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aoe Tt kn te : Te NY 100-161445 "Instead of handing down an arbitration award, the mediators decided to give Tom and Abbie a ‘Karma alignment.' "tKarma,' they explained, 'is a Sanskrit word that refers to the moral and spiritual consequencesof our actions, There is a Karmic deficit here that Abbie should compensate Tom for. It is clear that at the time in question Abbie was trying to rush the book but even if this meant asking Tom to work without a signed contract. Abbie has made similar mistakes in the past and we want to encourage him not to make them again.' "Abbiets debt to Tom: $1000, "Tom's request for an additional $3500 to pay for his efforts at collecting the original $5000 was termed ‘completely unreasonable,' But in the spirit of creating counter-institutions, the panel decided that Tom could earn the balance of the $5000 if he wanted to. The karma alignment requires Abbie to sell him up to 10,000 copies of Steal This Book at cost. Tom can then resell them through the underground Channels he originally agreed to develop. "The mediators defined an alternative distribution network as ‘one which skirts the normal capitalistic’ hannels and puts its distribution in the hands of collectives, cooperatives, and mn-profit groups committed to radical social change,’ and recommended that both Tom and Abbie set their talents to the development of such a network." The LNS is self-described as an under- ground. news wire service, with head- quarters in New York City, which publishes news packets weekly that are sold to radical New Left underground newspapers. It was founded in 1967, and reportedly has a paid circulation over 600. -~70-* an a Ee a Re ee op ee SR ae