January 1, 1991, carnegie newsletter

GRACE My s k i n is whi te . Gn my mother ' 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 w a s a t o t a l c o n t r a r y . . a r a d i c a l , a s t r a n g e q u i e t pe r son who l u r k e d i n t h e c o r n e r & e n t e r t a i n e d p r i v a t e though t s 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 augh t i n s c h o o l , t h e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r s u c c e s s , t h e g r e e d , t h e p e t t y r u l e s & regu la - t i o n s of s o c i e t y . . . I ha ted i t a l l .

Most of t h e t imes i n my youth t h a t I exper ienced good f e e l i n g s about l i f e were t imes I s p e n t wandering t h e t r a i l s n f f hc " l l n i v ~ r s i t v F'n(lnmncnt T n n t l s "

which were on ly 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 wi lde 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 ' house s t a n d s on, & even a l l of Vancouver - t h e e n t i r e p rov ince is covered wi th Ind ian l and c l a i m s - 100%. But t h i s h i s t o r y was no t t a u g h t t o me i n h i g h s c h o o l & probably is n o t t a u g h t even today i n any whiteman's schoo 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 of t h e o r i g i n a l t akeover of t h i s a rea h u mv European a n c e s t o r s was a

"pre-emption" oc 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 any o f i t . . . o f c o u r s e , t hey w e r e n ' t even a sked - i t was j u s t t aken .

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 un- s h a k e a b l e c o n v i c t i o n t h a t " c i v i l i z e d " Europeans were m e n t a l l y 6 e t h i c a l l y s u p e r i o r t o a l l o t h e r r a c e s .

Today anyone 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 l s u p e r i o r i t y t o t h e sys t em b rough t h e r e by my a n c e s t o r s .

The h i s t o r y t h a t I was t a u g h t i n h igh s c h o o l d i s a p p e a r e d i n a pu f f o f smoke & I r e a l i z e d th rough 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 been committed 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 Nor th American, a Cana- d i a n , e t c .

I n my mind, t h e e n t i r e image of 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 ap- a r t & became j u s t m e a n i n g l e s s words on p i e c e s of pape 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 han f i c t i o n .

Dur ing t h e 7 0 ' s I w a s one o f t h o s e h ippys 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 peop le & e x p l o r e d 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, on t h e beach , 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 beads , 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 ocean - & 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 wor ld as t h e Cosmic A r t i s t , t h e Crea- t o r , i n t e n d e d i t t o be.

I became o r i g i n a l r s p i r i t a s i s r e a l f r found o u t

a s t r o n g s u p p o r t e r of ab- i g h t s - i t grew up i n my I l e a r n e d t o s e p a r a t e what om what i s u n r e a l . L a t e r I t h a t my own w h i t e ( l o o k s r e d

t o me) b lood came f rom 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 Nor th 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 a sked myse l f what went wrong - i f my a n c i e n t a n c e s t - o r s were a d m i r a b l e 6 my r e c e n t a n c e s t - o r s , d e s p i c a b l e ... what went wrong? Who p u l l e d t h e p l u g on u s - & uhy?

Today I t h i n k o u r f a l l f rom g r a c e began a s t h e =on s h i f t e d f rom 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 iden - t 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

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f e e t ) . Every 2600 y e a r s , t h e c o n s t e l l - a t i o n o f s t a r s beh ind t h e sun changes a t t h e equ inox , & I t h i n k t h i s h a s a l o n g t e r ~ i e 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 have c h a r t e d t o have 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 ) . There a r e o t h e r r e a s o n s why t h e Ar 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 have Lhe s p a c e t o d i s c u s s them t h o r o u g h l y h e r e .

Be t h a t a s i t may, s e v e r a l hundred y e a r s b e f o r e t h e b i r t h o f C h r i s t , t h e 1

Creeks deve loped a s e v e r e l y j udgemen ta l & m a t e r i a l i s L i c way of t h i n k i n g , &

p a s s e d i t on t o t h e Romans, who COT-

b i n e d t h i s w i t h 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 conque r 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 Europe & impose t h e i r wor ldview on 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

some good, some bad - boat people from Europe, who were banished to a "savage" & "barbaric" existence as far as poss- ible 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 Colum- bia" - we call it "University Endow- ment 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 dict-

8 ionary as: "Purchase by one party be- fore 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 sneak- ing suspicion that the real-estate business sell-out is even represented at the highest level of aboriginal org- anizations. It started when I read quotes in the Vancouver Sun, of com- ments supposedly rnde by Bill Wilson,

3 . 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 -

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 San ta 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 season was g r e a t ! I was g r e e t e d warmly wherever I went and shared w i t h some peop le 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 Chris tmas P a r t y . Thank you t o a l l t h e Volunteers 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 Y s Your f r i e n d ,

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE Margaret ----------------- From t h e beginning I thought of i t

as a b i g headache because t o me t h i s ho l iday meant spending money t h a t I d i d n ' t have . . th ink ing how l o n g t o t h e nex t cheque. Then I thought , 'Why should I d e p r i v e my nephews & n i e c e s ? pope's pick, but

our choice A f t e r a l l , Christmas is f o r k i d s ! '

I s p e n t Christmas Eve 'ti1 9 pm a t Carnegie H a l l . Best t h i n g I e v e r d id ! A t t imes 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 se rved a t 5 am. S t a f f and Volunteers se rved over 100 peoplc.

When t h e Cen t re opened at 10 am on Christmas Day people 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 lace .

Throughout Christmas Day, t h e r e were o o d l e s o f Volunteers and S t a f f prepar- 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 tu rned away..we needed s o many bu t n o t too many.) Those who helped s e r v e d , 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. It was a v e r y joyous occasion.

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

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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:

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.

SARTI

I I a l s o dropped i n t o t h e Women's Cen-

t r e f o r a l i t t l e snack. They were s e r v i n g tu rkey 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 wi th a p r e s e n t .

On Boxing Day, Carnegie had turkey

0 Twice as many . Catholics read their horoscopes as do the Bible.

w i t h a l l t h e trimmings and t h e r e were t h r e e s e a t i n g s . Each person was given

@ More than 80 per cent feel abortion should be available to women whose health is seriously in danger, or who - have been raped.

@ The rate of church at teq dance among Catholics has declined by 50 per cent over the past generation. Ln fact, every poll indicates

that Catholics are in the Can- adian mainstream on ques- tions of public policy and pri- vate 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.

L WING in a democracy. Canadian Catholics are used to taking part in the decision- making 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 Can- adian 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 communi- ties: 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.

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T . . N PICKING a new arch- hishop for Vancouver, you c 111: , 0 Insist on having your own

fay. But then you will walch the church rulers, like those -. eastern European potentates, .

"I 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- . P cratically, into the 21st cen- .'

tury. You will pick, but Canad- 11

ians will choose. 0

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

STOLEN IDENTITY CARDS

Things could g e t worse, They might and they may, But t h ings could g e t b e t t e r I n j u s t t h e same way.

A s a mat te r of f a c t The whole t h i n g ' s a joke; From b i r t h we conceive A "pig i n a poke."

Now my wisdom & t r oub l e s I p l ace on a s h e l f ; For 1 ' ve spen t a l i f e t i m e Outfoxing myself.

The moral i s simple; We l i v e how we can - I th ink I ' m a Bird, herefo fore I am."

DEside Joe

TRUCKER ' S GLORY

011 he road 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 ea son 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 Like a 747, a DC-10 Not l o n g f o r take-of f Ever s i n c e t h e n , My dream w a s t r u c k i n ' F ree ly movin ' , on Lhe go Miles of road t o my r eckon ing 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 beckoning 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 change - My c a r i n g f o r i t w i l l r ange A s pamperer, w i t h wrench o r p r i d e ! I won' t t u r n c r a z e d , h a l f mad \J l l i le 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 wears and t e a r s 1;or when ~ o u ' r e o l d enough, And expe r i enced 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

REPEAL THE DEAL PRODUCTIONS

Media Resources f o r M o b i l i z a ~ i o n 211-456 W.Broadway, Van., BC V5Y 1K3

WE CAN SAY NO!

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 your pol - 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 produce 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 of a b r o g a t i n g t h e U.S. - Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Canadians 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 han 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 l base L O e n s u r e we e l e c t a

'i f e d e r a l government committed t o abro- 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 an 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 ~ ion 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 "Free '~ ' rade" p r i o r to 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 comparison t o what we can ex- p e c t f o r t h e n e x t 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 Canada- U. S. -Mexico Free Trade Agreemen L

l i k e l y i n t h e b a l a n c e . Tile CorporaLe campaign w i 11 b c nmre

po l i s b e d than 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 bo th Lhei r m i s t a k e s and o u r suc- c e s s e s . W_e niusL bc p repa red t o w'ige a much more e f f e c ~ i v e campaign. Iienccb Llle impor tance 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 be- i n g produced f o r t h e Pro-Canada Net- work by Repeal The Deal P r o d u c t i o n s , a sub-group of t h e C o a l i t i o n Aga ins t "Free" Trade 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 pro- d u c t i o n of a on2 hour VhS format v ideo 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 " gu ide . 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 format and cas- u a l c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h Mel ' s v e r y a r - r e s t i n g s l i d e p r e s e n t a t i o n o u t l i n i n g 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 , pol- i t i c a l and economic consequences o f t h e f i r s t y e a r of 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 ex- amples of t h e e f f e c t s of t h e FTA and

1 . 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 con-

t r i b u t i o n s towards "We Can Say No!" should be s e n t t o : -

"Repeal The Deal P roduc t i ons" 211-456 [J. Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1 R 3 Your generous c o n t r i b u t i o n w i l l en-

s u r e t h e "We Can Say No!" p r o j e c t re- - c e i v e s t h e w i d e s t p o s s i b l e d i s t r i t u - t i o n . I n d i v i d u a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s a r e a l - . s o v e r y welcome.

By J e a n Swanson

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w i l l r e f l e c t t h e demographic mosaic A f r i e n d who was d r i v i n g a pick-up & of Canadian s o c i e t y .

The p r o j e c t w i l l be d i r e c t e d to- d e l i v e r y t r u c k f o r a TV r e p a i r shop

wards t h e p o l i t i c a l base r e p r e s e n t e d t o l d m e h e had l e a r n e d t h a t t h e tech- n i c i a n s r e p a i r e d 40 p e r c e n t of t h e TV's they took i n w i t h o u t t a k i n g t h e backs

STAY ALERT by the Pro-Canada Network w i t h a v iew t o g r e a t l y expanding 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 . We 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 working i n t h a t around t h e Canada-U. S .-Mexico FTA.

Our rough budget is $14,500 f o r pro- d u c t i o n c o s t s , m a s t e r s and 50 k i t s , in - c l u d i n g t h e p r i n t e d m a t e r i a l s . It i s be ing f inanced e n t i r e l y by o rgan iza - 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 groups w i l l be a l p h a b e t i c a l l y c re - d i t e d on t h e v ideo and p r i n t m a t e r i a l s .

o f f them, s imply by a d j u s t i n g t h e con- t r o l s on t h e f r o n t s and backs o f t h e ~ s e t s . Of c o u r s e , t h e i r cus tomers were 1 b i l l e d f o r e x t e n s i v e r e p a i r s .

I l e a r n e d t o f i x some TV'S w i t h o u t t a k i n g t h e backs o f f . The c o l o u r s e t i n my bedroom came as junk when i t s owner r e p l a c e d i t w i t h a new one. I t ' s f i n e now. The l i t t l e b&w i n my k i t - chen , I found t h a t be a garbage can i n a Vernon S t . back l a n e . 1 want t o t e l l r e a d e r s how t o do t h i s :

I f t h e s c r e e n d o e s n ' d l i g h t up and uo sound, t r y t h e r e s e t b u t t o n ( u s u a l l y r e d ) a t t h e back of t h e set. Check t h e co rd - i s t h e s e t plugged i n ? ! B&W s e t s - They have a h a b i t of d r i f t - -------- i n g o f f f requency. Now and t h e n , s p i n t h e f i n e - t u n i n g r i n g behind t h e chan- n e l s e l e c t o r v e r y f a r b o t h ways, then r e t u r n i t t o where you g e t t h e v e r y b e s t p i c t u r e . With most sets, t h a t good p i c t u r e w i l l s t a y .

For any set, whether o r no t you have r a b b i t e a r s , (assuming you don ' t have c a b l e ) y o u ' l l g e t much b e t t e r recep- t i o n and maybe more channels i f you hook one end of an i n s u l a t e d wi re t o each of t h e VHF t e rmina l s where you would o r d i n a r i l y screw down t h e r a b b i t e a r o r c a b l e adaptor . The longer the wi re the be t t e r . . and t r y i t i n d i f f - e r e n t p o s i t i o n s .

You can g e t some UHF b r o a d c a s t s without c a b l e by t ak ing one l e n g t h of i n s u l a t e d wire and hooking each end of i t t o one of t h e UHF connect ions a t the back of t h e s e t .

Some h i n t s f o r any s e t , colour/B&W: I f your p i c t u r e suddenly goes i n t o

a bunch of b a r s a c r o s s t h e s c r e e n , go f o r t h e "Horizonta l Hold" b u t t o n a t the back. The r i g h t t w i s t and y o u ' l l have your p i c t u r e back.

I f your p i c t u r e s h r i n k s s o you have a b lack space a t t h e top and /o r t h e bottom of t h e s c r e e n , t r y t h e "Verti- c a l Hold" bu t ton a t t h e back. S e t s vary; yours may s a y " V e r t i c a l Height" . . t r y the " v e r t i c a l Lines" t h i n g , too. Colour s e t s - I f your c o l o u r i s n ' t --- -------- j u s t r i g h t , t u r n t h e c o l o u r c u t t o n on the f r o n t of your s e t a s f a r a s i t w i l l go t o the l e f t . I f your c o l o u r is r i g h t on, t h i s should g ive you a f i n e and proper p i c t u r e t h a t you'd

cons ide r i d e a l i n a B&W s e t . I f t h e p i c t u r e i s brownish o r green-

i s h then you have adjus tment problems. Y o u ' l l f i n d t h r e e s l o t t e d b u t t o n s a t

the back. They a r e marked Red s c r e e n , Blue s c r e e n and Green sc reen . With the "Colour" knob a t t h e f r o n t of t h e TV s t i l l turned o f f , mess around wi th t h e s e b u t t o n s u n t i l you g e t a g r e a t p i c t u r e happening. When you t u r n t h e "Colour" b u t t o n t o t h e r i g h t then, you w i l l f i n d you have a p i c t u r e wi th a l l of t h e c o l o u r s i d e a l l y balanced.

While you ' r e about i t a t t h e back of your TV, look f o r t h e Focus bu t ton . Holding a m i r r o r ( a m i r r o r i s a must i n making ad jus tments a t t h e back of a TV) t u r n t h i s b u t t o n t h i s way and t h a t u n t i l you g e t t h e s h a r p e s t p i c t u r e . AFT - Automatic Fine Tuning - Very o f t - .......................... en w i t h c o l o u r s e t s t h i s i s a bu t ton t h a t can be i n s pushed-in p o s i t i o n o r a r e l e a s e d p o s i t i o n ... u s u a l l y on t h e 9 f r o n t of t h e TV. O r d i n a r i l y , you run your s e t wi th t h a t bu t ton i n t h e Out 1 p o s i t i o n . Its purpose is a s fo l lows : i - a f t e r you a d j u s t t h e f i n e tun ing

r i n g f o r each channel , punch t h e AFT i n and o u t a g a i n and t h a t locks i n t h e tuning you have done.

- i f you have c a b l e and a c o n v e r t e r connected t o your s e t w i t h w i r e s ,

never , never t r y t o a d j u s t t h e Fine Tuner on t h e s e t u n t i l you have d i s - connected t h e c o n v e r t e r and connected t h e c a b l e d i r e c t l y t o t h e TV. Th i s in- c ludes c o n v e r t e r s t h a t a r e rzmote con- t r o l l e d . T V ' S t h a t do not tLz.ve a sep- a r a t e c o n v e r t e r box, you call a d j u s t them a s they a r e . They ' re made f o r i t .

A couple of l a s t h i n t s . .. I f you a r e on c a b l e wi thou t a conver te r and you s t a r t t o l o s e e i t h e r t h e l a s t 3 o r 4 channels o r t h e f i r s t 3 o r 4 , you prob- a b l y need a new a d a p t o r , t h e gizmo t h a t connects t h e c a b l e t o the TV. I f you

demanded t h e v o i c e s t h a t waved t h e i r hand such d e c e i t was meant t o sway whi le t h e s t r a n g e r s g e t t h e i r way Yet government - caused d i v i s i o n s Disuni ty gave - s o c i e t y - v i s i o n s Clever ly t augh t - e a g e r l y l e a r n e d

a r e having t r o u b l e g e t t i n g a p i c t u r e A, age when poor - could n o t s t a n d

on many channe l s (presuming you d o n ' t have a c o n v e r t e r b u t do have c a b l e ) and you f i n d you can g e t a p i c t u r e i f you mess around enough w i t h t h e channel s e l e c t o r , pushing and poking and t w i s t - i ng i t , you probably have d i r t y c o n t a c t p o i n t s i n t h e Channel S l e l c t o r . You can go down and buy a sp ray ca? of s p e c i a l c l e a n i n g f l u i d t o end the problem. O r you can do a s I do and j u s t s q u i r t i n some Plr. Clean Plagik a f t e r p u l l i n g the Channel S e l e c t o r and Fine Tuner r i n g o f f , r e p l a c e them and s p i n t h e S e l e c t o r about 50 t imes and p r e s t o ! Solved.

By ERIC ERICKSON

THE IMMIGRANT

St rangers s t a n d i n g i n our f a c e s th ru t h e t e e t h they g e t t h e i r p l a c e s "Crowd t h e p o l l " "Crowd t h e p o l l " demanded t h e v o i c e s t h a t have found the mole For two thousand d o l l a r s - they w i l l no t f o r g e t i t . . For t e n thousand d o l l a r s - A l i n e of c r e d i t ! - they pu t on t h e c o l l a r s and s e l l t h e i r s o u l s S t r a n g e r s s t a n d i n g i n our f a c e s

An age when poor - could n o t s t a n d new i s s u e s sp read t h r u o u t t h e l and " ~ a c i s t" " ~ a c i s t"

Real concerns t o t h i s o p u l e n t country a r e t r e a t e d t r i v i a l , t o power and money "Vote" "Vote" , promised t h e v o i c e s t h a t appear - sunny y e t , a c t i o n s den0 t e they have l o s t t h e Head P r i o r i t i e s go t o Mulroney - i n s t e a d ! "Long l i f e t o t h e phony" - t h e immigrants s a i d and e a t from our mouths - sub i sdy Real concerns t o t h i s o p u l e n t country

The l i v i n g dead were n o t h u r r i e d Persons have d i e d and were n o t bur ied "My People" ''MY People".

u t t e r e d t h e v o i c e s from up a s t e e p l e wi th l i m i t e d c h o i c e s - s u p e r i o r looks have never been wor r i ed Though s m i l e s frown - i n r e b e l e x t e r i o r I n immigrant books, w e a r e i n f e r i o r which i s u s u a l l y m i r r o r e d - With courage t o walk and no th ing f e a r e d The l i v i n g dead were n o t h u r r i e d

Laws become f lames i n p o l i t i c a l games , .Manipulation - u n i t e s - l e g i s l a t i o n

"Great scam" 11 Great scam", converse lawyers - i n t h e i r sham - paying o f f i n dona t ions t o churches t h e government s u b s i d i z e d t h e immigrant - t h i s l u r c h e s ; bu t downpayments a r e p r i z e d on houses lawyers purchased t h e immigrants pay up t h e r e n t no longer - lawyers pay a c e n t Laws become f lames i n p o l i t i c a l games

While Canadian Gov't. con t inues t o s h a f t The Canadian I n d i a n s p resen ted t h e i r d r a f t "Bend1' "Bend", voiced immigrants t h a t never c a l l e d "friendii Being s t r a n g e r s - j a s beem a c r a f t So l e t weak - be t h e s t r o n g To make i t amend Let t h e na ive f i n d t h e i r wrong and n o t p r e t e n d w i t h those who laughed - t h a t d isappeared - i n t h e end Many braves l i v e d - s t i l l t o be f e a r e d While Canadian Gov' t. con t inues t o s h a f t .

S c o t t Evan S c h e l l

THE CORPORAL: It's obvious, it's too long since there's been a war round here. So what does it all add up to? Peace means confusion and war means order, that's what. I n ,

peacetime people grow and prosper here there and everywhere, wi thout any rhyme or reason. There's nothing but waste of men and beasts. People gorge themselves silly; they put a rasher of bacon on a hunk of whi te bread and then cheese on top of the bacon. How many young lads and h o w many sturdy horses are there in that t own down there? Nobody's got a clue. They've just never been . .

counted. I've seen places where there's been no war for nearly sixty years. The people didn't even have names; they didn't even know who they were. It's only where you've got , a war that you'll f ind proper lists and up-to-date registers, shoes i n bags 1 and corn in sacks, animals and people 1 all listed and accounted for. Because they say to themselves: "No order. no war", and they're dead right.

Bertolt Brecht 11898-1956) Mother Courage arrd Her Children I

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Memories

I r ead a Chr i s tmas c a r d one n i g h t of v i s i o n s l o s ~ i n ~ i m e ' s d a r k l i g h t A p l a c e o f youth i n O n t a r i o

11APPY DAYS R e v i s i r i n g t h e P a c i f i c s o : - \Je a r e a l l l e g i t i m a t e

W i n t e r f e s t , summerbest 1Je a r e a l l o range Les t we n o t f o r g e t . Who is we? We a s k o u r s e l v e s The c o l d and t h e w a n To Lake l e g i t i m a c y Do n o t be a l a rmed , I t ' s a l l okay For S a n t a C laus is coming Because t h e s t o p For good boys and bad g i r l s . Is a l i g h t e r s a y

D i r t y deeds A s ix -pack on t h e run

'To t h e v e r y Lop.

E l i z a b e t h Thorpe No d r u g s . . No booze What a Joyous Day, No l a y , i t can be fun For no money, no honey, But what a good day i t can be. For we have won - In t h e h e a r t s of s o many so warm and c l o s e .

Dead calm

A comment. . . . . .

U. S. t e l e v i s i o n , hand-in-hand w i t h b i g b i z z n e s s , c o n f u s e s and d o e s psych- i c damage. The methods used have l e t ~ a n d e r z a l m and o t h e r s g e t e l e c t e d w i t h w o r d s / p i c t u r e s / p r o m i s e s t h a t t h e image promises a f u t u r e .

The same w o r d s / p i c t u r e s / i m a g e deny d a i l y r e a l i t y - t h e g o a l o f t h e govern- m e n t / m i l i t a r y / c h e m i c a l complex is t o p o l a r i z e t h e economy and t h e peop le . O u ~ r i g h t f a s c i s m permeates t h e r i c h , and even f r i n g e p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s l i k e Lhe Reform P a r t y a r e b e i n g p r e s e n t e d and backed by r e d n e c k s , REAL Women 6 tile Canadian v e r s i o n of he KKK.

blast immigrants come t o Canada w i t h dreams o f f a i r n e s s and peace . T h e i r f e a r of b e i n g k i l l e d o r d e n i e d a l i f e g r e e t s them h e r e w i t h a b i g s m i l e and s a y s , "de g o t a l o c k on i L h e r e too ."

P o l a r i z a t i o n i s neve r mentioned on TV. A l l t h e a d s and news and programs ~ S S I I ~ I ; Lllat, i f yoti h a v e n ' t g o t i t /

Live w i re Old s o u l Desire D F a ~ h e r . Ilelp au s e c o u r s I need kidney beans and c o r n PasL t h e Lime I should have a sked But a f r a i d no o n e c o u l d g i v e I s t o l e l o n g ago i n t o h t e n i g h t That a l l Lhr wor ld c o u l d l i v e No1 l i f e a s you know i L But l i f e a s iL s h o u l d b e Knowing ~ l l c l t r u ~ l l is so f a r i'ro~n I I I ~

I a sk o n 1)al)c.r l 'echnology ' s p e n i t e n t i a r y You may add L l r r r e s t NoL a l l t l la t sh in t ' s i s l i g l ~ ~ .

I i l i z a b c t h Thorpe

made i t / own i t ... i t ' s your f a u l t . s c a r e s peop le .

Anon.

Dear F r i e n d s , I would l i k e t o upda te you and your

Assoc ia t ion on t h e i s s u e t h a t i s n o t on ly v e r y important t o t h e H a s t i n g s Community A s s o c i a t i o n b u t , I b e l i e v e ,

b e a d d r e s s i n g t h e con t inued use of pa rk land f o r such commercial u s e s as a r a c e t r a c k , a 17-day f a i r and o t h e r c u r r e n t u s e s . I n o u r view, i t w i l l be v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o a c h i e v e t h e g o a l of r e t u r n i n g t h e pa rk t o a r e a l pa rk i f t h e s e a c t i v i t i e s a r e a l lowed t o con t in - ue a s p r e s e n t l y c o n s t i t u t e d .

The c o n s u l t a n t s a r e i n t h e p rocess of c o n t a c t i n g c u r r e n t u s e r s , t h e community and t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c f o r i n p u t . I f you have t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p r e s s

t o a l l of u s who a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n rec- your view, we hope you w i l l suppor t r e a t i o n and t h e u s e of parkiand. t h e p o s i t i o n of t h e Has t ings Community

A t ou r l a s t board meet ing, o u r Assoc- A s s o c i a t i o n and t h e Has t ings Park Re- i a t i o n adopted t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e s t o r a t i o n Soc ie ty . I Has t ings Park R e s t o r a t i o n S o c i e t y , t h a t I f you have any concerns o r q u e s t i o n s t h e l a n d s known as H a s t i n g s Park s h o u l d r e l a t e d t o t h i s i s s u e , I would be glad be under t h e c a r e and c o n t r o l of t h e t o h e a r from you. I f e e l t h i s may be Vancouver Park Board and t h a t a park- t h e last chance t o s e c u r e a major green l a n d r e s t o r a t i o n p l a n should be i n p a r k f o r t h e r e s i d e n t s of t h e E a s t s i d e p l a c e t h a t compl ies w i t h t h e Has t ings of t h e Ci ty . Park T r u s t and t h e P u b l i c Pa rk Act.

We f i r m l y b e l i e v e t h e r e i s a g r e a t need f o r a n expanded pa rk f o r r e c r e a - t i o n on t h e e a s t s i d e of t h e c i t y . The C i t y ' s growth is e s c a l a t i n g a t an un-

- p r e c e d e n t e d r a t e and w i l l c o n t i n u e t o do so. The p o l i c y of t h e Park Board

.'Ls t o p rov ide open parkspace t o meet b .

xhe needs of i ts c i t i z e n s . We r e a l i z e a

x e a l pa rk t h a t is predominant ly green- b?ace, w i t h t r e e s and a l l t h e a m e n i t i e s w2ich encompass a t r u e pa rk is a g o a l f o r t h e f u t u r e . However, t h e opportun- i;y t o begin t o e s t a b l i s h t h i s g o a l i s NOW. More park space is needed. What b e t t e r way t o a c h i e v e t h i s than t o re- t u r n t h i s s i t e t o a pa rk a s o r i g i n a l l y in tended. Th i s s i t e was given t o t h e c i t y as a pa rk s o no a q u i s i t i o n w i l l be needed.

The C i t y of Vancouver h a s engaged a team of c o n s u l t a n t s t o assist w i t h t h e p r e p a r a t i o n of a f u n c t i o n a l program and concep t s f o r t h e development and event- u a l r e s t o r a t i o n of H a s t i n g s Park and a d j a c e n t New Br igh ton Park . They w i l l

S i n c e r e l y yours , Marion O l i v i r t i , P r e s i d e n t Has t ings Community Assoc ia t ion .

On t h e F i r s t Day of Chr is tmas . . .

Snow s t i c k s t o my f e e t I n t h e a l l e y o f f Cordova I pass an o l d baglady Rummaging f o r cans .

Out of a c a r Pops a l i t t l e man w i t h Twenty d o l l a r s i n h i s hand

No, no, you keep i t , d e a r I ' m okay s a y s t h e baglady S t i l l s e a r c h i n g f o r cans .

But i t ' s f o r you P l e a s e t a k e i t he s a y s Buy y o u r s e l f something n i c e .

No, t h a t ' s a l r i g h t , d e a r Don't you worry about me I ' l l be just f i n e Says t h e baglady S t i l l banging around

i n t h e cans . . . Merry Chr is tmas , s h e s a y s A s t h e l i t t l e man Slowly s t u f f s t h e twenty Back i n h i s pocket & walks away

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What's happened s i n c e the board meeting is t h e p a i n t i n g of a 3 rd , updated e d i t i o n of Help i n the Downtown Eas t s ide . The back page has a simple l i s t i n g of t h e r i g h t s of Men- t a l Health Consumers. The 1 s t e d i t i o n (1,000) l a s t e d about a month; the 2nd p r i n t i n g (2,000) i n J u l y were a l l gone by Labour Day and r e q u e s t s f o r more were coming almost d a i l y . This time 4,000 were p r i n t e d . Margaret, George, Glen and B i l l helped wi th the 51 hours i t took t o c o l l a t e , s t a p l e & fo ld them!

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TOWARD a s e n t i e n t peace. . .

~ e b s t e r ' s Dic t ionary d e f i n e s t h e word " s e n t i e n t " a s "being consc ious of o r responding t o f e e l i n g s ; .not i n opposi- t i o n bu t a s augmentation t o p e r c e p t u a l though t . "

... t h a t ' s a mouthful . It s t a n d s f o r t h e a b i l i t y t o be c r e a t i v e and t o a l low f o r , even t o welcome t h e new.

I t i s a sad f a c t t h a t eve ry end t o war e v e r d e s c r i b e d i n recorded h i s t o r y has been t h e d i v i d i n g of s p o i l s , t h e c la iming of whatever was l e f t by t h e ones who "won"...and a t t h e same t ime t h e ones who " l o s t " become t h e . next scapegoa t s f o r t h e few who wallow i n t h e power & w e a l t h s o r e c e n t l y up f o r g rabs . The i d e a l s . . t h e l o f t y i d e a t i o n shows i t s e l f t o be most ly empty words even when they a r e brought ou t a t t h e scheduled t imes ( h o l i d a y s ! ) , p o l i s h e d up o r a t l e a s t brushed o f f , spou ted i n f i n e r h e t o r i c a l s t y l e and then rever - e n t l y put back i n t o t h e s a c r e d p l a c e c a l l e d dogma.

Dogma is bad t h e o r y p r e s e n t e d a s t r u t h ; r e l i g i o u s , communist, c a p i t a l i s t and a l l t h e shad ings between o r among.

Peace a s we know i t today h a s almosC every person on E a r t h convinced t h a t i t ' s j u s t a b r i e f p e r i o d between wars . Some n u t f o r d e t a i l checked. . . i n o v e r 3,000 y e a r s of recorded h i s t o r y t h e r e have been something l i k e 47 when no major war wasn ' t be ing fought some- where. Today, t h e r e a r e . . w h a t . . 9 o r 10 going on r i g h t now?

A s always, t h e p o p u l a t i o n s t h a t spawn t h e s o l d i e r s who " k i l l o r be k i l l e d " cannot even imagine what t h e des t royed s u r v i v o r s have done o r w i l l do, bu t t h e u n t h i n k a b l e is hidden be- h ind budge t s , technology ( o r a t l e a s t h i g h l y t e c h n i c a l d a t a ) and " jobs" . The r h e t o r i c of p a t r i o t i s m p l a y s a key r o l e i n channe l ing t h e s e x u a l h i g h of b a t t l e i n t o i d e a t i o n on t h e necess- i t y of con t inuous ly t u r n i n g young people i n t o homocidal maniacs f o r u s e i n war. And, when t h e f a i l u r e of every a l t e r n a t i v e ( o r whatever h a s been s t a g e d t o make war t h e only answer) ... t h o s e who have t h e most i n v e s t e d i n winning what t h e y d e s i r e - i n terms of wea l th & markets & r e s o u r c e s - t i g h t e n t h e screws t o a new l e v e l of t e n s i o n u n t i l war is aga in t h e o n l y a l t e r n a t i v e and on and on.

SO. .what about t h i s s e n t i e n t peace? Tora wrote a good l i n e a whi le ago: "Why c a n ' t they e v e r g e t i t r i g h t ? " Simply ' t h e y t a r e n ' t i n t e r e s t e d i n a s o l u t i o n o r a c t i o n t h a t b e n e f i t s t h e whole of t h e s o c i e t y , bu t i n what w i l l f u r t h e r t h e s e l f i s h i n t e r e s t s of t h e p r i v i l e g e d few. Look a t any c r i s i s o r misunders tanding o r c o n f l i c t and look a t what t h e l e a d e r s d i d . Quick-f ixes and banda ids and a few crumbs t o t h e m a j o r i t y and i t ' s business-as-usual almost a t once.

P o e t s a r e t h e most s e n s i t i v e , b u t anyone who chooses t o l i v e i s , i n e ss - ence , an embodiment of s p i r i t u a l p o e t r y . You, me, a l l of u s , can s e e a lmost a t once when a s o l u t i o n o r innovat i o n o r

"new t h i n g " i s good o r j u s t t h e same & o l d s h i t d r e s s e d up a d i f f e r e n t way.

Being p a r t o f t h e s t r u g g l e towards Y

a s e n t i e n t peace s tar ts f o r e a c h of u s & when we l i s t e n t o o u r own i n t u i t i o n . 4 Very soon , j u s t b e i n g a l i v e i s n ' t enough. I have a body b u t I am more & than t h a t ; I have a mind b u t I a m more& than t h a t . . .and f u l l c i r c l e w i t h t h e a t t a inmen t o f p s y c h o - s p i r i t u a l p a r a l l - I$ e l i sm. . . and do ing i t r i g h t i s e a s y . !,Live l o n g and p r o s p e r ! " !&

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