Can Say No!" P r o j e c t i s bei n g produced f o r t h e Pro-Canada Network by Repeal The Deal P r o d u c t i o n s , a sub-group o f t h e C o a l i t i o n A g a i n s t "Free" T r a d e i n B r i t i s h Columbia. The p r o j e c t w i l l i n v o l v e t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f a on2 h o u r VhS f o r m a t v i d e o t a p e , a four-page i n f o r m a t i o n l e a f l e t and a two-page " t e a c h i n g / u s e r " g u i d e . The v i d e o t a p e w i l l p r i m a r i l y f e a t u r e Me1 H u r t i g i n l e c t u r e f o r m a t a n d c a s u a l conversation with Mel's very arresting s l i d e presentation outlining t h e a l r e a d y c a t a s t r o p h i c s o c i a l , poli t i c a l and economic c o n s e q u e n c e s o f t h e f i r s t y e a r o f t h e FTA. The v i d e o w i l l be peppered w i t h r e a l l i f e examples o f t h e e f f e c t s o f t h e FTA and w i l l r e f l e c t t h e demographic m o s a i c of Canadian s o c i e t y . The p r o j e c t w i l l b e d i r e c t e d t o wards t h e p o l i t i c a l b a s e r e p r e s e n t e d

STAY ALERT by t h e Pro-Canada Network w i t h a v i e w t o g r e a t l y e x p a n d i n g t h a t b a s e between now and t h e n e x t f e d e r a l e l e c t i o n . W e a l s o i n t e n d t o work w i t h p r o g r e s s i v e Mexican o r g a n i z a t i o n s w o r k i n g i n t h a t a r o u n d t h e Canada-U. S .-Mexico FTA. Our rough b u d g e t i s $14,500 f o r prod u c t i o n c o s t s , m a s t e r s and 50 k i t s , i n cluding the printed materials. It i s b e i n g f i n a n c e d e n t i r e l y by o r g a n i z a t i o n s and a f u l l a c c o u n t i n g w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e upon r e q u e s t . A l l c o n t r i b u t i n g g r o u p s w i l l be a l p h a b e t i c a l l y c r e d i t e d on t h e v i d e o and p r i n t m a t e r i a l s .

L e t t e r s o f s u p p o r t and f i n a n c i a l cont r i b u t i o n s t o w a r d s "We Can Say No!" should be s e n t t o : "Repeal The Deal P r o d u c t i o n s " 211-456 [J. Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1 R 3 Your g e n e r o u s c o n t r i b u t i o n w i l l ens u r e t h e "We Can Say No!" p r o j e c t r e ceives the widest possible d i s t r i t u tion. Individual contributions a r e al-. s o v e r y welcome. By J e a n Swanson

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THE CORPORAL: It's obvious, it's t o o long since there's been a war round here. So w h a t does it all add u p t o ? Peace means confusion and war means order, that's what. I n , peacetime people g r o w and prosper here there and everywhere, w i t h o u t any rhyme or reason. There's nothing b u t waste of men and beasts. People gorge themselves silly; they p u t a rasher of bacon o n a hunk of w h i t e bread and then cheese on top of the bacon. H o w many young lads and h o w many sturdy horses are there in that t o w n d o w n there? Nobody's got a clue. They've just never been . . counted. I've seen places where there's been no w a r for nearly sixty years. The people didn't even have names; they didn't even k n o w w h o they were. It's only where you've got a war that you'll find proper lists and up-to-date registers, shoes i n bags and corn i n sacks, animals and people all listed and accounted for. Because they say to themselves: "No order. n o war", and they're dead right. Bertolt Brecht 11898-1956) Mother Courage arrd Her Children

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