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sere ~. ee al byA are ee segments oo ey at Tet ge OE as . ary th ry) . : Cntheent ooang. 1 rn wt ee ‘Loionivin Commie on it would be hard to find as false &, | sional elections, tn which tne alg Hurtan Ri iis “tried W6. get them to ~ friend 10 the struggles of poopie tee, Capi 19/Democratic Allience expects to wig * dymp vs: ha odd, you might think: ‘Third World as the Democratle gle met with Amsesty International violence is very high. We are trying 0 independent, once again a candidate for 40% of the seats (42 in the House of. iwoulan t their supporters want tho The job of the revistoniets isto and the National Endowment for play a new political role. ‘Ammed strug- - President of the United States. Fulani Representatives snd-20 ie the Senet 7 eae teey in Colombia to have the Democrats dirty secret, 90 that, the Democracy. They did what they want- gle and violence are not practical 186 - briefed her Colombian comrades on the and the 1994 presidential election. «.; It the help they can BS tn bringing other party of capital can continue tay-ed 10 Ge.” “rhe tactic of the lobbying tics now. That doean’t mean giving up history of the 12 year old “people- Last work — escorted by the a0 cause to the power brokers on the mediate the relationship between the-": effort is 10 pormads American legisle- the struggle, of our political principles. instead-of-profits” party and its place bow Lobby, the citizens’ lobby which” Hill? And taye & fook at the Lobby’s broad masses of people in this country, ., tors to divert the massive flow of US The decision to lay down arms was not in the international movement for advocates for democracy in this omn- track record.;—- even its bilterest ene: (and the world) and the class that rules - tax dollars that currently goes 10 & renunciation of armed struggle — it democracy. ury and abroad -— the former comma mies acknowledge the crucial role it ‘America (and the world), Which fs wiry: Colombis into economic rather than represents a change in tactics. In that “J laid out what we are doing,” danies were in Washington to meet Played in ing Congress (after a the Lobby. § product De the non-reve’ - millery channels — 2 tactic thal the context we called, successfully, for & Pulani told the Alliance. “I said who ‘with members of Congress, U generation of subsidizing Africa’s sionist lef tendency tat through the Lobby wilt continue to pursue in the Constituent Assembly. With the we are relative to the ‘Democratic and ‘ takeover of Congress, one of our most Republican parties — | ‘aiked about . oe jon Senators and Representative on ments are growing up. There is anew « guests was NAP chairperson Dr. Leno- 101 Hill,” says Vazquez. “They political face in Colombia. The level of : 72 Pulani, America’s pre-eminent Black iS Stare . ent officials, and represente- homegrown fascist. Mobutu Sese Seko)’ New Allience Party is shaping 4 brea, wpooming months. tives of human rights orgenizations, - w discontinue military aid to the dicte-- based, independent potnical Oven; ‘Tas Rainbow Lobby itself is a tac- important political institudons, we will the fact that the Democrstic Party is not seeking to convey anew image of ; torship in Zaire. bere which is part of the We. Et be shite to bring considerable pres- build a new way 10 participate. We a friend to poor and working people Colombia, Perhaps even more iaagor- It is odd —~ wntil you remember the democracy movement, ia not liked by: sure to beer. on members of Congress don’t feel that we have failed. There internationally, just as it isn't here, tantly, they were building a sew : eplaborationist politics of the antl- the likes of WOLA. » Se Portent rere presents wee takes We 2 et eo reorgan se if ne aeate we concerned me > out he nn alliance with the democracy movement imperialist (revisionist Communist Par- To its credit, the M-19/Democratia: ; es. 6, to we have © " about how 10 here — a movement thet the eaiifas, USA-influenced) American left, Alliaice refused to be bullied tate?’ sis, er bec CoTpOrate aed to 8 change our jecics, 90 88 vo confront win over international suRE 9 1 Oe cist potitical tendency which created - which Keeps it in bed with and sub- breaking with the. Lobby. WOLA. t het repre vets sngien week's tour of Capitol Hill porting our work, here. oy i aoe e gervien Democratic democracy movement .* Zaire, ae ance bany pe inte ein os er haat von ears the erat mu ove of wboesands of Americans, and amd tte subsequent visit to few York porting the democracy movement there being over the last 20 yeers. ~ wt," the people” has been galloping tight- petting vises for the Coleenblen jeters an OS “that movement to the millions “City, were part of the new tactics. The — without the pressure from the ° why ward in a frantic effort to catch up with provided the phony aati ind millions of people all over the purpose of the tour, Quintin Lamé's. democracy movement in this country, At the request of the M-19/Demo- ~ the reactionaries who have eaptured the with the opportunity to cancel thele, world who are forcing democracy onto Gerardo Tenorio explained in the inter- Congress would do nothing.” ic Alli th hich had. White Hi abandoning as j pasion in the tour. The the political agenda in their countries, view, was lo “break the feolation we The members of the Colombian fen athe in the sunning, was origi-. ional bese —— Labor, the poor, hs Lard -Bven the professional politicians of the were subjected to by ‘Washington and = democracy delegation expressed ner” { nally supposed to have been é joint African American comnmunity WORKER, “two major pestice are not invul ie Colombia's ruling Class...We want to eagerness (0 have Fulani come into the a | J nally SUPPORT dhe Washingson Office” lesbians end gays — ane whatever carned. the Amami e movement. They have to meet with everyony.) Colombian community here — with . on Latin . merica and the Ralabow 01; Oia ional commitment to liberal (© be responsive to it, if only for reasons Speaking for the other members of hundreds of thousands of Colombians Lobby. But as the Lobby’s Ivonne 8 ‘pies of and ic ly) of he dologation. " Of political expedience. ‘The point is. the Democratic Alliance who were at in the metropolitan arca, New York is 5 Vazquez a. WOLA 4 te DC. Lets sortie So Then Lan “They were able to poo more then. . (el the incumbents on Capitol Hill the interview, Tenorio told the Alliance considered their country’s “fourth i puts Bs oe it may These Gays, <> " vt (tke thelr comnterparts in the state 1e6" that the tour had fulfilted its purpose... largest city” — and organize support | . : slatures and city halls) can’t be “We were able to democra- _ for independent politics (the new con, . | i Pe aan ah ( to bring about funda- Cy movement in Colombia, and to stitution written by the Constituent qontel changes in social policy. bresk with the stereotypes” that have Assembly allows Colombians who ri domestic or foreign. Only & radical made the country synonymous with have US citizenship to vote at home as of American politics — violence and drug trafficking (stereo. well as here). “They are trying to bring the democratization of the political pro- types which are rooted in meterial real- their people with them into electoral . cans -— cam accomplish that. Which is ities paid for courtesy ‘of Uncle Sam: politics,” Fulani explained. “What we : what the Lobby continually seeks to “aid” to the Colombian military finds are doing here is in sync with that. i ‘convey to.the leaders of democratic its way into the pockets of the wilding “The people that we have the te “ptreggies who increasingly comé right wingers responsible for the thou- strongest relationship (9 internationally Ienocking on its doors. sands of maimings and murders. that don’t just come up (0 Harlem as ‘sight- : take place every year; the US-conduct- seers’ to get & tour,” the NAP leader “narcoverroris “The political reality of Colombia a t” war againet the drug continued. “They care about the suug: otfered wo other possibilities,” Sergio ed traffickers, which gives the ‘American gles of African Americans and other Sterra of the Revolutionary Workers press ‘some of its most lurid headlines). oppressed people in this country. They Party said in an interview with the ‘Changed perceptions on the pert of have stood up with us, because we are ' Aliiance this aflemnoon, explaining the Washington's policy mekers, Tenorio leading and giving shape to those 4 <geerrilies® decision to give up armed argued, would “force changes in how struggles. They have connected them- ty ! : His comrades nodded. “There this government relates to Our country selves (0 US. That takes principles. It \ jmernational situation —- he = instead of military aid, they will takes guts. And it’s smart, Because 1 Bamern Europe, and the new give us humanitarian aid.” when they do that, they at least have a . for democracy there. The shot at succeeding in what they are Ury- 1 _ changes in the Sovict Union, which has . ing to do at home. If not — if what i been & model for a lot of liberation This evening the Lobby posted a they're doing is running after the : _ smuggles in Latin America. Throughout reception for the ‘Colombian delegation Democratic Party — they've messed # i 1” Losin America many democratic move: * &¢ the United Nations. Among the up.”