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ws | ‘ cy lan . rN . Trade unions n® been established to cofPeract tho more blatant exploibation of the working class aha, thus, pacify the workers 8O thoy cannot easil pecognize their opprepston. But they have aligned thonselve more and more with the management apa tend to compromise the jinterests of the workers, However, the workers are beginning te recognize this contre~ diction. becausé’ ‘theyiow starting be take control of the ir own conditions, This is evident. in the truckers strike which is led by worker's themselves with no support from their international union, Various methods are used to hide these contradictions and if wo, the people, are not’ ‘looking for them at all times, the coverup will be success: ful. One such -mqthod is to distract the concentration oftthe oppressed. During the prine time of the anti-war demonstrations, when many! people were out in the streets protesting the war, etucating the people about the. nar, a full-scale ecological scare was thrown upon us, Suddenly, concen- tration was shifted from the war issue, much to the benefit of the ruling olass. At crucial points of discovery with Watergate, national criscs suddenly materinlize. The meat shortage, which hit the bellies of ‘cach household, diverted attention from information which could help people recognize more clearly the conditions of the times. More specifical fy, to us at the Gnau, divefston was used when a protest was made against the ty _of uniforms selected to rechannel our attention. Taking away our > ights and handing out privileres became the concentration, An emphasis ort side- work and discipline in general became: the issue, But no mention ws mde concerning why wo had no decJsion-making power in selocting the unitofrns ar “ why we were led to believe tilat we did, ~, people, Often we are lea to “beliove, in this soncalled democratic : | This brings. up another gmportant method used to hido the trut! ifom ti fice Se that wo have self-aeterminati on, Some of us can | move from: stave te ab some af U3 can puy whatever. we desiro; some of ag can 1 But just as, we wero led‘ to-bol cve wHenever we plesse; five whatever lifestyle we choose. - mrad heda cantetiatke ta the deaision about _ the uniforms atter arabe